Abstract: A spray coated member having an excellent resistance to plasma erosion is produced by irradiating an electron beam to an outermost surface layer portion of a ceramic spray coated portion covering a surface of a substrate to form an electron beam irradiated layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a conductive ink composition for a flexible printed circuit (FPC), and a method of producing a printed board using the same. The conductive ink composition for a flexible printed circuit (FPC) includes a Ag-containing compound, a dispersion stabilizer, and a solvent.

Abstract: A process for modifying the surface of an inorganic or organic substrate with strongly adherent nanoparticles is described, providing to the surface modified substrate durable effects like hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, electrical conductivity, magnetic properties, flame retardance, color, adhesion, roughness, scratch resistance, UV-absorbance, antimicrobial properties, antifouling properties, antiprotein properties, antistatic properties, antifog properties, release properties. In this process, an optional first step a) a low-temperature plasma, ozonization, high energy irradiation, corona discharge or a flame is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, and in a second step b) one or more defined nanoparticles or mixtures of defined nanoparticles with monomers, containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, or solutions, suspensions or emulsions of the afore-mentioned substances, are applied, preferably at normal pressure, to the inorganic or organic substrate.

Abstract: A method of reforming an interlayer film for heat-insulating laminated glass by which an interlayer film for heat-insulating laminated glass capable of exhibiting an excellent optical property may be obtained even if heat-insulating fine particles covered with an inert substance are used, an interlayer film for heat-insulating laminated glass, and laminated glass is provided. The method comprises irradiating an interlayer film for heat-insulating laminated glass comprising a heat-insulating fine particle covered with an inert substance, a matrix resin, and a liquid plasticizer with a high energy ray comprising an electromagnetic wave having energy of 3.0 eV or more to improve transmittance of visible light having a wavelength of 380 to 780 nm, and also to reduce transmittance of a near-infrared radiation having a wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm.

Abstract: An inkjet ink includes a solvent, precious metal ions, a number of carbon nanotubes, and a binder. The carbon nanotubes are disposed in the solvent, and the precious metal ions are adhered to a surface of each of the carbon nanotubes via the binder. A method for making conductive wires is provided.

Abstract: In the case of a method for producing decorative surface structures, patterns or the like on articles, in particular sanitary articles, basic bodies made of a first metal, basic bodies made of metal that are coated with a first metal or basic bodies made of plastic that are coated with a first metal are used as a basis. Then, a layer of material temporarily applied to the article is partially removed by electromagnetic radiation or by particle radiation, thereby forming a first surface structure with regions that are free from material. Subsequently, the first metal is at least partially removed in the material-free regions or the first metal or some other metal is built up in the material-free regions. This method step is followed by removal of the still present material, a second (final) surface structure being formed. Finally, further top layers can preferably be applied to the article, the second surface structure being substantially retained.

Abstract: The invention relates to a burner module having a body that is either sintered or photo-cured, and to methods of making such a burner module. The body (110) of the burner (100) is formed from one of a sintered metal, a sintered alloy, a laminated glass ceramic, and a photo-cured polymer. 1 Sintering and photo-curing may be accomplished by irradiating the body with localized heating using a focused energy source, such as a laser. The burner module is resistant to thermal shock and provides a distributed, even stream of a precursor or precursors to be reacted in a flame of the burner module to form soot, which is to deposited on a receptor surface, and may be used for vapor and liquid precursor delivery systems. A soot depostion system having an array of such burner modules and methods of making a fused silica article by depositing sopt using the burner modules are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the side protection of rolls of adhesive tape, in which a non-self-adhesive coating is applied to the side face of the adhesive tape roll. Coating material used is a varnish, polymer dispersion, wax or a powder, e.g. talc.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to anti-reflective coatings comprising ordered layers of nanowires, methods to prepare the coatings, and products prepared by the methods.

