Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterophasic propylene copolymer polymerized the presence of a single-site catalyst with a low tensile modulus, a process for preparing such a heterophasic propylene copolymer and articles made therefrom.

Abstract: A conductive film laminate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a carrier substrate, a conductive film liner on the carrier substrate, and a conductive adhesive film formed on the conductive film liner. The conductive film liner and the conductive adhesive film may form a cut pattern which does not cover the entire carrier substrate. The conductive adhesive film having a narrow width can be stably supplied on the carrier substrate. The conductive adhesive film may be used as an anisotropic conductive film for a bonding process of a touch sensor.

Abstract: This lens is provided with: a transparent first substrate; a transparent second substrate provided facing the first substrate in the thickness direction of the first substrate; a first optical characteristic varying portion which is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and which has an optical characteristic which is varied by means of electric control; and a second optical characteristic varying portion which is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, is provided displaced with respect to the first optical characteristic varying portion in the thickness direction, and which has a optical characteristic which is varied by means of electric control.

Abstract: A redox curable composition, methods for manufacturing same and uses thereof are disclosed. The redox curable composition is useful as a pre-applied adhesive. The redox curable composition is solid at room temperature, may be heated for application to a substrate, and cools to form a dry-to-touch adhesive layer on said substrate, which may be activated when required by mating with another substrate and exposure to an anaerobic environment. The composition is particularly suited to manufacturing complex products, such as mobile phones, computers and circuits.

Abstract: The device (10) comprises a first member (1) and a second member (2) which are stacked upon each other in a direction vertical direction. The first and second members comprise a central portion (C1; C2) each, and the first member (1) comprises at least a first distancing element (4) abutting the second member (2). The device (10) comprises a gap zone (G) and a bonding material (3), wherein the gap zone is peripheral to the central portions (C1; C2), and in the gap zone (G), a gap (5) is present between the first and second members. A portion of the gap (5) is filled by the bonding material (3) bonding the first and second members to each other in a bonding zone (B) comprised in the gap zone. A height (h) of the gap (5) is defined by the first distancing element (4).

Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes a reflective polarizer configured to selectively reflect or transmit a polarized light based on a polarization of the polarized light. The device also includes a display element disposed at a first side of the reflective polarizer, and configured to output a first image light representing a virtual image. The device also includes a polarization switch disposed between the display element and the reflective polarizer, and configured to switch or maintain a polarization of the first image light. The device further includes an active dimming device disposed at a second side of the reflective polarizer, and configured to provide an adjustable transmittance of an input light.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for mounting a laser rod includes a mount having a cylindrical through hole in which the laser rod is disposed. A polymer is disposed in the cylindrical through hole in an annular space between an outer diameter of the laser rod and an inner diameter of the cylindrical through hole. The laser rod is suspended in a symmetrical thermal and mechanical interface. There is open access to the ends of the laser rod for end pumping and laser cavity alignment.

Abstract: A laminated glass includes first and second glass plates arranged on vehicle interior and exterior sides, respectively; and an intermediate film located between the glass plates, and configured to be bonded to the glass plates. The laminated glass has a display area used for a head-up display. The display area includes an area having a cross section with a wedge shape. A thickness of an upper edge side portion of the display area is greater than that of a lower edge side. In at least a part of the area having a cross section with a wedge shape, a value of the wedge angle varies depending on a position of measurement in the vertical direction. A viewing angle of the display area is 2 degrees or more. A maximum amount of deviation in measured values of the wedge angles from a linear approximation line is 0.2 mrad or less.

Abstract: A solar cell and a photovoltaic module are disclosed, including: a substrate; a tunneling dielectric layer and a doped conductive layer disposed on the substrate, the tunneling dielectric layer being disposed between the doped conductive layer and a surface of the substrate, the doped conductive layer having a N-type or P-type doping element and having a plurality of first heavily doped regions spaced apart from each other and extending in a first direction, a doping concentration in the first heavily doped regions being greater than that in other regions of the doped conductive layer; a passivation layer disposed on a surface of the doped conductive layer facing away from the substrate; and a plurality of electrodes spaced apart from each other, extending in a second direction and penetrating the passivation layer to contact the doped conductive layer, at least two first heavily doped regions contacting a same electrode.

Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the pour stability at the time of extrusion during production of the interlayer film for laminated glass, and having excellent shape stability. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a one-layer or two or more-layer structure, and includes a first layer containing a thermoplastic (meth)acrylic polymer and satisfies at least one of a first configuration that the thermoplastic (meth)acrylic polymer contained in the first layer is a thermoplastic (meth)acrylic polymer having a molecular weight distribution ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight of 1 or more and 6 or less, and a second configuration that the thermoplastic (meth)acrylic polymer contained in the first layer is a thermoplastic (meth)acrylic polymer having a gel fraction of 5% by weight or less.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are sealed devices comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, an inorganic film between the first and second substrates, and at least one weld region comprising a bond between the first and second substrates. The weld region can comprise a chemical composition different from that of the inorganic film and the first or second substrates. The sealed devices may further comprise a stress region encompassing at least the weld region, in which a portion of the device is under a greater stress than the remaining portion of the device. Also disclosed herein are display and electronic components comprising such sealed devices.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display area comprising pixels and a non-display area surrounding the display area, an encapsulation substrate which faces the display panel and is disposed on a surface of the display panel, and a sealing member disposed in the non-display area and interposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate for bonding. The display panel comprises a base substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a first surface of the base substrate, the base substrate provides a through hole defined in a part of the non-display area to penetrate the base substrate in a thickness direction, the first conductive layer comprises a signal line disposed in a part of the non-display area and filling the through hole, and the sealing member does not overlap the first conductive layer and the through hole in the thickness direction.

Abstract: A rear curbside door assembly includes a door frame, a door, and a support member. The door frame includes first and second side frame members, an upper frame member and at least one stair. The second side frame member is spaced from the first side frame member and is configured for releasable attachment to a D-pillar of a body of a vehicle. The upper frame member extends between the first and second side frame members. The at least one stair extends between the first and second side frame members and is spaced from the upper frame member. The door is pivotally coupled with the door frame. The support member is configured for releasable attachment to a body of a vehicle. The support member is releasably attached to the first side frame member. A vehicle including a rear curbside door assembly and methods thereof are also provided.

Abstract: Polarizing optical devices described herein, and polarizing optical devices resulting from methods described herein, can be small and can have high heat tolerance. Wires of wire grid polarizers can be attached directly to prisms of the polarizing optical devices, allowing for small size. Multiple polarizing optical devices can be attached by adhesive-free bonding techniques, allowing high heat tolerance.

Abstract: A door interface system for installing a door in a vehicle having a floor, a roof, and an outer panel with a hole defined therein. The system includes a door frame assembly configured to be coupled to the floor of the vehicle adjacent to the hole in the outer panel, and upper braces configured to be coupled to the door frame assembly and to the roof of the vehicle. The system further includes a floor support configured to be coupled to the vehicle adjacent to the hole in the outer panel near a bottom edge of the hole, and one or more trim pieces configured to be coupled to the outer panel and to the door frame assembly. The system further includes structural braces configured to be coupled to the door frame assembly and to the vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer panel, comprising: a center layer comprising graphene, wherein the center layer comprises a first surface and an opposing second surface; a first polymer layer deposited on the first surface of the center layer and a second polymer layer deposited on the second surface of the center layer; and a first glass layer deposited on an outer surface of the first polymer layer and a second glass layer deposited on an outer surface of the second polymer layer; wherein the first polymer layer, the second polymer layer, or any combination(s) thereof comprise carbon filler.

Abstract: A production method for laminated glass: loading laminated glass into a vacuum inlet chamber, evacuating to a first vacuum pressure, and transferring the glass at a high speed; transferring the glass to a vacuum inlet buffer chamber, and evacuating to a second vacuum pressure; transferring the glass to a vacuum inlet transfer chamber, reducing the transfer speed, and evacuating to a third vacuum pressure; transferring the glass to a vacuum heating chamber, maintaining a third vacuum pressure, and heating; transferring the glass to a vacuum cooling chamber, maintaining a third vacuum pressure, and cooling; transferring the glass to a vacuum outlet transfer chamber, maintaining a third vacuum pressure, and increasing the transfer speed; transferring the glass to a vacuum outlet buffer chamber, and dropping a vacuum pressure to a second vacuum pressure; transferring the glass to a vacuum outlet chamber, dropping a vacuum pressure to a first vacuum pressure.

Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass with which double images in laminated glass can be significantly suppressed. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end, and the other end having a larger thickness than the one end, the interlayer film has a region for display corresponding to a display region of a head-up display, and when first partial wedge angles ?1 are calculated in respective first partial regions of 80 mm in the direction connecting the one end and the other end centered at respective selected points, second partial wedge angles ?2 are calculated in respective second partial regions of 40 mm in the direction connecting the one end and the other end centered at respective selected points, and |?1??2| is calculated from ?1 and ?2 in the first partial region and the second partial region centered at the same point in the direction connecting the one end and the other end, a maximum value among all values of |?1??2| is 0.

Abstract: Methods of making a transparent glass-based article including at least two transparent glass-based substrates and a laser-induced bond therebetween. Methods include arranging the two transparent glass-based substrates relative to each other to form a contact area. Methods also include providing a laser beam contiguous the contact area to bond the two transparent glass-based substrates.

Abstract: A method of producing optical components includes providing an initial carrier including cutouts; carrying out a molding process to form transparent optical molded parts arranged in the cutouts of the initial carrier, wherein a molding compound is introduced into the cutouts of the initial carrier and the molding compound is molded and cured; and singulating the initial carrier including the optical molded parts so that separate optical components are formed that respectively include a carrier produced from the initial carrier and including a cutout, and an optical molded part arranged in the cutout.

Abstract: There is provided a head-up display for a vehicle. The head-up display has a first housing and a second housing. The first housing comprises a picture generating unit and optical system. The second housing comprises a substantially flat cover glass and a layer. The picture generating unit is arranged to output pictures. The picture generating unit comprises a light source and a spatial light modulator. The light source is arranged to emit light. The spatial light modulator is arranged to receive the light from the light source and spatially-modulate the light in accordance with computer-generated light-modulation patterns displayed on the spatial light modulator to form a holographic reconstruction corresponding to each picture. The optical system is arranged to receive the pictures output by the picture generating unit and relay the pictures using an optical combiner to form a virtual image of each picture.

Abstract: The laminated glass comprises a pair of glass plates, a pair of intermediate layers located between the pair of glass plates and being in contact, respectively, with the glass plates and a substrate located between the intermediate layers and provided with an electrically conductive heated material, wherein a first bus bar, which is connected to the electrically conductive heated material, is arranged along at a left end of the substrate; a second bus bar, which is connected to the electrically conductive heated material is arranged along at a right end of the substrate, and a third bus bar is disposed as superimposed on at least a part of the region of at least one bus bar among the first and second bus bars.

Abstract: A decorated laminate including: an outer ply; an inner ply; a polymer interlayer between the inner ply and the outer ply; and organic ink printed decoration on one or both of internal surfaces of the laminate between the outer ply and the polymer interlayer or between the inner ply and polymer interlayer, wherein the decorated laminate has a stone impact resistance as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the decorated laminate.

Abstract: A flexible display module according to the present application includes a number of module material layers superposed; and at least one strain isolation layer disposed between the two adjacent the module material layers. The strain isolation layer includes a chamber and an elastic material layer surrounding an outer periphery of the chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display assembly comprising: a cover provided with a curved surface formed so as to be bent; a display arranged on the curved surface; an adhesive layer arranged between the cover and the display; and a wall structure which is arranged on the cover and of which one surface is brought into contact with the curved surface and the other surface is brought into contact with a side surface of the adhesive layer, so as to be extendedly formed along the side surface of the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A touch display module, a touch display device, and an electronic device are provided. The touch display module includes a display panel assembly and a touch panel assembly opposite to each other, with an adhesive frame disposed between the display panel assembly and the touch panel assembly. The display panel assembly comprises a force sensing resistor layer on a side of the display panel assembly facing the touch panel assembly, and the adhesive frame is configured to adhere a peripheral region of the display panel assembly to a peripheral region of the touch panel assembly.

Abstract: A diffractive optical element may include sub-wavelength period stack-and-gap structured layers providing transmissive phase delay at a wavelength. The sub-wavelength period stack-and-gap structured layers may include a set of thin anti-reflection layers that are index matched to an environment or a substrate over a range of fill factors of the sub-wavelength period.

Abstract: A laminated plate includes first and second plates bonded to each other via an intermediate layer. The laminated plate includes a first main surface of the first plate opposite to the intermediate layer; a second main surface of the first plate and a third main surface being in contact with the intermediate layer; a fourth main surface of the second plate opposite to the intermediate layer. A thickness of the first plate is thicker than a thickness of the second plate. In a planar view, the laminated plate includes a peripheral region and an in-plane region. In a cross section orthogonal to an outer periphery of the laminated plate, a distance from an outermost periphery of the second plate to the first plate in a thickness direction with respect to the outermost periphery is three times or less a distance between the first and second plates in the in-plane region.

