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To: alfranco who wrote (7684)	5/13/2004 3:06:47 PM
From: Krowbar	Respond to of 8393

May 19, 2004; 8 p.m. (ET) Future Car Scientific American Frontiers, PBS ECD Ovonics is featured on PBS in Future Car, a Scientific American Frontiers science special that is hosted by Alan Alda. Stan Ovshinsky was interviewed by Alda during the recent Michelin Challenge Bibendum, where ECD Ovonics showcased its solid hydrogen storage system in a converted 2003 Prius so that the internal combustion engine ran on hydrogen. In conjunction with this science special segment, Maggie Villiger of Scientific American Frontiers interviewed Stan and Iris Ovshinsky for a web feature spotlighting their lives and Stan's "early insight into disordered amorphous materials" that has resulted in inventions touching the twin pillars of our global economy: energy and information. ovonic.com Del

To: alfranco who wrote (7684)	5/13/2004 9:01:32 PM
From: Krowbar	Respond to of 8393

Al, after reading Stan the alchemy man's patent for the 3rd time, I am not so sure that the process would take the 70 min. that I thought at first. The silicon is layed down as usual, then hit with different gasses for just a few seconds. It is then repeated as many times as desired. It mentions that the formation and treatment can be done in the same chamber. They mention the 70 min. as "total preparation time", which may include the time taken to load things manually. It doesn't make that clear. Somebody needs to ask at the conference call whether this process can be done on our current machine or if it would need a new one or be modified. Also, how long before we manufacture panels with the new "coordinatively irregular" layer. There are many variations of gas exposures, temperatures, pressures, etc., each leading to different properties. Microcrystals, porous silicon, amorphous and 2 dimensional crystals can be formed. The patent refers back to a patent in 1992 when Stan was messing around with this. Presumably we should have the process refined enough where we can start laying miles of "crymorphous" silicon. Del