Abstract: A process for making an optical transducer that includes depositing a lower molecular weight first layer and a higher molecular weight second layer. E-beam radiation is applied to the first and second layers which are developed to form an aperture. The aperture includes a resist protrusion in the second layer. The resist protrusion protrudes outward beyond the first layer. Metal is evaporated through the aperture to form the optical transducer. The resist protrusion defines a shape of a concave metal transducer corner.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing large scale nanostructured material comprising carbon nanotubes. Therefore, there is disclosed a method for making nanostructured materials comprising depositing carbon nanotubes onto at least one substrate via a deposition station, wherein depositing comprises transporting molecules to the substrate from a deposition fluid, such as liquid or gas. By using a substrate that is permeable to the carrier fluid, and allowing the carrier fluid to flow through the substrate by differential pressure filtration, a nanostructured material can be formed on the substrate, which may be removed, or may act as a part of the final component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to powder compositions curable by ultraviolet irradiation or by accelerated electron beams. These powder compositions comprise at least one ethylenically unsaturated resin, and lend to the production of paint and varnish coatings exhibiting a unique combination of properties, inter alia good flow and mechanical properties and above all outstanding adhesion to metal substrates, persisting on ageing.

Abstract: A method of functionalizing a nanomechanical resonator involving providing a wafer with a thin film layer on a sacrificial layer, suspending freely a resonator on the wafer, coating the resonator with a liquid containing a terminal allyl group, placing a quartz-mask on the wafer, trapping the liquid between the mask and the wafer, initiating a reaction of the terminal allyl with photo-induced electrons, rinsing the wafer, and drying the wafer. The liquid can be 2-allyl hexafluoroisopropanol or another liquid that has an effective sorbent group for DMMP or DNT. The initiating can be performed via a deep UV source selected from a Hg arc, Xe arc, or DUV laser. The method can further include incorporating narrow gaps of from about 50 to about 300 nm in the resonator.

Abstract: Provided is a method for selectively functionalizing unmodified solid surface, not oxidized and nitrified, into an aldehyde group, and a method for immobilizing an active material such as bio material or functional material on the functionalized aldehyde solid surface through strong and stable chemical bonding. Differently from a conventional method immobilizing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) using a cross linker, the method of the present invention does not require a cross linker reaction step to thereby shorten a process. Also, since a cross linker is absent, the monomolecular layer on the surface of a device is thin, which reduces a perturbation effect by molecular layer. This is useful in fabrication of molecular electronic devices and bio-active devices.

Abstract: Polyethyleneimine and polyalkylene biguanide ligand functionalized substrates, methods of making ligand functionalized substrates, and methods of using functionalized substrates are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a write head having write pole with a tapered upper surface to improve the channeling of magnetic flux to a pole tip of the write pole. The method includes depositing a first layer of magnetic material over a substrate. A CMP stop layer, image transfer layer and mask structure are deposited over the first magnetic layer, the mask structure being formed with an edge located a desired distance from an air bearing surface plane. An ion milling operation is performed to remove portions of the magnetic layer that are not protected by the mask structure, the ion milling being performed in a manner to form a tapered surface on the first magnetic layer. Then, a second magnetic layer is deposited over the first magnetic layer to form a tapered magnetic write pole.

Abstract: A curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates that can be formed into three-dimensional objects is provided. Generally, the ink composition comprises a pigment, an acrylic polymer or copolymer, a diluent, and a mono-functional monomer.

Abstract: Novel effective method of vacuum evaporation and followed deposition of transparent conductive oxides on the polymer basis allows achieve the high technical and operational parameters of ITO film: transparency, conductivity, a high adhesion to a polymer substrate (especially in limiting the temperature of deposition no more than 60° C.), resistance to thermal shock, thermal cycles, humidity, etc. and providing relatively low cost without the use of precious metals. The transparent conductive oxides which are obtained according presented invention is generally characterized by nano structures with the size of nano crystals from 6 nm up to 25 nm. wherein a nano structure is distributed evenly across the surface. The value of transparency of the transparent conductive oxides ITO that were received according presented invention was 92% when the value of surface resistance was 12 ohms/?.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of making improved net-shaped components by a hybrid metal deposition process for either hot or cold metals. The method involves using a metal deposition machine to deposit at least one layer of a metal alloy onto a top surface of a substrate to form a component part, and to cut the component part with a cutting component, such as an electron beam gun to form a predetermined net-shaped component part. Preferably, the number of layers deposited equals the number of layers cut.

