Abstract: A textured glass article that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a bulk composition at the midpoint of the thickness; and a textured region defined by the primary surface and comprising a textured region composition. The textured region comprises a sparkle of 2% or less. Further, the bulk composition comprises about 40 mol % to 80 mol % silica and the textured region composition comprises at least about 40 mol % silica.

Abstract: A method of forming a non-optically detectable identifiable mark at an outer surface of an article formed from a solid state material, said method including the steps of forming a plurality of recesses within a predetermined region of a photoresist 5 applied to an outer surface of an article formed from a solid state material, wherein said plurality of recesses is formed by two-photon absorption lithography and wherein said one or more recesses extend at least partially through the photoresist and from an outer surface of the photoresist and towards said outer surface of the article 10 formed from a solid state material; and applying an etching process such that at least a portion of the outer surface of said article is exposed and etched so as to form a plurality of etched portions extending into said article from the outer surface of the article and corresponding to said plurality of recesses; wherein said predetermined region of said photoresist defines an identifiable mark to be applied to the outer 15 su

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plastic molded part (1), comprising the steps of: a) providing a first decorative film (11), which at least partially has an opaque coating (112); b) introducing at least one decorative element of a decoration into the first decorative film (11) by machining using a machining tool; c) providing a second decorative film (12); d) placing the decorative films (11, 12) into an injection mold (2) having a first (21) and second mold half (22), which together form a cavity (23) for molding the plastic molded part (1), the first decorative film (11) being placed on a first wall (22f) of the cavity (23) and the second decorative film (12) on a second wall (21f) of the cavity (23) lying opposite the first wall (22f); e) back-injecting the decorative films (11, 12) with a polymer melt, so that the first decorative film (11) forms a first surface and the second decorative film (12) forms a second surface of the plastic molded part (1) opposite the first surface.

Abstract: An array substrate including: a gate barrier layer on a substrate; a gate line on the gate barrier layer, the gate line having a gate open portion exposing the gate barrier layer in a gate electrode region; a gate insulating layer on the gate line; an active layer on the gate insulating layer over the gate barrier layer in the gate electrode region; and source and drain electrodes spaced apart from each other on the active layer.

Abstract: An environmental seal is formed around a square sensor disposed beneath a circular button cap within a button assembly. The button assembly includes shelf portions each extending separately into the interior of the assembly from a sidewall of the assembly. Portions of the sidewall are exposed between the shelf portions large enough to permit the four corners of the square sensor to contact the sidewall. The button cap is set above the sensor, resting upon the shelf portions. A first sealant bonds the top faces of the shelf portions to the bottom of the button cap. A second sealant bonds the edges of the sidewall to the corners of the sensor. The second sealant interfaces with the first sealant to form a complete environmental seal.

Abstract: An object including at least one graphic element, including at least one at least partly transparent substrate, at least one face of which includes recesses forming a pattern of the graphic element filled with the at least one material, the face of the substrate being fixed to at least one face of at least one support by wafer bonding, the substrate and the support forming a monolithic structure.

Abstract: A method and system for integrated circuit fabrication is disclosed. In an example, the method includes determining a first process parameter of a wafer and a second process parameter of the wafer, the first process parameter and the second process parameter corresponding to different wafer characteristics; determining a variation of a device parameter of the wafer based on the first process parameter and the second process parameter; constructing a model for the device parameter as a function of the first process parameter and the second process parameter based on the determined variation of the device parameter of the wafer; and performing a fabrication process based on the model.

Abstract: A method for creating a condensation image on a piece of jewelry using chemical patterning techniques which create covalently attached (or other strong chemical bond), ultrathin (less than 10 nm), hydrophobic/hydrophilic monolayer patterns on a surface. These techniques allow the deposition of ultrathin films (e.g. less than 10 nanometers thick) which are invisible to the naked eye making the patterns only visible when condensation has formed at the surface.

Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the article having an anti-glare surface includes, for example, forming a protective film on selected portions of at least one surface of the article; contacting the at least one surface with a liquid etchant; and removing the protective film from the surface of the article to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a colored rigid decorative member in which scratch resistance is improved, and deterioration of appearance quality due to a flaw, abrasion, or the like is suppressed, and which has various color variations with a high quality feel. An alloy adhesion layer having a high adhesion effect, an alloy gradient adhesion layer of which the content of a reactant gas is increased in a gradient manner, an abrasion-resistant layer having high hardness, an alloy recolored gradient layer of which the content of a reactant gas is decreased in a gradient manner, and a colored decorative layer having high decorativeness and color variations on the outermost layer are formed on a base using a film with an alloy of a metal having the high effect of adhering to a metal and high brightness (metal having poor corrosion resistance; Mo, W), a metal having high film hardness and high corrosion resistance (metal having poor adhesion; Nb, Ta), and a metal improving corrosion resistance performance (Cr, Ti, Hf, Zr).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a symbol on an exterior of an electronic device is provided. The method includes preparing a support layer, preparing a nanograting layer on the support layer, the nanograting layer including a first nanograting area corresponding to a preset symbol and a second nanograting area corresponding to an area other than the preset symbol, wherein each of the first nanograting area and the second nanograting area includes three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures and a pitch between the 3D nanostructures arranged in the first nanograting area is different from a pitch between the 3D nanostructures arranged in the second nanograting area.

Abstract: A method of making a data carrier medium comprising a first carrier layer and a graphical inscription on said first carrier layer and constituted, for example, by a text, by a photograph, or by digital data. The method comprises the steps consisting in performing the graphical inscription by depositing at least one metal lithographic deposition of metal on the first carrier layer, in supplying the first carrier layer made of a transparent material, and further in placing a second carrier layer made of a transparent material in superposition on the first carrier layer so as to protect the graphical inscription.

Abstract: A method for finishing an exterior surface of an injection-molded product is provided, in which a metal layer is formed on the exterior surface of the injection-molded product, a photoresist layer is formed on the metal layer, a photomask is placed on the photoresist layer, light is projected onto the photomask, and remaining parts of the metal layer and the photoresist layer except for parts corresponding to a pattern formed on the photomask are removed by etching.

Abstract: Chemical burnout is used on fabrics having beaded and/or glittered areas to create embroidery that realistically simulates hand-sewn embroidery. A chemical fluid etchant is printed only on selected areas of a pattern on a fabric of cellulose fibers. Preferably, the fabric is a composite fabric that also has non-cellulose fibers. A curable fluid adhesive is printed only on other selected areas of the pattern. Ornamental particles are deposited onto the curable adhesive. The composite fabric is heated to cure the adhesive and fix the particles to the other selected areas, and to simultaneously activate the etchant to dissolve the cellulose fibers at the selected areas. The chemical etchant is removed by rinsing the composite fabric.

Abstract: A glass article having an anti-glare surface. The anti-glare surface has a distinctness-of-reflected image of less than 95, and a haze of less than or equal to 50%. In one embodiment, the glass article further includes a smudge-resistant surface disposed on the anti-glare surface. Methods of making the glass article and anti-glare surface are also described.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an endoluminal implantable surface, stent, or graft includes the steps of providing an endoluminal implantable surface, stent, or graft having an inner wall surface, an outer wall surface, and a wall thickness and forming a pattern design into the endoluminal implantable surface, stent, or graft. At least one groove is created in the inner surface of the intravascular stent by applying a laser machining method to the inner surface.

Abstract: A painted surface is processed by a laser beam to remove at least one layer of paint. The surface that is exposed may be the raw substrate material, e.g., wood or wood laminate, or may be another painted surface. The laser may engrave a pattern, e.g. a wood grain pattern.

Abstract: A device housing includes a substrate and a decorative article formed in the substrate. The substrate defines a cutout therein and the decorative article is received in the cutout and bonded with the substrate. The decorative article is a glass article which is formed in the cutout by molding softened glass material into the cutout. A method for making the device housing is also provided.

Abstract: A process of manufacturing a three-dimensional relief on a metal surface includes steps of preparing a water transfer label, transferring, roasting, electro-plating and removing. An anti-corrosion pattern ink layer of the water transfer label is first transferred onto a metal surface and then roasted and dried with high temperature for covering a part of the metal, which will not be etched by electro-plating, but the other part of the metal not covered by the pattern ink layer will be etched and colored. Thus, after the pattern ink layer is removed, the part of the metal covered by the pattern ink layer will present a bulgy state and possess original color that is different from the color of the other part of the metal not covered by the pattern ink layer, attaining a three-dimensional visual esthetic sense.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a floor board comprises the steps of supplying a panel, printing a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, and curing the curable substance or removing any re-action products of the surface removing substance and the panel.

Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, a first layer formed on the substrate, and a second layer deposited on the first layer. The substrate comprises a first outer surface. The substrate defines a plurality of first convexes in the first outer surface. The first layer comprises a second outer surface away from the first outer surface. The second outer surface of the first layer defines a plurality of second convexes corresponding to the first convexes in the position. The second layer substantially includes substance M, O, and N, wherein M is Al or Si.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes involving contacting articles that include titanium or titanium alloy with a solution comprising hydrochloric acid and chloride-containing compound for a time and at a temperature effective to form a plurality of indentions that, independently, have a diameter of from about 200 nm to 10 microns.

Abstract: A false inlay decoration is characterized in that a linear notch is formed in a surface of a base by laser processing; a first decoration face and a second decoration face are sectioned and formed by the linear notch; and a coating layer is formed on the inner surface of the linear notch.

Abstract: The invention concerns article having a surface oxide layer up to 20 nm thick, the surface oxide layer comprising chromium and cobalt oxides where the atomic ratio of Cr/Co is more than 3. The invention also concerns methods for treating a chromium containing material, said method comprising contacting said material with a gas plasma under conditions effective to oxidize at least a portion of the material; and contacting said material with an acid. The treated surface is corrosion resistant and can be used in orthopedic implants, especially the wear surface of the orthopedic implant to reduce wear, and other corrosive environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel printable etching medium having non-Newtonian flow behavior for the etching of surfaces in the production of solar cells, and to the use thereof. The present invention furthermore also relates to etching and doping media which are suitable both for the etching of inorganic layers and also for the doping of underlying layers. In particular, they are corresponding particle-containing compositions by means of which extremely fine structures can be etched very selectively without damaging or attacking adjacent areas.

Abstract: A layer of photoresist is spread on a metal substrate and heated, this layer is exposed through a mask to UV irradiation, the parts not photocured are developed, by dissolving them, so as to obtain a mold, a first layer of metal or of an alloy is galvanically deposited in the open parts of the mold, the metal structure and the mold are leveled by machining so as to obtain a plane upper surface, a metal ply layer is deposited on the entire upper surface, and then the above steps are repeated. A second layer of metal or an alloy is galvanically deposited in the open parts of the mold, the multilayer metal structure obtained is detached from the substrate by delamination and the photoresist is cured, the photoresist is separated so as to free the multilayer metal structure, and then that portion of the metal ply layer or layers which is not inserted between two electrodeposited metal layers is removed.

Abstract: A method of forming a nozzle chamber of a printhead includes steps of forming a first laminate of sacrificial layers on a substrate, the first laminate of sacrificial layers being formed as a ring on the substrate; photoimaging the first laminate of sacrificial layers to cause edges thereof to angle inwards, forming an approximate trapezoidal cross-section; depositing a TiN layer over the first laminate of sacrificial layer and the substrate, the TiN layer being inclined at portions deposited over the inwardly angled edges; etching the TiN layer to form a paddle and a nozzle chamber rim, the paddle incorporating an inner inclined portion and the nozzle chamber rim incorporating a complementary outer inclined portion, the paddle and nozzle rim defining an aperture therebetween; and removing the one or more sacrificial layers.

Abstract: A container with a carbonated fluid therein. The container may include a base and a sidewall positioned about the base. The base and/or the sidewall may include a number of nucleation sites thereon.

Abstract: A method of producing a reflective design includes the steps of lasering a pattern on an adhesive side of a reflective laminated material. The lasering ablates the adhesive and causes these areas to not adhere. The reflective laminate material is applied to a substrate. A carrier layer of the reflective laminate is removed to produce a reflective design on the substrate. This method allows for highly customized designs at a reasonable cost that are very visually appealing. The substrate may be a textile, paper, or decal material. The textile may be the garment or may be a patch that is sewn onto a garment or applied to the garment with an adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for removing surface damage of a single-crystal diamond, which comprises implanting ions into a single-crystal diamond to form a non-diamond layer near a surface of the diamond, graphitizing the non-diamond layer, and removing a surface layer by etching. According to the invention, the surface damage can be removed or reduced without increasing the surface roughness of a single crystal diamond.

Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus comprises a liquid processing section for applying a liquid processing to wafers W, a carrier delivery section for delivering the carrier housing the wafers W, a carrier stock section capable of storing a plurality of carriers, an interface section for transferring the wafers W between the carrier stock section and the liquid processing section, a carrier transfer device for transferring the carrier, a wafer inspecting device for inspecting the wafers W within the carrier, and a carrier transfer device control section for controlling the carrier transfer device. The carrier transfer device control section controls the carrier transfer device such that the carrier, which has been judged to be capable of a liquid processing on the basis of the result of the inspection of the wafers W, is stored in the carrier stock section, and the liquid processing is started after completion of the inspection of a predetermined number of carriers.

