Abstract: Systems and methods for rinsing one or more pellicles during fabrication, including immersing and soaking the one or more pellicles in a rinse bath solution for a particular time period, forming a top layer above the rinse bath solution, the top layer having a lower surface tension than the rinse bath, and withdrawing the one or more pellicles through the top layer for drying.

Abstract: A molding material having from about 10 weight percent to about 25 weight percent of an amorphous thermoplastic resin, from about 3 weight percent to about 25 weight percent of aluminum oxide, boron nitride or aluminum silicate and from about 65 weight percent to about 87 weight percent of iron oxide.

Abstract: A rubber-plastic alloy for a warm mix asphalt mixture and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The rubber-plastic alloy consists of plastic, crumb rubber, cracked wax and rubber oil. The manufacturing method includes extruding the plastic, the crumb rubber, the cracked wax, and the rubber oil at suitable ratio via a single screw extruder, and pelleting via a water-cooled die-face cutter. The rubber-plastic alloy is mixed with a hot mineral material in an asphalt mixture mixer, and then liquid asphalt matrix is pumped into the mixer via an asphalt pump to provide a warm mix rubber-plastic modified asphalt mixture. The rubber-plastic alloy is applied for modifying an asphalt mixture to an effect equivalent to that achieved by a wet method.

Abstract: A method of dissolving cellulose, comprising: firstly heating and activating the cellulose by using a heating apparatus, and then dissolving by using a solvent. The temperature of the heating and the activating is 130° C.-270° C., the time period of the heating is 0.1-100 hours, and the solvent is an aqueous solution including 6 wt %-12 wt % sodium hydroxide and 0.1 wt %-6 wt % zinc oxide. The method of dissolving comprises: heating and activating the cellulose with a degree of polymerization of DP=300-700, dispersing the cellulose into the solvent, and freezing under a temperature of ?10˜-30° C. for 0.1-50 hours; then unfreezing under a condition of no more than 32° C., and standing or stirring by machine during the process of unfreezing so as to dissolve and obtain a cellulose solution with a concentration of 3 wt %-12 wt %. The obtained cellulose solution has a good solubility and stability that maintains a relatively good stability after being stood under a temperature of ?8 to 32° C. for a few days.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a porous body having fluid permeance, which contains cellulose-based nanofibers having an extremely thin fiber diameter and high hydrophilicity, and to manufacture a porous body at low cost. The porous body according to the present invention is a porous body in which nanofibers are entangled to form net-like structural bodies in pores of a porous support having many pores that are connecting with one another, wherein the nanofibers are cellulose-based nanofibers, and have a number average fiber diameter of from 1 to 100 nm.

Abstract: The invention provides articles and methods for making such articles including a substrate coated on at least one region thereof with a layer of nanocomposites nano-cellulose materials and nanoparticles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.

Abstract: A building material for use in forming exterior surface coverings. According to a preferred embodiment, the building material consists of the combination of a paper material, bonding agent, and water. The building material can either be formed directly upon a substrate, such as a wall or ceiling, or otherwise formed as a sheet of material or molding that can thereafter be affixed to a given surface or substrate. The building materials can be customized to have a specific type of color, shape and texture, and can further be utilized in a wide variety of building applications.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a composition for use in forming films or coatings that prevent damage in foodstuffs, including plants, fruits, and vegetables. The disclosed compositions comprise a cellulose nanomaterial and can further comprise a nanoscale mineral compound and one or more additional components. Also disclosed are films or coatings made using the disclosed compositions, as well as methods for making the disclosed compositions and methods for using the disclosed compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a particle-containing powdered coating material, wherein an additive has been at least partially applied to the surface of the particles, in coating methods, in particular in cold gas spraying, flame spraying, high-speed flame spraying, thermal plasma spraying and non-thermal plasma spraying. Furthermore, the present invention relates to coating methods, in particular the above-named methods, using the powdered coating material according to the invention.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bonding structure, including a heat dissipation substrate, a eutectic layer on the heat dissipation substrate, and a copper layer on the eutectic layer. The thermal dissipation substrate includes aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, or zirconium oxide. The eutectic layer includes aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, or zirconium oxide doped with zinc, tin, indium, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A new approach for improving fire resistance of cellulosic materials is provided, especially when the cellulosic material is to be used in polymer composites. Cellulosic material is treated with an aqueous mixture of alkali metal or ammonium hydroxide and alkaline earth or aluminum metal salt simultaneously with or within a short period of time of preparing the mixture. The treated cellulosic material becomes self-extinguishing and may also have improved thermal stability, improved interfacial thermal resistance, improved resistance to damage by oxidants and other chemical agents, improved resistance to biological agents and/or improved resistance to damage by ultra-violet light. The fire-resistant cellulosic material may also be treated with a layered nanoparticulate material either simultaneously with, subsequent to or prior to treatment with the aqueous mixture of alkali metal or ammonium hydroxide and alkaline earth or aluminum metal salt to impart further fire resistance to the cellulosic material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a universal metallic/pearlescent colorant composition that is free of VOCs including alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) and formaldehyde. The colorant composition comprises substantially no resin and comprises microcrystalline cellulose and optionally a synthetic silicate to disperse the metallic pigments.

