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20080199634 | Method for manufacturing organic device and electronic apparatus - A method for manufacturing an organic device includes disposing a solution containing a conductive organic material in a first region on a substrate, drying the solution to form a conductive organic film in the first region, and irradiating the conductive organic film formed in a second region other than the first region with light to decrease the conductivity of the conductive organic film. | 08-21-2008 |
20080206488 | Conductive Inks and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a variety of conductive ink compositions comprising a metal complex compound having a special structure and an additive and a method for preparing the same, more particularly to conductive ink compositions comprising a metal complex compound obtained by reacting a metal or metal compound with an ammonium carbamate- or ammonium carbonate-based compound and an additive and a method for preparing the same. | 08-28-2008 |
20080220182 | Laser-based method for growing array of carbon nanotubes - A method for growing an array of carbon nanotubes includes the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface opposite to the first substrate surface; (b) forming a catalyst film on the first substrate surface; (c) flowing a mixture of a carrier gas and a first carbon source gas over the catalyst film on the first substrate surface; (d) focusing a laser beam on the second substrate surface to locally heat the substrate to a predetermined reaction temperature; and (e) growing an array of the carbon nanotubes on the first substrate surface via the catalyst film. | 09-11-2008 |
20080241425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REDUCE REDEPOSITION OF ABLATED MATERIAL - A laser machining system adapted to reduce redeposition of material ablated from a workpiece. The laser machining system includes: a laser source to generate a pulsed laser beam; optics to relay the pulsed laser beam along a beam path from the laser source to the work piece; a long working distance objective disposed in the beam path; a workpiece holder to hold the workpiece such that an ablation surface of the workpiece is substantially vertical; and a vacuum chamber, including a window that is substantially transmissive to the laser beam. The vacuum chamber is sized and arranged such that the window in disposed in the beam path and the vacuum chamber encloses the workpiece holder in a reduced pressure environment. The long working distance objective substantially focuses the laser beam to a beam spot on an ablation surface of the workpiece. | 10-02-2008 |
20080254235 | Pulsed laser deposition of high quality photoluminescent GaN films - High quality GaN films exhibiting strong room temperature blue photoluminescence with negligible impurity emissions are grown by a Pulsed Laser Deposition process in which process parameters are controlled to attain plasma particle energy of a target material plume directed from the target on the substrate structure below 5 eV at the deposition surface. Among the process parameters, a distance between the deposition surface and the target, a pressure level of the reaction gas in the processing chamber, and an energy density of the pulsed laser beam directed to the target are controlled, in combination, to attain the required low plasma particle energy of the plume below 5 eV in vicinity of the deposition surface. | 10-16-2008 |
20080268178 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ENCAPSULATED NANOPOWDERS AND INSTALLATION FOR ITS REALIZATION - A method and installation for making nanopowders of materials on the base of pure metals of Be, Mg, Al, Ca, Sc, V, Cr, Zn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Ti, Si, Co, Pt, Au, Zr, Mn, Sr, Y, Nb, Mo, Ag, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Pt, Au, Bi, Ce, Sm or Dy, their alloys and chemical compounds of the metals with elements selected from the group consisting of B, C, O and Si, encapsulated into a sheath of salt selected from the group consisting of NaCl, NaF, LiCl and LiF or their mixture, comprises the evaporation of material and a halogenide of alkali metal and condensation of a mixture of their vapor phases on the substrate surface performed simultaneously in a closed evacuated volume. In the lower part of the closed volume are arranged the crucibles with ingots of the salt and material, above which a substrate is arranged which can move in a plane parallel to the surfaces of melts of material and salt towards the side of one or another ingot, a screen is located between said crucibles on one side and a substrate on another side, the screen having at least two holes whose sizes are controlled by gates, and electron and/or laser beams are used as a source for heating the salt and material up to the temperature of their evaporation. | 10-30-2008 |
20080305279 | METHOD OF MARKING A SURGICAL ARTICLE - A method of marking a surgical article is described that includes the steps of providing a surgical article having a surface; engraving a portion of the surface to create an engraved surface; darkening an area of the surface that includes the engraved surface; and removing the marking on that area of the surface that does not include the engraved surface. | 12-11-2008 |
20080311314 | MULTIPLE TOOLS USING A SINGLE DATA PROCESSING UNIT - A method and system for simultaneously processing multiple substrates through an imaging beam process is provided. The system includes a plurality of direct write substrate exposure modules configured to receive a writing instruction from a data processing unit. The system and method of the invention utilizes multiple exposure modules receiving writing instructions from a single common data processing unit. | 12-18-2008 |
