Abstract: A method and product for creating a customizable fabric for specific end-use composites is provided. This method includes creating a three-dimensional matrix on woven fabrics, such as glass or carbon fiber fabrics via the addition of nanoparticles and a coupling agent; and, attaching a functional group compatible to specific resins dependent upon end use. The resulting product is a resin-free fabric with specific functional groups attached, ready to receive a particular polymer resin. Alternatively, the process may continue through to the addition of a polymer resin, resulting in a completed composite product.

Abstract: Chemically and mechanically protective oxide film was formed on Mg alloys using micro-arc oxidation (MAO) methods. Further modification of the obtained MAO surfaces was made in various aspects and the processes thereof were described. Firstly, the protection is enhanced by forming super-hydrophobic surfaces, with water contact angle higher than 140°, attributed to hierarchical nano-micro structures. Secondly, the electrical property of the MAO surfaces is modified. A film with sheet resistance as low as 0.05 ?/sq is achieved by electro-less Ni deposition on MAO surfaces. Thirdly, black colors are achieved by the sol-gel process on MAO samples.

Abstract: An electrical insulator material includes a polymer and a solvent, and has a viscosity in the range of from about 1.0 to about 20.0 cP such that the electrical insulator material can be applied to a surface using an ink jet print head.

Abstract: A cathode material comprising an active material, a carbon material, a binder polymer, a lithium salt, and a solvent. The cathode material has a viscosity in the range from about from about 3.0 to about 30.0 cP such that the cathode material can be applied to a surface using an ink jet print head. An anode base material includes from about 50% to about 85% by weight of metallic lithium particles substantially free from other metals and from about 15% to about 50% by weight of a solvent. The anode base material has a viscosity such that the anode base material can be extruded.

Abstract: A separator includes an organic-inorganic hybrid coating layer on at least one surface of a porous base and a pattern coating layer on a surface of the organic-inorganic hybrid coating layer. The pattern coating layer includes patterns having an average diameter of 0.1 mm or less that are regularly spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a touch screen substrate includes forming a sensing electrode on a substrate, spraying a first ink and a second ink on the substrate including the sensing electrode, where the first ink includes a first solvent and insulation balls having a first diameter and the second ink includes a second solvent and conductive balls having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and hardening the first and second inks on the substrate, to fix the insulation balls on the substrate and the conductive balls on the sensing electrode formed on the substrate.

Abstract: Addition-curable encapsulants for electrical and electronic components contain amorphous glass particles doped with silver, and are efficient scavengers of sulfur and sulfur compounds.

Abstract: A method for preparing a bismuth iodide article includes heat-treating bismuth iodide at a temperature less than the melting point of bismuth iodide in an atmosphere containing iodine.

Abstract: Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices can provide electrical energy from heat flow, creating energy, or inversely, provide cooling through applying energy. Thick film methods are applied to fabricate thermoelectric device structures using microstructures formed through deposition and subsequent thermal processing conditions. An advantageous coincidence of material properties makes possible a wide variety of unique microstructures that are easily applied for the fabrication of device structures in general. As an example, a direct bond process is applied to fabricate thermoelectric semiconductor thick films on substrates by printing and subsequent thermal processing to form unique microstructures which can be densified. Bismuth and antimony telluride are directly bonded to flexible nickel substrates.

Abstract: This process for manufacturing an electrically conductive member for an electronic component comprises the following steps: providing a structure comprising at least one blind hole having a bottom and at least one internal lateral flank connected to said bottom via a base of said lateral flank; forming the member, this forming step comprising a step of growing an electrically conductive material in order to form at least one portion of the member in the blind hole, said growth being faster at the base of the lateral flank of the blind hole than on the rest of said lateral flank, said member when formed comprising a cavity arranged at that end of said member which is located opposite the bottom of the blind hole, said cavity being entirely or partially bordered by a rim.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode active material including a complex coating layer, which includes M below, formed on a surface of the cathode active material through reaction of a lithium transition metal oxide represented by Formula 1 below with a coating precursor: LixMO2??(1) wherein M is represented by MnaM?1-b, M? is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Cr, V, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ti and B, 0.95?x?1.5, and 0.5?a?1. The lithium secondary battery including the cathode active material exhibits improved lifespan and rate characteristics due to superior stability.

Abstract: A thermocouple including first and second thermoelements arranged to define a hot junction and a cold junction. A thermometer is coupled to at least one of the first and second thermoelements to measure the temperature of said cold junction independent of electronics used for conditioning a signal of said thermocouple. The thermoelements may be thick film elements coupled to a substrate. The thermometer may also be coupled to the substrate.

Abstract: A method of forming a composite material for use in multi-modal transport includes providing three-dimensional graphene having hollow channels, enabling a polymer to wick into the hollow channels of the three-dimensional graphene, curing the polymer to form a cured three-dimensional graphene, adding an active material to the cured three-dimensional graphene to form a composite material, and removing the polymer from within the hollow channels. A composite material formed according to the method is also provided.

Abstract: An electricity-storing device includes a first electrode, a second electrode of opposite polarity as the first electrode, and a separator.

Abstract: A current collector, an electrode structure, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, and an electrical storage device capable of providing superior shut down function are provided. According to the present invention, a current collector having a resin layer on at least one side of a conductive substrate, wherein: the resin layer has a thermoplastic resin dispersed in a thermosetting resin base material, the thermoplastic resin encapsuling a conductive agent; a value given by (average thickness of the conductive agent)/(average thickness of the thermoplastic resin) is 0.5 to 3; the conductive agent is formulated so that a value of volume % given by (conductive agent)/(conductive agent+thermoplastic resin) is 10 to 50%; and formulation ratio of the thermoplastic resin is 10 to 65%, is provided.

Abstract: Provided are active materials for electrochemical cells. The active materials include silicon containing structures and treatment layers covering at least some surface of these structures. The treatment layers may include aminosilane, a poly(amine), and a poly(imine). These layers are used to increase adhesion of the structures to polymer binders within active material layers of the electrode. As such, when the silicon containing structures change their size during cycling, the bonds between the binder and the silicon containing structure structures or, more specifically, the bonds between the binder and the treatment layer are retained and cycling characteristics of the electrochemical cells are preserved. Also provided are electrochemical cells fabricated with such active materials and methods of fabricating these active materials and electrochemical cells.

Abstract: A secondary battery negative electrode including a current collector, a negative electrode active material layer, and a porous membrane, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains a negative electrode active material and a particulate negative electrode polymer, the porous membrane contains non-conductive particles and a porous membrane polymer that is a non-particulate cross-linked polymer, and the non-conductive particles are particles of a polymer that contains 50% by weight or more of a structural unit formed by polymerization of a (meth)acrylate, the polymer having a softening starting point or decomposition point of 175° C. or higher.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode slurry composition including a binder resin, a water-soluble polymer, and a negative electrode active material, wherein the binder resin including (A) a styrene-butadiene copolymer latex having a gel amount of 70 to 98% and a glass transition temperature of ?30° C. to 60° C. in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement and (B) an acryl polymer latex having a gel amount of 70 to 98% and a glass transition temperature of ?100° C. to 0° C. in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, and the negative electrode active material including a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a fiber-containing dispersion includes obtaining a crude dispersion 20 containing fibers 10 and removing foreign substances by passing the crude dispersion 20 through a filter medium 40. The filter medium 40 is constituted with a plate material having a plurality of opening portions 42 through which the crude dispersion 20 is passed and non-opening portions 44 which partition the plurality of opening portions 42 from one another. The filter medium 40 satisfies the following relational expressions. ½ of average major-axis length of fibers?Minor-axis width of opening portions 42?5 times the average major-axis length of fibers 10??(1) Minimum width of non-opening portions 44?Average major-axis length of fibers 10??(2) Aperture ratio of filter medium 40?0.9%.

Abstract: A microwave frequency component includes a thin layer of dielectric material arranged between an earth electrode and a control electrode controlling a microwave frequency electrical signal such that the earth electrode extends over a first face, called the lower face, of the thin layer of dielectric material, and the control electrode extends longitudinally over a second face, called the upper face, of the thin layer of dielectric material. The microwave frequency component is such that it includes a set of at least two shielded coplanar electrodes extending along the entire length of the control electrode, to each side of and at an equal distance from the control electrode.

Abstract: Systems and methods of flexographically printing a pattern comprising a plurality of lines or a first antenna loop array on a first side of a substrate, wherein printing the first antenna loop array comprises using an ink and at least one flexomaster. The ink comprises an acrylic monomer resin and a catalyst which may be an organometallic acelate or oxolate at a concentration from 1 wt %-20 wt %. The substrate may have one pattern on one surface of the substrate or may be printed as a double-sided substrate with at least one pattern on each side of the substrate. The ink is cured to dissociated the catalyst in the ink prior to electroless plating, this may be done using one curing process on each side, using one curing process in total, or by performing a partial cure on a first pattern and then curing the second pattern.

Abstract: An ion exchange membrane for a redox flow battery, the anion exchange membrane including a porous substrate; and a polymer disposed in the porous substrate, wherein the polymer is a polymerization product of a composition for forming the ion exchange membrane, wherein the composition includes a first monomer and a second monomer, wherein the first monomer is substituted with a group including an ethylenic unsaturated double bond and includes a cationic heterocyclic compound including a nitrogen heteroatom and a counter anion thereof, and wherein the second monomer is polymerizable with the first monomer and is at least one selected from a (meth)acrylamide compound and a (meth)acrylate compound.

Abstract: A method and system for forming filter elements on a plurality of display substrates using a digital imaging system operable to selectively deposit filter material at a plurality of deposition locations is disclosed. The method involves receiving orientation information defining a disposition of a plurality of pixels associated with the at least one display substrate, identifying pixels in the plurality of pixels that are to receive filter material for forming a filter element on the pixel, selecting deposition locations within each of the identified pixels in accordance with the orientation information to meet an alignment criterion associated with placement of the filter element within the pixel, and controlling the digital imaging system to cause deposition of the filter material at the selected deposition locations.

Abstract: A method of patterning an elastomeric polymer material includes: (a) dissolving a precursor of the elastomeric polymer material in a solvent to give an elastomeric polymer precursor solution; and (b) forming a pattern from the elastomeric polymer precursor solution on a base by using a printer, wherein a temperature of the base is maintained to be about 10° C.-30° C. higher than a boiling point of the solvent.

Abstract: A silsesquioxane resins useful in antireflective coatings wherein the silsesquioxane resin has the formula (PhSiO(3-x)/2(OR?)x)m(HSiO(3-x)/2(OR?)x)n(MeSiO(3-x)/2(OR?)x)o(RSiO(3-x)/2(OR?)x)p and a method of forming an antireflective coating on an electronic device comprising applying to an electronic device an antireflective coating composition comprising the silsesquioxane resin and a solvent, and removing the solvent and curing the silsesquioxane resin to form an antireflective coating on the electronic device.

Abstract: A method and system for forming filter elements on a plurality of display substrates using a digital imaging system operable to selectively deposit filter material at a plurality of deposition locations is disclosed. The method involves receiving orientation information defining a disposition of a plurality of pixels associated with the at least one display substrate, identifying pixels in the plurality of pixels that are to receive filter material for forming a filter element on the pixel, selecting deposition locations within each of the identified pixels in accordance with the orientation information to meet an alignment criterion associated with placement of the filter element within the pixel, and controlling the digital imaging system to cause deposition of the filter material at the selected deposition locations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of low-dimensional materials, comprising mixing a pristine material to be abraded with an organic solvent to form a mixture, abrading the material to be abraded by bead-milling, obtaining a suspension comprising the material of low dimension and the organic solvent, and removing the organic solvent from the suspension to obtain the low-dimensional material.

Abstract: Current collector, an electrode structure, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, and an electrical storage device having superior shut down function are provided. According to the present invention, a current collector having a resin layer on at least one side of a conductive substrate is provided. Here, thermoplastic resin particles substantially free of a conductive agent are dispersed in a thermosetting resin base material containing the conductive agent to structure the resin layer; a value of mass ratio given by (thermoplastic resin particles)/(conductive agent) is 0.3 to 1.5; and a value given by (average thickness of conductive agent)/(average thickness of thermoplastic resin particles) is 0.3 to 4.0.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure-sensitive switch including a support substrate, a conductive structure provided on the support substrate, and an electrode unit disposed to face the support substrate with the conductive structure interposed therebetween. The conductive structure includes an elastic component extending to protrude from the support substrate toward the electrode unit, and an electrode layer covering the elastic component.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include a method for reducing or repairing vibration-caused damage in a stator bar, and a dynamoelectric machine resulting therefrom. The method for reducing vibration-caused damage in a stator can include applying, from within a ventilation slot of a stator core, a liquid based vibration-absorbing material onto a side ripple spring, the side ripple spring being in contact with a stator bar and the stator core; and allowing the liquid based vibration-absorbing material to cure, wherein the cured vibration-absorbing material remains in contact with the side ripple spring for absorbing stator vibrations.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for coating a separator. The method includes supplying a coating solution to a receiving chamber; applying the coating solution received in the receiving chamber to a surface of the separator through a coating bar; collecting coating solution overflowing the receiving chamber by a collection chamber surrounding the receiving chamber; and returning coating solution from the collection chamber to the receiving chamber through a return line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising the following resin (a) and filler particles. The use of this composition makes it possible to obtain a separator having excellent heat resistance.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material layer comprises a coating layer for coating at least part of surfaces of positive electrode active material particles. The coating layer comprises alternate layers of a cationic material layer containing a cationic material having a positive zeta potential and an anionic material layer containing an anionic material having a negative zeta potential under neutral conditions, and a material layer having a zeta potential of opposite sign to that of the positive electrode active material particles is bonded to the surfaces of the positive electrode active material particles. The coating layer is thin and uniform, and has a high strength for bonding to the positive electrode active material particles, so the coating layer suppresses direct contact of the positive electrode active material particles and an electrolytic solution even when a nonaqueous secondary battery is used at a high voltage.

Abstract: In a multilayer ceramic electronic component, a size of a step portion on a first main surface and a size of a step portion on a second main surface are different from each other. A first outer electrode includes a plating film containing Cu. A length of a portion of the plating film containing Cu that is positioned on the first main surface in a length direction and a length of a portion of the plating film containing Cu that is positioned on the second main surface in the length direction are different from each other.

Abstract: A method is described for depositing nanostructures, such as nanostructures of conducting polymers, carbon nanostructures, or combinations thereof. The process comprises placing the nanostructures in a liquid composition comprising an immiscible combination of aqueous phase and an organic phase. The mixture is mixed for a period of time sufficient to form an emulsion and then allowed to stand undisturbed so that the phases are allowed to separate. As a result the nanostructure materials locate at the interface of the forming phases and are uniformly dispersed along that interface. A film of the nanostructure materials will then form on a substrate intersecting the interface, said substrate having been placed in the mixture before the phases are allowed to settle and separate.

