Example embodiments relate to a method of protecting a surface of an e-vaping device portion from corrosion, the method including preparing a coating mixture configured to protect the surface from corrosion, and coating the surface with a protective coating based on the coating mixture, wherein the coating is performed via one of electrodeposition, dipping, spraying, and vapor deposition, and the coating mixture includes at least one of a silane and a resin.

Methods for forming an implantable layer onto a staple cartridge are disclosed.

A film forming apparatus comprises: a processing chamber in which a substrate is accommodated; a gas supply configured to supply a gas containing a first monomer and a gas containing a second monomer into the processing chamber; a concentration distribution controller configured to control a gas flow within the processing chamber such that a concentration of a mixed gas including the gas containing the first monomer and the gas containing the second monomer on the substrate has a predetermined distribution; and a temperature distribution controller configured to control a temperature distribution of the substrate such that a temperature of a first region of the substrate is higher than a temperature of a second region of the substrate, the concentration of the mixed gas in a region corresponding to the first region being higher than the concentration of the mixed gas in a region corresponding to the second region.

The present disclosure provides embodiments of improved area-selective deposition (ASD) processes and methods for selectively depositing polymer films on a variety of different target material. More specifically, the present disclosure provides improved ASD processes and related methods that use a cyclic vapor deposition process, which sequentially exposes a surface of a substrate to a polymer precursor followed by an initiator to selectively deposit a polymer thin film on a target material exposed on the substrate surface. The process of sequentially exposing the substrate surface to the precursor and the initiator can be repeated for one or more cycles of the cyclic vapor deposition process until a predetermined thickness of the polymer thin film is selectively deposited on the target material. In one embodiment, sequentially pulsed initiated chemical vapor deposition (spiCVD) is used to selectively deposit the polymer thin film on the target material.

A mixed powder usable for a vapor deposition process, including a first organic compound and a second organic compound, wherein the following formula (1) is satisfied:

|θ.sub.1−θ.sub.2|≥10°  (1) where θ.sub.1: a spread angle of a vapor deposition trajectory when a powder consisting of the first organic compound is vapor-deposited on a base material from a vapor deposition source, and θ.sub.2: a spread angle of a vapor deposition trajectory when a powder consisting of the second organic compound is vapor-deposited on a base material from a vapor deposition source.

The present disclosure provides a mask device and a manufacturing method thereof, and an evaporation system. The mask device includes a frame, strip alignment plates and a strip support plate, hollow portions are provided in the strip alignment plates, and the strip alignment plates are fixed on the frame; the strip support plate and the strip alignment plates cross each other, a plurality of welding spots are provided on the surface of the strip support plate proximal to the frame, and are welded and fixed to the frame, and the plurality of welding spots are provided in the region of the strip support plate corresponding to the hollow portions.

A substrate processing method is provided. In the method, a substrate is provided. A monomer that is chemically bonded to the substrate is supplied onto the substrate. An initiator for polymerizing the monomer is supplied to the substrate having the supplied monomer thereon, thereby forming a polymer film.

A surface coating material includes a plurality of fluorine-containing silicon compounds and an additive. The fluorine-containing silicon compounds include a fluorine-containing (poly)ether moiety, a hydrolytic silane moiety, and a linking group between the fluorine-containing (poly)ether moiety and the hydrolytic silane moiety. The linking group is configured to form a non-covalence interaction between adjacent molecules.

Highly efficient, multi-functional anti-icing compositions and methods of their use are provided. Anti-icing compositions include hydrogels configured to form thin film coatings on various surfaces via spin coating under UV irradiation. Multifunctional anti-icing platforms are based on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-grafted polyelectrolyte hydrogels. Methods for grafting hydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) chains onto a hydrophilic polyelectrolyte network containing various counterions, forming a multifunctional hybrid anti-icing hydrogel are also provided.

Bag-in-container with a coating layer The invention is in the field of containers for foods and drinks. There is provided a method for applying a coating layer (10, 14, 2, 4) on a preform (1, 2, 7) for a bag-in-container using plasma deposition. There is also provided a preform (1, 2, 7) for a bag-in-container, comprising an inner preform (8) and an outer preform (9) with facing surfaces, wherein at least one of the facing surfaces comprises a coating layer (10, 14, 2, 4) that is applied using plasma deposition.