20090029070 | METHOD OF PRODUCING NANOWIRES IN AMBIENT CONDITIONS AND NANOWIRES THUS PRODUCED - The invention relates to a method whereby it is possible to obtain nanowires by means of applying a laser radiation and simultaneously injecting a supersonic gas stream on the precursor material in atmospheric conditions and at room temperature. This method involves a considerable improvement compared to conventional methods because it can be carried out on commercial samples without any prior preparation, a very precise control of the process and environmental conditions not being necessary, which significantly decreases the process time and the economic cost thereof. The method object of the present invention also allows synthesizing nanowires in very reduced processing times. | 01-29-2009 |
20090041954 | LASER TREATMENT APPARATUS - A drain port and an exhaust port arranged at the bottom of a cup surrounding a substrate holding unit. A drainage tray is arranged below the cup so as to cover the moving area of the drain port when the substrate holding unit and the cup move in X-directions and Y-directions. An exhaust unit is arranged at a position corresponding to the position of the exhaust port of the cup when the substrate holding unit is in its spin-drying position. The exhaust unit is connected to the exhaust port to suck the interior of the cup when the spin-drying of the substrate is executed. The use of a flexible tube which is always connected to the exhaust port is no longer necessary. | 02-12-2009 |
20090061112 | Laser circuit etching by subtractive deposition - In one embodiment the present invention includes a direct-write laser lithography system. The system includes a reel-to-reel feed system that presents the clear film-side of a single-sided metal-clad tape to a laser for direct patterning of the metal. The laser beam is swept laterally across the tape by a moving mirror, and is intense enough to ablate the metal but not so strong as to destroy the tape substrate. The ablated metal becomes deposited to form circuit structures on a target structure. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061113 | Embedding Metallic Glass with Nanocrystals - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for embedding metallic glass with nanocrystals. In some implementations, a method includes positioning at least one of metallic glass or a source configured to emit a particle beam such that the metallic glass and the source are proximate. Nanocrystals embedded in the metallic glass are formed by irradiating the metallic glass with the particle beam. | 03-05-2009 |
20090074987 | LASER DECAL TRANSFER OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS - A laser decal transfer is used to generate thin film features by directing laser pulses of very low energy at the back of a target substrate illuminating an area of a thin layer of a high viscosity rheological fluid coating the front surface of the target. The illuminated area is shaped and defined by an aperture centered about the laser beam. The decal transfer process allows for the release and transfer from the target substrate to the receiving substrate a uniform and continuous layer identical in shape and size of the laser irradiated area. The released layer is transferred across the gap with almost no changes to its initial size and shape. The resulting patterns transferred onto the receiving substrate are highly uniform in thickness and morphology, have sharp edge features and exhibit high adhesion, independent of the surface energy, wetting or phobicity of the receiving substrate. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074988 | Droplet Bilayers - The invention provides methods and apparatuses for making an artificial, amphiphilic bilayer using aqueous micro-droplets (1-1,000 um dia) in a water-immiscible solvent, wherein immediately surrounding each droplet is a monolayer of amphiphilic molecules; the general method comprising: juxtapositioning the droplets with a focused laser beam such that the monolayers merge to create a bilayer of the amphiphilic molecules between the droplets. | 03-19-2009 |
20090110848 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-PRESSURE ATOMIC-BEAM LASER INDUCED DEPOSITION/ETCHING - A method for carrying out pulsed laser deposition is disclosed. The method comprises providing a target having a desired composition; irradiating the target with a pulsed laser beam to provide a plume of target material; and directing the plume in a desired direction by use of an inert carrier gas. The plume of target material is passed through an aperture to create an atomic beam. One or both of the plume or the atomic beam is irradiated to reduce the amount of agglomerated particles in the atomic beam. The atomic beam is directed onto a substrate to produce a deposition product. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed. | 04-30-2009 |
20090176036 | Method of organic material vacuum evaporation and apparatus thereof - There is provided a method of vacuum evaporation comprising causing evaporated material ( | 07-09-2009 |
20090197017 | Deposition Method and Method for Manufacturing Light-Emitting Device - A first substrate which includes a reflective layer having an opening, a light-absorbing layer, and a material layer formed in contact with the light-absorbing layer over one of surfaces is provided; the surface of the first substrate over which the material layer is formed and a deposition target surface of the second substrate are disposed to face each other; and irradiation with laser light whose repetition rate is greater than or equal to 10 MHz and pulse width is greater than or equal to 100 fs and less than or equal to 10 ns is performed from the other surface side of the first substrate to selectively heat a part of the material layer at a position overlapping with the opening of the reflective layer and deposit the part of the material layer over the deposition target surface of the second substrate. | 08-06-2009 |
