Refractory Metal Salt Or Oxide Patents (Class 428/472)
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Patent number: 7572518Abstract: The present invention is directed to an article comprising a dielectric layer formed from any solution composition that can form barium titanate during firing and containing manganese in an amount between 0.002 and 0.05 atom percent of the solution composition, wherein the dielectric layer has been formed on metal foil and fired in a reducing atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, North Carolina State UniversityInventors: William Borland, Ian Burn, Jon Fredrick Ihlefeld, Jon Paul Maria, Seigi Suh
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Patent number: 7569284Abstract: A high k dielectric film and methods for forming the same are disclosed. The high k material includes two peaks of impurity concentration, particularly nitrogen, such as at a lower interface and upper interface, making the layer particularly suitable for transistor gate dielectric applications. The methods of formation include low temperature processes, particularly CVD using a remote plasma generator and atomic layer deposition using selective incorporation of nitrogen in the cyclic process. Advantageously, nitrogen levels are tailored during the deposition process and temperatures are low enough to avoid interdiffusion and allow maintenance of the desired impurity profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: ASM America, Inc.Inventors: Eric J Shero, Christophe Pomarede
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Patent number: 7560172Abstract: A method for dynamically varying a threshold voltage of a complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) includes providing a substrate pickup formed a semiconductor material type which is complimentary to the semiconductor material type of a well thereof, so as to define a diode. The diode is at least partially turned on, so as to increase the potential of a substrate of the complimentary metal oxide semiconductor and thus reduce the turn-on threshold voltage thereof. The turn-off threshold voltage is approximately unchanged.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yaowen Chang, Taocheng Lu
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Publication number: 20090162647Abstract: An article which is resistant to corrosion or erosion by chemically active plasmas and a method of making the article are described. The article is comprised of a metal or metal alloy substrate having on its surface a coating which is an oxide of the metal or metal alloy. The structure of the oxide coating is columnar in nature. The grain size of the crystals which make up the oxide is larger at the surface of the oxide coating than at the interface between the oxide coating and the metal or metal alloy substrate, and wherein the oxide coating is in compression at the interface between the oxide coating and the metal or metal alloy substrate. Typically the metal is selected from the group consisting of yttrium, neodymium, samarium, terbium, dysprosium, erbium, ytterbium, scandium, hafnium, niobium or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Li Xu, Kenneth S. Collins, Thomas Graves, Ren-Guan Duan, Senh Thach
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Publication number: 20090162648Abstract: Heat insulating layered systems should have a long service life in addition to excellent heat-insulating properties. Disclosed in an inventive layered system consisting of an external ceramic layer that has a mixed crystal consisting of gadolinium zirconate and gadolinium hafnate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Axel Kaiser, Eckart Schumann, Ramesh Subramanian
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Patent number: 7550209Abstract: The present invention relates to a new composition and medical implant made therefrom, the composition comprising a thick diffusion hardened zone, and preferably further comprising a ceramic layer. The present invention relates to orthopedic implants comprising the new composition, methods of making the new composition, and methods of making orthopedic implants comprising the new composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Vivek Pawar, Shilesh C. Jani, Carolyn Weaver
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Publication number: 20090155605Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrophilic photocatalyst and a process of preparation thereof to obtain a titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer of an anatase structure having an excellent photocatalystic effect on a chromium substrate, and in particular to a hydrophilic photocatalyst and a process for preparation thereof including: coating a titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer of an amorphous form on the substrate while maintaining the temperature of the substrate below 200° C., coating the TiO2 layer of a pure anatase structure on the TiO2 layer of the amorphous form, and coating a silicon dioxide layer on the TiO2 layer of the pure anatase structure, wherein a super-hydrophilic property having a contact angle below 10 degrees showing a photocatalystic effect by ultraviolet irradiation appears within 1 hour after UV irradiation and a hydrophilic property having a contact angle below 20 degrees between the substrate and water drops is maintained for 18 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Ki-sun Lee, Sang-hoon Lee
