A multilayer electrode on a substrate (10) comprising titanium (20) and titanium-rich titanium nitride (30) and titanium-poor titanium nitride (40), particularly suitable for the application to thermoplastic substrates, in particular for the purpose of the impedance measurement in aqueous biological media, and method for the production thereof.

The present disclosure relates to metal alloys for biosensors. An electrode is made from ruthenium metal or a ruthenium-based alloy. The resulting electrode has physical and electrical property advantages when compared with existing pure metal electrodes.

A sputtering apparatus includes: a first cylindrical target and a second cylindrical target, which are arranged in a first direction and parallel to each other; a first magnet disposed in the first cylindrical target; a second magnet disposed in the second cylindrical target; and a substrate holder spaced apart from the first and second cylindrical targets in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each of a first angle formed by a first imaginary straight line from a center of the first magnet to a cylindrical axis of the first cylindrical target with a first perpendicular line and a second angle formed by a second imaginary straight line from a center to of the second magnet to a cylindrical axis of the second cylindrical target with a second perpendicular line is in a range of about 30 degrees to about 180 degrees.

A boron doped diamond electrode and its preparation method and application, the electrode is deposited with a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer or a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer composite layer on the surface of the electrode substrate, or after a transition layer is disposed on the surface of the substrate, a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer or a composite layer of boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer is disposed on the surface of transition layer. The preparation method is depositing or plating a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer on the surface of the electrode substrate, or providing a transition layer on the surface of the electrode substrate, and then depositing or plating a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer or a composite layer of boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer on the surface of the transition layer.

The invention relates to a method for producing a semi-transparent motor vehicle design element (3), comprising the following steps:

A providing a dimensionally stable, at least partially light-permeable substrate (1) which is heat-resistant for a temperature of at least 60° C., the substrate (1) having a front side (1a) and a rear side (1b),

B introducing the substrate (1) into a vacuum chamber (2) and applying a first metallic semi-transparent layer (L1) by means of a PVD process to the substrate (1) according to step a) which is situated in the vacuum chamber (2), and

C applying a light-impermeable cover layer (LD) to the front or rear side (1a, 1b) of the substrate (1), the light-impermeable cover layer (LD) containing at least one light-permeable opening (8) for reproducing at least one graphical symbol (SYM),

steps B and C being carried out such that light (LSQ) passing through the at least one opening (8) in the light-impermeable cover layer (LD) from the rear side (1b) towards the front side (1a) of the substrate (1) is incident on the first metallic semi-transparent layer (L1) and at least partially passes outwards through the first metallic semi-transparent layer (L1) in order to project the at least one graphical symbol (SYM) represented by the at least one opening (8).

Provide is a metal-coated liquid-crystal polymer film that is suitable for microcircuit processing and capable of reducing the transmission loss of circuits. The metal-coated liquid-crystal polymer film comprising: a polymer film comprising a polymer film main body capable of forming an optically anisotropic melt phase; a first metal layer layered on at least one side of the polymer film main body; and a second metal layer layered on the first metal layer, wherein in an analysis of oxygen concentration in a thickness direction using XPS, the average oxygen concentration of the first metal layer is 2.5 atom % or less.

A film contains a fluororesin, a chromatic pigment, and a black pigment, in which a visible light transmittance of the film is from 5 to 60% and a haze value of the film is 30% or less.

Disclosed are a copper-clad laminate film and an electronic device including the same. The copper-clad laminate film includes: a polyimide-based substrate having a fluorine layer disposed on at least one side thereof; a tie-layer disposed on the polyimide-based substrate having the fluorine layer placed thereon; and a copper layer disposed on the tie layer, wherein the tie-layer includes at least one metal element selected from among metal elements of Group 4, Group 6, Group 13, and Group 14 in the Periodic Table, and the at least one metal element may have a metal-oxygen (M-O) bond dissociation energy of 400 kJ/mol or more.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlamp (8) comprising a vehicle headlamp housing (9), an at least sectionally transparent cover pane (10) that closes the vehicle headlamp housing (9), a light source (11) that is accommodated in the vehicle headlamp housing (9) and serves for radiating light through the cover pane (10), and at least one motor vehicle design element (3) that is accommodated in the vehicle headlamp housing (9), wherein the at least one motor vehicle design element (3) comprises a dimensionally stable substrate (1) with at least one coated side.

The present invention relates to an antimicrobial plastic film and a winding coating method, the antimicrobial plastic film includes a plastic film main part, wherein a surface of said plastic film main part is coated with an antimicrobial coating, the antimicrobial coating includes a bonding layer, a carrier layer, a first antimicrobial layer and a second antimicrobial layer, the winding coating method includes the steps of vacuum treatment , applying a bonding layer, applying a carrier layer, applying a first antimicrobial layer, and applying a second antimicrobial layer