Abstract: The invention concerns a process to manufacture a flat-rolled product, notably for the aeronautic industry containing aluminum alloy, in which, notably a flattening and/or stretching is performed with a cumulated deformation of at least 0.5% and less than 3% and a short heat-treatment is performed in which the sheet reaches a temperature between 130° C. and 170° C. for a period of 0.1 to 13 hours. The invention notably makes it possible to simplify the forming process of fuselage skins and to improve the balance between static mechanical strength properties and damage tolerance properties.

Abstract: A cold-rolled ultra-high strength, multi-phase structured steel is disclosed with improved stamping and forming performance during manufacturing processes, while possessing one or more of the following properties: excellent castability and rollability, excellent galvanizability and/or coatability, excellent formability, excellent fracture resistance, excellent stretch formability and stretch flangeability, excellent dent resistance, excellent durability, excellent impact performance and structural performance, excellent intrusion and crash resistance, and excellent weldability, without the purposeful addition of boron.

Abstract: When a Si content (mass %) is set to [Si], an Al content (mass %) is set to [Al], and a Mn content (mass %) is set to [Mn], a parameter Q represented by “Q=[Si]+2[Al]?[Mn]” is 2.00 or more, the total mass of S contained in sulfides or oxysulfides of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, or Cd is 10% or more of the total mass of S contained in a non-oriented electrical steel sheet, a {100} crystal orientation intensity is 3.0 or more, a thickness is 0.15 mm to 0.30 mm, and an average crystal grain diameter is 65 ?m to 100 ?m.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an austenitic stainless alloy including in weight % (wt %): C less than 0.03; Si less than 1.0; Mn less than or equal to 1.2; Cr 26.0 to 30.0; Ni 29.0 to 37.0; Mo 6.1 to 7.1 or (Mo+W/2) 6.1 to 7.1; N 0.25 to 0.36; P less than or equal to 0.04 S less than or equal to 0.03; Cu less than or equal to 0.4; and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The austenitic stainless alloy has a low content of manganese in combination with a high content of nitrogen. The present disclosure also relates to the use of the austenitic stainless alloy, especially in highly corrosive environments and to products made of thereof.

Abstract: A process for producing a molded material that can form metallic glass material in a state of lower viscosity, and can manufacture a small structure of several 10 ?m or less in a comparatively short time while precisely controlling shape thereof, by the process comprising a heating step of heating supercooled state metallic glass material or a solid metallic glass material at a temperature increase rate of 0.5 K/s to a temperature at or higher than a temperature at which a crystallization process for a supercooled liquid of the metallic glass material begins, and a molding step of transfer molding the metallic glass material until the crystallization process for the supercooled liquid of the metallic glass material has been completed. In addition, the purpose is also to provide the molded material that has been formed by this process, a wavefront control element, and a diffraction grating.

Abstract: Provided is a high-manganese hot-dip aluminum-coated steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet containing, by weight, 5% to 35% of Mn, 0.3 to 6% of Al, 0.1 to 1.2% of Si, the balanced amount of Fe, and inevitable impurities; a hot-dip aluminum-coated layer, formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, containing, by weight, 3 to 12% of Si and the balanced amount of Al, and inevitable impurities; and an alloy layer, 0.1 to 10 ?m in thickness with a Fe—Al—Si—Mn-based alloy phase on an interface between the base steel sheet and the hot-dip aluminum-coated layer, containing, by weight, 40 to 70% of Al, 2 to 13% of Si, 3 to 9% of Mn, the balance amount of Fe, and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: A sprayed coating having a multilayer structure including a lower layer made a sprayed coating containing a rare earth oxide, and a surface layer made of another sprayed coating containing a rare earth fluoride and/or a rare earth oxyfluoride, the multilayered sprayed coating having a volume resistivity at 23° C. and a volume resistivity at 200° C., the volume resistivity at 23° C. being 1×109 to 1×1012 ?·cm, and a temperature index of the volume resistivities defined by the ratio of the volume resistivity at 200° C. to the volume resistivity at 23° C. being 0.1 to 10.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a hydrophilic-hydrophobic transformable composite film is provided. The method includes forming a silicon-containing layer on an iron-containing substrate; coating a titanium-containing sol-gel film on the said silicon-containing layer; and heating the iron-containing substrate with the silicon-containing layer and the titanium-containing sol-gel film thereon.

