Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shaped cross-linked hyaluronic acid product including the step of subjecting a non-cross-linked precipitated hyaluronic acid substrate in a desired shape to a single cross-linking reaction in a liquid medium having a pH of 11.5 or higher and including one or more polyfunctional cross-linking agent(s) and an amount of one or more organic solvent(s) giving precipitating conditions for hyaluronic acid, under suitable conditions to obtain a precipitated, shaped cross-linked hyaluronic acid product having a degree of modification of 1-40 cross-linking agent units per 1000 disaccharide units.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier.

Abstract: The invention relates to an encapsulation composition for the storage or the confinement of waste which is toxic to health and/or the environment, comprising a resin composition containing at least one epoxy resin, and a hardening composition containing at least one polyamidoamine and at least one aromatic polyamine, said encapsulation composition having an aromaticity rate which is equal to, or higher than, 35%. The invention also relates to the use of said composition for encapsulating said waste.

Abstract: A packaging system for storing ophthalmic devices such as contact lenses and methods for packaging such ophthalmic devices with solutions is disclosed. The packaging system contains an unused, ophthalmic device in an aqueous packaging solution comprising tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane or a salt thereof; wherein the solution has an osmolality of at least about 200 mOsm/kg and a pH in the range of about 6 to about 9.

Abstract: Provided are a method for preparing a carbon material using a polyolefin-based plastic, which includes a step of dissolving a polyolefin-based plastic in a solvent and then precipitating to obtain a polyolefin-based polymer having, for example, a powder or film shape, a step of crosslinking and cyclizing the precipitated polyolefin-based polymer to stabilize the polyolefin-based polymer and to cleave linear bonding of the polyolefin-based polymer, and a step of carbonizing the stabilized polyolefin-based polymer and a carbon material prepared according to this method. According to this method, it is possible to convert polyolefin-based plastics, particularly polyolefin-based waste plastics, into high-quality carbon materials having high heat-generating properties and a high electrical conductivity by a simple and efficient process.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for preparing a protective coating are described. In one example aspect, an apparatus for preparing a protective coating includes a chamber, a substrate positioned within the chamber configured to hold at least a target object, an inlet pipe configured to direct a monomer vapor into the chamber, and one or more electrodes configured to perform a chemical vapor deposition process to produce a multi-layer coating. The chemical vapor deposition process comprises multiple cycles, each cycle comprising a pretreatment phase and a coating phase to produce a layer of the multi-layer coating.

Abstract: An assembly of joined injection molded parts and a method for joining injection molded parts is disclosed herein. The assembly includes, but is not limited to, a first injection molded part having a first bonding area. The first bonding area has a plurality of first fingers extending from a surface of the first bonding area. The assembly further includes a second injection molded part having a second bonding area. The second bonding area corresponds in shape to the first bonding area and has a plurality of second fingers that extend from a surface of the second bonding area. The assembly includes an adhesive tape arranged between the plurality of first fingers and the plurality of second fingers. The adhesive tape is configured to bond the first injection molded part to the second injection molded part.

Abstract: Provided is a macromonomer copolymer (Y) including a monomer unit of a specific macromonomer (A) and a monomer unit of a comonomer (B) copolymerizable with the macromonomer (A), in which a value of Hx represented by a specific expression is 0.05 to 0.40.

Abstract: Provided are non-stick coating hybrid primer compositions based on polyimide resin and/or polyamide-imide resin. Also provided are processes for preparing such compositions. Finally, non-stick coatings incorporating such compositions and a process for manufacturing articles comprising such non-stick coatings are provided.

Abstract: Provided are a laminated body that can improve the adhesive force between the base layer and the surface layer, a conductive roller provided with the laminated body, and a method for manufacturing a laminated body with improved adhesive force between the base layer and the surface layer. The disclosed laminated body includes a base layer and a surface layer formed on the base layer, the base layer includes polyurethane having a (meth)acryloyl group, the surface layer includes a radical curable resin obtained by polymerizing (meth)acrylate that has a (meth)acryloyl group, and the laminated body is formed by the (meth)acryloyl group in the polyurethane reacting with the (meth)acryloyl group in the (meth)acrylate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polymer coatings covalently attached to the surface of a substrate and the preparation of the polymer coatings, such as poly(N-(5-azidoacetamidylpentyl)acrylamide-co-acrylamide) (PAZAM), in the formation and manipulation of substrates, such as molecular arrays and flow cells. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing a substrate surface by using beads coated with a covalently attached polymer, such as PAZAM, and the method of determining a nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide attached to a substrate surface described herein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a low friction and highly durable coating on a solid substrate. Also disclosed is a coating that increase durability and reduce friction of a substrate. The coating comprises at least one layer polydopamine and one layer of graphite. Dip coating is used to deposit said polydopamine layer on top of a substrate and then said graphite coating on top of said polydopamine layer.

