Abstract: Flaky alumina particles including mullite in a surface layer of the flaky alumina particles. A method for producing flaky alumina particles including forming a mixture by mixing together an aluminum compound that contains elemental aluminum, a molybdenum compound that contains elemental molybdenum, and silicon or a silicon compound that contains elemental silicon, the aluminum compound being in an amount greater than or equal to 50 mass %, calculated as Al2O3, the molybdenum compound being in an amount less than or equal to 40 mass %, calculated as MoO3, the silicon or the silicon compound being in an amount of 0.5 mass % or greater and less than 10 mass %, calculated as SiO2, relative to a total mass of the flaky alumina particles taken as 100 mass %; and firing the mixture.

Abstract: A glass-ceramic includes a silicate-containing glass and crystals within the silicate-containing glass. The crystals include non-stoichiometric tungsten and/or molybdenum sub-oxides, and the crystals are intercalated with dopant cations.

Abstract: A coating composition for coating of components of a flow machine, especially a turbomachine such as a gas turbine with compressor, or of a compressor, which are exposed to the fluid stream of the flow machine or of the compressor, wherein the coating composition includes anticorrosion pigments, wherein the coating composition includes hard material particles, and wherein the coating composition is an RT-curing, UV-curing and/or thermally curing coating composition. A component of a flow machine or of a compressor has the coating composition. A method of maintaining a flow machine or a compressor uses the coating composition.

Abstract: A process for coating a component includes applying a bond coat on a substrate of a component; applying a thermal barrier material to the bond coat; and applying a conforming reflective layer to the thermal barrier material, the conforming reflective layer conforming to porous microstructure of the ceramic coating.

Abstract: Methods of forming sintered coatings are provided, along with the resulting coatings on a substrate. The sintered coating may comprise a rare earth compound and a sintering aid, with the rare earth compound has the formula: A1?bBbZ1?dDdMO6 where A is Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Fe, Cr, Co, Mn, Bi, or a mixture thereof; b is 0 to about 0.5; Z is Hf, Ti, or a mixture thereof; D is Zr, Ce, Ge, Si, or a mixture thereof; d is 0 to about 0.5; and M is Ta, Nb, or a mixture thereof. The coating may be densified at a sintering temperature, such as 1300° C. to 1600° C.

Abstract: A light-emitting ceramic that includes a pyrochlore type compound that contains 0.01 mol % or more of Bi with respect to 100 mol % of the general formula M1XM2YM3ZOW, wherein M1 is at least one of La, Y, Gd, Yb, and Lu, M2 is at least one of Zr, Sn, and Hf, M3 is at least one of Ta, Nb, and Sb, X, Y, Z, and W are positive numbers that maintain electrical neutrality, X+Y+Z=2.0, 0.005?Z?0.2, and 3X+4Y+5Z is 7.02 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a glass composition comprising a glass frit containing P2O5, SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3, ZrO2 and a group I-based oxide, wherein the P2O5 is contained in an amount of 10 to 30% by weight based on a total weight of the glass frit, wherein the SiO2 is contained in an amount of 20 to 40% by weight based on the total weight of the glass frit, wherein the B2O3 is contained in an amount of 5 wt % to 18 wt % based on the total weight of the glass frit, wherein the Al2O3 is contained in an amount of 15 to 30% by weight based on the total weight of the glass frit, wherein the ZrO2 is contained in an amount of 1 wt % to 8 wt % based on the total weight of the glass frit, wherein the Group I-based oxide is contained in an amount of 15 to 30% by weight based on the total weight of the glass frit.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a coated cutting tool whose tool life can be extended by having excellent wear resistance and fracture resistance. The coated cutting tool includes: a substrate; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, in which the coating layer includes a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer in this order from a substrate side to a surface side of the coating layer, the lower layer includes one or more Ti compound layers formed of a specific Ti compound, the intermediate layer contains TiCNO, TiCO, or TiAlCNO, the upper layer contains ?-type Al2O3, an average thickness of the lower layer is 2.0 ?m or more and 8.0 ?m or less, an average thickness of the intermediate layer is 0.5 ?m or more and 2.0 ?m or less and is 10% or more and 20% or less of an average thickness of the entire coating layer, an average thickness of the upper layer is 0.8 ?m or more and 6.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a coated cutting tool whose tool life can be extended by having excellent wear resistance and fracture resistance. The coated cutting tool includes: a substrate; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, in which the coating layer includes a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer in this order from a substrate side to a surface side of the coating layer, the lower layer includes one or more Ti compound layers formed of a specific Ti compound, the intermediate layer contains TiCNO, TiCO, or TiAlCNO, the upper layer contains ?-type Al2O3, an average thickness of the lower layer is 2.0 ?m or more and 8.0 ?m or less, an average thickness of the intermediate layer is 0.5 ?m or more and 2.0 ?m or less and is 10% or more and 20% or less of a thickness of the entire coating layer, an average thickness of the upper layer is 0.8 ?m or more and 6.

