Provide is a metal-coated liquid-crystal polymer film that is suitable for microcircuit processing and capable of reducing the transmission loss of circuits. The metal-coated liquid-crystal polymer film comprising: a polymer film comprising a polymer film main body capable of forming an optically anisotropic melt phase; a first metal layer layered on at least one side of the polymer film main body; and a second metal layer layered on the first metal layer, wherein in an analysis of oxygen concentration in a thickness direction using XPS, the average oxygen concentration of the first metal layer is 2.5 atom % or less.

A black plated resin part includes a resin base material, an underlying plating layer including a copper plating layer and a nickel plating layer formed in this order on the resin base material, a black chromium plating layer formed on the nickel plating layer, formed of trivalent chromium, and having a film thickness of not less than 0.15 m, and a corrosion resistant film formed on the black chromium plating layer, formed of chromic phosphate or molybdenum phosphate, and having a film thickness of not less than 7 nm. A brightness of the black chromium plating layer seen through the corrosion resistant film is expressed by an L* value of not more than 54 based on the L*a*b* color system.

This surface-treated copper foil is characterized in that the amount of adhesion of Si on the copper foil surface is from 3.1 to 300 g/dm.sup.2, and the amount of adhesion of N on the copper foil surface is from 2.5 to 690 g/dm.sup.2. The objective of the present invention is to obtain a copper foil having improved peel strength in providing a copper foil for a flexible printed substrate (FPC), in which a copper foil is laminated to a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) suitable for high-frequency applications.

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 strip product consists of a metallic substrate, such as stainless steel, and a coating, which in turn comprises at least one metallic layer and one reactive layer. The coated strip product is produced by providing the different layers, preferably by coating, and thereafter oxidizing the coating to accomplish a conductive surface layer comprising perovskite and/or spinel structure.

Unique and improved chromium coatings derived from modified chromium-containing slurry formulations are disclosed. The slurry formulation includes a combination of a selected halide activator and buffer material that synergistically interact with each other to form chromium diffusion coatings with improved microstructure in comparison to chromium diffusion coatings produced from conventional chromizing processes. The coatings may be locally applied in a controlled manner with accuracy onto various parts, including those having internal sections with complex geometries, without masking any portion thereof.

Multilayer material comprising a zirconium-based substrate covered with a multilayer coating, the multilayer coating comprising metallic layers composed of identical or different substances chosen from chromium, a chromium alloy or a ternary alloy of the NbCrTi system. Such a material has improved resistance to oxidation in accident conditions of a nuclear reactor. The invention also relates to a multilayer coating, a part composed wholly or partly of the multilayer material or of the multilayer coating, as well as the method for manufacturing the multilayer material such as for example a magnetron cathodic sputtering process.

Methods of enhancing the corrosion resistance of an oxidizable material exposed to a supercritical fluid is disclosed One method includes placing a surface layer on an oxidizable material, and choosing a buffered supercritical fluid containing a reducing agent with the composition of the buffered supercritical fluid containing the reducing agent chosen to avoid the corrosion of the surface layer or reduce the rate of corrosion of the surface layer and avoid the corrosion of the oxidizable material or reduce the rate of corrosion of the oxidizable material at a temperature above the supercritical temperature and supercritical pressure of the supercritical fluid.

A substrate for flexible device, including a stainless steel sheet, an oxide layer formed on a surface of the stainless steel sheet, and a glass layer of electrically-insulating bismuth-based glass formed in a form of layer on the surface of the oxide layer. Also disclosed is a sheet for flexible device, including a stainless steel sheet, and an oxide layer on a surface of the stainless steel sheet, the oxide layer having a thickness of not less than 30 nm.

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.