Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a substrate, a black matrix that defines cell areas on a substrate and prevents light leakage, a color filter formed in the cell areas defined by the black matrix, and a conductive thin film formed on the rear surface of the substrate for preventing the generation of static electricity, wherein the conductive thin film is formed of a photo-resist containing a conductive material.

Abstract: In a method of applying a firmly adhering metallic coating onto a steel sheet product, a steel sheet product is inserted into a film bag which contains at least a coating material. Subsequently, the film bag is evacuated to cause the film to evenly bear upon the outer surface of the steel sheet product. This state is fixed by sealing the film bag. The film bag and the steel sheet product are then subjected to a heat treatment to thereby form a coating of the coating material on the steel sheet product.

Abstract: The invention is directed to apparatus and methods for contacting gas and solids in the manufacture of edibles, and particularly in connection with coating edible particulate solids. A drum is positioned around an inner tube so that an annular space is defined between the drum and the tube. A rotatable spiral element defines a gas pathway in the annular space, such that rotation of the spiral pushes particulate solids through the drum while the solids are contacted with gas in the annular space.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for forming a strontium-containing thin film of a cyclopentadienyl-based strontium compound, which is in the liquid state at room temperature to 50° C., can be purified by distillation, present as a monomer, has high vapor pressure, and suitable for mass production. bis(propyltetramethylcyclopentadienyl)strontium is used as an Sr source to form a strontium-containing thin film such as a SrTiO3 film, a (Ba, Sr)TiO3 film by chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition.

Abstract: The invention is a method of treating, restoring or sealing a surface comprising applying an emulsion comprising a latex polymer, a cationic emulsifier, and optionally a recycling agent to the surface to wet the surface and depositing a surface treatment layer on the surface, wherein the depositing step occurs while the surface is wetted. The invention also includes a surface pretreatment composition comprising water, at least one acrylic latex polymer, an aromatic recycling agent, and at least one cationic emulsifier. Furthermore, the invention includes the surface resulting from the application of the emulsion used in the invention and concentrated emulsions for use with the surface treatment composition.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a magnetic recording medium which is a method of producing a magnetic recording medium having a magnetically-separated magnetic recording pattern, the method including: forming a magnetic layer on a non-magnetic substrate; then exposing a surface of the magnetic layer partially to reactive plasma, or a reactive ion generated in the plasma to amorphize the portion of the magnetic layer.

Abstract: A method for the partial or total modification of functional groups on the surface of polymeric materials or polymer-containing materials, by means of combined plasma functionalization and localized thermal defunctionalization, is disclosed. At first, a surface of a polymer material is exposed to a cold plasma, whereby a desired polymer functionalization is achieved. After the plasma treatment, the surface is locally heated in an optional manner, primarily by means of an electron beam, resulting in local defunctionalization of the heated surface area. The directing of the electron beam across the surface of the material results in any desired distribution of functional groups on the surface. Also disclosed is a device for performing such a treatment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a composite sheet. The method comprises (a) irradiating a sheet of fibers and a matrix film at an irradiation zone with a plasma at substantially atmospheric pressure, and (b) impregnating the sheet of fibers with the matrix at an adhesion zone. The processes (a) and (b) are performed simultaneously, and the matrix film is irradiated with a plasma at said irradiation zone after being unwound from a roller and prior to entering said adhesion zone.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a latent polarized image having high contrast characteristics with no apparent contours or traces of the image under normal visualization. A polymer solution is prepared in an organic solvent, and then applied onto a light-reflecting substrate. The polymer layer is dried to produce an optically isotropic polymer layer and anisotropic images are formed on the polymer layer. The polymer solution's concentration is from 5 to 30% by weight, and the images are formed by application of micro-lines by thermo-mechanical means, having depths from 1 to 3 ?m and being separated from one another by 4 to 6 ?m at a process rate from 10 to 50 m/min. The thermomechanical means operates at a temperature that is 10 to 60% less than the polymer melting/disintegration temperature and contacts the polymer layer to form micro-lines for 0.015 to 0.650 msec.

Abstract: The invention discloses two kinds of methods for forming patterns by vacuum coating, one of which includes the following steps: (1) prepare a glass body; (2) pre-treat a part of an internal surface of the glass body where a pattern is to be formed thereon; (21) prepare a membrane with a hollowed-out pattern and adhere it on the glass body; (22) spray a wax layer evenly on the membrane and the surface of the glass body to cover the hollowed-out pattern; (23) remove the membrane; (3) perform vacuum coating to the glass body and form a coating layer on the surface of the glass body; (4) hollow out the pattern to be formed by removing the wax layer sprayed on the glass body by heating and thereby forming the pattern.

