Abstract: A method for manufacturing a copper foil with a rough surface in a plating tank includes causing an electrolyte solution to flow between an anode and a cathode with a current density of 5 ASF-40 ASF. The copper foil with a rough surface including dense nodules of single copper crystals is deposited on the cathode. The electrolyte solution includes chloride ions (20 ppm-80 ppm), polyethylene glycol (PEG) with a molecular weight of 400-8000 (100 ppm-700 ppm), sulfuric acid (20 g/L-200 g/L), copper sulfate pentahydrate (70 g/L-320 g/L) and a sulfur compound (1 ppm-60 ppm).

Abstract: There is described a process for forming a conformal film of conducting polymer onto one or more surfaces of a substrate by polymerising onto the one or more surfaces in a single step one or more conducting polymer precursors including one or more monomers in the presence of conductivity enhancing additives comprising one or more ionic liquids and one or more optional ionic dopants.

Abstract: Provided are a metallic foil manufacturing method in which a metallic film electrodeposited by electrolysis on the surface of an electrodeposition surface of a cathode is peeled off to form a metallic foil, and the electrodeposition surface used therein is obtained by subjecting a roughened surface, which results from roughening a smoothed surface made of titanium or titanium alloy using a blast treatment, etc., to an oxidation treatment selected from thermal oxidation, anodic oxidation (preferably anodic oxidation carried out while moving the anodic oxidation solution), or a combination treatment of thermal oxidation and anodic oxidation so that the electrodeposition surface has an oxidation layer with a thickness of 30 to 250 nm on the uppermost layer and has a surface roughness RZJIS of 4 to 10 ?m.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing metal-containing (e.g., non-oxide, oxide, or elemental) nano-objects, which may be nanoparticles or nanowires, the method comprising contacting an aqueous solution comprising a metal salt and water with an electrically powered electrode to form said metal-containing nano-objects dislodged from the electrode, wherein said electrode possesses a nanotextured surface that functions to confine the particle growth process to form said metal-containing nano-objects. The invention is also directed to the resulting metal-containing compositions as well as devices in which they are incorporated.

Abstract: A current collector forming an electrode for battery is provided. The electrode current collector includes a conductive layer made of copper or a copper alloy. Furthermore, the conductive layer has a plurality of crystallites, the crystallites containing crystallites having a cross-section area of 20 ?m2 or more.

Abstract: Task: To provide an electrodeposited copper alloy foil with large mechanical strength under normal conditions, and that does not easily degrade due to heat when heated to about 300° C. Resolution Means: An electrodeposited copper alloy foil that includes a metal that exists as an oxide in a solution at pH4 or less or an oxide of the metal, and a method of manufacturing same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a porous copper foil. The method of the present invention includes the steps of forming an oxide film by providing a chromium-containing compound to a metal surface of a cathode; forming a copper foil on the oxide film by performing electrolysis of copper; and removing the copper foil from the metal surface of the cathode. The method of the present invention is simple and time-saving, and the porous copper foil of the present invention has reduced roughness difference between both sides of the porous copper foil.

Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil is provided. The electrolytic copper foil has a shiny side and a matte side opposing to the shiny side, wherein the difference in roughness between the shiny side and the matte side is 0.5 ?m or less. The electrolytic copper foil has a tensile strength of 45 kg/mm2 or above, and is particularly suitable for applications in a lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for deionizing water and purging ions. A first graphene sheet and a second graphene sheet are positioned between a water flow path input and output. A first electrical charge is applied to the first graphene sheet and a second electrical charge to the second graphene sheet, which causes the first graphene sheet to repel ions of the first electrical charge from transiting apertures in the first graphene sheet, influences ions of the second electrical charge from transiting the apertures in the first graphene sheet, and causes the second graphene sheet to repel ions of the second electrical charge from transiting the second apertures. Water is introduced into the water flow path input, through the first graphene sheet, and then through the second graphene sheet, resulting in deionized water at the output. A sensor monitors the capacitance of the graphene sheets to determine when purging is needed.

Abstract: Nanostructured films including a plurality of nanowells, the nanowells having a pore at the top surface of the film, the pore defining a channel that extends downwardly towards the bottom surface of the film are provided. Also provided are methods including exposing a growth substrate to an anodizing bath, applying ultrasonic vibrations to the anodizing bath, and generating a current through the anodizing bath to form the nanostructured film. The nanostructured films may be formed from TiO2 and may be used to provide solid state dye sensitized solar cells having high conversion efficiencies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing metal foil by electroforming.

Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum film by electrodepositing aluminum on a base in an electrolytic cell to which a liquid electrolyte containing a molten salt is fed includes adjusting a concentration of an additive in such a manner that a measured value of an overvoltage is within a predetermined range on the basis of a predetermined relationship between the overvoltage and the concentration of the additive added to the molten salt upon electrodepositing aluminum in the liquid electrolyte.

Abstract: Present invention provides an electrolytic copper foil having a high normal tensile strength and a resistance to the lowering of the tensile strength after thermal treatment. An electrolytic copper foil having a normal tensile strength of 500-750 MPa and a tensile strength after heating at 400° C. for one hour of at least 350 MPa.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an electrocast belt which method ensures long-term use of an electrocasting bath and which method enables provision of an electrocast belt having a required product quality even when an electrocasting bath that has been used in electrolysis with a large cumulative amount of electricity. The method includes a first step of producing an electrocast belt having a required product quality in an electrocasting bath of a specific composition until a predetermined period of time has elapsed; a second step of subsequently producing an electrocast belt in the same electrocasting bath; and a third step of polishing a surface of the electrocast belt produced from the second step so that the electrocast belt produced from the third step has a product quality equivalent to that of the electrocast belt produced from the first step.

Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil is provided. The electrolytic copper foil has a shiny side and a matte side opposing to the shiny side, wherein the difference in roughness between the shiny side and the matte side is 0.5 ?m or less. The electrolytic copper foil has a tensile strength of 45 kg/mm2 or above, and is particularly suitable for applications in a lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.

Abstract: An endless belt for fixing includes a base layer made of nickel, wherein the base layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer provided between the first layer and the second layer, and a toner parting layer provided on the base layer, wherein a content rate of an element for enhancing hardness in the first layer and the second layer is lower than that in the third layer.

Abstract: The invention has an object of obtaining a low-profile electrolytic copper foil made by electrolytic copper foil manufacturing using a cathode drum such that the surface roughness on the rough surface side (the opposite side to the lustrous surface) is low. In particular, the invention has an object of obtaining an electrolytic copper foil that can be finely patterned and have an excellent elongation and tensile strength at normal and high temperatures. This object is attained by using a copper electrolytic solution containing, as additives, an organosulfur compound, and an amine compound having a specific skeleton obtained by additively reacting an amine compound and a compound having one or more epoxy groups in a molecule thereof to an addition reaction.

Abstract: A photo-sensitive composite film is disclosed, which includes plural metal nano-particles and a porous anodized aluminum oxide film. The nanoparticles can be hollow or solid with unrestricted shapes of varying diameters and lengths. The plural metal nanoparticles are completely contained in holes and attached to the bottom of the holes of the anodized aluminum oxide film, and the electrical conductivity of the photo-sensitive anodized aluminum oxide film can be changed by light exposure on the metal nanoparticles from surfaces of the anodized aluminum oxide film. The structure of the photo-sensitive anodized aluminum oxide film of the present invention is uncomplicated and the manufacturing steps thereof are simple, and therefore the photo-sensitive anodized aluminum oxide film of the present invention is of great commercial value. Also, a method of manufacturing the above photo-sensitive composite film and a photo-switched device including the same are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for fabricating nanostructures, which includes the steps of forming a multi-segmented nanowire; and performing a galvanic displacement reaction on the multi-segmented nanowire. The method utilizes template directed electrodeposition to fabricate nanowires with alternating layers of sacrificial/noble metal, enabling a new level of control over particle spacing, aspect ratio, and composition. Moreover, by exploiting the redox potential dependent reaction of galvanic displacement, nanopeapod materials can be extended (semiconductor/metal, p-type/n-type, metal/metal, ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic, etc.) beyond the fundamental metal/metal-oxide nanopeapods synthesized by high temperature techniques. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment. Co/Au and Ni/Au multisegmented nanowires were used to create Te/Au nanopeapods by galvanic displacement, producing Te nanotubes and nanowires with embedded Au particles, respectively.

Abstract: A copper foil reducing transmission loss at a high frequency and excellent in bond strength with a resin substrate, including at least a granular layer and a columnar layer in its thickness direction, the columnar layer being formed on at least one surface of the granular layer forming the copper foil or the granular layer being formed on at least one surface of the columnar layer forming the copper foil, the relation of the thickness A of the granular layer and the thickness B of the columnar layer in the copper foil being preferably A/(A+B)=40 to 99%, a method of production and apparatus for production for the same, and a high frequency circuit using the same.

Abstract: A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.

Abstract: An endless fusing thick belt for an electrographic imaging device having a flexible tubular configuration of predetermined diameter, said endless fusing thick belt comprising; an outside surface toner release layer comprised of a coating and a sleeve; a silicone rubber layer positioned inside said outside surface toner release layer; a rigid material layer positioned inside said silicone rubber layer; and a silicone base layer positioned inside and affixed to the internal surface of said polyimide layer using an adhesive.