Abstract: ‘Green’ composites are fabricated using resins, such as soy-based resins, and reinforced with crystalline high strength bacterial cellulose (BC) fibers. Bacterial cellulose is produced by providing a bacterial cellulose-producing bacterium such as Acetobacter xylinum; providing an inexpensive bacteria nutritional medium; culturing the bacterium in the bacteria nutritional medium under conditions to produce bacterial cellulose; and isolating bacterial cellulose produced by cultured bacteria from the bacteria nutritional medium. The bacteria nutritional medium comprises an inexpensive carbon source that is a plant-based seed extract. The seed extract is derived from a plant-based seed comprising soluble sugars.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cellulose-containing mass for forming a cellulose-containing composite material comprising following steps: (a) providing an input material comprising at least one cellulose-containing raw material and a liquid content; (b) macerating the cellulose-containing raw material in the input material; and (c) homogenizing the input material to obtain the cellulose-containing mass for forming cellulose-containing composite material by using an apparatus selected from a homogenizer, a refiner and a wet-milling apparatus. According to a further embodiment of the present invention cellulose of different types is added to the input. Moreover a method for producing a composite material that is based on said cellulose-containing mass is disclosed as well as a product produced of said composite material.

Abstract: Dried nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), in particular films of NCC, of controlled water dispersibility and a method to control the dispersibility of dried NCC by controlling electrolyte solution ionic strength and ion valency is described. Neutral M-NCC suspensions containing monovalent counterions (e.g., M=Na+, K+, NH4+, Et4N+) produced by neutralization of acid-form NCC (H-NCC) with the appropriate hydroxide, are readily dispersible in water when fully dried; this is in contrast to H-NCC. The dispersion of dried M-NCC in aqueous media is effectively prevented by a combination of (1) increased electrolyte concentration and ionic strength, and (2) higher valency of the cation component of the dissolved salt. Additionally, pre-treatment of dried M-NCC films with an electrolyte solution having a polyvalent cation, for example a divalent or trivalent cation is sufficient to prevent the subsequent dispersion of the M-NCC film in pure water.

Abstract: Disclosed are granular composites comprising a biopolymer and one or more nanometal-oxyhydroxide/hydroxide/oxide particles, along with methods for the preparation and use thereof.

Abstract: A process for the production of composite materials comprising nano-fibrillar cellulose gels, by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment, combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment, fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, subsequently providing at least one further filler and/or pigment and combining the gel with the at least one further filler and/or pigment.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing fiberboard by preparing a fiber slurry mixture including containing cellulose fibers and water then atomizing a liquid bituminous material, such as asphalt. The liquid bituminous material is atomized by mixing it with a pressurized gas, such as compressed air, forming a mist comprising droplets of bituminous material having a diameter between 20 microns and 50 microns. A water spray solidifies the bituminous material droplets thereby forming bituminous particles which fall into the fiber slurry within the spray chamber. From there the slurry is sheared, dewatered, and dried, forming a finished fiberboard.

Abstract: Composite panels may be prepared using a moisture resistance additive having a formulation that includes a triglyceride having a saponification value of at least 150 and an iodine value of at least 35. The additive may be used in the form of a water emulsion. The water emulsion may be prepared by dispersing the components of the additive formulation under conditions sufficient to at least partially saponify the triglyceride. The moisture resistance additive can impart resistance to moisture absorption and thickness swelling to composite panels prepared therewith.