20090202746 | Flat membrane element and regeneration method thereof - To reuse support plate and to fix a membrane sheet by the same method both in a new product manufacturing and in regeneration. In a flat membrane element including a deposit fixed portion formed by lapping a membrane sheet performing solid-liquid separation onto a support plate supporting the membrane sheet and by emitting a laser to a circumferential edge of the membrane sheet to deposit fix the member sheet onto the support plate, and making an inside of the membrane sheet surrounded by the deposit fixed portion be a solid-liquid separating area; an embrocation having laser absorption property is applied on the surface of the membrane sheet of the deposit fixed portion. At the time of regeneration, such a portion of the membrane sheet that corresponds to the solid-liquid separating area is cut off and, after that, a new membrane sheet is lapped on the embrocation and the new membrane sheet and the embrocation are deposit fixed by a laser. | 08-13-2009 |
20090208671 | THIN FILM BATTERY FABRICATION USING LASER SHAPING - A method of fabricating a battery comprises selecting a battery substrate having cleavage planes, and depositing on the battery substrate, one or more battery component films comprising electrode films that at least partially surround an electrolyte film. Pulsed laser beam bursts are applied to the battery component films at a sufficiently high power level to vaporize portions of the films to form shaped battery features. The pulsed laser bursts shape the films substantially without causing fractures along the cleavage planes of the battery substrate. Pulsed laser shaping can be used to replace the use of a mask in the fabrication of shaped battery components. | 08-20-2009 |
20090208672 | Method of linear patterning at surfaces - The present invention provides a process for partially covering solid crystalline surfaces with lines of selected atoms or molecules, a procedure known as the atomic or molecular ‘patterning’ of such surfaces. The method utilizes a mechanism of Dipole-Induced Assembly (DIA) for the growth of lines of physisorbed dipolar molecules on crystalline surfaces is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, physisorbed 1,5 dichloropentane (DCP) on Si(100)−2×1 at room temperature is shown by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to self-assemble into molecular lines that grow predominantly perpendicular to the Si-dimer rows. Extensive simulations indicate that the trigger for formation of these lines is the displacement of surface charge by the dipolar adsorbate, giving rise to an induced uni-directional surface-field and hence surface buckling. | 08-20-2009 |
20090220706 | Film-Formation Method and Manufacturing Method of Light-Emitting Device - A film-formation method whereby a minute pattern thin film can be formed on a deposition substrate, without provision of a mask between a material and the deposition substrate. Moreover, a light-emitting element is formed by such a film-formation method, and a high-definition light-emitting device can be manufactured. Through a film-formation substrate in which a reflective layer, a light-absorbing layer and a material layer are formed, the light-absorbing layer is irradiated with light, so that a material contained in the material layer is deposited on a deposition substrate which is disposed to face the film-formation substrate. Since the reflective layer is selectively formed, a film to be deposited on the deposition substrate can be selectively formed with a minute pattern reflecting the pattern of the reflective layer. A wet process can be employed for formation of the material layer. | 09-03-2009 |
20090246412 | Localized deposition system and method of localized deposition - A localized deposition system is provided comprising a substrate support, a feed material supply, a feedstock laser source, a substrate laser source, and a deposition control system. The feedstock laser source is configured to heat feed material positioned for localized deposition on the deposition surface of the substrate. The substrate laser source is configured to heat a localized portion of the substrate. The deposition control system is programmed to synchronize the relative movement between the deposition surface of the substrate and the localized deposition position of the feed material supply with operation of the feedstock laser source, the substrate laser source, and the feed material supply to execute a deposition operation. Methods of localized deposition are also provided. | 10-01-2009 |
20090246413 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING THIN FILMS - A method of ultrashort pulsed laser deposition (PLD) capable of continuously tuning formed-film morphology from that of a nanoparticle aggregate to a smooth thin film completely free of particles and droplets. The materials that can be synthesized using various embodiments of the invention include, but are not limited to, metals, alloys, metal oxides, and semiconductors. A ‘burst’ mode of ultrashort pulsed laser ablation and deposition is provided, where each ‘burst’ contains a train of laser pulses. Tuning of the film morphology is achieved by controlling the burst-mode parameters such as the number of pulses and the time-spacing between the pulses within each burst, the burst repetition rate, and the laser fluence. The system includes an ultrashort pulsed laser, an optical setup for delivering the laser beam such that the beam is focused onto the target surface with an appropriate average energy density (fluence), and a vacuum chamber in which the target and the substrate are installed and background gases and their pressures are appropriately adjusted. | 10-01-2009 |