Abstract: A titanium substrate is anodized to form an array of titanium dioxide nanotubes on the substrate surface. The nanotubes have hexagonal pore structures, are hexagonal in nature along their length and are tightly packed. The electrolyte solution used in the anodization process comprises the complexing agent Na2[H2EDTA]. The titanium dioxide nanotubes are formed at a rate of about 40 ?m/hr. A titanium dioxide nanotube array detaches from the underlying titanium dioxide substrate by allowing the array to stand at room temperature, or by applying heat to the array. The resulting titanium dioxide membrane has a barrier layer on the back side of the membrane, which closes one end of the constituent nanotubes. The barrier layer can be removed via a chemical etch to create a membrane comprising nanotubes with open ends. The titanium dioxide membrane can be filled with a photosensitive dye and used as part of a dye sensitive photovoltaic devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing nanotubes from coaxial jets of immiscible liquids or poorly-miscible liquids. The purpose of the invention is to produce hollow fibers (nanotubes) or composite fibers having diameters ranging from a few micras to tens of nanometers and comprising walls, in the case of nanotubes, with a thickness ranging from hundreds of nanometers to a few nanometers. The inventive nanotube-formation method involves the generation of coaxial nanojets of two liquids using electrohydrodynamic technology.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily forming an artificial lipid membrane in a short period of time and an artificial lipid membrane forming apparatus suitable for carrying out such method. The present invention relates to a method for forming an artificial lipid membrane using an artificial lipid membrane forming apparatus. The apparatus comprises a substrate, a first spacer, a first thin film, a second spacer, a second thin film, and a cover, wherein a first chamber is formed between the substrate and the first thin film, the first thin film has a first through hole, a second chamber is formed between the first thin film and the second thin film, the second thin film has a second through hole, and the cover has an inlet.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to plants for producing inorganic fibers from melted rocks, advantageously, with narrow working interval and low diathermy, for example, basalts, diabases, amphibolites, andesites, dacites, rhyolites and other rocks. The plant comprises the furnace for obtaining the melt connected to the feeder, working aperture and a warmed feeder with draw dies located below working aperture where, according to the invention, transition chamber is installed on the feeder exit, such transition chamber is intended for creation of thin layer melt flow, its enclosure contains working aperture, the transition chamber has the heater, the threshold installed at its entrance and adjustable damper located over the threshold, and these components are intended for obtaining the melt flow of needed thickness and quality. The feature of the proposed invention is also the bottom of the transition chamber which has an inclination directed towards the working aperture.

Abstract: A composite material useful for the manufacture of a circuit has a support layer, a metal foil layer having opposing first and second sides and a thickness of 15 microns or less and a release layer effective to facilitate separation of the metal foil layer from the support layer, the release layer disposed between and contacting both the support layer and the metal foil layer. A reactive element containing layer, which may be the support layer, effective to react with gaseous elements or compounds to form thermally stable compounds contacts the release layer. The composite material is preferably subjected to a low temperature heat treatment. The combination of the low temperature heat treatment and the reactive element containing layer results in reduced defects including blisters in the copper foil during subsequent processing.

Abstract: There is obtained a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. The present invention provides a copper electrolytic solution, containing as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound polymer obtained by homopolymerizing a compound in which the nitrogen of an acrylic type compound having a dialkylamino group is quaternized, or copolymerizing the compound with another compound having an unsaturated bond, and an electrolytic copper foil manufactured using this electrolytic solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a textured metal strip. In order to be able to implement a method of this type in a comparatively simple manner and thus cost-effectively, a metal layer (4) is galvanically produced on a textured substrate (1) having electrical conductivity, and the metal layer (4), while producing the textured strip (4a), is removed from the substrate (1).

Abstract: A method of growing a crystalline nanowire is disclosed. The method includes providing a pair of electrodes, immersing the electrode pair in a salt solution, and selectively applying a voltage signal to the electrode pair to induce growth of the nanowire between the electrode pairs.

