Abstract: Methods of depositing a metal film by exposing a substrate surface to a halide precursor and an organosilane reactant are described. The halide precursor comprises a compound of general formula (I): MQzRm, wherein M is a metal, Q is a halogen selected from Cl, Br, F or I, z is from 1 to 6, R is selected from alkyl, CO, and cyclopentadienyl, and m is from 0 to 6. The aluminum reactant comprises a compound of general formula (II) or general formula (III): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, and Rf are independently selected from hydrogen (H), substituted alkyl or unsubstituted alkyl; and X, Y, X?, and Y? are independently selected from nitrogen (N) and carbon (C).

Abstract: The percentage of a height of each undulation with respect to a length of the undulation is a unit steepness. A steepness is an average value of unit steepnesses of all undulations in a longitudinal direction at each of different positions in a width direction of a metal sheet. The maximum value of steepnesses in a center section in the width direction is less than or equal to 0.3%. The maximum value of steepnesses in a first edge in the width direction and a maximum value of steepnesses in a second edge section in the width direction are less than or equal to 0.6%. The maximum value of steepnesses in at least one of the first edge section and the second edge section in the width direction is less than the maximum value of steepnesses in the center section in the width direction.

Abstract: A method of forming a composite article may generally comprise forming a mixture of (i) a reactant gas stream comprising hydrogen and methyltrichlorosilane and (ii) solid silicon carbide particles; heating a carbon substrate in the reactor; heating the mixture of the reactant gas stream and solid silicon carbide particles to decompose the methyltrichlorosilane to produce silicon carbide material without causing the solid silicon carbide particles to react and injecting the heated mixture into the reactor; co-depositing the silicon carbide material and the solid silicon carbide particles onto the heated carbon substrate in the reactor to produce a CVD matrix comprising the silicon carbide material and the solid silicon carbide particles by chemical vapor deposition on the heated carbon substrate; post-treating the carbon substrate having the CVD matrix coating in a furnace; and cooling and removing the carbon substrate from the CVD matrix to form the transparent composite article.

Abstract: A surface enhanced luminescence (SELS) sensor may include a substrate and nano fingers projecting from the substrate. Each of the nano fingers may include a polymer pillar having a sidewall and a top, a coating layer covering the sidewall and a metal cap supported by and in contact with the top of the pillar.

Abstract: A method of preparing a crystalline thin film having a formula MY2 includes (1) preparing an MYx amorphous film by atomic layer deposition on a surface of a substrate, and (2) annealing the amorphous MYx film at 350° C. or more to provide the crystalline MY2 film. The amorphous MYx film is formed from at least one metal M precursor and at least one element Y precursor, wherein x is 1.5 to 3.1, M is tungsten or molybdenum, and Y is sulfur or selenium. Step (1) includes a) introducing a first metal M precursor or element Y precursor into a deposition chamber, b) purging with inert gas, c) introducing a second metal M precursor when the first precursor is element Y, or element Y precursor when the first precursor is metal M, d) purging with inert gas, e) repeating steps a) to d), and f) obtaining the amorphous MYx film.

Abstract: A design of an integrated computational element (ICE) includes specification of a substrate and a plurality of layers, their respective constitutive materials, target thicknesses and refractive indices, where refractive indices of respective materials of adjacent layers are different from each other, and a notional ICE fabricated in accordance with the ICE design is related to a characteristic of a sample. One or more layers of the plurality of layers of an ICE are formed based on the ICE design, such that the formed layer(s) includes(e) corresponding material(s) from among the specified constitutive materials of the ICE. Characteristics of probe-light interacted with the formed layer(s) are measured at two or more temperatures. Temperature dependence(ies) of one or more refractive indices of the corresponding material(s) of the formed layers is(are) determined using the measured characteristics.

Abstract: Systems for and methods of manufacturing a ceramic matrix composite include introducing a gaseous precursor into an inlet portion of a reaction furnace having a chamber comprising the inlet portion and an outlet portion that is downstream of the inlet portion, and delivering a mitigation agent, such as water vapor or ammonia, into an exhaust conduit in fluid communication with and downstream of the outlet portion of the reaction chamber so as to control chemical reactions occurring with the exhaust chamber. Introducing the gaseous precursor densities a porous preform, and introducing the mitigation agent shifts the reaction equilibrium to disfavor the formation of harmful and/or pyrophoric byproduct deposits within the exhaust conduit.

Abstract: An apparatus for in situ steam generation oxidation are provided. The apparatus includes a reactor chamber. The apparatus also includes a radiant source over the chamber. The radiant source includes a plurality of lamps for heating the reactor chamber. The apparatus further includes a lamphead over the radiant source for adjusting the temperature of the radiant source. In addition, the apparatus includes a gas inlet system coupled to the lamphead. The gas inlet system includes a mass flow controller for adjusting the flow rate of cooling gas into the lamphead. The apparatus includes a gas outlet system, on the opposite side of the cooling gas inlet system, coupled to the lamphead. The gas outlet system includes a pressure controller for accelerating the exhaust rate of the cooling gas.

Abstract: The invention provides a system for coating an optical article with a coating composition (50), comprising a chamber configured to receive said article, a coating device configured to carry out a coating treatment of said composition for depositing it on said article in said chamber, by vaporizing said composition and by exposing at least a face of said article to the vaporized composition, and a control unit configured to control said coating device for coating said article by vaporizing said composition; said coating device being formed as a single cartridge unit comprising a casing (41) configured to contain said composition, a vaporizing conduit (49) opening both into said casing and outside of said coating device, and a propelling member (52) configured to pressurize said composition; said coating device being configured to put in fluidic communication said propelling member in an operative state with said casing in order to carry out said coating treatment for coating an article.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a coating is provided that includes a deposition surface, and a coating on the deposition surface. The coating may include particles of a metal chalcogenide comprising a fullerene-like geometry, a tubular-like geometry or a combination of fullerene-like geometries and tubular-like geometries. The metal chalcogenide composition has a molecular formula of MX2.

Abstract: A data storage medium may have increased data capacity by being configured with first and second patterned pedestals that are each separated from a substrate by a seed layer. A first polymer brush layer can be positioned between the first and second patterned pedestals atop the seed layer and a second polymer brush layer may be positioned atop each patterned pedestal. The first and second polymer brush layers may be chemically different and a block copolymer can be deposited to self-assemble into separate magnetic domains aligned with either the first or second polymer brush layers.

Abstract: In embodiments, manufacturing a protective cover for an electrostatic chuck comprises coating a top surface and side walls of a conductive wafer with a plasma resistant ceramic, masking an inner region of a bottom surface of the conductive wafer, coating inner region of the bottom surface with the plasma resistant ceramic, and grinding the inner region of the bottom surface to a flatness of less than approximately 300 microns. In embodiments, a protective cover is manufactured by a process comprising applying a mask to an outer perimeter of a bottom surface of a plasma resistant ceramic wafer, coating the bottom surface of the plasma resistant ceramic wafer with an electrically conductive layer, and removing the mask, wherein an inner region of the bottom surface of the plasma resistant ceramic wafer is coated with the conductive layer.

Abstract: The plasma antenna is designed to allow connection between electric elements within the antenna to be varied without changing the construction of the antenna during a chemical vapor deposition process, thereby maximizing efficiency of a cleaning or deposition process. The plasma antenna comprises two or more coils to which RF power is supplied from an RF power source, respectively, and a switch connected to ends of the coils. The coils are constructed to have different impedances. The circuit construction of the plasma antenna can be changed on the basis of an inductive coupled plasma antenna so as to generate parallel connection type plasma, series connection type plasma, or capacitive coupled plasma according to the kind of process, such as cleaning or depositing, without changing the construction of the antenna, so that the process can be performed efficiently, thereby enhancing productivity through reduction in manufacturing costs attributed to the simple construction of the antenna.

Abstract: An eraser is constituted by an elastic material containing a rubber component or a resin component, and a skeleton structure for reinforcing the elastic material, and the skeleton structure is made from a porous structural material such as from an organic polymer that is broken when rubbed. Void portions in the porous structural material of the skeleton structure contain the elastic material of the eraser composition. Here, the skeleton portions of the skeleton structure may have an average thickness of 1 to 100 ?m, and the void portions may have an average pore size of 10 ?m to 3 mm. The eraser may have a surface hardness of 50 to 80, and also a sticking strength of 1.5 to 20 (kgf).

Abstract: An assembly for use in the collection and disposal of water and debris during the hydroblast cleaning of a heat exchanger including a containment shield having an end portion and an annular portion mounted adjacent one end of the heat exchanger such that the annular portion circumscribes the area between the end of the heat exchanger and the end portion of the shield and a flexible waterproof shroud disposed about the containment shield for collecting water and debris generated during the hydroblast cleaning and directing same to a collection location. Optionally, an energy absorbent element can be mounted adjacent said one end of the heat exchanger. A portable washing and back spray collection station is optionally positioned about the upstream end of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine in which wash water fed to a tub via a water supply pipe is directly supplied into a drum. The washing machine includes a housing, a tub arranged in the housing to contain wash water therein, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, a water supply pipe adapted to supply wash water into the tub, and a water supply guide unit provided at the tub, to guide the wash water from the water supply pipe to be directly supplied into the drum. Since the wash water is directly supplied into the drum, laundry contained in the drum is wetted by the wash water, immediately after the supply of the wash water. Thus, it is possible to reduce the wash time for the laundry.

Abstract: A method for preparing a metal nanocluster composite material. A porous zeolitic material is treated with an aqueous metal compound solution to form a metal ion-exchanged zeolitic material, heated at a temperature ramp rate of less than 2° C./min to an elevated temperature, cooled, contacted with an organic monomer and heating to induce polymerization, and heating the composite material to greater than 350° C. under non-oxidizing conditions to form a metal nanocluster-carbon composite material with nanocluster sizes between approximately 0.6 nm and 10 nm.

Abstract: A circuit for detecting phase includes a first inverter, a second inverter, a differential amplifier, an output load latch and an output latch. The first and second inverters receive an input signal and an inverted input signal to generate first and second differential input signals in response to a clock signal and first and second control signals, respectively, and shut off transmissions of the input signal and the inverted input signal. The differential amplifier differentially amplifies the first and second differential input signals in response to the clock signal to provide first and second differential output signals as the first and second control signals. The output load latch latches the first and second differential output signals to generate the first and second latch output signals. The output latch latches the first and second latch output signals to output a phase detection signal.

Abstract: A solid state switching circuit utilizes a transformer in series with the circuit's switching device by which energy initially stored in the primary of the transformer is recovered in resonant circuitry connected to the secondary of the transformer for transfer of the energy to the load when the switching device is not conducting.