Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a plasma-resistant member including: a base member; and a layer structural component formed at a surface of the base member, the layer structural component including an yttria polycrystalline body and being plasma resistant, the layer structural component including a first uneven structure, and a second uneven structure formed to be superimposed onto the first uneven structure, the second uneven structure having an unevenness finer than an unevenness of the first uneven structure.

Abstract: A magneto-dielectric material operable between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency, having: a plurality of layers that alternate between a dielectric material and a ferromagnetic material, lowermost and uppermost layers of the plurality of layers each being a dielectric material; each layer of the plurality of ferromagnetic material layers having a thickness equal to or greater than 1/15th a skin depth of the respective ferromagnetic material at the maximum frequency, and equal to or less than ?th the skin depth of the respective ferromagnetic material at the maximum frequency; each layer of the plurality of dielectric material layers having a thickness and a dielectric constant that provides a dielectric withstand voltage across the respective thickness of equal to or greater than 150 Volts peak and equal to or less than 1,500 Volts peak; and, the plurality of layers having an overall thickness equal to or less than one wavelength of the minimum frequency in the plurality of layers.

Abstract: A decorative laminate lay-up includes a decorative laminate sheet assembly composed of an exterior overlay paper layer, a decorative layer, and a core layer. The decorative laminate lay-up includes a texture imparting member in the form of a textured release sheet including a top side and a bottom side. The textured release sheet includes a textured matte surface formed on the bottom side thereof and ultimately applied the textured matte surface to a resulting decorative laminate.

Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to a structure which includes shape memory materials having transition triggers to transition the shape memory materials between initial states and transitioned states. A first physical shape of the structure exists when the first shape memory material has the first initial state and the second shape memory material has the second initial state. A second physical shape of the structure exists when the first shape memory material has the first transitioned state and the second shape memory material has the second initial state. A third physical shape of the structure exists when the first shape memory material has the first transitioned state and the second shape memory material has the second transitioned state. The physical shapes of the structure are reversible in nature. In embodiments, the shape memory materials are bonded to a flexible substrate or are clad together.

Abstract: In this work, we investigated the blood platelet adhesion and activation of truly superhemophobic surfaces and compared them with that of hemophobic surfaces and hemophilic surfaces. Our analysis indicates that only those superhemophobic surfaces with a robust Cassie-Baxter state display significantly lower platelet adhesion and activation. The understanding gained through this work will lead to the fabrication of improved hemocompatible, superhemophobic medical implants.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass capable of exhibiting high deaeration properties in a vacuum deaeration method and enabling production of a highly transparent laminated glass, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a large number of recesses on at least one surface, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom and being regularly adjacent and parallel to each other, the recesses each having a radius of rotation R of a bottom of the groove shape with a continuous bottom of 45 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed to provide a carbon fiber reinforced resin processed product which is almost free from the problems described above on a processed surface subjected to cutting or the like and has an end surface where generation of a burr is suppressed, has favorable surface properties, and surface nature, and particularly smoothness is excellent; and provides a carbon fiber reinforced resin processed product having an end surface which has fibers and a resin, wherein the end surface has a surface roughness (Rz) within a range from 5 ?m to 50 ?m.

Abstract: A coating for carbide substrates employs a nanostructured coating in conjunction with a non-nanostructured coating. The nanostructured coating is produced by the addition of a refining agent flow, particular hydrogen chloride gas, during deposition, and may be produced as multiple individual nanostructured layers varying functional materials in a series. The combination of a nanostructured coating and non-nanostructured coating is believed to produce a cutting tool insert that exhibits longer life. Pre-treating the substrate with a mixture of compressed air and abrasive medium prior to coating the substrate and post-treating the coated substrate with a mixture of water and abrasive medium after the coating process is believed to further enhance the wear resistance and usage life of the cutting tool.

Abstract: Embodiments of an enclosure including a substrate having an anti-fingerprint surface are disclosed. The anti-fingerprint surface may include a textured surface, a coated surface or a coated textured surface that exhibits a low fingerprint visibility, when a fingerprint is applied to the anti-fingerprint surface. In one or more embodiments, the enclosure exhibits any one of the following attributes (1) radio, and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.03 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz; (2) infrared transparency; (3) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m1/2; (4) a 4-point bend strength of greater than 350 MPa; (5) a Vickers hardness of at least 450 kgf/mm2 and a Vickers median/radial crack initiation threshold of at least 5 kgf; (6) a Young's Modulus in the range from about 50 GPa to about 100 GPa; and (7) a thermal conductivity of less than 2.0 W/m° C.