Abstract: Disclosed are an Fe—Au barcode type nanowire and a method of manufacturing the same. The nanowire has a magnetic-optical multifunction and is suitable for adjusting magnetic intensity thereof. The Fe—Au nanowire has a multilayered structure, in which an iron layer and a gold layer are alternately and repeatedly formed, and is formed in a single plating bath through a pulse electro-deposition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a micro wire. More particular, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a micro wire, a sensor including the micro wire, and a method for manufacturing the sensor, having improved production efficiency. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a micro wire includes applying a three-dimensional electric field to a solution for forming a micro wire. The method for manufacturing the micro wire may further include providing an electrode assembly comprising a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the substrate, and providing the solution to a space. The first electrode and the second electrode may form the space therebetween, and the space may have a first width and a second width that is smaller than the first width. The three-dimensional electric field is applied to the solution by applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: Electrografting method for forming and regulating a strongly adherent nanostructured polymer coating onto an electro-conductive surface profile characterized in that the surface profile is regulated by electrodeposition of nanometre- and/or micrometre-scale nuclei onto the surface profile prior to or simultaneously to the formation of the polymer coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining monocrystalline or single crystal nanowires. Said nanowires are grown in a pattern making use of electro-chemical deposition techniques. Most preferred, the electrolytic bath is based on chlorides and has an acidic pH. Single element as well as combinations of two elements nanowires can be grown. Depending on the element properties the obtained nanowire can have metallic (conductive) or semi-metallic (semi-conductive) properties. The observed nanowire growth presents an unusual behavior compared to the classical nanowire template-assisted growth where a cap is formed as soon as the metal grows out of the pattern. Under given conditions of bath composition and potential (current) settings the nanowires grow out of the pattern up to a few microns without any significant lateral overgrowth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a micro hollow tube. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of fabricating a micro hollow tube by template-free localized electrochemical deposition, in which the micro hollow tube is fabricated by the accurate control of the distribution of the electric field strength during deposition with precise interplay of the applied voltage and the distance between the microelectrode and the grown structure.

Abstract: The present invention is provided to manufacture a low magnetic loss metal tape with biaxial texture and a manufacturing method thereof. The low magnetic loss metal tape has a non-magnetic metal layer deposited on a nickel layer in the form of stack. The low magnetic loss metal tape with biaxial texture is manufactured by the following steps. A biaxially textured nickel layer is formed on a surface of cathode rotating in an electroplating bath including a cathode with single crystalline structure or similarly high orientation, and an anode made of high purity nickel. The nickel layer formed on the cathode is then washed in a water bath. Subsequently, a non-magnetic metal layer is formed on the washed nickel layer rotating in a plating bath with a non-magnetic metal solution. The metal tape is finally manufactured by delaminating and winding the nickel/non-magnetic metal layers.

Abstract: Methods for the preparation of long, dimensionally uniform, metallic nanowires that are removable from the surface on which they are synthesized. The methods include the selective electrodeposition of metal nanowires at step edges present on a stepped surface, such as graphite, from an aqueous solution containing a metal or metal oxide. Where a metal oxide is first deposited, the metal oxide nanowires are reduced via a gas phase reduction at elevated temperatures to metal nanowires. Alternatively, beaded or hybrid nanowires comprising a metal A into which nanoparticles of a metal B have been inserted may be prepared by first electrodepositing nanoparticles of metal B selectively along step edges of a stepped surface, capping these nanoparticles with a molecular layer of an organic ligand, selectively electrodepositing nanowire segments of metal A between nanoparticles of metal B and then heating the surface of the hybrid nanowire under reducing conditions to remove the ligand layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a biaxially textured pure metal or alloy layer deposited by electroplating process on the surface of a single-crystalline or quasi-single-crystalline metal substrate, and a method for manufacturing the biaxially textured pure metal or alloy layer.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a nano-scale molecular assembly such as a conductive nano-wire. Specifically, there is provided an electrolytic apparatus for forming a molecular assembly, including two electrodes and an electrolytic cell holding an electrolyte and the two electrodes, wherein the gap between the two electrodes is from 1 nm to 100 ?m, by allowing the electrolytic cell to hold an electrolyte containing molecules that is to constitute the molecular assembly, and applying a voltage across the two electrodes in the state wherein the electrolyte and the two electrodes are in contact.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide an endless metal belt superior in flexing resistance and durability, to provide a fixing belt using the endless metal belt, and to provide a heat fixing device with high durability and high reliability. The objects are achieved by the endless metal belt formed of a nickel alloy containing 5% by weight or more of an additional metallic element and having a half-value width of an X-ray diffraction peak in a range of 0.5 degrees to 2 degrees for each of a crystal plane and a crystal plane, and by using the same.