Abstract: A method of forming boron nitride nanoparticles. A plurality of precursor molecules comprising boron, nitrogen and hydrogen may be decomposed in a first heating zone to form a plurality of gaseous molecules that contain bonded boron and nitrogen, followed by heating to a second, higher temperature thereby causing the gaseous molecules to react and nucleate to form a plurality of boron nitride nanoparticles. Depending on processing temperatures, the boron nitride nanoparticles may include amorphous forms, crystalline forms, or combinations thereof. Precursor molecules may include ammonia borane, borazine, cycloborazanes, polyaminoborane, polyiminoborane, and mixtures thereof. The boron nitride nanoparticles may be incorporated into a variety of dispersions, composites, and coatings; and in one embodiment, may be a component of a propellant, wherein the boron nitride nanoparticles may confer a range of advantages to gun barrels in which such propellants may be fired.

Abstract: Building panels such as ceiling tiles have compositions including starch as a binder and a coagulant for the starch. The building panels also can include a fibrous material and a filler. In one aspect, the starch is coagulated by the coagulant resulting in the starch being distributed substantially uniformly through a thickness of the building panels, whereby certain physical properties of the building panels and a wet-felting process for manufacturing the building panels are improved. The coagulant can comprise at least one aluminum salt. In the wet-felting process for manufacturing the ceiling tiles, a slurry comprising an aqueous dispersion of at least one fibrous material, at least one filler material, at least starch as a binder and a coagulant for the starch is delivered onto a foraminous wire frame. The slurry is dewatered to form a basemat and the basemat is dried to remove any residual moisture.

Abstract: This invention relates to coatings for wood and improvement in the surface properties of cured coatings of the invention. The invention further relates to a method for improving at least one property such as mechanical, optical or a combination thereof and to a process for preparing a nanocrystalline cellulose-containing hydrodispersible, hydrosoluble and hydrophobic wood coating.

Abstract: A method of forming a roofing-grade asphalt mixture can include mixing a bio-asphalt including a partially oxidized bio-source material, a bitumen source material different from the bio-asphalt, and particles to form the roofing-grade asphalt mixture. In an embodiment, the bitumen source material can have a softening point of at least approximately 102° C. and a penetration distance no greater than approximately 20 dmm. In another embodiment, the roofing-grade asphalt mixture can have a softening point of at least approximately 104° C., a penetration distance no greater than approximately 12 dmm, a viscosity of at least approximately 3000 cps at a temperature of 177° C., or any combination thereof. The roofing-grade asphalt mixture can be applied to a base material to form a roofing product.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for forming a film and its resultant film which has a high level of adhesiveness to a substrate and has good gas barrier properties. The composition for forming a film is prepared by adding a silane coupling agent to an aqueous dispersion liquid in which a cellulose nanofiber is dispersed in an aqueous medium. In addition, the composition for forming a film is also prepared by blending an aqueous dispersion liquid (a) which contains a cellulose nanofiber and has a pH 4-9 with a hydrolysis liquid (b) which contains alkoxysilane hydrolysates and has a pH 2-4 by a weight ratio of “cellulose nanofiber”/“alkoxysilane (in terms of SiO2)” in the range from 0.1 to 5.

Abstract: In a fine particle dispersion, a fine particle (P) is dispersed in a mixed organic solvent. The fine particle (P) is formed of one type or not less than two types of a metal, an alloy, and/or a metallic compound, and has a mean particle diameter between 1 nm and 150 nm for primary particles thereof. Further, the fine particle (P) has a surface at least a part thereof coated with a polymer dispersing agent (D).

Abstract: A membrane structure contains cellulose microfibers and an inorganic layered compound. The cellulose constituting the cellulose microfibers has a carboxyl content of 0.1 to 3 mmol/g. The mass ratio of the inorganic layered compound to the cellulose microfibers is 0.01 to 100. The inorganic layered compound preferably has an average particle size of 0.01 to 10 ?m and has an amount of charge of 1 to 1000 eq/g. The membrane structure is preferably prepared by using an aqueous dispersion containing cellulose microfibers having a carboxyl content of 0.1 to 3 mmol/g, an inorganic layered compound, and a basic substance.

Abstract: Tire cords comprising fibers including at least one polymer and graphene sheets.