Abstract: Methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving soluble conjugated polymers are provided. The conjugated polymers have a sufficient density of polar substituents to render them soluble in a polar medium, for example water and/or methanol. The conjugated polymer may desirably comprise monomers which alter its conductivity properties. In some embodiments, the inventors have provided cationic conjugated polymers (CCPs) comprising both solubilizing groups and conductive groups, resulting in conductive conjugated polymers soluble in polar media. The different solubility properties of these polymers allow their deposition in solution in multilayer formats with other conjugated polymers. Also provided are articles of manufacture comprising multiple layers of conjugated polymers having differing solubility characteristics. Embodiments of the invention are described further herein.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a capacitance touch panel module includes forming a plurality of first conductive patterns on a substrate comprising a touching area and a peripheral area along a first orientation, a plurality of second conductive patterns along a second orientation, and a plurality of connecting portions in the touching area; forming a plurality of insulated protrusions, in which each insulated protrusion covering one connecting portion, and forming an insulated frame on the peripheral area; and forming a bridging member on each insulated protrusion.

Abstract: Disclosed are perfluoroethers and perfluoroether compositions useful in high temperature aerospace applications. The perfluoroethers can be adapted for use with various curing chemistries.

Abstract: A planar lightwave circuit that can be optically coupled with an external device with low optical loss, while also providing low-power functional control over an optical signal propagating through the PLC is disclosed. The PLC includes a high-contrast waveguide region in a stress-inducing (SI) phase shifter is formed such that it can control the phase of the optical signal. The high-contrast-waveguide region is optically coupled to a low-contrast-waveguide region via a spotsize converter, thereby enabling optical coupling to off-chip devices with low optical loss. Formation of the SI phase shifter in a high-contrast-waveguide region enables improved responsivity and phase control, reduced voltage, and smaller required chip real estate. As a result, the present invention enables lower-cost and higher-performance PLC systems.

Abstract: A method of making a positive electrode includes forming a slurry of particles using an electrode formulation, a diluent, and oxalic acid, coating the slurry on a collector and drying the coating on the collector to form the positive electrode. The electrode formulation includes an electrode active material, a conductive carbon source, an organic polymeric binder, and a water soluble polymer. The diluent consists essentially of water.

Abstract: A lithium ion battery cathode additive includes a core-shell coating structure formed by elemental lithium powder and a polymer coated on the surface of the elemental lithium powder, where the polymer can dissolve in a carbonic ester solvent, the polymer cannot react with N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-2-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), tetrahydrofuran (THF), acetone or methanol, and the polymer exists stably at a temperature of 0-150° C. The lithium ion battery cathode additive may be added in a lithium ion battery cathode material as a lithium source, for compensating lithium consumption of a battery cathode in a first-time charge-discharge process. Embodiments of the present invention further provide a fabrication method of the lithium ion battery cathode additive, a lithium ion battery cathode sheet and a lithium ion battery that include the lithium ion battery cathode additive, where the lithium ion battery has high energy density and a long cycle life.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electrode active material and a method for producing the same capable of preventing production of foreign substance, poor coating and deterioration of electrode active material upon covering the surface of the electrode active material with ion conductive oxide, decreasing battery resistance and having higher output of battery. Disclosed is a method for producing an electrode active material, the surface of which is covered with ion conductive oxide, comprising the steps of: preparing an alkoxide solution by mixing at least alkoxide compound and liquid water; and applying and drying the alkoxide solution on a surface of an electrode active material under dry atmosphere, and an electrode active material, the surface of which is covered with ion conductive oxide, wherein an area on the surface of the electrode active material occupied by a substance other than the ion conductive oxide is 21% or less.

