Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for treating fibrosis in a mammal by administering a therapeutic dose of a pharmaceutical composition that inhibits AXL, MER or Tyro3 protein activity, for example by inhibition of the binding interaction between AXL, MER or Tyro3 and its ligand GAS6.

Abstract: A method for cutting natural hides, on cutting machines comprising a conveyor belt on which a hide to be cut is arranged, and at least one longitudinal cantilever arm for supporting a cutting head, comprising the steps of: on a conveyor belt of the machine that is divided into a placement area, a cutting area and a collection area, wherein the collection area is an area of the conveyor belt toward which the at least one supporting arm protrudes with the corresponding cutting head, placing a hide on the placement area; defining a cutting layout on the hide; advancing the hide at the cutting area; by means of a collection operator, located at the collection area and directed toward the supporting arm with corresponding cutting head, rearranging the hide when it is at the cutting area; advancing the hide toward the collection area and collecting the cut pieces.

Abstract: A stretching apparatus for stretching a pelt on a pelt board, wherein the pelt has a substantially tubular shape defining an inwardly oriented leather side, an outwardly oriented fur side, a nose end, a rear end and a pair of front leg cavities. The pelt board defines a top end for accommodating and fixating the nose end of the pelt, a circumferential wall for facing the inwardly oriented leather side of the pelt and a base end located opposite the top end. The stretching apparatus comprises a holding device for holding the base end of the pelt board, and a stretching device having a pair of stretching members. Each of the stretching members are adapted in order to be inserted into a respective front leg cavity of the pelt and the stretching device is movable in a direction towards the holding device for stretching the pelt.

Abstract: For a method for granulating molten material, in particular slags, in which the molten material is introduced into a granulating chamber in which water is held as a cooling liquid, wherein the molten material is preferably quenched and granulated with evaporation of the water, an acid is added to the water.

Abstract: System and methods relating to in-line heat-treating, hardening and tempering of material, such as for example, coiled steel into a roll-formed, hardened and tempered structural member having uniform or different targeted properties in selected zones of the structural member. The different targeted properties may be achieved by heating and/or cooling the material subject to certain parameters.

Abstract: A method for forming a component utilizing ultra-high strength steel and components formed by the method. The method includes the step of providing a flat blank of ultra-high strength 22MnB5 steel. The next step of the method is cold forming the flat blank into an unfinished shape of a component while the blank is in an unhardened state. Then, heating the unfinished shape of the component and generating a spline form thereon. The method proceeds by forming a finished shape of the component using a quenching die resulting in a fine-grained martensitic component material structure and enabling net shape processing to establish final geometric dimensions of the component.

Abstract: A hollow forging process for main shaft of large wind turbine generator, wherein, comprising the following steps as: the first step of cutting off the dead head and the bottom of an ingot; the second step of upsetting and punching a hole; the third step of drawing-out; and the fourth step of local upsetting, drawing-out and shaping-up. In the fourth step, the forged piece is shaped up by local upsetting and drawing-out through a turnplate. The hollow forging process for main shaft created by the invention can save the costs for enterprise to purchase large equipment and makes it possible to forge the main shaft of large wind turbine generator with a free forging oil press with a smaller size.

Abstract: Disclosed is, as a high-strength steel plate of API X100 grade or higher, a steel plate for structural pipes or tubes that exhibits high strength in a rolling direction and that has only a small difference between strength in a rolling direction and strength in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction (exhibiting high material homogeneity) without addition of large amounts of alloying elements. The steel plate for structural pipes or tubes disclosed herein has: a specific chemical composition; a microstructure mainly composed of bainite and containing martensite austenite constituent in an area fraction of less than 3.0%; a tensile strength in the rolling direction of 760 MPa or more; and TSC?TSL being 30 MPa or less in terms of absolute value, where TSC denotes a tensile strength in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is, as a high-strength steel plate of API X80 grade or higher with a thickness of 38 mm or more, a steel plate for structural pipes or tubes that exhibits excellent resistance to PWHT and excellent toughness at the heat-affected zone, particularly at the butting faces joined by welding, without addition of large amounts of alloying elements. The steel plate for structural pipes or tubes disclosed herein has a specific chemical composition, in which the steel plate has mechanical properties including: (a) a 0.5% yield strength of 555 MPa or more; (b) a tensile strength of 625 MPa or more; and (c) a Charpy absorption energy vE?10° C. at ?10° C. at its mid-thickness part of 250 J or more, and maintains the mechanical properties (a) to (c) even after subjection to heat treatment at 650° C. for 2 hours.

Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having excellent punchability and a tensile strength of at least 780 MPa has a steel structure containing, by area ratio, 70%-90% ferrite phase and 10%-30% martensite phase. The non-recrystallized ferrite content in the ferrite phase is 30%-50% and the ratio of crystal grains having an aspect ratio of 1.0-1.5 in the martensite phase is 40%-100%, by area ratio.

Abstract: A high-strength, high-toughness steel plate having excellent surface properties and a high absorbed energy includes, by mass %, C: 0.03% to 0.08%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 1.5% to 2.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.010%, S: 0.0030% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, and N: 0.001% to 0.006%, and further includes at least one selected from Cu: 0.01% to 1.00%, Ni: 0.01% to 1.00%, Cr: 0.01% to 1.00%, Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%, V: 0.01% to 0.10%, and B: 0.0005% to 0.0030%, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. In a surface portion and a central portion in the thickness direction, the area fraction of Martensite-Austenite constituent is less than 3% and the area fraction of bainite is 90% or more, and in the central portion in the thickness direction, the average particle size of cementite in bainite is 0.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a part having a composition including, with the contents being expressed in weight-percent, 0.10?C?0.30, 1.6?Mn?2.1, 0.5?Cr?1.7, 0.5?Si?1.0, 0.065?Nb?0.15, 0.0010?B?0.0050, 0.0010?N?0.0130, 0?Al?0.060, 0?Mo?1.00, 0?Ni?1.0, 0.01?Ti?0.07, 0?V?0.3, 0?P?0.050, 0.01?S?0.1, 0?Cu?0.5, 0?Sn?0.1. A balance of the composition includes iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from the production method. The microstructure includes, in surface proportions, from 100% to 70% bainite, less than 30% residual austenite, and less than 5% ferrite. A manufacturing method is also provided.

Abstract: The invention provides an assay for identifying a bacterium capable of binding elemental heavy metal, comprising the following steps: cultivating a test bacterium in a suitable first culture medium; immersing at least a surface portion of a test too! into the first culture medium for a second predetermined period of time, said surface portion being coated by elemental heavy metal, respectively; removing said test tool from said first culture medium and optionally rinsing the test tool; contacting a second culture medium with the surface portion coated by elemental heavy metal of said test tool removed in the previous step; and identifying the test bacterium as being capable of binding elemental heavy metal from growth of the test bacterium in said second culture medium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a slag comprising, on a dry basis and expressed as the total of the metal present as elemental metal and the presence of the metal in an oxidized state, a) at least 7% wt and at most 49% wt of Fe, b) at most 1.3% wt of Cu, c) at least 24% wt and at most 44% wt of SiO2, and d) at least 2.0% wt and at most 20% wt of CaO, characterised in that the slag comprises, on the same basis, e) at least 0.10% wt and at most 1.00% wt of Zn, f) at least 0.10% wt and at most 2.5% wt of MgO, and g) at most 0.100% wt of Pb. Further disclosed are an improved object comprising the slag, a process for the production of the slag, and a number of uses of the slag, whereby the slag may comprise up to at most 1.50% wt of zinc and down to 1.0% wt of CaO.

Abstract: Disclosed is an AMS process using a water-leachable alloy that reacts with water and dissolves, and a porous metal manufactured using the same. An AMS precursor including element groups that are selected in consideration of the relationship of heat of mixing with the water-leachable alloy composition to be subjected to the AMS process is immersed in the alloy melt, thus manufacturing a bi-continuous structure alloy. The bi-continuous structure alloy is subjected to dealloying using water, thus manufacturing the porous metal. The water-leachable alloy is a Ca-based alloy having high reactivity to water and high oxidation resistance at high temperatures, and a dealloying process thereof is performed using only pure water, unlike a conventional dealloying process performed using a toxic etching solution of a strong acid/strong base. The metal porous body has high elongation, a large surface area, and low thermal conductivity.