Abstract: A component including a substrate surface coated with a coating including at least one MoN layer having a thickness not less than 40 nm. Between the substrate surface and the at least one MoN layer the component includes: i) a substrate surface hardened layer, which is a hardened, nitrogen-containing substrate surface layer that is the result of a nitriding treatment carried out at the substrate surface and has a thickness not less than 10 nm, preferably not less than 20 nm and not greater than 150 nm, and/or ii) a layer system composed of more than 2 MoN layers and more than 2 CrN layers, wherein the MoN and CrN layers forming the layer system are individual layers deposited alternatingly one on each other forming a multilayer MoN/CrN coating film.

Abstract: A reinforced composite comprises: a reinforcement material comprising one or more of the following: a carbon fiber based reinforcing material; a fiberglass based reinforcing material; a metal based reinforcing material; or a ceramic based reinforcing material; and a carbon composite; wherein the carbon composite comprises carbon and a binder containing one or more of the following: SiO2; Si; B; B2O3; a metal; or an alloy of the metal; and wherein the metal is one or more of the following: aluminum; copper; titanium; nickel; tungsten; chromium; iron; manganese; zirconium; hafnium; vanadium; niobium; molybdenum; tin; bismuth; antimony; lead; cadmium; or selenium.

Abstract: A chemically strengthened glass obtained by chemically strengthening a lithium-containing aluminosilicate glass, when representing a sheet thickness of the chemically strengthened glass by t (?m) and an internal stress at a depth×(?m) from a surface of the chemically strengthened glass by ?(x) (MPa), has a value of a ratio C=rE/rElimit being greater than or equal to 0.7 and less than 1.0 where rE (kJ/m2) is calculated from Expression (3) described above and rElimit=16×t/1000+3.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces. Roughened (e.g., porous) surfaces can be utilized to lock in place a lubricating fluid, referred to herein as Liquid B to repel a wide range of materials, referred to herein as Object A (Solid A or Liquid A). Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces outperforms other conventional surfaces in its capability to repel various simple and complex liquids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and blood), maintain low-contact-angle hysteresis (<2.5°), quickly restore liquid-repellency after physical damage (within 0.1-1 s), resist ice, microorganisms and insects adhesion, and function at high pressures (up to at least 690 atm). Some exemplary application where slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces will be useful include energy-efficient fluid handling and transportation, optical sensing, medicine, and as self-cleaning, and anti-fouling materials operating in extreme environments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet-shielding glass sheet including a glass composition based on soda-lime glass, the glass composition containing iron oxide and TiO2 as coloring components. The glass sheet has a thickness of 1 to 5 mm, and an ultraviolet transmittance (Tuv 380) as determined at the thickness according to ISO 9050:1990 is 1.5% or less.

Abstract: An optical window is provided and includes a core layer, a cladding layer and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) layer interposed between the core and cladding layers.

Abstract: Coating (210) deposited on a surface of a substrate (201) comprising a multi-layered film (216) consisting of a plurality of A-layers and a plurality of B-layers deposited alternating one on each other forming a A/B/A/B/A . . . architecture, the A-layers comprising aluminium chromium boron nitride and the B-layers comprising aluminium chromium nitride and not comprising boron, whereas the multi-layered film (216) comprises at least a first portion (216a) and a last portion (216c), wherein the average boron content in the first coating portion (216a) is higher than the average boron content in the last coating portion (216c), and both the first coating portion (216a) and the last coating portion (216c) exhibit inherent compressive stresses and wherein the inherent compressive stress in the first coating portion (216a) is lower than it in the last coating portion (216c).

Abstract: A chemically strengthened glass obtained by chemically strengthening a lithium-containing aluminosilicate glass, when representing a sheet thickness of the chemically strengthened glass by t (?m) and an internal stress at a depth x (?m) from a surface of the chemically strengthened glass by ?(x) (MPa), has a value of a ratio C=rE/rElimit being greater than or equal to 0.7 and less than 1.0 where rE (kJ/m2) is calculated from Expression (3) described above and rElimit=16×t/1000+3.

Abstract: A multi-layer coating for a surface of an article comprises a diffusion barrier layer and an erosion resistant layer. The diffusion barrier layer may be a nitride film including but not limited to TiNx, TaNx, Zr3N4, and TiZrxNy. The erosion resistant layer may be a rare oxide film comprising YZrxOy. The diffusion barrier layer and the erosion resistant layer may be deposited on the article's surface using a thin film deposition technique including but not limited to, ALD, PVD, and CVD.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal-clad laminate sheet including forming a laminate sheet having the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film and the metal foil bonded together; and providing the laminate sheet with a heat treatment which satisfies conditions (1) and (2) below: (1) a heat treatment temperature ranges between 1° C. inclusive and 50° C. exclusive higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film. (2) a time for the heat treatment ranges from one second to 10 minutes.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, the invention relates to an article having a liquid-impregnated surface. The surface includes a matrix of solid features (e.g., non-toxic and/or edible features) spaced sufficiently close to stably contain a liquid therebetween or therewithin, wherein the liquid is non-toxic and/or edible. The article may contain, for example, a food or other consumer product, such as ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise.