134 results about "Chemical affinity" patented technology

A method and system to form a refractory metal layer over a substrate includes introduction of a reductant, such as PH₃ or B₂H₆, followed by introduction of a tungsten containing compound, such as WF₆, to form a tungsten layer. It is believed that the reductant reduces the fluorine content of the tungsten layer while improving the step coverage and resistivity of the tungsten layer. It is believed that the improved characteristics of the tungsten film are attributable to the chemical affinity between the reductants and the tungsten containing compound. The chemical affinity provides better surface mobility of the adsorbed chemical species and better reduction of WF₆ at the nucleation stage of the tungsten layer. The method can further include sequentially introducing a reductant, such as PH₃ or B₂H₆, and a tungsten containing compound to deposit a tungsten layer. The formed tungsten layer can be used as a nucleation layer followed by bulk deposition of a tungsten layer utilizing standard CVD techniques. Alternatively, the formed tungsten layer can be used to fill an aperture.

An absorbent article of the present invention may comprise a topsheet, an outer cover, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween. The outer cover may comprise an extrusion bonded laminate. The EBL may comprise a multi-layer coextruded elastomeric film and a nonwoven. The film may comprise a core layer, a first outer layer, and a second outer layer, wherein the core layer is between the first and second outer layers. The nonwoven may comprise fibers and/or filaments. The first outer layer may be non-adhesively joined to the nonwoven via extrusion coating. Further, the outer cover may be elastic to at least about 50% engineering strain. The nonwoven may have high chemical affinity for the first outer layer. The first outer layer may have a low chemical affinity for the core layer. And, the first outer layer may comprise an amount of draw down polymer greater than about 45 wt %.

Methods and a structure. The method includes applying a solution including two or more immiscible polymers to a substructure including features having at least one sidewall and a bottom surface. The immiscible polymers include a first polymer and a second polymer. The at least one sidewall includes a material. A selective chemical affinity of the first polymer for the material is greater than a selective chemical affinity of the second polymer for the material. The first polymer is segregated from the second polymer. The first polymer selectively migrates to the at least one sidewall, resulting in the first polymer being disposed between the at least one sidewall and the second polymer. One or more immiscible polymers is selectively removed. At least one immiscible polymer remains, resulting in forming structures including the substructure and the immiscible polymer remaining. Two additional methods and a structure are also included.

A Method. The method includes forming a substructure, on a substrate, including a feature having a sidewall of a first material and a bottom surface of a second material. Applying a solution including two immiscible polymers and third material to the substructure. The immiscible polymers include a first and second polymer. A selective chemical affinity of the first polymer for the material is greater than a selective chemical affinity of the second polymer for the material. The first polymer is segregated from the second polymer. The first polymer selectively migrates to the at least one sidewall, resulting in the first polymer being disposed between the at least one sidewall and the second polymer. The first polymer is selectively removed. The second polymer remains, resulting in forming structures including the substructure, the third material, and the second polymer. The substructure has a pattern. The pattern is transferred to the substrate.

A self-assembled nanometer conductive bump and a method for fabricating the bump. In the method, a multiplicity of carbon nanotubes that are coated at two ends with chemically functional groups is first provided. A substrate that is equipped with at least one bond pad on a surface is then positioned juxtaposed to the carbon nanotubes for forming a bond between the carbon nanotubes and the metal pads facilitated by a chemical affinity existed between the functional groups and the metal pad.

Disclosed is a multi-layer wiring board comprising insulating layers of a thermosetting resin having through-holes formed therein, conductor wiring layers buried in the surfaces of said insulating layers, and via-conductors formed by filling said through-holes with an electrically conducting paste, the via-conductors being electrically connected to said conductor wiring layers, wherein coupling layers comprising a silane coupling agent are formed in the interfaces between said conductor wiring layers and said via-conductors or said insulating layers. The multi-layer wiring board features an increased chemical affinity between the conductor wiring layer and the insulating layer, effectively suppressing the infiltration of water through the interface between the conductor wiring layer and the insulating layer or through the insulating resin, and effectively preventing deterioration in the properties under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment of an extended period of time.