Abstract: An alloy composition includes from about 4 wt % to about 11 wt % of silicon based on a total wt % of the alloy composition; from about 0.1 wt % to about 0.5 wt % of chromium based on the total wt % of the alloy composition; from about 0.1 wt % to about 0.5 wt % of magnesium based on the total wt % of the alloy composition; from about 0.01 wt % to about 0.05 wt % of titanium based on the total wt % of the alloy composition; equal to or less than 0.5 wt % of iron based on the total wt % of the alloy composition; equal to or less than 0.5 wt % of manganese based on the total wt % of the alloy composition; and a balance of aluminum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cermet material comprising a first phase MAX having the general formula Tin+1AlCn and a second intermetallic phase having the general formula TixAly, where n equals 1 or 2, x is between 1 and 3, y is between 1 and 3, and x+y?4. The proportion by volume of the first phase in the material is between 70% and 95%. The proportion by volume of the second phase in the material is between 30% and 5%. The void ratio is less than 5%.

Abstract: Steel alloys and steel alloy cylinder liners are provided. Steel alloys can comprise iron, about 0.8% to about 2.1% manganese, about 0.10% to about 0.40% silicon, about 0.05% to about 0.30% sulfur, about 0.06% to about 0.16% phosphorus, about 0.09% to about 0.21% titanium, about 0.09% to about 0.21% aluminum, and either low carbon and about 0.0005% to about 0.0055% boron, or medium carbon. The steel alloy cylinder liners can be capable of achieving a mirror-like finish. The steel alloy cylinder liners can comprise ultra-thin wall thickness of less than about 1.5 mm or about 1.0 mm to about 0.5 mm. The steel alloy cylinder liners can comprise a Young's modulus of at least 200 GPa. The steel alloy cylinder liners can comprise a Young's modulus to density ratio of at least about 25.64 GPa/(g/cm3).

Abstract: A steel having a composition containing C: more than 0.20% and 0.45% or less, Si: 0.50% to 2.50%, Mn: 2.00% or more and less than 3.50%, and one or two selected from Ti: 0.005% to 0.100% and Nb: 0.005% to 0.100% is hot-rolled and cold-rolled. The steel sheet is heated to 800° C. to 950° C. and cooled to a cooling-end temperature of 350° C. to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more to form a steel sheet having a microstructure including martensite and bainite phases such that the total proportion of the martensite and bainite phases is 80% or more by volume. The steel sheet is heated to 700° C. to 840° C. and maintained at 700° C. to 840° C., cooled to a cooling-end temperature of 350° C. to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5 to 50° C./s, and maintained within the above temperature range for 10 to 1800 s.

Abstract: A rolled steel bar for hot forging consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.25-0.50%, Si: 0.40-1.0%, Mn: 1.0-1.6%, S: 0.005-0.035%, Al: 0.005-0.050%, V: 0.10-0.30%, and N: 0.005-0.030%, and the balance of Fe and impurities, i.e., P: 0.035% or less and O: 0.0030% or less, wherein Fn1=C+Si/10+Mn/5+5Cr/22+1.65V?5S/7 is 0.90 to 1.20. The predicted maximum width of nonmetallic inclusions at the time when a cumulative distribution function obtained by extreme value statistical processing by taking the width of nonmetallic inclusion in an R1/2 part of a longitudinal cross section of the steel bar as W (mm) is 99.99% is 100 mm or narrower. The number density of sulfides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 to 1.0 mm observed per unit area of the R1/2 part of a transverse cross section of the steel bar is 500 pieces/mm2 or higher.

Abstract: A Cr—Mn—N austenitic heat-resistant steel is provided. The heat-resistant steel comprises, in weight percentage, carbon 0.20% to 0.50%, silicon 0.50% to 2.00%, manganese 2.00% to 5.00%, phosphorus less than 0.04%, sulphur less than 0.03%, chromium 20.00% to 27.00%, nickel 6.00% to 8.00%, molybdenum less than 0.50%, niobium less than 0.60%, tungsten less than 0.60%, vanadium less than 0.15%, nitrogen 0.30% to 0.60%, zirconium less than 0.10%, cobalt less than 0.10%, yttrium less than 0.10%, boron less than 0.20%, with the balance iron. The heat-resistant steel has high temperature strength, high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion coefficient, good dimensional stability, good ductility, heat resistance, impact resistance, and low production costs, and meets the requirements for high performance engines.

Abstract: A high-strength, cold-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, the steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.070% to 0.100%, Si: 0.50% to 0.70%, Mn: 2.40% to 2.80%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.0020% or less, Al: 0.020% to 0.060%, N: 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.010% to 0.060%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.030%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0030%, Sb: 0.005% to 0.015%, Ca: 0.0015% or less, Cr: 0.01% to 2.00%, Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%, Ni: 0.01% to 5.00%, Cu: 0.01% to 5.

