Abstract: A method for making phase change memory cell includes following steps. A carbon nanotube wire is located on a surface of the substrate, wherein the carbon nanotube wire includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. A bending portion is formed by bending the carbon nanotube wire. A first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode are applied on the surface of the substrate, wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the first end, the second electrode is electrically connected to the second end, and the third end is spaced from the bending portion of the carbon nanotube wire. A phase change layer is deposited to cover the bending structure and electrically connects to the third electrode.

Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a first wiring layer including a first wiring part having a first wiring interval and a second wiring part having a second wiring interval wider than the first wiring interval, a metal plane layer formed on a portion of a first insulation layer formed on the first wiring layer, the first wiring part being located below the portion, a second insulation layer formed on the first insulation layer and the metal plane layer and having a first via hole and a second via hole, a second wiring layer formed on the second insulation layer and connected to the first wiring layer via a first via conductor formed in the first via hole, and a third wiring layer formed on the second insulation layer and connected to the metal plane layer via a second via conductor formed in the second via hole.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for depositing an oxide coating on an inorganic substrate, including providing an aqueous composition containing a tetraalkylammonium polyoxoanion and hydrogen peroxide; contacting the aqueous composition with an inorganic substrate for a time sufficient to deposit a hydroxide derived from the polyoxoanion on surfaces of the inorganic substrate to form an initially coated inorganic substrate; and heating the initially coated inorganic substrate for a time sufficient to convert the hydroxide to an oxide to form on the inorganic substrate an oxide coating derived from the polyoxoanion. The inorganic substrate may be a ceramic material or a semiconductor material, a glass or other dielectric material, and the ceramic material may be a lithium ion battery cathode material.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing semiconductor epitaxy structure includes a deposition apparatus, a curvature monitor system and a control unit. The deposition apparatus is configured for sequentially depositing a buffer layer, a first epitaxy layer, an insertion layer, a second epitaxy layer on a substrate. The curvature monitor system is configured for monitoring a curvature value of the semiconductor epitaxy structure. The control unit is configured for controlling the deposition apparatus to stop depositing the buffer layer, the first epitaxy layer, the insertion layer and the second epitaxy layer according to the curvature value of the semiconductor epitaxy structure measured by the curvature monitor system. The above-mentioned system for manufacturing semiconductor epitaxy structure is able to effectively control the strain of the semiconductor epitaxy structure during growth. A method for manufacturing semiconductor epitaxy structure is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material comprising (a) a core including a carbon-based material, and (b) an organic polymer coating layer formed of a polymer compound having a content of a fluorine component of 50 wt % or more on a surface of the core.

Abstract: A secondary battery charged and discharged even after dissolution. The active material in the cathode body and/or the anode body is a liquid, or the active material undergoes phase transition into a liquid is provided. The secondary battery (1) includes: a cathode collector (2), a cathode body (3), a solid electrolyte (4), an anode body (5), and an anode collector (6). The cathode body and the anode body are sealed by the solid electrolyte, the cathode collector, and/or the anode collector. The cathode body and the anode body preferably contain an active material that undergoes phase transition from a solid to a liquid, or to a phase containing a liquid, due to charge and discharge. The cathode body or the anode body preferably contains a liquid active material. A polymeric layer may be inserted between the cathode body and/or the anode body and the solid electrolyte.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to compositions comprising a graphene oxide species. In some embodiments, the compositions advantageously have relatively high oxygen content, even after annealing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light emitting display device. An aspect of the present invention provides an organic light emitting display device comprising a first electrode on a substrate, an organic light emitting layer on the substrate, and a second electrode including at least two layers of which a composition of compensation materials is different on the organic light emitting layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus. The method includes: forming a passivation layer on a substrate, on which pixel electrodes are formed, to cover the pixel electrodes; forming a first exposure portion in the passivation layer to expose a first pixel electrode among the pixel electrodes; forming a first intermediate layer on the exposed first pixel electrode; filling the first exposure portion with the same material as the passivation layer; forming a second exposure portion in the passivation layer to expose a second pixel electrode among the pixel electrodes; forming a second intermediate layer on the exposed second pixel electrode; filling the second exposure portion with the same material as the passivation layer; forming a third exposure portion in the passivation layer to expose a third pixel electrode among the pixel electrodes; and forming a third intermediate layer on the exposed third pixel electrode.

