A spinal implant including porous and solid portions is disclosed. The implant includes porous portions on upper and lower surfaces and in an interior thereof. Methods of manufacturing and implanting such implants are also disclosed.

A high quality porous aluminum body, which has excellent joint strength between the porous aluminum body and the aluminum bulk body, and a method of producing the porous aluminum complex, are provided. The porous aluminum complex (10) includes: a porous aluminum body (30) made of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and an aluminum bulk body (20) made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, the porous aluminum body (30) and the aluminum bulk body (20) being joined to each other. The junction (15) between the porous aluminum body (30) and the aluminum bulk body (20) includes a Ti—Al compound. It is preferable that pillar-shaped protrusions (32) projecting toward the outside are formed on outer surfaces of one of or both of the porous aluminum body (30) and the aluminum bulk body (20), and the pillar-shaped protrusions (32) include the junction (15).

The present application can provide a composite material which comprises a metal foam, a polymer component and an electrically conductive filler, has other excellent physical properties such as impact resistance, processability and insulation properties while having excellent thermal conductivity, and is also capable of controlling electrical conductivity characteristics.

A porous titanium-based sintered body, having a porosity of 50% to 75%, an average pore diameter of 23 μm to 45 μm, and a specific surface area of 0.020 m.sup.2/g to 0.065 m.sup.2/g, and having a bending strength of 22 MPa or more. According to the present invention, a porous titanium-based sintered body having a high porosity, a large specific surface area and a large average pore diameter and thereby having good gas permeability or liquid permeability, and further having a high strength can be provided.

A porous titanium-based sintered body, having a porosity of 50% to 75%, an average pore diameter of 23 μm to 45 μm, and a specific surface area of 0.020 m.sup.2/g to 0.065 m.sup.2/g, and having a bending strength of 22 MPa or more. According to the present invention, a porous titanium-based sintered body having a high porosity, a large specific surface area and a large average pore diameter and thereby having good gas permeability or liquid permeability, and further having a high strength can be provided.

According to the present invention, there are provided processes for preparing a porous composite material comprising a metal and a two-dimensional nanomaterial. In one aspect, the processes comprise the steps of: providing a powder comprising metal particles; heating the powder such that the metal particles fuse to form a porous scaffold; and forming a two-dimensional nanomaterial on a surface of the porous scaffold by chemical vapour deposition (CVD). Also provided are materials obtainable by the present processes, and products comprising said materials.

A metal porous material in long sheet form that includes a frame having a three-dimensional network configuration. An end portion of the metal porous material in width direction has a burr with a length equal to or longer than 0.3 mm in a number equal to or less than 0.4 burrs/m.

A metal porous material according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a metal porous material in sheet form that includes a frame having a three-dimensional network configuration, wherein the frame includes an alloy including at least nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr), the frame 11 is a solid solution with iron (Fe), the frame includes a chromium oxide (Cr.sub.2O.sub.3) layer as an outermost layer and includes a chromium carbide layer located under the chromium oxide layer, the chromium oxide layer has a thickness not less than 0.1 m and not more than 3 m, and the chromium carbide layer has a thickness not less than 0.1 m and not more than 1 m.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic base body including ceramic layers and internal electrode layers, which are stacked on each other, and a pair of external electrodes provided on the end surfaces of the ceramic base body and electrically connected to the internal electrode layers. Each of the external electrodes includes an underlying electrode layer and a resin external electrode layer stacked on the underlying electrode layer. The resin external electrode layer includes a thermosetting resin, a metal powder, and an alkyl-based silane coupling agent.

Present invention is related to a porous substrate loaded with porous nano-particles structure and one-step micro-plasma production method thereof. Due to the micro-plasma system enables to enhance the electron density and promotes reaction speed in the reaction without generating thermal effect, the present invention is allowed to be performed at atmosphere environment. The nano-particles also can be quickly obtained by aforementioned micro-plasma system. The electromagnetic field generated by the micro-plasma can drive the nano-particles to be loaded onto the porous substrate in a one step, rapid and low cost process to improve the conventional techniques which requires relatively long procedure time and complicated process.