Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
205109000 | Coating contains embedded solid material (e.g., particles, etc.) | 43 |
20080202936 | Electrode Arrangement and Method for Electrochemical Coating of a Workpiece Surface - A method for the electrochemical coating of a workpiece surface ( | 08-28-2008 |
20090114543 | ELECTROCOMPOSITE COATINGS FOR HARD CHROME REPLACEMENT - The invention provides a method and system for electrolytically coating an article. The method includes providing an article to be coated and disposing the article in an electrolytic cell. The cell includes an anode, a cathode in operable communication with the article, and an electrolyte bath. During electrolysis, the electrolyte bath comprises cobalt ions, phosphorous acid, and tribological particles selected from the group consisting of refractory materials, solid lubricants and mixtures thereof dispersed therein. The method further includes applying steady direct electric current through the anode, the electrolyte bath and the cathode to coat the article with cobalt, phosphorous and the tribological particles. An improved composition of matter is also provided that may be used as a coating, or the composition may be electroformed on a mandrel to form an article made from the composition of matter. | 05-07-2009 |
20090145764 | COMPOSITE COATINGS FOR WHISKER REDUCTION - There is provided a method and composition for applying a wear resistant composite coating onto a metal surface of an electrical component. The method comprises contacting the metal surface with an electrolytic plating composition comprising (a) a source of tin ions and (b) non-metallic particles, and applying an external source of electrons to the electrolytic plating composition to thereby electrolytically deposit the composite coating onto the metal surface, wherein the composite coating comprises tin metal and the non-metallic particles. | 06-11-2009 |
20090145765 | COMPOSITE COATINGS FOR WHISKER REDUCTION - There is provided a method and composition for applying a wear resistant composite coating onto a metal surface of an electrical component. The method comprises contacting the metal surface with an electrolytic plating composition comprising (a) a source of tin ions and (b) non-metallic particles, and applying an external source of electrons to the electrolytic plating composition to thereby electrolytically deposit the composite coating onto the metal surface, wherein the composite coating comprises tin metal and the non-metallic particles. | 06-11-2009 |
20090229987 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE PLATED PRODUCT - There is provided a method for producing a composite plated product wherein a coating of a composite material containing carbon particles in a silver layer is formed on a substrate by using a composite plating solution wherein carbon particles treated by an oxidation treatment and a silver matrix orientation adjusting agent are added to a silver plating solution, the method being capable of preventing the wear resistance of the composite plated product from being deteriorated even if the current density in a plating process is increased. The molar ratio of silver to free cyanogen in the composite plating solution is adjusted so as not to be less than 0.7, preferably so as to be in the range of from 0.7 to 1.3. The silver matrix orientation adjusting agent contains selenium ions, and is preferably potassium selenocyanate. The concentration of the silver matrix orientation adjusting agent in the composite plating solution is adjusted so as to be in the range of from 5 mg/l to 20 mg/l. | 09-17-2009 |
20090229988 | Methods For Providing Composite Asperities - Novel methods for providing asperities (sometimes referred to as asperates) on interposer contacts. The asperities comprise low electrical resistant particles such as titanium carbide that are bonded or plated in conjunction with nickel or other matrices on metallic substrate pads. An electroplating bath that has the low electrical resistant particles dispersed in solution is used at low current densities to electrolytically plate a composite electrically low resistant abrasive surface. The composite bond between the particles and the substrate can then be further reinforced with a standard metallic electroplate, if desired. | 09-17-2009 |
20090283411 | SELENIUM ELECTROPLATING CHEMISTRIES AND METHODS - An electroplating solution to electroplate a selenium containing film on a conductive surface is provided. The electroplating solution includes a solvent, a selenium source material that dissolves in the solvent; an anti-coagulation agent that inhibits Se particle growth and promotes Se particle dispersal. The pH value of the electroplating solution is in the range of 2-10. | 11-19-2009 |