Abstract: A memory film and a semiconductor channel can be formed within each memory opening that extends through a stack including an alternating plurality of insulator layers and sacrificial material layers. After formation of backside recesses through removal of the sacrificial material layers selective to the insulator layers, a ruthenium portion can be formed in each backside recess, and a polycrystalline conductive material portion can be formed on each ruthenium portion. Each ruthenium portion can be employed in lieu of a tungsten seed layer to function as a lower resistivity seed layer that enables subsequent deposition of a polycrystalline conductive material. The resulting electrically conductive lines can have a lower resistivity than conductive lines of comparable dimensions that employ tungsten seed layers.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a substrate having discharge energy generating elements generating energy for discharging liquid, a flow path member formed over the substrate and forming a flow path for supplying the liquid, an electric wiring member transmitting a signal for driving the discharge energy generating elements, and an electric connection electrically connecting the substrate to the electric wiring member. The liquid discharge head has a first sealant for sealing under the electric connection, a third sealant for sealing over the electric connection, and a second sealant for sealing side faces where the electric connection is not present, the side faces each being one of side faces of the substrate. An elastic modulus of the third sealant is the largest, that of the first sealant is the second, and that of the second sealant is the smallest. The first and third sealants contain the same type of resin.

Abstract: A reagent that enhances acid generation of a photoacid generator and composition containing such reagent is disclosed. Described is a reagent that generates a first chemical species in at least one of a composition including the reagent, a solution of the composition, and a film formed of the composition. Further described is a reagent that generates a first product in at least one of a composition including the reagent, a solution of the composition, and a film formed of the composition.

Abstract: An organic EL device according to the present application includes a substrate, a plurality of organic EL elements arranged on the substrate, the plurality of organic EL elements including an organic light-emitting layer interposed between an anode and a cathode, a plurality of connection terminals disposed on the substrate, a sealing layer covering the plurality of organic EL elements such that the plurality of organic EL elements lie between the substrate and the sealing layer, and an organic layer formed above the sealing layer. The organic layer and the sealing layer have an opening portion that exposes at least one of the plurality of connection terminals.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for preventing copper sulfide generation in oil-filled electrical equipment having an inhibitor of copper sulfide generation in insulating oil, and the method is characterized in monitoring characteristics of the insulating oil and performing re-addition of the inhibitor at an appropriate moment in accordance with a result of the monitoring.

Abstract: A transducer includes a high-resistance layer that includes an elastomer and has a volume resistivity of 1012 ?·cm or more, a pair of electrodes that are arranged on both a front side and a back side of the high-resistance layer and include a binder and a conductive material, and a medium-resistance layer that is interposed between the electrode and the high-resistance layer on at least one of the front side and the back side of the high-resistance layer, includes an elastomer, and has a volume resistivity that is smaller than the volume resistivity of the high-resistance layer by two or more digits. In the transducer, the medium-resistance layer is interposed between at least one electrode and the high-resistance layer to take advantage of the resistance to dielectric breakdown originally possessed by the high-resistance layer, thereby obtaining a larger force by applying a higher voltage.

Abstract: Methods and systems involving a potting process for selectively coating a target surface of a component. An example method may include: (1) dispensing a masking agent into a cavity, wherein the cavity is within a holder; (2) immersing a portion of a component that has a plurality of surfaces into the masking agent, such that at least one portion of a target surface from the plurality of surfaces is not immersed; (3) curing the masking agent such that the masking agent hardens on the portion of the plurality of surfaces of the component immersed in the masking agent; (4) coating the target surface with a coating agent; and (5) separating the masking agent from the portion of the plurality of surfaces of the component immersed in the masking agent.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to using water-based binders for high voltage cathode materials, such as LMNO (spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4), in Li-ion batteries. An example of a water compatible polymer binder according to some embodiments of the present invention is a combination of CMC (carboxymethylcellulose) and a second water compatible polymer that produce coatings of adequate thickness and loading (mAh/cm2). A method of forming a cathode for a Li-ion battery may include: preparing an aqueous solution of CMC; mixing together LMNO and carbon black; combining the LMNO and carbon black mixture with the CMC solution, an aqueous polyacrylic solution and distilled water, and mixing to form a slurry; coating a conductive substrate with the slurry; and drying the coated substrate, forming a cathode layer on the substrate. Furthermore, this invention describes a cathode for Li-ion batteries and tools for carrying out the above method.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for forming an article having a decorative surface comprising: a) screen printing an ink composition comprising a curable composition onto at least one major surface of a thermoformable polymeric sheet; b) curing said curable composition to obtain a printed sheet having on at least one major surface an ink comprising a cured composition; and c) thermoforming the printed sheet to obtain a decorated article, wherein said curable composition comprises a polyisocyanate and a component comprising isocyanate reactive groups and wherein said ink composition contains a solvent or solvent blend in which said curable composition is soluble or miscible.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a coating solution used on glass for solar collector modules to enhance optical transmittance, comprising: preparing a sol of particles having a diameter of about ten nanometers to about several hundred nanometers by adding a coagulation-inducing agent to a coating solution to induce coagulation of the coating solution by the sol-gel reaction, wherein the coagulation-inducing agent reacts with aluminum alkoxide.