Abstract: Method for encapsulating at least partly a light-guide optical element in a transparent capsule, the method comprising at least: —a transparent capsule providing step during which a transparent capsule is provided, —a light-guide optical element providing step during which a light-guide optical element is provided, —an adhesive deposing step during which an adhesive is deposited on at least part of a face of the transparent capsule and/or of a face of the light-guide optical element, —a positioning step during which the transparent capsule and the light-guide optical element are positioned one relative to the other so as to form an optical system, —a bonding step during which the light-guide optical element and the transparent capsule are made integral with the adhesive, wherein the method further comprises prior to the bonding step a control step during which at least one parameter of the optical system is controlled.

Abstract: Embodiments of an anti-glare article and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the anti-glare article includes a substrate having a surface, and a plurality of features disposed on the surface, wherein about 50% or more of the plurality of features comprise a normalized area in the range from about 0.5 to about 1.5, and the normalized area is defined as the relationship (surface area of a feature/average surface area of all features). In some embodiments, about 90% or more of the features have a surface area of about 100 micrometers or less. The anti-glare article exhibits a PPDr of about 5% or less, a transmission haze of less than about 20% and a DOI of less than about 90%. Methods of forming the substrate are also disclosed and include etching a surface of a substrate with an etchant comprising a water soluble metal ion salt.

Abstract: Low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective to infrared-radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each include silver.

Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a first substrate including a first base layer, a circuit layer disposed on the first base layer, and a light emitting layer disposed on the circuit layer, a second substrate including a top surface and a bottom surface and in which a plurality of grooves arranged in a first direction are defined in the bottom surface, the second substrate being disposed on the first substrate, and a plurality of light blocking members disposed on the plurality of grooves to control propagation direction of light outputted from the light emitting layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a UV-curable hot-melt adhesive for laminating transparent films, in particular, on molded bodies made of wood materials that are coated with melamine or PVC. The hot-melt adhesives contain: at least one UV-curable urethane (meth)acrylate, wherein the urethane (meth)acrylate can be obtained by converting an NCO-functional polyurethane prepolymer with a molar excess of hydroxy and/or amine-modified (meth)acrylates; at least one (meth)acrylate monomer or oligomer, wherein the at least one (meth)acrylate monomer and/or oligomer comprises an acid-modified (meth)acrylate with an acid value of 50 to 400 mg KOH/g; and at least one photoinitiator. Other aspects of the present invention are methods for laminating a film onto a molded body using said hot-melt adhesives, and to the composite materials produced in this manner.

Abstract: A window system for an enclosure subjected to a change in air pressure, the enclosure having a window having an air-filled cavity, the system including a first path configured to allow air within the cavity of the window to vent out of the cavity, a second path configured to allow air to flow into the cavity, and a drying agent disposed within the second path, where moisture in the air entering the window cavity through the second path is reduced by the drying agent.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of treating subjects afflicted with a photoreceptor disorder. Methods for treating a subject suffering from a disorder characterized by photoreceptor cell degeneration are provided, wherein a gene encoding a photosensitive protein is introduced into a retinal cell of a subject. In one aspect of the invention, the retinal cells which receive the photosensitive protein include non-photoreceptor cells such as horizontal cells, amacrine cells, bipolar cells, and ganglion cells.

Abstract: A display device including: a plastic window including a light transmittance film and a polymer layer, and a functional film including a touch screen panel film, a polarizing film, or a combination thereof. The light transmittance film, the polymer layer, and the functional film are sequentially stacked on each other, and the light transmittance film, the functional film, and the polymer layer are attached to each other by a plastic. A method of manufacturing the same is also provided.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizer excellent in heat resistance. A polarizer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film containing iodine, wherein an end portion of the resin film has formed therein a high-concentration portion having a concentration of a substance that forms a counter ion of iodine higher than that of another portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to curable compositions which can preferably be used for making products with an intrinsically antimicrobial effect. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of this curable composition in various processing methods.

Abstract: Described is a lab-on-a-chip device and a method of employing a lab-on-a-chip device for determining the concentration of species present in the water.

Abstract: An optical communication system includes a free space optical transceiver within a housing to transmit and receive optical communication signals along an optical pathway through a window in the housing. Heating elements applied to the interior surface of the window substantially uniformly heat the window such that the window is kept free from condensation and ice without introducing significant distortions in the wavefront. Accordingly, the heating elements are designed and placed on the window such that the obscuration caused by the presence of the heating elements within the optical pathway and the wavefront distortion caused by temperature gradients within the cross-section of the window in the optical pathway cause less than 1 decibel (dB) in transmission loss as compared to the same system without the heating elements on the window.