Abstract: A picking assembly provided by the present disclosure may include a transmission shaft; at least two rigid balls; and a support member carrying rigid balls of the at least two rigid balls. Two of the at least two rigid balls may be arranged on two opposite sides of the transmission shaft. Centers of the two of the at least two rigid balls and a center of a cross-section of the transmission shaft may be located on a same line. The transmission shaft may be movable back and forth in an axis direction of the transmission shaft.

Abstract: A sputter trap formed on at least a portion of a sputtering chamber component has a plurality of particles and a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions. A method of forming a sputter trap having a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions is also provided.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a substrate bearing assembly and a magnetron sputtering apparatus. The substrate bearing assembly includes: a stage; and a bearing plate provided on the stage for carrying a substrate on which a film is to be formed. A side of the bearing plate is hinged with the stage by a hinge member, and the bearing plate is able to be rotated by the hinge member to be perpendicular to a plane in which the stage is located. The hinge member is able to translate on the stage in a direction perpendicular to a side of the bearing plate connecting with the hinge member.

Abstract: In one aspect, articles are described comprising wear resistant coatings employing composite architectures including refractory layers of varying compositions and phases. Briefly, a coated article comprises a substrate and a coating deposited by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) adhered to the substrate, the coating comprising an inner refractory layer comprising M1-xAlxN wherein x?0.7 and M is titanium, chromium or zirconium and an outer zirconia layer or outer multiphase refractory layer comprising an alumina phase and an oxide phase comprising at least one Group IVB metal, wherein the M1-xAlxN has less than 15 weight percent hexagonal phase.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma film-firming apparatus including: a chamber configured to accommodate a substrate therein; a substrate pedestal configured to disposed the substrate thereon within the chamber; a gas supply mechanism configured to supply a gas including a film-forming gas into the chamber; an exhaust mechanism configured to exhaust an inside of the chamber; and a plasma generating unit configured to generate plasma in the chamber. The substrate pedestal includes a pedestal body having a smaller diameter than that of the substrate and including a placement surface, and an annular adjustment member disposed outside the pedestal body. The adjustment member is replaceably installed. A plurality of adjustment members having various steps are provided at a position outside the substrate as the adjustment member, and among the plurality of adjustment members, an adjustment member is selected and used according to a processing condition of a plasma processing.

Abstract: There is provided a substrate mounting table for use in a plasma-based processing apparatus that performs a plasma-based process on a substrate inside a processing container, which includes a substrate mounting portion having a front surface subjected to a mirroring treatment and on which the substrate is mounted, and an edge portion located around the substrate mounting portion and treated to have an uneven shape.

Abstract: There is provided a vertical heat treatment apparatus for forming a film by supplying a precursor gas to a plurality of substrates that are held in a substantially horizontal posture on a substrate holder with a predetermined interval in a vertical direction. The apparatus includes a processing container including an inner tube accommodating the substrate holder and an outer tube that is disposed outside the inner tube; and a gas nozzle that extends vertically along an inner peripheral surface of the inner tube and has a distal end that penetrates from an inside of the inner tube to an outside of the inner tube. A first gas hole for supplying the precursor gas to the inside of the inner tube and a second gas hole for supplying the precursor gas to the outside of the inner tube are formed on the gas nozzle.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for fabricating polymer-based imprint lithography templates having thin metallic or oxide coated patterning surfaces. Such templates show enhanced fluid spreading and filling (even in absence of purging gases), good release properties, and longevity of use. Methods and systems for fabricating oxide coated versions, in particular, can be performed under atmospheric pressure conditions, allowing for lower cost processing and enhanced throughput.

