A versatile, thermally stable and economically effective corrosion inhibition treatment for copper (Cu) metal and selected metals surface through a single step chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of selected inhibitor compounds at temperatures as low as 100-200 C. is described in this invention. The resulting CVD deposited inhibition coating is thermally stable to 300 C. and protects Cu and selected metals from active corrosion in various technologically important operational environments. The selective coating for copper metal is achieved by controlling the chemistry of bonding between the Copper metal surface and inhibitor material used. The technique can be accomplished by using one or more inhibitors separately or in combination in order to create an all-terrain stable & robust corrosion prevention coating for copper metal.

Surfaces of metals and alloys that exhibit hydrophilic, omniphilic or hydrophobic properties, and methods of preparation thereof. The surface is roughened by surface polishing, thermo-catalytic etching, and temperature gradient etching. This procedure produces a hierarchical micro-/nano-scale roughness in the surface which comprises grooves, micro-cavities, and nano-cavities. This greatly enhances the hydrophilic and omniphilic properties of the pure surface without the need for coatings or oxidation. A further step of immersing the roughened surface in a stearic acid solution makes the surface hydrophobic or superhydrophobic.

A system having a removable electronic component employs an abrasion-resistant thermally conductive film as a thermal interface between the removable electronic component and a heat sink. The abrasion-resistant film reduces thermal impedance between the removable electronic component and the heat sink when the removable electronic component is repeatedly installed and removed from a chamber in a host device. The abrasion-resistant film includes a polymer formed from a silicone-containing resin and an inorganic particulate filler; the film may also be interlocked with a corrosion protection layer at the heat sink. A method of forming a heat sink is provided that minimizes increases in thermal impedance.

Articles and methods related to superhydrophobic surfaces are generally described. In some embodiments, an article may include a substrate and a plurality of nanoscale and/or microscale features may be formed on a surface of the substrate by irradiating the substrate. The plurality of nanoscale and/or microscale features may comprise oxides and/or hydroxides on the surface of the substrate. A fluorinated coating may be associated with at least a portion of the surface of the substrate, including, for example, the nanoscale and/or microscale features may be coated with the fluorinated coating.

A modification method of a surface of a base includes applying a composition on a surface layer of a base to form a coating film. The surface layer contains a metal atom. The coating is heated. The composition contains a polymer and a solvent. The polymer includes at an end of a main chain or at an end of a side chain thereof, a functional group that is at least one selected from: a group represented by the following formula (1); a group containing a carbon-carbon triple bond; and a group containing an aromatic hydroxy group. In the formula (1), R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and n is an integer of 1 to 10, wherein in a case in which n is no less than 2, a plurality of R.sup.1s are identical or different.

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An object is to provide, for example, a method for manufacturing a film-forming substrate that can sufficiently improve both bleeding of a resin composition and adhesion between the resin composition and a metal substrate surface. For example, provided is a method for manufacturing a film-forming substrate having a film of a resin composition formed on a metal substrate surface, the method including: an etching step of etching a metal substrate surface with a micro-etching agent; a surface treatment step of bringing the etched metal substrate surface into contact with a surface treatment agent to perform a surface treatment such that a contact angle of water on the surface is 50 or more and 150 or less; and a film forming step of forming a film of a resin composition on the surface-treated metal substrate surface by an inkjet method.

A method of making pigments, such as special effect pigment includes forming a first slurry including a substrate, a polymer precursor, and a radical initiator; forming a solution including an emulsifier; and combining the first slurry and the solution so that the substrate is encapsulated by a first coating. Special effect pigments formed by the method are also disclosed.

The present application provides a method for producing a film. In the present application, for example, a method for producing a film which can be applied to production of a heat-dissipating material such as a heat pipe can be provided.

Disclosed is a method of coating an object made of a first material and a second material that is different from the first material. The method includes dispensing a polymer solution onto the object, wherein the polymer solution has a property that wets one of the first material and the second material and dewets the other one of the first material and the second material.

A method of coating a structure is disclosed. Method steps include providing a structure having a first portion of a first material having a first surface and providing a second portion of a second material having a second surface, wherein a mask is provided over the first surface. Another step includes exposing the mask and the second surface to a solution comprising a polymer and a solvent, wherein the solution dewets from the mask and the polymer collects onto the second surface to form a polymer coating over the second surface without forming a polymer coating on the first surface.