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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7955488 | Process of electrodeposition platinum and platinum-based alloy nano-particles with addition of ethylene glycol An electrodeposition process of platinum and platinum-based alloy nano-particles with addition of ethylene glycol is disclosed. An acidic solution which contains metal chloride includes at least one platinum-based chloride and the alloy thereof, and ethylene glycol ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7381477 | Rare earth-transition metal alloy articles This invention provides a rare earth-transition metal (RE-TM) alloy structure comprising a RE-TM alloy substrate and a noble metal diffusion barrier disposed thereon. The noble metal diffusion barrier may be provided on the surface of the alloy substrate by an elect... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7368045 | Gate stack engineering by electrochemical processing utilizing through-gate-dielectric current flow A method is provided for electroplating a gate metal or other conducting or semiconducting material directly on a dielectric such as a gate dielectric. The method involves selecting a substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt, wherein the combina... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361964 | Surface acoustic wave device with electro-static discharge protection Sacrificial electrodes with fractal-shaped are formed on a SAW (surface acoustic wave) device. The sacrificial electrodes discharge electro-static charge in the SAW device for protecting the IDT (inter-digital transducer) from electrostatic break. Moreover, the sacr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351448 | Anti-reflective coating on patterned metals or metallic surfaces An apparatus and process for coating surfaces of metal or metallic components including providing at least one metal having a patterned outer surface exhibiting an optical reflection greater than about 40%, providing at least one anti-reflective coating material, th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7288328 | Superalloy article having a gamma-prime nickel aluminide coating An article for use in hostile thermal environments, such as a component of a gas turbine engine. The article includes a nickel-base superalloy substrate that is prone to formation of a deleterious secondary reaction zone (SRZ), and an overlay coating having a predom... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264888 | Coating systems containing gamma-prime nickel aluminide coating An overlay coating for articles used in hostile thermal environments. The coating has a predominantly gamma prime-phase nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) composition suitable for use as an environmental coating and as a bond coat for a thermal barrier coating. The... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7214409 | High strength Ni-Pt-Al-Hf bondcoat A turbine engine component has a substrate formed from a nickel based superalloy and a Ni—Pt—Al—Hf bondcoat applied to a surface of the substrate. Two methods for forming the platinum modified Ni—Pt—Al—Hf bondcoat are described herein. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7172734 | Sanitizing device and associated method A sanitizing device comprising: a sanitizing component for sanitizing a surface, liquid, gas, and/or associated surrounding environment, wherein the sanitizing component includes an electrochemical, chemical, and/or corona cell; and a housing for retaining the sanit... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7022210 | Locally-distributed electrode and method of fabrication A locally distributed electrode is made by placing a conducting metallic oxide layer and a counter electrode in contact with a noble metal electroplating solution and applying a negative potential to the metallic oxide layer relative to the counter electrode, such t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011738 | Activation of a cathode The present invention relates to a method for activation of a cathode comprising at least a cathode substrate wherein the cathode is cleaned by means of an acid, the cleaned cathode is coated with at least one electrocatalytic coating solution, drying the coated cat... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6974636 | Protective coating for turbine engine component A turbine engine component comprising a substrate made of a nickel-base or cobalt-base superalloy and a protective coating overlying the substrate, the coating formed by electroplating at least two platinum group metals selected from the group consisting of platinum... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974533 | Platinum electrode and method for manufacturing the same An improved electrode and method for manufacturing the improved electrode wherein the electrode having a fractal surface coating of platinum [which the present inventor refers to as “platinum gray”] with a increase in surface area of at least 5 times when compar... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6911068 | Plating bath and method for depositing a metal layer on a substrate A metal plating bath containing organic compounds that inhibit or retard the consumption of plating bath additives. The additives are chemical compounds that improve the brightness of the plated metal, the physical properties of the plated metal especially with resp... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6881452 | Method for improving the TBC life of a single phase platinum aluminide bond coat by preoxidation heat treatment A thermal barrier coating system having an improved life as a result of a preoxidation treatment applied to a single phase platinum aluminide bond coat. After coating the substrate to form a diffusion platinum aluminum bond coat, the surface finish of the bond coat ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6863991 | Coated biperiodic metallic mesh arrays with molecular monolayers and lipid bilayers thereon A coated metallic mesh having a molecular layer thereon comprising: (1) a metallic mesh comprising at least one aperture; (2) a coating disposed on the metallic mesh that at least partially fills at least one aperture so as to form a partially-filled aperture; and (... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6864011 | Fuel-cell electrode and method of manufacturing the fuel-cell electrode A fuel-cell electrode and a method of manufacturing the fuel-cell electrode achieves a high catalyst utilization ratio and makes it possible to obtain higher output characteristics with a smaller amount of catalyst. The fuel-cell electrode includes a catalytic layer... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6852210 | Plating method and plating bath precursor used therefor To provide a plating method, which enables wide industrial use of the redox system electroless plating method having excellent characteristics, and a plating bath precursor which is preferable for the plating method. The plating method comprises a process oxidizing ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6797405 | Method for uniform electrochemical reduction of apertures to micron and submicron dimensions using commercial biperiodic metallic mesh arrays and devices derived therefrom A method for electrodepositing a uniformly thick coating on a metallic mesh is provided, the method comprises the steps of: (1) providing a metallic mesh having a plurality of apertures having at least one dimension greater than nanometer scale sizes; (2) subjecting... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6773573 | Plating bath and method for depositing a metal layer on a substrate A metal plating bath containing alcohol compounds that inhibit or retard the consumption of plating bath additives. The additives are chemical compounds that improve the brightness of the plated metal, the physical properties of the plated metal especially with resp... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6736954 | Plating bath and method for depositing a metal layer on a substrate A metal plating bath and method of plating a metal on a substrate where the metal plating bath contains heteroatom organic compounds that prevent or inhibit the consumption of metal plating bath additives. The metal plating bath additives improve the brightness of p... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6630250 | Article having an iridium-aluminum protective coating, and its preparation An article substrate is protected by a protective structure overlying a surface of the article substrate. The protective structure includes a protective coating that is formed by depositing a layer of iridium overlying the surface of the substrate, deposi... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6620304 | Bath system for galvanic deposition of metals A bath system for galvanic deposition of metals includes a solution containing at least one metal, especially a precious metal and/or precious metal alloy in the form of a water-soluble salt, at least one water-soluble protein material or amino acid and/o... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616828 | Recovery method for platinum plating bath A recovery system for platinum electrolytic baths operating at low current densities is disclosed. An oxidizing system is provided in a closed-loop recirculation system for platinum plating at low current densities. The oxidizing system reoxidizes Pt... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6602548 | Ceramic turbine blade attachment having high temperature, high stress compliant layers and method of fabrication thereof A nickel base single crystal compliant layer on a ceramic blade has the capability to sustain high stresses and high operating temperature. Layers of nickel and platinum bonded on a single crystal superalloy over a sputtered gold-chromium layer support th... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6596149 | Manufacturing method for capacitor having electrode formed by electroplating A capacitor having an electrode formed by electroplating, and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, a conductive film is formed on a conductive plug connected to an active region of a semiconductor subs... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6585878 | Thermal barrier coating having a thin, high strength bond coat A thermal barrier coating for nickel based superalloy articles such as turbine engine vanes and blades that are exposed to high temperature gas is disclosed. The coating includes a columnar grained ceramic layer applied to a platinum modified Ni3 | 07/01/2003 |
| 6558813 | Article having a protective coating and an iridium-containing oxygen barrier layer A protected article includes a substrate, such as a nickel-base superalloy, a protective coating comprising aluminum overlying a surface of the substrate, and an iridium-containing oxygen barrier layer overlying the protective coating. A ceramic thermal b... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6521113 | Method of improving the oxidation resistance of a platinum modified aluminide diffusion coating An electrolyte for use in electrolytic platinum plating that results in reduced Cl, S, or P contaminant production. The bath comprises 0.01 to 320 g/lit of platinum in the form of the platinum salt dinitrodiammine platinum, Pt(NH3)2 ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6344126 | Electroplating apparatus and method An electroplating apparatus is provided with a metal target and a device for supporting a semiconductor wafer (or other workpiece) in an electroplating solution. The target (anode) may be located relatively far from the wafer surface (cathode) at the begi... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6344125 | Pattern-sensitive electrolytic metal plating A process for the electrolytic deposition of a metal, preferably copper or an alloy of copper, directly onto a barrier layer coated on a dielectric layer. The process is advantageous because it electrolytically deposits metal in a pattern that is either t... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6306277 | Platinum electrolyte for use in electrolytic plating An electrolyte for use in electrolytic platinum platinum plating that results in reduced Cl, S, or P contaminant production. The bath comprises 0.01 to 320 g/lit of platinum in the form of the platinum salt dinitrodiammine platinum, Pt(NH3) | 10/23/2001 |
| 6254756 | Preparation of components having a partial platinum coating thereon A curved component such as a turbine airfoil, shroud, or combustor centerbody is prepared with a platinum or a platinum-aluminide protective coating over only a portion of the surface thereof. The coating may serve as an environmental coating, or as a bon... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6241870 | Rhodium sulfate compounds and rhodium plating The specification describes novel rhodium sulfate complex solutions which have a minimum of metal to metal complexing and are mostly complexed through the sulfate groups. Use of these solutions as electrolytes for plating rhodium results in electroplated ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6203936 | Lightweight metal bipolar plates and methods for making the same Thin, light weight bipolar plates for use in electrochemical cells are rapidly, and inexpensively manufactured in mass production by die casting, stamping or other well known methods for fabricating magnesium or aluminum parts. The use of a light metal, s... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6183545 | Aqueous solutions for obtaining metals by reductive deposition An aqueous solution for the reductive deposition of metals comprising, besides water, (A) a phosphine of the general formula (1) ##STR1## in which R1, R2, and R3 denote lower alkyl groups, at least one of which being hydr... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6117301 | Electrolyte for the galvanic deposition of low-stress, crack-resistant ruthenium layers An electrolyte for the galvanic deposition of stress-relieved, crack-resistant ruthenium layers containing ruthenium in complexed form. The additive for the electrolyte is pyridine or an N-alkylated pyridinium salts of formula I ##STR1## wherein... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6051117 | Reticulated metal article combining small pores with large apertures An apertured and porous metal article can find use, for example, in diaphragm or membrane electrolysis cells. The article may comprise a thin and flexible metal foam of small pores which, typically, has been perforated with large apertures. The article ma... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6019878 | Anode for oxygen evolution in electrolytes containing fluorides or fluoride-complex anions The invention discloses a new electrode suitable for use as an anode for oxygen evolution from electrolytes containing fluorides or fluoride-complex anions even in high concentrations. The anode of the invention comprises a titanium substrate provided with a ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5948222 | Reactivation of deactivated anodes Disclosed is a method of reactivating a deactivated anode that has a coating of a noble metal or noble metal oxide on a substrate. A coating of a noble metal is deposited on the anode either electrolessly or electrolytically. The noble metal in the deposi... | 09/07/1999 |
