Abstract: This invention relates to materials produced by diluting in a solvent a hydrogen silsesquioxane resin solvent solution which is applied to a substrate and ceramified by heating. One or more ceramic coatings containing silicon carbon, silicon nitrogen, or silicon carbon nitrogen can be applied over the ceramified SiO.sub.2 coating. A CVD or PECVD top coating can be applied for further protection. The invention is particularly useful for coating electronic devices.

Abstract: An electroconductive core-sheath composite fiber comprising a core containing an electroconductive substance and a sheath formed of a fiber-forming polymer, which surrounds the core, wherein the core is completely covered with the sheath, the electric resistance of the surface of the fiber is lower than 10.sup.10 .OMEGA./cm, and the ratio of the electric resistance (.OMEGA./cm) of the surface to the internal electric resistance between the sections is lower than 10.sup.3.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for applying a highly permeable coating on a hollow fiber substrate. The hollow fiber substrate is continuously passed through a polymeric coating solution and withdrawn from the solution through a coating die to form a uniform polymeric solution coating on the outer surface of the hollow fiber. A portion of the solvent from the coating is allowed to evaporate thereby forming a thin, dense surface layer after which the remaining solvent from the coating layer is leached out. The resultant material is a highly permeable, coated composite hollow fiber membrane which can be used in gas and/or liquid separations.

Abstract: This invention relates to materials produced by diluting in a solvent a preceramic mixture of a hydrogen silsesquioxane resin and a metal oxide precursor selected from the group consisting of an aluminum alkoxide, a titanium alkoxide, and a zirconium alkoxide. The preceramic mixture solvent solution is applied to a substrate and ceramified by heating. One or more ceramic coatings containing silicon carbon, silicon nitrogen, or silicon carbon nitrogen can be applied over the ceramified SiO.sub.2 /metal oxide coating. A CVD or PECVD top coating can be applied for further protection. The invention is particularly useful for coating electronic devices.

Abstract: This invention relates to materials produced by diluting in a solvent a preceramic mixture of a partially hydrolyzed silicate ester and a metal oxide precursor selected from the group consisting of an aluminum alkoxide, a titanium alkoxide, and a zirconium alkoxide. The preceramic mixture solvent solution is applied to a substrate and ceramified by heating. One or more ceramic coatings containing silicon carbon, silicon nitrogen, or silicon carbon nitrogen can be applied over the ceramified SiO.sub.2 /metal oxide coating. A CVD or PECVD top coating can be applied for further protection. The invention is particularly useful for coating electronic devices.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is crosslinked between carboxyl groups along one surface by polyvalent cations, thus making that surface substantially tack-free while leaving at least one broad surface of the layer tacky and pressure-sensitive. When a broad surface of the adhesive layer is thus made completely tack-free, the adhesive layer can be wound upon itself in roll form without a backing for convenient storage and shipment. Preferably a low-adhesion backsize coating covers the broad tack-free surface to insure that the adhesive layer can be unwound after prolonged storage without delaminating.

Abstract: In a pulsed plasma process for surface treatment of a substrate the containing reactor vessel (11) has an inner cross-section conforming to the substrate geometry so as to confine the intense plasma region to the substrate surface (12). Preferably this region should be within 15 to 20 mm of the surface. Advantageously the inner surface is provided by a demountable insert (13).

Abstract: This invention relates to materials produced by diluting in a solvent a preceramic mixture of a partially hydrolyzed silicate ester which is applied to a substrate and ceramified by heating. One or more ceramic coatings containing silicon carbon, silicon nitrogen, or silicon carbon nitrogen can be applied over the ceramified SiO.sub.2 coating. A CVD or PECVD top coating can be applied for further protection. The invention is particularly useful for coating electronic devices.

Abstract: The speed of forming a film of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) can be increased by controlling the amount of a supplied energy in relation to the film-forming speed. Application of this technique to the production of a solar cell enables a hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cell (a-Si:H cell) having a high photoelectric conversion efficiency to be produced at high speeds. The aforesaid controlling procedure comprises adjusting the amount (KJ/g-Si.sub.2 H.sub.6) of an energy to be supplied to a film-forming speed depends mainly upon the flow rate of the gas and is not substantially affected by the amount of the energy.

Abstract: A dual-coating method for use with a magnetic tape. A first coating solution is applied to a travelling support in an amount not exceeding 60 ml/m.sup.2. Within 5 seconds, a extrusion head pressed against the unsupported but tensioned moving support applies a second coating solution in an amount not exceeding 50 ml/m.sup.2.

