Abstract: Methods are described for applying abradable material onto a seal backing material to form an abradable seal between rotating and stationary components of turbines using cold spray deposition technology to control the density, porosity and thickness of the sealing layer.

Abstract: A biochip and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The biochip can increase a surface area on which biomaterials can be immobilized and improve efficiency of reaction. The biochip includes: a substrate; a coating layer formed on the substrate; and a nanoparticle immobilized on the substrate by the coating layer, a material to be bound to a target material being attached on a surface of the nanoparticle.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a fine particle applicator including a loading vessel, a metering roller positioned adjacent the loading vessel, a first stippling roller in contact with the metering roller, a high speed roller, positioned adjacent the metering roller such that bristles of the metering roller and bristles of the high speed roller overlap sufficient to form an interference zone, a second stippling roller, in contact with the high speed roller, a stippling shoe positioned adjacent at least the metering roller and high speed roller and a housing. At least a portion of a surface of the stippling shoe closest to at least the metering roller and high speed roller includes substantially the same curvature as the roller nearest the surface.

Abstract: A method of coating an object includes applying a heterogeneous mixture of polymeric powder and metal powder to a surface of an object and heating the surface for a period of time sufficient to cause the polymeric powder to cure and form a coating on the surface. The cured polymeric coating may then be subjected to one or more finishing operations. The resulting coating contains a substantially equal distribution of metal powder throughout a thickness thereof. The powder mixture may adhere to adhesive material applied to one or more surfaces of an object. The powder mixture may adhere to one or more heated surfaces of an object.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a flocked metal plate, which has a hydrophilic nature and is excellent in water retention property and water absorbing property, and a method of producing the flocked metal plate. A flocked metal plate having a flocked layer, which is formed by implanting short fibers as short fiber bundles in a synthetic resin adhesive layer provided at least one face of a metal plate or a surface treated metal plate, wherein the synthetic resin adhesive layer is made a hydrophilic synthetic resin adhesive layer, the short fibers implanted in the synthetic resin adhesive layer are made hydrophilized short fibers, and the short fibers are implanted in the synthetic resin adhesive layer to give a flocked layer having short fiber bundles at as high density as possible, thereby giving a flocked metal plate carrying a flocked layer having been made a flocked layer which exhibits a hydrophilic nature, water retention property and water absorbing property.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method for manufacturing the same are discussed. According to an embodiment, the liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, wherein each of the first and second substrates includes pixel regions to form a matrix, a black matrix layer arranged in a region other than the pixel regions gate lines and data lines arranged in a portion corresponding to the black matrix layer spacers arranged in predetermined portions provided on the black matrix layer wherein each of the plurality of spacers includes one or more balls, and a solid to adhere the one or more balls to the first or second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: Means for dispensing a powdery colouring substance onto the surface of a mix (14) comprising stone, stone-like, glass or ceramic material. The means comprise at least one dispensing device (28) for containing and dispensing a powdery colouring substance (11) and at least one spreading device (30). The spreading device (30) comprises at least one moving perforated plate (100) which receives a metered amount of said colouring substance (11) from the dispensing device (28) and distributes it over the surface of the mix (14).

Abstract: Carbon nanotubes, which in several embodiments are mixed with particles, organic materials, non-organic materials, or solvents, are deposited on a substrate to form a cold cathode. The deposition of the carbon nanotube mixture is performed using an ink jet printing process.

Abstract: A mask and method for kinetic cold gas compacting is disclosed. The mask includes a body for covering a not-to-be-coated region of a substrate to be coated having a work side exposed to a coating substance. The work side has a hardness such that the work side is not plastic deformable by a striking coating particle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for realizing a particle network comprising a particle depositing step, capable of self-organizing with a determined increment along a first direction, onto a substrate exhibiting a property that permits an interaction between the substrate and the particles and modulated along the first direction with a period adapted to said increment. A substantial interaction thus subsists between each of the particles and its neighboring particles along the first direction.