Abstract: Improving the resistance of members and parts disposed inside of vessels such as semiconductor processing devices for conducting plasma etching treatment in a strong corrosive environment. A ceramic coating member for a semiconductor processing apparatus comprises a porous layer made of an oxide of an element in Group IIIb of the Periodic Table coated directed or through an undercoat on the surface of the substrate of a metal or non-metal and a secondary recrystallized layer of the oxide formed on the porous layer through an irradiation treatment of a high energy such as electron beam and laser beam.

Abstract: In a cutting tool, if the outermost ceramic coating layer is a ?-Al2O3 coating layer, then certain microns of the ?-Al2O3 layer will be transformed into an ?-Al2O3 by instantaneous melting, vaporization and solidification. Further, if the outermost coating layer of the ceramic coating layers is an ?-Al2O3 coating layer, then the surface roughness will be enhanced since at least a portion of it will be melted, wherein the melted surface will be solidified with its surface flattened by the surface tension provided in a melted state.

Abstract: An electrolyte membrane for fuel cells is prepared by irradiating with radiation a composition comprising a radiation-curable liquid compound having proton conductivity for curing the liquid compound to form a cured film. The methods of the invention are successful in producing an electrolyte membrane and an electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly for fuel cells while satisfying both the requirements of productivity and cell-related properties including proton conduction and membrane strength.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer film for plating comprising, on a surface of a first substrate, a plating receptive layer which contains a polymer having a polymerizable group and a functional group, wherein the plating receptive layer satisfies at least one of the following (1)-(4): (1) the saturated water absorption ratio is from 0.01 to 10% by mass in an environment of a temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 50%; (2) the saturated water absorption ratio is from 0.05 to 20% by mass in an environment of a temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 95%; (3) the water absorption ratio is from 0. 1 to 30% by mass after immersion in boiling water at 100° C. for one hour; and (4) the surface contact angle of distilled water is from 50° to 150° after 5 ?l of the distilled water is dropped onto the plating receptive layer and allowed to stand for 15 seconds in an environment of a temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 50%.

Abstract: An apparatus capable of dispensing drops of material with volumes on the order of zeptoliters is described. In some embodiments of the inventive pipette the size of the droplets so dispensed is determined by the size of a hole, or channel, through a carbon shell encapsulating a reservoir that contains material to be dispensed. The channel may be formed by irradiation with an electron beam or other high-energy beam capable of focusing to a spot size less than about 5 nanometers. In some embodiments, the dispensed droplet remains attached to the pipette by a small thread of material, an atomic scale meniscus, forming a virtually free-standing droplet. In some embodiments the droplet may wet the pipette tip and take on attributes of supported drops. Methods for fabricating and using the pipette are also described.

Abstract: With regard to a surface hardening method that a surface of an engine member is coated with an alloy layer having high abrasive resistance so as to improve life of the member and a production method of a piston or the like that abrasive resistance of the member is improved by the hardening method, a surface of a metal base material is coated uniformly with mixture including metal powder, a binder and solvent so as to form a coat, and the coat is dried and applied thereon with laser or electron beam so as to be sintered and dispersed for forming an alloy layer on a surface of the metal base material and for bonding the alloy layer to the metal base material.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of modifying a mechanical, physical and/or electrical property of a dielectric layer comprises exposing the dielectric layer to a first dose of electron beam radiation at a first energy level; and thereafter, exposing the dielectric layer to a second dose of electron beam radiation at a second energy level that is different from the first energy level.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing an alumina coating comprised mainly of ? crystal structure on a base material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating plastic substrates structured by means of a laser or generation of seed structures on the surface that are suitable for subsequent metallization. The substrates, after the laser structuring, are brought into contact with a process solution that is suitable for removal of the unintentional deposits that arise during the laser structuring. The treatment of the laser-structured substrates with a mixture of wetting agents and compositions that support the cleaning before metallization leads to sufficient removal of the unintentionally deposited metal seeds, without having a lasting damaging effect on the planned structured surface paths.