Abstract: Provided is a method of fabricating an article, including deforming an ingot of a nickel-based superalloy to form an intermediate article, forming a substantially homogeneous dispersion of Laves phase precipitates within the intermediate article, wherein the Laves phase precipitates are present at a concentration of at least about 0.05% by volume and the precipitates have a mean diameter of less than one micron. Also provided is a nickel-based superalloy including a substantially homogeneous dispersion of Laves phase precipitates, wherein the intergranular and transgranular Laves phase precipitates are present at a concentration of at least about 0.1% by volume and wherein the precipitates have a mean diameter of less than one micron. Precipitation of Laves phase may control microstructure during Thermo-mechanical processing and produce superalloys with refined grain size.

Abstract: A method of producing a Ni-based super heat-resistant alloy in which a hot working material is subjected to hot working with a mold is provided. The hot working material consists of, in mass %, 0.001 to 0.050% of C, 1.0% to 4.0% of Al, 3.0% to 7.0% of Ti, 12% to 18% of Cr, 12% to 30% of Co, 1.5% to 5.5% of Mo, 0.5% to 2.5% of W, 0.001% to 0.050% of B, 0.001% to 0.100% of Zr, 0% to 0.01% of Mg, 0% to 5% of Fe, 0% to 3% of Ta, 0% to 3% of Nb, and the remainder of Ni and impurities. The method includes: heating and holding the hot working material in a temperature range of 950° C. to 1150° C. for 1 hour or longer; and performing hot working on the material with the mold that is heated to a temperature range of 800° C. to 1150° C.

Abstract: Thermal spraying may be readily carried out using fine particles which were difficult to be handled in the conventional art by using particles of a resin containing the fine particles of a ceramic or a metal as a material for thermal spraying. To produce a material for thermal spraying, the fine particles are dispersed in a liquid resin, and a cured material obtained by curing the mixture is pulverized to obtain a material for thermal spraying which contains particles having a particle diameter within a target particle diameter range, and these operations are repeated. In the second or later time production of a material for thermal spraying, over-pulverized particles which were obtained in a completed pulverization step of a cured material and have a particle diameter below the target particle diameter range are also added to a liquid resin and are disperse in the step for dispersing fine particles in a liquid resin.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for obtaining a finished or semi-finished zirconia-based article, the surface of the article having a metallic external appearance and non-zero surface electrical conductivity, wherein the method includes the steps of: taking at least one zirconia article, pre-shaped in its finished or semi-finished form; placing said article in a chamber in which a hydrogen and carbon/nitrogen gas mixture is heated; heating said article and the gas mixture using at least one resistive element traversed by an electric current to obtain dissociation of the hydrogen and carbon/nitrogen based gas molecules and an increase in the temperature of said article; keeping said article in the reactive atmosphere thus created to obtain diffusion of the carbon/nitrogen atoms in the external surface of said article.

Abstract: Powder compositions are described having, as constituents: an aluminum donor powder, an aluminum-containing activator powder comprising at least 50 wt. % KAlF4, and an inert filler powder. Related methods and coatings are also described.

Abstract: A device for growing large-sized monocrystalline crystals, including a crucible adapted to grow crystals from a material source and with a seed crystal and including therein a seed crystal region, a growth chamber, and a material source region; a thermally insulating material disposed outside the crucible and below a heat dissipation component; and a plurality of heating components disposed outside the thermally insulating material to provide heat sources, wherein the heat dissipation component is of a heat dissipation inner diameter and a heat dissipation height which exceeds a thickness of the thermally insulating material.

Abstract: According to the embodiment, a vaporization system includes a vaporizer, a body, a sensor, a moving mechanism, and a supplier. The vaporizer includes a plurality of containers which can store powdered solid materials. The body in a vacuum state can house the vaporizer. The sensor detects a residue of the solid materials stored in a plurality of the containers respectively. The moving mechanism, on the basis of a detection result of the sensor, moves the plurality of the containers respectively between a first position located inside the vaporizer, and a second position located outside of the vaporizer. A supplier supplies the solid material to the container located in the second position among the plurality of the containers.

