A method for manufacturing a sintered body, the method including heating a mixture that contains a plurality of particles of a metal oxide having a spinel-type structure, and a metal acetylacetonate under pressure at a temperature of from a melting point or higher of the metal acetylacetonate to 600° C. or lower, to form a sintered body that contains the metal oxide having the spinel-type structure.

Thermal barrier coatings consist of a tantala-zirconia mixture that is stabilized with two or more stabilizers. An exemplary thermal barrier coating consists of, by mole percent: about 8% to about 30% YO.sub.1.5; about 8% to about 30% YbO.sub.1.5 or GdO.sub.1.5 or combination thereof; about 8% to about 30% TaO.sub.2.5; about 0% to about 10% HfO.sub.2; and a balance of ZrO.sub.2.

A surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate and its method of formation is disclosed. The surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate comprises a solid support, a first noble metal nanoparticles is disposed on the solid support, a porous oxide layer comprising transition metal oxide nanoparticles is disposed on the first noble metal nanoparticles and a second noble metal nanoparticles is disposed on the porous oxide layer. The porous oxide layer prevents contact between the first noble metal nanoparticles and the second noble metal nanoparticles and has a mean pore size of 2 to 30 nm.

A method for forming a ceramic-based material comprises depositing a ceramic-precursor composition comprising nanoparticles having at least one dimension less than 100 nm and an aspect ratio of 1.5 or greater, and a carrier fluid on a surface of a substrate to form an as-deposited layer of the ceramic precursor composition; and sintering the as-deposited layer of the ceramic precursor composition at a sintering temperature to form a ceramic-based material.

A barrier coating resin formulation comprising at least one polycarbosilane preceramic polymer, at least one organically modified silicon dioxide preceramic polymer, at least one filler, and at least one solvent. A barrier coating comprising a reaction product of the at least one polycarbosilane preceramic polymer and the at least one organically modified silicon dioxide preceramic polymer and the at least one filler is also disclosed, as are articles comprising the barrier coating, rocket motors comprising the barrier coating, and methods of forming the articles.

A method of forming an activated coating composition is disclosed. The method includes providing (a) boron nitride, (b) carbon, (c) aluminum oxide and (d) a liquid carrier. Each of the boron nitride, carbon and aluminum oxide are in particulate form. The coating composition is activated to form an activated coating composition. The activated coating composition includes active components having from about 60.0 wt% to about 90.0 wt% boron nitride, from about 16 wt% to about 24 wt% carbon and from about 4 wt% to about 6 wt% aluminum oxide. A coating method, coated substrate and activated coating composition are also disclosed.

The present disclosure provides a high-temperature nano-composite coating and a preparation method thereof, and a small bag flexible packaging coating. The high-temperature nano-composite coating provided by the present disclosure controls the fiber length. Moreover, high-temperature reinforcing filler and high-temperature expansion filler are introduced, to make the coating have ultra-high strength at high temperature without cracks caused by shrinkage at high-temperature. In addition, nanopowder, high-temperature skeleton filler and other additives are introduced to make the coating be uniform and stable and reach a slurry state similar to toothpaste. There is no precipitation and stratification during the placement process. Small packaging can be realized to facilitate construction and operation. Besides, the coating has a good bonding to furnace lining, and will not fall off from the furnace lining, thereby prolonging the service life of the furnace lining.

Methods of forming oxidation barriers are provided. An illustrative method comprises applying a clay mineral coating composition comprising a solvent and exfoliated clay mineral sheets, e.g., exfoliated vermiculite sheets, to a surface of a substrate; and removing solvent from the clay mineral coating composition as-applied to the surface, thereby forming a coating comprising the exfoliated clay mineral sheets on the surface. The oxidation barriers are also provided.

The present disclosure relates to a negative temperature coefficient product comprising an electrically conductive percolation network of printable NTC material as particles in a cross-linked dielectric polymer matrix and to a method of manufacturing thereof. The particles comprising a spinel phase, preferably a C-spinel phase, having a general formula M.sub.3O.sub.4 comprising at least a first metal M.sup.I that is manganese and second metal M.sup.II that is nickel. In addition the particles include a nickel oxide phase. The printable NTC material can be dispersed in a printable NTC ink comprising a dispersant, from which the NTC product, e.g. a thermistor, can be formed, e.g., after drying of the dispersant. During processing the ink is kept at a temperature below 300° C. Optionally, the spinel phase comprises a further metal M.sup.III. The weight fraction of nickel oxide with respect to the overall mass of the printable NTC material is preferably in a range between one and twenty weight percent.

Described herein is a protective coating composition that provides erosion and corrosion resistance to a coated article (such as a chamber component) upon the article's exposure to harsh chemical environment (such as hydrogen based and/or halogen based environment) and/or upon the article's exposure to high energy plasma. Also described herein is a method of coating an article with the protective coating using electronic beam ion assisted deposition, physical vapor deposition, or plasma spray. Also described herein is a method of processing wafer, which method exhibits, on average, less than about 5 yttrium based particle defects per wafer.