The patent application discloses a degradable composite with coatings. The light metal workpiece with enhanced surface protection may comprise a light metal matrix having an exposed surface; a light metal oxide ceramic layer formed in at least a portion of the exposed surface; and a non-transparent metal alloy layer directly on the light metal oxide ceramic layer.

Coated substrate comprising a substrate (1) comprising a metal substrate surface (11) coated with a coating system (7) consisting of or comprising a functional coating film (5), said functional coating film (5) consisting of or comprising at least one MCr Al—X coating layer, whereas ° the at least one MCr Al—X coating layer is deposited directly on the metal substrate (11), or ° the at least one MCr Al—X coating layer is deposited on an intermediate coating layer (3) that is formed of at least one substrate matching layer (31), wherein the at least one substrate matching layer (31) is deposited directly on the metal substrate surface (11), wherein the layer deposited directly on the metal substrate surface (11), it means respectively the MCr Al—X coating layer if it is deposited directly on the metal substrate surface (11) or the substrate matching layer (31) if it is deposited on the metal substrate surface (11) exhibits: ° epitaxial growth in part or totally, or ° heteroepitaxial growth in part or totally.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a hot-dip coated steel sheet coated with a zinc or an aluminum based coating including the provision of a specific steel sheet, a recrystallization annealing with specific heating, soaking and cooling sub-steps using an inert gas and a hot-dip coating; the hot dip coated steel sheet and the use of the hot-dip coated steel sheet.

A coated substrate has a substrate and a coating system having one or more ceramic layers. At least a first layer of one of the one or more ceramic layers is a columnar layer having as-deposited columns and intercolumn gaps. The intercolumn gaps have a mean width at least one of: at least 4.0 micrometers; and at least 1.5% of a thickness of said first layer.

Provided is a hot stamped body comprising a steel base material, an Al-plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel base material, a coating formed on the Al-plating layer and containing ZnO particles and CeO.sub.2 particles having an average particle size smaller than an average particle size of the ZnO particles, and a Zn- and Al-containing complex oxide layer formed between the Al-plating layer and the coating. Further, provided is a method for producing a hot stamped body comprising forming an Al-plating layer on at least one side of a steel sheet, coating a surface of the Al-plating layer with an aqueous solution containing ZnO particles and CeO.sub.2 particles, then heating it to form a coating containing ZnO particles and CeO.sub.2 particles on the Al-plating layer, and hot pressing the steel sheet. Further, provided is an Al-plated steel sheet comprising a steel base material, an Al-plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel base material, and a coating formed on the Al-plating layer and containing ZnO particles and CeO.sub.2 particles having an average particle size smaller than an average particle size of the ZnO particles.

A method for forming a metal film includes forming an oxide layer on a to-be-treated surface of a to-be-treated object by bringing the to-be-treated surface into contact with a reaction solution containing fluorine and an oxide precursor, removing fluorine in the oxide layer, supporting a catalyst on the oxide layer by bringing the oxide layer into contact with a catalyst solution, and depositing a metal film on the oxide layer by bringing the oxide layer into contact with an electroless plating liquid.

A hot stamped body comprising a steel base material and an Al-Zn-Mg-based plating layer formed on a surface of the steel base material, wherein the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition, the plating layer comprises an interfacial layer positioned at an interface with the steel base material and containing Fe and Al and a main layer positioned on the interfacial layer, the main layer comprises, by area ratio, 10.0 to 85.0% of an Mg—Zn containing phase and 15.0 to 90.0% of an Fe—Al containing phase, the Mg—Zn containing phase comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an MgZn phase, Mg.sub.2 Zn.sub.3 phase, and MgZn.sub.2 phase, and the Fe—Al containing phase comprises at least one of an FeAl phase and Fe—Al—Zn phase and an area ratio of the Fe—Al—Zn phase in the main layer is 10.0% or less.

An optical filter may include a set of optical filter layers disposed onto a substrate. The set of optical filter layers may include a first subset of optical filter layers comprising a first material with a first refractive index. The first material may comprise at least silicon and hydrogen. The set of optical filter layers may include a second subset of optical filter layers comprising a second material with a second refractive index. The second material is different from the first material and the second refractive index is less than the first refractive index. The set of optical filter layers may include a third subset of optical filter layers comprising a third material different from the first material and the second material.

Implementations described herein generally relate to a method for forming a metal layer and to a method for forming an oxide layer on the metal layer. In one implementation, the metal layer is formed on a seed layer, and the seed layer helps the metal in the metal layer nucleate with small grain size without affecting the conductivity of the metal layer. The metal layer may be formed using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and nitrogen gas may be flowed into the processing chamber along with the precursor gases. In another implementation, a barrier layer is formed on the metal layer in order to prevent the metal layer from being oxidized during subsequent oxide layer deposition process. In another implementation, the metal layer is treated prior to the deposition of the oxide layer in order to prevent the metal layer from being oxidized.

An electron exit window foil for use with a high performance electron beam generator operating in a corrosive environment is provided. The electron exit window foil comprises a sandwich structure having a film of Ti, a first layer of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than Ti, and a flexible second layer of a material being able to protect said film from said corrosive environment, wherein the second layer is facing the corrosive environment.