Abstract: A case for enclosing an electric device, such as a personal voltage detector is provided. Embodiments of the case can increase safety and convenience to wearers operating near high-voltage electric lines, and combine (i) the ability to wear the case in either an open or closed position around a user's neck, (ii) the ability to adjust the position of the case, when either open or closed, to an appropriate mid-chest or mid-torso position, (iii) the ability to use the device when the case is open and worn around a user's neck and the device is inside the case, and (iv) an electrically shielded enclosure. When closed, the case can disable the electric device, allowing the device to be always on.

Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a secondary cell electrode forming a porous insulating layer on at least one surface between a negative electrode and a positive electrode, including coating an electrode layer slurry on the electrode surface, coating the porous insulating layer while in a state in which the electrode layer slurry has not been dried, and simultaneously drying the electrode layer slurry and the porous insulating layer coating slurry so a binder of the porous insulating layer does not block the pores of the electrode layer.

Abstract: Infrared detection is used to monitor the temperature within a vapor transport deposition processing chamber. Changes in temperature that occur when a substrate passes an infrared detector are detected and used to precisely locate a position of the substrate within the chamber. Position correction of the substrate can also be implemented.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable-type secondary battery, comprising: an inner electrode supporter; and a sheet-form laminate of inner electrode-separation layer-outer electrode, spirally wound on the outer surface of the inner electrode supporter, wherein the laminate of inner electrode-separation layer-outer electrode is formed by carrying out compression for the integration of an inner electrode, a separation layer for preventing a short circuit, and an outer electrode. In the cable-type secondary battery of the present disclosure, since the electrodes and the separation layer are adhered to each other and integrated, the separation layer coming into contact with the electrodes absorbs an electrolyte solution to induce the uniform supply of the electrolyte solution into the outer electrode active material layer, thereby enhancing the stability and performances of the cable-type secondary battery.

Abstract: To provide an electrode for a power storage device, which has high reliability and can be miniaturized. To provide a power storage device including the electrode. In the electrode, a stress-relieving layer which relieves internal stress of an active material layer including a whisker is provided over a current collector. By the stress-relieving layer, deformation of the current collector can be suppressed and the productivity of the power storage device can be increased. In addition, the size of the power storage device can be reduced and the reliability thereof can be increased. Graphene may be formed so as to cover the active material layer including a whisker.

Abstract: What is provided is a positive-type photoresist composition containing an acid generator (A) capable of generating an acid when irradiated with an active ray or radiation, a resin (B) whose solubility in alkali increases under the action of acid, and an organic solvent (S), the photoresist composition further containing an alkali-metal salt (C).

Abstract: A system is provided that includes a power supply connectable to a semiconductor wafer including opposing, major front and back surfaces joined by a circumferential side, with the wafer undergoing processing including electroplating a damascene layer on the wafer. The system also includes an arrangement configured to apply a polymer coating to the side of the wafer before electroplating the damascene layer, with the system being configured to apply the polymer coating in accordance with an electrophoresis technique driven by the power supply. In this regard, the polymer coating is applied to the side but not at least a portion of the front and back surfaces of the wafer, and the polymer coating provides a barrier to formation of the damascene layer on the side of the wafer.

Abstract: A multi-layer component has a base body that has a stack made of dielectric layers and internal electrode layers. An external contact is in electrical contact with the electrode layers. The external contact has a first layer and a second layer, where the first layer and the second layer are burned-in.

Abstract: A common mode filter a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The common mode filter in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a magnetic substrate; a receiving groove formed on the magnetic substrate; a dielectric layer formed in the receiving groove and having a coil pattern included therein; and a magnetic layer formed on upper surfaces of the dielectric layer and the magnetic substrate.