Abstract: A continuous electroforming process to form a strip for battery electrodes, comprising the steps of providing a mandrel having on its surface a reusable pattern subdivided into conductive and non-conductive areas; moving said mandrel through an electroforming bath to deposit a metal layer on said mandrel while it moves through the electroforming bath until the metal layer has assumed the shape of the conductive pattern and a thickness at least sufficient to provide strength for the layer to be removed from said mandrel; and separating said layer from said mandrel; is characterised by moving said strip through at least one subsequent bath in which electrodeposition of metal takes place on both sides of said strip while it is moved through said subsequent bath, applying a current density of at least 10 A/dm2 and up to 300 A/dm2 to the conductive surface of the moving mandrel and to the metal surface of the strip in each of the subsequent baths; and directing a forced flow of electrolyte onto the surface of the

Abstract: A two-layered anode (1?) has a lower layer (2) including a non-conductive carrier material to which a conductive electrode layer (3?) is applied. Non-conductive areas, formed by partial removal of the electrode layer, have a predetermined structure corresponding to the structure of a structured polymer film (11) to be formed. The anode (1?) is connected with a platinum cathode in an electrolyte into which compounds of low molecular weight, preferably monomers of the polymer film (11), are introduced. During current flow, a conductive polymer film (11) of the predetermined structure is formed on conductive areas brought into contact with the electrolyte. A non-conductive substrate layer (13) is applied to the structured polymer film (11). The structured polymer film (11) adheres to the non-conductive substrate layer (13) and can be released from the electrode (1?) without damaging the electrode.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multiple walled tube comprising a rolling of a plated metal strip through at least two complete revolutions to form a tube having at least a double wall which has a plated layer on the inside of the tube, said rolling being followed by a heating of the tube to cause the surface of the tube walls, which are in contact with one another, to be brazed and wherein said metal strip is plated on one side, the other side being formed by the steel of the metal strip and wherein said brazing is realized by brazing directly the plated side on the steel.

Abstract: 1. A method and an apparatus for the continuous manufacture of electrical and/or electronic film components.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for fabricating metal fibers using electroforming are provided in which continuous metal fibers can be fabricated. Here, any kind of metal which can be electroplated is electro-deposited on the surface of a negative electrode in diameter of a desired size corresponding to a plurality of non-conductive patterns of the negative electrode surface in an electrolyzer, and the electro-deposited metal is continuously separated.

Abstract: A continuous electroforming process to form a strip for battery electrodes, comprising the steps of providing a mandrel having on its surface a reusable pattern subdivided into conductive and non-conductive areas; moving said mandrel through an electroforming bath to deposit a metal layer on said mandrel while it moves through the electroforming bath until the metal layer has assumed the shape of the conductive pattern and a thickness at least sufficient to provide strength for the layer to be removed from said mandrel; and separating said layer from said mandrel; is characterised by moving said strip through at least one subsequent bath in which electrodeposition of metal takes place on both sides of said strip while it is moved through said subsequent bath, applying a current density of at least 10 A/dm2 and up to 300 A/dm2 to the conductive surface of the moving mandrel and to the metal surface of the strip in each of the subsequent baths; and directing a forced flow of electrolyte onto the surface of the

Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil is electrodeposited onto the cathodic drum surface of a rotating cathode drum by feeding an electrolytic solution between the cathode drum and an anode facing each other and applying direct current between them, while the initial formation of the crystal nuclei of the electrolytic copper foil is performed by providing an auxiliary anode, an electrolytic solution receiver and a flashboard above the anode and applying an electric current between the cathode drum and the auxiliary anode and feeding an electrolytic solution separately onto the cathodic drum surface from an electrolytic solution feeder placed near the auxiliary anode and discharging it through the gap between the cathodic drum surface and the edge of the electrolytic solution receiver, keeping an electrolytic solution holdup between the cathodic drum surface and the auxiliary anode by the electrolytic solution receiver and the flashboard.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for continuously producing electrodeposited copper foil while thiourea-decomposed products remaining in copper electrolyte are removed through activated carbon treatment. Another object is to provide high-resistivity copper foil obtained through the method. The present invention further provides an electrodeposition apparatus including a path for circulating a copper sulfate solution, whereby in said path is provided a filtration means for removal of thiourea-decomposed products remaining in copper electrolyte.

Abstract: Described is a process for producing a self-supporting metal foil (40), in particular copper foil, which by virtue of its constitution has a low shearing strength and which can be structured in a sharp-edged configuration. In this case a base layer of the metal foil (40) is galvanically deposited on a roller cathode (22). A cauliflower structure (60) comprising the metal is deposited in firmly adhering relationship on the metal base layer (58) by means of an additional anode (32) provided between the roller cathode (22) and the anode cage (24). The metal foil (40) comprising the metal base layer (58) and the cauliflower structure (60) is detached from the roller cathode (22), rinsed and dried. The dried foil (40) comprising the metal base layer (58) provided with the cauliflower structure (60) is moved through a black oxide bath (46). There then follows a rinsing operation and a drying operation.