Abstract: A surface-tensioned sapphire plate and a corresponding manufacturing process. The plate may include a planar sapphire substrate and at least one layer disposed on the surface of the substrate for tensing the substrate. The layer may include at least 50 wt.-% of aluminum oxide (Al2O3). The manufacturing process for producing of a sapphire plate may include providing a planar sapphire substrate, and coating at least one surface of the substrate with a layer tensing the substrate. The layer may include at least 50 wt.-% of aluminum oxide (Al2O3).

Abstract: Disclosed is a chemical conversion coated Al-plated steel sheet which has excellent weather resistance, water resistance and coating film adhesion. Specifically, a chemical conversion coating liquid is applied over and dried on the surface of an Al alloy-plated steel sheet, thereby forming a chemical conversion coating film that has a film thickness of 0.5-10 ?m. The chemical conversion coating liquid contains: a fluorine-containing olefin resin, which contains 7-20% by mass of F atoms and 0.05-5% by mass of hydrophilic functional groups that are selected from among a carboxyl group, a sulfonic acid group and salts of carboxyl group and sulfonic acid group and has a number average molecular weight within the range of 1,000-2,000,000; and an oxygen acid salt, fluoride, hydroxide, organic acid salt, carbonate or peroxygenated salt of a group 4A metal.

Abstract: Provided are a film for food packaging, capable of having excellent adhesion with a metal deposition layer and thus retaining moisture barrier property while having superior flexibility, transparency, and biodegradability, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers comprising a phosphorescence light-emitting layer containing at least a host material and a phosphorescent organic metal complex is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein the total of the halogen element mass concentrations of bromine, iodine and chlorine which are contained as impurities in the host material constituting the light-emitting layer described above is 50 ppm or less. It has a high emission luminance, a high luminous efficiency and a long life.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode that can improve a driving voltage and emission efficiency includes a first electrode, an organic layer formed on the first electrode and including an emitting layer and an electron transport layer that is doped with an organic n-type impurity, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The electron transport layer is made of C60. An organic light emitting display includes the organic light emitting diode.

Abstract: A gas barrier film having excellent gas barrier properties, and a method for producing such a gas barrier film are provided.

Abstract: An Ag alloy film for use in reflective electrodes is provided, which has a low electrical resistivity and a high reflectance that are almost at the same levels as those of an Ag film, and has excellent oxidation resistance. An Ag alloy film for reflective electrodes, which can be used in a reflective electrode and is characterized in that at least one element selected from the group consisting of In and Zn is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 2.0 atomic %.

Abstract: A glass structure and a method for creating the glass structure include a glass carrier layer and a flexible glass substrate. The glass structure includes an intermediate layer at least temporarily bonding the flexible glass substrate to the glass carrier layer. The intermediate layer includes a first debond layer attached to an adhesion layer. The first debond layer is at least partially resistant to a high temperature processing of the glass structure at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500° C. The first debond layer is configured to enable the flexible glass substrate to be debonded from the glass carrier layer after the high temperature processing of the glass structure. A method for processing the glass structure includes debonding the flexible glass substrate from the glass carrier layer after the high temperature process.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: C: 0.005 mass % or less; S: 0.003 mass % or less; N: 0.003 mass % or less; Si: 2.0 mass % or more and less than 4.5 mass %; Al: 0.15 mass % or more and less than 2.5 mass %; and Cr: 0.3 mass % or more and less than 5.0 mass %; and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a Cr-oxide-containing layer having a thickness of not less than 0.01 ?m nor more than 0.5 ?m on a surface side, in which when [Si], [Al], and [Cr] are set to the Si content, the Al content, and the Cr content (mass %) of the non-oriented electrical steel sheet respectively, and t is set to a sheet thickness (mm) of the non-oriented electrical steel sheet, 10 mass %?2[Si]+2[Al]+[Cr]<15 mass % and (2[Al]+[Cr])/2[Si]?10t2?0.35 are satisfied.

Abstract: Impact-damage-resistant glass sheet comprising at least one chemically etched surface in combination with a tempering surface compression layer, the glass sheet exhibiting a high standardized ball drop failure height and a high flexural modulus of rupture strength, useful to provide damage-resistant glass cover sheets for consumer electronic video display devices, is provided by subjecting thin glass sheet to a combination of a surface tempering treatment and a surface etching treatment that improves strength while maintaining the optical glass sheet properties required for video display applications.

