Abstract: The present invention relates to an article comprising a substrate having thereon at least one antistatic layer, wherein said antistatic layer comprises at least one conductive material, and wherein said antistatic layer comprises areas of patterned coverage, and wherein said patterned coverage comprises a graphic design.

Abstract: A novel aromatic compound represented by following general formula (I): among X1 to X20 in general formula (I), (1) at least four each independently represent a linear or branched alkoxyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and others each represent hydrogen atom; (2) at least one represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, at least one represents a linear or branched alkoxyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a total of a number of the alkyl group and a number of the alkoxyl group being 4 or greater, and others each represent hydrogen atom; (3) at least six each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and others each represent hydrogen atom; or (4) at least four each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, two among said alkyl groups having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and others each represent hydrogen atom; and an organic electroluminescence device using the aromatic compound, are provided.

Abstract: A blue electroluminescent polymer includes a phenoxazine unit in its polyarylene backbone, and a high-luminance, high-efficiency, stable-performance organic electroluminescent device has an organic layer that includes the blue electroluminescent polymer.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a plastic fiber article of manufacture having composite-like high strength characteristics. The article of manufacture can be in the form of a panel or board. The panel or board is constructed from low cost fiber materials, industrial grade or high thermal plastic, and other additives to protect the board or panel from ultraviolet light, fugi growth, excessive heat, fire, insect infestation, and/or weathering. The plastic fiber panel or board may be textured and colored to resemble natural wood such as cedar, walnut, or oak. The plastic fiber panel or board is stronger more durable and may be cheaper than natural wood alternative panels or boards.

Abstract: A string binder is disclosed which is useful for making reinforcing articles for use in the manufacture of molded composite articles. The string binder comprises a fibrous substrate with chemical treatment, applied thereto, comprising a polyester resin, a curing agent, a film former, and a thickener. Additionally, the string binder may be co-roved with one or more ends of a separate fibrous pre-form material to make a product suitable for use in various molding applications.

Abstract: A continuous reinforcing fiber sheet in which reinforcing fibers are arranged at an arbitrary angle to the main axis. The continuous reinforcing fiber sheet is well applicable to pultrusion forming without the risk of the reinforcing fibers being dispersed. This permits use of the continuous reinforcing fiber sheet in a long fiber-reinforced plastic structural member having remarkably improved torsional rigidity. The continuous reinforcing fiber sheet 1 has a continuous resin-penetrable support sheet 2 and a reinforcing fiber layer 3 held by the resin-penetrable support sheet 2. Long reinforcing fibers 4 in the reinforcing fiber layer 3 have substantially a certain length (F) and are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the resin-penetrable support sheet 2 at a prescribed angle (&agr;) to the longitudinal direction of the resin-penetrable support sheet 2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic fiber blend and methods for its use comprising a first fiber component formed of a homopolymer polypropylene fiber and a second fiber component being a copolymer formed of a polypropylene and a high density polyethylene. The first fiber component is fibrillated and the second fiber component is a twisted bundle comprised of multiple strands of a nonfibrillating monofilament. The synthetic fiber blend imparts improved reinforcement properties to the building materials to which they are added. In particular, the synthetic fiber blend when incorporated into a building material provides reduced permeability, increased fatigue strength, improved toughness, and reduced plastic shrinkage. The unique combination of the twisted second fiber component blended with the first fiber component provides improved mixability and uniform distribution of the synthetic fiber blend in cementitious materials.

Abstract: An electro-luminescent element comprising an organic compound layer is disclosed. The organic compound layer contains a compound represented by Formula I or Formula V: wherein R1 and R2 are each a substituent, and Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring each of them may have a substituent, wherein R11 through R16 and X1 through X9 are each a hydrogen atom or a substituent, they may be the same or different; and the sum of the steric parameters EsR1 through EsR16 of R11 through R16 satisfies the following expression: EsR11+EsR12+EsR13+EsR14+EsR15+EsR16≦−2.0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-rail that can be used for escalators, moving pavements. The inventive hand-rail has a C-shaped cross-section, outer layers in the form of a sliding layer and a rubber top layer for the user, a layer with tractive support elements, especially steel chords that are embedded in rubber and oriented in a longitudinal direction, and at least one respective reinforcing layer extending into the lip areas on both sides of the tractive support elements. At least one of the reinforcing layers consists of a rubber layer with homogeneously distributed short fibers with a preferred orientation, extending at an angle deviating from 0° in relation to the longitudinal direction of the hand-rail.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode having high luminous intensity, and providing stabilized performance even during repetitive use and easy to manufacture, by using a charge transporting polymer having the following general formulae (I-1) and (I-2). where Ar represents a substituted or non-substituted monovalent polynulear aromatic ring having number of aromatic rings of 3 to 10, X represents a substituted or non-substituted bivalent aromatic group, T represents a bivalent linear hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, m represents an integer of 1 to 3 and k represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: In an electroluminescent device comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electroluminescent organic layer interposed therebetween, wherein a luminescent material in the organic layer emits light upon application of a voltage between the anode and the cathode, an auxiliary carrier transporting layer which contains an aromatic amine derivative comprising recurring units of formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of 200-100,000 is formed between the anode and the organic layer. R1 to R4 each are hydrogen, hydroxyl, substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon, organooxy, acyl or sulfonate group, excluding the case where all R1 to R4 are hydrogen atoms at the same time, and n is a positive number of 2-3,000.

Abstract: A composite formed of a polymer matrix phase having a reinforcement phase including polymeric microfibers. The microfibers are preferably formed of a highly oriented polymer, having a high modulus value and a large surface area. The large surface area can serve to tightly bind the microfibers to the polymer matrix phase. The microfibers can be provided as a fully- or partially-microfibrillated film, as a non-woven web of entangled microfibers, or as a pulp having free fibers. The microfibers can be embedded in, or impregnated with, a polymer or polymer precursor. Some composite articles are formed from thermoset resins cured about a highly oriented polypropylene microfiber reinforcement phase, providing a strong, tough, moisture resistant article. One composite includes a matrix and reinforcement formed of the same material type and having substantially equal refractive indices, allowing the composite to be optically clear.