Abstract: Composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process. The composite nuclear component has improved resistance to oxidation and/or migration of undesired material. The invention also relates to the use of the composite nuclear component for combating oxidation and/or degradation of the ceramic material contained in the substrate.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD). Nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).

Abstract: A composite nuclear reactor component comprises a support and a protective layer (2). The support contains a substrate (1) based on a metal. The substrate is coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and the protective layer (2). The protective layer (2) is composed of a material which comprises amorphous chromium carbide. The nuclear reactor component provides for improved resistance to oxidation, hydriding, and/or migration of undesired material.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component that includes i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate being coated or not coated with as interposed layer positioned between the substrate and at least one protective layer and ii) the protective layer composed of a protective material including partially metastable chromium; the process includes a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).

Abstract: Process for the chemical vapor deposition by DLI-MOCVD on a substrate of a protective coating composed of at least one protective layer comprising a transition metal M: a) having available, in a feed tank, a mother solution containing a hydrocarbon solvent devoid of oxygen atom and a precursor of bis(arene) type containing the transition metal M to be deposited, and, if appropriate, a carbon-incorporation inhibitor; b) vaporizing said mother solution and introducing it into a CVD reactor in order to carry out the deposition of the protective layer on said substrate; c) collecting, at the outlet of the reactor, a fraction of the gaseous effluent comprising the unconsumed precursor, the aromatic byproducts of the precursor and the solvent, these entities together forming a daughter solution, and; d) pouring the daughter solution thus obtained into the feed tank in order to obtain a new mother solution capable of being used in step a).

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component that includes i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate being coated or not coated with an interposed layer positioned between the substrate and at least one protective layer and ii) the protective layer composed of a protective material including partially metastable chromium; the process includes a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising amorphous chromium carbide; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD). Nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising amorphous chromium carbide.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising amorphous chromium carbide; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising partially metastable chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD). Nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising partially metastable chromium.

Abstract: Process for the chemical vapor deposition by DLI-MOCVD on a substrate of a protective coating composed of at least one protective layer comprising a transition metal M: a) having available, in a feed tank, a mother solution containing a hydrocarbon solvent devoid of oxygen atom and a precursor of bis(arene) type containing the transition metal M to be deposited, and, if appropriate, a carbon-incorporation inhibitor; b) vaporizing said mother solution and introducing it into a CVD reactor in order to carry out the deposition of the protective layer on said substrate; c) collecting, at the outlet of the reactor, a fraction of the gaseous effluent comprising the unconsumed precursor, the aromatic byproducts of the precursor and the solvent, these entities together forming a daughter solution, and; d) pouring the daughter solution thus obtained into the feed tank in order to obtain a new mother solution capable of being used in step a).

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising amorphous chromium carbide; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD). Nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising amorphous chromium carbide.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD). Nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (1), the substrate (1) being coated or not coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and at least one protective layer (2) and ii) the protective layer (2) composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer (2) onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process.

Abstract: Process for the chemical vapor deposition by DLI-MOCVD on a substrate of a protective coating composed of at least one protective layer comprising a transition metal M: a) having available, in a feed tank, a mother solution containing a hydrocarbon solvent devoid of oxygen atom and a precursor of bis(arene) type containing the transition metal M to be deposited, and, if appropriate, a carbon-incorporation inhibitor; b) vaporizing said mother solution and introducing it into a CVD reactor in order to carry out the deposition of the protective layer on said substrate; c) collecting, at the outlet of the reactor, a fraction of the gaseous effluent comprising the unconsumed precursor, the aromatic byproducts of the precursor and the solvent, these entities together forming a daughter solution, and; d) pouring the daughter solution thus obtained into the feed tank in order to obtain a new mother solution capable of being used in step a).

Abstract: The invention relates to a structure adapted for the formation of solar cells, comprising the following successive elements, namely: a sheet (1) of textured metal with crystal grains having an average size greater than 50 ?m, said sheet being adapted to form a rear face electrode of the cells; a diffusion barrier layer (2) having a thickness of between 0.2 and 2 ?m, made from an electrically conductive material with crystal grains having an average size greater than 50 ?m; and a doped multicrystalline silicon layer (3) having a thickness of between 30 and 100 ?m, with crystal grains having an average size greater than 50 to 100 ?m, in which the average diffusion length of the carriers is greater than 50 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic antenna that comprises a radiating element composed of a first, electrically conducting, fluid substance (F1) sitting on a first element (S1) and of a second fluid substance (F2) sitting on a second element (S2), the first fluid substance (F1) being in contact with the second fluid substance (F2), said fluid substances being immiscible and said first and second elements being electrically conducting and electrically isolated from one another.

Abstract: The method is to fabricate a microelectronic device with an integrated antenna. This method may include forming at least a first semiconducting layer on a substrate, forming in at least one zone of the first semiconducting layer of a structure to limit the circulation of current in the zone of the first semiconducting layer, forming a plurality of layers on the semiconducting layer and at least one antenna in the plurality of layers, with the antenna being formed opposite the zone. The antenna may be operable at radio frequencies above 10 GHz, and may have an improved emission efficiency.

Abstract: A reconfigurable electromagnetic antenna which comprises a radiating element consisting of a fluid substance that conducts electricity, the volume of the fluid substance being variable and that also comprises a matrix of electrodes on which the fluid substance is moved by electro-wetting. The properties of the antenna in frequency, polarization or even in radiation pattern evolve dynamically. The reconfiguration of the antenna in frequency, in polarization or in radiation pattern is continuous and reversible.