20100264034 | ORGANIC SOLVENT FREE PIGMENT DISPERSANT FOR WATERBORNE ELECTROCOATING - A pigment dispersing resin is disclosed along with pigment dispersion, electrodepositable coating compositions using the pigment dispersing resin, and methods for applying the electrodepositable coating composition. The pigment dispersing resin consists essentially of the carboxylic acid salt of an aminated bisphenol epoxy resin and an alkoxylated styrenated phenol. Pigment dispersions made from the dispersing resin are especially useful for forming low or no volatile organic content electrocoating baths. | 10-21-2010 |
20100320089 | SELF-ORDERED NANOTUBES OF TITANIUM OXIDES AND TITANIUM ALLOY OXIDES FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND BATTERY APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure provides oxide nanotubes formed by anodizing and oxidatively-annealing a titanium or titanium allow substrate with or without ultrasonication. If desired, carbon nanotubes may be grown in the oxide nanotubes. The substrates show improved specific capacity and charge-discharge rates for use as an electrode in lithium-ion batteries. | 12-23-2010 |
20100326835 | ANTIMICROBIAL PROVISION OF TITANIUM AND TITANIUM ALLOYS WITH SILVER - A method for the antimicrobial provision of implant surfaces with silver, in which the method comprises an anodizing of the implant surface with an electrolyte, in which the electrolyte has a silver-yielding substance. Alternatively, the method comprises a silver implantation or a silver PVD deposition. | 12-30-2010 |
20100326836 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING AND/OR DEPOSITING NANOTUBES - Methods and apparatus for forming devices using nanotubes. In one embodiment, an apparatus for depositing nanotubes onto a workpiece comprises a vessel configured to contain a deposition fluid having a plurality of nanotubes including first nanotubes having a first characteristic and second nanotubes having a second characteristic. The apparatus further includes a sorting unit in the vessel configured to selectively isolate or otherwise sort the first nanotubes from the second nanotubes, and a field unit in the vessel configured to attach the first nanotubes to the workpiece. For example, the field unit can attach the first nanotubes to the workpiece such that the first nanotubes are at least generally parallel to each other and in a desired orientation relative to the workpiece. | 12-30-2010 |
20110031125 | Method for the electrochemical coating of a substrate by brush plating and device for carrying out said method - A method for the electrochemical coating of a substrate uses brush plating. This is to take place with an electrolyte in that particles are dispersed, which are embedded into the developing layer. It is proposed to add the particles to the carrier for the electrolyte by way of a separate conduit system. The electrolyte is added by way of a conduit system. In this way it is achieved that an agglomeration of the particles in the electrolyte can be prevented because only a short time passes between when the particles are fed and the layer is formed. A device for electrochemical coating has two conduit systems provided for this purpose. | 02-10-2011 |
20110114495 | LOW COST, ENVIRONMENTALLY FAVORABLE, CHROMIUM PLATE REPLACEMENT COATING FOR IMPROVED WEAR PERFORMANCE - A coating which improves the wear performance of a part is described. The coating is applied over an article such as a part or a workpiece using an electroplating process. The coating broadly includes a cobalt material matrix with a hardness of at least 550 HV and a plurality of carbide particles distributed throughout the cobalt material matrix. The cobalt material matrix may be a cobalt-phosphorous alloy. The particles interspersed throughout the matrix may be chrome carbide or silicon carbide particles. | 05-19-2011 |
20110114496 | Electrochemical Devices, Systems, and Methods - The fabrication of electrodes and electrode surfaces as well as devices that use the electrodes are described. In an example, a metallic powder is coplated with an electroplating solution to trap the particles in an electroplated metallic layer on a substrate, for example a reticular substrate that permits flow therethrough. Applications include electrolysis cells, fuel cells and bifunctional gas electrodes. In an example, fuels are supplied to the electrodes as anolyte and catholyte mixtures composed of finely divided bubbles of hydrogen and oxygen respectively within an alkaline electrolyte. | 05-19-2011 |
