Abstract: The method for manufacturing a container having a substantially stiff outer container and a readily deformable inner bag of thermoplastic plastic materials which do not form a weld connection with one another, with a container opening and holes in the outer container, wherein the method includes forming holes in the wall of the outer container at diametrically opposed positions, which lie on the intersection line of a plane defined by the base seam and the longitudinal axis of the container with the container wall and that a pin-shaped tool forces the inner bag through the holes by a predetermined distance from the wall of the outer container and thereby detaches it from the wall, whereafter a pressure medium is introduced through the holes into the gap between the inner bag and the outer container, which detaches the inner bag from the wall of the outer container.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a thermoplastic adhesive composition comprising: at least one maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene-based polymer; at least one at least one ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene interpolymer having a molecular weight distribution (MWD) ?2.5, wherein MWD=Mw/Mn, wherein Mw is weight averaged molecular weight and Mn is number averaged molecular weight, which are both determined by gel permeation chromatography; a very low density polyethylene (VLDPE) having a density in the range 0.885 to 0.915 grams/cm3; and optionally at least one ethylene alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer, wherein the alkyl group comprises one to four carbon atoms.

Abstract: A filtering unit for use with an electronic cigarette which includes a hollo housing and a filter pad located inside the housing. The housing has a first end, a second end, a front wall, and a rear wall. The front wall and the rear wall extend from the first end to the second end of the housing. The hollow housing also including a throughgoing opening formed at the second end and at least one pair of first internally extending prongs, these first prongs forming an internal chamber. The filter pad is positioned inside the internal chamber of the hollow housing. The second end of the hollow chamber is positionable over a portion of the electronic cigarette so as to filter out undesired particles in vapors of the electronic cigarette.

Abstract: A waterborne polyurethane acrylate emulsion, comprising the following raw material components: a polyurethane acrylate prepolymer and a polyurethane acrylate oligomer. After ultraviolet curing, the waterborne polyurethane acrylate emulsion exhibits excellent mechanical strength and good wear resistance. The matt coatings produced therefrom has a fine matt fineness after curing.

Abstract: A polymeric liquid material formed of molecular building blocks of core-shell type architecture, wherein each building block consists of a hyperbranched polysiloxane core and a functional siloxane shell peripherally attached thereto, the material comprising bridging oxygen moieties (Si—O—Si), hydrolysable alkoxy moieties (Si—O—R) and organofunctional moieties (R?—Si—) and (R1—S1-R2) and less than 0.5 mass percent hydroxy moieties (Si—OH). The core has a degree of polymerization DPcore in the range of 1.3 to 2.7, the shell is formed of R?-substituted siloxane moieties and has a degree of polymerization DPshell in the range of 0.3 to 2.5. At least 75 atomic percent of all Si atoms in the core are bonded exclusively to alkoxy or bridging oxygens, the remainder each being bonded to 3 oxygens and 1 carbon. The total Si to free hydrolysable alkoxy molar ratio in the material is 1:1.25 to 1:2.75, and the material has a viscosity in the range of 10-100,000 cP.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) includes a first emitting material layer disposed adjacently to a first electrode and a second emitting material layer disposed adjacently to a second electrode. The first emitting material layer includes a first compound having high affinity to holes and a second compound of thermally activated delayed fluorescent material, and the second emitting material layer includes a fourth compound having high affinity to electrons and implementing triplet-triplet annihilation. Two emitting material layers having adjusted energy levels allow the OLED to lower its driving voltages and improve its luminous efficiency and luminous lifetime.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a sheet including a homogenized material containing alkaloids, said method comprising: —forming a mixture comprising a reducing sugar and particles of a material containing alkaloids; —extruding the mixture; —adding water to the extruded mixture to form a slurry; and —casting the slurry into a sheet.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates an oral pouched nicotine product comprising a filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch of a packaging material enclosing the filling material, said filling material comprising: —particles having a sphericity from 0.7 to 1.0, such as from 0.8 to 1.0, and a diameter from 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm, said particles comprising: (i) a core having an outer surface, said core comprising a material selected from the group consisting of cellulose, starch, polyalcohol, sugar and any combinations thereof, (ii) a first coating comprising a saliva-soluble binder and a nicotine source, said first coating being applied on at least part of the outer surface of said core, wherein said particles are provided in an amount within the range of from 50 wt % to 100 wt %, such as from 50 wt % to 90 wt %, based on the total weight of said filling material, and—optionally a tobacco material within the range of from 0.05 wt % to 10 wt %, based on the total weight of the filling material.

Abstract: A thermally conductive material according to the present technology includes: 100 parts by mass of a crosslinking reaction product of an acrylic polymer (A) including at least two crosslinkable functional groups containing a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and an acrylic polymer (B) including at least one of the crosslinkable functional groups; from 100 to 200 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer (C) with a viscosity of 650 mPa·s or less; from 150 to 350 parts by mass of a trimellitate ester plasticizer; from 3500 to 7500 parts by mass of a thermally conductive filler with an average particle size ranging from 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m; and from 50 to 300 parts by mass of a thickener with an average particle size of 50 nm or less.

