Described are diffusion barriers that are effective to inhibit the flow and release of impurities present in a solid material, from a surface of the solid material, as well articles having a diffusion barrier on a surface thereof, methods of preparing articles that include a diffusion barrier on a surface, equipment that includes an article having a diffusion barrio on a surface, and methods of using the articles and equipment; the diffusion barrier include at least two different barrier materials.

Razor blade for a hand-held razor, the razor blade comprising a stainless steel razor blade substrate terminating in substrate edge portion, wherein the substrate edge portion has a continuously tapering geometry with two substrate sides converging towards a substrate edge; and wherein at least the substrate edge is provided with a hard coating comprising the elements titanium, boron, and carbon.

Provided is a coated cutting tool having a base material side single layer portion and a laminated portion provided as a hard coating in order from a base material side. The base material side single layer portion is formed of a nitride-based hard coating in which a proportion of Al is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements, a sum of Al and Cr in a content ratio (atomic ratio) is 0.9 or more, and at least B is contained. In the laminated portion, a nitride-based a layer in which a proportion of Ti is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements and at least B is contained, and a nitride-based b layer in which a proportion of Al is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements and at least Cr and B are contained are alternately laminated.

According to various embodiments, a method for manufacturing a metal housing can be provided, comprising: a step of forming a metal base made of a metal material; a step of pretreating the surface of the metal base such that the surface has a predetermined gloss and flatness; an anodizing step of forming a predetermined oxide film on the flat surface of the metal base; a step of coloring the oxide film by using a colorant having a desired color; a sealing step for maintaining the performance and characteristics of the colorant on the colored oxide film; and a step of laminating at least one deposition layer on the upper part of the sealed oxide film.

A three-dimensional (3D) memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. An alternating dielectric stack is formed on a substrate. An opening is formed penetrating the alternating dielectric stack in a thickness direction of the substrate. A blocking layer is formed on a sidewall of the opening. A trapping layer is formed in the opening, and the trapping layer is formed on the blocking layer. The trapping layer includes a lower portion and an upper portion disposed above the lower portion. A thickness of the upper portion in a horizontal direction is greater than a thickness of the lower portion in the horizontal direction. The thickness distribution of the trapping layer is modified for improving the electrical performance of the 3D memory device.

A coated tool according to the present disclosure includes a base member and a coating layer located on the base member. The coating layer includes a first peak located in a range of 15° to 30° and a second peak located in a range of 60° to 75° in a distribution of X-ray intensity indicated at a axis of a pole figure, the X-ray intensity regarding a plane of the cubic crystal. The coating layer includes a valley part between the first peak and the second peak, and the valley part includes the X-ray intensity smaller than the X-ray intensity at each of the first peak and the second peak. The X-ray intensity at the first peak is 0.7 times or greater of the X-ray intensity at the second peak.

Embodiments described herein relate to methods and materials for fabricating semiconductor device structures. In one example, a metal film stack includes a plurality of metal containing films and a plurality of metal derived films arranged in an alternating manner. In another example, a metal film stack includes a plurality of metal containing films which are modified into metal derived films. In certain embodiments, the metal film stacks are used in oxide/metal/oxide/metal (OMOM) structures for memory devices.

A cutting tool including a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge portion, comprising a substrate and an AlTiN layer, the AlTiN layer including cubic Al.sub.xTi.sub.1-xN crystal grains, Al having an atomic ratio x of 0.7 or more and less than 0.95, the AlTiN layer including a central portion, the central portion at the rake face being occupied in area by (111) oriented Al.sub.xTi.sub.1-xN crystal grains at a ratio of 50% or more and less than 80%, the central portion at the cutting edge portion being occupied in area by (111) oriented Al.sub.xTi.sub.1-xN crystal grains at a ratio of 80% or more.

Methods for the manufacture of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks and production systems therefor are disclosed. A method for forming an EUV mask blank comprises forming a bilayer on a portion of a multi-cathode PVD chamber interior and then forming a multilayer stack of Si/Mo on a substrate in the multi-cathode PVD chamber.

A coated tool according to the present disclosure includes a base member and a coating layer located on the base member. The coating layer includes a first peak located in a range of 0 to 90 and a second peak located at a higher angle side than the first peak in a distribution of X-ray intensity indicated at axis of a pole figure, the X-ray intensity regarding a plane of the cubic crystal. The coating layer further includes a valley part between the first peak and the second peak, and the valley part includes the X-ray intensity smaller than the X-ray intensity at each of the first peak and the second peak.