20110132766 | Method for Electrochemically Depositing a Metal on a Substrate - To electroplate a metal layer which has silica particles dispersed therein, a method for electrochemically depositing a metal on a substrate, more specifically a method of forming a corrosion-resistant nickel multilayer on a substrate, are provided, wherein the method comprises the following method steps: (a) depositing a first nickel layer having a first electric potential, (b) depositing a second nickel layer having a second electric potential which is more negative than the first electric potential over the first nickel layer and (c) depositing a third nickel layer over the second nickel layer using a solution for electrochemically depositing a metal on a substrate, said solution containing ions of the metal to be deposited and silica particles, wherein at least one silicon containing organic moiety is provided to said silica particles, said silicon containing organic moiety comprising at least one functional group selected from the group comprising amino, quaternized ammonium, quaternized phosphonium and quaternized arsonium which imparts the silica particles a positive electric charge while being in contact with said solution. | 06-09-2011 |
20110186439 | DEVICE FOR USE IN A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A PROTECTIVE LAYER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A PROTECTIVE LAYER - A device for use in a method for the galvanic production of a protective layer featuring hard material particles on a component of a turbomachine, particularly a blade tip armoring of a blade tip of a rotor blade, is disclosed. The device includes a pouch-, bag- or sack-like receiving device for receiving the hard material particles and is made of a net-, screen- or non-woven-like material that is pervious to an electrochemical coating solution and has a mesh size smaller than the diameter of the hard material particles. The receiving device is designed such that it can be removably attached with an opening over and around a region of the component to be coated. A method for the galvanic production of a protective layer featuring hard material particles on a component of a turbomachine using a pouch-, bag- or sack-like receiving device filled with hard material particles, is also disclosed. | 08-04-2011 |
20110226627 | ELECTRODE SUITABLE AS HYDROGEN-EVOLVING CATHODE - The invention relates to a cathode for hydrogen evolution in electrolysis cells, for instance chlor-alkali cells or cells for producing chlorate or hypochlorite, obtained starting from a substrate of nickel or other conductive material galvanically coated with nickel co-deposited with an amorphous molybdenum oxide. | 09-22-2011 |
20110240478 | MICROMETER-SCALE OR NANOMETER=SCALE SPATIALLY CONTROLLED INCORPORATION OF PARTICLES IN A CONDUCTING SURFACE LAYER OF A SUPPORT - A process for incorporating one or more particles in a conducting or semiconducting surface layer of a surface layer of the support, which comprises the steps of positioning one or more particles on the surface of the conducting surface layer and applying an electrical potential between the surface of the conducting surface layer and a second conducting surface, in an environment that contains an electrolyte, producing a modification of the chemical and/or physical state of the surface layer of the support and/or of the surface of the surface layer of the support and/or of the particle and incorporation of the particle or particles on the surface of the surface layer of the support. | 10-06-2011 |
20110240479 | ELECTROCOMPOSITE COATINGS FOR HARD CHROME REPLACEMENT - The invention provides a method and system for electrolytically coating an article. The method includes providing an article to be coated and disposing the article in an electrolytic cell. The cell includes an anode, a cathode in operable communication with the article, and an electrolyte bath. During electrolysis, the electrolyte bath comprises cobalt ions, phosphorous acid, and tribological particles selected from the group consisting of refractory materials, solid lubricants and mixtures thereof dispersed therein. The method further includes applying steady direct electric current through the anode, the electrolyte bath and the cathode to coat the article with cobalt, phosphorous and the tribological particles. An improved composition of matter is also provided that may be used as a coating, or the composition may be electroformed on a mandrel to form an article made from the composition of matter. | 10-06-2011 |
20110240480 | Nanotube Device and Method of Fabrication - A nanotube device and a method of depositing nanotubes for device fabrication are disclosed. The method relates to electrophoretic deposition of nanotubes, and allows a control of the number of deposited nanotubes and positioning within a defined region. | 10-06-2011 |