Abstract: In one example, an article including a metallic substrate; and an abradable coating on the metallic substrate, the abradable coating including a plurality of abradable layers in an alternating arrangement with a plurality of CMAS resistant layers, wherein the plurality of CMAS resistant layers are configured to react with molten CMAS to form a stable phase.

Abstract: A film-forming powder containing a rare earth oxyfluoride has an average particle size D50 of 0.6-15 ?m, a total volume of ?10 ?m pores of 0.51-1.5 cm3/g as measured by mercury porosimetry, and a BET surface area of 3-50 m2/g is suitable for forming a dense film in high yields or deposition rates and high productivity. The film-forming powder having a greater pore volume can be prepared by forming a rare earth ammonium fluoride complex salt on surfaces of rare earth oxide particles to provide precursor particles, and heat treating the precursor particles at a temperature of 350 to 700° C.

Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a base material and a coating arranged on the base material; wherein: the coating comprises an ?-Al2O3 layer composed of a plurality of ?-Al2O3 particles; the average particle diameter a of the ?-Al2O3 particles in a first region of the ?-Al2O3 layer is 0.10 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less; the average particle diameter b of the ?-Al2O3 particles in a second region of the ?-Al2O3 layer is 0.30 ?m or more and 0.50 ?m or less; the average particle diameter c of the ?-Al2O3 particles in a third region of the ?-Al2O3 layer is 0.10 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less; and the ratio b/a is 1.5 or more and 5.0 or less.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component that includes a multilayer body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer that are layered. The dielectric layer contains a plurality of dielectric particles containing Ba and Ti. The plurality of dielectric particles contain a first concentrated region containing a first element and located at an interface with an adjacent dielectric particle of the plurality of dielectric particles, and a second concentrated region containing the first element and present at an interface within 50 nm from the first concentrated region.

Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a base material and a coating arranged on the base material; wherein: the coating comprises an ?-Al2O3 layer composed of a plurality of ?-Al2O3 particles; the average particle diameter a of the ?-Al2O3 particles in a first region of the ?-Al2O3 layer is 0.10 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less; the average particle diameter b of the ?-Al2O3 particles in a second region of the ?-Al2O3 layer is 0.30 ?m or more and 0.50 ?m or less; the average particle diameter c of the ?-Al2O3 particles in a third region of the ?-Al2O3 layer is 0.10 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less; and the ratio b/a is 1.5 or more and 5.0 or less.

Abstract: A variable-temperature and fast-sintering process for an alumina-doped zinc oxide target material is provided. Integrated degreasing and sintering processes are carried out on an alumina-doped zinc oxide biscuit, The degreasing process is carried out in air atmosphere, and a high-density alumina-doped zinc oxide target material is produced by a variable-temperature treatment during the sintering process under a state of circulating controllable mixed atmosphere. The mixed atmosphere is air and oxygen. As a result, a sintering time is greatly reduced, so that a fast-activated sintering is realized to inhibit grain growth.

Abstract: Provided are a display panel and display device. The display panel includes a first display region and a second display region adjacent to the first display region. The second display region includes multiple first light-emitting elements, the first light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a light-emitting layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, a direction from the light-emitting layer to the first electrode is a light exit direction of the display panel, the second electrode includes a photochromic layer, the photochromic layer includes a photochromic material, the second electrode includes a first state and a second state, and a light transmittance of the second electrode in the first state is greater than a light transmittance of the second electrode in the second state.

Abstract: Slurry EBC systems and method for fabricating slurry EBC systems for protecting component substrates and extending the longevity of such components are disclosed. The slurry EBC systems include a bond coat having a temperature capability of up to 1482° C. (2700° F.). Example bond coats include a mullite-based bond coat and a rare earth disilicate-based bond coat.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the coating layer including at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer, wherein, in the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (2,1,10) of a (2,1,10) plane is 1.4 or more. TC ? ( 2 , 1 , 10 ) = I ? ( 2 , 1 , 10 ) I 0 ? ( 2 , 1 , 10 ) ? ? { 1 8 ? ? I ? ( h , k , l ) I 0 ? ( h , k , l ) } - 1 ( 1 ) (In formula (1), I (h,k,l) denotes a peak intensity for an (h,k,l) plane in X-ray diffraction of the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, I0 (h,k,l) denotes a standard diffraction intensity for an (h,k,l) plane which is indicated on a JCPDS Card No. 10-0173 for ?-type aluminum oxide, and (h,k,l) refers to eight crystal planes of (0,1,2), (1,0,4), (1,1,0), (1,1,3), (0,2,4), (1,1,6), (2,1,4) and (2,1,10).

