Abstract: Disclosed is a compression apparatus, comprising: an outer shell; a first plate and second plate, wherein the first plate and the second plate are located within the outer shell, wherein a face of the first plate opposes a face of the second plate; and a compression mechanism which retractably moves the face of the second plate into contact with the face of the first plate; wherein the face of the first plate or the face of the second plate comprises a substrate layer, and a coating layer over the substrate layer, wherein the coating layer comprises a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition material.

Abstract: A component is provided having a component body defining at least one touch point surface. The component body includes an additive material that prevents degradation of a material of the component body in response to a cleaning agent.

Abstract: A component is provided having a component body defining at least one touch point. The component body includes an antimicrobial material operable to deactivate a microbe arranged in contact with a surface of the touch point.

Abstract: An air management system of a vehicle having a conditioned area includes at least one duct defining a flow path for delivering air to the conditioned area and a filter arranged within the at least one duct upstream from the conditioned area. The filter includes a filter media having at least one filter media layer including a plurality of fibers. A coating is applied to at least a portion of the plurality of fibers and the coating is operable to deactivate a microbe arranged in contact with the coating.

Abstract: An air management system of a vehicle having a conditioned area includes at least one duct defining a flow path for delivering air to the conditioned area and a sterilization system associated with the at least one duct. The sterilization system including at least one light source operable to emit a germicidal ultraviolet light into the flow path defined by the at least one duct to sterilize the air to be provided to the conditioned area.

Abstract: A method of applying a trivalent chromium or chromium-free conversion coating to a metallic substrate including mixing a dye compound that interacts with electromagnetic radiation outside the human visual spectrum but not electromagnetic radiation that is within the human visual spectrum to produce an observable emission into the trivalent chromium or chromium-free conversion coating mixture to allow for inspection of the coating after applied with a correlating electromagnetic radiation source.

Abstract: A method of forming an adhesively bonded structure may comprise applying a primer compound to a first substrate, wherein the primer compound comprises a functionalized nanomaterial dopant, drying the primer compound on the substrate to form a primer layer comprising the functionalized nanomaterial dopant, applying an adhesive compound over the primer layer to form an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive compound comprises the functionalized nanomaterial dopant, contacting the adhesive layer with a second substrate and curing the adhesive layer to form an adhesively bonded structure, wherein the first substrate is metallic and the second substrate is at least one of metallic or composite.

Abstract: A method of applying a trivalent chromium or chromium-free conversion coating to a metallic substrate including mixing a dye compound that interacts with electromagnetic radiation outside the human visual spectrum but not electromagnetic radiation that is within the human visual spectrum to produce an observable emission into the trivalent chromium or chromium-free conversion coating mixture to allow for inspection of the coating after applied with a correlating electromagnetic radiation source.

Abstract: A method of adhering a first component to a second component includes priming the first component with an adhesive bond primer containing a primer material, a corrosion inhibitor, and a chemical additive (such as a dye compound), and using an adhesive to attach the second component to the first component through the adhesive bond primer applied on the surface of the second component. The chemical additive allows inspection of the adhesive bond primer with a corresponding radiation source.

Abstract: An electroplating system includes an enclosure with an interior, an anode lead extending through the enclosure and into the interior, and a porous body. The porous body is supported within the interior of the enclosure for coupling an electroplating solution within the interior with a workpiece. A conduit extends through the enclosure and into the interior of the enclosure to provide a flow of nitrogen enriched air to the interior of enclosure for drying and removing oxygen from the electroplating solution.

Abstract: A method of corrosion inhibition on a substrate may comprise: applying a sealing solution to an anodized surface of the substrate, wherein the sealing solution may comprise a nanomaterial dopant and a corrosion inhibiting compound, wherein the nanomaterial dopant may comprise at least one of graphene nanoplatelets, carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanofibers, and wherein the corrosion inhibiting compound may comprise at least one of a trivalent chromium compound, a trivalent praseodymium compound, nickel acetate, cobalt acetate, siloxanes, silicates, orthophosphates, molybdates, or a compound comprising at least one of elemental or ionic praseodymium, cerium, cesium, lanthanum, zinc, lithium, magnesium, or yttrium; and drying the sealing solution on the substrate to form a sealing layer comprising the nanomaterial dopant and the corrosion inhibiting compound.