Abstract: A method of coating low density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), or combinations of the two, is disclosed. The method includes treating the polyethylene with a coating and then digitally printing the coated polyethylene substrate. The coated substrate may then be over-coated to protect the printing and the substrate may be formed as desired. The coated substrate may also be coated with a clear thin protective coating and heat-sealed on three sides to form a small tote bag.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing an image on a substrate and a substrate having an image deposited thereon using the aforementioned processes.

Abstract: A coating steel component with a pattern of an iron based matrix with crystalline particles metallurgically bound to the surface of a steel substrate for use as disc cutters or other components with one or more abrading surfaces that can experience significant abrasive wear, high point loads, and large shear stresses during use. The coated component contains a pattern of features in the shape of freckles or stripes that are laser formed and fused to the steel substrate. The features can display an inner core that is harder than the steel substrate but generally softer than the matrix surrounding the core, providing toughness and wear resistance to the features. The features result from processing an amorphous alloy where the resulting matrix can be amorphous, partially devitrified or fully devitrified.

Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to materials having a decorative pattern formed of glitter, and more particularly but not by way of limitation, to flower pot covers, floral wrappings, ribbon materials and decorative grasses made from such materials. In one aspect, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to methods for producing flower pot covers and methods of wrapping floral groupings and flower pots with a sheet of material having a decorative pattern formed of glitter to provide a decorative cover for such floral groupings and flower pots. In yet another aspect, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to methods of producing decorative grasses having a decorative pattern formed of glitter.

Abstract: A method of coating a metal substrate such as the components in second and third stages of gas turbine engines in order to increase the oxidation and corrosion resistance of the metal substrate under high temperature operating conditions, the method including the steps of forming a powdered mixture of a high-melt superalloy or MCrAlY component, where M comprises Fe, Ni and/or Co, and a low-melt component containing about 2-5 wt. % silicon, boron or hafnium, applying the powdered mixture to the surface of the metal substrate at room temperature using an atomized spray to form a uniform surface coating, and then heating the coated substrate surface under vacuum conditions to a temperature in the range of about 1900° F. to 2275° F. to obtain a uniform coating composition providing oxidation resistance to the underlying substrate.

Abstract: A method for producing nanostructures on a substrate, by dripping a solution of nanostructure-forming material in water onto the substrate heated to a temperature above the temperature at which a drop of the solution is initially suspended on a vapor cushion after being applied by dripping onto the substrate, with nanostructures being formed when the drops evaporate.

Abstract: A method of establishing defined morphologies of separated phases in thin coats, in which anisotropic particles (T) whose average particle diameter (D) is <1 ?m and whose D/d ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d) is >50 are introduced into the coating material used to produce said coats and comprises at least one polymer (P1), at least one polymer (P2) which is incompatible with the polymer (P1) in the solid phase and/or a crosslinking agent (V) which is incompatible with the polymer (P1) in the solid phase, where the polymers (P1) and/or (P2) have at least one functional group (a) which reacts during curing of the coating material to form covalent bonds. The disclosed coating material is applied to an uncoated substrate and/or to a precoated substrate and then cured and can be used in producing antistonechip OEM coat systems.

Abstract: A modified coffee-stain method for producing self-organized line structures and other very fine features that involves disposing a solution puddle on a target substrate, and then controlling the peripheral boundary shape of the puddle using a control structure that contacts the puddle's upper surface. The solution is made up of a fine particle solute dispersed in a liquid solvent wets and becomes pinned to both the target substrate and the control structure. The solvent is then caused to evaporate at a predetermined rate such that a portion of the solute forms a self-organized “coffee-stain” line structure on the target substrate surface that is contacted by the peripheral puddle boundary. The target structure is optionally periodically raised to generate parallel lines that are subsequently processed to form, e.g., TFTs for large-area electronic devices.

Abstract: A new method of making self-assembled nanoparticle wires involves: (1) at about ambient temperature and at or near atmospheric pressure, immersing a hydrophilic solid substrate at a non-horizontal angle (e.g.