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a method of fabricating a nano-sized structure in a resin element by nanoimprint lithography (NIL). The method reduces adhesive failure during NIL demolding by inhibiting polymerization at the interface between the resin element and the template. The method includes depositing a layer of polymerization inhibiting compound onto a surface of the template. The layer of polymerization inhibiting compound has a thickness no more than 10 nanometers. A surface of the template has a nano-sized pattern that mirrors that nano-sized structure. The method further includes pressing the template onto the resin element (or the resin element onto the template) to form the nano-sized structure in the resin element. The process also includes curing the resin element after forming the nano-sized structure and removing the template from the resin element after curing the resin element. The polymerization inhibiting compound prevents adhesive failure during the removing.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating covering the base material. The base material includes a rake face and a flank face. The coating includes a TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a (422) orientation in a region d1 in the rake face. The TiCN layer has a (311) orientation in a region d2 in the flank face.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating covering the base material. The base material includes a rake face and a flank face. The coating includes a TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a (311) orientation in a region d1 in the rake face. The TiCN layer has a (422) orientation in a region d2 in the flank face.

Abstract: A blade outer air seal has at least one internal surface and a layer atop the at least one internal surface. The layer has: a matrix comprising at least one of hafnium silicate (HfSiO4) and zirconium silicate (ZrSiO4), ytterbium disilicate (Yb2Si2O7); and barium magnesium alumino silicate (BMAS) or other alkaline earth aluminosilicate.

Abstract: Methods for forming sintered-bonded high temperature coatings over ceramic turbomachine components are provided, as are ceramic turbomachine components having such high temperature coatings formed thereover. In one embodiment, the method includes the step or process of removing a surface oxide layer from the ceramic component body of a turbomachine component to expose a treated surface of the ceramic component body. A first layer of coating precursor material, which has a solids content composed predominately of at least one rare earth silicate by weight percentage, is applied to the treated surface. The first layer of the coating precursor material is then heat treated to sinter the solids content and form a first sintered coating layer bonded to the treated surface. The steps of applying and sintering the coating precursor may be repeated, as desired, to build a sintered coating body to a desired thickness over the ceramic component body.

Abstract: Provided is a dental bulk block for grinding processing. The dental bulk block includes a crystalloid, which includes lithium disilicate as a main crystal phase and silicate as a sub-crystal phase, and hyaline as a remainder. The dental bulk block is a functionally gradient material having a crystalline size gradient with respect to a depth thereof and having no interface at a change point of a crystalline size gradient value. The dental bulk block is useful for manufacturing an artificial dental prosthesis that is similar to natural teeth. Accordingly, the time and process for manufacturing the artificial dental prosthesis are shortened, and structural stability is increased in terms of dispersion of force due to gradient functionalization of mechanical properties.

Abstract: A method of forming a molybdenum-containing material on a substrate is described, in which the substrate is contacted with molybdenum oxytetrachloride (MoOCl4) vapor under vapor deposition conditions, to deposit the molybdenum-containing material on the substrate. In various implementations, a diborane contact of the substrate may be employed to establish favorable nucleation conditions for the subsequent bulk deposition of molybdenum, e.g., by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques such as pulsed CVD.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 ?m from the cutting edge face.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 ?m from the cutting edge face. The coating includes a hard layer. A topmost layer in the hard layer has a compressive stress of more than or equal to 1.5 GPa in absolute value.

Abstract: In one aspect, articles are described comprising wear resistant coatings employing composite architectures including refractory layers of varying compositions and phases. Briefly, a coated article comprises a substrate and a coating deposited by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) adhered to the substrate, the coating comprising an inner refractory layer comprising M1-xAlxN wherein x?0.7 and M is titanium, chromium or zirconium and an outer zirconia layer or outer multiphase refractory layer comprising an alumina phase and an oxide phase comprising at least one Group IVB metal, wherein the M1-xAlxN has less than 15 weight percent hexagonal phase.

