Abstract: An in-mould molding touch module includes a plastic film, a touch circuit and a molding rind. The plastic film includes an inner surface and an outer surface for handling and touching. At least one region of the inner surface and a corresponding region of the outer surface define a touch area. The touch circuit is arranged on the inner surface in the touch area. The molding rind is integrated on the inner surface by an in-mould injecting mode to contain the touch circuit for forming a one-piece body. In addition, the invention also provides a method for manufacturing an in-mould molding touch module.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium for use in storing information is described, the medium comprising the use of a manganese-gallium alloy. More specifically, in one embodiment there is provided a magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate having a surface upon which is placed a magnetic recording layer, wherein the magnetic recording layer comprises a Manganese-Gallium alloy material with uniaxial anisotropy.

Abstract: An aluminum article includes a substrate comprising a surface having a plurality of nano-pores defined therein by chemical etching; and a transparent vacuum deposition layer deposited on the surface and filling the nano-pores.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil with carrier sheet which permits releasing of the carrier sheet from the copper foil layer even when hot pressing at a temperature exceeding 300° C. is applied in the production of a printed wiring board. In order to achieve the object, a copper foil with physically releasable carrier sheet having a copper foil layer on the surface of the carrier sheet through a bonding interface layer, characterized in that the bonding interface layer is composed of a metal layer and a carbon layer. It is preferable for the bonding interface layer to be composed of a metal layer of 1 nm to 50 nm thick and a carbon layer of 1 nm to 20 nm thick.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a power supply mechanism which supplies, from an external power supply, electric power to be supplied to an electrostatic chuck. The power supply mechanism includes a first conductive annular member fixed to the end portion of a strut, and capable of rotating together with the strut, a second conductive annular member fixed to a housing, and brought into surface contact with the first conductive annular member, and a first power supply member which supplies a supplied first voltage to an electrode of the electrostatic chuck via the second conductive annular member and the first conductive annular member.

Abstract: An aluminum or aluminum alloy article is described. The aluminum or aluminum alloy article includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate, a color layer formed on the substrate, and an insulation layer formed on the color layer. The color layer is formed by vacuum sputtering. The insulation layer is an external layer of the aluminum or aluminum article.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a stainless steel separator for a fuel cell. The stainless steel separator includes a stainless steel sheet, a first coating layer comprising metal/metal nitride films (M/MNx) (0.5?x?1) on a surface of the stainless steel sheet, and a second coating layer comprising a metal oxynitride film (MOyNz) (0.05?y?2, 0.25?z?1.0).

Abstract: A coated article is provided. The coated article includes a substrate, a bonding layer formed on the substrate, and an anti-fingerprint layer formed on the bonding layer. The bonding layer comprises silicon-oxygen compound and has a plurality of nano-sized mastoids on a surface boding the anti-fingerprint layer. The anti-fingerprint layer comprises polytetrafluoroethylene and has a profile corresponding to the profile of the bonding layer. A method for making the coated article is also described there.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a polymer thick film silver composition comprising (a) a conductive silver powder; and (b) an organic medium comprising three different resins and organic solvent, wherein the ratio of the weight of the conductive silver powder to the total weight of the three different resins is between 5:1 and 45:1. The composition may be processed at a time and energy sufficient to remove all solvent. The invention is further directed to a method of electrode grid and/or bus bar formation on thin-film photovoltaic cells using the composition and to cells formed from the method and the composition.

Abstract: A surface-covered CBN sintered body tool includes a base material formed with a cubic boron nitride (CBN) sintered body and a surface covering film covering a surface of the base material, and has a nega-land exposing the CBN sintered body in at least a portion thereof and a flank having the surface covering film formed thereon. With this, the surface-covered CBN sintered body tool having high defect resistance and wear resistance can be provided. The surface covering film preferably includes a nitride or a carbonitride of a compound including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Zr, and V and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si and B, or a nitride or a carbonitride of Ti.

Abstract: A method for producing a transparent conductive film including a transparent film substrate and a crystalline transparent conductive layer, including: a first depositing a first indium-based complex oxide having a first tetravalent metal element oxide on the transparent film substrate; and a second depositing indium oxide or a second indium-based complex oxide and lower than the tetravalent metal element oxide content of the indium-based complex oxide used in the first depositing by sputtering to form an amorphous transparent conductive layer, and crystallizing the amorphous transparent conductive layer. The method allows a reduction in crystallization time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible gas barrier film including: a transparent base film; and a hydrophobic pattern layer formed on the base film. The flexible gas barrier film is capable of maximizing hydrophobicity and effectively reducing water vapor permeability by patterning the hydrophobic layer.

