A method of making a display area and a glass tile as well as a display area that includes the glass tile. Prior to assembling the glass tile into the array, an edge treatment is performed on the glass tile, the edge treatment increasing an edge strength of the glass tile, as measured by the four point bend test, to at least about 200 MPa. The edge treatment can, for example, include at least one of plasma jet treatment and protective material application.

A structure repairing method applied to concrete structures ensures a short construction period and high reliability in a wide temperature range. The method includes a first repairing layer forming step of applying a radical-polymerizable resin composition (A) to a structure to form a first repairing layer, a second repairing layer forming step of applying a repairing material (X) containing a radical-polymerizable resin composition (Ax) and a filler (B) to the first repairing layer before the first repairing layer is cured, thereby forming a second repairing layer, and a repairing layer curing step of curing the radical-polymerizable resin composition (A) and the radical-polymerizable resin composition (Ax), wherein (A) and (Ax) each contain a radical-polymerizable resin (a1), a radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer (a2), a hydroxy group-containing aromatic tertiary amine (a3), and an organic peroxide (a4), and (a1) and (a2) in each of (A) and (Ax) total 75% by mass or more.

An apparatus and method of coating a substrate (110) with a washcoat, comprising: engaging the substrate with a headset (6) of a substrate coating apparatus (100) so as to locate an upper surface of the substrate below a washcoat showerhead of the substrate coating apparatus; discharging a washcoat out of the washcoat showerhead towards the upper surface of the substrate; drawing the washcoat through the substrate by applying a suction force to a lower surface of the substrate.

The step of engaging the substrate with the headset comprises engaging a headset seal (115) of the headset with the substrate, the headset seal (115) comprising a perimetral portion (116) extending around the headset and a cantilevered portion (117) extending down from the perimetral portion which engages against a sidewall of the substrate.

Heat resistant and/or nonstick polymer materials and composites, and cookware including a food support surface comprising an integrated or attached cooking surface formed of the materials and composites. The cookware can includes a melt-processible fluoropolymer surface or insert. The cookware can further include a laminate material with structural rigidity, wherein the laminate material includes a flexible substrate impregnated with the heat resistant polymer material, coated with a nonstick coating, and pressed or molded in a shaped cookware or other nonstick items or component. Various cooking devices can be pressed from the material, as well as oven or vehicle components.

A gas turbine engine article includes a substrate and an environmental barrier coating disposed on the substrate. The environmental barrier coating includes oxygen-scavenging particles. Each oxygen-scavenging particle includes a silicon-containing core particle encased in an oxygen barrier shell.

A method of producing a substrate includes: applying a composition on a metal basal plate to form a coating film; and forming a metal-containing layer on at least a part of the coating film. The composition contains a solvent, and a polymer having a first terminal structure and a second terminal structure in a single molecule. Each of the first terminal structure and the second terminal structure is at least one selected from the group consisting of a structure represented by formula (1) and a structure represented by formula (2). A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 each independently represent a monovalent group having a functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with a metal atom. L.sup.2 represents —S—, —NR—, or —NA.sup.22-, wherein A.sup.22 represents a monovalent group having a functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with a metal atom.

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Disclosed are silicon and carbon containing film forming compositions comprising a polycarbosilazane polymer or oligomer formulation that consists of silazane-bridged carbosilane monomers, the carbosilane containing at least two —SiH.sub.2— moieties, either as terminal groups (—SiH.sub.3R) or embedded in a carbosilane cyclic compound, wherein R is H, a C.sub.1-C.sub.6 linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl- group, a C.sub.1-C.sub.6 linear, branched, or cyclic alkenyl- group, or combination thereof. Also disclosed are methods of forming a silicon and carbon containing film comprising forming a solution comprising a polycarbosilazane polymer or oligomer formulation and contacting the solution with the substrate via a spin-on coating, spray coating, dip coating, or slit coating technique to form the silicon and carbon containing film.

One variation of a method for fabricating a dermal heatsink includes: fabricating a substrate defining an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and an open network of pores extending between the interior surface and the exterior surface; activating surfaces of the substrate and walls of the open network of pores; applying a coating over the substrate to form a heatsink, the coating comprising a porous, hydrophilic material and defining a void network; removing an excess of the coating from the substrate to clear blockages within the open network of pores by the coating; hydrating the heatsink during a curing period; heating the heatsink during the curing period to increase porosity of the coating applied over surfaces of the substrate; and rinsing the heatsink with an acid to decarbonate the coating along walls of the open network of pores in the substrate.

A method for producing an aligned boron nitride nanotube film includes drying a dispersion containing boron nitride nanotubes, a biopolymer, and a solvent.

A method of making large ultrathin free-standing polymer films without use of a sacrificial layer includes the steps of providing a substrate, applying a polyelectrolyte material to said substrate, applying a polymer material onto said substrate and onto said polyelectrolyte material, and directly delaminating said polymer material from said substrate and said polyelectrolyte to produce the ultrathin free-standing polymer film.