Abstract: An arm rest assembly that includes a thermoplastic arm rest body that defines an internal cavity and a support structure disposed within the internal cavity. The support structure is chemically compatible with the thermoplastic arm rest body such that a homogeneous chemical bond is formed between the support structure and the thermoplastic arm rest body. An arm rest cover is coupled to the arm rest body such that the internal cavity is enclosed by the arm rest body and the arm rest cover.

Abstract: Coated particles according to the present invention are comprised of particles each having a surface. At least the vicinity of the surface of the particle is constituted of a calcium phosphate-based compound. The particles are coated with a polyamine-based compound, and an average particle size of the particles is 1 ?m or more. Furthermore, such coated particles are produced by preparing a preparation liquid containing a liquid containing at least one of water and an alcohol, the coated particles and the polyamine-based compound and then heating the preparation liquid to coat the particles with the polyamine-based compound. Furthermore, it is preferred that the liquid used in preparing the preparation liquid contains methanol as a main component thereto.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a process for the silicate bonding of joined surfaces, facing one another, of two components by means of an aqueous, alkaline, silicon-cation-containing joining solution for the purpose of producing an optical element, characterized in that one or both of said joined surfaces (1; 2b; 10) are covered with a layer of an oxide (3), which has a higher refractive index than SiO2 and is selected from among oxides of the third and fourth main group elements, of the second and third group of the transition elements as well as zirconium and from among mixed oxides of the said elements, whereupon the joining solution is applied to at least one of the surfaces to be joined and the surfaces are bonded to one another.

Abstract: Reduced-graphene oxide circuits are directly patterned on glass substrate using an industrially available excimer laser system. A threshold of laser energy density is observed, which provide a clear differentiation on whether the graphene oxide is reduced. The highest conductivity measured is 7.142×103 S/m. The reduced-graphene oxide displays a transmittance greater than 80% across the entire range from 450 to 800 nm. The outstanding electrical, optical, and morphological properties have enabled reduced-graphene oxide to display promising applications, and this nano-processing method makes reduced-graphene oxide even more attractive when used as a transparent electrode for touch screens or in other applications.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polymer coatings covalently attached to the surface of a substrate and the preparation of the polymer coatings, such as poly(N-(5-azidoacetamidylpentyl)acrylamide-co-acrylamide) (PAZAM), in the formation and manipulation of substrates, such as molecular arrays and flow cells. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing a substrate surface by using beads coated with a covalently attached polymer, such as PAZAM, and the method of determining a nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide attached to a substrate surface described herein.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for protecting a metal substrate from corrosion. The method comprises generating an acid organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel; providing a polyaniline solution; combining the sol-gel with the polyaniline solution; incorporating a polysiloxane within the organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel, the polyaniline solution or the combined sol-gel and polyaniline solution; coating the substrate with the polysiloxane sol-gel polyaniline solution; and curing the coating at the substrate, such that the coating is chemically bonded to the substrate, the coating comprising a polysiloxane based network having a Si—O backbone.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a substrate main body, an OLED formed on the substrate main body, a moisture absorbing layer formed on the substrate main body and covering the OLED, a first barrier layer formed on the substrate main body and covering the moisture absorbing layer, a first auxiliary barrier layer formed between the moisture absorbing layer and the first barrier layer, a second barrier layer formed on the substrate main body and covering the first barrier layer, and a second auxiliary barrier layer formed between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer system comprising a base layer consisting of a thermoplastic, a primer layer, and a scratch resistant layer consisting of a scratch resistant top coat, the multilayer system being characterized in that the primer layer contains a certain UV absorber and a certain amount of acid, preferably acetic acid, is added to the scratch resistant top coat.

Abstract: One variation may include a method including providing a substrate having a layer comprising chrome thereon, the chrome having exposed surface; exposing the layer comprising chrome to a gas comprising ionized oxygen to activate the exposed surface of the chrome to provide an activated surface; applying a coating over the activated surface so that the coating is adhered to the layer comprising chrome, and wherein the coating is at least one of a primer, clear coat, tinted clear coat or opaque paint.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluid transfer member having thermal stability on the occasion of molding, stress cracking resistance and low liquid chemical permeability at the same time. The present invention is a fluid transfer member which is composed by a laminate containing a layer [P] comprising a fluoropolymer and/or a fluorine-free organic material and a layer [Q] comprising a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer.

