Abstract: Iridescent magnetic pigments are produced by depositing a ferrite layer and a second metal oxide layer in succession on a substrate. The substrate may be platy and is coated with the ferrite, which is then coated with the second metal oxide layer to provide interference color effect. At least one of the layers is magnetic. The magnetic pigment may be used in coatings such as paints.

Abstract: Methods for forming doped titanium dioxide coatings are disclosed. Sol-gel compositions are prepared having at least one dopant, are formed on a substrate, and heated at a temperature sufficient to form a doped anatase titanium dioxide coating. Doped titanium dioxide coatings having at least one of improved antimicrobial properties, self-cleaning properties, hydrophilicity, and/or activation time are also disclosed. Substrates comprising such coatings are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal clad laminate having a film and a metal layer formed of a foundation layer and an upper layer includes the steps of forming the foundation layer on at least a part of a surface of the film by plating to obtain a first laminate; forming the upper layer on the first laminate by plating to obtain a second laminate; and heating the second laminate to obtain the metal clad laminate. Further, the film is a flexible thermoplastic polymer film, the foundation layer is formed of a nickel alloy, the upper layer is formed of copper, at least one of the foundation layer and the upper layer has a compression stress before the step of heating the second laminate, and the metal clad laminate shrinks in a planar direction of the film during the step of heating the second laminate.

Abstract: A laminate comprising a polyimide and a conductor layer, which is obtained by forming at least one conductor layer directly on the surface of a thermoplastic polyimide, is thermally fused by pressurizing and heating to thereby enhance the adhesion strength between the thermoplastic polyimide and the conductor layer. Thus, a laminate having an excellent adhesion strength between a conductor layer and a polyimide film can be obtained without performing any surface roughening treatment or using any adhesive metal layer.

Abstract: Nanostructures are implemented in a manner that facilitates controlled, nano-scale dimensional manufacture and implementation. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a nanostructure is formed from a layer of deposited metallic material, sized using a mask and, in some applications, metal deposition angle. The deposited metallic material is heated to form a metallic nanocluster having a cross-section (e.g., diameter-type or width-type dimensional characteristics) that is less than a width of the layer of deposited metal material. In one application, the metallic material is deposited on a substrate and in wells defined by a mask formed on the substrate. The metallic material is annealed to form metallic nanoclusters having a diameter that is on an order of magnitude less than a width and/or diameter of the wells.

Abstract: Compositions for binding organic or inorganic fibers is described. The compositions may include an aqueous solution having a pH of about 4.5 or more. The aqueous solution may include a polycarboxy polymer that is about 10%, by wt., to 100%, by wt., of a butenedioic acid or butenedioic anhydride; and a polyol. The compositions can maintain a pH of about 5 or more after being cured into a thermoset plastic with the fibers. Processes for preparing a binder composition for organic or inorganic fibers are also described. The processes may include providing an aqueous solution of polycarboxylic acid polymers, where the polymers comprise about 10%, by wt., to 100%, by wt., of a butenedioic acid or butenedioic anhydride; adding a polyol to the aqueous solution; and maintaining the pH of the aqueous solution at about 5 or more.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of inhibiting oxidation of a porous carbon-carbon composite comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the carbon-carbon composite with an oxidation inhibiting composition comprising phosphoric acid or an acid phosphate salt, at least one aluminum salt, and at least one additional metal salt, the oxidation inhibiting composition penetrating at least some of the pores of the carbon-carbon composite; and (b) heating the carbon-carbon composite at a temperature sufficient to form a deposit from the oxidation inhibiting composition within at least some of the penetrated pores of the carbon-carbon composite. The invention also relates to the foregoing oxidation inhibiting composition. The invention relates to carbon-carbon composites treated by the foregoing method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ferrite material of garnet structure based on yttrium and iron and containing copper, which makes it possible for its sintering temperature to be substantially lowered compared with the conventional ferrite materials of garnet type which satisfy the following chemical formula: YaREbFecAldIneCafCugZrhViCojSikO12±? where RE: is a rare earth or a combination of rare earths and 3(a+b+c+d+e)+2(f+g+j)+4(h+k)+5i=24±2? 1?a?3.5; 0?b?1.5; 4?c?5; 0?d?1.5; 0?e?0.8; 0?f?1; 0?g?0.05; 0?i?0.8; 0?j?0.5; 0?k?0.5. The invention is useful in the following applications: microwave components, low-loss inductive passive components operating at frequencies of the order of gigahertz.