Abstract: A method of forming a film is provided. Nanoparticles are deposited on a surface of a substrate using a liquid deposition process. The nanoparticles are linked to each other and to the surface using linker molecules. A coating having a surface energy of less than 70 dyne/cm is deposited over the film to form a coated film. The coated film has an RMS surface roughness of 25 nm to 500 nm, a film coverage of 25% to 60%, a surface energy of less than 70 dyne/cm; and a durability of 10 to 5000 microNewtons. Depending on the particular environment in which the film is to be used, a durability of 10 to 500 microNewtons may be preferred. A film thickness 3 to 100 times the RMS surface roughness of the film is preferred.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensionally shaped object by irradiating a metallic material with light beams, wherein the metallic material is supplied at a high density to increase the density and the strength of the three-dimensionally shaped object. The method of manufacturing a three-dimensionally shaped object comprises: an irradiation step of irradiating a metal mesh (2) formed of metal wires and a powder layer (3) formed of metal powder with light beams (L) to form a solidified layer or molten layer; and a laminating step of repeatedly performing the irradiation step for metal meshes to form a three-dimensionally shaped object. In the method, both of the metal mesh (2) and the metal powder are supplied in combination as the metallic material.

Abstract: A process for measuring, monitoring and/or controlling directed product movements of fluidized products in process systems (1) selected from fluidized bed and spouted bed systems during a spraying process for coating and/or granulation, which includes, with the aid of one or more microwave sensor devices (8), injecting microwave radiation without contact into one or more product streams, receiving the microwave radiation reflected by the particles of the particular product stream and, on the basis of the microwave radiation received, forming and transmitting a measurement signal for the characterization of the product stream, the corresponding use of microwave sensor devices (8) and correspondingly equipped apparatus (1).

Abstract: This invention contemplates the use of laser patterning/scribing in electrochromic device manufacture, anywhere during the manufacturing process as deemed appropriate and necessary for electrochromic device manufacturability, yield and functionality, while integrating the laser scribing so as to ensure the active layers of the device are protected to ensure long term reliability. It is envisaged that the laser is used to pattern the component layers of electrochromic devices by directly removing (ablating) the material of the component layers. The invention includes a manufacturing method for an electrochromic device comprising one or more focused laser patterning steps.

Abstract: A method of forming a single-metal film on a substrate by plasma ALD includes: contacting a surface of a substrate with a ?-diketone metal complex in a gas phase; exposing molecule-attached surface to a nitrogen-hydrogen mixed plasma; and repeating the above steps, thereby accumulating atomic layers to form a single-metal film on the substrate.

Abstract: A method of forming a film is provided. Nanoparticles are deposited on a surface of a substrate using a liquid deposition process. The nanoparticles are linked to each other and to the surface using linker molecules. A coating having a surface energy of less than 70 dyne/cm is deposited over the film to form a coated film. The coated film has an RMS surface roughness of 25 nm to 500 nm, a film coverage of 25% to 60%, a surface energy of less than 70 dyne/cm; and a durability of 10 to 5000 microNewtons. Depending on the particular environment in which the film is to be used, a durability of 10 to 500 microNewtons may be preferred. A film thickness 3 to 100 times the RMS surface roughness of the film is preferred.

Abstract: A method of designing a shower plate for a plasma CVD apparatus includes (a) providing a shower plate having a convex surface configured by a convex equation; (b) forming a film on a wafer using the shower plate in the plasma CVD apparatus; (c) determining a distribution of thickness of the film formed on the wafer by dividing a diametrical cross section of the film into multiple regions; (d) determining at least one secondary equation; and (e) designing a surface configuration of the shower plate by overlaying the secondary equation on the convex equation.

Abstract: This invention provides a multilayer coating film-forming method by 2-coat-1-bake coating using a clear coat paint comprising a carboxyl group- and/or cyclic acid anhydride group-containing compound and polyepoxide, in which the coating workability and electrostatic coatability are improved by blending a specific organic solvent in the clear coat paint.

Abstract: A method of controlling gloss of an image includes applying an overcoat composition of at least one gellant, at least one curable monomer, at least one curable wax and optionally at least one photoinitiator over a substrate, wherein the overcoat composition is curable upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation; following the applying of the overcoat composition and prior to curing the overcoat composition by applying ultraviolet radiation, applying heat to heat the applied overcoat composition to a temperature of at least 35° C.; and subsequent to the applying heat, applying ultraviolet radiation to the overcoat composition to substantially cure the overcoat composition.

Abstract: A liquid material drawing method includes: performing a first discharging step in which at least one of the droplets the liquid material is discharged from at least one of a plurality of nozzles for each of a plurality of pixel regions; observing and capturing an image of the pixel regions on a workpiece in which the droplets are discharged; computing a distance in a first direction and a distance in an orthogonal second direction between barrier parts on the workpiece and a landing position of the at least one of the droplets in the image of the pixel regions; and correcting arrangement information including a relative positioning of the nozzles and the workpiece, which is used to arrange a prescribed number of the droplets as dots for each of the pixel regions, based on the distance in the first direction and the distance in the second direction.