Abstract: The cutting tool of the present invention has a base material and a multi-layer coating formed thereon. The multi-layer coating includes an A-layer, a B-layer and a C-layer repeatedly deposited in the order of A-layer, C-layer and B-layer from the base material toward an outer surface of the multi-layer coating. The A-layer has a1 layers and a2 layers wherein 8-20 layers of a1 layers and a2 layers are non-periodically deposited per 100 nm. Each unit layer of the A-layer, B-layer, and C-layer has a thickness of 0.5-2.0 ?m, 0.1 ?m-0.5 ?m and 55-95 nm respectively.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to articles that exhibit scratch-resistance and improved optical properties. In some examples, the article exhibits a color shift of about 2 or less, when viewed at an incident illumination angle in the range from about 0 degrees to about 60 degrees from normal under an illuminant. In one or more embodiments, the articles include a substrate, and an optical film disposed on the substrate. The optical film includes a scratch-resistant layer and an optical interference layer. The optical interference layer may include one or more sub-layers that exhibit different refractive indices. In one example, the optical interference layer includes a first low refractive index sub-layer and a second a second high refractive index sub-layer. In some instances, the optical interference layer may include a third sub-layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blank for a nanoimprint mold, comprising a glass substrate and a hard mask layer formed on the glass substrate, wherein the hard mask layer contains chromium (Cr) and nitrogen (N) and has a Cr content of 45 to 95 at %, an N content of 5 to 55 at % and a total content of Cr and N of 95 at % or more and the thickness of the hard mask layer is 1.5 nm or more and less than 5 nm.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to articles that exhibit scratch-resistance and improved optical properties. In some examples, the article exhibits a color shift of about 2 or less, when viewed at an incident illumination angle in the range from about 0 degrees to about 60 degrees from normal under an illuminant. In one or more embodiments, the articles include a substrate, and an optical film disposed on the substrate. The optical film includes a scratch-resistant layer and an optical interference layer. The optical interference layer may include one or more sub-layers that exhibit different refractive indices. In one example, the optical interference layer includes a first low refractive index sub-layer and a second a second high refractive index sub-layer. In some instances, the optical interference layer may include a third sub-layer.

Abstract: The method for forming a protective coat on an electrode for a touch panel according to the invention comprises a first step in which a photosensitive layer comprising a photosensitive resin composition containing a binder polymer, a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator is provided on a base material having an electrode for a touch panel, a second step in which prescribed sections of the photosensitive layer are cured by irradiation with active light rays, and a third step in which the sections other than the prescribed sections of the photosensitive layer are removed to form a protective coat comprising the cured sections of the photosensitive layer covering all or a portion of the electrode, wherein the hydroxyl value of the photosensitive resin composition is no greater than 40 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A coextrusion film according to a first embodiment of the invention has a monolithic elastic layer of a thermoplastic elastomer having an exposed outer face and an inner face and a support layer lying on, releasably joined to, and separable from the inner face at an interface.

Abstract: A coated tool has a substrate and a coating film coated on the surface thereof. The coating film includes an intermediate film coated on the surface of the substrate, and an oxide film coated on the surface of the intermediate film. A crack coefficient R obtained by measuring a crack length dc (?m) which is generated on the surface of the coated tool by pushing a Vickers indenter into the surface of the coating film with an applied load P=196(N), and a fracture toughness KIC (MPa·m0.5) of the substrate, and by calculating from the following numerical formula: R=P/(dc·KIC), is 0.07 to 0.12 m0.5.

Abstract: A coating structure and a method for forming the same where, by forming an aluminum oxide layer and a silicon dioxide layer between a product to be coated and a coating layer, durability, reliability and anti-corrosion of the coating layer can be improved and furthermore, product yield can also be improved. The coating structure formed on the surface of a product includes an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) layer formed on the surface of the product, a silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer formed on the surface of the aluminum oxide (Al2O3) layer, and a coating composition layer formed on the silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminate panel (40; 40?; 40?; 40??) with a carrier layer (41; 41?; 41?; 41??) of wood or wood-based material, in which at least the upper side has a decoration and a layer of a cured resin (46; 46?; 46?; 46??). The rear side of the laminate panel (40; 40?; 40?; 40??) is provided with a paperless counteracting layer of a cured counteracting material (45; 45?; 45?; 45??).

Abstract: The present invention describes an improved multilayer solar selective coating useful for solar thermal power generation. Solar selective coating of present invention essentially consists of Ti/Chrome interlayer, two absorber layers (AlTiN and AlTiON) an anti-reflection layer (AlTiO). Coating deposition process uses Ti and Al as the source materials, which are abundantly available and easy to manufacture as sputtering targets for industrial applications. The present invention allows deposition of all the layers in a single sputtering chamber on flat and tubular substrates with high absorptance and low emittance, thus making the process simpler and cost effective. The process of the present invention can be up-scaled easily for deposition on longer tubes with good uniformity and reproducibility. The coating of the present invention also displays improved adhesion, UV stability, corrosion resistance and stability under extreme environments.

