Techniques for mechanically stabilizing metallic nanowire meshes using encapsulation are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a mechanically-stabilized metallic nanowire mesh is provided which includes the steps of: forming the metallic nanowire mesh on a substrate; and coating the metallic nanowire mesh with a metal oxide that encapsulates the metallic nanowire mesh to mechanically-stabilize the metallic nanowire mesh which permits the metallic nanowire mesh to remain conductive at temperatures greater than or equal to about 600 C. A mechanically-stabilized metallic nanowire mesh is also provided.

A method comprises the following steps: a) Providing a body having an internal surface which defines an internal pathway within the body, the body having an inlet and an outlet both communicating with the internal pathway; b) Introducing a liquid solution into the internal pathway so as to fill at least a portion of the internal pathway with the liquid solution, the liquid solution comprising a solute capable of undergoing thermal decomposition; c) Heating the liquid solution while the liquid solution fills said at least a portion of the internal pathway to a sufficient temperature so that the solute undergoes thermal decomposition to form a decomposition product within said at least a portion of the internal pathway.

The heating step forms a coating comprising the decomposition product on at least a part of the internal surface that borders the internal pathway.

The present invention relates to a nanostructure formation device using microwaves and, more specifically, to a novel structure of a nanostructure formation device using microwaves, the device being capable of introducing a solution process factor to a conventional nanostructure formation device using microwaves, so as to stably manufacture a nanostructure by using a microwave while consistently maintaining the concentration of a formation solution and the process conditions for it when the nanostructure is formed through a solution process.

This invention provided an aqueous coating composition for metal surface pre-treatment comprising: (i) at least one organosilane with at least one hydrolyzable substituent; (ii) at least one water soluble and/or water dispersible silane-functional oligomer; (iii) at least one water-soluble compound of the elements Zr and/or Ti;
The resultant sol-gel coating composition reveals an extended shelf life and after surface pre-treatment using the invented coating compositions the metal substrates have higher resistance to corrosion, humidity and solvent and at the same time have better surface conductivity and paintability.

Examples are disclosed that relate to the manufacture of a reinforced graphitic material. One example provides a method for making a reinforced graphitic material including sorbing an organic compound into void space of a graphitic host material, and heating the graphitic host material to pyrolyze the sorbed organic compound. Elemental carbon is thereby deposited in the void space.

Various materials can be deposited on an OLED substrate at various steps, in which the materials may subsequently require drying, baking and a combination thereof. Given the critical nature of drying and baking steps, the inventors of the present teachings have designed various modules for carrying out drying and baking which can be used as a process development module, and additionally for as a dedicated process module in production.

Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods of manufacturing textured surfaces nanoimprint lithography with nanoparticulate inks. The present invention provides methods that allow flexible patterning of substrates with features having complex geometries.

A heterojunction anode for electrolysis is disclosed. The anode has a first conductive metal oxide (FCMO) layer, a second semiconductor layer contacting the FCMO layer, and one or more islands of a third semiconductor contacting the second semiconductor layer. The FCMO layer may be formed on a metallic base, such as titanium. The FCMO layer may include iridium, the second semiconductor layer may include titanium oxide, and the third semiconductor may include tin oxide. The anode may be manufactured using spray pyrolysis to apply each semiconductor material. The anode may be configured such that when placed in an electrolyte at least a portion of the second semiconductor layer and the islands are in direct physical contact with the electrolyte. The second semiconductor interlayer and third semiconductor islands enhance the production of reactive chlorine in chlorinated water. A water treatment system and method using the anode are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to novel precursors in the form of metal complexes with 2-substituted 1,3-diketones and to a process for the preparation thereof. The invention furthermore relates to the use thereof for the production of thin metal-oxide layers. The latter are constituents in a very wide variety of electronic components and devices having various functions.

Provided is a culinary item, one surface of which is provided with a coating including at least one rare-earth oxide layer. Such a coating has the specific feature of not only having mechanical hardness and abrasion resistance comparable to those of enamels and ceramics, but also excellent intrinsic hydrophobic properties that enable the coating obtained to have a non-stick property that is comparable to that of fluorocarbon coatings and suitable for culinary applications.