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.

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.

Provided is a plating film that can exhibit a high gloss and a low contact resistance value. The plating film according to an embodiment of the present invention is a plating film including a noble metal matrix and nanodiamond particles dispersed in the noble metal matrix. The plating film according to an embodiment of the present invention preferably has a gloss at an incident angle of 60 of not less than 250 GU and/or a contact resistance value at a load of 50 gf of not greater than 1 m, and a difference between a contact resistance value at a load of 50 gf and a contact resistance value at a load of 5 gf of not greater than 5 m. The nanodiamond particles are preferably nanodiamond particles including a surface-modifying group containing a sterically repulsive group and particularly preferably nanodiamond particles including a surface-modifying group containing a polyglycerol chain.

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.

A composite member includes: a substrate formed of a composite material containing a plurality of diamond grains and a metal phase; and a coating layer made of metal. The surface of the substrate includes a surface of the metal phase, and a protrusion formed of a part of at least one diamond grain of the diamond grains and protruding from the surface of the metal phase. In a plan view, the coating layer includes a metal coating portion, and a grain coating portion. A ratio of a thickness of the grain coating portion to a thickness of the metal coating portion is equal to or less than 0.80. The coating layer has a surface roughness as an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of less than 2.0 m.

The present invention is intended to provide a roll-bonded laminate, in which an ultrathin metal layer is laminated on another metal without generation of wrinkles, cracks and the like.

A roll-bonded laminate formed by lamination of at least three layers, which comprises a peelable carrier layer 10, an ultrathin metal layer 20 and a metallic foil 30, wherein the thickness of the ultrathin metal layer 20 is 0.5 m or more and 20 m or less.

An embodiment relates to a cladded composite comprising a cladding layer of a bulk metallic glass and a substrate; wherein the bulk metallic glass comprises approximately 0% crystallinity, approximately 0% porosity, less than 50 MPa thermal stress, approximately 0% distortion, approximately 0 inch heat affected zone, approximately 0% dilution, and a strength of about 2,000-3,500 MPa.

A metal foil for electromagnetic shielding, comprising: a metal foil base having a thickness of exceeding 4 m, an alloy layer having an A element configured of Sn or In and a B element group selected from the group consisting of one or more of Ag, Ni, Fe and Co formed on one or both surfaces of the base, and an underlayer having the B element group formed between the alloy layer and the base, wherein an adhesion amount of the A element is 10 to 300 mol/dm.sup.2, and a total adhesion amount of the B element group is 40 to 900 mol/dm.sup.2.

An embodiment relates to an ultrasonic additive manufacturing process, comprising joining a foil comprising a bulk metallic glass to a substrate; and forming a cladded composite comprising the foil and the substrate; wherein a thickness of the cladded composite is greater than a critical casting thickness of the bulk metallic glass, wherein the cladded composite comprises a cladding layer of the bulk metallic glass on the substrate and the bulk metallic glass comprises approximately 0% crystallinity, approximately 0% porosity, less than 50 MPa thermal stress, approximately 0% distortion, approximately 0 inch heat affected zone, approximately 0% dilution, and a strength of about 2,000-3,500 MPa.

The present invention relates to metal coatings and methods thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to ultra-low wear noble metal alloys, such as for use in electrical contact coatings.