Abstract: An optical product according to the present invention includes a transparent base material, and a multilayer film including a dielectric film and an ITO film. The multilayer film is formed on one face or two faces of the transparent base material. The physical thickness of the ITO film is not less than 3 nanometers and not greater than 7 nanometers. The ITO film can be formed by vapor deposition with plasma treatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to multilayer structures made of at least one thermoplastic material and having at least one metal layer. The invention further relates to multilayer products encompassing at least three layers comprising a substrate layer made of a substrate comprising specific copolycarbonates and at least one inorganic filler, a metal layer and one or more further layers. The invention further relates to the process for producing the said multilayer structures.

Abstract: The flexible metal-cladded base material pertaining to the present invention includes a metal foil and a first resin layer. The first resin layer is of a first resin composition containing a polyamide-imide resin. The polyamide-imide resin includes a first constituent unit represented by Formula (1) and a second constituent unit represented by Formula (2). The percentage of the second constituent unit is in a range of 5 to 35% by mol.

Abstract: Provided are a biaxially stretched laminated polyester film and a laminated glass composed of the same. Specifically, the invention is achieved by a biaxially stretched laminated polyester film including 51 layers or more in total, in which a first layer and a second layer are alternately laminated, wherein a polyester (A) constituting the first layer is polyethylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate; a polyester (B) constituting the second layer is a polyester containing at least one of an ethylene terephthalate component and an ethylene naphthalene dicarboxylate component; an average reflectance within a wavelength range of 400 to 750 nm is not more than 25%; an average reflectance within a wavelength range of 800 to 1,200 nm is 50% or more; and a Young's modulus of the film at 90° C. is 2,400 MPa or more in at least one direction of the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction of the film.

Abstract: An article includes a substrate having a first major surface and optionally a second major surface. A layering arrangement is disposed on either or both of the first major surface and the second major surface. The layering arrangement includes a carbon layer and a conducting polymer layer.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant member has a composite titanium oxide film for reducing corrosion deposited on a surface of a construction material, where the composite titanium oxide film is represented by a molecular formula MTiO3 in which M is a transition element, and the corrosion-resistant member is preliminarily manufactured by depositing titanium oxide on the surface of the construction material, and the titanium oxide is subsequently or simultaneously subjected to high temperature treatment under existence of an ion of the transition metal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer film of A/B/C structure comprising: a first layer of composition A, comprising a fluoropolymer; a second layer of composition B, comprising a filled fluoropolymer; and a third layer of composition C, comprising a fluoropolymer, characterized in that the first and third layers have a melting point above 150° C., measured by DSC, and in that the transmittance in visible light is less than 30% for a multilayer film thickness of 25 ?m. The invention also relates to the use of a fluoropolymer-based film preferably for a photovoltaic cell back panel, a high-performance textile or a metal, the film adhering to the substrate by means of an adhesive layer placed between the substrate and the film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated polyester film which can be prevented from suffering from occurrence of interference fringes owing to reflection of external light and is excellent in adhesion to various surface functional layers such as a hard coat. The laminated polyester film of the present invention comprises a polyester film and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polyester film which is produced by applying a coating solution comprising a compound having a condensed polycyclic aromatic structure and an oxazoline compound or an epoxy compound thereonto, which coating layer has a thickness of 0.04 to 0.15 ?m.

Abstract: A perovskite manganese oxide thin film formed on a substrate that allows a first order phase transition and has A-site ordering. The thin film contains Ba and a rare earth element in the A sites of a perovskite crystal lattice and has an (m10) orientation for which m=2n, and 9?n?1. A method for manufacturing the film includes forming in a controlled atmosphere using laser ablation an atomic layer or thin film that assumes a pyramidal structure having oxygen-deficient sites in a plane containing the rare earth element and oxygen; and filling the oxygen-deficient sites with oxygen. The controlled atmosphere has an oxygen partial pressure controlled to a thermodynamically required value for creating oxygen deficiencies and contains a gas other than oxygen, and has a total pressure that is controlled to a value at which the A sites have a fixed compositional ratio.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a surface-treated steel sheet which contains no Cr, which is excellent in wet resin adhesion, and which can be used as an alternative to a conventional tin-free steel sheet and to provide a resin-coated steel sheet produced by coating the surface-treated steel sheet with resin. A surface-treated steel sheet including an adhesive layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet and which contains Ti and at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, the ratio of the total amount of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn to the amount of Ti contained therein being 0.01 to ten on a mass basis, and a method for producing the surface-treated steel sheet.