Abstract: In order to transcribe a pattern without seams of a photomask onto the whole or part of a die having a three-dimensional shape, a general-purpose polyester film coated with a photosensitive material is used as a photomask and, after forming a pattern, the photomask is struck through vacuum molding or the like to a die molded into the same shape as that of a die to be exposed and developed.

Abstract: A laser ice etching system (7) includes a laser (11) for producing a laser beam, a laser aiming system (13) adapted to aim and direct a laser beam produced by the laser (11) onto forming ice cubes and a controller (9) operatively coupled to the laser (11) and the laser aiming system (13). The controller (9) provides commands to the laser (11) to produce the laser beam and commands to the laser aiming system (13) to aim and direct the laser beam onto the forming ice cubes. The laser ice etching system (7) is positioned adjacent to a vertical cold plate (3) of an ice making machine (1) and forms an image in the center of an ice cube by aiming and directing the laser beam in a predetermined pattern over a portion of the ice cube.

Abstract: Diamonds are marked by applying apertured stencils bearing identifying indicia to the girdles, applying a fusible coating material over the apertured stencils, and then heating the coating material to fuse the material on the girdles. The stencils can be eliminated, and the indicia can be formed by directing a source of radiant energy at the coating material, and by moving the source and/or the girdle relative to each other.

Abstract: A method for preparing a decorative glass using a glass etching composition, wherein a frosting of elaborate patterns and designs is applied on the surface of the glass having an arbitrary shape, such a plane, a curved plane or a tube, by utilizing the silk-screen process or the like, using a glass etching composition characterized as comprising 1 to 20 w/v % (preferably, 2 to 5 w/v %) of a fluoride, 20 to 80 v/v % (preferably, 20 to 50 v/v %) of water and 20 to 80 v/v % (preferably, 50 to 80 v/v %) of an organic solvent miscible with water or another glass etching composition comprising the former composition and an additive. The glass etching composition is free from the problems of the danger to a human body and environmental pollution.

Abstract: A method for surface marking a solid substrate (1), according to which, during an exposure sequence, said substrate is exposed to coherent monochromatic light (2) in order to strip said substrate over an indented surface (3), wherein the exposure conditions, including duration, are set in order to restrict said indented surface to simple abrasion designed for the bonding of a printing medium, and the exposure sequence is followed by a sequence of projecting in discrete form, during which particles (6) of said printing medium, the deposition of which subsequently defines a printed element (4), are projected in targeted fashion into the indented surface (3, 31).

Abstract: A non-conventional lithographic process for modifying, improving and fabricating structural anisotropy, organization and order, and anisotropy of the mechanical, electrical, optical, optoelectronics, charge-carrying and energy-carrying properties in thin films constituted by organic materials with double conjugated bonds. The method consists in molding, performed directly on the conjugated thin film by virtue of intimate contact with the surface of a mold. The parts of the film in direct contact with the mold undergo a transformation that is local in character and whose dimensions depend on the dimensions of the structures provided on the mold. Molding can be performed both in static conditions and in dynamic conditions.

Abstract: A method for laminating a material layer onto a transparent substrate. The method includes the steps of: providing a transparent substrate having an amorphous silicon layer formed thereon; forming an infrared absorbent metal layer on the material layer; inverting the material layer to laminate the metal layer onto the amorphous silicon layer; and exposing the metal layer and the amorphous silicon layer to infrared light to cause a metal silicide producing reaction and thus laminate the material layer and the transparent substrate.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a metallic switch with high productivity. A transparent printed layer (4) is patterned and formed on a metalizing layer (3) formed on the front surface of a transfer substrate, and the metalizing layer (3) is subjected to etching. The metalizing layer (3) and the transparent printed layer (4) are integrally transferred onto a key top body (6). As a result, the metalizing layer, which has a low strength and can be easily fractured, is protected and reinforced by the transparent printed layer (4), the metalizing layer can be transferred with high stability, and a metallic switch is manufactured in an easy manner and with good efficiency.