Abstract: A method for forming a film on a patterned surface of a substrate by atomic layer deposition (ALD) processing includes: adsorbing onto a patterned surface a first precursor containing silicon or metal in its molecule; adsorbing onto the first-precursor-adsorbed surface a second precursor containing no silicon or metal in its molecule; exposing the second-precursor-adsorbed surface to an excited reactant to oxidize, nitride, or carbonize the precursors adsorbed on the surface of the substrate; and repeating the above cycle to form a film on the patterned surface of the substrate.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a balun including: a slotline which is coupled to an input line and an output line, in which at least a portion of the slotline is sandwiched between a first and a second layer of dielectric material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wafer (100) being subdivided and separable into a plurality of dies. Each die (110) comprises an array of capacitive micro-machined transducer cells (1). Each cell comprises a substrate (10) comprising a first electrode (11), a membrane (13) comprising a second electrode (14), and a cavity (12) between the substrate (10) and the membrane (13). Each cell (1) of at least a part of the dies (110) comprises a compensating plate (15) on the membrane (13), each compensating plate (15) having a configuration for influencing a bow (h) of the membrane (13). The configurations of the compensating plates (13) vary across the wafer (100). The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a wafer and a method of manufacturing such a die.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a titanium or titanium alloy material for a separator of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having high contact conductivity with carbon and high durability. [Solution] The titanium or titanium alloy material includes an oxide film formed on a titanium or titanium alloy substrate by stabilization treatment performed after passivation treatment, and one or more kinds of conductive materials selected from carbide, nitride, carbonitride, and boride of tantalum, titanium, vanadium, zirconium, and chromium, the conductive materials being dispersed in the oxide film and having a major axis diameter from 1 nm to 100 nm. A contact resistance value with a carbon paper is 20 m?·cm2 or less at a surface pressure of 10 kgf/cm2 before and after an accelerated deterioration test in which the titanium or titanium alloy material is immersed in a sulfuric acid aqueous solution having an adjusted pH of 4 at 80° C. for four days.

Abstract: A conductive coating composition for use in electrical energy storage devices, which contain a non-aqueous electrolyte, is provided comprising an organic polymeric binder comprising one or more water-soluble polymers; water; solid conductive particles dispersed in the binder; and phosphorus based acid bound to at least one of the water-soluble polymers and present in a range of 0.025-10.0% by weight of the water-soluble polymers, as well as methods of making and using said conductive coating composition, coated current collectors and electrical energy storage devices made therefrom.

Abstract: The invention comprises a process comprising infiltrating or infiltrating and coating a substrate with a boron-comprising precursor, and contacting the boron-comprising precursor with a nitrogen-comprising reactant to convert the boron-comprising precursor to BN or other a boron-nitrogen reaction product in the surface porosity or in the surface porosity and on the surface of the substrate. Composite materials comprising as one phase a substrate and BN or other a boron-nitrogen reaction product as a further phase, in surface porosity or in surface porosity and on a surface of the substrate, are claimed.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrode for electrochemical storage systems includes: applying an electrode slurry onto at least one side of a current collector for the formation of an electrode coating on the current collector, the electrode slurry having at least one active material; and applying an inhibitor material, with a predetermined width, onto adjacent regions of the electrode coating applied on the current collector, the inhibitor material being impermeable to liquid active material and to forms of the active material dissolved in the electrolyte.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a filler-containing resin film in which shedding of inorganic materials or the like is suppressed, a resin composition that can be used in production of the filler-containing resin film, and a method for producing the filler-containing resin film. The filler-containing resin film of the present invention is a filler-containing resin film comprising: a vinylidene fluoride copolymer obtained by copolymerizing vinylidene fluoride and a compound represented by formula (1) (in formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 are each independently hydrogen atoms, chlorine atoms, or alkyl groups having from 1 to 5 carbons; and X? is an atomic group having a molecular weight of 472 or less and having a main chain configured from 1 to 19 atoms); and an insulating inorganic filler. The resin film is produced by applying onto a substrate and then drying a resin composition containing the vinylidene fluoride copolymer, the insulating inorganic filler, and an organic solvent.

Abstract: Certain polyphenylene oligomers having good solvent strip resistance, low coefficient of thermal expansion and good adhesion to a variety of surfaces are useful as thin-film dielectric materials in electronics applications.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate; a first thin-film element formed on the substrate and having a lower electrode, a first upper electrode and a first thin-film part disposed between the lower electrode and the first upper electrode; and a second thin-film element formed on the substrate and having the lower electrode, a second upper electrode and a second thin-film part disposed between the lower electrode and the second upper electrode. Film thicknesses of the first and second thin-film parts are different from each other. The first thin-film part is formed by applying a precursor solution using a printing method to form a first precursor thin-film and imparting energy to the first precursor thin-film, and the second thin-film part is formed by applying the precursor solution using the printing method to form a second precursor thin-film and imparting energy to the second precursor thin-film.

