The present disclosure provides a hydrophobic low-dielectric-constant film and a preparation method therefor. The low-dielectric-constant film is formed from one or more fluorine-containing compounds A by means of a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition method, and the one or more fluorine-containing compounds comprise a compound having the general formula C.sub.xSi.sub.yO.sub.mH.sub.nF.sub.2x+2y−n+2 or C.sub.xSi.sub.yO.sub.mH.sub.nF.sub.2x+2y−n, x being an integer from 1 to 20, y being an integer from 0 to 8, m being an integer from 0 to 6, and n being 0, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 19. Thus, a nano-film having a low dielectric constant and good hydrophobicity is formed on the surface of a substrate.

A system and method of additively manufacturing a part including electrically conductive or static dissipating fluorine-containing polymers. The method includes depositing fluorine-containing polymer additive manufacturing material onto a build platform, selectively cross-linking portions of the deposited additive manufacturing material, and curing the selectively cross-linked portions such that the part is at least one of electrically conductive and static dissipating.

An article including a durable, optically transparent, and superhydrophobic coating is described. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a coating comprising a layer of aerogel disposed interstitially between spaced features extending in a direction perpendicular to a major surface of the coating, the spaced features having an average height of between 200-5000 nm and an average spacing of between 10-2000 nm, and comprising at least 75 wt. % of one or more of crystalline or amorphous silicon, an inorganic oxide, a polymer, crystalline or amorphous carbon, a carbide, or a nitride.

Provided here are compositions and methods for preparing porous omniphobic surfaces with desirable chemical and structural properties. The methods include sequential initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) of low surface-energy materials onto a variety of substrates.

The present invention relates to a culinary article (1) comprising a support (2) having a bottom wall (21) and a side wall (31) rising around the bottom wall (21), the bottom wall (21) having an inner face (211) for receiving food and an outer face (212) intended to be disposed close to a heat source, and the side wall (31) having an inner face (311) and an outer face (312) characterised in that the outer faces (212) and (312) are covered with at least one continuous primer layer comprising at least one fluorocarbon polymer, the coating of the outer face (212) comprises, arranged between or in its layers, at least one decoration representing at least 20% of the surface of the outer face (212), which decoration comprises at least one fluorocarbon polymer, at least one polymer resin and between 5 and 25% by weight of mineral fillers and/or polymer fillers, in the form of particles of size d50 less than 25 μm. The invention also relates to a method for making such an article.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a method for producing a gas diffusion electrode base which enables the achievement of a gas diffusion electrode base that has a microporous layer with small surface roughness and is not susceptible to damaging an electrolyte membrane; and a gas diffusion electrode base that has a microporous layer with small surface roughness and is not susceptible to damaging an electrolyte membrane. For the purpose of achieving the above-described purpose, the present invention has the configuration described below. Namely, a specific gas diffusion electrode base which has a carbon sheet and a microporous layer, and wherein the carbon sheet is porous and the DBP oil absorption of a carbon powder contained in the microporous layer is 70-155 ml/100 g.

The invention relates generally to liquid-repellent coatings, and in particular, to porous liquid-repellent coatings, a method of preparing the porous liquid-repellent coatings, and a method of characterizing a porous surface for the liquid-repellent coatings. The invention further relates to a porous liquid-repellent coating comprising a porous layer of a transition metal oxide and/or hydroxide and a layer of a liquid-repellent compound deposited onto the porous layer of the transition metal oxide and/or hydroxide, wherein the porous layer of the transition metal oxide and/or hydroxide is comprised of a plurality of surface pores of varying angles with an average angle that is re-entrant.

Methods and apparatus for manufacturing vacuum forming a produce container using a fiber-based slurry. The slurry includes a moisture barrier comprising alkyl ketene dimer in the range of about 4% by weight, and a cationic liquid starch component in the range of 1%-7% by weight.

A surface enhanced luminescence (SELS) sensor may include a substrate and nano fingers projecting from the substrate. Each of the nano fingers may include a polymer pillar having a sidewall and a top, a coating layer covering the sidewall and a metal cap supported by and in contact with the top of the pillar.

The invention relates to a method of thinning a coating applied on a razor blade. The method comprises providing a thinning material having a Shore OO hardness in a range of 10-100, more specifically 20-70; contacting the thinning material with an edge of the razor blade, and moving the thinning material relative to the edge of the razor blade such that a shear force is applied on the edge of the razor blade thereby removing at least a portion of the coating applied on the edge of the razor blade.