Abstract: A removable tattoo for applying a pattern to the skin for use with an optical measurement system to measure forces on the skin such as during shaving. A transfer paper is printed with a random pattern of different size dots. The pattern can have two or three different sized dots. The pattern of dots has a pattern density of between about 40% to about 60%. The pattern is printed with inks suitable for skin contact that are not water soluble so as to withstand a moist shaving environment. The pattern is removable from the test person with alcohol.

Abstract: An optical member including an oxide layer that has a stable fine textured structure and is excellent in durability is provided. The optical member includes a base material and an antireflection coating on a surface of the base material. The antireflection coating includes at least an oxide layer having a fine textured structure on the surface, and the oxide layer contains a phosphate compound. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing the optical member is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material with high fracture toughness based on a vinyl ester resin and/or on an epoxide resin and to its process of manufacture. This material comprises at least one polymerized resin chosen from vinyl ester resins and epoxide resins which can be polymerized at a temperature of less than 70° C. and their blends, and a thermoplastic adjuvant present in this resin in the form of particles, and exhibits a fracture toughness (KIc) of greater than or equal to 1.2 MPa·m1/2 as determined according to Standard ISO 13586:2000. It also relates to a composite material comprising a matrix composed of said material and a reinforcement. Applications: automobile, railway, ship-building, aeronautical, aerospatial and other industries.

Abstract: A method of producing a component with a surface structure (4) includes providing a suspension of particles susceptible to sintering in a liquid medium, providing a stamp element (2) having a structured surface (7) provided with a negative imprint of at least a part of the surface structure (4), providing a mould (1) including a receptacle (5), introducing a quantity of the suspension (6) in the receptacle (5), and applying the structured surface (7) of the stamp element (2) to the suspension in the receptacle. The receptacle of the mould has least one porous wall (8,9).

Abstract: Substrate films, thermal mass transfer donor elements, and methods of making and using the same are provided. In some embodiments, such substrate films and donor elements include at least two dyads, wherein each dyad includes an absorbing first layer and an essentially non-absorbing second layer. Also provided are methods of making a donor element that includes an essentially non-absorbing substrate, an absorbing first layer, and a non-absorbing second layer, wherein the composition of the essentially non-absorbing substrate is essentially the same as the composition of the essentially non-absorbing second layer.

Abstract: Optoelectronic devices are described that include: a) a surface within the device, and b) at least one sufficiently light-transmissive crosslinked film, wherein the film is formed from at least one silicon-based material, at least one catalyst, and at least one solvent. Optoelectronic device are also disclosed, which include: a) a surface within the device, and b) at least one light-transmissive crosslinkable composition, wherein the composition comprises at least one silicon-based material, at least one crosslinking agent and at least one solvent. Methods of producing optoelectronic devices are also disclosed that include: a) providing a surface, b) providing at least one sufficiently light-transmissive crosslinkable composition, wherein the composition comprises at least one silicon-based material and at least one catalyst, c) applying the crosslinkable material to the surface, and d) curing the crosslinkable material to form a sufficiently light-transmissive crosslinked composition.