Abstract: A method for coating a substrate includes forming a conversion coat layer, depositing a protective coat onto the protective coat onto the conversion coat, and depositing a corrosion resistant top coat onto the protective coat. The conversion coat layer is formed by applying a conversion coat onto the substrate. The protective coat is deposited using a first atomic layer deposition. The corrosion resistant top coat is deposited using a second atomic layer deposition. The conversion coat layer has a volatizing temperature, and the first atomic layer deposition is performed at a deposition temperature that is no greater than 1.3 times the volatizing temperature of the conversation coat layer, calculated in Kelvin.

Abstract: An additive for reducing corrosion and increasing hydrophobicity having oxidized graphene nanoplatelets; and a pendant group represented by the following formula: R1, R2, and R3 are selected from a group consisting of alcohols, ethers, halogens, and amines. A is an unsubstituted chain of at least 1 and no more than 4 atoms wherein at least one atom is carbon. m is an integer from 1 to 12, X1 and X2 are selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, and alkyls of 1 to 5 carbon atoms. X3, X4, and X5 are selected from a group consisting of hydrogen and halogens, and at least one of X3, X4, and X5 is fluorine. At least one of R1, R2, and R3 is covalently bonded to one of the graphene nanoplatelets.

Abstract: An electroplating system includes an enclosure with an interior, an anode lead extending through the enclosure and into the interior, and a porous body. The porous body is supported within the interior of the enclosure for coupling an electroplating solution within the interior with a workpiece. A conduit extends through the enclosure and into the interior of the enclosure to provide a flow of nitrogen enriched air to the interior of enclosure for drying and removing oxygen from the electroplating solution.

Abstract: An air data probe with a corrosion protection coating system includes a body with an external and an internal surface and a uniform, pinhole-free first protection layer applied by atomic layer deposition (ALD) to reduce corrosion of the body, including corrosion initiated by sulfur and nitrogen compounds. The air data probe further includes a second protection layer, covering the first protection layer over the external surfaces of the body to protect the air data probe from foreign object impact damage.

Abstract: A method of applying a heat exchanger coating system includes forming a conversion coated substrate by applying a conversion coat onto a substrate to provide corrosion resistance to the substrate and encapsulating the conversion coated substrate with a pinhole-free, uniform, atomic layer deposited, corrosion resistant coating.

Abstract: A method of forming a wear-resistant coating on an article includes depositing a chromium coating on a substrate of the article, and subsequently heating the coated article to enhance a plurality of through-cracks within the chromium coating.

Abstract: A method of making an assembly is disclosed. According to the method, a curable sealant is applied to a metal surface of a first article, and the curable sealant and first article are stored under conditions to maintain the curable sealant in an at least partially uncured state. The method further includes contacting the curable sealant on the first article metal surface with an electrically conductive surface of a second article, and curing the curable sealant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a corrosion inhibition coating, comprising: a base comprising a matrix and a metal within the matrix; and an inhibitor comprising: zinc molybdate, cerium citrate, magnesium metasilicate, a metal phosphate silicate, or a combination thereof, wherein the metal within the matrix comprises aluminum, an aluminum alloy, zinc, a zinc alloy, magnesium, a magnesium alloy, or a combination thereof. Also disclosed is a substrate coated with the corrosion inhibition coating.

Abstract: An article includes a body, which includes a thermoplastic or thermoset material and a plurality of metallic fibers distributed throughout the thermoplastic or thermoset material and has a first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers extending onto a first surface of the body. The manufactured article includes a metallic coating metallically bonded to the first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers. The metal fibers extending onto the first surface are configured to bond with the metallic coating.