Abstract: The present invention to a method of denture manufacture that incorporates CAM-formed occlusal portions made of zirconia, resulting in a natural fit, feel, and wear essentially similar to the wear properties of natural teeth.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein: the coating layer is laminated in order from the substrate side toward a surface side of the coating layer; and the coating layer comprises an upper layer and a lower layer which satisfy the following conditions that: “at least one of {422} planes of TiCN particles located closest to the surface in the lower layer and at least one of {006} planes of ?-type Al2O3 particles located closest to the substrate in the upper layer and immediately above the TiCN particles are substantially parallel to each other, and at least one of {111} planes of the TiCN particles and at least one of {110} planes of the ?-type Al2O3 particles are substantially parallel to each other”; and “at least one of {111} planes of TiCN particles located closest to the surface in the lower layer and at least one of {006} planes of ?-type Al2O3 particles located closest to the substrate in the upper layer and immediately above the TiCN particles

Abstract: A method of fabricating a flexible transparent conductive electrode layer includes depositing a correlated metal film having a thickness between 10 nm and 100 nm on a flexible transparent substrate, annealing the correlated metal film with the UV pulses, and maintaining a temperature of the flexible transparent substrate below 80° C. during the depositing and annealing.

Abstract: A chemically strengthened bioactive glass-ceramic composition as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the disclosed compositions.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes: a body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the body to be connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The dielectric layer contains BaTiO3 as a main ingredient, and includes a plurality of grains and grain boundaries formed between adjacent grains, the grain boundary containing Si in an amount of 8.0 to 18.0 wt % and Al and Mg in a total content of 2.0 to 6.0 wt %.

Abstract: A graphene roll-to-roll coating apparatus and a graphene roll-to-roll coating method are provided on the basis of a continuous process.

Abstract: A perovskite compound represented by Formula 1, a thin layer including the perovskite compound, and an optoelectronic device including the perovskite compound: [A][B1nB2(1-n)][X]3.??Formula 1 In Formula 1, A may be at least one selected from a monovalent organic cation, monovalent inorganic cation, and combinations thereof; B1 may be a thulium (II) (Tm2+) ion; B2 may be at least one divalent inorganic cation, where B2 is free of (e.g., does not include) Tm2+; n may be a real number that satisfies 0<n?1; and X may be at least one monovalent anion.

Abstract: Heterogeneous catalysts with optional dopants are provided. The catalysts are useful in a variety of catalytic reactions, for example, the oxidative coupling of methane to C2+ hydrocarbons. Related methods for use and manufacture of the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for processing a substrate includes providing a substrate with a layer including a material selected from a group consisting of silicon (Si), germanium (Ge) and silicon germanium. The method includes depositing a first layer on the layer of the substrate using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method includes depositing a second layer on the first layer using ALD. Depositing one of the first layer and the second layer includes depositing phosphorus oxide and depositing the other one of the first layer and the second layer includes depositing antimony oxide. The method includes annealing the substrate to drive antimony and phosphorus from the first layer and the second layer into the layer of the substrate to create a junction.

Abstract: A coating including a bond layer deposited on a substrate. The bond layer includes a rare earth silicate and a second phase, the second phase including at least one of silicon, silicides, alkali metal oxides, alkali earth metal oxides, glass ceramics, Al2O3, TiO2, Ta2O5, HfO2, ZrO2, HfSiO4, ZrSiO4, HfTiO4, ZrTiO4, or mullite. The coating may provide thermal and/or environmental protection for the substrate, especially when the substrate is a component of a high-temperature mechanical system.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for depositing a thin film of compound material on a substrate. In some embodiments, a method of depositing a layer of compound material on a substrate include: flowing a reactive gas into a plasma processing chamber having a substrate to be sputter deposited disposed therein in opposition to a sputter target comprising a metal; exciting the reactive gas into a reactive gas plasma to react with the sputter target and to form a first layer of compound material thereon; flowing an inert gas into the plasma processing chamber; and exciting the inert gas into a plasma to sputter a second layer of the compound material onto the substrate directly from the first layer of compound material. The cycles of target poisoning and sputtering may be repeated until a compound material layer of appropriate thickness has been formed on the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to coated articles. A substrate is coated with an underlayer having at a first underlayer film made of a first high refractive index material. A transparent conductive oxide layer over at least a portion of the underlayer. An embedded film is embedded within the transparent conductive oxide layer wherein the embedded film comprises a second high refractive index material.

Abstract: A connection structure of superconducting wires includes a plurality of superconducting wires are overlapped and connected with each other, each of the plurality of superconducting wires including a substrate and a superconducting layer that are laminated. A non-superconductor is provided at a part of a surface of the superconducting layer of at least one of the superconducting wires and protrudes from the surface.

