A ceramic ink for digital printing, preferably for inkjet printing, comprises at least one solid part comprising at least one ceramic pigment or dye; and at least one liquid part into which said ceramic pigment or dye is dispersed and comprising one or more vehicles and/or one or more dispersants; wherein at least one of either the one or more vehicles or the one or more dispersants comprises one or more organic or inorganic silicon compounds.

A ceramic ink for digital printing, preferably for inkjet printing, comprises at least one solid part comprising at least one ceramic pigment or dye; and at least one liquid part into which said ceramic pigment or dye is dispersed and comprising one or more vehicles and/or one or more dispersants; wherein at least one of either the one or more vehicles or the one or more dispersants comprises one or more organic or inorganic silicon compounds.

A shell and a method for processing the shell are provided. The method includes: coating a sol prepared in advance on an inner surface of a ceramic shell prepared in advance; sintering the ceramic shell coated with the sol by using a sintering process, and forming a transition layer having nano-sized micro-pores on the inner surface of the ceramic shell.

A surface treatment method of a material, comprising: respectively immersing a material to be treated into a first inorganic acid solution and a fluoride acidic solution to perform surface etching, so that nano-sized holes are formed in the surface of the material to be treated. Further disclosed are a material product and a composite material.

A honeycomb structure prevents catalyst slurry from leaching out when applying a wash coat for making a catalyst supported, ensuring air permeability of the outer portion and in which there is no occurrence of cracking when used as a gasoline particulate filter. The honeycomb structure having: a honeycomb substrate composed of porous partition walls forming a plurality of cells and a porous outer portion; and a resin composition on the outer portion of the honeycomb substrate, wherein the outer portion and the partition walls of the honeycomb substrate are formed of the same material; a porosity of the honeycomb structure is 50% or more; and the resin composition is impregnated into pores of the whole outer portion; and the impregnation depth is equal to the outer portion thickness or a part of the resin composition is impregnated deeper than the outer portion and reaches the cell partition walls.

A method for manufacturing a ceramic substrate that includes preparing a plurality of ceramic green sheets, at least one of the plurality of ceramic green sheets having a disappearance material that disappears by firing in a recessed portion formation planned region of the at least one of the plurality of ceramic green sheets; forming a mother multilayer body by laminating the plurality of ceramic green sheets such that the at least the one ceramic green sheet having the disappearance material is positioned on an uppermost layer of the mother multilayer body; and forming a recessed portion in the mother multilayer body before firing by pressing the recessed portion formation planned region of the mother multilayer body.

A filter device includes one or more filter membranes, and a filter housing enclosing the one or more filter membranes. Each of the filter membranes includes a base membrane made of a ceramic material, and a plurality of through holes. The base membrane is coated with a coating material.

A filter device includes one or more filter membranes, and a filter housing enclosing the one or more filter membranes. Each of the filter membranes includes a base membrane made of a ceramic material, and a plurality of through holes. The base membrane is coated with a coating material.

Embodiments of a sensor are disclosed herein. The sensor includes a ceramic substrate having a first major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first major surface, and a thickness measured from the first major surface to the second major surface. The thickness is from 10 μm to 200 μm. A piezoelectric layer is disposed on the first major surface of the ceramic substrate, and the piezoelectric layer has a thickness of 10 μm or less. At least one electrical contact is disposed on the piezoelectric layer or between the ceramic substrate and the piezoelectric layer or both on the piezoelectric layer and between the ceramic substrate and the piezoelectric layer. A wearable device including such a sensor is also disclosed herein as well as a method of manufacturing same.

Embodiments of a sensor are disclosed herein. The sensor includes a ceramic substrate having a first major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first major surface, and a thickness measured from the first major surface to the second major surface. The thickness is from 10 μm to 200 μm. A piezoelectric layer is disposed on the first major surface of the ceramic substrate, and the piezoelectric layer has a thickness of 10 μm or less. At least one electrical contact is disposed on the piezoelectric layer or between the ceramic substrate and the piezoelectric layer or both on the piezoelectric layer and between the ceramic substrate and the piezoelectric layer. A wearable device including such a sensor is also disclosed herein as well as a method of manufacturing same.