4045 results about "Oxidation resistant" patented technology

A medical prosthesis for use within the body which is formed of radiation treated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having substantially no detectable free radicals, is described. Preferred prostheses exhibit reduced production of particles from the prosthesis during wear of the prosthesis, and are substantially oxidation resistant. Methods of manufacture of such devices and material used therein are also provided.

A RRAM memory cell is formed on a silicon substrate having a operative junction therein and a metal plug formed thereon, includes a first oxidation resistive layer; a first refractory metal layer; a CMR layer; a second refractory metal layer; and a second oxidation resistive layer. A method of fabricating a multi-layer electrode RRAM memory cell includes preparing a silicon substrate; forming a junction in the substrate taken from the group of junctions consisting of N+ junctions and P+ junctions; depositing a metal plug on the junction; depositing a first oxidation resistant layer on the metal plug; depositing a first refractory metal layer on the first oxidation resistant layer; depositing a CMR layer on the first refractory metal layer; depositing a second refractory metal layer on the CMR layer; depositing a second oxidation resistant layer on the second refractory metal layer; and completing the RRAM memory cell.

To an organic substance having a double bond such as a polyunsaturated fatty acid was added an antioxidative component containing an antioxidative sesame component and ascorbic acid or an ascorbyl fatty acid ester. The above method provides a composition containing an organic substance having a double bond exhibiting enhanced oxidative stability. Particularly, it extremely improves oxidative stability of fat and oil which contains polyunsaturated fatty acid. General-purpose refined fish oil which is easy to handle can be provided for food, medicine or feed uses.

In an oxidation inhibiting lubricant composition suitable for use in the manufacture of aluminum alloys comprising lubricant base selected from the group consisting of solid lubricants, liquid lubricants, grease lubricants, emulsion lubricants, and dispersion lubricants, the improvement wherein the lubricant composition further comprises: an effective amount of a fluorine-containing passivating compound.

The present invention presents methods for making oxidation-resistant and wear-resistant polyethylenes and medical implants made therefrom. Preferably, the implants are components of prosthetic joints, e.g., a bearing component of an artificial hip or knee joint. The resulting oxidation-resistant and wear-resistant polyethylenes and implants are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to methods for making highly crystalline cross-linked polymeric material, for example, highly crystalline cross-linked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The invention also provides methods of making antioxidant-doped highly crystalline cross-linked polymeric material using high pressure and high temperature crystallization processes, medical implants made thereof, and materials used therein.

The present invention relates to methods for making oxidation resistant medical devices that comprise polymeric materials, for example, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The invention also provides methods of making antioxidant-doped medical implants, for example, doping of medical devices containing cross-linked UHMWPE with vitamin E by diffusion, post-doping annealing, and materials used therein.

The present invention relates to methods for making oxidation resistant medical devices that comprise polymeric materials, for example, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The invention also provides methods of making antioxidant-doped medical implants, for example, doping of medical devices containing cross-linked UHMWPE with vitamin E by diffusion and materials used therein.

An abradable coating composition for use on shrouds in gas turbine engines or other hot gas path metal components exposed to high temperatures containing an initial porous coating phase created by adding an amount of inorganic microspheres, preferably alumina-ceramic microballoons, to a base metal alloy containing high Al, Cr or Ti such as β-NiAl or, alternatively, MCrAlY that serves to increase the brittle nature of the metal matrix, thereby increasing the abradability and oxidation resistance of the coating at elevated temperatures. Coatings having a total open and closed porosity of between 20% and 55% by volume due to the presence of ceramic microballoons ranging in size from about 10 microns to about 200 microns have been found to exhibit excellent abradability for applications involving turbine shroud coatings. An abradable coating thickness in the range of between 40 and 60 ml provides improved performance for turbine shrouds exposed to gas temperatures between 1380° F. and 1800° F. Abradable coatings in accordance with the invention can be used for new metal components or to repair existing equipment. The coatings can be applied to the metal shroud using thermal spray, processes that integrate sintering and brazing, or direct write techniques.

A primary alkaline battery includes a cathode including a nickel oxyhydroxide and an anode including zinc or zinc alloy particles. Performance of the nickel oxyhydroxide alkaline cell is improved by adding zinc fines to the anode and by including an oxidation resistant graphite in the cathode as well as in a conductive coating applied to the inside surface of the cell housing.