Abstract: A composite particle for inclusion in a composite material of the sort used in electrochemical cells, metal ion batteries such as lithium-ion batteries, lithium air batteries, flow cell batteries, other energy storage devices such as fuel cells, thermal batteries, photovoltaic devices such as solar cells, filters and the like is provided. The composite particle comprises a particle core and a polymeric coating applied thereto. The present invention provides a composite material including a composite particle, methods of manufacturing both composite particles and composite materials and devices including such materials and particles.

Abstract: There is provided a separator used in an electrochemical device and more particularly, to a porous separator in which an organic/inorganic complex coating layer is applied to a porous substrate, a method for preparing the same, and an electrochemical device using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a silicon-based negative electrode active material, a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. More particularly, the method for preparing the silicon-based negative electrode active material comprises: preparing a porous silica (SiO2) and a thin metal film; coating the porous silica onto the thin metal film; reducing the porous silica to a porous silicon by performing heat-treatment of the thin metal film and the porous silica; and obtaining the porous silicon.

Abstract: A fuser member including a substrate and a release layer disposed on the substrate is described. The release layer includes a metal coated non-woven polymer fiber mesh wherein the metal coated non-woven polymer fiber mesh has pores of a size of from about 1 microns to about 50 microns and a fluoropolymer dispersed on and throughout the polymer matrix. A method of manufacturing the fuser member is also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an aluminum cable with crimping terminal in which a copper or copper alloy crimping terminal is crimped to a conductor that is exposed by peeling off an insulating covering member in a terminal portion of an aluminum cable in which an outer periphery of the conductor constituted by twisting a plurality of aluminum or aluminum alloy strands is covered with the insulating covering member. The method includes an exposed conductor water-repellent treatment process of performing a water-repellent treatment to an outer peripheral surface of the exposed conductor with a water-repellent agent including a solvent having water-repellency.

Abstract: Described is provided a composition of matter that includes a layer having a metal coated non-woven polymer fiber mesh. The metal coated non-woven polymer fiber mesh has pores of a size of from about 1 micron to about 50 microns, and a fluoropolymer dispersed on and throughout the metal coated non-woven polymer fiber mesh. A method of manufacturing is also provided.

Abstract: High surface area electrodes formed using sol-gel derived monoliths as electrode substrates or electrode templates, and methods for making high surface area electrodes are described. The high surface area electrodes may have tunable pore sizes and well-controlled pore size distributions. The high surface area electrodes may be used as electrodes in a variety of energy storage devices and systems such as capacitors, electric double layer capacitors, batteries, and fuel cells.

Abstract: An ESD protection device is manufactured such that its ESD characteristics are easily adjusted and stabilized. The ESD protection device includes an insulating substrate, a cavity provided in the insulating substrate, at least one pair of discharge electrodes each including a portion exposed in the cavity, the exposed portions being arranged to face each other, and external electrodes provided on a surface of the insulating substrate and connected to the at least one pair of discharge electrodes.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrode active material by reacting a metal fluoride and a reactant. The method includes a coating step and a comparatively low temperature annealing step. Also included is the electrode formed following the method.

Abstract: A method for making a Li-ion battery including the preparation of a positive electrode from an ink comprising at least one active electrode material, and at least one binder; the preparation of an electrode separator from an ink comprising at least one fluorinated copolymer; the preparation of a negative electrode from an ink comprising at least one active electrode material, and at least one binder. The fluorinated copolymer comprises: from 99.99 to 90 mol % of at least one fluorinated monomer; from 0.01 to 10 mol % of at least one acrylic acid derivative of formulae CR1R2?CR3—C(?O)—O—R4 wherein each of R1, R2, R3, equal or different from each other, is independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 hydrocarbon group, and R4 is a hydrogen or a C1-C5 hydrocarbon moiety comprising at least one hydroxyl group.

Abstract: Provided are methods of preparing a separator/anode assembly for use in an electric current producing cell, wherein the assembly comprises an anode current collector layer interposed between a first anode layer and a second anode layer and a porous separator layer on the side of the first anode layer opposite to the anode current collector layer, wherein the first anode layer is coated directly on the separator layer.

Abstract: A method and product for creating a customizable fabric for specific end-use composites is provided. This method includes creating a three-dimensional matrix on woven fabrics, such as glass or carbon fiber fabrics via the addition of nanoparticles and a coupling agent; and, attaching a functional group compatible to specific resins dependent upon end use. The resulting product is a resin-free fabric with specific functional groups attached, ready to receive a particular polymer resin. Alternatively, the process may continue through to the addition of a polymer resin, resulting in a completed composite product.