A wear-resistant coating film is disclosed that can maintain high wear resistance for a long period of time even when it is subjected to repetitive wear, and a method for producing the film, as well as a wear-resistant component. The wear-resistant coating film 10 includes a plated layer 11, lump parts 2, and a coat layer 13. The plated layer and the coat layer are laminated, and each of the lump parts is formed of a single particle 12 and/or an assembly of particles 12. The lump parts 2 are held by the plated layer 11 and are disposed to protrude from the plated layer 11. The coat layer 13 is formed to coat the surface of the plated layer 11, the lump parts 2 have flat portions 18, and the flat portions 18 are placed on the same plane as the surface of the coat layer 13.

A solar control film with improved moisture resistance function is provided. The solar control film includes a flexible substrate, at least one infrared-reflective composite layer and an outer dielectric layer. The infrared-reflective composite layer includes a dielectric sublayer and a metal sublayer. The dielectric sublayer is disposed on the flexible substrate, and the material of the dielectric sublayer includes TiO.sub.2. The metal sublayer is disposed on the dielectric sublayer, and includes 8.3-16.4 atomic % Ag, 0.5-1.0 atomic % Ti, 81.0-90.9 atomic % N, and 0.3-0.6 atomic % noble metal, and the noble metal is Au, Pd or any combinations thereof. The outer dielectric layer is disposed on the infrared-reflective composite layer, and the material of the outer dielectric layer includes TiO.sub.2. In this way, the provided solar control film can effectively suppress of forming white spots without significantly sacrificing its original function and characteristics.

A layer system includes at least one bonding layer and a plurality of functional layers arranged on the at least one bonding layer. Each functional layer has a first nanolayer of a first metal nitride with a first metal constituent, and a metallic second nanolayer. Each functional layer has a layer thickness d in a range of 1 to 100 nm.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a housing assembly, a preparation method therefor and an electronic device. The housing assembly includes: a transparent substrate, including a decorative surface; wherein the decorative surface is arranged with a rough area; and a reflective layer, arranged on the decorative surface and at least partially covering the rough area.

Compositions and processes for forming barrier coatings to prevent hydrogen embrittlement of an underlying material are disclosed. The coating can be made up of composite structures of metal and oxide that are alternately deposited onto a substrate for creating a multilayer coated substrate. Such multilayer coating can be incorporated into many contexts in which hydrogen permeation prevention is desired, such as pipelines and manufacture of advanced automotive steels. The process involves depositing a metal layer onto the substrate followed by a metal oxide layer thereon. The interface of the metal layer and the oxide layer can form space-charge zones that decrease hydrogen permeability therethrough.

A processing tool, comprising a processing chamber for processing a work piece, the processing chamber including at least one component part that is coated with multi-layer protective coating including (a) an aluminum layer formed on the at least one component part and (b) a ceramic coating formed on the aluminum layer. In various embodiments, the multi-layer protective coating can be applied to at least one component part prior to assembly of the processing chamber or at least partially in situ the processing chamber.

A method for metallizing plastic by pre-plating for electroplating, forming a metal bonding layer and a metal transition layer using electro arc ion plating or magnetron sputtering in series, and then forming a metal conductive layer on the metal transition layer using the electro arc ion plating. At least forming the metal conductive layer comprises: disposing a magnetic filter device between a metal target and a vacuum chamber in which the plastic workpiece is placed, so that positively charged metal ions generated by the metal target are deflected by the magnetic filter device and then enter the vacuum chamber to be deposited on the surface of the plastic workpiece.

A method for coating a pipe, in particular a motor vehicle pipe, wherein a metallic inner tube is used, and wherein the outer surface of the metallic inner tube is provided with at least one metal layer. A bonding layer is thereupon applied to the metal layer. The pipe is then provided with at least one outer layer. The bonding layer is applied via plasma coating.

Provided are: a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that has an excellent magnetic property and coating adhesiveness after stress relief annealing; and a production method therefor. This grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has: a steel sheet; a metal coating which contains a metal element and which is disposed on the steel sheet; a coating layer A which is a ceramic coating having an oxide content of less than 30 mass % and which is disposed on the metal coating; and a coating layer B which is an insulating tensile coating containing an oxide and which is disposed on the coating layer A, wherein the metal coating has a thickness of 1.0-10.0 nm, and in the metal element, the atomic radius ratio represented by formula (1) is at least 10%, when the atomic radius of iron is defined as RFe and the atomic radius of the metal element as RA.
(|R.sub.Fe−R.sub.A|/R.sub.Fe)×100.  Formula (1):

A photocatalytic assembly (100) includes a substrate (110) and a photocatalytic unit (120) laminated on the substrate (110). The photocatalytic unit (120) includes a laminated titanium dioxide layer (122) and a metal layer (124). The titanium dioxide layer (122) has a thickness of 10 nm to 100 nm. The metal layer (124) is formed by stacking metal nanoparticles. The metal nanoparticle is made of at least one selected from the group consisting of rhodium, palladium, platinum, gold, silver, and aluminum.