Abstract: FePt-based perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) media including an ordering temperature reducing layer between a bottom FePtX magnetic recording layer and a nucleation layer. In one embodiment, an ordering temperature reducing layer of carbon is employed to lower the L10 ordering temperature of a FePtC recording layer.

Abstract: A substrate having a durable hydrophobic and/or oleophobic surface. The durable hydrophobic and/or oleophobic surface includes a first layer that is disposed on the substrate and comprises inorganic nanoparticles, an outer layer comprising a fluorosilane, and an optional immobilizing layer that comprises at least one of an inorganic oxide and a silsesquioxane. The durable surface is capable of retaining optical properties, such as haze, and hydrophobic and/or oleophobic properties after repeated contact with foreign objects such as, for example, wiping with a cloth or human finger.

Abstract: A high speed and low power method to control and switch the magnetization direction and/or helicity of a magnetic region in a magnetic device for memory cells using spin polarized electrical current. The mapetic device comprises a reference magnetic layer with a fixed magnetic helicity and/or magnetization direction and a free magnetic layer with a changeable magnetic helicity and/or magnetization direction. The fixed magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer are preferably separated by a non-magnetic layer. The fixed and free magnetic layers may have magnetization directions at a substantially nonzero angle relative to the layer normal. A current can be applied to the device to induce a torque that alters the magnetic state of the device so that it can act as a magnetic memory for writing information. The resistance, which depends on the magnetic state of the device, is measured to read out the information stored in the device.

Abstract: At the time of detecting a position of a shutter plate, a laser light, for instance, is radiated from a detector (an optical sensor). The radiated laser light reaches the shutter plate through a window of a chamber. Then, the laser light is reflected by the surface of the shutter plate and re-enters the detector. The detector detects the time required from the emission of the laser light to the entry of the reflected light.

Abstract: A method of making nanowire probes is provided. The method includes providing a template having a nanoporous structure, providing a probe tip that is disposed on top of the template, and growing nanowires on the probe tip, where the nanowires are grown from the probe tip along the nanopores, and the nanowires conform to the shape of the nanopores.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may provide a matching network for physical vapor deposition. The matching network may include a first RF generator coupled to a deposition chamber target through a first impedance matching network having a first tuning circuit. The first RF generator may be configured to introduce a first AC signal to the deposition chamber target. The matching network may also include a second RF generator coupled to a deposition chamber pedestal through a second impedance matching network. The second RF generator may be configured to introduce a second AC signal to the deposition chamber pedestal. The first tuning circuit may be configured to modify an effect of the second AC signal on plasma formed between the deposition chamber target and the deposition chamber pedestal.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer in a low-E coating. In certain examples, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes zirconium oxide (e.g., ZrO2) doped with gadolinium and/or gadolinium oxide (e.g., Gd2O3 or other suitable stoichiometry). Providing a layer including Gd-doped zirconium oxide as the uppermost or overcoat layer of the coated article (e.g., over a silicon nitride based layer) advantageously results in improved durability, and chemical and heat stability in certain example embodiments. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or in other suitable applications such as monolithic window applications, laminated windows, and/or the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides several manufacturing processes for surface treatment in order to improve conventional electroplating, coating, sputtering processes. Through the surface treatment of the present invention, a brilliant modern pattern/mark can be achieved. Pearl luster lacquer coating, non-pearl luster lacquer coating and laser-marking are the characteristics of the present invention.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite field emission source is provided. A first stage of film-forming process is performed by using RF magnetron sputtering, so as to form a nano structure film on a substrate, in which the nano structure film is a petal-like structure composed of a plurality of nano graphite walls. Afterward, a second stage of film-forming process is performed for increasing carbon accumulation amount on the nano structure film and thereby growing a plurality of nano coral-like structures on the petal-like structure. Therefore, the composite field emission source with high strength and nano coral-like structures can be obtained, whereby improving the effect and life of electric field emission.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus is provided with a processing chamber having a substrate holding table for holding a substrate to be processed inside the container; a gas material generation unit arranged outside the processing chamber, for generating a gas material by evaporating or sublimating a film forming source material including a metal; a gas material supply unit for supplying the processing chamber with the gas material; and a transport path for transporting the gas material to the gas material supply unit from the gas material generation unit. The film forming apparatus is characterized in that a metal-containing layer is formed on an organic layer including a light emitting layer on the target substrate.

