Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate and a corrosion resistant layer formed on the substrate. The corrosion resistant layer is a compound silicon-chromium-nitrogen layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.

Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes a metal substrate and a hard coating formed on the substrate. The hard coating is a chromium nitride-silicon nitride compound layer. A method for applying the hard coating to the metal substrate is also described.

Abstract: An article includes a substrate and a hard film formed on the substrate; the hard film includes a plurality of complex layers and a plurality of Ni layers, each complex layer and Ni layer alternately arranged; each complex layer includes a plurality of TiAlN layers and a plurality of CrAlN layers, each TiAlN layer alternately arranged with each CrAlN layer. The disclosure also described a method to make the article.

Abstract: A porous metal article includes a substrate, a metal layer formed on the substrate, and a porous metal layer formed on the metal layer. The metal layer is a noble metal layer doped with M, M comprising an element selected from the group consisting of magnesium and calcium, the content of M in the metal layer is between about 30 wt % and about 70 wt %.

Abstract: A coating includes a nano-composite layer including an equal number of films. The films are stacked on top of each other one after another. Each film includes a zirconium-copper carbonitride layer and a zirconium carbonitride layer.

Abstract: A housing is provided which includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate, an aluminum layer and a corrosion resistant layer formed on the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate in that order. The corrosion resistant layer is an Al—C—N layer. Then, Nd ions are implanted in the Al—C—N layer by ion implantation process. The atomic percentages of N and C in the Al—C—N gradient layer gradually increase from the side of Al—C—N gradient layer near the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate to the other side of Al—C—N gradient layer, away from aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate. Therefore the housing has a high corrosion resistance. A method for making the housing is also provided.

Abstract: A housing is provided which includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate, an aluminum layer and a corrosion resistant layer formed on the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate in that order. The corrosion resistant layer is an Al—C—N layer. Then, Gd ions is implanted in the Al—C—N layer by ion implantation process. The atomic percentages of N and C in the Al—C—N gradient layer gradually increase from the side of Al—C—N gradient layer near the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate to the other side of Al—C—N gradient layer, away from aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate. Therefore the housing has a high corrosion resistance. A method for making the housing is also provided.

Abstract: A housing is provided which includes an aluminum or aluminum alloys substrate, an aluminum layer and a corrosion resistant layer formed on the aluminum or aluminum alloys substrate in that order. The corrosion resistant layer is an Al—O—N layer. Then, La ions is implanted in the Al—O—N layer by ion implantation process. The atomic percentages of N and O in the Al—O—N gradient layer gradually increase from the bottom of the layer near the aluminum or aluminum alloys substrate to the top of the layer away from aluminum or aluminum alloys substrate by physical vapor deposition. The housing has a higher corrosion resistance. A method for making the housing is also provided.

Abstract: A housing is provided which includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate, an aluminum layer and a corrosion resistant layer formed on the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate in that order. The corrosion resistant layer is an Al—C—N layer. Then, La ions is implanted in the Al—C—N layer by ion implantation process. The atomic percentages of N and C in the Al—C—N gradient layer gradually increase from the side of Al—C—N gradient layer near the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate to the other side of Al—C—N gradient layer, away from aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate. Therefore the housing has a high corrosion resistance. A method for making the housing is also provided.

Abstract: A coated article, includes a substrate, an anti-corrosion layer deposited on the substrate, the anti-corrosion layer being composed of ZrW2O8 and AlON. The disclosure also describes a method to make the coated article.

Abstract: A method for making a titanium-and-resin composite or titanium alloy-and-resin composite includes: providing a titanium or titanium alloy substrate; electrochemically treating the substrate to form a titanium hydride layer; anodizing the substrate having the titanium hydride layer to form an nano-porous oxide film on the surface of the substrate, the nano-porous oxide film having nano pores and comprising at least two layers of different porosity or pore diameters; and inserting the substrate in a mold and melting resin on the surface of the nano-porous oxide film to form the composite.

Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, a first magnesium-tin alloy layer, a tin layer, a second magnesium-tin alloy layer, a magnesium layer and a magnesium-nitrogen layer. The substrate is made of magnesium or a magnesium alloy. The substrate made of magnesium or magnesium alloy. The first magnesium-tin alloy layer formed on the substrate. The tin layer formed on the first magnesium-tin alloy layer. The second magnesium-tin alloy layer formed on the tin layer. The magnesium layer formed on the second magnesium-tin alloy layer. The magnesium-nitrogen layer formed on the magnesium layer.

Abstract: A coating includes a nano-composite layer including a plurality of films. The films are stacked together one after another. Each film includes a zirconium-copper carbonitride layer and a zirconium carbonitride layer.

Abstract: A coating includes a titanium aluminum layer; a titanium aluminum nitride layer deposited on the titanium aluminum layer; a titanium aluminum carbon-nitride layer deposited on the titanium aluminum nitride layer; and a silicon carbon-nitride layer deposited on the titanium aluminum carbon-nitride layer.

Abstract: A composite target material includes titanium oxide in a range between about 50 wt % and about 85 wt % and the remaining comprising stannic oxide or aluminum oxide or a combination of stannic oxide and aluminum oxide. A method for manufacturing composite target material includes the steps of: providing a mixture made of titanium oxide power in a range between about 40 wt % and about 80 wt %, stannic oxide powder or aluminum oxide in a range between about 15 wt % and about 50 wt %, binder in a range between about 5 wt % and about 10 wt %; pressing the mixture to form a blank; sintering the blank; cooling the blank.

Abstract: A method for making a coated article includes: providing a substrate; forming a prefabricated layer on a surface of the substrate by vacuum sputtering, the prefabricated layer being a metal layer containing the metal element ‘N’, or an unsaturated oxide layer containing the metal element ‘N’ and ‘M’, the ‘N’ being one or more metals selected from a group consisting of titanium, aluminum, and zinc, the ‘M’ being calcium, barium, or a mixture of calcium and barium; and thermal oxidizing the prefabricated layer to form a color layer on the substrate, the color layer being an oxide layer of the metal element ‘N’, or an oxide layer of the metal element ‘N’ and ‘M’. The color value of the color layer has a L* coordinate between 91 and 98, an a* coordinate between ?1 and 1, and a b* coordinate between ?2 and 2 in the CIE LAB color system.

Abstract: A coating includes a titanium aluminum silicon carbon-nitride layer including a first surface and an opposite second surface. The atomic carbon content and/or the atomic nitrogen content in the titanium aluminum silicon carbon-nitride layer gradually increases from the first surface to the second surface.

Abstract: A coating includes a zirconium yttrium carbon-nitride layer including a first surface and an opposite second surface, the atomic carbon content and the atomic nitrogen content in the zirconium yttrium carbon-nitride layer gradually increasing from the first surface to the second surface.

Abstract: A housing includes a substrate and a nano-composite layer deposited on the substrate. The nano-composite layer includes a number of metal oxide nitride layers and a number of Ce layers. Each metal oxide nitride layer alternates with a Ce layer, and the outermost nano-composite layer is a metal oxide nitride layer. The metal in the metal oxide nitride layer aluminum, titanium, silicon, chromium, or zirconium.

Abstract: A very protective coated glass article includes a glass substrate, a bond enhancing layer formed on the glass substrate and a boron carbide layer deposited on the bond enhancing layer. A method of manufacturing the coated glass article is provided.