The present invention relates to a hot stamped body comprising a steel sheet and a plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the plating layer is comprised of a ZnO region present on a surface side of the plating layer and having an oxygen concentration of 10 mass % or more and an Ni—Fe—Zn alloy region present on a steel sheet side of the plating layer and having an oxygen concentration of less than 10 mass %, and an average concentration of a total of Fe, Mn and Si in the ZnO region is more than 0 mass % and less than 5 mass %.

A coated substrate includes a coating, wherein the coating includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a. a layer of diamond-like carbon, b. a metallic multi-ply layer, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer contains b1) tin and at least one alloying element for tin, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer is formed from two, three, or more plies, wherein one or more plies contain tin and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for tin selected from antimony, copper, lead, silver, indium, gallium and/or germanium, are arranged alternatingly, or wherein one or more plies contain magnesium and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for magnesium selected from aluminum, bismuth, manganese, copper, cadmium, iron, strontium, zirconium, thorium, lithium, nickel, lead, silver, chromium, silicon, tin, gadolinium, yttrium, calcium and/or antimony, are arranged alternatingly.

A method for fabricating a substrate provided with a plurality of layers, includes: providing a steel substrate with an oxide layer including metal oxides on the steel substrate; providing a metal coating layer directly on the oxide layer, the metal coating layer including: at least 8% by weight nickel; at least 10% by weight chromium; and a remainder being iron and impurities from a fabrication process; and providing an anti-corrosion coating layer directly on the metal coating layer.

A hot stamped steel includes a base material that is formed of steel, a plated layer that is formed on a surface of the base material, and a phosphate coating that is formed on a surface of the plated layer; chemical composition of the plated layer contains 20.00 to 45.00 mass % of Al, 10.00 to 45.00 mass % of Fe, 4.50 to 15.00 mass % of Mg, 0.10 to 3.00 mass % of Si, 0.05 to 3.00 mass % of Ca, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sb, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Pb, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cu, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Sn, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ti, 0 to 0.50 mass % of Sr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Cr, 0 to 1.00 mass % of Ni, and 0 to 1.00 mass % of Mn with a remainder of Zn and impurities; the phosphate coating consists of zinc phosphate crystals containing 5.0 to 50.0 mass % of Mg and 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of Ca; and the adhesion amount of the phosphate coating per one surface is in a range of 0.1 to 10.0 g/m.sup.2.

In various embodiments, electronic devices such as touch-panel displays incorporate interconnects featuring a conductor layer and, disposed above the conductor layer, a capping layer comprising an alloy of Cu and one or more refractory metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb, Mo, W, Zr, Hf, Re, Os, Ru, Rh, Ti, V, Cr, and Ni.

A coated substrate, includes a coating that includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a) a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC), b) a metallic, single-ply or multi-ply layer, and c) an oxygen barrier layer, wherein the metallic, single-ply or multi-ply layer contains b1) tin or tin and at least one alloying element for tin, which are present unalloyed and/or alloyed, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, which are present unalloyed and/or alloyed. The coated substrate protects the DLC layer, as a result of which said layer can be tempered. The coating has good mechanical stability and good aging stability before heat treatment.

A substrate for a flexible device which includes a stainless steel sheet, a nickel plating layer formed on a surface of the stainless steel sheet, and a glass layer of electrical insulating bismuth-based glass formed in the form of layer on a surface of the nickel plating layer.

Provided is a plating film containing Au and Tl, including Tl oxides including Tl.sub.2O on a surface of the plating film, a ratio of Tl atoms constituting Tl.sub.2O to a total of Tl atoms constituting the Tl oxides and Tl atoms constituting Tl simple substances on the surface being 40% or more.

In one aspect of the present invention, a hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet includes a steel sheet and a hot-dip galvannealed layer on the surface of the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a predetermined composition and has an average oxygen concentration of 0.10 mass % or less in the region of 1 μm from the interface between the steel sheet and the hot-dip galvannealed layer toward the steel sheet. The metal microstructure of the steel sheet at a position of t/4 where t represents the sheet thickness of the hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet includes 50 to 85 area % of martensite, 15 to 50 area % of bainite, and 5 area % or less of ferrite.

The present invention relates to a hot stamped body comprising a steel sheet and a plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the plating layer is comprised of a. ZnO region present on a surface side of the plating layer and having an oxygen concentration of 10 mass % or more and an Ni—Fe—Zn alloy region present on a steel sheet side of the plating layer and having an oxygen concentration of less than 10 mass %, and an average concentration of a total of Fe, Mn and Si in the ZnO region is more than 0 mass % and less than 5 mass %.