Abstract: A photosensor comprising a photoconductive layer provided on a substrate. The layer contains amorphous silicon. At least a portion of the layer has a refractive index varying continuously through the thickness of the layer. The refractive index of the layer is 3.2 or less at a wavelength of 6,328 .ANG. in the vicinity of the surface of the substrate. A pair of electrodes are provided in electrical contact with the photoconductive layer. A photoreceptor is also provided, part of which is constituted by the spacing between the electrodes of the pair.

Abstract: A method of making read-only magnetic recording media by the use of photolithographic/photoresist techniques, and the vacuum deposition of discrete bits of a high coercivity metal, followed by magnetization of said metal. A nonmagnetic substrate is covered by a layer of photoresist and a layer of high coercivity magnetic material. Selective light-pattern exposure of the resist, followed by layer-removal-procedures, cause the substrate to be covered by islands of hard magnetic material, in the pattern of a desired data track. The substrate is then subjected to the influence of a steady-state magnetic field in order to convert the metal islands into a read-only data pattern which can be read by a magnetic head. A floppy disk of this type is used to stress-test the head placement of floppy disk drives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the deposition of a thin layer of a material on the wall of a hollow body. According to the invention, a cathode (9) of variable geometry, the metal wires (13) being capable of extending and retracting, is arranged inside the hollow body (1b), a plasma of a complex of the material to be deposited being produced and placed in contact with the polarized wall of the hollow body (1). The invention applies in particular to the deposition of a thin layer of diamond-like amorphous carbon on the outside of a narrow-necked glass bottle, in order to increase its impact strength.

Abstract: A protective sheath for a temperature sensing device for use in determining the temperature of molten metals. The temperature sensing device, such as a thermocouple, is encased in a molybdenum tube which is coated with successive porous layers of molybdenum, a plurality of layers of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 -Mo in a decreasing concentration of Mo in proceeding from the inner to the outer layers, and a layer of substantially pure Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3. The Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 layer may be covered with an outer coating of a material, such as boron nitride, to protect the Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 layer from attack by slag. Alternating layers of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 and boron nitride may be applied as outermost sacrificial layers.

Abstract: Improvement in a process for the preparation of a magnetic recording medium which comprises the steps of applying a magnetic paint onto a surface of a nonmagnetic support to form a coated paint layer, said magnetic paint comprising magnetic recording layer-forming components including a ferromagnetic powder, an abrasive and a resin component dispersed in an organic solvent, and then subjecting the coated layer to magnetic orientation, in which a step of drawing the ferromagnetic powder in the coated magnetic paint toward the surface of the support by means of a magnet is arranged in advance of the orientation step.

Abstract: A magnetic medium for horizontal magnetization recording which comprises a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic recording film formed on at least one side of the substrate, is described. The magnetic recording film consists essentially of an amorphous Co-Cr alloy containing from 5 to 15 atomic percent of oxygen atom. A method for making the above type of medium is also described in which the magnetic film is vapor deposited under conditions of a partial pressure of oxygen gas of 1.times.10.sup.-3 to 3.times.10.sup.-3 Torr., and a sputtering rate of from 0.05 to 0.15 .mu.m/minute.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of applying an adhesive, e.g., hotmelt, to containers in labeling machines. The hotmelt is contactlessly applied to the containers to be labeled by means of a nozzle applicator. After application of the adhesive to the object to be labeled, the adhesive spot or adhesive bead produced in this manner is distributed over a wide area by means of a stream of pressurized gas, e.g., pressurized air.

Abstract: A method of preparing a ferromagnetic recording medium is disclosed. The method includes charging a ferromagnetic material in an evaporator. The material is then irradiated with an electron beam having a beam current density of at least 0.1 A/cm.sup.2 in order to evaporate the material. The evaporated material is vapor deposited on a continuously travelling support in order to from the recording medium. The vapor deposition type magnetic recording medium produced has good metal film adhesion and durability.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a semiconductor device by the plasma chemical vapor deposition of amorphous silicon on a substrate, which comprises generating plasma in a deposition furnace by using a high frequency wave of less than 1 MHz to deposit an amorphous silicon film, and generating oxygen plasma in the same deposition furnace and irradiating the amorphous silicon film with the oxygen plasma.

Abstract: Transverse bowing of a plastics web coated with a magnetic thin metal film is substantially eliminated by laterally stretching the coated web such that the lateral stress applied to the metal film exceeds the tensile strength of the film and the lateral stress applied to the plastics web lies within the yield point of the plastics material. The coated web is stretched by passage over a curved roll adjusted to provide a lateral strain of at least 1% and typically 1.8% in the web, and such stretching may cause a pattern of interlaced micro-cracks to occur in the metal film. Recording tapes slit from such stretched webs exhibit negligible cupping, and the pressure of micro-cracks has no adverse effect on recording performance or wear.