Abstract: There is provided a cleaning technique that includes supplying a hydrogen fluoride gas into a process vessel, in which a process of forming an oxide film containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen on a substrate has been performed, to remove a deposit containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen adhered to an interior of the process vessel, wherein the act of supplying the hydrogen fluoride gas is performed under a condition in which an etching rate of the deposit adhered to the interior of the process vessel is higher than an etching rate of a quartz member in the process vessel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for treating a carbon overcoat surface are described. In one embodiment, the method may include depositing a magnetic recording layer over a substrate, depositing a carbon overcoat layer over the magnetic recording layer, and exposing a carbon overcoat layer to water in gas phase after the carbon overcoat layer is deposited on the magnetic recording layer. In some cases, the method may include depositing a lubricant over the outer surface of the carbon overcoat after exposing the carbon overcoat layer to the water in gas phase.

Abstract: A sheet material includes a resin layer containing a binder and catalyst particles, an electroless plating film on the side of one main surface of the resin layer and including first electroless plating films and a second electroless plating film, and a base material on the side of the other main surface of the resin layer.

Abstract: Provided are a treatment liquid for a black trivalent chromium conversion coating, and a trivalent chromium-containing water-soluble liquid for finishing treatment, achieving excellent corrosion resistance and scratch resistance without containing a cobalt compound, with high stability and adequate consideration for environmental issues; and a method for treating a metal substrate using the same. The treatment liquid for a black trivalent chromium conversion coating on the surface of a metal substrate contains a trivalent chromium compound, two or more organic acids or organic acid salts, or one or more organic sulfur compounds, and nitrate ions, and contains no cobalt compound.

Abstract: Provided are: a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that has excellent coating adhesiveness and an excellent magnetic property after stress relief annealing; and a production method for therefor. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has: a steel sheet; a coating layer A which is a ceramic coating having an oxide content of less than 30 mass % and which is disposed on the steel sheet; and a coating layer B which is an insulating tensile coating containing an oxide and which is disposed on the coating layer A. When a Gaussian fitting is performed on a 31P-NMR spectrum of the coating layer B within the range of 0 to ?60 ppm, the proportion of a peak area of ?17 to ?33 ppm to the total peak area is 30% or more.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for fabricating a metallic optical metasurface having an array of hologram elements. The method includes forming a first copper layer protected with a conducting or dielectric barrier layer over a backplane structure by a damascene process. The first copper layer comprises a plurality of nano-gaps vertically extending from the backplane structure. The plurality of nano-gaps is filled with a dielectric material. The method also includes removing the dielectric material and a portion of the conducting or dielectric barrier layer to expose the portions in the nano-gaps of the first copper layer. The method may further include depositing a dielectric coating layer over the top portion and exposed side portions of the first copper layer to form a protected first copper layer, and filling the gaps with an electrically-tunable dielectric material that has an electrically-tunable refractive index.

Abstract: A method to partially decrease a reflectivity of a region on a mirror platform includes isolating the region on a surface of the mirror platform and removing a first material from the surface of the mirror platform within the region. The reflectivity of the mirror platform is decreased within the region.

Abstract: An organic blend chemical additive comprising more than 50 wt. % organic solvent (e.g. methanol and/or ethylene glycol), less than 10 wt. % water, a nitrate salt, a maleic acid copolymer, and optionally an imidazoline may be delivered to a production well through a conduit having a stainless steel and corrosion resistant metal alloy surface, such as a capillary string or an umbilical tubing, the organic blend chemical additive being shown to be useful in inhibiting localized corrosion of and improving the repassivation of the equipment or conduit.

Abstract: A method for converting carboxylic acids (including carboxylic acids derived from biomass) into hydrocarbons. The produced hydrocarbons will generally have at least two oxygen containing substituents (or other substituents). In one example of application, the electrolysis converts alkali salts of carboxylic acids into diols which can then be used as solvents or be dehydrated to produce dienes, which can then be used to produce elastic polymeric materials. This process allows custom synthesis of high value chemicals from renewable feed stocks such as carboxylic acids derived from biomass.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolysis cell of alkali solutions partitioned by an ion-exchange membrane into an anodic compartment in which an alkaline electrolyte is circulated and a cathodic compartment consisting of a gas chamber; the cathodic compartment contains a gas-diffusion cathode in whose interior an electrolyte film coming from the anodic compartment percolates.