Abstract: A flexible laminate composition and methods for manufacturing same are provided. The flexible laminate composition includes one or more discrete and separate layers of a radiopaque material wherein the radiopaque layer is applied via a solvent to a layer that is composed of a plastic material. The laminate composition can be formed into a radiopaque marker band that can be used with a medical device, such as a catheter, for radiographic imaging. The laminate composition as an alternative can also be utilized to form the catheter or other suitable medical device.

Abstract: A precursor composition for the deposition and formation of an electrical feature such as a conductive feature. The precursor composition advantageously has a low viscosity enabling deposition using direct-write tools. The precursor composition also has a low conversion temperature, enabling the deposition and conversion to an electrical feature on low temperature substrates. A particularly preferred precursor composition includes copper metal for the formation of highly conductive copper features.

Abstract: Methods of reinforcing a fibrous roller cladding material, reinforced roller cladding materials and clad lehr rollers wherein the cladding comprises a reinforced fibrous material are disclosed. The roller cladding material, which comprises a fibre board, is reinforced by a method comprising firstly contacting the cladding material with a fluid medium comprising a reinforcing agent whereby fluid is absorbed by the cladding material, and secondly, drying the cladding until the surface of the cladding is dry to the touch, characterised in that the reinforcing agent comprises a compound of phosphorus or a compound of boron. Roller cladding materials reinforced according to the methods disclosed have an improved resistance to cullet damage. The reinforced roller cladding material may be used as the cladding of a clad lehr roller, of the type used for example to convey flat glass in sheet or ribbon form.

Abstract: The electromagnetically transparent bright resin product includes a resin base 11 made of a polycarbonate (PC), an aluminum (Al) film 13 deposited on the resin base 11 by sputtering, and a chromium film 12 deposited on the aluminum film 13 by sputtering. After the deposition, the films 13 and 12 were heated at 120° C. for 2 hours together with the resin base 11. The aluminum film 13 and the chromium film 12 are hence present as a film of a discontinuous structure.

Abstract: Composite structures having a reinforced material interjoined with a substrate and methods of creating a composite material interjoined with a substrate. In some embodiments the composite structure may be a line or a spot or formed by reinforced material interjoined with the substrate. The methods typically include disposing a precursor material comprising titanium diboride and/or titanium monoboride on at least a portion of the substrate and heating the precursor material and the at least a portion of the substrate in the presence of an oxidation preventative until at least a portion of the precursor material forms reinforced material interjoined with the substrate. The precursor material may be disposed on the substrate as a sheet or a tape or a slurry or a paste. Localized surface heating may be used to heat the precursor material. The reinforced material typically comprises a titanium boron compound, such as titanium monoboride, and preferably comprises ?-titanium.

Abstract: Provided is a porous structured thermal transfer article comprising a plurality of precursor metal bodies and a plurality of interstitial elements disposed between and connecting the plurality of precursor metal bodies to one another and a plurality of metallic particles at least partially embedded in the interstitial elements. The precursor metal bodies comprise an inner portion comprising a first metal and an outer portion comprising an alloy comprising the first metal and a second metal. The interstitial elements comprise the alloy of the outer portion.

