Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on an aerospace component and methods for depositing the protective coatings. The protective coating can be anti-coking coatings to reduce or suppress coke formation when the aerospace component is heated in the presence of a fuel. In one or more embodiments, a method for depositing the protective coating on an aerospace component includes exposing the aerospace component to a cleaning process to produce a cleaned surface on the aerospace component and sequentially exposing the aerospace component to a precursor and a reactant to form a protective coating on the cleaned surface of the aerospace component by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The aerospace component can be one or more of a fuel nozzle, a combustor liner, a combustor shield, a heat exchanger, a fuel line, a fuel valve, or any combination thereof.

A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; an intermediate layer arranged in contact with the base steel sheet; and an insulation coating arranged in contact with the intermediate layer to be an outermost surface, in which the intermediate layer has a local oxidized area when viewing a cross section whose cutting direction is parallel to a thickness direction, and a thickness of the intermediate layer in an area where the local oxidized area is included is 50 nm or more, and a thickness of the intermediate layer in an area where the local oxidized area is not included is less than 50 nm.

The present invention relates to a mesoporous film structure having ultra-large pores therein and a method of manufacturing the same, which includes, The manufacturing method includes a pretreatment step of pretreating a support so that micelles and silica are deposited on the support, a micelle formation step of mixing a cationic surfactant and an anionic co-surfactant for forming the micelles at a predetermined ratio in a support-carried water tank prepared in the pretreatment step, followed by heating, thus forming enlarged micelles on the support through magnetic bonding of the cationic surfactant and the anionic co-surfactant, a silica deposition step of supplying a silica precursor solution to the water tank, followed by heating, thus depositing silica on the support after the micelle formation step, and a washing step of washing the support so that residual materials (containing the micelles) are removed after the silica deposition step.

The present invention relates to a high heat-resistant/oxidation-resistant/flame retardant□non-flammable liquid ceramic coating film for protecting an exterior of an apparatus in an extreme environment. Provided are a method of forming a high heat-resistant coating film including: (a) preparing a liquid ceramic filling agent by mixing a ceramic filler including iron (III) oxide (Fe.sub.3O.sub.4) powder, a diluent, and an inorganic nanosol; (b) applying the liquid ceramic filling agent to at least one surface of a substrate to form a coating film; and (c) curing the coating film by drying the substrate, and a high heat-resistant coating film prepared thereby.

Methods of manufacture of an optical diffuser. In one embodiment, an optical diffuser is formed by providing a wafer including a silicon slice of which an upper face is covered with a first layer made of a first material itself covered with a second layer made of a second selectively etchable material with respect to the first material. The method further includes forming openings in the second layer extending up to the first layer and filling the openings in the second layer with a third material. The method yet further includes bonding a glass substrate to the wafer on the side of its upper face and removing the silicon slice.

A method of forming a corrosion-resistant ceramic coating on a metallic substrate, the method comprising providing a passivation layer on a surface of the metallic substrate by electrochemical passivation of the metallic substrate under a first electrical current and using a first electrically conducting solution; and providing the corrosion-resistant ceramic coating on an outermost surface of the metallic substrate, the outermost surface in use adapted to be exposed to a corrosive environment, by plasma electrolytic oxidation of the metallic substrate with the passivation layer, in a second electrically conducting solution and under a second electrical current having a discharge voltage. The first and the second electrically conducting solutions comprise a tetrafluoroborate compound.

The present invention relates to a mesoporous film structure having ultra-large pores therein and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mesoporous film structure having ultra-large pores therein and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a mesoporous film having ultra-large pores therein is formed on supports including various materials and having various shapes under chemically mild conditions. The size of the pores in the film is capable of being adjusted, and a patterned mesoporous structure is formed on the upper surface of the support rather than throughout the entire support.

Aqueous antimicrobial coating compositions are disclosed comprising at least one organosilane homopolymer, present as a distribution of polymer chain lengths, and optionally at least one amine. A method of preparing an antimicrobial coating comprises coating a surface with the aqueous antimicrobial coating composition and allowing the composition to dry into a film that exhibits residual antimicrobial efficacy against microorganisms even after mechanical abrasion of the coating. The organosilane homopolymer may comprise only 3-aminopropylsilanetriol homopolymer, mixtures of 3-aminopropylsilanetriol homopolymer, 3-chloropropylsilanetriol homopolymer and 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyl dimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride homopolymer, or any one of various unique organosilane homopolymers having multiple amine functionality.

During an example coating method, a metallic substrate is provided. A foundation coat precursor is applied on the metallic substrate. The foundation coat precursor includes a matrix and a plurality of capsules present in the matrix. Each capsule includes a shell and a healing agent surrounded by the shell. A basecoat precursor is applied, and a clearcoat precursor is applied. The metallic substrate, the foundation coat precursor, the basecoat precursor, and the clearcoat precursor are heated i) after each respective application or ii) simultaneously, in order to cure the foundation coat, basecoat, and clearcoat precursors and respectively form a foundation coat, a basecoat, and a clearcoat. The foundation coat is ultraviolet (UV) stable and bonds the metallic substrate to the basecoat and the clearcoat.

A Si-containing film forming composition comprising a catalyst and/or a polysilane and a N—H free, C-free, and Si-rich perhydropolysilazane having a molecular weight ranging from approximately 332 dalton to approximately 100,000 dalton and comprising N—H free repeating units having the formula [—N(SiH.sub.3)×(SiH.sub.2−).sub.y], wherein x=0, 1, or 2 and y=0, 1, or 2 with x+y=2; and x=0, 1 or 2 and y=1, 2, or 3 with x+y=3. Also disclosed are synthesis methods and applications for using the same.