Abstract: Systems and method for fabricating a metal core truss panel with seamlessly embedded features in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for producing a metal core truss panel composite, the method including fabricating a sacrificial core truss panel including a plurality of interconnected truss members and at least one embedded feature, and plating the sacrificial core truss panel with a layer of metal forming a metal core truss panel including a plurality of interconnected metal truss members and at least one seamlessly embedded metal feature.

Abstract: A steel sheet for cans which exhibits excellent weldability; and a production method therefore include the surface of a steel sheet in order from the steel sheet side, a chromium metal layer and a hydrous chromium oxide layer. The deposited amount of the chromium metal layer is 50-200 mg/m2. The deposited amount of the hydrous chromium oxide layer in terms of chromium is 3-30 mg/m2. The chromium metal layer includes: a base part having a thickness of 7.0 nm or higher; and granular protrusions which are on the base part, have a maximum grain size of 200 nm or lower, and have a number density per unit area of at least 30 per ?m2.

Abstract: This present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) techniques for use in insulation systems at least partially encapsulating a semiconductor device, a conductive component and a substrate, such as insulation systems of semiconductor devices, busbars, or the like. Insulation systems formed using EPD processes may be designed to have a dielectric constant that decreases in a direction away from a substrate of the insulation system. This may improve insulation technologies since depositing coatings with sequentially arranged dielectric constants may improve resistance of the insulation system to high temperature, high electric fields, or the like.

Abstract: In-plane uniformity of a membrane electroplated on a polygon substrate is improved. An electroplating device includes an anode holder configured to hold an anode, a substrate holder configured to hold a polygon substrate, and a regulation plate provided between the anode holder and the substrate holder. The regulation plate has a body portion having a first polygon opening following an outer shape of the polygon substrate, and wall portions protruding on a substrate holder side from edges of the first polygon opening. The wall portions protrude over a first distance on the substrate holder side in first regions which contain middle portions of sides of the first polygon opening, and are notched in second regions which contain corner portions of the first polygon opening, or protrude over a second distance smaller than the first distance on the substrate holder side.

Abstract: Methods described herein manage wafer entry into an electrolyte so that air entrapment due to initial impact of the wafer and/or wafer holder with the electrolyte is reduced and the wafer is moved in such a way that an electrolyte wetting wave front is maintained throughout immersion of the wafer also minimizing air entrapment.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a surface of an aluminum or aluminum alloy body by immersing the surface in a basic aqueous electrolyte formed essentially from dissolved trisodium phosphate, flowing DC current through the electrolyte and the body for cleaning, and then removing the body from the electrolyte. An additional cleaning step, which may include ultrasonic cleaning, may be performed to remove loose matter adhering to the body after the electrolytic cleaning.

Abstract: A system for growing silicon crystal structures includes a housing defining a growth chamber and a feed system connected to the housing for delivering silicon particles to the growth chamber. The feed system includes a container for holding the silicon particles. The container includes an outlet for discharging the silicon particles. The feed system also includes a channel connected to the outlet such that silicon particles discharged from the container flow through the channel. The feed system further includes a separation valve connected to the channel and to the housing. The separation valve is configured such that a portion of the feed system rotates relative to the housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulling control device for growing a single crystal ingot capable of controlling an eccentricity of a single crystal ingot by varying a seed rotation number in real time, and a pulling control method applied thereto. According to the present invention, a pulling control device for growing a single crystal ingot and a pulling control method applied thereto may minimize that a seed rotation number (f) is set to a specific rotation number (fo) causing a resonance phenomenon of a melt by providing a target seed output rotation number (T_fout) that varies in real time so as to match a rotation form for each length of an ingot according to inputting a target seed input rotation number (T_fin) and controlling a rotation number (f) of a seed cable, and it is possible to prevent fluctuation of the melt and an eccentricity phenomenon of the ingot.