Abstract: A windshield assembly includes a laminated windshield provided with a cutout and a motor mounting plate secured to the laminated windshield over the cutout. The motor mounting plate includes a mounting hole, and a wiper motor is secured to the motor mounting plate via the mounting hole. The structure distributes forces encountered by the wiper and motor over a large area on the glass. Also, due to a small footprint, the view through the windshield is less obstructed. The structure also eliminates the need for drilling/aligning holes in laminated glass.

Abstract: A polarized ophthalmic lens has a polarization gradient with a primary light transmission gradient. The lens also includes a secondary light transmission gradient, the secondary light transmission gradient being complementary to the primary light transmission gradient such that the lens exhibits uniform light transmission.

Abstract: A glass roll reliably prevents a glass film from breaking from an end surface of the glass film as an origin of breakage. The glass roll is formed by winding the glass film into a roll while superposing the glass film on a protective sheet. The glass film is formed by an overflow downdraw method to have a thickness of 1 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, and has each end surface in a width direction formed as a cut surface cut by laser splitting.

Abstract: A fireproof, translucent, flexible coated fabric composite material for use in fire curtains. The composite material meets or exceeds regulatory requirements in terms of fire endurance and allows transmissivity of necessary amounts of light. The process of the present disclosure combines a silica fabric with a special refractory index controlled resin. This unique combination of materials can transform an opaque high temperature fabric into a translucent, and even transparent, composite which as the ability to resist high temperature, flame and smoke penetration that fills a needed gap in technology between visibility and fire resistance in the field of fire and smoke curtains used in civil construction.

Abstract: A window defroster assembly for use in a motor vehicle includes a transparent panel and a defroster grid integrally formed with the transparent panel by means of a robotic dispensing mechanism. The defroster includes conductive first and second busbars and a plurality of conductive grid lines extending between and connected to the first and second busbars.

Abstract: The invention provides a sulfur doping method for graphene, which comprises the steps of: 1) providing graphene and placing the grapheme in a chemical vapor deposition reaction chamber; 2) employing an inert gas to perform ventilation and exhaust treatment in the reaction chamber; 3) introducing a sulfur source gas to perform sulfur doping on the graphene at 500-1050° C.; and 4) cooling the reaction chamber in a hydrogen and inert gas atmosphere. The present invention can perform sulfur doping on the graphene simply and efficiently, the economic cost is low, and large-scale production can be realized. Large area sulfur doping on graphene can be realized, and doping of graphene on an insulating substrate or metal substrate can be carried out directly.

Abstract: Provided are reflective thin film constructions including a reduced number of layers, which provides for increased solar-weighted hemispherical reflectance and durability. Reflective films include those comprising an ultraviolet absorbing abrasion resistant coating over a metal layer. Also provided are ultraviolet absorbing abrasion resistant coatings and methods for optimizing the ultraviolet absorption of an abrasion resistant coating. Reflective films disclosed herein are useful for solar reflecting, solar collecting, and solar concentrating applications, such as for the generation of electrical power.

Abstract: Laminated automotive glazing including plastic layers and glass having an obscuration area produced by printing on the plastic layers of the laminate rather than printing and firing a black enamel frit onto the glass. This results in an obscuration having superior optical quality, higher strength and a lower probability of breakage as compared to a black enamel frit obscuration.

Abstract: An acoustic damping building material (100) comprising an acoustic damping layer (118) secured to at least a portion of a substrate (110). The acoustic damping layer comprises at least two media wherein the at least two media are configured such that the acoustic damping layer comprises at least one direct energy transmission pathway and at least one indirect energy transmission pathway through the acoustic damping layer to the substrate.

Abstract: A glazing panel for a display device, includes an external first transparent pane and an internal second transparent pane, each pane including an external face and an internal face, the glass panes being joined together by an interlayer made of a thermoformable material or by a multilayer sheet incorporating such an interlayer; a protective layer made of an opaque material making contact with the internal face of the external first pane; a masking layer made of an opaque material making contact with the internal face of the internal second pane, the masking layer including apertures forming pictograms; and a uniform layer of a material doped with luminescent species chosen because they absorb light radiation produced by the source generating radiation in the UV or IR range, and re-emit light radiation in the visible range, the uniform layer being placed in the glazing panel, between the masking layer and the protective layer.