20090258168 | ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A particle damper is formed using a solid freeform manufacturing technique. A filler provides support for the closing wall of the cavity as it is formed. Apertures allow at least a portion of the filler to be removed. A particle fill of between 90 and 95% is achieved either by removing sufficient filler to reach this fill or removing excess filler and re-filling with damping particles. | 10-15-2009 |
20090280269 | NIOBIUM SILICIDE-BASED TURBINE COMPONENTS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR LASER DEPOSITION - A turbine component formed from a niobium silicide-based composition is described. The component can be compositionally-graded through at least a portion of its structure. A turbine blade formed from a composition which includes a niobium silicide alloy is also described. The blade includes an airfoil; an airfoil tip region; a platform on which the airfoil is mounted; and a dovetail root attached to an underside of the platform. The niobium silicide alloy in at least one portion of the turbine blade is compositionally different from the niobium silicide alloy in another portion of the blade. Processes for fabricating a niobium silicide-based turbine article are also described, using laser cladding techniques. Repair methods are also set forth in the application. | 11-12-2009 |
20090324852 | Systems and methods for forming components with thermal barrier coatings - Systems and methods for forming components with thermal barrier coatings are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: providing a component having a first side and an opposing second side; and using a preformed mask to obstruct vapors from being deposited on the second side of the component while moving the component relative to the vapors such that the vapors form a thermal barrier coating on the first side of the component. | 12-31-2009 |
20100015361 | VAPOR DEPOSITION SOURCE, A VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR FORMING AN ORGANIC THIN FILM - A vapor deposition apparatus capable of forming an organic thin film having a good film quality is provided. The vapor deposition apparatus of the present invention possesses an evaporating chamber and a vapor deposition case; and the vapor deposition case is connected with the evaporating chamber by a small hole. Since a vapor deposition material is fed into the evaporating chamber based on an amount necessary for each substrate, a large amount of the vapor deposition material is not heated for a long time period. Since the vapor deposition material is evaporated in the evaporating chamber, no liquid drops reach a substrate even during bumping. When the vapor deposition material is evaporated by irradiation with a laser beam, the vapor deposition material can be less chemically denatured. | 01-21-2010 |
20100047476 | Silicon Nanoparticle Precursor - A Si nanoparticle precursor, precursor fabrication process, and precursor deposition process are presented. The method for forming a silicon (Si) nanoparticle precursor provides a plurality of nanoparticle classes, including at least one Si nanoparticle class. The nanoparticles in each nanoparticle class are defined as having a predetermined diameter. A predetermined amount of each nanoparticle class is measured and combined. For example, a first Si nanoparticle class may be provided having a largest diameter and a second Si nanoparticle class having a second-largest diameter equal to about (0.43)×(the largest diameter). As another example, Si nanoparticle classes may foe provided having a diameter ratio of about 77:32:17. | 02-25-2010 |
20100055352 | METHOD OF FABRICATION OF FIBERS, TEXTILES AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A method of growing a plurality of free-standing structures comprises providing a plurality of free-standing structures, each free-standing structure having a first end coupled to a substrate, and a terminal end; providing at least one laser beam, the laser beam having a beam waste at a point proximate to the terminal end of the free-standing structure; and moving one of the plurality of freestanding structures or the beam waste to provide a growth zone proximate to the terminal end of each of the free-standing structures such that the free-standing structures grow into the growth zones by addition of decomposing precursor components. The growth rates of each of the free-standing structures are substantially the same. | 03-04-2010 |
20100068417 | ELECTRON BEAM VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An electron beam vapor deposition apparatus includes a coating chamber having a first chamber section with a first coating zone for depositing a first coating and a second chamber section with a second coating zone for depositing a second coating. At least one electron beam source is associated with the first chamber section and the second chamber section. A first crucible is adjacent to the first coating zone for presenting a first source coating material, and a second crucible is adjacent to the second coating zone for presenting a second source coating material. A transport is operative to move a work piece between the first coating zone of the first chamber section and the second coating zone of the second chamber section. | 03-18-2010 |
20100075068 | METHOD OF IMPARTING FUNCTION TO MOLDED POLYMER AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - There are provided a method for imparting a high-durability function to a polymer formed article, which can efficiently impart various function-imparting agents to the polymer formed article, can decrease processing waste liquid as much as possible and recover the waste liquid and the function-imparting agents, can also reuse them as needed, and moreover, can impart the function-imparting agents to the polymer formed article by a continuous system, not by a batch system; and an apparatus thereof. | 03-25-2010 |