Abstract: Vapor deposition apparatuses and methods for coating a substrate with at least two functional coatings that include a hydrophobic coating are described herein. Some embodiments include a vapor deposition apparatus with at least a first evaporator and a second evaporator, where the evaporator configured to apply the hydrophobic coating is raised above the other evaporator and is thus closer to the substrate. Others include methods of coating a substrate with such evaporators and different distances. Embodiments of the present disclosure can be useful for coating eyeglass lenses. Still others are disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a sputtering apparatus which is capable of forming, with good uniformity of film thickness distribution, an insulator film having further improved crystallinity. Inside a vacuum chamber in which is provided an insulator target, there is disposed a stage for holding a substrate W to be processed so as to face the insulator target. The sputtering apparatus has: a driving means for driving to rotate the stage; a sputtering power source E1 for applying HF power to the insulator target; and a gas introduction means for introducing a rage gas into the vacuum chamber. The sputtering apparatus is characterized in that a distance d3 between the substrate and the insulator target is set to a range between 40 mm-150 mm.

Abstract: There are provided a method of depositing an aluminum oxide film, a method of forming the same, and a sputtering apparatus, which are capable of depositing an aluminum oxide film that can be crystallized at a low-temperature annealing process. In the method of depositing an aluminum oxide film according to this invention, a target made of aluminum oxide and a substrate W to be processed are disposed inside a vacuum chamber, a rare gas is introduced into the vacuum chamber, and HF power is applied to the target to thereby deposit by sputtering the aluminum oxide film on the surface of the substrate, the pressure in the vacuum chamber during film deposition is set to a range of 1.6 through 2.1 Pa.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gap device includes forming a template structure on a substrate, depositing an active material layer on the substrate and on the template structure, wherein the active material layer covers at least top and side surfaces of the template structure, planarizing the active material layer, and selectively removing the template structure with respect to the active material layer and the substrate.

Abstract: A system may include a reactor vessel comprising an outer wall, a heat source thermally coupled to the reactor vessel, at least one reactor inlet in the outer wall, and at least one reactor outlet. The reactor vessel may be configured to house a substrate in a radially central core region. The at least one reactor inlet may be configured to introduce a precursor gas to the reactor vessel to produce swirling flow of the precursor gas around the radially central core region of the reactor vessel. The at least one reactor outlet may be configured to remove exhaust gas from the reactor vessel.

Abstract: A method of making a fibrous part is provided. The method may comprise forming a porous structure with an annular geometry. A first entrance channel and a second entrance channel may be formed with the entrance channels defined by a surface of the preform. The entrance channels may also extend in a radial direction from an inner diameter of the annular porous structure partially across the surface. An exit channel may be formed between the entrance channels and defined by the surface. The exit channel may extend in a radial direction from an outer diameter of the annular porous structure partially across the surface.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing graphene which includes a first growth step of supplying a carbon-containing gas into a chamber in which a metal catalyst is disposed to grow graphene on a surface of the metal catalyst, an activation step of supplying a process gas containing an oxygen gas or a hydrogen gas into the chamber in which the metal catalyst having the graphene grown on the surface thereof is disposed to reactivate the metal catalyst, and a second growth step of supplying the carbon-containing gas into the chamber in which the reactivated metal catalyst is disposed to regrow the graphene on the surface of the metal catalyst.

Abstract: In one aspect, articles are described comprising wear resistant coatings employing one or more composite refractory layers. For example, a coated article described herein comprises a substrate and a coating deposited by CVD adhered to the substrate, the coating including a multiphase refractory layer comprising an alumina phase and a zirconia phase, wherein the zirconia phase has a texture coefficient for the (200) growth direction, TC(200), greater than 4.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and methods for detecting an endpoint for a cleaning process. In one example, a method of determining a cleaning endpoint includes performing a cleaning process in a plasma processing chamber, directing an optical signal to a surface of a shadow frame during the cleaning process, collecting a return reflected optical signal reflected from the surface of the shadow frame, determining a change of reflectance intensity of the return reflected optical signal as collected, and determining an endpoint of the cleaning process based on the change of the reflected intensity. In another example, an apparatus for performing a plasma process and a cleaning process after the plasma process includes an optical monitoring system coupled to a processing chamber, the optical monitoring system configured to direct an optical beam light to a surface of a shadow frame disposed in the processing chamber.