Abstract: A method for making a gas turbine engine turbine blade comprising an airfoil section a platform section, an under platform section, and a dovetail section, the exterior surface of the dovetail section comprising a shank exterior surface and a serrated exterior surface. The blade further includes a silicon-modified diffusion aluminide layer a surface of a turbine blade section selected from the group consisting of the exterior surface of the under platform section, the exterior surface of the dovetail section, and combinations thereof, the aluminide layer having a concentration of silicon at a surface of the aluminide layer in the range of about 1 weight percent to about 10 weight percent and a concentration of aluminum at the surface of the aluminide layer in the range of about 5 weight percent to about 25 weight percent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique capable of decreasing a generation of splashing upon depositing by using an Al—Ni—La—Cu alloy sputtering target comprising Ni, La, and Cu. The invention relates to an Al—Ni—La—Cu alloy sputtering target comprising Ni, La and Cu, in which (1) a total area of an Al—Ni intermetallic compound mainly comprising Al and Ni and having an average grain size of 0.3 ?m or more and 3 ?m or less is 70% or more by area ratio based on an entire area of the Al—Ni intermetallic compound, and (2) a total area of an Al—La—Cu intermetallic compound mainly comprising Al, La and Cu and having an average grain size of 0.2 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less is 70% or more by area ratio based on an entire area of the Al—La—Cu intermetallic compound, in a case where a portion of the sputtering target is observed within a range of from 1/4 t (t: thickness) to 3/4 t along a cross section vertical to a plane of the sputtering target by using a scanning electron microscope at a magnification of 2000.

Abstract: An aqueous phosphoric bonding solution consists essentially of phosphoric acid, a source of magnesium ions, and a leachable corrosion inhibitor. The bonding solution is stable with respect to inorganic metal particles, such as aluminum, which are admixed to the bonding solution for the preparation of a coating slurry. Metal parts coated with the coating compositions have very satisfactory properties such as heat and corrosion resistance.

Abstract: A reflective film is provided. The reflective film includes a substrate; a middle layer disposed on the substrate and mainly having a crystallized transition metal; and a metal layer disposed on the middle layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method and apparatus for preparing thin films of materials for various applications including electronic devices such as solar cells. In one aspect, each of the method and apparatus passing an electrical current through at least one of the base or sheet to provide controlled localized heat to the base or sheet, or to layers disposed above the base or sheet. In another aspect, the controlled localized heat is provided in combination with a process environment that can be a non-inert gas that contains an element that will become part of a compound on the base or sheet, or an inert gas that allows for the process environment to provide annealing.

Abstract: Rare earth compositions comprising nanoparticles are described along with various nanotechnology applications of such nanoparticles. The compositions of the nanomaterials discussed may include scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), and lutetium (Lu).

Abstract: Methods are provided for bonding pure rhenium to a substrate comprising a material. Non-lubricated components configured to have friction contact with another component are also provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method includes disposing a eutectic alloy over the substrate to form an inter layer, the eutectic alloy comprised essentially of a base alloy and one or more melting point depressants and having a melting temperature that is lower than a melting temperature of the substrate material and a melting temperature of rhenium, placing pure rhenium over the inter layer, and heating the inter layer to a temperature that is substantially equal to or greater than the melting temperature of the eutectic alloy, but that is below the melting temperature of the substrate material and the melting temperature of the pure rhenium to bond the pure rhenium to the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal coating formed by baking after applying a metal-nanoparticles-dispersed liquid onto a surface of a base material, the metal-nanoparticles-dispersed liquid being composed of metal nanoparticles, water, and a dispersant having a molecular weight of 2000-30000 and having a solid form at room temperature, wherein the metal coating comprises an alloy including (1) Ag and (2) at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of Au, Pt, Pd, Ru, Ir, Sn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Ti and In, the content ratio of Ag being 80-99.9% by atomic percent in the total quantity of the alloy, and wherein the metal coating has an average grain size of 0.2-5 ?m. The metal coating has small surface roughness, and superior smoothness and denseness, and has excellent properties for etching and adhesion to a base material. Also, the invention provides a method of forming such metal coating as well as a metal wiring formed by pattern formation of the metal coating.

Abstract: An aluminizing composition includes an aluminum-based powder, an inert organic pyrolysable thickener, and a binder selected from the group consisting of colloidal silica, at least one organic resin, and combinations thereof. A method for aluminizing an internal passage of a metal substrate comprises injecting the organic-based aluminizing composition into the internal passage, heat treating the composition under conditions sufficient to remove volatile components from the composition, to cause diffusion of aluminum into surface regions of the internal passage, and to cause decomposition of at least some pyrolysable thickener particles, and burnishing excess material from the internal passage.