Abstract: A method for a SiC single crystal that allow prolonged growth to be achieved are provided. A method for producing a SiC single crystal in which a seed crystal substrate held on a seed crystal holding shaft is contacted with a Si—C solution having a temperature gradient such that a temperature of the Si—C solution decreases from an interior of the Si—C solution toward a liquid level of the Si—C solution, in a graphite crucible, to grow a SiC single crystal, wherein the method comprises the steps of: electromagnetic stirring of the Si—C solution with an induction coil to produce a flow, and heating of a lower part of the graphite crucible with a resistance heater.

Abstract: Methods, compositions and kits are provided herein for insertional modification of nucleic acids by, for example transposase-mediated covalent insertion of insertion sequence into a sample nucleic acid molecule. Using sequence of the insertion to direct amplification of adjacent nucleic acid sequence, and using bar codes to map amplified sequence to partitions, one can map sample nucleic acid sequence to single molecules of the nucleic acid sample that are derived directly from the sample nucleic acid molecule.

Abstract: Fibrous elements containing one or more fibrous element-forming materials and one or more polyethylene oxides, and methods for making same are provided.

Abstract: A type of fully dull polyester drawn yarns and a preparing method thereof are disclosed. The preparing method is to melt spinning a modified polyester with the fully drawn yarn (FDY) technique, and the modified polyester is a product of an esterification and successive polycondensation reactions of evenly mixed terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, 2,5,6,6-tetramethyl-2,5-heptanediol, a fluorinated dicarboxylic acid, a matting agent, a calcined multiphase solid acid base powder and a doped Bi2O3 powder. The obtained fiber has an intrinsic viscosity drop of 18-26% when stored at 25° C. and R.H. 65% for 60 months. The method of improving the degradation performance of polyester fiber through the incorporation of 2,5,6,6-tetramethyl-2,5-heptanediol, the fluorinated dicarboxylic acid, the doped Bi2O3 powder and the calcined multiphase solid acid base powder is easy to operate.

Abstract: A thermoplastic filament comprising multiple polymers of differing flow temperatures in a geometric arrangement and an interior channel containing a structural or functional thread therein is described. A method for producing such a filament is also described. Because of the difference in flow temperatures, there exists a temperature range at which one polymer is mechanically stable while the other is flowable. This property is extremely useful for creating thermoplastic monofilament feedstock for three-dimensionally printed parts, wherein the mechanically stable polymer enables geometric stability while the flowable polymer can fill gaps and provide strong bonding and homogenization between deposited material lines and layers. These multimaterial filaments can be produced via thermal drawing from a thermoplastic preform, which itself can be three-dimensionally printed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a shaped body comprising lignin which may be further processed into intermediate carbon fibers and finally also carbon fibers. Uses of said fibers are also disclosed. The present invention addresses the problem of lignin leaching into a precipitation bath. The solution to this problem is a novel method for minimizing the loss of lignin through the addition of certain salts into the precipitation bath.

Abstract: An air spinning machine for producing a yarn from a fiber structure includes a spinneret with an internal eddy chamber. A spindle in the spinneret has an intake opening and extends into the eddy chamber. An annular gap is formed between an outside surface of the spindle and an inside wall of the eddy chamber. Air jets in the spinneret introduce air into the eddy chamber to impart twist to the fiber structure at the intake opening. An interior draw-off channel in the spinneret has a longitudinal axis by means of which the yarn is withdrawn from the eddy chamber. The air jets are aligned in a direction relative to a front side of the spindle around the intake opening so that some of the air introduced via the air jets during a spinning operation enters the annular gap and a remainder of the air enters the draw-off channel.

Abstract: A ring spinning machine includes a reciprocating, displaceably supported spindle rail that is driven by a motor via a shaft that passes through the ring spinning machine. The spindle rail is arranged along opposite sides of the ring spinning machine in a longitudinal orientation of the ring spinning machine and is subdivided into sections along each of the opposite sides. Cross braces extend between the opposite sides of the ring spinning machine and connect opposite sections of the spindle rail. The shaft is supported between the sections of the spindle rail. The spindle rail is suspended from at least one cam disc that is seated on the shaft. A circumferentially biased spring is configured with the shaft or the cam disc to provide torsional compensation on the shaft.