Abstract: The invention includes methods of forming a metallic coating on a substrate which contains silicon. A metallic glass layer is formed over a silicon surface of the substrate. The invention includes methods of protecting a silicon substrate. The substrate is provided within a deposition chamber along with a deposition target. Material from the deposition target is deposited over at least a portion of the silicon substrate to form a protective layer or structure which contains metallic glass. The metallic glass comprises iron and one or more of B, Si, P and C. The invention includes structures which have a substrate containing silicon and a metallic layer over the substrate. The metallic layer contains less than or equal to about 2 weight % carbon and has a hardness of at least 9.2 GPa. The metallic layer can have an amorphous microstructure or can be devitrified to have a nanocrystalline microstructure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a workpiece comprising one or more detachable optical products and to a preferably planar workpiece comprising detachable optical products. The method of the invention allows for efficient production of workpieces comprising high-quality optical lenses by combining e.g. techniques used in the production of CD/DVD discs and coating units based on laser ablation. The finished optical products are integrated in the workpiece, but they can be removed e.g. by water abrasion, laser cutting, milling or sawing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides various novel suspended planar lipid bilayer assemblies made from bicellar mixtures containing long and short chain phospholipids and methods of making the same. Such bilayer assemblies may additionally incorporate biomolecules such as proteins, polypeptides, biological complexes, transmembrane proteins and other membrane-associated compounds. The present disclosure further provides uses for such lipid bilayer assemblies including proteomics, membrane study, biosensing for medical diagnosis and environmental monitoring, chemical and biological warfare agent sequestration, actuator development, and bio-fuel cell development.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an optical film comprising a reflective substrate, characterized in that at least one of the surfaces of the substrate has a scratch-resistant layer which possesses anti-static properties, wherein the scratch-resistant layer has a surface resistivity in the range from 108 to 1012?/?, and a pencil hardness of 3H or more as measured according to JIS K5400 standard method. The optical film of the invention has a low volume shrinkage, does not warp, and possesses excellent anti-static properties and high hardness properties.

Abstract: Multi-layer, edge ingress, tamper- and solvent-indicating labels comprise a top film layer coated over a solvent, e.g., water, hydrocarbon, etc., and dye absorbing layer. The solvent and dye absorbing layer can be on top of a porous layer comprising a binder, pigment and particles of a solvent-soluble dye. The porous layer can be on top of an edge-wicking layer which itself is on top of a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) layer. The edge-wicking layer both absorbs and transports solvent thus serving as a means for transporting solvent to the solvent-soluble dye.

Abstract: A developing blade (11) comprises a blade member (14) located along one side edge of a support member (12) and having a surface shape defined by a maximum height roughness Ry of 0.35 to 4.5 ?m and a length ratio under load tp (at a 30% cut level) of 15% or less. Such a developing blade is manufactured by bringing a top mold (2) having a mold surface (2A) with a cavity (4) formed for the formation of a blade member and a gate (6) in communication with the cavity (4) in alignment with a bottom mold (3) having a flat mold surface (3A) such that at least a part of the support member (12) is positioned in the cavity (4), clamping together both the top and bottom molds, and pouring a molding material from the gate (6) to fill in the cavity (4).

Abstract: An article includes a substrate, e.g. a glass sheet having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface having a textured surface to provide a predetermined pattern on the second surface of the substrate, and an overlay, e.g. a coating over the pattern. The percent of visible light transmittance, and percent visible light reflectance, of the substrate and the overlay is selected such that the pattern is visible when the article is viewed through one of the surfaces of the substrate or overlay. In one non-limiting embodiment, the substrate is glass and the article has a metallic appearance. In another non-limiting embodiment, the overlay is a transparent coating deposited on the second surface of the glass sheet into grooves of the pattern. Other non-limiting embodiments include the substrate having a Delta % haze of greater than 15%, and a protective overcoat over the coating.

Abstract: The present invention provides an endless belt containing a conductive agent and a polyimide resin whose imidation ratio at an outer circumference surface of the belt and that at an inner circumference surface of the belt are mutually different, and a method of producing the endless belt, an intermediate transfer belt having the endless belt, and an image forming apparatus having the endless belt.

Abstract: To obtain a close-contact multi-layer type diffractive optical element having a homogeneous high-refractive-index and low-dispersion resin layer, an acrylate-terminated oligomer, obtained by allowing excess bifunctional acrylate to react with bifunctional thiol, is used as a resin precursor for the high-refractive-index and low-dispersion resin layer.