20100124622 | Method for making nanowire structure - The disclosure related to a method for making a nanowire structure. The method includes fabricating a free-standing carbon nanotube structure, introducing reacting materials into the carbon nanotube structure, and activating the reacting materials to grow a nanowire structure. | 05-20-2010 |
20100143611 | METHODS FOR MAKING AN ASYMMETRIC COMPOSITE MEMBRANE - A process for forming an asymmetric membrane comprises applying a polymer comprising electron beam reactive groups onto a porous base membrane to form a coating; irradiating the coated porous base membrane with a high energy source; and permanently grafting the electron beam reactive groups to the porous base membrane to form a coating that fills the pores of the membrane. | 06-10-2010 |
20100166983 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTOR AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ADOPTING THE SAME - An omni-directional reflector having a transparent conductive low-index layer formed of conductive nanorods and a light emitting diode utilizing the omni-directional reflector are provided. The omni-directional reflector includes: a transparent conductive low-index layer formed of conductive nanorods; and a reflective layer formed of a metal. | 07-01-2010 |
20100203263 | Deposition of Chalcogenide Materials via Vaporization Process - A method of depositing a chalcogenide material. The method includes vaporizing a condensed phase chalcogenide source material and forming a product chalcogenide material on a remote deposition surface by condensing the vapor. Vaporization may occur via sublimation or evaporation and the condensed phase chalcogenide source material may be a solid-phase source material or a liquid-phase source material. The deposition surface may include a patterned feature such as a hole, trench or other opening and the method provides for conformal or nearly conformal filling of the feature. The composition of the product chalcogenide material closely corresponds to the composition of the chalcogenide source material. | 08-12-2010 |
20100233386 | PRECISION SEPARATION OF PV THIN FILM STACKS - A method for manufacturing thin film panels comprises providing a laser patterning system, depositing a base layer on a glass substrate, separating the base layer by scribing a plurality of separation lines corresponding with a predefined scribe pattern, depositing a functional layer on the base layer, determining a first base layer separation edge, moving the translation stage by a first distance, activating the laser array and moving the translation stage by a second distance, deactivating the laser array, determining subsequent separation edges of the base layer and scribing lines therein, depositing a top layer on the functional layer, determining a first functional layer separation edge, operating the stepper motor to move the translation stage by a third distance, activating the laser array and moving the translation stage by a fourth distance, deactivating the laser array, and determining subsequent separation edges of the functional layer and scribing lines therein. | 09-16-2010 |
20100247809 | ELECTRON BEAM VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING MULTI-LAYER COATING - A physical vapor deposition apparatus includes first and second chambers. A first directed vapor deposition crucible is at least partially within the first chamber for presenting a first source material to be deposited on a work piece. A second directed vapor deposition crucible is at least partially within the second chamber for presenting a second, different source material to be deposited as a second coating on the work piece. At least one of the materials may be deposited as a coating. | 09-30-2010 |
20100255219 | Methods of preparing a graphene sheet - Methods of preparing a carbon-based sheet are provided, the methods include aligning carbon-containing materials on a substrate and forming the carbon-based sheet on the substrate by performing an annealing process on the substrate including the carbon-containing materials. The carbon-based sheet may be a graphene sheet. | 10-07-2010 |
20100285241 | Laser deposition of nanocomposite films - A nanocomposite layer is deposited on a surface of a substrate by a process including: a) moving a laser bean along a target including a polymer and a plurality of nanoparticles, b) vaporizing a portion of the polymer into a gaseous form, and c) transferring the portion of the polymer in the gaseous form, and a portion of the nanoparticles from the target to the surface of the substrate. The target may be divided into a first section holding the nanoparticles and a second section including the polymer, or the target may include a mixture of the nanoparticles and the polymer. | 11-11-2010 |
20110039037 | INSULATING FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An insulating film formed by a method comprising: coating a film-forming composition containing a compound having a cage structure; and drying the coated composition, wherein the coated composition is irradiated with a light having a wavelength of 200 nm or less in at least one of during the drying and after the drying; a process for producing the same; and an electronic device having the same. | 02-17-2011 |
20110039038 | METHOD FOR DECORATING PERFUME BOTTLE, AND DECORATING DEVICE - A method of decorating a perfume bottle having a wall ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110143055 | DISPERSIONS OF POLYURETHANES, THEIR PREPARATION AND USE - The present invention provides the use of aqueous dispersions comprising a pigment (B) at least partially enveloped by polyurethane (A) and further comprising at least one polymerization inhibitor (C), said polyurethane (A) being obtainable by reaction of