Abstract: Methods for etching or removing oxide scale from a substrate by applying a composition containing a polymer and an effective amount of hydrofluoric acid and maintaining the composition on the substrate until the substrate is etched or the oxide scale is removed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an article with a patterned appearance provided by a visually observable contrast between one or more genereally transparent thin film coatings deposited over a substrate. At least one of the deposited coatings exhibits a reflected color and/or contrast and visible differing transmitted color and/or contrast or a plurality of coatings together exhibit different reflected colors and/or contrasts. The coatings are selected from the group of: metals depositable by magnetron sputtering vacuum deposition, chemical vapor deposition, pyrolytic coating, or sol-gel techniques, metal oxide coatings, metal nitride coatings, semi-conductor containing coatings, metal oxynitrides and mixtures thereof. The present invention is also directed to a method of making the articles having a visually observable patterned appearance involving masking and applying the coating or applying the coating and removing a portion of the coating to form the pattern.

Abstract: A book cover paper that is to be glued to a book block back has material scooped out on the side facing the book back, reducing the thickness of the cover paper at least over the width of the book block back, before the cover paper is joined to the book block back.

Abstract: A method of making a 3D pattern on a mold that etches the mold several times with different patterns so as to make the 3D pattern extremely complicated, therefore, the anti-slip and counterfeit-proof characteristics of products shaped in the mold are improved.

Abstract: A method of producing indicia on a metallized and/or a holographic film comprising the steps of (a) printing, on an etchable surface of the film, a co-polymeric primer in a predetermined pattern, (b) depositing an activated etching substance on top of at least the unprinted metallized and/or holographic material under conditions sufficient to etch away portions of the film not covered by the primer and thereby forming a crystallized material as the debris of etching, (c) removing the crystallized material formed during etching and also removing any excess etching substance, and (e) drying the etched, printed film. Optionally, a reinforcing film layer may be disposed over the etched surface. The reinforcing layer may be colored in a predetermined pattern, especially a pattern that corresponds to the pattern of printing of the non-etchable copolymer.

Abstract: The invention is a method of forming the art work for chemically etching that produces uniform through-etch and lateral-etch. The artwork that defines the pattern to be etched utilizes lines equal to the narrowest feature that is to be etched. Rather than etch away large areas, section are removed by etching by cutting them out of the material that is being etched. The artwork or pattern is designed with the same compensation factors throughout the entire pattern and the etch rate will be completely uniform for the entire pattern.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the endpoint for a silicon wafer or other semiconductor device CMP process. A fixed abrasive article, such as a three dimensional abrasive article, is used to planarize the wafer in the presence of a working fluid. A component in the effluent from the CMP process is monitored to predict the CMP endpoint. In some embodiments, the component monitored is a reaction production between a component from the silicon wafer and a reactant.

Abstract: The method of making a diamond product in accordance with the present invention comprises the steps of forming a diamond substrate (50) with a mask layer (52), and etching the diamond substrate (50) formed with the mask layer (52) with a plasma of a mixed gas composed of a gas containing an oxygen atom and a gas containing a fluorine atom, whereas the fluorine atom concentration is within the range of 0.04% to 6% with respect to the total number of atoms in the mixed gas.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for the manufacture of a metallic switch with high productivity. A transparent printed layer (4) is patterned and formed on a metalizing layer (3) formed on the front surface of a transfer substrate and the metalizing layer (3) subjected to etching and transparent printed layer (4) are integrally transferred onto a key top body (6). As a result, the metalizing layer, which has a low strength and can be easily fractured, is protected and reinforced by the transparent printed layer (4), the metalizing layer can be transferred with high stability, and a metallic switch is manufactured in an easy manner and with good efficiency.

Abstract: An information mark invisible to the naked eye is applied to the polished facet of a diamond gemstone by coating the diamond gemstone surface with an electrically conductive layer so as to prevent the diamond becoming charged, forming the mark with a focused ion beam, and cleaning the diamond surface with a powerful oxidizing agent to reveal a mark having an appropriate depth, which does not detrimentally affect the clarity or color grade of the diamond.

Abstract: An invisible information mark is provided on a facet of a diamond gemstone by applying a plasma resist to the exposed surface of the gemstone, applying an electrically conducting layer of metal to the region where the information mark is to be formed, ablating a selected zone of the metal and resist layers by ultraviolet laser thus forming a mask on the surface of the facet, electrically connecting the metal layer and plasma etching the facet through the mask, thus forming a mark of appropriate depth on the surface of the gemstone.