Abstract: A borate for a near-infrared ray absorption material, having an anion represented by the formula (1): [BR1mR24?m]? (wherein R1 represents an aryl group having an electron withdrawing group; R2 represents an organic group, a halogen group or a hydroxyl group; and m is an integer in the range of 1 to 4) is provided. The borate of the present invention enables to improve durability, in particular, heat resistance and moisture resistance of a near-infrared ray absorbing dye.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic shielding sheet comprising a transparent base (11) and a mesh metal layer (21) arranged on one side of the transparent base (11) via an adhesive layer (13). The metal layer (21) has a mesh portion (103) wherein many opening portions (105) are surrounded by a line portion (107), and a frame portion (101) arranged around the mesh portion (103). The opening portions (105) are filled with a transparent ionizing radiation-curing resin layer (31).

Abstract: Tubular structures having aspect ratios of at least about 3 and comprising interior surfaces comprising substantially uniform coatings generated from a gaseous precursor material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a microsystem and a method for fabricating a microsystem. The pyrotechnic microsystem (7, 1?) comprises a substrate having at least two separate electrical initiation zones, each of which provides separate electrical initiation of a pyrotechnic material deposited on the substrate. This microsystem (7, 1?) is characterized in that the same pyrotechnic material deposit (721, 721?, 13) covers both initiation zones, said deposit (721, 721?, 13) produced on the substrate having a thickness sufficiently small for the initiation of the pyrotechnic material in the initiation zone to remain localized and not propagate to the other initiation zone, but sufficient to generate a specific gas quantity.

Abstract: A hardcoat film comprises a substrate film, and a hardcoat layer laminated on at least one side of the substrate film, wherein a reflectance of the hardcoat layer at a wavelength within 400 to 600 nm has a mean ripple amplitude of 1% or less. The hardcoat film has decreased iris patterns. There is also provided an antireflection film having a low surface reflectance and a neutral tone of color, and an equipment for display including the film.

Abstract: A method according to the invention of producing a porous plate in which micro openings with a predetermined size are arranged at a predetermined interval, includes a step of forming a UV curable resin layer on a substrate; a step of performing UV exposure to the UV curable resin layer to form a pattern corresponding to the micro openings; a step of performing development; and a step of peeling off the UV curable resin layer from the substrate to obtain the porous plate.

Abstract: A thermal donor element having a dye layer on an extruded substrate, wherein the extruded substrate includes a polyester-containing material and a slip agent, but does not contain silica particles, is disclosed.

Abstract: Backing film which comprises at least one polypropylene and has been longitudinally monoaxially oriented, characterized in that at least one nucleating agent has been inhomogeneously distributed in the backing film.

Abstract: A laminate for use in decorating a receptor surface (e.g., a window) comprising a piece of decorative sheet material with a layer of aggressive pressure sensitive adhesive on its rear surface and a release liner over that layer of adhesive; and a flexible, temporary support tape comprising a backing and a layer of repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive on a second surface of the backing. A longitudinally extending part of the layer of repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive of the support tape is adhered to a front surface of the decorative strip, and an elongate portion of the support tape projects transversely away from a first edge surface of the decorative sheet material.

Abstract: A tempered glass sheet having in its front view a peripheral region including the peripheries, and a central region (9) occupying inside the peripheral region, wherein the average surface compressive stress in the central region (9) is larger than the average surface compressive stress in the peripheral region, is presented, whereby a tempered glass sheet having a thickness thinner than conventional ones can be provided.

Abstract: A plasma vapor deposition method for producing highly reflective and adherent metal or metal alloy decorative coatings on articles such as automotive fixtures is described. The improved coatings are particularly applicable to chrome based coatings on automobile fixtures and accessories, including wheels, hubcaps, bumpers and door handles. The method also provides plated metal coatings such as gold, platinum and silver for jewelry and industrial tools.

Abstract: A composition for forming an aluminum fine particle dispersed film, which comprises a complex of an amine compound and aluminum hydride and a polymer component having film formability is prepared, and a film formed therefrom is heated or exposed to light to manufacture an aluminum fine particle dispersed film. The above composition can provide an Al fine particle dispersed film which can be used in electronic devices or optical devices, an Al wiring pattern film and an Al mirror film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an anti-scrape plastic surface and the anti-scrape plastic surface. The anti-scrape plastic surface includes a plastic article with a predetermined size and a cover layer which is a hardening agent painted on and adhered to at least one surface of the article. The method for manufacturing the anti-scrape plastic surface includes steps of preparing a plastic article with a predetermined size, painting a hardening paint on at least one surface of the article and heating and pressurizing the hardening paint to bond the paint with the surface of the article to form an anti-scrape surface on the article.