20110253546 | POLYMER/NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITES, FILM AND MOLECULAR DETECTION DEVICE - A molecular detection device for use in electrochemical detection assays includes at least two electrodes, and has a film deposited on at least one of the electrodes. The film includes a conductive polymer and conductive particles, having mean diameters between 1 and 100 nm, within the conductive polymer. Probe molecules may be attached on or to the conductive polymer, or be included in the conductive polymer. The device may be used to detect specific target molecules in a sample, for example, protein, peptide, nucleic acid or small molecule target molecules. | 10-20-2011 |
20110266155 | ELECTRODEPOSITION PAINT COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to electrodeposition primer compositions comprising catalytically active core/shell particles CS . The electrodeposition primer compositions can be used more particularly for cathodic dip coating for the coating of automobile bodies or parts thereof. | 11-03-2011 |
20110284387 | METHOD FOR IMMOBILIZING PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLE-IMMOBILIZED SUBSTRATE - The present invention is a method for immobilizing particles | 11-24-2011 |
20120006686 | ELECTROPHORETIC FORMATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES - The present invention is directed to composite films containing nanostructures within a polymer or monomeric matrix which composite may be formed on a metallic substrate and subsequently removed to provide bulk material. The nanostructures and polymer or monomer matrix may be assembled electrophoretically by initially providing a mixture of the nanostructures and polymer or monomer matrix material within generally anhydrous environments such as polar aprotic solvents followed by deposition of the composite film material. | 01-12-2012 |
20120012463 | Method of Roughening Rolled Copper or Copper Alloy Foil - A rolled copper or copper alloy foil having a roughened surface formed of fine copper particles is obtained by subjecting a rolled foil to roughening plating with a plating bath containing copper sulfate (Cu equivalent of 1 to 50 g/L), 1 to 150 g/L of sulfuric acid, and one or more additives selected among sodium octyl sulfate, sodium decyl sulfate, and sodium dodecyl sulfate under the conditions of temperature of 20 to 50° C. and current density of 10 to 100 A/dm | 01-19-2012 |
20120031767 | ZINC OXIDE AND COBALT OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF - The disclosure relates to metal oxide materials with varied nanostructural morphologies. More specifically, the disclosure relates to zinc oxide and cobalt oxide nanostructures with varied morphologies. The disclosure further relates to methods of making such metal oxide nanostructures. | 02-09-2012 |
20120234684 | PAINT COMPOSITION FOR HEAT RELEASING PRODUCTS - A paint composition for heat releasing products includes inorganic glass particles and an organic binder. The organic binder includes an electrocoating resin. The paint composition is to be applied to a base material made of a metal. The electrocoating resin preferably has a weight ratio of from about 1.0 to about 3.5 based on a weight of the inorganic glass particles. The paint composition preferably further includes inorganic particles. | 09-20-2012 |
20120234685 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXHAUST PIPE - A method for producing an exhaust pipe includes electrocoating a surface of a metal base material with a paint to form a coat film. The paint includes inorganic glass particles and an electrocoating resin. The coat film is heated to a first temperature that is not lower than a burning-out temperature of the electrocoating resin. The coat film is heated, after heating the coat film to the first temperature, to a second temperature that is not lower than a softening point of the inorganic glass particles to produce the exhaust pipe which includes the metal base material and a surface coating layer formed on the surface of the metal base material. | 09-20-2012 |
20120247966 | METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL COATING OF A SUBSTRATE BY MEANS OF BRUSH PLATING AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A method electrochemically coats a substrate by brush plating. Particles are applied to the surface to be coated via a separated line system before the carrier for the electrolytes. The electrolyte is added to the carrier via a line system. The advantageous result thereof is that an agglomeration of the particles can be prevented because only a short time passes after the application of the particles until the formation of the layer. A device for electrochemical coating has two line systems for the cited purpose. The highly stressed surface components of rollers in rolling mills can be partially coated by the method. | 10-04-2012 |