Abstract: A wound dressing for use in vacuum wound therapy comprising a wound contact layer which is an open structure comprising a yarn comprising gel-forming filaments or fibres, the structure having a porosity which allows exudate to flow through it.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing air-rich yarn and air-rich fabric is provided. The process of the present invention uses optimized parameters for blending, doubling, drafting and spinning in draw frame, roving frame and ring frame respectively. The process of the present invention provides an air rich yarn comprising a plurality of fibers of a water soluble material interlinked and distributed homogenously across a cross-section of the yarn using the optimized parameters. The plurality of fibers of water soluble material after treatment with water provides an improved air rich yarn comprising a plurality of interlinked through-pores distributed homogenously across the cross-section of the yarn. Further, the present invention provides a process of preparing an air-rich fabric from the air-rich yarn, where the fabric exhibits high wettability, easy dry ability, quick absorbency and increased thickness due to homogenous distribution of the plurality of interlinked through-pores across the cross-section of the yarn.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a asymmetric cap ply reinforcement cord comprising yarns having yarns with two different linear density values in range of 1300-1500 dtex and 850-100 dtex in the cap ply reinforcement layer that is located between the tread and the belt package in a pneumatic radial vehicle tire comprising a tread and a belt package, and that is formed by winding spirally as strip comprising at least two cords such that it will make 0 to 5° angle with the equatorial plane on the said belt package.

Abstract: A hybrid fiber cord includes a first yarn and a second yarn. The first yarn has a first ply length, a first twist number, and a first elongation at break. The second yarn has a second length greater than the first length, a second twist number, and a second elongation at break that is less than the first elongation at break. The first yarn and the second yarn have the same cord twist. The hybrid fiber cord has a third elongation at break that is greater than the second elongation at break.

Abstract: Bulk metallic glass sheets and parts fabricated from individual bulk metallic glass fibers and tows are provided. Bulk metallic glass fibers and tows are used to prepare complex weave designs having desired thickness and fiber orientation for a particular use of a BMG feedstock. Appropriately designed bulk metallic glass weaves can be thermoplastically heated to form sheets and feedstock for parts having desired wall thickness and area coverage.

Abstract: The machine for making a shoe upper comprises a reel holder rack, a dial and a sinker crown, a needle cylinder with a vertical axis and forward and backward movement having a plurality of grooves, inside of which the needles are slidable, controlled by selection thereof, a cup element, at least four feeders assembled along the circumference of the machine, guide, first brake, first recovery means for recovering each of the threads to be fed to said needles for forming the upper and a suction bell for unloading said upper, said selection of said needles comprising a pre-selection cam defining a working path and a non-working path of the heels of the elastic jacks of the corresponding needles and sub-needles of said cylinder and a lifting cam defining a first path executing working stitches and a second lowered path with respect to the first path executing tuck stitches.

Abstract: A fabric with high shielding performance and a preparation method thereof are provided. The method includes: (1) selecting a polyester textured yarn with a denier ranging from 15 D to 50 D and a polyester filament yarn with a denier ranging from 15 D to 50 D as the yarns; (2) using three guide bars for knitting in a warp knitting machine; yarn lapping movement the first guide bar and the second guide bar use the polyester textured yarn, the first guide bar and the second guide bar knit with a modified warp plain fabric structure, the third guide bar uses the polyester filament yarns, and the third guide bar knits with a chain-stitch fabric structure; (3) jet dyeing performing a direct dyeing treatment on greige by a jet dyeing machine; and (4) carrying out a Stenter setting on a setting machine.

Abstract: A protective textile sleeve for providing protection to an elongate member contained therein; a method of construction thereof, and a method of bonding at least a portion of the sleeve to at least one of itself and an elongate member extending through a cavity thereof is provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced yarn, with the wall having an outermost surface and an innermost surface. The innermost surface is configured to bound a cavity extending between opposite open ends. The sleeve further includes an adhesive coating bonded to at least a portion of at least one of the outermost and innermost surfaces. The adhesive coating has a first, dried non-adhesive state and a second, wetted adhesive state, wherein the second adhesive state is activated via application of a water-based liquid thereto.