Abstract: A method of producing a diamond coated surface on a substrate. A surface of the substrate is prepared by exposing it to a power beam, such as an electron beam, to increase the surface area and surface roughness. Such preparation may also provide the surface with three dimensional features onto which a diamond layer can adhere and mechanically lock. Adhesion of a diamond layer applied to the prepared surface is increased.

Abstract: Producing a ceramic coating member for a semiconductor processing apparatus with a purpose of improving the resistance of members and parts disposed inside of vessels such as semiconductor processing devices for conducting plasma etching treatment in a strong corrosive environment and as a means for solution, forming a porous layer by irradiating an oxide of an element in Group IIIa of the Periodic Table to be coated directly or through an undercoat on the surface of the substrate of a metal or non-metal and further forming a secondary recrystallized layer of the oxide on the porous layer through an irradiation treatment of a high energy such as electron beam and laser beam.

Abstract: A membrane includes a porous base membrane and a hydrophilic coating. The coating comprises a hydrophilic additive and a hydrophilic polymer derivatized with an electron beam reactive group adapted to form a radical under high energy irradiation. In some embodiments, the membrane comprises a fluoropolymer. Also disclosed are processes for forming the membrane.

Abstract: A membrane includes a base membrane; and an electron beam functionalized coating, the coating comprising a polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl alcohol-polyvinyl amine copolymer, a polyvinyl amine, and derivatives thereof functionalized with an electron beam reactive group adapted to form a radical under high energy irradiation. Also disclosed are processes for forming the membrane.

Abstract: A nonwoven web or laminate having improved antistatic properties and alcohol repellency properties is generally provided, along with methods of making the same. The method includes forming a nonwoven web from a thermoplastic mixture of an antistatic agent and a thermoplastic polymer. A high energy treatment is applied to a surface of the nonwoven web. Then, a fluorinated agent is grafted to the surface of the spunbond web utilizing a monomer deposition process. The monomer deposition process can generally include evaporating a liquid fluorinated agent in a vacuum chamber, followed by depositing the fluorinated agent gas on a surface of the spunbond web, and exposing the surface to radiation.

Abstract: To provide a high-quality protection target by forming a protective film that is thin and excellent in corrosion resistance. Provided is a protective film forming method for forming a protective film at least on a surface of a protection target. The method comprises: a base film forming step for forming a base film on the surface of the protection target; and a DLC film forming step for forming a diamond-like carbon film on the base film. The base film forming step forms the base film on the surface of the protection target for a plurality of times by repeating a process of depositing the base film in a prescribed thickness and eliminating a part of or a whole part of the base film. Further, the method comprises, before the DLC film forming step, an insulating layer forming step for forming an insulating layer on the surface of the base film on which the diamond-like carbon film is to be formed.

Abstract: For the purpose of solving problems inherent to a plasma spray coating of white base Al2O3—Y2O3 composite oxide, i.e. drawbacks that the corrosion resistance, heat resistance and abrasion resistance are poor and the light reflectance is high because the coating is porous and weak in the bonding force among particles, a spray coating member having an excellent heat emission property and the like is proposed wherein a surface of a substrate is covered with a spray coating of a colored composite oxide made of a low luminosity, achromatic or chromatic Al2O3—Y2O3.