20120285834 | COMPOSITE COATINGS FOR WHISKER REDUCTION - There is provided a method and composition for applying a wear resistant composite coating onto a metal surface of an electrical component. The method comprises contacting the metal surface with an electrolytic plating composition comprising (a) a source of tin ions and (b) non-metallic particles, and applying an external source of electrons to the electrolytic plating composition to thereby electrolytically deposit the composite coating onto the metal surface, wherein the composite coating comprises tin metal and the non-metallic particles. | 11-15-2012 |
20120325669 | NANOHAIR STRUCTURE AND AN APPLICATION THEREFOR - There is provided a nanohair structure with the nanowires exposed on a nanotemplate; the method thereof; and a three-dimensional nanostructure-based sensor with ultra-sensitivity and greatly increased three-dimensional surface-to-volume ratio which immobilizes bio-nanoparticles to the nanohair structure and arranges antibodies to the nano surface with the controlled orientation by physical interaction. | 12-27-2012 |
20130062211 | NANOMATERIAL-BASED GAS SENSORS - A gas sensing device (nanosensor) includes a substrate with at least a pair of conductive electrodes spaced apart by a gap, and an electrochemically functionalized semiconductive nanomaterial bridging the gap between the electrodes to form a nanostructure network. The nanomaterial may be single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) functionalized by the deposition of nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of an elemental metal (e.g., gold or palladium), a doped polymer (e.g., camphor-sulfonic acid doped polyaniline), and a metal oxide (e.g. tin oxide). Depending on the nanoparticles employed in the functionalization, the nanosensor may be used to detect a selected gas, such as hydrogen. mercury vapor, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen dioxide, methane, water vapor, and/or ammonia, in a gaseous environment. | 03-14-2013 |
20130068625 | Selective Nanoparticle Deposition - The invention relates to a method for deposition of nanoparticles made of an insulating, semi-conductive, or conductive material onto predetermined areas, made of a conductive or semi-conductive material, located on a substrate. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing electrodes. The method of the invention includes the steps of a) creating insulating material areas I around areas Z when said areas I are not already present; b) deposition, by means of electrografting, of a polymer P prepared from a diazonium salt or vinyl monomer salt, or a mixture of the above, onto the conductive or semi-conductive material that forms the areas Z; c) coating the nanoparticles with a coating material that includes a bifunctional molecule capable of creating a bond with the nanoparticles and a bond with the polymer P; d) suspending the coated nanoparticles obtained in Step c) in a solvent, preferably a coating material solution used in Step c); e) immersing the substrate S obtained in Step b) into the suspension obtained in Step d); and f) removing the polymer P. The invention is in particular useful for manufacturing electrodes. | 03-21-2013 |
20130092545 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAYERED METAL OXIDE PARTICLES AND LAYERED METAL OXIDE PARTICLES FORMED THEREOF - The present invention refers to a method of manufacturing layered metal oxide particles, the method comprising: placing a metal electrode in an electrolyte; and applying an electrical voltage to the electrode, wherein the metal electrode forms the anode, to form a metal oxide layer on the electrode surface, wherein the electrical voltage applied is higher than the breakdown voltage of the metal oxide, thereby breaking down the metal oxide layer formed on the electrode surface into metal oxide particles that react with the electrolyte to form the layered metal oxide particles. The present invention also refers to a layered metal oxide particle obtained from the method, and a method of manufacturing a crystalline metal oxide nanosheet or a crystalline metal oxide nanoribbon. | 04-18-2013 |
20130092546 | FORMATION OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS USING NITROSYL ION AS AN OXIDIZING AGENT - A method of forming a conductive polymer deposit on a substrate is disclosed. The method may include the steps of preparing a composition comprising monomers of the conductive polymer and a nitrosyl precursor, contacting the substrate with the composition so as to allow formation of nitrosyl ion on the exterior surface of the substrate, and allowing the monomer to polymerize into the conductive polymer, wherein the polymerization is initiated by the nitrosyl ion and the conductive polymer is deposited on the exterior surface of the substrate. The conductive polymer may be polypyrrole. | 04-18-2013 |
