Anodic materials for lithium ions batteries include a current collector and a superlattice disposed on at least a portion of the current collector, the superlattice comprising: alternating layers of an anode active material and an anode inactive material; and a plurality of channels that extend from the current collector through the alternating layers of anode active material and anode inactive material.

An electromagnetic separation type coating device is provided, and belongs to the technical field of vacuum coating. The device comprises a main vacuum cavity, the front side and the rear side of the main vacuum cavity are each provided with a vacuum cavity door, middle positions of the front vacuum cavity door and the rear vacuum cavity door are each provided with a set of magnetron sputtering targets, and the two sets of magnetron sputtering targets are symmetrically arranged; two sets of ion sources are symmetrically arranged on the outer walls of the left side and the right side of the main vacuum cavity, and two sets of magnetic induction coils are symmetrically arranged at two sides of each set of ion sources, respectively; a vacuum pump set is connected to the top of the main vacuum cavity, a workpiece rest is installed at the bottom in the main vacuum cavity, and is used for installing a to-be-deposited sample piece; and an auxiliary anode is further installed in the main vacuum cavity. An electromagnetic separation type coating method is further provided. The electromagnetic separation type coating device and method provided by the present disclosure have the advantages of effectively improving the three-dimensional space plasma density, increasing ion energy, and obtaining a thin film with excellent performance.

A method of ion-plasma application of corrosion-resistant film coatings on articles made from zirconium alloys includes placing articles in a planetary carousel mechanism, heating the articles, and ion-beam etching and surface activation of the articles using water-cooled unbalanced magnetrons. In addition, the surface of the articles is activated using an ion source which generates gas ions with an accelerating voltage of up to 5000 V and with feeding of a bias voltage to the articles. The coating is applied by using unbalanced and balanced magnetrons simultaneously with a residual induction of the magnetic field from 0.03 T to 0.1 T. The coating is applied to articles which are made from zirconium alloys and are placed vertically in a planetary carousel mechanism. The articles are heated in the coating application process to a temperature of 150-600° C., wherein the heaters are accommodated along the entire length of the articles. This produces corrosion-resistant film coatings of uniform thickness along the outer surface of articles made from zirconium alloys and raises productivity due to an increase in the discharge power density of magnetrons.

A method for preparing an ammonium thiomolybdate-porous amorphous carbon composite superlubricity film is disclosed. First, a porous amorphous carbon film is prepared by an anode layer ion source assisted plasma chemical vapor deposition method and a reactive magnetron sputtering method on a substrate. The porous amorphous carbon film is then impregnated in an ammonium thiomolybdate solution, so that the ammonium thiomolybdate is adsorbed on the porous amorphous carbon film, and the impregnated porous amorphous carbon film is air dried. During the friction process, the composited porous amorphous carbon superlubricity film prepared in the present disclosure promotes the in-situ decomposition of ammonium thiomolybdate to generate molybdenum disulfide by utilizing the friction heat at the initial stage of running-in, further to generate a graphene-like structure under the function of a catalyst, thus realizing a macroscopic super lubricity through a heterogeneous incommensurate contact between graphene and molybdenum disulfide.

A method is provided. The method includes the following steps: introducing a first physical vapor deposition (PVD) target and a second PVD target in a PVD system, the first PVD target containing a boron-containing cobalt iron alloy (FeCoB) with an initial boron concentration, and the second PVD target containing boron; determining parameters of the PVD system based on a target boron concentration larger than the initial boron concentration; and depositing a FeCoB film on a substrate according to the parameters of the PVD system.

The present invention provides a magnetron system, comprising a baseplate assembly. The baseplate assembly defining a housing portion and a power feedthrough. A sputtering target is disposed within the housing portion of the baseplate assembly. An electromagnetic assembly is disposed within the housing portion of the baseplate assembly. The electromagnetic assembly comprising a plurality of electromagnet pairs and a plurality of magnet pairs, wherein the plurality of electromagnet pairs and the plurality of magnet pairs are arranged in an alternating order such that at least one electromagnet pair of the plurality of electromagnet pairs is juxtapositioned between two magnet pairs of the plurality of magnet pairs, and at least one magnet pair of the plurality of magnet pairs is juxtapositioned between two electromagnet pairs of the plurality of electromagnet pairs.

The present disclosure relates to an electrode for measuring an analyte. The electrode includes a first base layer, a first electrode layer upon the first base layer, and a second base layer. The first electrode layer is arranged between the first base layer and the second base layer. The first base layer includes a conductive metal, a conductive metal alloy, or carbon. The first electrode layer includes ruthenium metal, a ruthenium based metal alloy, nickel metal, or a nickel based metal alloy. The first base layer is made of different elements than the first electrode layer. The first base layer is more conductive than the first electrode layer.

The tantalum-doped molybdenum disulfide/tungsten disulfide (MoS.sub.2/WS.sub.2) multi-layer film includes a titanium transition layer, a titanium/tantalum/molybdenum disulfide/tungsten disulfide (Ti/Ta/MoS.sub.2/WS.sub.2) multi-layer gradient transition layer, and a tantalum-doped MoS.sub.2/WS.sub.2 multi-layer layer which are successively laminated in a thickness direction. The preparation method includes: successively depositing the titanium transition layer, the Ti/Ta/MoS.sub.2/WS.sub.2 multi-layer gradient transition layer, and the tantalum-doped MoS.sub.2/WS.sub.2 multi-layer layer on the surface of a matrix by adopting a magnetron sputtering technology to obtain the tantalum-doped MoS.sub.2/WS.sub.2 multi-layer film. The tantalum-doped MoS.sub.2/WS.sub.2 multi-layer film has good matrix binding strength, hardness and elasticity modulus, good friction and abrasion performance, good temperature self-adopting performance, heat and humidity resistance, and high temperature oxidization resistance under an atmospheric environment at different temperatures, and can meet the requirements of stable lubrication and long-life service of aerospace vehicles.

A glazing includes a glass substrate on which is deposited a coating including at least one layer, the layer being formed from a material including metal nanoparticles dispersed in an inorganic matrix of an oxide, in which the metal nanoparticles are made of a metal chosen from the group formed by silver, gold, platinum, copper and nickel or of an alloy formed from at least two of these metals, in which the matrix including an oxide of at least one element chosen from the group of titanium, silicon and zirconium and in which the atomic ratio M/Me in the material is less than 1.5, M representing all atoms of the elements of the group of titanium, silicon and zirconium present in the layer and Me representing all of the atoms of the metals of the group formed by silver, gold, platinum, copper and nickel present in the layer.

A sputtering apparatus includes a base on which a substrate is mounted, an annular member disposed at an outer periphery of the base to surround a side surface and a backside of the substrate without in contact with the substrate, and an edge cover that covers an outer edge of an upper surface of the substrate mounted on the base. The annular member has a first surface facing the backside of the substrate mounted on the base with a gap, a second surface facing the side surface of the substrate mounted on the base with a gap, and a tapered surface formed at a corner portion between the first surface and the second surface.