Abstract: ‘Green’ composites are fabricated using resins, such as soy-based resins, and reinforced with crystalline high strength bacterial cellulose (BC) fibers. Bacterial cellulose is produced by providing a bacterial cellulose-producing bacterium such as Acetobacter xylinum; providing an inexpensive bacteria nutritional medium; culturing the bacterium in the bacteria nutritional medium under conditions to produce bacterial cellulose; and isolating bacterial cellulose produced by cultured bacteria from the bacteria nutritional medium. The bacteria nutritional medium comprises an inexpensive carbon source that is a plant-based seed extract. The seed extract is derived from a plant-based seed comprising soluble sugars.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bonding structure, including a heat dissipation substrate, a eutectic layer on the heat dissipation substrate, and a copper layer on the eutectic layer. The thermal dissipation substrate includes aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, or zirconium oxide. The eutectic layer includes aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, or zirconium oxide doped with zinc, tin, indium, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: The subject invention is directed to diffusion aluminide coatings, and more particularly, to a homogenous paste for applying a diffusion aluminide coating to a selected surface of a turbine component and to a method of applying a diffusion aluminide coating to a selected surface of a turbine component.

Abstract: A method for preparing an aqueous suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material, the method comprising a step of microfibrillating a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose in an aqueous environment in the presence of an inorganic particulate material.

Abstract: A process for reducing the variability in commercial production lots of cellulose gums, such as cellulose ethers, in which inert substances, such as sucrose, salt, maltodextrin, or other relatively are blended with the cellulose gums to create products that exhibit less variability in certain a functional property, such as aqueous viscosity than commercial production lots which have not been subjected to the blending process.

Abstract: The present invention provides the suspension of cellulose fibers suitable for producing an oxygen gas barrier film. The present invention provides a suspension of cellulose fibers containing cellulose fibers, a polyvalent metal and a volatile base, wherein the cellulose fibers have an average fiber diameter of not more than 200 nm and the content of carboxyl groups of cellulose composing the cellulose fibers of 0.1 to 2 mmol/g. The suspension is a good material for a film having oxygen gas barrier properties. The present invention provides a film containing cellulose fibers and an inorganic or organic metal salt, wherein the cellulose fibers have an average fiber diameter of not more than 200 nm and the content of carboxyl groups of cellulose composing the cellulose fibers of 0.1 to 2 mmol/g.

Abstract: A moldable matrix comprises a mixture of magnesium chloride, magnesium oxide, sodium hexametaphosphate, and/or sodium pyrophosphate. The matrix can be used as an environmentally-friendly substitute to conventional construction material such as plastics and woods.

Abstract: Disclosed are a sealing material including an inorganic particle, an organic binder, and a fiber-phased material, and a display device including the seal material.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a process of preparation of at least one mineral matter and/or of at least one pigment, including a calcium carbonate made at once partially organophilic and partially hydrophilic, in which the carbonate is blended and/or ground and/or concentrated in an aqueous medium, in the presence of at least one salt of ethylene acrylic acid, one dispersing agent and/or one grinding aid agent, which is introduced before and/or during this treatment stage. Another object of the invention lies in the aqueous dispersions and suspensions of calcium carbonate thus obtained. They may be dried and the dry pigments obtained also constitute an object of the invention. Use of these aqueous dispersions and these dry pigments in the field of plastic, paints and paper constitutes another object of the invention.

Abstract: A product is used in creating an active capping layer across submerged (and optionally exposed) surfaces of contaminated sediment, with the product including multiple, dry particles composed of variable types and amounts of inert material, reactive material and binding material. To create optimal characteristics for controlled and relatively rapid settling through a water column, the dry particles can selectively comprise different sizes, size gradations and shapes (as a function of procedures for manufacturing and processing) as well as different density, or specific gravity (as a function of optionally including relatively very dense minerals). The dry particles are manufactured by implementing the sequential steps of material mixing into a flowable paste, paste drying, crushing and optionally sieving.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bitumen or asphalt formulation for the pavement of road surfaces, said formulation comprising a mixture of bitumen and aggregates, and an additive package evenly distributed therein, said additive package comprising from about i) 10 to 60% by weight of an amine or modified amine surfactant, ii) from about 20 to 90% of an asphalt rheology modifying component.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film producing method of producing cellulose acylate film by casting dope containing cellulose acylate and solvent is provided. The cellulose acylate film producing method includes adding a magnesium salt to the dope to satisfy a condition of a value of M2/M1 being equal to or more than 1×10?6 and equal to or less than 1×10?3, where M1 is a weight of the cellulose acylate, and M2 is a weight of magnesium in the magnesium salt. If the dope contains a calcium ion, the magnesium salt suppresses creation of insoluble precipitate of a calcium salt of a fatty acid from a fatty acid ion in the dope. Preferably, the magnesium salt is magnesium sulfate. A value of M3/M2 is equal to or more than 1×10?3 and equal to or less than 10, where M3 is a weight of calcium contained in the dope.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solution comprising cellulose and an ionic liquid comprising anions and cations as solvent, wherein the cations comprise at least one atom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus which is present in protonated form, its preparation and use for physical and chemical treatment.