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20110236601 | Method for Depositing a Material - The invention relates to a method for depositing a material for a target onto a surface of a sample, which method comprises the steps of: irradiating a surface of the target with a laser or electron beam to generate a plume of target material particles; positioning the sample near the plume, such that the target material particles are deposited onto the surface of the sample; rotating the sample around a rotation axis being perpendicular to the surface of the sample onto which the particles are deposited; moving the laser beam along the surface of the target, such that the plume moves in a radial direction in relation to the rotation axis; pulsing the laser beam at a variable frequency. | 09-29-2011 |
20110244144 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY ELECTRODE AND COATING DIE FOR USE THEREIN (AS AMENDED) - The objective of the present invention is to provide an unexpected method of manufacturing a battery electrode and a coating die for use therein, both of which are capable of providing a high speed drying and of improving a peel strength between a collector and a compound. The manufacturing process S1 of manufacturing the battery electrode | 10-06-2011 |
20110250367 | DEPOSITION APPARATUS WITH PREHEATING CHAMBER HAVING THERMAL HOOD - A deposition apparatus includes a coating chamber operative to deposit a coating on workpieces. A preheating chamber is located adjacent to the coating chamber and includes a heating zone receiving the workpieces. A heating source is operative to provide heat to the heating zone. A thermal hood within the preheating chamber is located adjacent to the heating zone and operative to control a temperature of the heating zone. | 10-13-2011 |
20110268893 | THIN FILM MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND THIN FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a thin film manufacturing device capable of preventing crack damage of a crucible by, while maintaining a melt state of a film formation material in the crucible, tilting the crucible to discharge substantially the entire amount of film formation material from the crucible. The thin film manufacturing device of the present invention includes: a film forming source | 11-03-2011 |
20120027958 | Reaction-based laser marking compositions, systems and methods - An ink formulation comprises a binder and at least one marking component, which comprises at least one metal oxides or oxyanion and at least one oxidizing/reducing agent, which absorbs laser irradiation between wavelengths of 780-10,600 nm, thereby causes the formulation to change color. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027959 | METHOD OF SHEATHING A SOLID-STATE LASER MEDIUM AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING IT - The present invention relates to a method and to a device for sheathing a solid-state laser medium comprising an active solid-state core material coated with a sheath. According to the method of the invention: a) the core material, made in the form of an elongate bar along a fibre axis, is at least partially introduced into a capillary tube; b) a laser beam is focused onto an annular focusing zone of the capillary tube until said tube around the core material melts in said focusing zone but without melting said core material; and c) when the molten capillary material adheres to the core material, said core material and/or said capillary tube are moved in a direction collinear with the axis of the core. | 02-02-2012 |
20120088039 | FABRICATION OF SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE ARRAYS - The present disclosure demonstrates the synthesis of ordered arrays of GSC's by re-growth from pre-patterned seed crystals, offering an approach for scalable fabrication of single crystal graphene devices while avoiding domain boundaries. Each graphene island is a single crystal and every graphene island is of similar size. The size of graphene island arrays can be as small as less than 1 mm | 04-12-2012 |
20120225220 | Medium For Random Laser And Manufacturing Process of the Same - A random laser comprising a substrate and a rare earth-doped glass fabricated on the substrate in the form of a waveguide, wherein the glass comprises a germanium glass, a titanium glass, or a chalcogenide glass. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225221 | Deposition Method and Manufacturing Method of Light-Emitting Device - A first substrate including, on one of surfaces, a light absorption layer having metal nitride and a material layer which is formed so as to be in contact with the light absorption layer is provided; the surface of the first substrate on which the material layer is formed and a deposition target surface of a second substrate are disposed to face each other; and part of the material layer is deposited on the deposition target surface of the second substrate in such a manner that irradiation with laser light having a repetition rate of greater than or equal to 10 MHz and a pulse width of greater than or equal to 100 fs and less than or equal to 10 ns is performed from the other surface side of the first substrate to selectively heat part of the material layer which overlaps with the light absorption layer. | 09-06-2012 |
20130011582 | CRUCIBLE, VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE CRUCIBLE - A crucible includes a hollow main body defining an opening, a heat body, and a cover. The heat body is received in and connected with the main body. The heat body includes a heat end extending out of the main body through the opening. The heat end can be heated by an electro-beam. The cover is supported by the main body and covers the opening and defines a center hole and a number of gas holes. The heat end passes through the center hole. The main body, the heat body, and the cover are made of thermal conductive refractory material. | 01-10-2013 |
