The present invention relates to a pattern forming method comprising image-wise forming, on a surface of a substrate, a region having an ability to initiate polymerization, forming a graft polymer on the region by atom transfer radical polymerization, and adhering a substance to the graft polymer. The method can be applied for preparing an image forming material, a fine particle adsorption pattern material, a conductive pattern material, or the like by selecting a suitable substance.

To provide a solid-state image sensing device that is capable of improving the connection reliability of bonding pads and bonding wires. A solid-state image sensing element 1 of the present invention contains a long plate-shaped metal substrate 16, a long plate-shaped solid-state image sensing element 4 fixed to the surface of the metal substrate 16 via an adhesive layer 18, and bonding pads 6, formed on the surface of the solid-state image sensing element 4, for electrically connecting to the l...

The adherence of the alignment layer of a liquid crystal cell is improved by simultaneously glow discharging and sputtering the alignment materials onto the conductors and substrates of the liquid crystal cell.

A method of preventing the adherence of the ash to a gasifier wall in a process for gasifying petroleum coke in the gasifier by partial oxidization reaction. The petroleum coke is mixed with 10 to 30 wt % of coal based on the petroleum coke and the mixture is gasified at a gasifying temperature higher than the melting point of the ash of said coal.

The present invention comprises an improvement in the surface treatment of copper surfaces. It produces a strong and stable bond, resistant to chemical attack and to thermal and mechanical stresses between said copper foil surfaces and adjacent surfaces of resinous layers. It is especially useful in multilayer printed circuit fabrication and in the treatment of copper circuit lines and areas which are disconnected from each other, that is, which do not have electrically conductive continuity. In...

The present invention relates to a method of reducing the adherence of bacteria to tooth surfaces, to compositions for use in such a method and to processes for the preparation thereof.

A primer composition and method for improving adhesion of polymeric material to metal ion containing substrate is provided. The primer consists of a solution of a polymer whose chain contains polar groups, such as carboxy, hydroxy, groups and the like, and non-polar monoethylenically unsaturated terminal groups. The primer is applied to the surface to be treated, the solvent evaporated and the polymeric material applied and cured in the usual way. The bond tensile strength of samples employing t...

The adherence of oil to siliceous material, such as beach sand, is reduced by contacting the material with a blend of a primary long chain alcohol and an aliphatic solvent either before or after the oil contacts the siliceous material.

A clamping device, especially for pistons of internal combustion motors, permitting previous indexing and ensuring the handling and maintenance in position of the said pistons during the half-finish and finish machining operations of the skirt and the lands of said pistons. The device comprises a receiving member in frontal support of the head of a workpiece, presenting, centering and indexing members for the piece towards the said receiving member, and members intended to apply the piece agains...

A medical device coated with one or more antibodies and one or more layers of a matrix is disclosed. The antibodies or fragments thereof react with an endothelial cell surface antigen. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for producing the medical device. The matrix coating the medical device may be composed of a synthetic material, such as a fullerene, or a naturally occurring material. The fullerenes range from about C60 to about C100. The medical device may be a stent or a synthetic gr...