A graphite article which can be compressed by more three (3%) percent at a contact pressure of 100 KPa or less without damaging the graphite article reducing the thermal impedance exhibited by the article. Also a graphite article comprising graphitized polymer having a thickness of at least 75 microns. Preferably the graphite has a density of less than 1.50 g/cc and a compressibility of more than 3% at a contact pressure of 100 KPa. Also the article has a generally sheet like shape. These articles may be used in a thermal management system to dissipate heat from a heat source.

The present disclosure provides a method for producing a heat-dissipating ceramic foam containing carbonized cellulose particles, the method including: mixing particles of carbonized cellulose or carbonized cellulose-containing substance, ceramic powders, silicate, and water to form slurry; adding a foaming agent to the slurry to form foamed slurry; and drying the foamed slurry.

The present invention provides a porous metal-containing carbon-based material that is stable at high temperatures under aqueous conditions. The porous metal-containing carbon-based materials are particularly useful in catalytic applications. Also provided, are methods for making and using porous shaped metal-carbon products prepared from these materials.

A ceramic article includes a ceramic matrix composite that has a porous reinforcement structure and a ceramic matrix within pores of the porous reinforcement structure. The ceramic matrix composite includes a surface zone and a glaze material within pores of the surface zone and on an exterior side of the surface zone as an exterior glaze layer.

The present disclosure discloses a ceramic material having a positive slow release effect and a method for manufacturing the same. The ceramic material comprises a hierarchically meso-macroporous structure which composition at least includes silicon and oxygen, wherein the hierarchically meso-macroporous structure includes a plurality of macropores and a wall having a plurality of arranged mesopores, and the plurality of macropores are separated by the wall; and nano-scale metal particles confined in at least one of the plurality of arranged mesopores. The nano-scale metal particles have a positive slow release effect from the at least one of the plurality of arranged mesopores. The ceramic material has a property of inhibiting growth of microorganisms or killing the microorganisms in an environment or a system containing a hydrophilic medium.

Provided is a reversible color changeable coating composition and a preparation method thereof. The composition is coated on a plate and has heat resistance of 400 C. or higher thereby can be used for heating products very stably, and the durability of the plate increases since it has excellent wear resistance, chemical resistance and mechanical properties. In addition, beautiful colors can be obtained by mixing colors in various ways, and being heated can be identified with the naked eye since the color changes when heated.

An SbTe-based alloy sintered compact sputtering target having Sb and Te as main components and which contains 0.1 to 30 at % of carbon or boron and comprises a uniform mixed structure of SbTe-based alloy particles and fine carbon (C) or boron (B) particles is provided. An average grain size of the SbTe-based alloy particles is 3 m or less and a standard deviation thereof is less than 1.00. An average grain size of the C or B particles is 0.5 m or less and a standard deviation thereof is less than 0.20. When the average grain size of the SbTe-based alloy particles is X and the average grain size of the carbon or boron particles is Y, Y/X is within a range of 0.1 to 0.5. This provides an improved SbTe-based alloy sputtering target that inhibits generation of cracks in the sintered target and prevents generation of arcing during sputtering.

Provided is a method for producing a -sialon fluorescent material, comprising preparing a composition containing a silicon nitride that contains aluminium, oxygen, and europium; heat-treating the composition at a temperature in a range of 1300 C. or more and 1600 C. or less to obtain a heat-treated product; subjecting the heat-treated product to a temperature-decrease of from the heat treatment temperature to 1000 C. as a first temperature-decrease step; and subjecting the heat-treated product to a temperature-decrease of from 1000 C. to 400 C. as a second temperature-decrease step. The first temperature-decrease step has a temperature-decrease rate in a range of 1.5 C./min or more and 200 C./min or less, and the second temperature-decrease step has a temperature-decrease rate in a range of 1 C./min or more and 200 C./min or less

Provided is a sputtering target, the sputtering target containing 0.05 at % or more of Bi and having a total content of metal oxides of from 10 vol % to 60 vol %, the balance containing at least Co and Pt.

A process for manufacturing a ceramic powder with binder includes at least one additional element or compound, the ceramic powder with binder being in particular based on zirconia and/or alumina and/or strontium aluminate, wherein the process includes a step (E3) of depositing at least one additional element or compound on a ceramic powder with binder by a physical vapour deposition (PVD) and/or by a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and/or by an atomic layer deposition (ALD).