Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.

Abstract: A cell culture vessel includes a vessel body, support columns, and a stabilizer device. The vessel body defines a cell culture chamber enclosed between a bottom wall and a top wall. The support column is within the cell culture chamber and extends between the top wall and the bottom wall. The stabilizer device covers a width and length of the cell culture chamber and has a column engaging structure that is sized to slidingly engage the support column such that the stabilizer device is movable along the support column as a liquid culture medium is received in the cell culture chamber. The support column guides the stabilizer device along a length of the support column as the stabilizer device rises with rising liquid level in the cell culture chamber during a liquid culture medium filling operation.

Abstract: Centering apparatuses and methods for precision placement of a product or component, such as a ceramic honeycomb body, prior to a post-production processing steps are provided. In particular, after extrusion of a component or ware, the component or ware oftentimes requires one or more post-production processing steps in order to obtain a final product. The centering apparatuses and methods described herein provide for the precise and accurate centering of the product (or component) prior to performing these post-production processing steps, thereby obtaining repeatable, consistent, high-quality final products.

Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate. In one or more embodiments, the laminate includes first complexly-curved glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second complexly-curved glass substrate with a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface with a thickness therebetween; and a polymer interlayer affixed to the second convex surface and third surface, wherein the third surface and fourth surface have compressive stress values respectively that differ such that the fourth surface has as compressive stress value that is greater than the compressive stress value of the third surface.

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

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for monitoring curing of photocurable material are disclosed. The methods generally include directing an ultraviolet cure light into a photocurable material, wherein the ultraviolet cure light causes the photocurable material to cure; directing a probe light into the photocurable material through an optical fiber during the cure; collecting a back reflection signal from the photocurable material with the optical fiber; and determining a refractive index change of the photocurable material during the cure.

Abstract: A method including transmitting an intensity-modulated light through a mode conditioner to generate a mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light in one or a plurality of launch conditions and transmitting the mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light through a multimode optical fiber under test (FUT) to excite a plurality of modes of the FUT. The method further includes converting the mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light transmitted through the FUT into an electrical signal, measuring, based on the electrical signal, a complex transfer function CTF(f) of the FUT, and obtaining an output pulse based on the measured complex transfer function CTF(f) from one or a plurality of launch conditions and an assumed input pulse using the equation: Pout (t)=?1(CTF(f)*(Pin(t))). Wherein, Pout (t) is the output pulse, ?1(CTF(f)*(Pin(t))) is the inverse Fourier transform of the function CTF(f)*(Pin (t)), and (Pin(t)) is the Fourier transform of the assumed input pulse.

Abstract: An exhaust treatment apparatus for treating exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust line housing from an upstream location to a downstream location in a downstream direction, the exhaust treatment apparatus comprising a ceramic filter body having a honeycomb structure of a plurality of intersecting porous ceramic walls extending from a first end to a second end in an axial direction and defining a plurality of channels extending in the axial direction, wherein a first transverse face at the first end comprises metal oxide particles affixed to a portion of the intersecting walls. The metal oxide particles may be affixed to the upstream end, or the downstream end, or both the upstream and downstream ends. Preferably the metal oxide particles provide reinforcement to the underlying portion of the walls, and of the honeycomb structure itself.

Abstract: A method of forming a glass laminate includes providing a substrate having a core layer and at least one cladding layer; heat treating the substrate at a temperature such that the at least one cladding layer is phase-separated after the heat treating; and etch treating the substrate for at least 10 sec. A phase-separated glass laminate includes a substrate having a core layer and at least one phase-separated cladding layer, such that the glass laminate has a % transmission of at least 96%, and the at least one cladding layer comprises a grain size in a range of 10 nm to 1 ?m, or a graded glass index of greater than 5 nm.

Abstract: An assembly for pushing an electrode into a glass melting vessel can include a frame, a shaft, a pusher actuator, a contact mechanism, a master actuator, and a torque limiter. The contact mechanism can be attached to the shaft. The pusher actuator can be mounted to the frame and configured to cause translation of the shaft and the contact mechanism relative to the frame. The master actuator can be operatively connected to the pusher actuator such that operation of the master actuator causes operation of the pusher actuator. The torque limiter can be operatively connected between the master actuator and the pusher actuator, and can be configured to disengage when a rotational force on the master actuator exceeds a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A fluid-operated gripping apparatus for holding a workpiece having a curved sidewall in a working orientation, and associated methods for gripping and holding a workpiece, are provided. Three fluid-operated actuators, each including an actuator rod and a moveable piston arranged within a cylinder, are equally spaced around a perimeter of a workpiece and receive fluid from a single pressurized fluid source. A fluid (e.g., hydraulic or pneumatic) circuit causes the actuators to extend during a closing stroke of the gripping apparatus according to the force equalization principle. Each actuator includes an end effector pivotally coupled with an actuator rod and configured to contact a surface of the workpiece at exactly two points. A backstop configured to contact an end face of the workpiece is coupled with a rotational joint.