20130105328 | MICROBIOSENSORS BASED ON DNA MODIFIED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE AND PT BLACK NANOCOMPOSITES | 05-02-2013 |
20140001050 | ELECTROPLATING APPARATUSES AND METHODS EMPLOYING LIQUID PARTICLE COUNTER MODULES | 01-02-2014 |
20140048419 | PROCESS FOR GROWING METAL PARTICLES BY ELECTROPLATING WITH IN SITU INHIBITION - A process for manufacturing a catalytic, electrically conductive electrode based on metal particles, comprises: a step of electroplating with a metal salt to form the said metal particles at the surface of an electrode, characterized in that the step of electroplating of the metal salt is performed in the presence of a blocking chemical species with a high power of absorption onto the surface of the said metal particles and with an oxidation potential higher than the reduction potential of the said metal salt such that the blocking chemical species conserves its blocking power during the reduction reaction of the said metal salt, and so as to reduce the size of the metal particles formed, constituting the said catalytic, electrically conductive electrode; and, a step of desorption of the blocking chemical species. | 02-20-2014 |
20140138251 | METHOD FOR ELECTRODEPOSITING COPPER NANOPARTICLES - A method for electrodepositing copper nanoparticles includes the steps of a) providing a reaction system having an electrolyte solution, a conductive nitride film used as a working electrode and immersed in the electrolyte solution, a copper metal or a copper alloy used as an auxiliary electrode and immersed in the electrolyte solution, and a reference electrode immersed in the electrolyte solution; and b) applying a pulse voltage to the reaction system to form copper nanoparticles on a surface of the conductive nitride film. | 05-22-2014 |
20140353161 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE A SLIDING BEARING - A method of manufacturing a sliding bearing comprising providing a substrate as a cathode in an electrolyte within which a hard particulate is suspended, and depositing a composite layer of hard particulate embedded in a metallic matrix by applying a repeating cycle of bias pulses to the substrate wherein each cycle comprises a high cathodic bias portion and a further bias portion selected from the group consisting of a low cathodic bias portion, a zero cathodic bias portion and an anodic bias portion, and a sliding bearing manufactured by such a method. | 12-04-2014 |
20150053564 | Method for Making a Dry Sensor Element for an Enzymatic Determination of an Analyte in a Body Fluid, Dry Sensor Element and Article - A method for making a dry sensor element for an enzymatic determination of an analyte in a body fluid includes providing a substrate, producing a working electrode on the substrate, comprising depositing an active enzymatic electrode layer on a working electrode base structure provided on the substrate, the active enzymatic electrode layer containing an enzyme, producing a counter electrode on the substrate, and producing electric connectors on the substrate connected to the working electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the step of depositing the active enzymatic electrode layer on the working electrode base structure comprises depositing PEDOT:PSS by electropolymerization. A dry sensor element for an enzymatic determination of an analyte in a body fluid is also disclosed. | 02-26-2015 |
20160032479 | ELECTRODEPOSITION OF SILVER WITH FLUOROPOLYMER NANOPARTICLES - Electrolytic plating compositions and electrolytic plating processes for the co-deposition of silver or silver alloy with fluoropolymer nanoparticles are provided. The silver or silver alloy composite coating containing fluoropolymer nanoparticles has enhanced functional properties such as a reduced coefficient of friction. The electrolytic plating composition comprises: (a) a silver ion source comprising silver methane sulfonate (Ag-MSA); (b) a complexing agent comprising a compound comprising a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; (c) a pre-mix dispersion comprising fluoropolymer nanoparticles particles having a mean particle size of from about 10 nm and about 500 nm and a surfactant; and (d) an auxiliary surfactant comprising a cationic fluorosurfactant, wherein the composition has a pH of from about 8 to about 14. | 02-04-2016 |
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