Abstract: Optically coherent multilayered film-coated powder having weather resistance and a clear intended color, and processes for designing and producing the same are provided. A substance of the base particles providing an intended function and an intended color are selected; a spectral intensity curve and values in CIELAB color system of the intended color are measured; and with substances capable of being used as the coated layers and refractive indexes thereof being included in factors, substances and thicknesses of the coated layers and an order of formation of the layers are obtained that provide optically coherent multilayered film-coated powder having such values in CIELAB color system that minimizes a color difference and makes a hue ratio proximate to 1, by solving numerical solutions of the recurring formula for film multiple coherence.

Abstract: A method of forming conductive features on a substrate, the method comprising: providing two or more solutions, wherein a metal nanoparticle solution contains metal nanoparticles with a stabilizer and a destabilizer solution contains a destabilizer that destabilizes the stabilizer, liquid depositing the metal nanoparticle solution and the destabilizer solution onto the substrate, wherein during deposition or following the deposition of the metal nanoparticle solution onto the substrate, the metal nanoparticle and the destabilizer are combined with each other, destabilizing the stabilizer from the surface of the metal nanoparticles with the destabilizer and removing the stabilizer and destabilizer from the substrate by heating the substrate to a temperature below about 180° C.

Abstract: Methods of making low-index coatings having antireflective and hydrophilic properties, and articles containing the low-index coatings are provided. In certain example instances, a substrate supports a layer made from a silica- and titania-containing precursor. After drying or curing, the resulting coating may be antireflective and hydrophilic thereby allowing water or the like to easily shed therefrom and minimizing the amount of solar reflectance therefrom.

Abstract: An electrically active film and a process for its preparation at low temperatures are described. The electrically active film consists of a support having coated thereon at least one electrically active layer which contains nanocrystalline, nanoporous transition metal oxides, transition metal chalcogenides or their lithium inclusion complexes and, optionally, auxiliary, electrically non-active layers, wherein the electrically active layers still contain a binder or a mixture of binders at the end of the preparation process.

Abstract: The invention provides support-free palladium membranes and methods of making these membranes. Single-gas testing of the unsupported foils produced hydrogen permeabilities equivalent to thicker membranes produced by cold-rolling. Defect-free films as thin as 7.2 microns can be fabricated, with ideal H2/N2 selectivities as high as 40,000. Homogeneous membrane compositions may also be produced using these methods.

Abstract: A method of forming a water vapor barrier layer to a core of a golf ball is provided. The method includes placing the core of the golf ball into a vapor barrier composition, withdrawing the lifting device, and spinning and optionally oscillating the core within the composition for a time sufficient for the composition to form a layer on the core. The present invention also provides an apparatus that can be used to form a water vapor barrier layer.

Abstract: A paste including metal or metal alloy particles (which are preferably silver or silver alloy), a dispersant material, and a binder is used to form an electrical, mechanical or thermal interconnect between a device and a substrate. By using nanoscale particles (i.e., those which are less than 500 nm in size and most preferably less than 100 nm in size), the metal or metal alloy particles can be sintered at a low temperature to form a metal or metal alloy layer which is desired to allow good electrical, thermal and mechanical bonding, yet the metal or metal alloy layer can enable usage at a high temperature such as would be desired for SiC, GaN, or diamond (e.g., wide bandgap devices). Furthermore, significant application of pressure to form the densified layers is not required, as would be the case with micrometer sized particles.

Abstract: Methods for making tape cast barrier coatings involving making a slurry including at least a solvent and a barrier coating composition, depositing the slurry onto a carrier film in a tape casting machine to produce a cast slurry, evaporating the solvent from the cast slurry to produce a tape including the carrier film, and the barrier coating composition, and removing the carrier film from the tape to produce a tape cast barrier coating.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for producing a spinel compound of formula Li4Ti5O12, comprising a step of preparing a mixture of an organo-lithium compound selected from lithium alcoholates with an organo-titanium compound selected from titanic acid esters, in a liquid medium, and a step of hydrolyzing the mixture of said compounds. The invention also concerns a Li4Ti5O12 particulate material which may be produced according to the previous cited process and which has a BET surface area of at least 10 m2/g. The material is particularly useful in the manufacture of Lithium Ion batteries.