Abstract: A device for use while smoking includes a sleeve defining an opening on a first end. The opening is contiguous with a recess defined therein. The recess is configured for slideably receiving a smoking accessory therein. An extinguisher is positioned on a second end. The extinguisher defines a resilient seal that is configured for being received above a smoking substance that is under flame to extinguish the smoking substance. The device has a first mode of operation in which stowage of a smoking accessory is received within the sleeve, a second mode of operation in which the device is engaged with a proximal surface by engagement of the resilient seal with the proximal surface, and a third mode of operation in which the extinguisher carried by the sleeve is used to extinguish a flame.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an optical wavelength conversion member including a polycrystalline ceramic sintered body containing, as main components, Al2O3 crystal grains and crystal grains represented by formula X3Al5O12:Ce. In the optical wavelength conversion member 9, atoms of element X are present also in an Al2O3 crystal grain adjacent to the interface between the Al2O3 crystal grain and an X3Al5O12:Ce crystal grain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt product that comprises an asphalt component and a plurality of pellets comprising a mixture of a ground tire rubber and an elastomeric polymer, where the density difference between the asphalt component and the plurality of pellets is less than 10%. The present invention further relates to a pellet comprising a ground tire rubber (“GTR”) and an elastomeric polymer mixed with the GTR, where the GTR has a density of less than 1.12 g/cm3. Also disclosed are methods of producing improved asphalt and paving a surface.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a microwave heating module and an aerosol generator. The microwave heating module includes a cup, a cylindrical shielding net, a magnetron, and a microwave source. The cup is fixed in the cylindrical shielding net for accommodating a tobacco material. The cylindrical shielding net is disposed above the microwave source. The magnetron is disposed on the microwave source. In a power-on state, the magnetron emits microwave. The microwave is released via the microwave source into the cylindrical shielding net to heat and atomize the tobacco material in the cup. The microwave heating module is disposed in the aerosol generator.

Abstract: A method of preparing a whitened tobacco material is provided, including: (i) extracting a tobacco material with a first extraction solution to provide a tobacco solids material and a tobacco extract; (ii) cooking the tobacco solids material in an alkaline cooking liquid comprising sodium sulfide and having a pH of greater than 11 to form a tobacco pulp; (iii) treating the tobacco pulp with an acid to lower the pH of the tobacco pulp and provide a neutralized tobacco pulp; (iv) extracting the neutralized tobacco pulp with a second extraction solution comprising at least one chelating agent to provide an extracted tobacco pulp; and (v) bleaching the extracted tobacco pulp with a bleaching solution to provide a whitened tobacco material.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a two-part curable composition comprising: ?a first part (component A) comprising: —at least 51% by weight based on the total weight of the first part, of one or more cyanoacrylate monomer(s); —a transition metal complex; and —an antioxidant; ?a second part (component B) comprising: —a per-compound; —at least one Michael acceptor M selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic monomers, (meth)acrylic functionalized oligomers, (meth)acrylic functionalized resins, and mixtures thereof; provided that the composition comprises (in the first part and/or in the second part) at least one compound C comprising a radical -EWG1-CH2-EWG2- wherein EWG2 and EWG1 are independently of each other an electron withdrawing group.

Abstract: An atomization generating device includes a main body and a cartridge having an exterior housing and a bottom base. The exterior housing includes an opening at a lower portion, an air outlet at a top portion, and an open hole at a side wall. The bottom base is mounted at the opening of the lower portion of the exterior housing. An upper portion of the bottom base is provided with an atomizing core connected with the air outlet through a vapor channel. An upper portion of the main body includes a receiving chamber for receiving the cartridge. The receiving chamber includes an air inlet corresponding to the open hole. The bottom base includes an air guiding channel for guiding an external air into the atomizing core. An end of the air guiding channel is connected with the atomizing core, another end is connected with the air inlet and the open hole.

Abstract: A laminate, a display device including the laminate, and an article including the display, the laminate including a substrate, a protective layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the substrate and the protective layer, wherein the protective layer includes a fluorine-containing (poly)ether amide silane compound represented by Formula 1 and having a molecular weight greater than 2,000 Da, and the intermediate layer includes at least one Si—O bond and having a density greater than about 2.0 g/cm3 and less than about 2.5 g/cm3, Rf-(L1)p1-Q1-(L2)p2-Si(R1)(R2)(R3)??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, Rf, L1, p1, Q1, L2, p2, R1 to R3 are the same as described in the specification.

Abstract: A composite foam is provided having silica aerogel particles dispersed in a closed cell polymeric foam. The silica aerogel particles are included in a volume fraction between 2 and 60%, and the composite foam has a thermal conductivity of 40 mW/m?K or less and a density of 60 kg/m3 or less. In another embodiment, a composite foam is provided having a perforated closed cell polymeric foam and 2-60% hydrophobic silica aerogel particles by volume with a particle size distribution of 1 to 50 ?m, where the composite foam has a thermal conductivity of 30 mW/m?K or less, a density of 20-45 kg/m3, and an air permeability of 20-40 cubic feet per minute.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet in which the adhesive strength of an adhesive layer to other adherends is low, adhesive layers can be firmly bonded to each other, the adhesive layers will not be destroyed even if the adhesive layers are peeled after having once been bonded, and sufficient bonding strength is obtained even if the adhesive layers are re-bonded. An adhesive sheet in which an intermediate layer containing methyl methacrylate-grafted natural rubber is provided on a substrate containing a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer, and an adhesive layer including an adhesive containing the plasticizer and a rubber component containing natural rubber and methyl methacrylate-grafted natural rubber is provided on the intermediate layer, wherein a degree of swelling of the rubber component with respect to the plasticizer is by a factor of 1.5 to 4.5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new stable modified polymer polyol dispersions. The modified polymer polyols of the present invention comprise at least one polyol and a stable dispersion of polymeric particles in the at least one polyol. There are also disclosed processes for the preparation of the herein described modified polymer polyols, and processes for preparing polyurethane materials containing them.