Abstract: A patch application system is provided comprising a powder application booth. The powder application booth comprises a powder block to temporarily house the powder prior to ejection, a nozzle insert to guide the powder onto the screw, a support stand to adjust the powder block to the appropriate position relative to the screw for a desired patch location and size, a powder cup to deliver the powder to the powder block. A programmable logic controller electronically coupled to the micro air-switch valve controls the duration the air-switch valve remains open. The entire process may be automated by including a screw hopper to temporarily store a plurality of screws, a bowl feeder receiving the screws and delivering the screws to a rotating disk, wherein the rotating disk passes the screws through a heating element and presents the heated screws to the powder application booth.

Abstract: A novel method, and the writing system used, for writing on surfaces with a coloured inscription are proposed, characterized in that a number of thin layers each of less than 800 nm are applied on or in a material (1, 2), wherein a layer or layer interface at least partially reflects electromagnetic waves (3), a transparent layer (4) with a thickness of less than 700 nanometres is provided above and/or below this reflective layer and on top of that there is at least one layer of metallic or at least strongly chromophoric particles (5), with a mass thickness of less than 50 nm, or alternatively the chemical precursors of such particles or alternatively a metallic thin film of less than 50 nm thickness, and the entire structure is changed in its colour in a spatially defined and structured manner by exposure to light or by direct contact with or close proximity to hot objects, wherein any desired text, design or graphic information (6) becomes visible as a result of changing the structure of the nanolayers, at

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for efficiently preparing a light transmissive electromagnetic wave shielding material enhanced in light transmissive property, electromagnetic wave shielding property, appearance and legibility, and having high-accuracy mesh-pattern. The process for the preparation of a light transmissive electromagnetic wave shielding material comprising; printing in the form of mesh a pretreatment agent for electroless plating on a transparent substrate to form a mesh-shaped pretreatment layer, the pretreatment agent comprising a fine particle having an extremely-thin film of noble metal on its surface, and subjecting the mesh-shaped pretreatment layer to electroless plating to form a mesh-shaped metal conductive layer on the pretreatment layer.

Abstract: An electrophoretic fluid separation structure (100) comprising a substrate (101) and a plurality of vertical nanowires (102) grown on the substrate (101).

Abstract: A particle arrangement apparatus of the present invention includes a tank for holding a dispersion of particles, a rotating means for rotating the substrate inside the tank to dip the substrate into the dispersion and to remove the substrate from the dispersion, and a coating means for applying a liquid different from the dispersion to the surface of the substrate when the substrate is not in contact with the dispersion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing flakes, the process comprising the steps of: (i) applying a masking agent to a portion of a collecting substrate to provide a masked portion and an unmasked portion of the collecting substrate; (ii) applying a flake precursor to the unmasked portion of the collecting substrate to provide a plurality of flakes attached to the collecting substrate; and (iii) recovering the flakes. The invention also relates to: flakes obtained by said process; a pigment comprising said flakes; a surface coating comprising said flakes; and a use of said flakes as a pigment.

Abstract: An aligned double-walled carbon nanotube bulk structure composed of plural aligned double-walled carbon nanotubes and having a height of 0.1 ?m or more and a double-walled carbon nanotube are produced by chemically vapor depositing (CVD) a carbon nanotube in the presence of a metal catalyst with controlled particle size and thickness, preferably in the presence of moisture. According to this, it is possible to provide a double-walled nanotube which is free from inclusion of the catalyst, has high purity, is easy to control the alignment and growth, is able to achieve the fabrication through the formation of a bulk structure and has excellent electron emission characteristic (particularly, a double-walled carbon nanotube bulk structure) and also to provide a production technology thereof.

Abstract: Methods for selectively depositing nanostructures on a support layer include contacting the support layer with functionalized catalyst particles. The functionalized catalyst particles can form a self-assembled monolayer of catalyst particles on the support layer and the functionalized catalyst particles can be used to catalyze nanostructure growth. In one embodiment of the disclosed method, zinc oxide nanowires are grown on a patterned substrate using functionalized gold nanoparticles. Patterned arrays of self-assembled nanostructures and nanoscale devices using such nanostructure arrays are also described.