Abstract: Methods for processing a vessel, for example to provide a gas barrier or lubricity, are disclosed. First and second PECVD or other vessel processing stations or devices and a vessel holder comprising a vessel port are provided. An opening of the vessel can be seated on the vessel port. The interior surface of the seated vessel can be processed via the vessel port by the first and second processing stations or devices. Vessel barrier and lubricity coatings and coated vessels, for example syringes and medical sample collection tubes are disclosed. A vessel processing system is also disclosed.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to techniques for converting sputter-deposited TiNx or TiOxNy layers into TiOx layers via activation with electromagnetic radiation. An intermediate layer including TiOxNy, 0<y?1 is formed on a substrate. The intermediate layer is exposed to the radiation, which is preferentially absorbed by the intermediate layer in an amount sufficient to heat the intermediate layer to a temperature of 500-650 degrees C. while keeping the substrate at a significantly lower temperature. A flash light operated with a series of millisecond or sub-millisecond length pulses may be used in this regard. The converting removes nitrogen from, and introduces oxygen into, the intermediate layer, causing the layer to expand beyond its initial thickness. At least some of the final layer may have an anatase phase, and it may be photocatalytic. These layers may be used in low-maintenance glass, antireflective, and/or other applications.

Abstract: A method for processing a substrate includes providing a substrate with a layer including a material selected from a group consisting of silicon (Si), germanium (Ge) and silicon germanium. The method includes depositing a first layer on the layer of the substrate using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method includes depositing a second layer on the first layer using ALD. Depositing one of the first layer and the second layer includes depositing phosphorus oxide and depositing the other one of the first layer and the second layer includes depositing antimony oxide. The method includes annealing the substrate to drive antimony and phosphorus from the first layer and the second layer into the layer of the substrate to create a junction.

Abstract: Titania-based porous nanoparticle coatings are mechanically robust, with low haze, which exhibit short time scales for decomposition of fingerprint oils under ultraviolet light. The mechanism by which a typical dactylogram is consumed combines wicking of the sebum into the nanoporous titania structure followed by photocatalytic degradation. These TiO2 nanostructured surfaces are also anti-fogging, anti-bacterial, and compatible with flexible glass substrates and remain photocatalytically active in natural sunlight.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a binder for a power storage device electrode which favorably maintains adhesiveness between active materials in a long-term cycle, and which enables production of a high-capacity storage battery with a small irreversible capacity and low resistance to have excellent output characteristics. The present invention further aims to provide a composition for a power storage device electrode, a power storage device electrode, and a power storage device each prepared using the binder for a power storage device electrode.

Abstract: In a surface-coated cutting tool, a hard coating layer composed of a lower layer and an upper layer is deposited on a surface of a tool body made of a WC-based cemented carbide or a TiCN-based cermet. The lower layer has at least one Ti compound layer made of a TiCN layer and the upper layer is made of an ?-type Al2O3 layer. In a case where, regarding Al2O3 crystal grains of the entire upper layer, a constituent atom-sharing lattice point distribution is measured, a highest peak is present in ?3, and a distribution ratio of ?3 is 70% or more. A ratio of a ?3-coincidence grain boundary continuing from an interface between the lower layer and the upper layer to an outermost surface of the upper layer is 60% or more of a ?3-coincidence grain boundary of the upper layer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of making molybdenum films utilizing boron and molybdenum nucleation layers. The resulting molybdenum films have low electrical resistivity, are substantially free of boron, and can be made at reduced temperatures compared to conventional chemical vapor deposition processes that do not use the boron or molybdenum nucleation layers. The molybdenum nucleation layer formed by this process can protect the substrate from the etching effect of MoCl5 or MoOCl4, facilitates nucleation of subsequent CVD Mo growth on top of the molybdenum nucleation layer, and enables Mo CVD deposition at lower temperatures. The nucleation layer can also be used to control the grain sizes of the subsequent CVD Mo growth, and therefore controls the electrical resistivity of the Mo film.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to solar cells. In one aspect a solar cell includes a first electrode, a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode, a first perovskite layer disposed on the hole transport layer, a cationic diffusion barrier disposed on the first perovskite layer, a second perovskite layer disposed on the cationic diffusion barrier, an electron transport layer disposed on the second perovskite layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer. The first perovskite layer comprises a different perovskite than the second perovskite layer.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool having a substrate and a surface coating, wherein the coating includes a Ti(C,N) layer of at least one columnar fine-grained MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer with an average grain width of 0.05-0.2 ?m and an atomic ratio of carbon to the sum of carbon and nitrogen (C/(C+N)) contained in the MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer is in average 0.50-0.65.