Abstract: A film forming composition and a polymeric film or coating comprising hemicellulose and at least one component selected from the group consisting of plasticizers, cellulose, and an oligomer or polymer, is disclosed, said polymeric film or coating further comprising at least one additive/reactant increasing the liquid/moisture resistance and mixed with and/or reacting with the hemicellulose and said at least one component before or in conjunction with the forming of the film or coating. The use of said film or coating is also disclosed. Further, a method for the manufacture of said polymeric film or coating is disclosed, as well as a method for improving the liquid/moisture resistance of hemicellulose. Said at least one additive/reactant increasing the liquid/moisture resistance is either a cross-linking agent or a hydrophobizing agent. In another preferred embodiment the additive is a 2:1 layered phyllosilicate. The additive forms a nanocomposite with the hemicellulose as a matrix.

Abstract: A sprayable coating agent is disclosed in the form of granules with which the granules are compacted to form a pressed piece, subsequently ground up and optionally sieved, whereby the granules have the following particle-size distribution: 0%-40% by weight: 0-600 microns; 5%-55% by weight: 600-1250 microns; 5%-95% by weight: >1250 microns; or 15% by weight: 0-800 microns; 0%-85% by weight: 800-2000 microns; 0%-15% by weight: >2000 microns. Likewise disclosed are its production, further processing and use for internal and external applications.

Abstract: There are described compositions and methods for the laser marking of products or their packaging. The compositions comprise transition metal oxides, saccharides and/or flame-retardant agents, optionally with other additives, dispersed in a carrier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a fine particle dispersion such as a dispersion of metal fine particles which is superior in dispersibility and storage stability. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a fine particle dispersion wherein fine particles of a metal or the like, having a mean particle diameter of between 1 nm and 150 nm for primary particles, are dispersed in an organic solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solution comprising cellulose and an ionic liquid comprising anions and cations as solvent, wherein the cations comprise at least one atom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus which is present in protonated form, its preparation and use for physical and chemical treatment.

Abstract: An in situ ionic interaction between two additives, one a cationic strength enhancing additive and one an anionic crosslinking additive, is used to improve the mechanical properties of an article formed from a composite material. The composite has a discrete phase bound together with a film of the additives, such as gypsum crystals bound together by a film of substituted starch or cellulose ether.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spray pack for use in forming a uniform, stable spray coating, comprising a spray container device and, packed therein, a spraying composition comprising a liquid dispersion medium and, dispersed therein, particulate cellulose having an average degree of polymerization (DP) of not more than 300 and an average particle diameter of not more than 10 ?m, wherein the composition has a cellulose content of from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight, and wherein the composition exhibits a maximum viscosity value (?max) of 1×103 mPa·s or more in the viscosity-shear stress curve obtained, with respect to the composition, using a cone-plate type rotating viscometer in a shear rate region of from 1×10?3 s?1 to 1×102 s?1 and at 25° C. A method for forming a uniform, stable spray coating by using the above-mentioned spray pack is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating for inkjet media, which includes at least one hydrophobic filler particle; and a binder. Another embodiment of the invention provides an inkjet media, which includes the above-described coating coated on a substrate. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of inkjet printing, which includes inkjet printing at least one inkjet ink onto a substrate coated with the above-described coating.

Abstract: A biodegradable sugar-inorganic hybrid composite comprising a sugar or a sugar derivative uniformly dispersed in a matrix of an inorganic oxide, of which degradation products are suitable for recycling use.