The invention discloses a high-selectivity composite nanofiltration membrane and a preparation method thereof. The high-selectivity composite nanofiltration membrane comprises a nonwoven layer and a polymer porous supporting layer; and the porous supporting layer is provided with one or two polyamide surface layers prepared by reacting polyamine and/or amine polyalcohol with chlorine polyacyl. Compared with the prior art, by forming one or two polyamide surface layers on the porous supporting layer through an interfacial polymerization method, the nanofiltration membrane has increased thickness of a surface layer, has more smooth, hydrolysis-resistant, oxidation-resistant and scratch-resistant surface, and improves pollution resistance; and the surface of the membrane can carry negative or positive charges, so that the composite nanofiltration membrane has a high-selectively functional desalting layer; besides, the method for preparing the composite nanofiltration membrane is simple to operate, high water flux and desalination rate are ensured under low pressure, and the service life of the membrane component is prolonged.

An anode-supported tubular fuel cell stack includes interconnect structures that are oxidation resistant at high temperature, flexible to accommodate thermal expansion stress and to provide strong electrical contact, have low electrical resistance, and are inexpensive and light weight. The interconnect structures may be formed out of metal sheet, which provide improved heat homogeneity throughout the fuel cell stack because of the high thermal conductivity of the metal. The interconnect structures are further shaped to provide resilience or spring-like features to allow movement between the tubular cells. Thus good electrical contact, thermal stress release, and shock absorption are simultaneously achieved.

A medical prosthesis for use within the body which is formed of radiation treated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having substantially no detectable free radicals, is described. Preferred prostheses exhibit reduced production of particles from the prosthesis during wear of the prosthesis, and are substantially oxidation resistant. Methods of manufacture of such devices and material used therein are also provided.

Methods for making highly stable, oxidation-resistant emulsions comprising an oil, an emulsifier, an emulsion stabilizer and water are provided. The invention is particularly well suited for oils that are susceptible to oxidation, such as long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid oils. The resulting emulsion is highly stable and resistant to oxidation, and is useful in a number of products and as a stand-alone product.

An antioxidant combined with UHMWPE prior to subjecting the UHMWPE to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the antioxidant is tocopherol. After the antioxidant is combined with the UHMWPE, the resulting blend may be formed into slabs, bar stock, and/or incorporated into a substrate, such as a metal, for example. The resulting product may then be subjected to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the UHMWPE blend is preheated prior to subjecting the same to crosslinking irradiation. Once irradiated, the UHMWPE blended product may be machined, packaged, and sterilized in accordance with conventional techniques.

The present invention provides methods of performing atomic layer deposition to form conductive, oxidation-resistant rhodium oxide films and films comprising metals, such as platinum, alloyed with rhodium oxide. The present invention also provides memory devices and processors comprising films deposited by the above methods.

A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including an active surface and an inactive surface which faces the active surface, a device isolation layer and a pad stacked on the active surface; and a through electrode disposed in a first via hole and a second via hole and including a protruding part that protrudes from the pad, the first via hole penetrating the semiconductor substrate, the second via hole penetrating the device insulation layer and the pad continuously, wherein at least a surface of the protruding part of the through electrode is formed of an oxidation resistance-conductive material.

The invention discloses a screen phenol-containing thiadiazole type antioxygen antiwear additive and a preparation method thereof, wherein the chemical name of the additive is 2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-benzyl)thio-5-alkylthio 1,3,4-thiadiazole. According to the preparation method, 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole is adopted as a raw material, the 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole and a halogenated alkane are subjected to a nucleophilic substitution reaction under a catalyst effect to generate monoalkyl thiadiazole, and the monoalkyl thiadiazole, formaldehyde and 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol are subjected to a condensation polymerization reaction under a catalyst effect to obtain 2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-benzyl)thio-5-alkylthio 1,3,4-thiadiazole type lubricating oil multifunction additive, wherein the additive is characterized in that good oxidation resistance, extreme pressure property, wear resistance and corrosion resistance are provided for the lubricant with the additive, and the additive can be combined with other additives to provide good synergy effects, can be adopted to partly or completely replace ZDDP, and is applicable for internal combustion engine oils and industrial lubricating oils.