Abstract: A cage for a roller bearing comprises a base body with a plurality of pockets for the reception of the roller elements of the roller bearing. At least a part of the surface of the base body is coated with a layer consisting of or containing fullerene-like carbon nitride (FL-CNx), wherein an inter-layer of chromium (Cr) or aluminum (Al) or molybdenum (Mo) or titanium (Ti) or tungsten (W) or a diamond-like coating (DLC) or a metal-mix diamond-like coating (Me-DLC) is arranged between the surfaces of the base body and the layer consisting of or containing fullerene-like carbon nitride.

Abstract: A low emissivity glazing on a pane of glass, includes a set of thin layers formed by vacuum deposition assisted by magnetron, the set of thin layers including at least one metal layer reflecting infra-red rays between one or more dielectric layers located between the metal layer and the glass sheet, the metal layer being provided with a protective barrier coating, including a layer of titanium oxide or sub-oxide, deposited in a weakly oxidizing atmosphere at reduced pressure via a conducting titanium oxide cathode.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of coating a substrate, the method including forming a layer of sputtered material on the substrate. Forming the layer of sputtered material may include: sputtering material from at least one target over the substrate; varying the relative position between the at least one target and the substrate to a first position (I), which first position is maintained for a predetermined first time interval; and varying the relative position between the at least one target and the substrate to a second position (II), which second position is maintained for a predetermined second time interval. The present disclosure further describes a system for coating a substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser pattern mask, and a method for fabricating the same, which can prevent a laser pattern mask from being damaged by coating a protective film on a surface of a laser pattern mask for patterning an entire layer on a mother substrate at a time by laser ablation. The laser pattern mask includes a base substrate, a laser shielding pattern formed of a non-transparent metal on the base substrate to define laser pass through regions, and a protective film formed on an entire surface of the base substrate including the laser shielding pattern.

Abstract: A tubular target formed of molybdenum or a molybdenum alloy has an oxygen content of less than 50 ?g/g, a density of greater than 99% of the theoretical density, and an average grain size of less than 100 ?m. The molybdenum or molybdenum alloy tube may be produced by extrusion. In one embodiment, the molybdenum tube has a backing tube of titanium or titanium alloy. In an embodiment, the molybdenum tube has a varying wall thickness with an increase towards its ends.

Abstract: A deposition process includes sputtering of a layer of a material having a chalcogenide compound, the chalcogenide being composed of at least one chalcogen on and at least one electropositive element, in order to increase or to decrease the atomic proportion (%) of the chalcogen ion with respect to the atomic proportion (%) of the electropositive element.

Abstract: A coated article is provided. The coated article includes a substrate, and an anti-fingerprint layer formed on the substrate. The anti-fingerprint layer is a nano aluminum-oxygen-carbon-nitrogen (Al—O—C—N) layer. A method for making the coated article is also described there.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] A problem to be solved is to provide a stacked structure and a method of manufacturing the same that make generation of insulation breakdown unlikely, while providing a high dielectric constant and a high quality. [Means for Solving Problem] A stacked structure according to the present invention is a stacked structure in which a dielectric layer 3 is provided between a first conductive layer 1 and a second conductive layer 2. The dielectric layer 3 includes a dielectric film 31 formed on the first conductive layer 1, and a dielectric particle film 32 formed by applying a dispersion solution containing dielectric particles onto the dielectric film 31. A method of manufacturing the stacked structure according to the present invention includes a dielectric layer forming step of forming the dielectric layer 3 on the first conductive layer 1, and a conductive layer forming step of forming the second conductive layer 2 on the dielectric layer 3.