Abstract: A solid hydrophobic surface wetted with an aqueous solution that includes a first and second surfactant. The first surfactant includes a first straight-chain, branched chain or cyclic hydrocarbon chain and a first hydrophilic moiety. The second surfactant includes a second straight-chain, branched chain or cyclic hydrocarbon chain and a second hydrophilic moiety. The first and second straight-chain, branched chain or cyclic hydrocarbon chains may or may not be the same; the first and second hydrophilic moieties are not the same; and the first surfactant is added to the second surfactant in an amount that causes a synergistic increase in the spreading factor on the hydrophobic surface.

Abstract: A belt or a roller for OA apparatus, in which a top layer includes a base material formed from PTFE, PFA or a mixture thereof and having a continuous structure and the PTFE, the PFA or the mixture thereof occupies at least 70% of the base material in weight excluding a conductive agent, is provided. The belt or the roller for OA apparatus can attain sufficient toner detachability with respect to toner including chemical toner, and has excellent resistance to physical and/or mechanical stress and resistance to electrical stress. A method of manufacturing the belt or the roller for OA apparatus and an OA apparatus employing the belt or the roller are also provided.

Abstract: Lubricating surfaces are disclosed suitable for sliding against other flat surfaces. These lubricating surfaces consist of multiple protrusions extending outward from the surface and employ solid or semi-solid lubricants such as grease between them. The resulting lubricating surfaces may be used in numerous applications and may be particularly useful for sliding surfaces used on a continuous or on an intermittent basis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic recording medium and a method for manufacturing the same to provide a magnetic recording medium reducing medium noise and having excellent thermal stability. The magnetic recording medium includes a substantially amorphous seed layer and a polycrystal underlayer made of crystal grains having a substantially columnar structure, the polycrystal underlayer contacting thereto. In a boundary between the seed layer and the underlayer, fine grooves having a period up to as large as the magnetic layer crystal grain diameter are formed in the disc circumferential direction. Accordingly, the magnetic recording medium is allowed to have a grain shape with a value obtained by dividing the average grain diameter for the disc circumferential direction by the average grain diameter for the disc radial direction of no less than 0.5 and no more than 0.9, thus achieving simultaneously reduction of the medium noise and thermal stability.

Abstract: An optical thin film with high hardness made by insert mold technology and manufacturing processes thereof are disclosed. The optical thin film is applied on surface of a plastic housing for increasing hardness of the plastic housing so as to prevent scratches. During manufacturing processes of insert mold for producing a hard coating film, the step of hardening treatment is moved to the last step so as to avoid cracks on the optical thin film generated during the procedures. Thus the yield rate is increased and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

Abstract: Substrate films, thermal mass transfer donor elements, and methods of making and using the same are provided. In some embodiments, such substrate films and donor elements include at least two dyads, wherein each dyad includes an absorbing first layer and an essentially non-absorbing second layer. Also provided are methods of making a donor element that includes an essentially non-absorbing substrate, an absorbing first layer, and a non-absorbing second layer, wherein the composition of the essentially non-absorbing substrate is essentially the same as the composition of the essentially non-absorbing second layer.

Abstract: A high dielectric composite material obtained by subjecting submicron particles of an inorganic filler containing a metal as its essential component to an insulating treatment such as a chemical treatment, further subjecting to a surface treatment for improving their compatibility with organic resins, and then dispersing in an organic resin, has a dielectric constant of 15 or above, with its dielectric loss tangent in the frequency region of from 100 MHz to 80 GHz being 0.1 or less, and can therefore be used effectively for multilayer wiring boards and module substrates.