Abstract: After a second liquid is applied to a support and dried, a first liquid is applied thereon. On a film of the first liquid, a third liquid (water) is supplied in droplets using an inkjet-type liquid supply unit. An area supplied with the droplets is referred to as porous area. Next, an organic solvent is evaporated from the film and the droplets are evaporated from the porous area. Thus, a porous film is obtained. The porous film has the porous areas in which a plurality of pores are arranged. Since the droplets are directly formed by an inkjet printing method, a condensation process and a droplet growing process are unnecessary. Thus, the porous film is produced efficiently. Shapes of the porous areas can be changed easily. The porous areas can be formed on the porous film in various patterns.

Abstract: A mat for simulating natural terrain for use in an indoors display is the subject of this invention. The mat comprises a sheet of water impervious resinous material, a water base latex emulsion coating applied to the resinous material and a quantity of terrain simulating particles which are adhered to the sheet by the dried coating. The particles are fixed to the sheet by a sealant which is sprayed on the particles after the coating has dried. The particles may comprise flocking, ground foam rubber or rigid solid pieces. The invention also encompasses a method of preparing a simulated natural terrain utilizing the mat as afore described. This method includes outlining desired terrain features, applying water to the outlined area, scraping the substrate to remove particles from the outlined area and then coloring the area.

Abstract: A printing apparatus adapted for printing wide line width and narrow line width patterns with one printing plate when fabricating a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The printing apparatus includes a printing roll having target pattern forming material spread thereon, a printing substrate have at least one pair of adjacent printing plate patterns and at least one barrier rib pattern therebetween, and a target substrate. The printing substrate is configured to receive target pattern forming material from the printing roll and the target substrate is configured to receive target pattern forming material remaining on the printing roll following transfer of target forming material to the printing substrate.

Abstract: Precursor compositions for the fabrication of electronic features such as resistors and capacitors. The precursor compositions are formulated to have a low conversion temperature, such as not greater than about 350° C., thereby enabling the fabrication of such electronic features on a variety of substrates, including organic substrates such as polymer substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating adhesive surfaces of fixing elements with a hot-melt adhesive, and to a device for carrying out said coating method. Base surfaces (5) of recesses (2) are formed by tappets (6), whereby the lateral walls thereof are displacably guided in the recesses (2). A displaceable container (9) which is used to fill up the adhesive powder in the recesses (2) is arranged next to the recesses (2). The side edges (10) of the container (9) cover a working plate (1). A slit (11) which is used to receive the securing element (4) is arranged on the other side of the recesses (2), said slit being provided with continuous holes (12) for the tappets (6). A pressure stamp (13) provided with a pressure plate (14) which is lowered onto the securing element (4) is arranged over the recesses (2). A heating station (15) which is used to heat the securing element prior to heating the recesses (2) to the desired heating temperature is arranged at a distance from the slits (11).

Abstract: A method of producing an absorbent article, including: metering particles at a predetermined flow rate to form a metered particle stream; carrying the metered particle stream in a carrier flow to form a carried particle stream; pulsing the carried particle stream to form a pulsed particle stream; and transferring a pulse from the pulsed particle stream onto a forming surface of the absorbent article.

Abstract: Disclosed are reinforced metal matrix composites and methods of shaping powder materials to form such composites. Articles of manufacture are formed in layers by a laser fabrication process. In the process, powder is melted and cooled to form successive layers of a discontinuously reinforced metal matrix. The matrix exhibits fine grain structure with enhanced properties over the unreinforced metal, including higher tensile modulus, higher strength, and greater hardness. In some preferred embodiments, an in-situ alloy powder, a powder metallurgy blend, or independently provided powders are reinforced with boron and/or carbon to form the composite.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a consumer scrubbing wipe article. The method comprises providing a nonwoven substrate having a dry basis weight of less than about 300 g/m2 where the nonwoven substrate defining first and second opposing surfaces, providing an abrasive resin-based matrix, printing the matrix onto the first surface of the nonwoven substrate, and coalescing the matrix to create a texture layer that provides a scrubbyness attribute. The printed matrix covers less than an entirety of the first surface, and the texture layer is created without crosslinking of the matrix resin. The texture layer extends at least 50 microns outwardly beyond the first surface upon coalescing.

