Abstract: Disclosed is a method for infiltrating a porous structure with a precursor solution by means of humidification. The infiltration method with a precursor solution using moisture control comprises the steps of: (S1) providing a substrate having porous structures deposited thereon; (S2) depositing, by electrospraying, a precursor solution on the substrate having porous structures deposited thereon; (S3) humidifying the porous structures having the precursor solution deposited thereon; and (S4) sintering the humidified porous structures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for forming a conductive track or coating on a substrate, comprising: applying a conductive paste to the substrate, the conductive paste comprising a solids portion dispersed in an organic medium, the solids portion comprising particles of electrically conductive material and an inorganic particle mixture comprising substantially crystalline particles of two or more different metal compounds, wherein the inorganic particle mixture includes substantially crystalline particles of a tellurium compound and is substantially lead free; and firing the applied conductive paste on the surface of the substrate with a firing profile in which the temperature of the surface of the applied conductive paste exceeds 500° C. for a period of two minutes or less. The invention further relates to a substrate having a conductive track or coating formed thereon.

Abstract: Present disclosure relates to magnetic materials, chips having magnetic materials, and methods of forming magnetic materials. In certain embodiments, magnetic materials may include a seed layer, and a cobalt-based alloy formed on seed layer. The seed layer may include copper, cobalt, nickel, platinum, palladium, ruthenium, iron, nickel alloy, cobalt-iron-boron alloy, nickel-iron alloy, and any combination of these materials. In certain embodiments, the chip may include one or more on-chip magnetic structures. Each on-chip magnetic structure may include a seed layer, and a cobalt-based alloy formed on seed layer. In certain embodiments, method may include: placing a seed layer in an aqueous electroless plating bath to form a cobalt-based alloy on seed layer. In certain embodiments, the aqueous electroless plating bath may include sodium tetraborate, an alkali metal tartrate, ammonium sulfate, cobalt sulfate, ferric ammonium sulfate and sodium borohydride and has a pH between about 9 to about 13.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator that ensures easy manufacture of the fuel cell separator having sufficiently excellent conductive property. The method for manufacturing the fuel cell separator according to the present disclosure is a method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator where a conductive oxide film is formed on a surface of a metal substrate using a mist CVD method, and the method includes: preparing a raw material solution containing a precursor of the conductive oxide film and hydrochloric acid; atomizing the raw material solution to generate a mist; and supplying the mist to the surface of the metal substrate to form the conductive oxide film on the surface of the metal substrate through a reaction by heat.

Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes fabricating a tape having an applicator portion for applying an organic coating to a magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials. The method also includes applying the organic coating to the applicator portion of the tape, the organic coating being for coating a tape bearing surface of the magnetic head with the organic coating upon the applicator portion being run over the tape bearing surface of the magnetic head. The method further includes applying a lubricant to a data portion of the tape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cathode active material that can lower sintering temperature, the cathode active mated al including a particle of a lithium containing composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystalline phase, wherein the layered rock-salt crystalline phase is partially deficient in lithium, a percentage of deficient lithium in the layered rock-salt crystalline phase in a surface portion of the particle is higher than that in the layered rock-salt crystalline phase inside the particle, and the particle includes two phases that are different in lattice constant as the layered rock-salt crystalline phase.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a main body made from a metal magnetic powder and an insulating resin, a coating film covering the surface of the main body, a conductor disposed inside the main body, inorganic particles adhering to the surface of the coating film, and outer electrodes which are electrically connected to the conductor and which cover portions of the surface of the coating film while inorganic particles adhere to the portions, wherein the coating film contains a resin and metal cations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of apparatuses and methods of producing optical effect layers (OEL) comprising magnetically oriented magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles. In particular, the present invention relates to apparatuses comprising a first block (A) comprising a holder (1a) having mounted thereto a stator comprising n magnet-wire coils (1b) disposed in n annular slots of a magnetic-field-guiding stator core (1c), and a second block (B) comprising a casing (4), a rotor protection plate (2), a rotor comprising m permanent magnet poles (3a) of alternating polarity arranged around a circle in or on one side of a rotor disc (3b), and a permanent magnet assembly (PMA) (5), wherein the holder (A) is configured to be removeably fixed to a base of a rotating magnetic orienting cylinder (RMC) or a flatbed (FB) magnetic orienting printing unit and the second block (B) is removeably fixed to the first block (A).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plurality of R—Fe—B sintered magnets using a plasma flame apparatus and a furnace. The method includes a first step of providing a sintered magnet block. Then, the sintered magnet block is machined to form machined magnets. The method continues with a step of cleaning surfaces of the machined magnets to form cleaned magnets. The method then proceeds with depositing a plurality of spherical droplets of a heavy rare earth powder selected from at least one of Dy or Tb on the surfaces of the cleaned magnets, to produce a plurality of magnets including a uniform film of Dy or Tb. Then, the magnets including the uniform film are sintered to diffuse the uniform film into the magnets through grain boundary phases of the magnets to produce the R—Fe—B sintered magnets. A plasma flame apparatus is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a device comprising a platform comprising a layer of a 2-dimensional material. The device further comprises a plurality of electrodes and one or more molecules arranged on the platform. The device is configured to apply control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position the molecules by means of an electric field. Embodiments of the invention further concern a corresponding method for fabricating such a device and a method for positioning molecules by such a device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for using a device for the positioning of molecules, the devise including a semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor layer and an insulating layer with a plurality of electrodes arranged on the insulating layer forming an electrode layer with a layer of 2-dimensional material arranged on the electrode layer. The method includes applying a first set of control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position a plurality of molecules in a first molecule arrangement and applying a second set of control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position the plurality of molecules in a second molecule arrangement, wherein the second set of control signals is different from the first set of control signals and wherein the device provides a first functionality in the first molecule arrangement and a second functionality in the second molecule arrangement.