Abstract: A macroscale, self-supporting, composite laminate sheet includes individual, layered graphene oxide sheets and a polymer in spaces between the sheets. This composite product can be fabricated by combining a suspension of individual graphene oxide sheets and a solution of polymer, passing the resulting fluid through a fluid-permeable support, and assembling the graphene oxide sheets and polymer as a laminate sheet by flow-directed assembly. The laminate is dried and released from the membrane filter as a self-supporting thin films.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a joint prosthesis, bearing material and a production method thereof, which suppresses wear in a sliding section and suppresses the production of abrasive powder even during repeated daily operation. To achieve the object, there is provided a biomaterial comprising: a substrate made of metal, alloy or ceramic; and a biocompatible material layer laminated on the substrate, wherein hydroxyl groups are formed on the substrate by surface-treating, while the biocompatible material layer comprises a polymer containing phosphorylcholine groups, the substrate and the biocompatible material layer are bound via a binder layer which is combined with the hydroxyl groups of the substrate and with the biocompatible material layer.

Abstract: A bonded body 10 of a carbon film covered article and a rubber is formed by bonding a carbon film covered article 13 having a carbon film 12 formed on a surface of an article 11 to an unvulcanized rubber 14 by affixing and vulcanizing. Thereby, a bonded body of rubber and, for example, metal can be provided without the need for an adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin blend for a melting process, to a method for manufacturing a resin molding using same, and to a resin molding obtained thereby, the resin blend comprising a first resin and a second resin, wherein the second resin includes a polymer resin having at least one organic functional group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic ring having 5 to 40 carbon atoms and an aromatic ring having 6 to 40 carbon atoms, and has, with the first resin, a melt viscosity difference of 0.1 to 3,000 Pa*s at a shear rate of 100 to 1,000 s?1 and a processing temperature of the resin mixture, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) difference of 10° C. to 150° C. The resin blend allows a resin molding to have enhanced mechanical properties and surface features, and exhibits the effects of reducing a processing time, and reducing production costs by eliminating an additional surface coating step.

Abstract: Provided is a resin blend including a first resin and a second resin, the second resin having a hydrophobic functional group in a side chain and having a surface energy difference of 0.1 to 20 mN/m from the first resin at 25° C., the resin blend being capable of forming a layer separation structure. Also, provided are a pellet, a method for preparing the same, and a resin molding articlemolding article having a specific layer separation structure. The resin blend may not only improve mechanical properties and surface hardness of the molding articlemolding article but also shorten process time, increase productivity and reduce production cost by omitting an additional surface coating step.

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for layered bonded structures formed from reactive bonding between zinc metal and zinc peroxide are disclosed herein. In particular, the present disclosure teaches a layered bonded structure wherein two structures are bonded together with a layer including zinc oxide. The zinc oxide is formed through a method that includes processing the two structures by contacting the structures under pressure and applying heat to the structures to promote a reaction with zinc peroxide and zinc metal on one or both of the two structures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin blend for a melting process, to a method for preparing same, and to a resin-molded article having a specific layer separation structure, the resin blend comprising a first resin and a second resin, wherein the second resin comprises a polymer resin having an organic functional group containing one or more oxygen atoms, and has a melt viscosity difference of 0.1 to 3,000 pa*s with respect to the first resin at a shear rate of 100 to 1,000 s?1 and a processing temperature of the resin blend. The resin blend allows a resin-molded article to have enhanced mechanical properties and surface hardness, and exhibits the effects of reducing a processing time, increasing productivity and reducing production cost by eliminating an additional surface coating step.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a backsheet of a solar cell. The backsheet of a solar cell comprises, sequentially from bottom to top, a bottom plastic layer, at least a first insulating layer, a conductive water-proof layer, at least a second insulating layer formed on the conductive water-proof layer, and a weather-resistant layer formed on the second insulating layer. The voltage-resistant ability of the weather-resistant layer is usually about one-third of that of the ordinary insulating layer and the weather-resistant layer is usually has the problem of pinhole which usually results in the defect of arc fail. Therefore, the second insulating layer, in the present invention, deposited between the conductive water-proof layer and the weather-resistant layer, can increase the voltage-resistant ability of the weather-resistant layer and to prevent the pinhole and the arc fail problem.