Abstract: A coated article is provided with at least one functional layer, such as an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of or including silver and/or gold. A dielectric and substantially transparent seed layer is provided under and directly contacting the functional layer. In certain example embodiments, the seed layer includes an oxide of zinc and boron for increasing the hardness of the layer and thus improving durability of the overall coating. The seed layer may further include aluminum and/or gallium, for enhancing the electrical properties and/or reducing the stress in the resulting coating. The seed layer may be deposited by a substantially metallic target in the presence of oxygen in certain examples.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a membrane having a tapered pore, a polymeric membrane having a tapered pore, and uses of such polymeric membrane are disclosed. The membrane includes apertures of increasing diameter which are aligned with each other to form the tapered pore.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a deposition chamber includes forming a deposited layer over an interior surface of the deposition chamber, wherein the deposited layer has a deposited layer stress and a deposited layer modulus; forming a cleaning layer over the deposited layer, wherein a material comprising the cleaning layer is selected such that the cleaning layer adheres to the deposited layer, and has a cleaning layer stress and a cleaning layer modulus, wherein the cleaning layer stress is higher than the deposited layer stress, and wherein the cleaning layer modulus is higher than the deposited layer modulus; and removing the deposited layer and the cleaning layer from the interior of the deposition chamber.

Abstract: Mixed targets are generally disclosed for sputtering an intermixed layer of cadmium sulfide and cadmium telluride. The mixed target can include cadmium sulfide, and cadmium telluride. Methods of forming the mixed target are also provided. For example, a powdered blend can be formed from powdered cadmium sulfide and powdered cadmium telluride, and pressed into a mixed target Methods are also generally disclosed for manufacturing a cadmium telluride based thin film photovoltaic device having an intermixed layer. For example, a mixed target of cadmium sulfide and cadmium telluride can be sputtered directly on a cadmium sulfide layer to form an intermixed layer, and a cadmium telluride layer can be formed on the intermixed layer.

Abstract: Process for producing a target by thermal spraying, especially by plasma spraying, said target comprising at least one compound chosen from refractory metals, resistive oxides and volatile oxides, characterized in that at least one fraction of said compound in the form of a powder composition of said compound is sprayed by thermal spraying, onto at least one surface portion of the target, in a controlled atmosphere and in that powerful cryogenic cooling jets directed onto the target during its construction are used.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for manufacturing a film-formed article by using sputtering to form a film including a constituent element of a target on a substrate. The manufacturing method comprises setting a distance d between the target and the substrate in a range from 0.5 times to 1.5 times a mean free path of the constituent element in the sputtering gas.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to systems and/or methods for preferentially and selectively heat treating conductive coatings such as ITO using specifically tuned near infrared-short wave infrared (NIR-SWIR) radiation. In certain example embodiments, the coating is preferentially heated, thereby improving its properties while at the underlying substrate is kept at low temperatures. Such techniques are advantageous for applications on glass and/or other substrates, e.g., where elevated substrate temperatures can lead to stress changes that adversely effect downstream processing (such as, for example, cutting, grinding, etc.) and may sometimes even result in substrate breakage or deformation. Selective heating of the coating may in certain example embodiments be obtained by using IR emitters with peak outputs over spectral wavelengths where the conductive coating (or the conductive layer(s) in the conductive coating) is significantly absorbing but where the substrate has reduced or minimal absorption.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating an electrophoretic display device for reducing the fabrication cost and simplifying the fabrication process, and the method may include providing a substrate comprising a display region arranged with a plurality of pixels and a non-display region; forming a thin-film transistor on a first substrate; forming a passivation layer on the substrate formed with the thin-film transistor; forming a pixel electrode in the display region on the passivation layer and forming a partition wall in the non-display region; filling an electrophoretic material in a pixel inside the partition wall on the passivation layer; applying a sealing material to an upper portion of the electrophoretic material to form a sealing layer; depositing a transparent conductive material on the sealing layer to form a common electrode; and adhering the protection layer to an upper portion of the common electrode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated cutting tool comprising a substrate provided with a coating comprising a metallic interlayer placed in-between at least two non-metallic, functional layers or layer systems where the metallic interlayer comprises at least 60 at % metal elements chosen from one or more of Ti, Mo, Al, Cr, V, Y, Nb, W, Ta and Zr, or mixtures thereof, and wherein the at least two non-metallic, functional layers or layer systems is one or more of nitrides, oxides, borides, carbides, or combinations thereof, and wherein the thickness of the at least two non-metallic functional layer or layer systems is from about 3 to about 200 times the thickness of the metallic interlayer. The number of non-metallic, functional layers or layer systems alternated with metallic interlayers is at least 3. The invention also relates to a method of making a cutting tool according to the invention. Cutting tools according to the invention have an increased tool life.