Abstract: A method for the production of a conductive flexible textile array. The method includes the application of an oxidizing agent to selected areas of the textile; coating the textile with pyrrole by vapor deposition to form a conductive coated textile having a polypyrrole network; stabilizing the conductive coated textile; and forming the conductive flexible textile arrays as a sensor. With this method of production, the degree of polymerization of the conjugated polymer, the morphology and the rate of the capacitance delay is carefully controlled. As such, stable flexible textile sensors are produced with various levels of sensitivities and conductivities which are particularly useful for designed applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes for flying splice of flat web materials, having at least one splittable carrier and two layers of adhesive, at least one of the adhesives being a silicone PSA, more particularly an electron-beam-crosslinked silicone PSA, and also to a method of producing them. The silicone PSA advantageously has at least one polydiorganosiloxane having the structure —Si(R2)—O—[Si(R2)—O]n—Si(R2)—, where the 2n+4 substituents R independently of one another are monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and n is an integer, and also at least one resin (“MQ resin”) constructed from (R2)3SiO1/2— units (“M units”) and SiO4/2 units (“Q units”), the substituents R2 of the M units being independently of one another alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, alkylsilyl groups, hydroxyl groups or hydrogen.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for forming a patterned material layer on a structure, by condensing a vapor to a solid condensate layer on a surface of the structure and then localized removal of selected regions of the condensate layer by directing a beam of energy at the selected regions, exposing the structure at the selected regions. A material layer is then deposited on top of the solid condensate layer and the exposed structure at the selected regions. Then the solid condensate layer and regions of the material layer that were deposited on the solid condensate layer are removed, leaving a patterned material layer on the structure.

Abstract: A film forming composition is provided that includes (A) a radical polymerization initiator, and (B-1) a compound represented by Formula (1) below and/or a polymer polymerized using at least a compound represented by Formula (1) below, and/or (B-2) a compound represented by Formula (2) below and/or a polymer polymerized using at least a compound represented by Formula (2) below (in Formula (1), the two R1s denote groups consisting only of carbon and hydrogen, which may be identical to or different from each other, and may be linked to each other to form a 6- or higher-membered ring structure, and the R2s denote hydrogen atoms or are represented by Formula (3) below and may be identical to or different from each other provided that at least one of the R2s is represented by Formula (3)) (in Formula (2), the two R4s and the two R5s denote groups consisting only of carbon and hydrogen, which may be identical to or different from each other, R4 and R4, and R5 and R5 may be linked to each other to form a 6-

Abstract: A processing method according to the present invention coats a polar liquid film or forms an inorganic film on a surface of an organic film formed on a substrate as a protective film. The processing method comprises a modifying step of curing an organic film by irradiating the organic film with electron beams by means of an electron-beam irradiation device in a rare gas atmosphere, and an applying step of applying a polar liquid to the modified surface of the organic film or a film forming step of forming an inorganic film on the organic film. The organic film is cured and affinity for the polar liquid or the inorganic film is imparted to the organic film.

Abstract: A wafer includes a wafer frontside and a region adjacent to the device surface, wherein the region includes vacancy-oxygen complexes and the wafer frontside includes a predetermined surface structure to form thereon a device with a desired property.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the production of a multi-layer coating comprising the following steps: A) applying a base coat layer of a pigmented color-imparting and/or special effect-imparting base coat composition onto a substrate precoated with at least one coating layer, B) applying a coating layer of a coating composition curable by means of high-energy radiation, wherein the coating composition comprises at least one oligomeric and/or polymeric binder curable by means of high-energy radiation and does contain low molecular weight reactive diluents curable by means of high-energy radiation, C) curing the coating layer applied in step B) by irradiation with high-energy radiation, D) applying a clear coat layer of a transparent clear coat composition curable by means of high-energy radiation which comprises low molecular weight reactive diluents curable by means of high-energy radiation and E) curing the clear coat layer applied in step D) by irradiation with high-energy radiation.

Abstract: Media and devices, such as anion exchangers including such media, wherein the media is a membrane having a surface coated with a polymer such as a polyallylamine. The resulting membrane offers stronger binding of protein impurities and superior removal of host cell proteins from biological samples than conventional ligands based on quaternary ammonium salts, including trimethylammonium ligands. Also described is a chromatography scheme and method for purifying monoclonal antibodies, wherein the anion exchange sorber is placed downstream of an affinity column (such as Protein A or Protein G affinity column) and optionally one or more polishing devices such as cationic exchange columns. Little or no dilution of the cation exchanger pool (or affinity column exchange pool where no cation exchanger is used) is necessary to lower the conductivity of the sample. The sorber functions well to strongly bind host cell proteins and other impurities in biological samples even at high conductivities and pH.