Abstract: A method for making a composite electrode for a lithium ion battery comprises the steps of: preparing a slurry containing particles of inorganic electrode material(s) suspended in a solvent; preheating a porous metallic substrate; loading the metallic substrate with the slurry; baking the loaded substrate at a first temperature; curing the baked substrate at a second temperature sufficient to form a desired nanocrystalline material within the pores of the substrate; calendaring the cured composite to reduce internal porosity; and, annealing the calendared composite at a third temperature to produce a self-supporting multiphase electrode. Because of the calendaring step, the resulting electrode is self-supporting, has improved current collecting properties, and improved cycling lifetime. Anodes and cathodes made by the process, and batteries using them, are also disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques, systems, devices and materials are disclosed for spectrally selective coatings for optical surfaces having high solar absorptivity, low infrared emissivity, and strong durability at elevated temperatures. In one aspect, a spectrally selective coating includes a substrate formed of a light absorbing material, and a composite material formed over the substrate and including nanoparticles dispersed in a dielectric material, in which the composite material forms a coating capable of absorbing solar energy in a selected spectrum and reflecting the solar energy in another selected spectrum.

Abstract: To provide a highly reliable power storage device. To provide a long-life power storage device. To provide a power storage device electrode having high adhesion with a current collector. To reduce or inhibit electrochemical decomposition of an electrolytic solution or the like on a surface of an electrode. The power storage device electrode includes a current collector and a second electrode layer provided over the current collector and including a second binder and an active material. A first electrode layer including a first binder and conductive particles is provided between the current collector and the second electrode layer. At least part of a surface of the active material is provided with a coating film, and the coating film is porous.

Abstract: A method for making an electrode active material of a lithium ion battery is provided. A sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine) is synthesized. The sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine) includes a poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix and a plurality of poly-sulfur groups dispersed in the poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix. The electrically conductive polymer is coated on a surface of the sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine). An electrode active material of a lithium ion battery is also provided.

Abstract: We report a method of preparation of highly elastic graphene oxide films, and their transformation into graphene oxide fibers and electrically conductive graphene fibers by spinning. Methods typically include: 1) oxidation of graphite to graphene oxide, 2) preparation of graphene oxide slurry with high solid contents and residues of sulfuric acid impurities. 3) preparation of large area films by bar-coating or dropcasting the graphene oxide dispersion and drying at low temperature. 4) spinning the graphene oxide film into a fiber, and 5) thermal or chemical reduction of the graphene oxide fiber into an electrically conductive graphene fiber. The resulting films and fiber have excellent mechanical properties, improved morphology as compared with current graphene oxide fibers, high electrical conductivity upon thermal reduction, and improved field emission properties.

Abstract: Electrical component assemblies and other electrical connectors are provided having protective coatings that allow for use in high temperature and highly corrosive environments. Methods for applying protective coatings are also provided. In one embodiment, a connector is provided and includes a protective coating that encapsulates at least a portion thereof. The connector can be, for example, an electrical lead frame, or a connector having a distal side and a proximal side that is disposed in an automotive fuel system such that the distal side is sealed from the proximal side. Methods for coating connectors are also provided.

Abstract: Techniques are described for fabricating multilayer structures having arrays of conducting elements or apertures in a conductive grid which can be used to form frequency selective surfaces (FSSs), antenna arrays and the like on flexible substrates. Fabrication techniques can include use of a polymer mask or direct dielectric molding. In embodiments utilizing a polymer mask, a temporary 3D polymeric relief pattern is formed on a substrate and used as a mask or stencil to form the desired pattern elements. In an additive process, the conductive material is deposited over the masked surface. Deposition can be followed by mask removal. In the subtractive process, the conductive layer can be deposited prior to formation of the polymer mask, and the exposed parts of the underlying conductive layer can be etched. Other embodiments utilize dielectric molding in which the molded structure itself becomes an integral and permanent part of the FSS structure.

Abstract: A method for forming a functional pattern such as an electrode or the like on a substrate is provided. The method includes a) coating a polymer layer on an upper surface of the substrate, b) forming a pattern having an opening in the polymer layer, c) coating a functional fluid on the upper surface of the substrate through the opening of the pattern, d) removing the functional fluid coated on the polymer layer using a scraping process, e) curing the functional fluid through a heat treatment, and f) dissolving and removing the polymer layer using a solvent. The present method is capable of forming a functional pattern having a small line width and a clear shape.