Abstract: A method for forming a superconducting wire with a tape substrate comprises dispensing the tape substrate, providing at least one reactor chamber to form at least one buffer material on the tape substrate based on determining at least one of a type of tape substrate, a type of superconductor material, and a type of buffer material, providing another reactor chamber to continuously form a layer of the superconductor material on a layer of the buffer material, and spooling the tape substrate with the layer of superconductor material.

Abstract: An indium oxide sintered compact containing zirconium as an additive, wherein the ratio of atomic concentration of zirconium to the sum of the atomic concentration of indium and the atomic concentration of zirconium is in the range of 0.5 to 4%, the relative density is 99.3% or higher, and the bulk resistance is 0.5 m?·cm or less. This invention aims to provide an indium oxide transparent conductive film of high transmittance in the visible light region and the infrared region, with low film resistivity, and in which the crystallization temperature can be controlled, as well as the manufacturing method thereof, and an oxide sintered compact for use in producing such transparent conductive film.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: applying an inorganic barrier layer to at least a portion of a flexible substrate, the barrier layer being formed from a low liquidus temperature (LLT) material; and sintering the inorganic barrier layer while maintaining the flexible substrate below a critical temperature.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a metal-insulator-metal capacitive device. In connection with an example embodiment, a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor device is in a substrate having a surface and a three dimensional structure with high aspect ratio sidewalls. The MIM capacitor device includes a first capacitor electrode including a platinum group metal (PGM)-based layer and a Ta-based layer that is between the PGM-based layer and one of the sidewalls. The MIM capacitor also includes a second capacitor electrode and an insulator material between the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Cu—Ga alloy sputtering target which enables the formation of a Cu—Ga sputtering film having excellent uniformity in film component composition (film uniformity), enables the reduction of occurrence of arcing during sputtering, has high strength, and rarely undergoes cracking during sputtering. Specifically disclosed is a Cu—Ga alloy sputtering target which comprises a Cu-based alloy containing Ga, has an average crystal particle diameter of 10 ?m or less, and has a porosity of 0.1% or less.

Abstract: A method of storing a sputtering target made of lanthanum oxide, wherein a lanthanum oxide target to which a lanthanum fluoride film was formed and lanthanum oxide powder are charged in a vacuum pack with an oxygen transmission rate of 0.1 cm3/m2 per 24 h at 1 atm or less and a moisture vapor transmission rate of 0.1 g/m2 per 24 h or less, and, after charging the target and the powder, the vacuum pack is subject to vacuum suction and sealing for storage. This invention aims to provide technology for enabling the long-term storage of a sputtering target in a usable state by devising the method of storing a target made of an oxide of lanthanum as a rare earth metal, and thereby inhibiting the pulverization phenomenon of the target caused by the hydration (hydroxylation) of such target due to residual air or the inclusion of air, and the pulverization phenomenon caused by the formation of carbonate.

Abstract: There have been cases where transistors using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors using amorphous silicon. There have also been cases where transistors using oxide semiconductors show great variation in electrical characteristics within one substrate, from substrate to substrate, or from lot to lot. Therefore, an object is to manufacture a semiconductor device using an oxide semiconductor which has high reliability and less variation in electrical characteristics. Provided is a film formation apparatus including a load lock chamber, a transfer chamber connected to the load lock chamber through a gate valve, a substrate heating chamber connected to the transfer chamber through a gate valve, and a film formation chamber having a leakage rate less than or equal to 1×10?10 Pa·m3/sec, which is connected to the transfer chamber through a gate valve.

Abstract: A multi-layered article includes a substrate; a resin pattern layer; and a thin film coating layer. The substrate, the resin pattern layer, and the thin film coating layer are sequentially layered on each other. A protective film or a first protective coating layer is layered on a surface of the thin film coating layer that faces away from the resin pattern layer. A second protective coating layer is interposed between the thin film coating layer and the protective film or the first protective coating layer. A primer coating layer is interposed between the resin pattern layer and the thin film coating layer.

Abstract: A sputtering apparatus for uniformly eroding a sputtering target is disclosed.

Abstract: A proton-conductive inorganic thin film including an inorganic proton conductor, a method of forming the proton-conductive inorganic thin film, and a fuel cell including the proton-conductive inorganic thin film as an electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.