Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, that an optical analysis method can reveal weak areas in ceramic thermal barrier coatings that protect jet engine turbines from high temperatures and ...

With each transition to a new technology node, fab requirements for metal and particle contamination become more stringent, posing challenges for existing coating methods such as anodization or plasma ...

The present article discusses aluminum coating with silazane and other metals through laser treatment. The resulting silazane-coated aluminum substrate enhances hardness over conventional processes ...