Abstract: Provided are polymer articles for use in, e.g., packaging application and/or applications requiring good barrier properties. Also disclosed are methods and tools for making the articles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conducting material comprising a carbon-based material selected from a diamond or an insulating diamond-like carbon, having a hydrogen-terminated surface and a layer of MoO3 coating said surface; as well as a method for the fabrication of such a material. The conducting material of the invention is useful in the fabrication of electronic components, electrodes, sensors, diodes, field effect transistors, and field emission electron sources.

Abstract: A gas barrier film (10) that comprises a gas barrier layer (14), which is obtained by irradiating a layer that contains a polysilazane with vacuum ultraviolet light, on a base (11) is formed to contain a compound (A) that satisfies all of the conditions (a), (b) and (c) described below in an amount within the range from 1% by mass to 40% by mass (inclusive) relative to the total mass of the gas barrier layer. (a) The compound (A) has an Si—O bond and an organic group that is directly bonded to Si. (b) The compound (A) has an Si—H group or an Si—OH group. (c) The compound (A) has a molecular weight of from 90 to 1,200 (inclusive).

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating system, in particular a coating system containing an organometallic layer which allows the selective removal of post coating layers from substrates without detrimental impact to their “in-service” performance. The organometallic layer comprises (a) an organic polymer containing multi-chelating functionalities; and (b) a metallic agent which forms an organo metallic complex with the organic polymer containing multi-chelating functionalities and is located between an optionally coated substrate and at least one post coating layer of a coating system.

Abstract: An example provides an apparatus including a substrate, a metal layer, and an adhesive layer adhered between the substrate and the metal layer, the adhesive layer comprising indium oxide, tin oxide, gallium oxide, indium-tin oxide, indium-gallium oxide, tin-gallium oxide, or indium-tin-gallium oxide.

Abstract: A plasma chamber (11?) for coating a substrate with a polymer layer, the plasma chamber comprises a first electrode set (14?) and a second electrode set (14?), the first and second electrode sets are arranged either side of a sample chamber for receiving a substrate, wherein the first and second electrode sets comprise plural electrode layers (141?, 142?) and wherein each electrode set comprises plural radiofrequency electrode layers or plural ground electrode layers for coating polymer to each surface of a substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dark multilayer bodies made from polycarbonate, which are characterised by a glass-like deep-gloss effect on the surface. The invention also relates to a method for producing these multilayer bodies. The multilayer bodies are preferably synthesised from polycarbonate or polycarbonate blends. The polycarbonate blends can contain further polymers such as for example elastomers or graft polymers, or further thermoplastics such as polyesters for example. The invention also relates to the use of the multilayer bodies according to the invention as panels for vehicle parts or as frame parts for multimedia housings.

Abstract: This invention relates to the modification of polyolefin structures, parts or components, used in assemblies to enhance the bonding of polar adhesives to surface of the polyolefin structures. Disclosed herein are novel articles comprising polyolefin structures having one or more surfaces modified according to the invention. The polyolefin structures have one or more surfaces with an epoxy resin layer disposed directly on the surface and then disposed on the epoxy resin layer is a layer of one or more compounds, oligomers or prepolymers having reactive isocyanate groups. The invention is also a method for modifying one or more surfaces of a polyolefin structure by successively depositing on the surfaces an epoxy resin layer disposed and a layer of one or more compounds, oligomers or prepolymers having reactive isocyanate groups. Also disclosed are kits of the modified polyolefin structures and one or more of adhesives or coatings having polar reactive groups.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-friction coating layer for vehicle components comprising: a Ti layer on a surface of a base material; a TiN layer on the Ti layer surface; a TiAgN layer on the TiN layer surface; and an Ag layer transferred on the TiAgN layer surface, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: There is provided a surface-coated sintered body formed of a sintered body of cubic boron nitride with a sufficiently adhesive surface coating layer thereon. The present surface-coated sintered body includes a sintered body of cubic boron nitride and a surface coating layer formed on a surface thereof, the sintered body of cubic boron nitride including 20-99.5% by volume of cubic boron nitride and a binder, the surface coating layer including an adhesion layer and at least one hard coating layer, the adhesion layer being a metal layer including at least W, and being formed to cover a surface of the sintered body of cubic boron nitride, the hard coating layer being formed to coat the adhesion layer, the adhesion layer being configured of an amorphous state and/or ultrafine particles having an average particle size equal to or smaller than 5 nm.