The method for production of a component with a micro-joint comprises a first step of deposition of a layer of polymer designed to constitute an assembly joint on a transfer substrate, a second step of bringing the polymer layer into contact with a micro-structured substrate and a third step of removing the transfer substrate. Due to the difference of the chemical affinity between the polymer layer and the transfer substrate on the one hand and the chemical affinity between the polymer layer and the micro-structured substrate on the other hand, the zones of the polymer layer, which are in contact with the micro-structured substrate during the second step, remain on the micro-structured substrate after the third step. These zones constitute the assembly joint.

Methods for removing arsenic from water by addition of inexpensive and commonly available magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium oxide, or calcium hydroxide to the water. The hydroxide has a strong chemical affinity for arsenic and rapidly adsorbs arsenic, even in the presence of carbonate in the water. Simple and commercially available mechanical methods for removal of magnesium hydroxide particles with adsorbed arsenic from drinking water can be used, including filtration, dissolved air flotation, vortex separation, or centrifugal separation. A method for continuous removal of arsenic from water is provided. Also provided is a method for concentrating arsenic in a water sample to facilitate quantification of arsenic, by means of magnesium or calcium hydroxide adsorption.

A method for making a layered material can include providing a substrate having a surface with at least one region having a charge and forming layers by sequentially contacting the at least one region with a first solution and a second solution. The first solution comprises a first layering material in an ionic liquid and the second solution comprises a second layering material in a second ionic solution. The first and second layering materials can have a chemical affinity to each other. The first layering material and/or the second layering material can include polyelectrolytes, polymers, carbon nanotubes, or combinations thereof.

A multi-capillary column pre-concentration trap for use in various chromatography techniques (e.g., gas chromatography (GC) or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS)) is disclosed. In some examples, the trap can include a plurality of capillary columns connected in series in order of increasing strength (i.e., increasing chemical affinity for one or more sample compounds). A sample can enter the trap, flowing from a sample vial to a relatively weak column to the relatively strongest column of the trap by way of any additional columns included in the trap, for example. In some examples, the trap can be heated and backflushed so that the sample exits the trap through the head of the relatively weak column. Next, the sample can be injected into a chemical analysis device for performing the chromatography technique (e.g., GC or GCMS) or it can be injected into a secondary multi-capillary column trap for further concentration.

The invention relates to a preparation method for an extended red ZrSiO_4-Cd(S_xSe_(1-x)) pigment.When a presoma is prepared by utilizing a collosol coprecipitation method, a developing body is generated in a solution and rare-earth elements are introduced for being mixed with a colorant, thereby changing the surface activity thereof, improving the chemical affinity of the developing body and a coating, and facilitating the cladding of the presoma to the developing body; microwave hydro-thermal treatment is carried out on the presoma of the ZrSiO_4-Cd(S_xSe_(1-x)) pigment by utilizing a microwave hydro-thermal method to accelerate chemical reactions of the system; ceramic pigment crystals are dissolved out at first, and then the conditions are changed so as to dissolve out inclusion crystals by taking the firstly dissolved crystal as nucluting agent; a transitional face can be generated by materials formed by the rare-earth elements and a mineralizer in the reaction system, ludox and zirconium sol in the forming process of zirconium silicate, the crystallization activation energy of the zirconium silicate can be decreased, the crystallization speed of the zirconium silicate can bequickened, the zirconium silicate can be devitrified in shorter time and the densifying of the zirconium silicate inclusion can be ensured, thereby achieving the purpose of coating the pigment.