An electro thermal fluidized bed furnace is adapted to be used in a process for continuously heat treating of fine particulate matter, such as carbon black material, by continuously introducing a non-reactive fluidizing gas through the nozzles of the furnace at a pre-determined rate, continuously introducing untreated carbon black material through the feed pipe of the furnace at a predetermined rate so that it forms a fluidized bed, energizing the electrode so as to heat the fluidized bed, and continuously collecting the treated carbon black from the discharge pipe. The carbon black collected from the discharge pipe exhibits properties of having the PAHs and sulfur removed, the carbon black has been graphitized, the moisture pick-up by the carbon black has been eliminated and the carbon black is more oxidation resistant, Furthermore, the resultant furnace carbon backs have a particle size of 7-100 nm and an oil absorption number of 50-300 ml/100 g., while the thermal blacks have a particle size of 200-500 nm and an oil absorption number of less than 50 ml/100 g. All of these properties result in thermally modified carbon blacks having such properties and of such purity so as to provide improved performance properties in food contact type applications, moisture cured polymer systems, zinc-carbon dry cell battery applications, and semi-conductive wire and cable applications.

An organic light-emitting display (OLED) device includes: a lower substrate; an organic light-emitting element disposed on the lower substrate; an anti-oxidation layer covering the organic light-emitting element; an inorganic oxide encapsulation layer covering the anti-oxidation layer; a first organic layer covering the inorganic oxide encapsulation layer; and a first inorganic encapsulation layer covering the first organic layer. The anti-oxidation layer is configured to suppress the organic light-emitting element from being oxidized by oxygen (O₂) plasma at least in a pixel area.

The present invention provides a new pharmacologic-functioning water demonstrating pharmacologic function without any side effects, and usage of the same. The pharmacologic-functioning water, which demonstrates pharmacologic function without any side effects and includes antioxidant-functioning water as an active principle containing hydrogen-dissolved water, which is made up of molecular hydrogen used as a substrate that is included in raw water, and a precious metal colloid, which is included in the hydrogen-dissolved water and catalyzes the breaking reaction of the molecular hydrogen into a product of atomic hydrogen, is used for preventing and/or treating diseases.

The invention discloses a slurry for high temperature anti-oxidation coating of Cf/SiC composite material and a preparation method thereof; the slurry is suspension liquid containing solid-phase components and organic carrier in a mass ratio of (1-4):1, the solid-phase components comprise BaO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass powder and oxide mixed powder in a mass ratio of (0-1):1 and the oxide mixed powder comprises Y2O3 powder and SiO2 powder in a molar ratio of 1:2. The invention also discloses a high temperature anti-oxidation coating of Cf/SiC composite material which is prepared from the slurry and a specific preparation method thereof. The coating is yttrium silicate composite coating or multilayer composite coating which is superimposed with various yttrium silicate composite coatings. The coating prepared by the method of the invention has low expansion coefficient and sufficient consistency, suitable high temperature viscous flow property and strong chemical bond with the protected composite material.

The present invention relates to methods for making cross-linked oxidation-resistant polymeric materials and preventing or minimizing in vivo elution of antioxidant from the antioxidant-containing polymeric materials. The invention also provides methods of doping polymeric materials with a spatial control of cross-linking and antioxidant distribution, for example, vitamin E (α-Tocopherol), and methods for extraction/elution of antioxidants, for example, vitamin E (α-tocopherol), from surface regions of antioxidant-containing polymeric materials, and materials used therewith also are provided.

A bonding wire having a core mainly consisting of copper and a coating layer formed on the core, wherein the coating layer is made of an oxidation-resistant metal having a melting point higher than that of copper, and the elongation of this bonding wire per unit sectional area is 0.021%/mum<2 >or more; and a bonding wire having a core mainly consisting of copper and a coating layer formed on the core, wherein the coating layer is made of a metal having oxidation resistance higher than that of copper, and the relationship of 0.007<=X<=0.05 is satisfied wherein an area ratio X is (the area of the coating layer/the area of the core at the section of wire being cut vertically) are provided. The bonding wires thus provided are inexpensive and excellent in ball formation characteristic and bonding characteristic. Further, a ball bonding method characterized in using the above bonding wire is also provided.

The invention relates to a strong anti-oxidation DHA microcapsule. The microcapsule comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 10 to 30 percent of DHA fish oil, 0.02 to 0.2 percent ofantioxidant, 10 to 60 percent of wall material, and 5 to 30 percent of auxiliary wall material 5. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the strong anti-oxidation DHA microcapsule. On the basis of the prior process, the microcapsule is prepared by adding the antioxidant to oil phase and water phase respectively and performing emulsification, high-pressure homogenization, improved spray granulation and cold-air boiling-drying. The newly added antioxidant can produce better anti-oxidation effects and greatly improve the oxidation stability of the DHA microcapsule so as to prolongthe shelf life of products, and the improved spray granulation and the cold-air boiling-drying process can increase the yield of the DHA microcapsule. The DHA microcapsule can be used in the fields ofmedicines, foods, beverages and the like.