Abstract: A primary lithium battery can include a current collector that includes aluminum, a cap that includes aluminum, or both. The current collector can be coated with a cathode material The aluminum battery components can have high mechanical strength and low electrical resistance.

Abstract: Methods and resulting structures are described in which a metal layer is adhered to a surface of a substrate. The methods involve applying a sacrificial acidic organic layer to the surface of the substrate prior to depositing the metal layer onto the substrate. During deposition of the metal layer, the sacrificial acidic organic layer is substantially consumed, thereby leaving behind a metal/substrate interface that has excellent adhesion properties.

Abstract: A run-in coating is for gas turbines. The run-in coating is used for sealing a radial gap between a housing of the gas turbine and rotating rotor blades of same, the run-in coating being applied onto the housing. The run-in coating is made of an intermetallic titanium-aluminum material.

Abstract: A method of treating a thermal barrier coating comprises applying a dopant composition to a selected surface of the thermal barrier coating disposed on a turbine engine part, and heating the surface to form an enhanced thermal barrier coating. The dopant composition comprises a rare earth metal compound.

Abstract: A metal pattern forming method includes the steps of: applying one of a metal salt solution and an acetylene compound solution onto the substrate, the acetylene compound solution containing an acetylene compound expressed by a general formula of: (R·(C?C)l)k?(L)?(A)m, where R is one of a metal element, hydrogen, a carboxyl group or salt thereof, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group and a heterocyclic group, L is one of a compound linking A with a carbon-carbon triple bond and a group having (k+m) valency, A is one of a polyoxyether group, a polyaminoether group and polythioether group, k and l are integers not less than 1, and m is an integer not less than 0; and then applying the other of the metal salt solution and the acetylene compound solution onto the substrate so that the metal salt solution reacts with the acetylene compound solution to form a metal precipitate on the substrate, wherein at least one of the applying steps is performe

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a roll-type composite sheet including agitating a silicone gel using a mixer; agitating first powder and the silicone gel for 5 to 20 minutes to form a first mixture including at least the first powder and the silicone gel; agitating the first mixture and second powder for 5 to 20 minutes to form a second mixture; adding a solvent at least to the second mixture to form a reaction product being in a form of a paste; removing bubbles from the reaction product; coating the reaction product on a release medium at a temperature of 80 to 140° C.; and curing and drying the reaction product to form the composite sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conductor paste for rapid firing that is applied to a ceramic green sheet and is fired along with the green sheet under high-rate temperature rise conditions at a high heating rate of at least 600° C./hr from room temperature to the maximum firing temperature. The paste includes as a conductor-forming powder material: a conductive metallic powder comprising, as a main component, nickel powder; and barium titanate ceramic powder with a mean particle diameter of 10 nm to 80 nm as an additive. The ceramic powder content is 5 to 25 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the conductive metallic powder.

Abstract: Systems and methods for in-situ annealing of metal layers as they are being plated on a substrate by action of a chemical solution are provided. The in-situ annealing, in conjunction with controlled slow growth rates, allows control of the structure of the plated metal layers. The systems and methods are used for maskless plating of the substrates.

Abstract: An electrode production method has an active-material-containing layer forming step of applying an electrode-forming coating solution containing an electrode active material, a binder capable of binding the electrode active material, and a liquid capable of dissolving or dispersing the binder, onto a collector sheet, and thereafter removing the liquid to form an active-material-containing layer on the collector, thereby obtaining a electrode sheet; and an electrode forming step of cutting the electrode sheet with a slitter apparatus to obtain an electrode.

