Abstract: Biomacromolecules encapsulated or immobilized within mesoporous or nanoporous materials via surfactant-templated sol-gel reactions and methods for production of these encapsulated or immobilized biomacromolecules are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides curable compositions and rapid prototyping processes using the same. In one embodiment, the present compositions include one or more aromatic epoxies and one or more aliphatic epoxies, and, after full cure, exhibit a heat deflection temperature of at least 105° C. and an elongation at break of at least 1.5%.

Abstract: The present invention provides curable compositions and rapid prototyping using the same. In one embodiment, the present composition includes one or more aromatic epoxies and one or more aliphatic epoxies, and, after full cure, exhibits a heat deflection temperature of at least 105° C. and an elongation break of at least 1.5%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation curable composition comprising radiation curable components wherein the composition comprises at least two flame retardants and wherein the flame retardants belong to different classes of compounds, to a process for making three dimensional flame retardant articles and to a three dimensional article, made by rapid prototyping means, that passes the flame retardancy UL-94-V0 test.

Abstract: A radiation curable composition comprising 10-90 wt % of a cationically polymerizable compound, 0.1-10 wt % of a cationic photoinitiator, 1-40 wt % of a radically polymerizable compound, 0.1-10 wt % of a radical photoinitiator and 5-70 wt % of a filler having a mean average particle size of between 3 and 500 nanometer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation curable composition comprising relative to the total weight of the composition (A) 0-29 wt % of a cationically curable component having a linking aliphatic ester group, (B) 10-85 wt % of an epoxygroup containing component other than A, (C) 1-50 wt % of an oxetanegroup containing component, (D) 1-25 wt % of a multifunctional acrylate and a radical photoinitiator and a cationic photoinitiator.

Abstract: The present invention provides curable compositions and rapid prototyping processes using the same. In one embodiment, the present compositions include one or more aromatic epoxies and one or more aliphatic epoxies, and, after full cure, exhibit a heat deflection temperature of at least 105° C. and an elongation at break of at least 1.5%.

Abstract: Mesoporous materials and a method for making such materials is disclosed in which the mesoporous materials are made by forming an aqueous solution having an organometallic compound; adding a solution comprising a pore forming material selected from the group consisting of monomeric polyols, polyacids, polyamines, carbohydrates, oligopeptides, oligonucleic acids, carbonyl functional organic compounds, and mixtures and derivatives of these materials to form a sol get matrix by polycondensation; drying the sot gel matrix; and removing the pore forming material from the dried sot-gel matrix to thereby form a mesoporous material. The mesoporous materials have pore diameters of from about 20 Å to about 100 Å and may be used with a biologically active agent immobilized within the pores of the mesoporous material and introduced into a biological system.

Abstract: Biomacromolecules encapsulated or immobilized within mesoporous or nanoporous materials via surfactant-templated sol-gel reactions and methods for producing these encapsulated 5 or immobilized biomacromolecules are provided.