Abstract: To provide a cellulose ester film formed by casting, which minimizes degradation of optical properties as well as exhibits sufficient mechanical strength generated by the enhancement of tear strength, and further to provide a production method of the same. A cellulose ester film characterized in comprising flat particles.

Abstract: Facially amphiphilic polymers and articles made therefrom having biocidal surfaces are disclosed. The polymers can inhibit the growth of microorganisms in contact with the surface or in areas adjacent to said biocidal surface. There is also disclosed a method to identify and optimize the facial amphiphilicity of polyamide, polyester, polyurea, polyurethane, polycarbonate and polyphenylene polymers. Utility as a contact disinfectant is disclosed.

Abstract: A resin bonded rare earth magnet, compression molded from rare earth-transition alloy powder and thermosetting resin, having a magnet 1 comprising a mixture of thermosetting resin and rare earth-transition alloy powder with a particle size of between 20 and 300 microns, a filling material 3 with particle size between 0.1 and 15 microns which is used to fill in the depressions 2 on the surface of said magnet 1 and is then fixed with said thermosetting resin, and a corrosion inhibiting coat 4 made from synthetic resin applied to the surface of said magnet 1 which has been rendered smooth by the application of said filling material into the depressions on its surface.

Abstract: A thermoplastic laminate plank is described wherein the thermoplastic laminate plank comprises a core, a print layer, and optionally an overlay. The core comprises at least one thermoplastic material and has a top surface and bottom surface wherein a print layer is affixed to the top surface of the core and an overlay layer is affixed to the top surface of the print layer. Optionally, an underlay layer can be located and affixed between the bottom surface of the print layer and the top surface of the core. In addition, a method of making the thermoplastic laminate plank is further described which involves extruding at least one thermoplastic material into the shape of the core and affixing a laminate on the core, wherein the laminate comprises an overlay affixed to the top surface of the print layer and optionally an underlay layer affixed to the bottom surface of the print layer.

Abstract: Embossing regularly textured sheets with an appropriate regular, discrete embossing pattern to improve softness can result in a combined texture that creates an interference pattern that camouflages the original texture pattern and the embossing pattern. The resulting pattern is more appealing to the eye and is more random in appearance than the initial textured sheet or the embossing pattern individually. This result is particularly advantageous for paper towels.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a data storage media comprises: a substrate comprising at least one plastic portion, an edge lift height of less than about 8?, and an axial displacement peak of less than about 500? under shock or vibration excitation; and at least one data layer on said substrate. The data layer can be at least partly read from, written to, or a combination thereof by at least one energy field, and, when the energy field contacts the storage media, the energy field is incident upon the data layer before it could be incident upon the substrate. In another embodiment, the data storage media comprises: a substrate comprising at least one plastic portion and an axial displacement peak of less than about 500? under shock or vibration excitation, and an areal density of about 10 Gbit/in2; and at least one data layer on the substrate.

Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of beverage containers includes a plurality of container holders, each having a portion with higher energy treatment and a portion with lower energy treatment. The energy treatment is corona or plasma treatment. The portions with higher energy treatment provide better carrier-to-container friction. By varying the level of energy treatment and the relative size of the portions being treated, the amount of overall friction between the flexible carrier and the containers can be controlled.

Abstract: An induction heating coil device includes a workpiece having one or more planar surfaces, and an induction coil having a number of coil turns arranged in inwardly converging shape and arranged to have planes of the coil turns offset from each other for generating high frequency wave. The planes of the coil turns are disposed parallel to the planar surfaces of the workpiece, for allowing the workpiece to be evenly or uniformly heated by the high frequency wave generated by the coil turns of the induction coil. The induction coil may include one or more insulating rings attached onto the coil turns, for preventing the coil turns from being electrically contacted with the planar surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: Disclosed is a continuous line process for making a pre-formed object having a plurality of surfaces comprising the steps of: (1) providing a sol phase of the composition comprising a solvent and a gelling agent having a sol-gel transition point between about the melting point of the solvent and about the boiling point of the solvent; (2) forming surfaces of the sol phase composition by passing through a surface forming system, the surface forming system pressing the sol phase composition between a plurality of liners; (3) cooling the sol phase composition into a gel phase; and (4) cutting the gel phase composition; wherein the pre-formed object is free of a supporting substrate.