Abstract: To provide an adhesive sheet for protecting coating films which is excellent in the adhesion between a coating layer and a composite film, and has weather resistance. The adhesive sheet for protecting coating films is one comprising a base layer and an adhesive layer, and the base layer has a coating layer produced by using the fluoroethylene vinyl ether alternating copolymer having a specific structure on one surface of a composite film containing an acrylic polymer and a urethane polymer. It is preferable that the coating layer is cross-linked with a composite film and has cross-linked points.

Abstract: Diamine is used to enhance adhesion between polyurethane and polyolefinic material or ionomeric material.

Abstract: An adhesion bond between a metallic surface layer and a second surface is formed by treating the layers with a material comprising sulphur-containing molecules. The sulphur-containing molecules are applied as a surface treatment of the surfaces, so that the sulphur-containing molecules act as a coupling agent to bond chemically to both substrates form nanometer-sized structures on the surfaces. The nanometer-sized structures are incorporated into a self-assembly interlayer in between the surfaces, with the interlayer forming a bond to both surfaces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vulcanized rubber laminate in which both an unvulcanized epichlorohydrin-based rubber composition layer containing a specific polyfunctional (meth)acrylate compound and a specific vulcanizing agent and an unvulcanized fluororubber composition layer containing a specific vulcanizing agent are heated and bonded, whereby, both rubber layers are firmly bonded.

Abstract: To provide a technique by which an —OH group can be effectively formed on a material surface for the purpose of making the material suitable for bonding (for example, for molecular bonding) that utilizes a chemical reaction (chemical binding). [Solution] A bonding method for bonding a substrate A and a substrate B, which comprises: a step for applying an agent that contains the compound (?) described below on the surface of the substrate A; a step for arranging the substrate B so as to face the compound (?) that is present on the surface of the substrate A; and a step for integrally bonding the substrate A and the substrate B by applying a force onto the substrate A and/or the substrate B. The compound (?) is a compound that has an OH group or an OH-forming group, an azide group and a triazine ring in each molecule, and the substrate A is configured using a polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a resin article produced by melt processing and having layers formed by a layer-separation. The resin article may include a first resin layer, a second resin layer formed on the first resin layer and an interface layer including a first resin and a second resin and formed between the first resin layer and the second resin layer. The resin article may have improved mechanical and surface characteristics. Further, since coating or plating is not required for manufacturing a resin article, a manufacturing time and/or cost can be reduced, and productivity can be increased.

Abstract: A medical device wherein a surface lubricating layer and one of various polymer bases are fixed with each other firmly by a relatively simple technique. The medical device permanently exhibits excellent surface lubricity when in use. The medical device has a lubricating surface when wet, and includes a base layer at least the surface of which is composed of a polymer material, a compound (thiol compound) which is supported on at least a part of the base layer and has a plurality of thiol groups in each molecule, and a surface lubricating layer which covers the thiol compound and is composed of a hydrophilic polymer that has a reactive functional group.

Abstract: Biologic coatings on a surface of a prosthesis or implantable device.

Abstract: A composite material engineered from metal and resin and a production method of the composite material. The composite material includes a metal portion composed of metal; a resin portion composed of resin; a polar functional group imparted to a surface of the metal portion; and an adhesion modifying agent mixed in the resin and including an adhesive functional group which interacts with the polar functional group. The metal portion and the resin portion are bonded by the interaction between the polar functional group and the adhesive functional group.

Abstract: Chemically-welded optical devices and associated methods for chemically welding optical devices are disclosed herein. Such optical devices may be used in display systems, and may include subcomponents comprising one or more optical films employed for polarization manipulation, as well as a substrate for protecting the optical film(s). An optical film may be chemically welded directly to the substrate using a solvent, and any additional optical films may be chemically welded to a prior optical film previously welded to the substrate. The chemical welding process of the present disclosure may include applying the solvent on the optical film in order to partially dissolve the surface of the optical film prior to adhesion to the substrate. Macromolecules on the dissolved surface of the optical film may be in a loosened state and may be realigned when the solvent evaporates.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a graphene paper which reduced graphene oxide layers and coating layers are stacked in sequence. The graphene paper prepared according to a preparation method of the present invention has excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical properties, and can be economically prepared in large-sized graphene paper, therefore may be efficiently applied to various electrical devices such as thin-film electrodes, flexible electrodes, super capacitors, semiconductor insulating layer reinforcements and TFT semiconductor layer-electrodes, and the like.

