Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrically conductive interconnect for a solid oxide fuel cell stack, including the steps of (a) making a metal substrate having a first surface configured for electrical contact with an anode of the solid oxide fuel cell stack and a second surface configured for electrical contact with a cathode of the solid oxide fuel cell stack; (b) depositing a layer comprising metallic cobalt over at least a portion of at least one of the first and second surfaces; and (c) subjecting the metallic cobalt to reducing conditions, thereby causing at least a portion of the metallic cobalt to diffuse into the metal substrate.

Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell stack that contains a plurality of fuel cells, each of which includes an anode and a cathode disposed on opposite sides of a solid electrolyte, and an electrically conductive interconnect disposed between the anode and cathode. The interconnect includes a substrate and a first surface in electrical contact with the anode and a second surface in electrical contact with the cathode, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the surfaces includes cobalt.

Abstract: An edge-sealed barrier film composite. The composite includes a substrate and at least one initial barrier stack adjacent to the substrate. The at least one initial barrier stack includes at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. One of the barrier layers has an area greater than the area of one of the decoupling layers. The decoupling layer is sealed by the first barrier layer within the area of barrier material. An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is provided. A method of making the edge-sealed barrier film composite is also provided.

Abstract: A three dimensional multilayer barrier. The barrier includes a first barrier continuous layer adjacent to a substrate; a first discontinuous decoupling layer adjacent to the first continuous barrier layer, the first discontinuous decoupling layer having at least two sections; and a second continuous barrier layer adjacent to the first discontinuous decoupling layer, the second barrier forming a wall separating the sections of the first discontinuous decoupling layer. A method of making the three dimensional multilayer barrier is also described.

Abstract: An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device. The device includes an environmentally sensitive device, and at least one edge-sealed barrier stack. The edge-sealed barrier stack includes a decoupling layer and at least two barrier layers. The environmentally sensitive device is sealed between an edge-sealed barrier stack and either a substrate or another edge-sealed barrier stack. A method of making the edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is also disclosed.

Abstract: Islanding in metal layers on a dielectric material can be reduced by using a wetting agent between the metal layer and the dielectric material. One embodiment of the present invention encompasses a method comprising the steps of depositing a ceria layer on the dielectric material and depositing the metal layer on the ceria layer, wherein the ceria layer is the wetting agent for the metal layer. Another embodiment encompasses a multi-layer ceramic capacitor comprising a repeat layer having a base metal electrode formed on a ceria layer, which is deposited on a dielectric layer.

Abstract: An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device. The device includes at least one initial barrier stack, an environmentally sensitive device, and at least one additional barrier stack. The barrier stacks include at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. The environmentally sensitive device is sealed between the at least one initial barrier stack and the at least one additional barrier stack. A method of making the edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An edge-sealed barrier film composite. The composite includes a substrate and at least one initial barrier stack adjacent to the substrate. The at least one initial barrier stack includes at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. One of the barrier layers has an area greater than the area of one of the decoupling layers. The decoupling layer is sealed by the first barrier layer within the area of barrier material. An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is provided. A method of making the edge-sealed barrier film composite is also provided.

Abstract: A multilayer plastic substrate. The substrate comprises a plurality of thin film layers of at least one polymer, the plurality of thin film layers being adjacent to one another and having sufficient strength to be self-supporting, wherein the multilayer plastic substrate has an average visible light transmittance of greater than about 80%.

Abstract: A method for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of low vapor monomeric materials. The method includes flash evaporating a polymer precursor forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge polymer precursor plasma from the evaporate, and cryocondensing the glow discharge polymer precursor on a substrate as a cryocondensed polymer precursor layer, and crosslinking the cryocondensed polymer precursor layer thereon, the crosslinking resulting from radicals created in the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma.

Abstract: An encapsulated organic light emitting device. The device includes a first barrier stack comprising at least one first barrier layer and at least one first polymer layer. There is an organic light emitting layer stack adjacent to the first barrier stack. A second barrier stack is adjacent to the organic light emitting layer stack. The second barrier stack has at least one second barrier layer and at least one second polymer layer. A method of making the encapsulated organic light emitting device is also provided.

Abstract: A method for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of low vapor monomeric materials. The method includes flash evaporating a polymer precursor forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge polymer precursor plasma from the evaporate, and cryocondensing the glow discharge polymer precursor on a substrate as a cryocondensed polymer precursor layer, and crosslinking the cryocondensed polymer precursor layer thereon, the crosslinking resulting from radicals created in the glow discharge polymer precursor plasma.