A composite quantum dot structure (4) comprises a charge carrier confinement region, such as a quantum dot (2), a barrier (5) and an electrically conductive layer (3). This structure allows the dimensions of the conductive layer (3) to be substantially independent of the size of the region (2), so that the dimensions of the region (2) can thus be selected in order to achieve desired optical properties, while the electrically conductive layer (3) can be of sufficient thickness to ensure that it can be reliably deposited. The structure may also include a cladding layer (7) (FIG. 4) to compensate for any lack of chemical affinity between the barrier (5) and conductive layer (3). An ensemble of such structures be provided in which the quantum dots (1) have various radii but the dimensions of the conductive layers (3) and the overall dimensions of the structures are substantially uniform, e.g. for use in an amplifier configured to amplify light of various wavelengths.

The present invention provides a method for wiring, which plugs conductive material sufficiently into a via hole produced in dielectronics (hereinafter, referred to as "a via hole") and prevents generating a void. The via hole is made through a via hole patterning step and a cleaning step. At a surface treatment step, substance having chemical affinity (active site) is adsorbed to the surface of the via hole. Next, an electron donative layer is made by depositing substance having an electron donative characteristic on the active sites acting as cores at an electron donative layer formation step. Then, the wiring material is plugged at a via hole plug step.

A method of an aspect includes forming a directed self assembly alignment promotion layer over a surface of a substrate having a first patterned region and a second patterned region. A first directed self assembly alignment promotion material is formed selectively over the first patterned region without using lithographic patterning. The method also includes forming an assembled layer over the directed self assembly alignment promotion layer by directed self assembly. A plurality of assembled structures are formed that each include predominantly a first type of polymer over the first directed self assembly alignment promotion material. The assembled structures are each adjacently surrounded by predominantly a second different type of polymer over the second patterned region. The first directed self assembly alignment promotion material has a greater chemical affinity for the first type of polymer than for the second different type of polymer.

The invention relates to a process for estimating a property of use, for example the activity of a catalyst or the ability to hold a radio-element in a solid mineral matrix, or a material MAB whose active element is AB. This process comprises the use of a descriptor DAB of the chemical bond between A and B, which has the dimension of an energy, and an index RAB that measures the property of use of said material. The invention also relates to a process for determining the chemical affinity of an element or a set of elements B for a matrix A with a descriptor DAB. The processes according to the invention advantageously can be used for the design of new materials whose use produces the formation or the modification of at least one chemical bond or makes it necessary to prevent the formation of said bond.

The invention provides a lithographic method referred to as “dip pen” nanolithography (DPN). DPN utilizes a scanning probe microscope (SPM) tip (e.g., an atomic force microscope (AFM) tip) as a “pen,” a solid-state substrate (e.g., gold) as “paper,” and molecules with a chemical affinity for the solid-state substrate as “ink.” Capillary transport of molecules from the SPM tip to the solid substrate is used in DPN to directly write patterns consisting of a relatively small collection of molecules in submicrometer dimensions, making DPN useful in the fabrication of a variety of microscale and nanoscale devices. The invention also provides substrates patterned by DPN and kits for performing DPN.

The invention further provides a method of performing AFM imaging in air. The method comprises coating an AFM tip with a hydrophobic compound, the hydrophobic compound being selected so that AFM imaging performed using the coated AFM tip is improved compared to AFM imaging performed using an uncoated AFM tip. Finally, the invention provides AFM tips coated with the hydrophobic compounds.

A method for purifying an n-type ZnO and/or ZnMgO substrate to reduce or eliminate the residual extrinsic impurities of the substrate with a view to p-doping of at least are part of the substrate, wherein a reactive species having strong chemical affinity for at least one of the residual extrinsic impurities, and/or being capable of creating crystalline defects, is introduced in at least one region of the substrate, the said reactive species being P, and whereby at least one region called a getter region capable of trapping the said residual extrinsic impurities and/or in which the residual extrinsic impurities are trapped is created in the substrate; annealing of the substrate is then carried out to cause diffusion of the residual extrinsic impurities towards the getter region and/or to outside the getter region, preferably towards at least one surface of the substrate.

A method for preparing a p-doped ZnO and/or ZnMgO substrate comprising at least one step to purify an n-type ZnO and/or ZnMgO substrate using the above purification method in which one or more reactive species are used not limited to phosphorus alone.