Abstract: There is provided a cleaning method improving cleaning efficiency in a process container after an oxygen-containing film forming process is having performed, including: (a) supplying at least a hydrogen fluoride gas into the process container; and (b) supplying an alcohol into the process container in a state where supply of the hydrogen fluoride gas into the process container is stopped, wherein (a) and (b) are continuously performed without providing an intermittent period therebetween.

Abstract: An exhaust apparatus using a gas curtain instead of a mechanical opening/closing structure is provided. The exhaust apparatus includes: a first region; a second region connected to the first region; a third region connected to the first region; and a first gas line connected to the second region, wherein when gas is supplied to the first gas line, the first region does not communicate with the second region but communicates with the third region.

Abstract: A substrate W is placed on a support part 7 provided in a reaction chamber 2. While the substrate W is rotated together with the support part 7 around a rotation shaft A passing through a center of the substrate W at a rotating speed of 1300 rpm or more and 2000 rpm or less, a source gas including an organic metal is supplied onto the substrate W from a portion above the reaction chamber 2 to cause a III-V semiconductor layer to grow on the substrate W.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing method of a transparent electrode, and more particularly, to a manufacturing method of a transparent electrode by using a roll-to-roll type transparent electrode manufacturing apparatus including at least one atomic layer deposition module, the method comprises: performing a first atomic layer deposition process to respectively form first and second protection layers on a first surface of a flexible substrate and on a second surface opposite to the first surface; performing a second atomic layer deposition process to form a first oxide layer on the first protection layer; forming a metal layer on the first oxide layer; and forming a second oxide layer on the metal flim, wherein each of the performing the first atomic layer deposition process and the second atomic layer deposition process includes using the at least one atomic layer deposition module.

Abstract: A deposition apparatus for processing substrates includes a vacuum chamber including a processing zone in which a substrate may be processed. A showerhead assembly includes a stem, face plate and back plate wherein the stem is rotary friction welded to the back plate. A substrate pedestal assembly is configured to support a substrate on an upper surface thereof when a substrate is processed in the deposition apparatus.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a diamond-like carbon film is described, which includes the following steps. A substrate is disposed into a chamber. An aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon is introduced into the chamber. A diamond-like carbon film is grown on the substrate by using the aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon as a reaction precursor The step of growing the diamond-like carbon film includes controlling a substrate temperature at 200 Celsius degrees to 800 Celsius degrees.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger including forming a heat exchanger with walls using direct metal laser melting. The walls include defects formed during the direct metal laser melting process. The defects can cause leaking within the heat exchanger. The method includes healing the defects.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of simply manufacturing a conductive laminate which has a three-dimensional shape including a curved surface and in which a metal layer is disposed on the curved surface, a conductive laminate, a plated layer-attached substrate, a plated layer precursor layer-attached substrate, and a touch sensor.

Abstract: A multilayer metal-matrix composite that includes a metal core sheet and a plurality of side sheets is disclosed in which the metal core sheet is reinforced with a reinforcement material selected from the group consisting of ceramic reinforcements. The reinforced metal core sheet is coated with an electroless coating. A method of fabricating a multilayer metal-matrix composite with reinforced particles and a coating using a combination of electroless coating method and accumulative roll bonding method is further described in this disclosure with the aim of reducing the number of required accumulative roll bonding cycles to obtain improved or desired properties.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a metal catalyst having a structure as shown in the Formula (1) or Formula (2), wherein M is palladium, copper, platinum, nickel or silver ions; X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine; and L is a chelator ligand of nitrogen-containing aromatic ring. The disclosure also provides a manufacturing method and applications of the metal catalyst.

Abstract: A composite can include a substrate and a conversion coating overlying the substrate and comprising at least one of a zirconium oxide, a hafnium oxide, or a combination thereof. The conversion coating can be formed from a zirconia or hafnia-based complex obtained by reacting at least one of a zirconium ion source, a hafnium ion source, or a combination thereof, with a chelating compound in a reaction and another chelating compound in another reaction.

Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor for use in aqueous fluids, e.g. brine, which contact a metal surface, contains a blend or cross-linked reaction product of a main chain type polybenzoxazine (MCTPB) and a chitosan component selected from the group consisting of chitosan, chitosan glycol, and combinations thereof. The MCTPB can be made by reacting formaldehyde, bisphenol A, and tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA). The corrosion inhibitor may contain a small amount of an inorganic acid and/or an organic acid.