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Publication number: 20090148694Abstract: Heat-insulating layer systems have to be provided with along service life of the heat-insulating layer in addition to having good heat-insulating properties. The inventive layer system comprises a ceramic layer which contains a mixture of two pyrochlore phases.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2006Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Axel Kaiser, Eckart Schumann, Ramesh Subramanian
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Publication number: 20090148714Abstract: A method for the production of an oxide layer, involving oxidizing a metal surface, wherein the metal surface is electrically connected to an electronic control unit (ECU); wherein the metal oxide layer produced has an amount of metal present in said metal oxide layer that is higher than that present in a metal oxide layer produced by oxidizing the metal surface in the absence of the ECU; or oxidizing an oxidizable non-metallic conductive surface, wherein the oxidizable non-metallic conductive surface is electrically connected to an electronic control unit (ECU); wherein the oxide layer produced is denser than that produced by oxidizing the oxidizable non-metallic conductive surface in the absence of the ECU; and the metal oxide or oxide layers produced thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicants: APPLIED SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL LTD., The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Andrew B. Bocarsly, Brent Kirby, David Dowling
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Patent number: 7544410Abstract: A hard metal or cermet body has a 2 to 100 ?m thick first layer having a binder metal proportion of 2 to 25 mass % and up to 25 volume % of a nitride or carbonitride of one or more metals of Group IVa of the periodic system or up to 10 volume % of a carbide or carbonitride of V, Nb, Ta or Cr, balance WC, whereby the amount of nitride, carbonitride or carbide of the afore-mentioned metals amounts to at least 0.01 volume %. Under the first layer is a 2 to 40 ?m thick second layer with an enhanced nitrogen proportion relative to the first layer, is disposed. Thereunder is a transition zone with a thickness of 2 to 100 ?m in which the composition gradually changes to a homogeneous composition in the inner core of the hard metal or cermet body.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Kennametal Widia Produktions GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Walter Lengauer, Vera Ucakar, Klaus Dreyer, Dieter Kassel, Hans Werner Daub
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Patent number: 7544412Abstract: An abrasion resistant coating and method are provided wherein the abrasion resistant coating contains both ductile and brittle components having a bimodal size distribution. The abrasion resistant coating is initially applied to a substrate in contact with an abrasive environment. The abrasive resistant coating having a bimodal size distribution results in the minimized exposure of the ductile components of the wear surface to the abrasive environment such that the life of the abrasive resistant coating is extended.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Alan O. Humphreys, Partha Ganguly, Demosthenis Pafitis
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Publication number: 20090142608Abstract: A method is disclosed for mechanically bonding a metal component to a ceramic material, comprising providing a metal component comprising an anchor material attached to at least a first portion of one surface of the metal component; providing a ceramic material having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the ceramic material defines at least one conduit extending from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the at least one conduit has a first open end defined by the first surface, a second open end defined by the second surface, a continuous sidewall and a cross sectional area; positioning the ceramic material such that at least a portion of the at least one conduit is in overlying registration with at least a portion of the anchor material; and applying a bonding agent into at least a portion of the at least one conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: David M. Lineman, Wenchao Wang, Randy D. Ziegenhagen
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Publication number: 20090142589Abstract: A composite coated metal sheet comprising a coated film having a low environmental impact prepared free from hexavalent chromium, and having good corrosion resistance equivalent to that provided by chromate treatment and excellent adhesiveness between the coated film and a resin layer formed on the coated film. Also, a treatment agent and a method of manufacturing the composite coated metal sheet with the treatment agent is described. The composite coated metal sheet comprises a coated film formed on a surface of a plated metal sheet or metal sheet, the coated film contains an oxide and/or a hydroxide of metal other than chromium, and an organic component comprising modified and/or unmodified functional group(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Hiromasa Shoji, Hiroshi Kajiro
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Publication number: 20090128989Abstract: A dielectric ceramic including a perovskite compound represented by the general formula {(Ba1-x-yCaxSny)m(Ti1-zZrz)O3} as a primary component in which the x, y, z, and m satisfy 0.02?x?0.20, 0.02?y?0.20, 0?z?0.05, and 0.99?m?1.1 and is processed by a thermal treatment at a low oxygen partial pressure of 1.0×10?10 to 1.0×10?12 MPa. Accordingly, there are provided a dielectric ceramic which can be stably used in a high-temperature atmosphere without degrading dielectric properties, properties of which can be easily adjusted, and which generates no electrode breakage even when ceramic layers and conductive films are co-fired, and a ceramic electronic element, such as a multilayer ceramic capacitor, which uses the above dielectric ceramic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Shoichiro Suzuki, Hideaki Niimi
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Patent number: 7534500Abstract: A transparent conductive film comprising a polymer film and a transparent conductive layer provided thereon, especially a transparent conductive film improved in durability and mechanical and electrical properties, a process for the preparation thereof, and a touch panel provided with the transparent conductive film, as well as transparent conductive plate and the process for the preparation thereof. The transparent conductive film comprising a polymer film, an undercoat layer and a transparent conductive layer which are superposed in this order, and the undercoat layer contains a compound having at least one selected from an amino group and a phosphoric acid group.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Taichi Kobayashi, Hidefumi Kotsubo, Yoshinori Iwabuchi, Mitsuhiro Nishida, Yukihiro Kusano, Shingo Oono, Masato Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20090120101Abstract: Organic matrix composite components, systems using such components, and methods for manufacturing such components are provided. In this regard, a representative organic matrix composite component includes: an organic matrix composite; a layer of aluminum applied to the organic matrix composite; and a wear resistant coating applied to the aluminum layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.Inventors: Gary M. Lomasney, Joseph Parkos, JR.
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Publication number: 20090107544Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a silicon semiconductor device, and a conductive silver paste for use in the front side of a solar cell device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: ALAN FREDERICK CARROLL, Kenneth Warren Hang
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Patent number: 7521132Abstract: A tool consists of a base material selected from cemented carbide, tool steels, cermet, or hard materials, and a coating of two or more layers. At least one coating layer has the composition Ti—Al—Ta—N and at least one further coating layer has the composition Ti—Al—Ta-Me-N. The component Me is one more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, V, B. The tool, which is preferably a wearing part, is distinguished by a high wear resistance that improves the service life, in particular where high demands are imposed on the tool.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Ceratizit Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H.Inventors: Martin Kathrein, Claude Michotte, Peter Polcik
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Publication number: 20090098373Abstract: Using aqueous electrolytes containing complex fluorides or oxyfluorides such as fluorozirconates and fluorotitanates, ferrous metal articles and non-metallic articles having a first coating containing aluminum may be rapidly anodized to form a second protective surface coating. White coatings may be formed on articles using pulsed direct current or alternating current.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Henkelstrasse 67Inventor: Shawn E. Dolan
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Publication number: 20090092825Abstract: A extreme low resistivity light attenuation anti-reflection coating structure includes a substrate, a coating module, and a composed protection coating layer. The coating module is formed on a front surface of the substrate. The coating module is composed of a plurality of Ti-based oxide coating layers and a plurality of metal coating layers that are alternately stacked with each other. The composed protection coating layer is formed on the coating module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Chang, Shiu-Feng Liu, Pi-Jui Kuo
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Patent number: 7514146Abstract: There is provided a multilayer substrate comprising, at least, a single crystal MgO substrate, an iridium (Ir) film heteroepitaxially grown on the MgO substrate, a diamond film vapor-deposited on the Ir film, wherein crystallinity of the Ir film is that a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of a diffracted intensity peak in 2 ?=46.5° or 2?=47.3° attributed to Ir (200) analyzed by X-ray diffraction method with a wavelength of ?=1.54 ? is 0.40° or less. Thereby, there is provided a multilayer substrate that is delamination-proof at the respective interfaces between the MgO substrate and the Ir film and between the Ir film and the diamond film, and, particularly, that has a single crystal diamond film of a large area as a continuous film.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignees: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Noguchi, Atsuhito Sawabe
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Patent number: 7515397Abstract: Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described wherein the process includes mixing the niobium oxide and niobium powder to form a powder mixture that is then heat treated to form heat treated particles which then undergo reacting in an atmosphere which permits the transfer of oxygen atoms from the niobium oxide to the niobium powder, and at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form an oxygen reduced niobium oxide. Oxygen reduced niobium oxides having high porosity are also described as well as capacitors containing anodes made from the oxygen reduced niobium oxides.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Cabot CorporationInventors: David M. Reed, Sridhar Venigalla, Ricky W. Kitchell, Stephen J. Krause, Heather L. Enman, Dorran L. Schultz, Jeffrey A. Kerchner
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Publication number: 20090087673Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of producing a fuel system component. The method includes providing a substrate and a coating, wherein the substrate comprises steel and the coating comprises a metal nitride. The method also includes applying the coating to at least part of the substrate using a magnetron sputtering deposition process substantially conducted at a temperature less than about 200° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Steven C. Taylor, Bao Feng, Lucy V. Davies, Jeffrey P. Werner
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Publication number: 20090087674Abstract: A coating composition is substantially free from chromate and comprises a resin, a metal salt, and an interference pigment. The interference pigment includes mica which has a solar reflective coating disposed thereon. A reflective coating system comprises a cured film formed from the coating composition disposed on a substrate. The cured film has a transparency of at least 75%, as measured according to ASTM 1746. In addition, the cured film has a solar reflectivity of at least 55%, as measured according to ASTM E 1918 and ASTM E 903. The cured film has excellent corrosion resistance properties and adhesion to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Mark Slawikowski, Donald J. Algrim
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Publication number: 20090087681Abstract: An impact resistant composite member is for at least one of armor plate and an impact resistant structure. The member comprises a body in plate form and a reinforcement structure located within the body. The body includes a metal alloy having a fine grain size of about 5 microns or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Raymond F. Decker, Sanjay Kulkarni, Joseph R. Pickens
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Patent number: 7510777Abstract: A thermal barrier coating (TBC) for a component intended for use in a hostile environment, such as a component of a gas turbine engine. The TBC exhibits improved impact and erosion resistance as a result of being a composite material consisting essentially of particles of a ceramic reinforcement material dispersed in a ceramic matrix material. The ceramic reinforcement material has a yield strength greater than the ceramic matrix material at about 1100° C., and the particles of the ceramic reinforcement material have an average maximum dimension of greater than five micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Brian Thomas Hazel
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Patent number: 7510776Abstract: A coating material (20) for coating a machine component (10), especially a gas turbine or a part thereof, comprises a mixture of at least a refractory material and an indicator material having an optical emission (e.g. fluorescence) spectrum which varies in response to a physical parameter of the coated component. In a preferred embodiment, the coating consists of yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) or yttrium stabilized zirconium. The dopant is preferably a rare earth metal, e.g. Eu, Tb, Dy.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Imperial College of Science, Technology, and MedicineInventors: Kwang-Leong Choy, Andrew Lawrence Heyes, Jörg Peter Feist
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Patent number: 7507481Abstract: A coated member comprising a substrate of Mo, Ta, W, Zr or carbon and a coating of rare earth-containing oxide including a surface layer having a Vickers hardness of at least 50; or a coated member comprising a substrate having a coefficient of linear expansion of at least 4×10?6 (1/K) and a coating of rare earth-containing oxide thereon is heat resistant and useful as a jig for use in the sintering of powder metallurgical metal, cermet and ceramic materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriaki Hamaya, Masaru Konya, Noboru Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7507482Abstract: A ceramic material suitable for use as a coating, such as a porous thermal barrier coating (TBC) on a component intended for use in a hostile thermal environments. The coating material consists essentially of zirconia stabilized by at least one rare-earth metal oxide and further alloyed to contain a limited amount of titania. Rare-earth metal oxides of particular interest are lanthana, ceria, neodymia, europia, gadolinia, erbia, dysprosia, and ytterbia, individually or in combination. Zirconia, the rare-earth metal oxide, and titania are present in the coating material in amounts to yield a predominantly tetragonal phase crystal structure. The amount of titania in the coating is tailored to allow higher levels of stabilizer while maintaining the tetragonal phase, i.e., avoiding the cubic (fluorite) phase.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert William Bruce, Ramgopal Darolia
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Publication number: 20090061184Abstract: A process for coating an article includes the steps of contacting an article with a first solution to produce a coated article, the first solution includes a solvent and at least one non-conductive material comprising at least one oxide of a metal; contacting with a second solution the coated article having at least one surface with a non-conductive material layer, the second solution includes a solvent and at least one conductive material comprising at least one of the foregoing: graphite, metals, conductive ceramics, semi-conductive ceramics, intermetallic compounds, and mixtures thereof; and drying the coated article having at least one surface with a non-conductive material layer having the at least one conductive material in contact with at least one surface of the non-conductive material layer and the at least one surface of the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark R. Jaworowski, Sarah Arsenault, James T. Beals
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Publication number: 20090060747Abstract: A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of forming a ceramic workpiece having oriented ceramic reinforcement, and severing the ceramic workpiece to produce a ceramic member having a desired orientation of the ceramic reinforcement. The ceramic member is then attached to a turbine engine component as a thermal barrier layer for the turbine engine component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Christopher W. Strock, Susan M. Tholen
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Publication number: 20090053540Abstract: The invention described herein relates to physical vapor deposition targets comprising both Ti and Zr. The targets can comprise a uniform texture across the target surface and throughout the thickness; and can further have an increased mechanical strength compared to high purity titanium and tantalum. The sputtering targets can be utilized to sputter deposit a thin film; and such thin film can be utilized as a copper barrier layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventor: Stephen P. Turner
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Patent number: 7491752Abstract: Photoreactive dendrimers comprising a core portion, branching units and terminal groups, wherein at least one terminal group and/or branching unit is a photoreactive group and wherein the photo reactive groups include preferably cinnamates, coumarins, benzylidenephthalimidines, benzylideneacetophenones, diphenylacetylenes stilbazoles, uracyl, quinolinone, maleinimides, or cinnamylidene acetic acid derivatives and are able to undergo photocyclization, in particular [2+2]-photocyclization.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Rolic AGInventors: Guy Marck, Hubert Seiberle, Mohammed Ibn-Elhaj
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Patent number: 7492091Abstract: A diffusion barrier system for a display device comprising a layer system with at least two layers of dielectric material, wherein at least two adjacent layers of that layer system comprise the same material. A respective method for manufacturing such a diffusion barrier system in a single process chamber of a plasma deposition system has the steps of introducing a substrate to be treated in said process chamber, discretely varying in a controlled manner during deposition at least one process parameter in the process chamber, without completely interrupting such process parameter, which results in layers with different properties and finally unloading said substrate from said process.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: OC Oerlikon Balzers AGInventors: Maryam Kharrazi-Olsson, Hai Tran Quoc, Alice Gallissian
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Publication number: 20090035558Abstract: The sintered ceramic product comprises a granular material bound by a nitrogenous mold. According to the invention, at least one anti-dust agent selected among calcium and boron exists in a surface layer of the product, the mass ratio of all the anti-dust agents in the surface layer being greater than that measured underneath this layer. This product advantageously has a reduced ratio of non-adherent particles to its surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches ET D'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Eric Jorge, Frederic Roulet, Jacques Schoennahl
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Publication number: 20090035592Abstract: The invention provides a complex oxide film having a high crystallinity, produced by forming the complex oxide film on a substrate surface and then calcining the complex oxide film in atmospheric gas under oxygen partial pressure of 1×10?3 Pa or less at 400° C. or more and a production method thereof. Further, the invention provides a dielectric or piezoelectric material containing the complex oxide film, a capacitor and a piezoelectric element using the material, and an electronic device comprising the element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Akihiko Shirakawa, Toshiya Kawasaki, Hirofumi Fukunaga
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Patent number: 7485372Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-layer coating having excellent adhesion and sliding properties, which contains a hard layer having a main component of a nitride and/or carbonitride containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, Cr, Nb, Si, Al and B and a lubricating layer consisting of a metal element and molybdenum disulfide on the hard layer wherein the lubricating layer has a graded composition in which the metal element has a decreasing content from the hard layer side towards the surface and the molybdenum disulfide has an increasing content, and wherein the lubricating layer has a maximum oxygen concentration of no greater than 25 atom %.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Inoue, Kenichi Inoue
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Publication number: 20090029132Abstract: The invention relates to a coated hard metal body with increased wear resistance by means of a CVD coating and to a method for the production thereof. In order to improve the wear behavior of hard metal bodies, preferably cutting tools, in particular to reduce a crater wear, it is provided according to the invention that the sintered compact contains more than 5% by weight mixed carbides of the elements Ti and/or Nb and/or Ta, has on the surface a conditioning area with a carbon content and a nitrogen content that increases towards the outside, and has a fine-grained or microcrystalline bearing layer of nitride and/or carbide and/or carbonitride, which layer is applied according to the CVD method at a temperature exceeding 900° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2005Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: BOEHLERIT GmbH & CO. KG.,Inventors: Jose Luis Garcia, Reinhard Pitonak, Klaus Udier
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Patent number: 7481877Abstract: A non-toxic corrosion inhibitor and method comprising hydrotalcite or a hydrotalcite-like complexing agent and one or a combination of an organic or inorganic corrosion inhibitive complexing agent, provides improved corrosion protection on metal substrates and utilizes synergistic corrosion inhibitive mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2004Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Hammond Group, Inc.Inventors: Tony Gichuhi, Wendy Novelli
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Publication number: 20090022982Abstract: An electronic device having a first electrode including a metal oxide and a second electrode including an aluminum alloy film and manufacturing technology therefor. The second electrode is directly contacted and electrically connected to the first electrode, wherein, in the contact interface between the aluminum alloy film and said first electrode, at least a part of alloy components constituting the aluminum alloy film exist as a precipitate extending across the contact interface to contact the metal oxide to the aluminum alloy film by the precipitate. This construction enables direct contact between the aluminum alloy film and the electrode consisting of a metallic oxide and allows for elimination of a barrier metal in such an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2007Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: Tosoh SMD, Inc.Inventors: Eugene Y. Ivanov, Timothy J. Wiemels
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Publication number: 20090011194Abstract: Method for the treatment of at least one surface portion of at least one layer A located between a substrate and a layer B of a thin-film multilayer, the layers of which are vacuum-deposited on the substrate having a glass function, according to the invention, is characterized in that: at least one thin layer A is deposited on a surface portion of said substrate, this deposition phase being carried out by a vacuum deposition process; using at least one linear ion source, a plasma of ionized species is generated from a gas or from a gas mixture; at least one surface portion of the layer A is subjected to said plasma so that said ionized species at least partly modifies the surface state of the layer A; and at least one layer B is deposited on a surface portion of the layer A, this deposition phase being carried out by a vacuum deposition process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2006Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Nicolas Nadaud, Stephanie Roche, Uwe Schmidt, Marcus Loergen
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Publication number: 20090004492Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding laminate comprising a transparent substrate and an electromagnetic wave shielding film formed thereon, characterized in that the electromagnetic wave shielding film has, sequentially from the substrate side, a first high refractive index layer made of a material having a refractive index of at least 2.0, a first oxide layer containing zinc oxide as the main component, an electroconductive layer containing silver as the main component, and a second high refractive index layer made of a material having a refractive index of at least 2.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tohru YANAGISAWA, Tamotsu Morimoto
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Publication number: 20090004491Abstract: A metal material having a coating formed by a surface treatment on the surface of the metal material is provided. The coating has an excellent corrosion resistance with or without further coating that is equivalent or superior to the prior art coating formed by zinc phosphate treatment or chromate treatment, is free from sludge formation or environmentally harmful components, and is formed by using a component capable of deposition with a simple method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2006Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Hiroyuki Sato, Takaomi Nakayama, Toshiyuki Aishima
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Publication number: 20080318044Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a synthetic nanostructure. In one embodiment, the synthetic nanostructure has a top region substantially comprising titanate nanowires, a middle region substantially comprising titanate nanoparticles and titanate nanowires, and a bottom region substantially comprising titanium, wherein some of the titanate nanowires of the top region are extending into the middle region, wherein the middle region is between the top region and the bottom region, and wherein some of the titanate nanowires of the top region are substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the titanium substrate. At least some of the titanate nanowires in the top region form 3D macroporous scaffolds with interconnected macropores.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Z. Ryan TIAN, Joshua EPSTEIN
