A method of manufacturing a hot dip coated steel strip, wherein coating takes place by leading the strip through a bath of molten metal including Al, the remainder of the metal being Zn, inevitable impurities and optionally a maximum of 0.3% of one or more additional elements, wherein the composition of the bath is controlled so as to have an aluminium content of more than 0.50%.

A composite member excellent in corrosion resistance of a substrate and excellent in heat radiation property is provided. A composite member includes a substrate composed of a composite material containing magnesium or a magnesium alloy and SiC and a coating layer provided on a surface of the substrate. The coating layer includes an outermost layer provided as an outermost surface and an intermediate layer provided directly under the outermost layer. The outermost layer contains nickel and phosphorus. The intermediate layer is mainly composed of copper. The intermediate layer has a thickness not smaller than 30 μm.

A surface-treated steel sheet for a battery container, including a steel sheet, an iron-nickel diffusion layer formed on the steel sheet, and a nickel layer formed on the iron-nickel diffusion layer (and constituting the outermost layer, wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured from the surface of the surface-treated steel sheet for a battery container along the depth direction with a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the thickness of the iron-nickel diffusion layer being the difference between the depth at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is 0.04 to 0.31 μm; and the total amount of the nickel contained in the iron-nickel diffusion layer and the nickel contained in the nickel layer is 4.4 g/m.sup.2 or more and less than 10.8 g/m.sup.2.

A method of filling a feature in a semiconductor structure includes forming a barrier layer in the feature by one of atomic layer deposition (ALD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), or physical vapor deposition (PVD); wherein the barrier layer is one of cobalt (Co), molybdenum (Mo), molybdenum nitride (MoN) plus Mo, titanium (Ti), titanium aluminum carbide (TiAlC), or titanium nitride (TiN); and forming a metal layer in the feature and over the barrier layer by one of ALD or CVD; wherein the metal layer is one of aluminum (Al), Co, Mo, ruthenium (Ru), or tungsten (W).

There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 5 μm, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting MgZn.sub.2 phases and insular FeAl.sub.2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 3 μm to 40 μm.

Provided is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent low-temperature adhesion and workability, and a manufacturing method therefor, the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprising: an inhibition layer formed on a base steel sheet and comprising an Fe—Al-based intermetallic alloy phase; a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on the inhibition layer; and an Al—Mn-based alloy phase discontinuously formed between the inhibition layer and the hot-dip galvanized layer.

An electrically conducting material including a substrate composed of copper or a copper alloy, and a coating composed of at least one layer. The coating has an outermost layer consisting to an extent of at least 90 Vol % of an intermetallic phase which is or includes Cu.sub.6Sn.sub.5. The surface of the outermost layer that faces away from the substrate has insular, silver-rich precipitations with an area fraction of 7 to 20%.

A method of forming a silver catalyst layer in chemical plating includes providing a substrate; applying a silver-containing solution onto the substrate; and applying energy of activation to the silver-containing solution to form a silver catalyst layer over the substrate. The silver-containing solution includes silver ions, a diamine compound, a carboxylic acid compound, and a solvent. In addition, the substrate having the silver catalyst layer thereon can be immersed into a chemical plating solution to form a metal layer over the silver catalyst layer.

Provided is a plated steel material which can be used for an automobile, a household appliance, a building material, and the like and, more specifically, to a zinc alloy plated steel material having excellent surface quality and corrosion resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same.

There is provided a method for decreasing leakage of matter from an object to a surrounding, said object being coated with a coating at least partially applied on the object, said coating comprising an at least partially covering layer comprising silver, said object optionally comprising area(s) without said layer, said coating comprising metal particles applied on the layer and optionally on areas without said layer, said metal particles comprising palladium and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, niobium, neodymium and platinum and wherein the amount of the metal particles is in the interval 0.01-8 μg/cm.sup.2. Advantages include that leakage of matter such as latex allergens of metal ions can be reduced while the coating is both biocompatible and antimicrobial. Further, the blood clotting can be reduced.