Abstract: A patch application system is provided comprising a powder application booth. The powder application booth comprises a powder block to temporarily house the powder prior to ejection, a nozzle insert to guide the powder onto the screw, a support stand to adjust the powder block to the appropriate position relative to the screw for a desired patch location and size, a powder cup to deliver the powder to the powder block. A programmable logic controller electronically coupled to the micro air-switch valve controls the duration the air-switch valve remains open. The entire process may be automated by including a screw hopper to temporarily store a plurality of screws, a bowl feeder receiving the screws and delivering the screws to a rotating disk, wherein the rotating disk passes the screws through a heating element and presents the heated screws to the powder application booth.

Abstract: The invention relates to slip resistant seamless packaging casings and more particularly to slip resistant seamless tubular food casings comprising cellulose or cellulose hydrate and having the surface modified with particles or fibres of food compatible material. The invention also relates to a method for the manufacture of said slip resistant tubular food casing having the surface modified with particles or fibres of food compatible material, and to the use of the obtained slip resistant seamless tubular food casing.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for applying particles within a pre-determined limited area of an absorbent structure. The apparatus has: a nozzle arranged to dispense the particles on the pre-determined limited area of the absorbent structure; conduit for supplying particles by a gas flow from a particle container to the nozzle; a valve arranged between the nozzle and the particle container; and, a valve vane arranged to direct the gas flow having particles through the valve from a particle inlet to an application outlet when the valve is in a first position and to direct the gas flow having particles through the valve from the particle inlet to a residue outlet when the valve is in a second position. The apparatus also has a device for maintaining a gas flow in the application outlet when the valve is in the second position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a particle board comprising a lower and an upper surface layer (9, 11) having a finer fraction of particles (4), and between these surface layers (9, 11) an intermediate layer (13) having a coarser fraction of particles (5). The intermediate layer (13) has a varying density.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for depositing films on a substrate which may form part of an LED or other types of display. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus for depositing ink on a substrate. The apparatus includes a chamber for receiving ink; a discharge nozzle having an inlet port and an outlet port, the discharge nozzle receiving a quantity of ink from the chamber at the inlet port and dispensing the quantity of ink from the outlet port; and a dispenser for metering the quantity of ink from the chamber to the inlet port of the discharge nozzle; wherein the chamber receives ink in liquid form having a plurality of suspended particles and the quantity of ink is pulsatingly metered from the chamber to the discharge nozzle; and the discharge nozzle evaporates the carrier liquid and deposits the solid particles on the substrate.

Abstract: Methods for forming freestanding objects primarily comprising aligned carbon nanotubes, as well as the objects made by these methods, are provided. Arrays of generally aligned carbon nanotubes are first synthesized on a substrate then released from the substrate and densified, maintaining the aligned arrangement. These densified arrays can take the form of thin strips which can be joined together, for example by lamination, to form larger objects of arbitrary size. These objects can be further cut or otherwise machined to desired dimensions and shapes. Release from the substrate can be accomplished mechanically, such as by shearing, or chemically, such as by etching. Densification can be accomplished, for example, through compaction or by taking advantage of capillary forces. In the latter case, an array is first wetted with a fluid and then dried. As the fluid is removed, capillary forces draw the nanotubes closer together.

Abstract: Known techniques for forming nanoparticles require a multiple-step process to coat a surface with nanoparticles. The present invention provides a single-step process that requires the deposition of a substrate in a mixture of a solvent, ligands and organometallic precursors. The mixture containing the substrate is heated under pressure in a dihydrogen environment for a predetermined period of time, during which supercrystals of nanoparticles form on the substrate.