Abstract: A method for producing flexible conductive printed circuit with a printed overcoat is disclosed. For example, the method includes forming conductive printed circuit lines on a flexible substrate, detecting locations on the flexible substrate where the conductive printed circuit lines are formed, and printing an overcoat over the conductive printed circuit lines at the locations that are detected on the flexible substrate, wherein the overcoat comprises a mixture of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and a solvent having a viscosity of 1 centipoise to 2,000 centipoise to allow the mixture to be printed.

Abstract: A conductive paste is provided for forming conductive traces on substrates. The conductive paste includes a vehicle and conductive material. The vehicle includes a resin, a plasticizer, and a solvent in which the resin is dissolved. After application to a substrate, the conductive paste is cured at ambient temperature by evaporation of the solvent from the paste, to thereby form a conductive trace on the substrate. The conductive trace does not require a curing agent, and attains low resistivity within minutes of application to the substrate.

Abstract: A sintered magnet body is held in a grounded jig exhibiting excellent electrical conductivity, a rare-earth-compound powder is charged and sprayed on the sintered magnet body to electrostatically coat the sintered magnet body with the powder, and thus apply the powder to the sintered magnet body. The sintered magnet body having the powder applied thereto is heat treated to produce a rare-earth magnet. As a result, the rare-earth-compound powder can be uniformly applied to the surface of the sintered magnet body, and the application operating can be performed extremely efficiently.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sulfide solid-state battery produced via a first step of doping at least one material selected from graphite and lithium titanate with lithium, to obtain a predoped material; a second step of mixing the sulfide solid electrolyte, the silicon-based active material, and the predoped material, to obtain the anode mixture; and a third step of layering the anode mixture over the surface of the anode current collector that contains copper, to obtain the anode.

Abstract: The apparatus and methods of the present disclosure relate to devices comprising spinning magnets driven by electric motors for use with printing or coating equipment. These devices and methods are for orienting magnetic or magnetisable pigment particles in an unhardened coating composition on a substrate. Specifically, these devices and methods are for producing optical effect layers. The apparatus comprises a holder, onto which is mounted a motor and a permanent magnet assembly. The motor is configured to spin the permanent magnet assembly. The holder is configured to be removably fixed to a base of a rotating magnetic cylinder (RMC) or a flatbed printing unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to nano-particles comprising metallic ferromagnetic nanocrystals combined with either amorphous or graphitic carbon in which or on which chemical groups are present that can dissociate in aqueous solutions. According to the invention there is provided nano-particles comprising metal particles of at least one ferromagnetic metal, which metal particles are at least in part encapsulated by graphitic carbon. The nano-particles of the invention are prepared by impregnating carbon containing bodies with an aqueous solution of at least one ferromagnetic metal precursor, drying the impregnated bodies, followed by heating the impregnated bodies in an inert and substantially oxygen-free atmosphere, thereby reducing the metal compounds to the corresponding metal or metal alloy.

Abstract: Provided is a color encoding method including providing a composition including a liquid medium and magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in the liquid medium; applying a magnetic field to the composition to align the magnetic nanoparticles; and applying a patterned energy source to the composition to solidify the composition, wherein more than one region of the composition are sequentially solidified with varying magnetic field strength to fix a plurality of color codes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode slurry coating apparatus comprising a lower die applying electrode slurry on a collector, an intermediate die, an upper die, a first discharge part primarily applying the electrode slurry on the collector to form a first coating layer; an intermediate pressing part pressing the first coating layer to adjust a thickness of the first coating layer; a second discharge part secondarily applying the electrode slurry on a surface of the first coating layer to form a second coating layer; and an upper pressing part pressing the first coating layer and the second coating layer, which are stacked, at the same time to adjust a thickness of each of the first coating layer and the second coating layer, wherein the first discharge part has a width less than that of the second discharge part.

Abstract: A method of forming a magnetic element. The method includes cooling a substrate to a cryogenic temperature. The method further includes depositing a magnetic layer with a grain refining dopant on the substrate. The magnetic layer with the grain refining dopant deposited on the substrate cooled to the cryogenic temperature has a magnetic moment that is greater than 2 Tesla and very soft magnetic properties.