Abstract: A method of forming a printed image on an image receiving element is disclosed, comprising: providing an image receiving element comprising at least one activatable stiffening and/or thickening layer which comprises a polymer matrix and an activatable material; printing an image over a designated area of said image receiving element, and substantially uniformly and non-imagewise activating said activatable stiffening and/or thickening layer over the designated area of said image receiving element after step (b) to produce a printed image receiving element with an activated stiffened and/or thickened layer.

Abstract: An organic EL device in which light-emitting efficiency, color purity and laser induced thermal imaging characteristics are improved by providing with an organic EL device comprising a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer uses a mixture of an optically active low molecular electric charge transport material and a high molecular light-emitting substance.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for depositing a silicon oxide layer on a substrate by CVD. The reaction of an organoaminosilane precursor where the alkyl group has at least two carbon atoms in the presence of an oxidizing agent allows for the formation of a silicon oxide film. The organoaminosilanes are represented by the formulas: The use of diisopropylaminosilane is the preferred precursor for the formation of the silicon oxide film.

Abstract: Methods form a multi-color electrophoretic display. The methods include providing microcapsules, wherein the microcapsules have an electrostatic charge, and wherein the microcapsules comprise, a shell that is transparent and a display medium within the shell, wherein the display medium is comprised of either (a) at least two sets of differently colored particles in a substantially clear fluid, or (b) at least one set of colored particles in a differently colored fluid. The methods include transferring the microcapsules to a substrate, wherein the electrostatic charge of the microcapsules attracts the microcapsules to the substrate, wherein a display layer of microcapsules is formed on the substrate. The methods include positioning a conductive substrate adjacent to the substrate, wherein the substrate is located between the display layer and the conductive substrate.

Abstract: A surface treating method for a conductive substrate by using a photo-excitation process, wherein a conducive substrate is placed in a process chamber (1) maintained between 0.001-1 atmospheric pressure, while a negative bias voltage is applied to a substrate (2), ultraviolet having a photo energy of 3-10 eV larger than the work function of the substrate surface is applied from a ultraviolet source (5) housed in a chamber having a light output window, and a process gas is supplied into the process chamber container (1) to thereby produce ions and radicals (6) caused by the collision of process gas molecules with emitted electrons from the substrate surface and allow them to reach the surface of the substrate (2), whereby it is possible to surface-treat a substrate simply, highly efficiently, inexpensively and easily even in the case of a large-area substrate.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method of fabricating a polarizing film by uniaxially stretching a resin film such as a polyvinyl alcohol-based film in a fabrication process including a swelling step and a dyeing step following the swelling step, comprising the steps of immersing a resin film in bath liquids in at least two or more swelling baths in sequence in the above-mentioned swelling step, wherein at least a bath temperature of a swelling bath located at a Nth position from the front-stage side is set at a temperature which is higher than a bath temperature of a swelling bath located at a (N+M)th position by 3° C. or more (both N and M are specified positive integers).

Abstract: A system, nozzle assembly, and method for coating a stent with a solvent and polymer are provided. The polymer can include a therapeutic substance or a drug. The polymer and solvent can be discharged from separate tubes disposed within another tube carrying moving air. The polymer and the solvent mix together when they are discharged and are atomized by the air. The ends of the tubes can be concentric with each other.

Abstract: In a previous experiment of a deposition work of depositing a film with a uniform thickness on a long strip base material in the longitudinal direction thereof, an elapsed time from the start of the deposition work and an output of a power supply at the elapsed time are measured. The resulting relation between the elapsed time and the output is stored in a storage device. Subsequent deposition on a long strip base material is performed by a method in which first, the output of the power supply is controlled to be stabilized at a desired value using a crystal oscillator thickness gauge in a pre-heating step before the start of the deposition work, and then, a base material transport device is driven to start the deposition work on the long strip base material after a desired deposition rate is obtained. After the start of the deposition work, the output of the power supply is controlled to coincide with the output at the elapsed time stored in the storage device.

Abstract: A method for depositing an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate includes the steps of positioning a substrate in a chamber, introducing a hydrocarbon source into the processing chamber, introducing a heavy noble gas into the processing chamber, and generating a plasma in the processing chamber. The heavy noble gas is selected from the group consisting of argon, krypton, xenon, and combinations thereof and the molar flow rate of the noble gas is greater than the molar flow rate of the hydrocarbon source. A post-deposition termination step may be included, wherein the flow of the hydrocarbon source and the noble gas is stopped and a plasma is maintained in the chamber for a period of time to remove particles therefrom.

Abstract: A method of applying to a metal surface a composition and drying the surface for crosslinking, which composition comprises a dispersion in the solvent of a compound comprising the reaction product of (1) a polyamine in which a plurality of amine groups are bonded to at least one radical comprising alkylene or arylene groups that separate the polyamine nitrogen atoms by at least four intermediate atoms in a chain, and (2) a silane which carries a plurality of silicon-bonded hydrolysable groups, and a silicon-bonded organic group that is covalently reactive with and which bonds with an amine group, to provide a reaction product molecule which comprises an average of at least about 2.5 of said silane groups per molecule. Some of these materials show superior advantage as a paint primer and some provide excellent corrosion resistance.

Abstract: A panel (9) is conveyed by using a conveyer (3), and the coating surface of the panel (9) is divided into two coating areas (CAa, CAb). Further, the coating areas (CAa, CAb) are coated by reciprocating sprayer units (6, 7) parallel to a conveying direction. At this time, at a boundary between the coating areas (CAa, CAb), the positions of turning paths (Ta0, Tb0) of the reciprocation of a coating machine are shifted sequentially from the front side to the rear side in the conveying direction, so that coating trajectories (Ta, Tb) like a series of steps are formed. Thus, at the boundary between the coating areas (CAa, CAb), the turning paths (Ta0, Tb0) can be spread and located, and the occurrence of color shading can be prevented.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium with high reliability is provided, which can form a thin magnetic layer having a dry film thickness of, for example, 60 nm or less while the occurrence of defects on the surface is suppressed. In this method, a magnetic paint having a solid concentration NV (mass %) of 3?NV?8 is applied to a non-magnetic underlayer formed over a non-magnetic support to a wet film thickness Tw in a range of ?2300 (nm).

Abstract: A method of correcting for pattern run out in a desired pattern in directional deposition or etching comprising the steps of providing a test substrate; providing a stencil of known thickness on the test substrate; providing a stencil pattern extending through the stencil to the test substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating stents and a method of using the same is provided. The apparatus includes a first stent support and a second stent support for supporting stents. The first and second stent supports are positioned with respect to one another in an adjacent serial configuration such that one end of the first stent support extends from an end of the adjacent second stent support. A motor can be coupled to the first stent support to rotate the first stent support such that the rotation of the first stent support rotates the second stent support. The apparatus further includes an applicator for applying a coating composition to the stents.

Abstract: A plasma deposition apparatus for making polycrystalline silicon including a chamber for depositing said polycrystalline silicon, the chamber having an exhaust system for recovering un-deposited gases; a support located within the deposition chamber for holding a target substrate having a deposition surface, the deposition surface defining a deposition zone; at least one induction coupled plasma torch located within the deposition chamber and spaced apart from the support, the at least one induction coupled plasma torch producing a plasma flame that is substantially perpendicular to the deposition surface, the plasma flame defining a reaction zone for reacting at least one precursor gas source to produce the polycrystalline silicon for depositing a layer of the polycrystalline silicon the deposition surface.

Abstract: A method for establishing a sprayable stream of composite material for spray-applying to a target surface to create thereon a defined composite-material coating designed for defeating a liquid leak from a puncture wound created in the wall of a container holding liquid of a particular character, where the target surface is on a side of that wall.

Abstract: Thermal spray processing and cold spray processing are utilized to manufacture porous starting materials (such as tube stock, wire and substrate sheets) from biocompatible metals, metal alloys, ceramics and polymers that may be further processed into porous medical devices, such as stents. The spray processes are also used to form porous coatings on consolidated biocompatible medical devices. The porous substrates and coatings may be used as a reservoir to hold a drug or therapeutic agent for elution in the body. The spray-formed porous substrates and coatings may be functionally graded to allow direct control of drug elution without an additional polymer topcoat. The spray processes are also used to apply the drug or agent to the porous substrate or coating when drug or agent is robust enough to withstand the temperatures and velocities of the spray process with minimal degradation.

Abstract: A plasma processing plant for plastic bottles, having a vacuum chamber arranged inside the processing chamber and when a respective bottle opening is pressed against a valve, the valve will open and establish a connection between the interior of the bottle and the vacuum chamber, and the chambers are continuously sealed against one another in a gastight fashion. With such approach, the gas can be conducted more easily and the number of control mechanisms can be reduced.

Abstract: Scintillation materials of this invention have an alkali halide host material, a (first) scintillation dopant of various types, and a variety of second dopants (co-dopants). In another embodiment, the scintillation materials of this invention have an alkali halide host material, a (first) scintillation dopant of various types, a variety of second dopants (co-dopants), and a variety of third dopants (co-dopants). Co-dopants of this invention are capable of providing a second auxiliary luminescent cation dopant, capable of introducing an anion size and electronegativity mismatch, capable of introducing a mismatch of anion charge, or introducing a mismatch of cation charge in the host material.

Abstract: Magnetic recording media having a magnetic layer with an easy magnetization axis lying about 35° out of plane of the magnetic layer is disclosed. This media has a reduced total magnetic layer thickness and higher signal, while improving the media signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).