Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system.

Described herein are compounds for use in coating compositions and methods of using the same. Also described herein is a method of treating metal products (e.g., aluminum alloy products), including applying the coating composition to at least one surface of the metal product. Further described herein is a joined structure, including the coated aluminum alloy product and another metal or alloy. The coating compositions enhance the bond performance of the joined structures.

Disclosed are a cell culture substrate that can be modified from its cell-inadhesibleness to make it cell-adhesible, by a convenient and low-cost treatment, and particularly, a substrate that allows position-specific culture of one or more kinds of cells. The substrate has on its surface a layer made of a photomodifiable polymer that comprises a monomer, as component (A), represented by Formula (1): ##STR00001## wherein R1 denotes hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 denotes an alkyl group having 1-22 carbon atoms, respectively, and n denotes an integer of 1-30, and a component (B) having a trialkoxysilyl group, which forms a layer.

The present application provides an anti-corrosion super-slippery aluminum capillary tube and method and device for preparing the same. The preparation starts with the etching and drying of the inner walls of an aluminum capillary tube, which leads to the formation of an alumina capillary structure surface with micro-nano scale roughness. Next, the alumina capillary structure surface is modified to form a low surface energy modifying layer. Finally, the modified alumina capillary structure surface is wetted by a prewetting solution, so that a continuous film of the prewetting solution is formed on the inner wall of the aluminum capillary tube to function as a lubricating layer. The lubrication layer, on one hand, reduces the flow resistance for convey of liquid media, on the other hand, prevents the conveyed liquids from directly contacting the aluminum capillary tube body, thereby avoiding the corrosion of the aluminum capillary tube by corrosive liquids.

A surface treatment agent capable of forming a hexavalent chromium-free chemical conversion coating that can provide an excellent corrosion-resistant coating on various metallic materials; a metallic material having a surface treatment coating obtained therefrom; and a method of producing the same. A free fluorine ion-containing surface treatment agent for surface-treating a metallic material, which is obtained by mixing at least one supply source (A) of trivalent chromium-containing ions A; a supply source (B) of ions B that are at least one selected from titanium-containing ions and zirconium-containing ions; a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound (C) containing an alkoxysilyl group, an aromatic ring, a hydroxy group directly bonded to the aromatic ring, and at least one of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary amino groups, wherein the alkoxysilyl group is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the amino group directly or via an alkylene group; and a fluorine-containing compound (D) providing fluorine-containing ions.

Provided is a solution composition for steel sheet surface treatment, comprising 30 wt % to 60 wt % of a trivalent chromium compound containing chromium phosphate (A) and chromium nitrate (B); 0.2 wt % to 0.4 wt % of a rust-inhibiting and corrosion-resisting agent; 0.1 wt % to 0.3 wt % of a molybdenum-based compound; 5 wt % to 10 wt % of a water-soluble cationic urethane resin; 0.5 wt % to 2.0 wt % of a silane coupling agent; and 27.3 wt % to 64.2 wt % of water, a zinc-based plated steel sheet surface-treated with the same, and a manufacturing method therefor, the zinc-based plated steel sheet surface-treated with the solution composition for steel sheet surface treatment containing trivalent chromium may have an excellent effect on corrosion resistance, blackening resistance, fingerprint resistance, oil resistance, and alkali resistance.

A surface treatment solution composition for forming an inorganic film, comprising: 10 to 30% by weight of a trivalent chromium compound containing chromium phosphate (A) and chromium nitrate (B) and satisfying a content ratio A/(A+B) of 0.3 to 0.6; 5 to 50% by weight of a silane compound; 0.2 to 3% by weight of a vanadium-based rust-inhibiting and corrosion-resisting agent; 0.5 to 5% by weight of a cobalt-based rust-inhibiting and corrosion-resisting agent; and 12 to 84.3% by weight of water, an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet surface-treated using the composition, and a method for manufacturing the alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, are provided, and the surface treatment solution composition containing the trivalent chromium compound has an excellent effect on corrosion resistance, blackening resistance, fuel resistance, weldability, and alkali resistance.

Disclosed are metal articles and methods of making and processing such metal articles. More particularly, disclosed are aluminum alloy articles exhibiting controllable surface properties, including excellent bond durability. An aluminum alloy article as described herein includes a surface having a concentration of an alloying element, and a coating having a concentration of an element capable of interacting with the alloying element. Also disclosed herein are methods of providing metal articles having excellent bond durability.

Porous solid materials are provided. The porous solid materials include a plurality of interconnected wires forming an ordered network. The porous solid materials may have a predetermined volumetric surface area ranging between 2 m.sup.2/cm.sup.3 and 90 m.sup.2/cm.sup.3, a predetermined porosity ranging between 3% and 90% and an electrical conductivity higher than 100 S/cm. The porous solid materials may have a predetermined volumetric surface area ranging between 3 m.sup.2/cm.sup.3 and 72 m.sup.2/cm.sup.3, a predetermined porosity ranging between 80% and 95% and an electrical conductivity higher than 100 S/cm. The porous solid materials (100) may have a predetermined volumetric surface area ranging between 3 m.sup.2/cm.sup.3 and 85 m.sup.2/cm.sup.3, a predetermined porosity ranging between 65% and 90% and an electrical conductivity higher than 2000 S/cm. Methods for the fabrication of such porous solid materials and devices including such porous solid material are also disclosed.

At least one embodiment relates to a method for transforming at least part of a valve metal layer into a template that includes a plurality of spaced channels aligned longitudinally along a first direction. The method includes a first anodization step that includes anodizing the valve metal layer in a thickness direction to form a porous layer that includes a plurality of channels. Each channel has channel walls and a channel bottom. The channel bottom is coated with a first insulating metal oxide barrier layer as a result of the first anodization step. The method also includes a protective treatment. Further, the method includes a second anodization step after the protective treatment. The second anodization step substantially removes the first insulating metal oxide barrier layer, induces anodization, and creates a second insulating metal oxide barrier layer. In addition, the method includes an etching step.