Abstract:
A method of masking a feature of a substrate using a fixture includes removably coupling a fixture to a first side of the feature of the substrate, the fixture including walls configured to abut sides of the feature and extend beyond a top surface of the feature when the fixture is removably coupled to the first side. The method further includes applying a masking material to the top surface of the feature. The method further includes removably coupling the fixture to a second side of the feature, the second side opposing the first side, the walls of the fixture configured to abut the sides of the feature and extend beyond a bottom surface of the feature when the fixture is removably coupled to the second side. The method further includes applying the masking material to the bottom surface of the feature while the fixture is removably coupled.
Abstract:
A method of coating a three-dimensional curved substrate with electrical conductive ink may include: preparing a curved substrate having a radius of curvature, a patterned curved mask having the same radius of curvature, and a curved slit-type sprayer having the same radius of curvature; covering the curved substrate with the curved mask; spraying a conductive ink toward the curved substrate and the curved mask from the curved slit-type sprayer spaced apart from the curved mask by a predetermined distance; drying the curved substrate and the curved mask; and removing the curved mask from the curved substrate.
Abstract:
A turbine component surface treatment process includes passing a UV-curable maskant through one or more fluid flow passages, wherein at least a portion of the UV-curable maskant exits the one or more fluid flow passages at an exterior surface of the turbine component, applying a UV light to the exterior surface of the turbine component, wherein the UV light cures at least a portion of the UV-curable maskant exiting the one or more fluid flow passages, and, treating the exterior surface with a treatment material, wherein the portion of the UV-curable maskant cured by the UV light substantially blocks the treatment material from entering the one or more fluid flow passages.
Abstract:
Provided are a composite metal oxide material, a method of manufacturing the same, and a gas sensor using the same as a sensing material thereof. The composite metal oxide material may include polycrystalline nanofibers and at least one of microparticles and nanoparticles. The use of the composite metal oxide material makes it possible to improve structural, mechanical, thermal, and lifetime stabilities of the gas sensor. Further, the presence of the microparticles and/or nanoparticles allows the gas sensor to have a base resistance lower than that of a nanofiber-based gas sensor. Since the microparticles and/or nanoparticles are attached to the nanofibers, the composite metal oxide material can have an increased mobility of electrons or holes and an increased surface area, and thus, the gas sensor can have fast response/recovery speeds and high gas sensitivity.
Abstract:
A method of producing a conversion element includes providing a substrate having a surface; forming a first mask structure above the surface, wherein the first mask structure has first webs and first openings arranged between the first webs and the first openings form cavities in which the surface of the substrate is accessible; arranging a second mask structure above the first mask structure, wherein the second mask structure has second webs and second openings arranged between the second webs, the first webs are at least partly covered by the second webs, and the cavities remain at least partly accessible through the second openings; spraying a material into the cavities through the second openings; removing the second mask structure; and removing the first mask structure.
Abstract:
Provided are a composite metal oxide material, a method of manufacturing the same, and a gas sensor using the same as a sensing material thereof. The composite metal oxide material may include polycrystalline nanofibers and at least one of microparticles and nanoparticles. The use of the composite metal oxide material makes it possible to improve structural, mechanical, thermal, and lifetime stabilities of the gas sensor. Further, the presence of the microparticles and/or nanoparticles allows the gas sensor to have a base resistance lower than that of a nanofiber-based gas sensor. Since the microparticles and/or nanoparticles are attached to the nanofibers, the composite metal oxide material can have an increased mobility of electrons or holes and an increased surface area, and thus, the gas sensor can have fast response/recovery speeds and high gas sensitivity.
Abstract:
An underlayer film-forming composition for a self-assembled film having a polymer including 0.2% by mole or more of a unit structure of a polycyclic aromatic vinyl compound relative to all unit structures of the polymer. The polymer includes 20% by mole or more of a unit structure of an aromatic vinyl compound relative to all the unit structures of the polymer and includes 1% by mole or more of a unit structure of the polycyclic aromatic vinyl compound relative to all the unit structures of the aromatic vinyl compound. The aromatic vinyl compound includes an optionally substituted vinylnaphthalene, acenaphthylene, or vinylcarbazole, and the polycyclic aromatic vinyl compound is vinylnaphthalene, acenaphthylene, or vinylcarbazole. The aromatic vinyl compound includes an optionally substituted styrene and an optionally substituted vinylnaphthalene, acenaphthylene, or vinylcarbazole, and the polycyclic aromatic vinyl compound is vinylnaphthalene, acenaphthylene, or vinylcarbazole.
Abstract:
A method for forming a pattern, a structural body, a method for producing a comb-shaped electrode, and a secondary cell. The pattern forming method, in which n patterns (n≧2) are formed on a support, includes forming a first resist layer on the support surface; and repeating: forming a guide hole through a kth resist layer by exposure and development, filling a kth pattern material into the guide hole by a screen printing process, removing the kth resist layer, and forming a (k+1)th resist layer on the support and all pattern materials, regarding kth (k=1 to n−1) pattern material and resist layer in order of k=1 to n−1; forming a guide hole and nth pattern material filling similarly, and removing the nth resist layer.
Abstract:
Electronic devices may have housings in which components are mounted. Some of the components may be sensitive to moisture. Other components may be insensitive to moisture and may form openings in a device housing that allow moisture to escape from within the housing. Components may be mounted on substrates such as printed circuit board substrates. Moisture repelling layers and moisture attracting layers may be patterned to form channels and other structures that guide moisture away from sensitive components towards insensitive components. Moisture repelling and attracting layers may also be used to limit the lateral spread of a conformal coating layer when coating components.
Abstract:
A method of masking part of a surface of a wall of a gas turbine component including at least one area having cooling holes defined therein, the method including applying a viscous curable masking compound to the part of the surface over an entirety of each of the at least one area, including blocking access to the cooling holes from the surface by applying the masking compound over the cooling holes without completely filling the cooling holes with the masking compound, and forming a respective solid masking element completely covering each of the at least one area and the cooling holes defined therein by curing the masking compound.