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Publication number: 20080309223Abstract: A sintered article is fabricated which contains one or more of indium oxide, zinc oxide, and tin oxide as a component thereof and contains any one or more types of metal out of hafnium oxide, tantalum oxide, lanthanide oxide, and bismuth oxide. A backing plate is attached to this sintered article to constitute a sputtering target. This sputtering target is used to fabricate a conductive film on a predetermined substrate by sputtering. This conductive film achieves a large work function while maintaining as much transparency as heretofore. This conductive film can be used to achieve an EL device or the like of improved hole injection efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Inoue, Hisayuki Kawamura
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Publication number: 20080311387Abstract: An object comprising an electrically conductive body part, e.g. comprising copper or silver, and a layer comprising a refractory metal, preferably tantalum. At least part of the refractory metal layer has been transformed into an electrically conductive ceramic material, preferably a tantalum boride. The refractory metal layer improves the corrosion resistant properties of the object and the ceramic material prevents oxidation of the refractory metal layer, and thereby passivation of the object during conduction of a current. The object is suitable for use as an electrode in corrosive environments. The object is cost effective because passivation can be avoided without applying a layer of precious metal. Also a method of forming the object in which the ceramic material is preferably provided by applying boride in a gaseous or solid phase and heating the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: DANFOSS A/SInventors: Bo Gillesberg, Erik Christensen, Hans Joergen Pedersen
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Publication number: 20080305322Abstract: Provided is a buffer layer of a textured substrate for forming an epitaxial film that permit the formation of an epitaxial film having a high texture. The present invention provides a buffer layer of a textured substrate for forming an epitaxial film that is provided between a base material and an epitaxial film formed on at least one surface of the base material, in which the buffer layer has a single layer structure or a multilayer structure of not less than two layers and a layer in contact with the substrate is formed from an indium tin oxide. This buffer layer can have a multilayer structure, and can be provided on the ITO layer, with at least one layer formed from nickel, nickel oxide, zirconium oxide, a rare earth oxide, magnesium oxide, strontium titanate (STO), strontium titanate-barium (SBTO), titanium nitride, silver, palladium, gold, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, and platinum.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: TOSHIYA DOI, NAOJI KASHIMA, SHIGEO NAGAYA, KUNIHIRO SHIMA
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Publication number: 20080292895Abstract: The invention relates to polymer foil comprising at least one polymer layer coated with a barrier glass coating of an oxide composition, wherein said oxide composition comprises the element Si in the form of an oxide network, the oxide composition preferably comprises Si and at least one other element X in an oxide network. The oxide network may preferably be applied using plasma. The foil may be a multi-layered foil comprising a plurality of layers, at least one of the layers being a barrier glass coating. The foil has good barrier properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: NANON A/SInventors: Maike Benter, Bahram Eshtehardi, Kjeld Schaumburg, Henry Kierkegaard
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Patent number: 7455913Abstract: A process of coating an article includes the steps of (1) applying upon at least one surface of an article at least one graded layer of at least one ceramic based compound comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutelium, indium, scandium, yttrium, zirconium, hafnium, titanium, and mixtures thereof; (2) optionally drying the coated article; and (3) optionally repeating steps (1) and (2).Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Melvin Freling, Michael J. Maloney, David A. Litton, Kevin W. Schlichting, John G. Smeggil, David B. Snow
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Publication number: 20080286589Abstract: A high k dielectric film and methods for forming the same are disclosed. The high k material includes two peaks of impurity concentration, particularly nitrogen, such as at a lower interface and upper interface, making the layer particularly suitable for transistor gate dielectric applications. The methods of formation include low temperature processes, particularly CVD using a remote plasma generator and atomic layer deposition using selective incorporation of nitrogen in the cyclic process. Advantageously, nitrogen levels are tailored during the deposition process and temperatures are low enough to avoid interdiffusion and allow maintenance of the desired impurity profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: ASM AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Eric J. Shero, Christophe Pomarede