Abstract: The present inventions pertain to a method of applying a solid protective coating to articles, to a system capable of depositing a solid film layer on articles, and to hermetically sealed articles. In particular, films are deposited on fused quartz substrates, optical fibers, and other items requiring a hermetic seal by a single or multiple beams laser-induced chemical vapor deposition [LCVD]. According to the present inventions, the protective layer can be deposited on the articles to be hermetically sealed in an open environment at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature whereby the coating process may occur outside the confines of an enclosure. A coaxial precursor and non-reactive laminar gas jet configuration insulates the deposition area from oxygen and other aerial impurities.

Abstract: The present inventions pertain to a method of applying a solid protective coating to articles, to a system capable of depositing a solid film layer on articles, and to hermetically sealed articles. In particular, films are deposited on fused quartz substrates, optical fibers, and other items requiring a hermetic seal by a single or multiple beams laser-induced chemical vapor deposition [LCVD]. According to the present inventions, the protective layer can be deposited on the articles to be hermetically sealed in an open environment at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature whereby the coating process may occur outside the confines of an enclosure. A coaxial precursor and non-reactive laminar gas jet configuration insulates the deposition area from oxygen and other aerial impurities.

Abstract: The invention relates to a granular material for 3D binder printing, said granular material consisting of particles provided with an externally non-polar surface layer (2). The invention also relates to a method for producing a granular material for 3D binder printing, whereby a surface layer (2) having a non-polar outer side is applied to initial particles (1), and to a method for producing an object consisting of the inventive granular material, according to which a layer of the inventive granular material is applied to a base, and pre-determined regions (3) of said layer are moistened with a binding fluid, said binding fluid being selected from fluids in which a surface layer of the particles of the granular material is soluble. The invention further realties to objects consisting of interconnected particles of the inventive granular material. The invention enables a very precise printing process.

Abstract: Nanoscale masking using particles patterned on a substrate include assembling particles into a pattern on a first substrate; contacting the particles with a second substrate; adding blocking molecules while the particles are in contact, such that blocking molecules bind to portions of the second substrate not in contact with the particles; and separating the substrates, yielding a functionalized substrate having blocking molecules bound thereto. Nanoscale printing methods include assembling particles into a desired pattern on a first substrate; contacting a print material with the particles such that at least a portion of the print material binds to the particles on the first substrate; removing the first substrate having particles thereon from unbound print material; contacting the particles having print material bound thereto with a second substrate such that at least a portion of the print material binds to the second substrate; and separating the substrates, yielding a printed substrate.

Abstract: An inject recording method, including: spraying droplets of an ink composition that contains organic solvent, resin, and a pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the lateral diameter is Y, and the thickness is Z, the 50% average particle diameter R50 of a corresponding circle determined from the surface area in the X-Y plane of the plate-like particle is between 0.5 and 3 ?m, and the condition R50/Z>5 is satisfied; and causing the droplets to adhere to a recording medium.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing simulated oil paintings by means of a variety of commercial software programs. A digital color image is created and printed on to a substrate. Also printed on to the same substrate and registered thereto, is a slow drying, clear, embossing liquid in the pattern of brush strokes derived from one or more of the colors printed on to the substrate. A thermographic powder is dusted onto the embossing liquid while still wet and excess powder removed. The substrate is then heated to dry and raise the brush stroke pattern of the embossing ink to create a three dimensional effect on the substrate. The raised brush stroke pattern in combination with printed color image creates a work that has the three dimensional effect simulating an original oil painting.

Abstract: A method for temporarily securing superabrasive particles to a substrate such as a tool substrate or a growth precursor and articles formed therefrom are provided. The method can include applying an array of adhesive droplets onto at least a portion of a substrate in accordance with a predetermined pattern. The pattern may be uniform grid equally spacing each adhesive droplet. The adhesive droplets can be suitable to each secure only a single superabrasive particle. The method may further include adhering a single superabrasive particle to each adhesive droplet. As a result of the method can yield a tool substrate and grow precursor having enhance particle growth and wear properties.

Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film includes a release layer, an insulating adhesive matrix on the release layer, and conductive particles distributed in the matrix in a substantially uniform pattern. The film may also include a patterned adhesive layer on the release layer, so that the particles are positioned in a pattern that substantially corresponds to the pattern of the patterned adhesive layer.