A method for manufacturing a discontinuous vacuum-metalized thin film includes the following steps: step 1: coating a corona surface of a flexible thin film (1) with a longitudinal discontinuous stripping layer; step 2: coating the corona surface and the stripping layer with a metal layer (3); and step 3: removing the stripping layer and the metal layer (3) on the stripping layer to obtain a discontinuous vacuum-metalized thin film. A method for manufacturing a discontinuous vacuum-metalized wire, a discontinuous vacuum-metalized thin film and a discontinuous vacuum-metalized wire are further disclosed.

Embodiments of methods for depositing material in features of a substrate have been provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for depositing material in a feature of a substrate includes depositing a material in a feature of a substrate disposed in a process chamber by sputtering a target using a plasma formed from a first gas; and etching the deposited material in the process chamber using a plasma formed from a second gas, different than the first gas, to at least partially reduce overhang of the material in the feature, wherein an atomic mass of the second gas is greater than an atomic mass of the first gas.

The present disclosure is directed to an automotive component and method of finishing such component including a polymer substrate, a tinted primer disposed over a first surface of the polymer substrate, a semi-transparent metallic coating disposed over the tinted primer. The semi-transparent metallic coating and tinted primer define at least one discontinuity. The automotive component further includes a top-coat disposed over the semi-transparent metallic coating and fills in the discontinuity. In aspects, the automotive component is back-lit and includes a light emitting source optically coupled to a second surface of the polymer substrate.

Part for a motor vehicle includes an opacification coating, associated manufacturing method and luminous device including the part. The part for a motor vehicle includes a polymer-based body having a surface, an opacification coating covering at least one portion of the surface. The coating is formed by at least one thin iron-based layer and includes at least one compound from among an iron oxide and an iron nitride, and has a thickness that is greater than or equal to 100 nm over at least 50% of the at least one portion of the surface. Furthermore, the coating exhibits incident light radiation absorption that is greater than 70% of the incident light radiation. Thus, the coating allows reliable and reproducible opacification of the surface of the part.

This method of manufacturing an optical laminate comprising a transparent substrate, an adhesion layer, an optical functional layer, and an antifouling layer laminated in this order, includes an adhesion layer forming step of forming the adhesion layer, an optical functional layer forming step of forming the optical functional layer, a surface treatment step of treating the surface of the optical functional layer so that the rate of change in surface roughness represented by formula (1) is 1˜25%, and an antifouling layer forming step of forming the antifouling layer on the surface-treated optical functional layer; Rate of change of surface roughness (%)=((Ra2/Ra1)−1)×100 (%) Formula (1) (Formula (1), where Ra1 represents the surface roughness (Ra) of the optical functional layer before the surface thereof is treated, and Ra2 represents the surface roughness (Ra) of the optical functional layer after the surface thereof is treated.).

The invention is directed at sputter targets including 50 atomic % or more molybdenum, a second metal element of niobium or vanadium, and a third metal element selected from the group consisting of titanium, chromium, niobium, vanadium, and tantalum, wherein the third metal element is different from the second metal element, and deposited films prepared by the sputter targets. In a preferred aspect of the invention, the sputter target includes a phase that is rich in molybdenum, a phase that is rich in the second metal element, and a phase that is rich in the third metal element.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of performing an etching process. The method includes generating a plasma within a plasma chamber in communication with a processing chamber. Ions from the plasma are accelerated toward a workpiece within the processing chamber to generate an ion beam. The ion beam performs an etching process that etches a material on the workpiece. A by-product from the etching process is moved to directly below one or more baffles within the processing chamber.

A trim for an object and its method of manufacture involve providing a transparent or translucent substrate defining a top surface, applying an opaque layer above the top surface of the substrate, the opaque layer defining one or more apertures through which light can pass, and applying one or more translucent metallic-looking layers above a top surface of the opaque layer. In some implementations, the trim is a selectively illuminable trim whereby a light source is arranged beneath a bottom surface of the substrate, the light source being configured to output light through the substrate, the one or more apertures defined by the opaque layer, and the one or more metallic-looking layers.

A method of fabricating sample wafers includes forming silver particles on a surface of a wafer, forming nanowires on the wafer, removing the silver particles, and terminating dangling bond sites from surfaces of the nanowires with deuterium.

A golf club head having a laser-generated features to create contrast on the club face of the golf club head. The club face includes a central region, a toe region, and a heel region. The central region includes a first plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the central region, a width-intersection coverage of the central region, and a surface-area coverage of the central region. The toe region includes a second plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the toe region, a width-intersection coverage of the toe region, and a surface-area coverage of the toe region. The heel region includes a third plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the heel region, a width-intersection coverage of the heel region, and a surface-area coverage of the heel region.