Abstract: Coating compositions and coatings for medical devices formed from the coating compositions that include a catalyst in a support polymer, where the support polymer helps to support and retain the catalyst in the coating on the medical device. The catalyst in the support polymer can act to chemically bond specific compounds migrating from a body of the medical device formed from a polymer to at least one of the polymer and/or other specific compounds migrating from the body of the medical device.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of applying to a substrate a hydrophilic coating that becomes lubricious when activated with water or water vapor, and to substrates having such a hydrophilic coating.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cured multilayer sheet production method, comprising adjacently laminating a first uncured layer formed by a first curable resin and a second uncured layer formed by a second curable resin to form a laminated body, wherein the first curable resin contains a first monomer or partial polymer thereof, and an immiscible substance, the second curable resin contains a second monomer and polymer, the first monomer concentration in the first curable resin is higher than the polymerizable monomer concentration in the second curable resin, wherein in the laminating step, the immiscible substance is eccentrically distributed on or near an interface on the side opposite to the second uncured layer, and thereafter curing the layers, so that a cured multilayer sheet, wherein a substance different from a polymer cured layer is eccentrically located on the surface of the polymer cured layer, is produced at high productivity.

Abstract: The invention provides the advantages of a metallic housing and those of a synthetic resin structure for electronic devices, home electrical devices, etc., achieves high productivity and mass productivity, and enables a desired configuration and structure to be designed freely. As a pretreatment, a shaped aluminum alloy material is dipped in an aqueous solution of at least one selected from the group consisting of ammonia, hydrazine, and a water-soluble amine compound. A thermoplastic resin composition containing polyphenylene sulfide as a component is integrally bonded to the surface of the treated shaped aluminum alloy material by injection molding or other method. The molded article is a product made of the shaped aluminum alloy material and the thermoplastic resin composition containing PPS. Thus, the characteristic features of metal can be utilized in terms of mechanical strength and external appearance design. Moreover, a complicated configuration and structure can be formed inside the housing.

Abstract: A method for attaching a metal surface to a carrier is provided, the method including: forming a first polymer layer over the metal surface; forming a second polymer layer over a surface of the carrier; and bringing the first polymer layer into physical contact with the second polymer layer such that at least one of an interpenetrating polymer structure and an inter-diffusing polymer structure is formed between the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer.

Abstract: A heat-curable silicone rubber composition for a rubber laminate composed of a silicone-rubber layer and a rubber layer of a material other than silicone, the composition comprising: an alkenyl-containing diorganopolysiloxane (A) which comprises: 50 to 99 mass % of a diorganopolysiloxane (A1) that contains alkenyl groups, is capped at molecular terminals with alkenyl-containing organosilyl groups, and is free of alkenyl groups in side molecular chains; 1 to 50 mass % of an alkenyl-containing diorganopolysiloxane (A2) having two or more alkenyl groups in a side molecular chain; a fine silica powder (B); an organohydrogenpolysiloxane (C) having in one molecule at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms; and an organic peroxide (D).

Abstract: An adhesion method capable of strongly adhering two members without using an adhesive and without impairing a fine structure or optical properties of a joining surface, and a biochemical chip and optical component made by the same are provided.

Abstract: A hydrogel-metal assembly is provided. An intervening polymer network is used to bond together a water-swollen hydrogel layer and a biocompatible surface-modified metallic layer. The hydrogel layer is a water-swollen hydrogel layer of at least two interpenetrating polymers. The surface of the biocompatible surface-modified metallic layer is surface-modified with an inorganic material. The intervening polymer network has been chemically grafted to the inorganic material of the biocompatible surface-modified metallic layer through bi-functional linker molecules. The intervening polymer network is further physically or chemically cross-linked with the polymers of the water-swollen hydrogel. The hydrogel-metal assembly can be adapted to form a medical device, medical implant, an artificial implant, an orthopedic implant, or at least as part of a joint.

Abstract: Soft, flexible highly lubricious coatings for polymeric IOL insertion cartridges that allow IOLs to be easily inserted through small bore cartridges suitable for use with small (less than 3 mm) incisions are provided. These lubricious coatings allow IOLs to be inserted into the eye of a patient without the risk of lens damage or transfer of lubricants to the lens surface during implantation. Specifically, polymeric coatings comprising a matrix polymer having an equivalent weight greater than 5000 g/eq are used to form interpenetrating networks (IPN) on the surface of hydrophobic structural polymers. The IPNs thus formed entrap highly lubricious hydrophilic compounds within the IPN using multi-functional cross linkers.