Abstract: Solid battery components are provided. A block copolymeric electrolyte is non-crosslinked and non-glassy through the entire range of typical battery service temperatures, that is, through the entire range of at least from about 0° C. to about 70° C. The chains of which the copolymer is made each include at least one ionically-conductive block and at least one second block immiscible with the ionically-conductive block. The chains form an amorphous association and are arranged in an ordered nanostructure including a continuous matrix of amorphous ionically-conductive domains and amorphous second domains that are immiscible with the ionically-conductive domains. A compound is provided that has a formula of LixMyNzO2. M and N are each metal atoms or a main group elements, and x, y and z are each numbers from about 0 to about 1. y and z are chosen such that a formal charge on the MyNz portion of the compound is (4-x). In certain embodiments, these compounds are used in the cathodes of rechargeable batteries.

Abstract: Volatile organic compound or other materials are produced in the thermoplastic manufacture of thermoplastic polyester beverage containers. Such materials can be eluted into beverages such as carbonated beverages, sparkling or still water from the polyester. Such thermoplastic polyester resins can be manufactured with a material that can prevent the formation of, or react with, and absorb volatile by-products during the formation of thermoplastic preforms or containers from the thermoplastic pellet or chip. Further, as the preform is blown into a polyester container, the active materials of the invention prevent the generation of additional undesirable volatile materials. Lastly, the scavenger material can act as a barrier that prevents transport of materials from the exterior of the container into the container contents.

Abstract: In homogeneous materials, etching characteristics depend on properties inherent in these materials regardless of whether they are isotropic or anisotropic, and there have been limitations in realizing various desired shapes. A subject for the invention is to provide a gradient material which eliminates these limitations. A gradient material is provided in which the rate of etching with a specific chemical substance changes continuously or by steps from the outermost surface to an inner part thereof. This gradient material is made of a main material which contains an additive capable of changing the etching rate of the main material so that the concentration of the additive changes continuously or by steps. Especially when a glass material containing SiO2 as the main component is used as the main material and fluorine is used as the additive, then a gradient material in which the rate of etching with an aqueous solution of hydrofluoric acid changes in the depth direction can be obtained.

Abstract: A master information carrier for magnetic transfer includes a base sheet which is formed of a magnetic material. The master information carrier is provided with an irregularity pattern representing information to be transferred to a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic layer formed along the irregularity pattern. The saturation magnetization Mm of the magnetic layer and the saturation magnetization Ms of the base sheet satisfy the condition 1.0<Mm/Ms<100.

Abstract: In a composite material having a construction that on the surface of a substrate is formed a primer layer having an appropriate function, and a photocatalyst layer is laminated on the primer layer, decreasing of the durability of the film due to the existence of the primer layer is prevented. Primer layer 14, photocatalyst layer 16, and hydrophilic layer 18 are laminated on one surface of transparent glass substrate 12 in this order. Primer layer 18, which makes up for suppressing sodium dispersion, is composed of a mixture or double oxide comprising an inorganic oxide such as SiO2 and Al2O3, and lanthanoide oxide such as La, Ce, and Pr, or of Ta2O5 or ZrO2. Photocatalyst layer 16 comprises, e.g., the photocatalyst, TiO2. Hydrophilic layer 18 comprises, e.g., porous SiO2.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium containing a B-2 structured ruthenium-aluminum underlayer comprising a (200) crystallographic orientation with a thickness from about 50 ? to about 800 ?, and a magnetic layer with a Co(11.0) crystallographic orientation, and a method of making the same are disclosed. The medium deposited on mechanically textured and surface-oxidized NiP film has a relatively high remanent coercivity and a relatively high signal to medium noise ratio even at low OR-Mrt.