20130040073 | SILICONE-BASED MATERIAL - Surface-structured, cross-linked silicone-based material and method for making the same. Embodiments of silicone-based materials described herein are useful, for example, in applications of light capture, anti-reflection, light redirection, light diffusion, hydrophobic surfaces, hydrophilic surfaces, light guiding, light collimation, light concentration, Fresnel lens, retro-reflection, drag reduction, air bleed adhesives, release liner, abrasion resistance, and anti-fouling. | 02-14-2013 |
20130064993 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLED LASER-DRIVEN EXPLOSIVE BONDING - A technique for bonding two dissimilar materials includes positioning a second material over a first material at an oblique angle and applying a tamping layer over the second martial. A laser beam is directed at the second material that generates a plasma at the location of impact on the second material. The plasma generates pressure that accelerates a portion of the second material to a very high velocity and towards the first material. The second material impacts the first material causing bonding of the two materials. | 03-14-2013 |
20130149470 | Process and apparatus for the application of solid layers - The invention relates to a process for applying solid layers ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130196083 | MICROPATTERN GENERATION WITH PULSED LASER DIFFRACTION - Methods and devices for preparing microscale polymer relief structures from a thin polymer layer on an absorbing substrate are described. The described methods are ultrafast (about 8 nanoseconds) and allow formation of patterned microstructures having complex morphologies and narrow line widths that are an order of magnitude smaller than the masks used in the methods. | 08-01-2013 |
20130295300 | GLAZING WITH FREQUENCY SELECTIVE COATING - A method of manufacturing a glazing having a frequency selective surface comprising the steps of: | 11-07-2013 |
20140093660 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIPOLAR PLATE - A method for manufacturing bipolar plate includes placing a mixed material on a plate wherein the mixed material includes a carbon material as well as a resin and the material of the plate is metal, and irradiating a light to the mixed material for modifying the mixed material wherein the light is a laser light. | 04-03-2014 |
20140106087 | LASER CLADDING WITH THERMAL TRACING - A laser cladding system may be configured with a laser cladding component configured to clad a first area of an article and a thermal tracing component configured to heat a second area of the article. The second area may be proximate to the first area. | 04-17-2014 |
20140120270 | DIRECT GROWTH OF GRAPHENE FILMS ON NON-CATALYST SURFACES - The present invention provides methods of forming graphene films on various non-catalyst surfaces by applying a carbon source and a catalyst to the surface and initiating graphene film formation. In some embodiments, graphene film formation may be initiated by induction heating. In some embodiments, the carbon source is applied to the non-catalyst surface before the catalyst is applied to the surface. In other embodiments, the catalyst is applied to the non-catalyst surface before the carbon source is applied to the surface. In further embodiments, the catalyst and the carbon source are applied to the non-catalyst surface at the same time. Further embodiments of the present invention may also include a step of separating the catalyst from the formed graphene film, such as by acid etching. | 05-01-2014 |
20140134352 | Amorphous carbon-boron nitride nanotube hybrids - A method for joining or repairing boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs). In joining BNNTs, the nanotube structure is modified with amorphous carbon deposited by controlled electron beam irradiation to form well bonded hybrid a-C/BNNT structures. In repairing BNNTs, the damaged site of the nanotube structure is modified with amorphous carbon deposited by controlled electron beam irradiation to form well bonded hybrid a-C/BNNT structures at the damage site. | 05-15-2014 |
20140141177 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DEPOSITION MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF DEPOSITION MATERIAL, ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION DEPOSITION METHOD AND DEPOSITION MATERIAL FOR ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION DEPOSITION - There is provided a manufacturing method of a deposition material, including immersing at least one kind of powder in liquid, and after the immersing, vaporizing the liquid to solidify the powder as a deposition material for electron beam irradiation deposition. | 05-22-2014 |
20140178605 | DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A deposition apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a substrate disposed in the vacuum chamber, a deposition source disposed in the vacuum chamber and facing the substrate to provide a deposition material onto the substrate, a laser oscillator generating a first laser beam, and an optical unit connected to a first side of the vacuum chamber and splitting the first laser beam to generate a plurality of mask laser beams. The mask laser beams are irradiated into the vacuum chamber to be disposed between the substrate and the deposition source. The deposition material making contact with the mask laser beams is oxidized, and the deposition material passing through the mask laser beams is deposited on the substrate. | 06-26-2014 |
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20140272197 | DIRECTED VAPOR DEPOSITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATINGS - In some examples, a method may include directing an electron beam at a coating source to create a vapor plume, wherein the coating source comprises alumina and at least one rare earth oxide. The method also may include transporting the vapor plume using a gas stream provided adjacent to the coating source to within an internal cavity defined by a surface of a substrate of a gas turbine engine blade, vane, blade track, or combustor liner, and wherein the substrate comprises at least one of a silicon-containing ceramic or a ceramic matrix composite. Additionally, the method may include depositing the alumina and the at least one rare earth oxide from the vapor plume over the surface of the internal cavity to form a calcia-magnesia-alumina-silicate (CMAS)-resistant environmental barrier coating (EBC) comprising the alumina and the at least one rare earth oxide. | 09-18-2014 |
20140302258 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GRADIENT COIL ASSEMBLIES - The embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to magnetic resonance imaging systems and, more specifically, to the manufacturing of a gradient coil assembly for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. For example, in one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a gradient coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes depositing a first layer comprising a base material onto a surface to form a substrate and depositing a second layer onto the first layer. The second layer may enable bonding between a conductor material and the substrate. The method also includes depositing a third layer onto the second layer using a consolidation process. The consolidation process uses the conductor material to form at least a portion of a gradient coil. | 10-09-2014 |
20150030787 | LASER DEPOSITIONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT BY DIRECT LASER DEPOSITIONING - The present invention relates to a laser depositioning device with a machine bed, onto the surface of which can be deposited a powder material, using at least one first laser for layer by layer melting of the powder material, characterized in that at least one second laser is provided to melt on the powder material layer by layer, with the second laser having a higher power than the first laser, as well as to a method for producing a component provided with a supporting structure. | 01-29-2015 |
20150056387 | METHODS FOR MAKING COATED POROUS SEPARATORS AND COATED ELECTRODES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES - In an example of a method for coating a lithium battery component, the lithium battery component is provided. The lithium battery component is selected from the group consisting of an uncoated or untreated porous polymer membrane or an uncoated or untreated electrode including a lithium and manganese based active material. A laser arc plasma deposition process, a cathodic arc deposition process, or a pulsed laser deposition process is used to deposit a carbon nanocomposite structure, a metal oxide nanocomposite structure, or a mixed carbon and metal oxide nanocomposite structure i) on a surface of the lithium battery component, or ii) in pores of the lithium battery component, or iii) combinations of i and ii. | 02-26-2015 |
20150093519 | STABILIZING LASER ENERGY DENSITY ON A TARGET DURING PULSED LASER DEPOSITION OF THIN FILMS - A process for stabilizing laser energy density on a target surface during pulsed laser deposition of thin films controls the focused laser spot on the target. The process involves imaging an image-aperture positioned in the beamline. This eliminates changes in the beam dimensions of the laser. A continuously variable attenuator located in between the output of the laser and the imaged image-aperture adjusts the energy to a desired level by running the laser in a “constant voltage” mode. The process provides reproducibility and controllability for deposition of electronic thin films by pulsed laser deposition. | 04-02-2015 |
20150104586 | DIRECTED SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION ON SELECTED SURFACE AREAS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES WITH NANOMETER RESOLUTION - A method for making a single molecule receptor in a nanopore structure includes depositing a material by a physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique onto a selected interior surface of a nanochannel and functionalizing a surface of the material with a chemical compound having at least two functional groups. The material forms a patch having a diameter of about 3 to about 10,000 nanometers (nm). Also disclosed are embodiments of a nanopore structure including a single molecule receptor. | 04-16-2015 |
20150104587 | NANOFLUIDIC SENSOR COMPRISING SPATIALLY SEPARATED FUNCTIONAL SENSING COMPONENTS - A method for making multiple single molecule receptors in a nanopore structure includes depositing a first material and a second material by a physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique onto different selected interior surfaces of a nanochannel and functionalizing a surface of the first material, the second material, or both the first and second materials with a chemical compound having at least two functional groups. The first and second materials can be the same or different and form patches having diameters of about 1 to about 100 nanometers (nm). Also disclosed are embodiments of a nanopore structure including multiple single molecule receptors. | 04-16-2015 |
20150132507 | Medium For Random Laser And Manufacturing Process of the Same - A process for fabricating a device capable of random lasing comprising a substrate and a rare earth-doped glass fabricated on the substrate in the form of a waveguide, wherein the glass comprises a germanium glass, a titanium glass or a chalcogenide glass, where the process comprises ablating a target glass with incident radiation from an ultrafast laser in the presence of the substrate to deposit a quantity of the target glass on the substrate and applying rastering to ablate the target glass uniformly. The ultrafast laser emits pulses of 15 ps or less and the relative position of the laser spot on the target glass with respect to the substrate is constant during the ablation and wherein the Gaussian intensity profile of the laser beam has a spot area less than 3000 μm | 05-14-2015 |
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