Abstract: Presented herein are articles and methods featuring substrates with thin, uniform polymeric films grafted (e.g., covalently bonded) thereupon. The resulting coating provides significant reductions in thermal resistance, drop shedding size, and degradation rate during dropwise condensation of steam compared to existing coatings. Surfaces that promote dropwise shedding of low-surface tension condensates, such as liquid hydrocarbons, are also demonstrated herein.

Abstract: A cold spray barrier coated component of a semiconductor plasma processing chamber comprises a substrate having at least one metal surface wherein a portion of the metal surface is configured to form an electrical contact. A cold spray barrier coating is formed from a thermally and electrically conductive material on at least the metal surface configured to form the electrical contact of the substrate. Further, the cold spray barrier coating may also be located on a plasma exposed and/or process gas exposed surface of the component.

Abstract: An article is coated with a coating having a vivid primary color. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises a nickel or polymer basecoat layer, and a first color layer comprised of oxygen-rich refractory metal oxycarbides, a second color layer comprising oxygen-rich refractory metal oxycarbides and a top layer of refractory metal oxides.

Abstract: A window for a display device is disclosed. The window for a display device includes a polymer resin layer including a first polymer resin and a light transmittance film positioned on at least one side of the polymer resin layer, the light transmittance film including a hard coating layer and an auxiliary layer positioned under the hard coating layer, the auxiliary layer including a second polymer resin having surface hardness of at least about 2H and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least about 85° C., and a display device including the same.

Abstract: An aluminum material, a dielectric layer and an interposing layer formed in at least one part of a region of the surface of the aluminum material between the aluminum material and the dielectric layer and includes aluminum and carbon, wherein the dielectric layer includes dielectric particles including a valve metal, and an organic substance layer formed on at least one part of a surface of the dielectric particle.

Abstract: Provided is a food cooking surface for a cookware item or an electrical household cooking appliance, consisting of a deposit of nitride of metal elements on a substrate, the metal elements of the deposit comprising one or more X transition metal(s) and aluminium. The production of the deposit comprises a nitridation step in arder to obtain a coating of type (X,Al)N. According to the invention, the (X,Al)N-type coating is a coating of nitride(s) of the one or more X transition metal(s), enriched with aluminium, in which niobium and/or zirconium is/are make up the most part of the X transition metal(s), the atomic ratio of aluminium in the metal elements of the deposit being at least equal to 20%. Also provided are cookware items and electrical household appliances intended for the cooking of food, comprising the above-mentioned type of cooking surface.

Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered body with excellent wear resistance and fracture resistance. The cubic boron nitride sintered body includes 85 to 95% by volume of cubic boron nitride, and 5 to 15% by volume of a binder phase and inevitable impurities. The binder phase has at least three compounds selected from carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, oxides and mutual solid solutions thereof of Al, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Nb and Mo. An amount of an aluminum element contained in the cubic boron nitride sintered body is 0.5 to 5% by mass based on a total mass of the cubic boron nitride sintered body. The binder phase is essentially free of both pure metals and alloys consisting of pure metals.

Abstract: A laminate donor element can be used to transfer a composite of a metal grid and an electronically conductive polymer to a receiver sheet for use in various devices. The laminate donor element has a donor substrate, a metal grid that is disposed over only portions of the donor substrate, leaving portions of the substrate uncovered by the metal grid, and an electronically conductive polymer that covers the portions of the donor substrate that are uncovered by the metal grid. The composite of metal grid and electronically conductive polymer exhibits a peel force of less than or equal to 40 g/cm for separation from the donor substrate at room temperature. The resulting article has a substrate on which a reverse composite of the metal grid and electronically conductive polymer is disposed, which article can be incorporated into various devices.

Abstract: A cutting tool insert for machining by chip removal includes a body of polycrystalline cubic boron nitride compact (PCBN), either as a solid insert or attached to a backing body, onto which a hard and wear resistant PVD coating is deposited. The coating includes a polycrystalline nanolaminated structure of alternating A and B layers, where layer A is (Ti,Al,Me1)N and Me1 is one or more of the metal elements from group 3, 4, 5 or 6 in the periodic table, layer B is (Ti,Si,Me2)N and Me2 is one or more of the metal elements from group 3, 4, 5 or 6 in the periodic table including Al with a thickness between 0.5 and 10 ?m. The insert is particularly useful in metal cutting applications generating high temperatures, e.g., high speed machining of steels, cast irons, super alloys and hardened steels.

Abstract: The present invention provides a retardation film that comprises a) a first acrylic resin layer; and b) a second acrylic resin layer that is layered on at least one side of a) the first acrylic resin layer and comprises an acrylic resin and 1 to 20 parts by weight of rubber component based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic resin. The retardation film according to the present invention has excellent optical transparency, haze, brittleness, mechanical strength, heat resistance, durability, and the like.