Abstract: A metallic tone glitter paint film is formed by applying sequentially a first base metallic paint, a second base glitter paint in which there is compounded a very small scale-like pigment, or a very small scale-like pigment and an aluminum pigment (C), and a clear paint, and baking and hardening. The first base metallic paint comprises aluminum pigment (A) or which the average particle diameter D50 is from 13 to 40 un and the average thickness is from 0.4 to 2.5 un and aluminum pigment (B) of which average particle diameter D50 is from 4 to 30 ?m and the average thickness is from 0.02 to less than 0.4 ?m, and the solid fraction ratio (A/B) of the aluminum pigments (A) and (B) is from 90/10 to 10/90 and the solid fraction mass (A+B) of the aluminum pigments (A) and (B) is from 5 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin solid function.

Abstract: Thick film conductive copper pastes that are lead-free and cadmium-free. The inventive copper pastes possess desirable characteristics, including good solderability, good wire bondability, a low firing temperature, and a wide temperature processing window, and provide excellent adhesion to a variety of substrates, including alumina and glass coated stainless steel substrates, as well as low resistivity, and a microstructure after firing that is dense and substantially free of pores.

Abstract: A process for coating an article includes the steps of contacting an article with a first solution to produce a coated article, the first solution includes a solvent and at least one non-conductive material comprising at least one oxide of a metal; contacting with a second solution the coated article having at least one surface with a non-conductive material layer, the second solution includes a solvent and at least one conductive material comprising at least one of the foregoing: graphite, metals, conductive ceramics, semi-conductive ceramics, intermetallic compounds, and mixtures thereof; and drying the coated article having at least one surface with a non-conductive material layer having the at least one conductive material in contact with at least one surface of the non-conductive material layer and the at least one surface of the article.

Abstract: The invention provides a complex oxide film having a high crystallinity, produced by forming the complex oxide film on a substrate surface and then calcining the complex oxide film in atmospheric gas under oxygen partial pressure of 1×10?3 Pa or less at 400° C. or more and a production method thereof. Further, the invention provides a dielectric or piezoelectric material containing the complex oxide film, a capacitor and a piezoelectric element using the material, and an electronic device comprising the element.

Abstract: A method for diffusing titanium and nitride into a base material having a coating thereon using conventional surface treatments or coatings. The method generally includes the steps of providing a base material having a coating thereon; providing a salt bath which includes sodium dioxide and a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium cyanate and potassium cyanate; dispersing metallic titanium formed by electrolysis of a titanium compound in the bath; heating the salt bath to a temperature ranging from about 430° C. to about 670° C.; and soaking the base material in the salt bath for a time of from about 10 minutes to about 24 hours. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, titanium and nitride may be diffused into a base material without a coating. The treated base material may further be treated with conventional surface treatments or coatings.

Abstract: In order to protect a monocrystalline superalloy rich in rhenium against corrosion whilst avoiding the formation of progressive secondary reaction zones, a layer (3) formed of tungsten and cobalt is deposited on its surface before aluminisation treatment.

Abstract: An amorphous lithium lanthanum titanate (LLTO) thin film is produced by the sol-gel method wherein a polymer is mixed with a liquid alcohol to form a first solution. A second solution is then prepared by mixing a lanthanum alkoxide with an alcohol. The first solution is then mixed with the lanthanum based second solution. A lithium alkoxide and a titanium alkoxide are then also added to the lanthanum based second solution. This process produces a batch of LLTO precursor solution. The LLTO precursor solution is applied to a substrate to form a precursor layer which is then dried. The coating techniques that may be used include spin coating, spraying, casting, dripping, and the like, however, the spin coating technique is the preferred method recited herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a manganese oxide nanoparticle dispersed material having steps of dissolving manganese nitrate in a polyamide acid solution (Step 1); forming a coating on the surface of the substrate using the polyamide acid solution containing manganese nitrate dissolved therein (Step 2); and carbonizing the polyamide acid and depositing manganese oxide nanoparticles by subjecting the coating to a heat treatment at a temperature not less than 600° C. but not more than 1200° C. (Step 3).

Abstract: A method of producing a circuit board includes a step of providing a conductive paste including metal nano-particles at an insulating substrate, and a step of sintering the conductive paste so as to form a circuit conductor. In the sintering step, the conductive paste is sintered in a low-oxygen condition including alcohol such that the metal nano-particles are sintered.