The invention discloses a flotation method for a copper-containing nickel sulfide ore. In order to solve the problem that nickel-containing sulfide is easily oxidized in the flotation process, the invention provides a flotation method which can ensure that the nickel-containing sulfide is not oxidized and can make a part of oxidized nickel ore activated, namely sulfite serving as an antioxidant of nickel sulfide is added during grinding operation of the copper-containing nickel sulfide ore, and sulfate serving as an activating agent with the same weight as the sulfite is added before flotation operation, so that the using amount of the antioxidant is sufficient, the requirement of preventing or delaying the nickel sulfide from being oxidized is met, and the nickel-containing sulfide such as pentlandite and the like is activated. Compared with the conventional flotation method in which the antioxidant is not added, the anti-oxidation method has the advantages that: the grade of a copper-nickel mixed concentrate can be improved by about 1 percent, the recovery rate of copper can be improved by 0 to 2 percent, and the recovery rate of nickel can be improved by 4 to 6 percent.

The invention belongs to the field of macromolecule inorganic chemistry, and in particular relates to a method for preparing a graphene toughened silicon carbide ceramic composite material. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: by taking graphite oxide as a carbon source, wrapping the surface of reduced graphene oxide with a layer of SiO2 granules by using a hydrothermal method so as to form a good interface layer between graphene and SiC, uniformly dispersing, and implementing carbon thermal reduction reaction at the interface of graphene and SiO2 in the high-temperature sintering process so as to growth silicon carbide crystal whisker and granules in situ, thereby improving the interface strength and the oxidation resistance, achieving an interface intensification function, improving crack expansion resistance and further improving the fracture toughness of ceramic. The method aims at the defects that graphene is poor in dispersity and high-temperature oxidation resistance in a conventional graphene/silicon carbide composite material, in-situ growth, crack self-healing and toughness mechanisms are applied to a preparation technique of a graphene/silicon carbide material, and thus graphene toughened silicon carbide ceramic with excellent mechanical properties and interface binding properties can be prepared.

The invention relates to a new technology for depositing a CrAlSiN gradient coating with high-temperature oxidation corrosion resistance and excellent mechanical properties on a supercritical water-cooled reactor fuel clad surface in a nuclear fission reactor. The CrAlSiN gradient coating is deposited on the surface of a base material by adopting a multi-target reaction magnetron sputtering method, and the technology comprises the following four continuous stages of: 1, preparing a Cr gradient coating; 2, preparing a CrAl gradient coating; 3, preparing a CrAlN gradient coating; and preparing the CrAlSiN gradient coating, and annealing. By reasonably designing the gradient variable microstructure of each element, the anti-oxidation temperature of the coating reaches 950 DEG C, the hardnessof the coating reaches over 37GPa, and the adhesive force of the coating adhered to the base material reaches 34N; the coating also has excellent thermal shock resistance, abrasion resistance and thelike; and the service property of the supercritical water-cooled reactor fuel clad part can be greatly improved, and the service life of the clad part can be greatly prolonged.

The invention belongs to the field of thermal spraying and particularly relates to a composite amorphous and nano-crystalline coating layer with ceramic phase and ferrum base and a preparation method thereof. Carbide or oxide ceramics of Co or Ni ladles are firstly added into a flux core, a flux-cored wire is prepared together with the flux core and a ferrum-base alloy with amorphous ingredients and used as a spraying material, and the electric arc spraying method is adopted for leading the flux-cored wire to be melted, atomized into fused drops and finally deposited on a substrate, thus preparing the composite amorphous and nano-crystalline coating layer with ceramic-phase structure and ferrum base, which has the performance of high bond strength, good wear resistance, corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance as well as remarkably prolonged service life of the substrate, and the composite amorphous and nano-crystalline coating layer with ceramic phase and ferrum base can be widely applied to the restoration and the protection of device parts in the fields of metallurgy, electric power and petroleum, etc.

In one aspect, the present invention relates to an implantable device for detecting the presence or concentration of an analyte in an aqueous environment in vivo. The device includes a macromolecule that comprises a copolymer of: a) one or more indicator component monomers which individually are not sufficiently water soluble to permit their use in an aqueous environment for detecting the presence or concentration of said analyte; b) one or more hydrophilic monomers; and c) one or more catalytic antioxidant monomers; such that the macromolecule is capable of detecting the presence or concentration of the analyte in an aqueous environment. The presence of the catalytic antioxidant reduces or prevents oxidative damage to the macromolecule.