Abstract: A member is obtained by forming a Y2O3 black spray coating on a surface of a substrate or covering the surface of the substrate with a Y2O3 black spray coating through an undercoat or a middle layer. This coating has good heat characteristics and is good in the resistance to damaging through a high hardness. The Y2O3 black spray coating is produced by subjecting white Y2O3 powdery material to a plasma spraying in an inert gas atmosphere containing substantially no oxygen or by forming a Y2O3 white spray coating and then irradiating an electron beam or a laser beam to this coating to melt at least a part of the white coating under heating to thereby smoothen denseness and blacken the surface of the coating.

Abstract: A cladding tube configured for use with nuclear fuels or nuclear feel elements and configured for contact with molten lead or molten lead alloys at up to 800° C. The cladding tube includes a tube including at least one of ferritic/martenisitic steel and austenitic steel. An alloy layer of up to 50 ?m thickness is disposed on a surface of the tube and operable for corrosion resistance. The alloy layer includes 0-25% chromium, 3-15% aluminum and 60-97% iron. A method of making the cladding tube includes the use of a pulsed electron beam to melt the alloy layer on the tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of a coated substrate, whereby at least one functional layer is deposited on the substrate from the vapor phase by means of chemical or physical deposition of a coating material and a temporary protective layer is applied to the functional layer by means of evaporation of a salt, in particular, an alkali metal halide. The invention further relates to a coated substrate with at least one functional layer and a temporary protective layer applied to the functional layer, which comprises a salt, in particular, an alkali metal halide, preferably a salt-like alkali metal halide and more particularly sodium chloride.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-adhesion mechanism and a method of producing it and more particularly, it provides an anti-adhesion mechanism comprising a structure body, a resin binder layer comprising a resin binder coated on all or part of the surface of the structure body and a bead layer comprising a plurality of beads bond to the upper side of the coated resin binder layer and being salient outside, and a method of producing an anti-adhesion mechanism comprising coating a resin binder on the surface to be coated, spraying beads on the upper portion of the resin binder before the coated resin binder is hardened and hardening them to form bead protrusions.

Abstract: A mechanically stable and oriented scanning probe tip comprising a carbon nanotube having a base with gradually decreasing diameter, with a sharp tip at the probe tip. Such a tip or an array of tips is produced by depositing a catalyst metal film on a substrate (10 & 12 in FIG. 1(a)), depositing a carbon dot (14 in FIG. 1(b)) on the catalyst metal film, etching away the catalyst metal film (FIG. 1(c)) not masked by the carbon dot, removing the carbon dot from the catalyst metal film to expose the catalyst metal film (FIG. 1(d)), and growing a carbon nanotube probe tip on the catalyst film (16 in FIG. 1(e)). The carbon probe tips can be straight, angled, or sharply bent and have various technical applications.

Abstract: Fuel capsules usable in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) reactors have shells made from materials having a diamond (sp3) lattice structure, including diamond materials in synthetic crystalline, polycrystalline (ordered or disordered), nanocrystalline and amorphous forms. The interior of the shell is filled with a fusion fuel mixture, including any combination of deuterium and/or tritium and/or helium-3 and/or other fusible isotopes.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for forming a patterned material layer on a structure, by condensing a vapor to a solid condensate layer on a surface of the structure and then localized removal of selected regions of the condensate layer by directing a beam of energy at the selected regions. The structure can then be processed, with at least a portion of the patterned solid condensate layer on the structure surface, and then the solid condensate layer removed. Further there can be stimulated localized reaction between the solid condensate layer and the structure by directing a beam of energy at at least one selected region of the condensate layer.