Abstract: A method of increasing the lubricity of an extrusion component, the method comprising: functionalizing a surface of a wall of an extrusion body with PDA material to form a PDA treated surface; coating the PDA treated surface with a lubricious material; and heat treating the wall of the extrusion body for a time and a temperature sufficient to cause the lubricious material to adhere to the PDA material, and for the PDA material to adhere to the wall; wherein the surface of the wall is optionally oxidized prior to the functionalizing. Also an extrusion component comprising: an extrusion body comprising an inlet face and an outlet face, the body comprising a base structure comprising an internal wall defining at least a portion of an extrusion pathway from the inlet face to the outlet face, wherein at least part of the internal wall comprises a lubricious coating that defines at least part of the extrusion pathway.

Abstract: In aspects, a concentration of lithium oxide at a surface is greater than a concentration of lithium oxide at a midpoint by from about 0.2 mol % to about 2 mol %. In aspects, a concentration of lithium oxide at a surface is from about 0.2 mol % to about 2 mol %. In aspects, a total concentration of potassium oxide, rubidium oxide, cesium oxide, and francium oxide at a surface is from about 5 mol % to about 15 mol %. In aspects, a ratio of the total concentration of potassium oxide, rubidium oxide, cesium oxide, and francium oxide at a surface to a concentration of lithium oxide at the surface is from about 1 to about 20. Methods include immersing a substrate in a molten salt bath at 380° C. or more for from about 1 minute to about 10 minutes or for from about 3 minutes to about 2 hours.

Abstract: Methods are provided for fabricating electrochromic devices that mitigate formation of short circuits under a top bus bar without predetermining where top bus bars will be applied on the device. Devices fabricated using such methods may be deactivated under the top bus bar, or may include active material under the top bus bar. Methods of fabricating devices with active material under a top bus bar include depositing a modified top bus bar, fabricating self-healing layers in the electrochromic device, and modifying a top transparent conductive layer of the device prior to applying bus bars.

Abstract: Articles including a substrate, a cover glass layer disposed over a top surface of the substrate, and an adhesive layer having a dynamic elastic modulus disposed between a bottom surface of the cover glass layer and the top surface of the substrate. The cover glass layer may have a thickness in the range of 1 micron to 200 microns. The dynamic elastic modulus of the adhesive layer may include a first elastic modulus in the range of 10 kPa to 1000 kPa measured at a stress frequency in the range of 0 Hertz to 5 Hertz and a temperature of 23 degrees C., and a second elastic modulus of 500 MPa or more measured at a stress frequency in the range of 10 Hertz to 1000 Hertz and a temperature of 23 degrees C. The adhesive layer may be optically transparent. The articles may be bendable electronic display devices or bendable electronic display device modules.

Abstract: A glass composition includes SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, alkali metal oxides, alkaline earth oxides, TiO2, CeO2, Fe2O3, and is provides a yellow-colored glass article.

Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise: a lithium-based aluminosilicate composition; a glass-based substrate having opposing first and second surfaces defining a substrate thickness (t), wherein t is less than or equal to 0.74 mm; and a stress profile comprising: a spike region extending from the first surface to a tail region. A stress profile comprises: a maximum compressive stress (CSmax) of greater than or equal to 450 MPa; a spike region extending from the first surface to a tail region; and the tail region extending to a center of the glass-based article; wherein the tail region comprises: a region of enhanced stress having a first average compressive stress (CSavg?1) of greater than or equal to 100 MPa; and a FSM depth of layer (DOLFSM) located at a depth of greater than or equal to 13 micrometers.

Abstract: A liquid lens includes a first plate having a cavity for receiving a first liquid and a second liquid; a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the first plate; a second electrode disposed on a second surface of the first plate facing the first surface; and a temperature device disposed on the first surface of the first plate to be spaced apart from the individual electrode; wherein the first electrode includes first to eighth individual electrodes sequentially arranged along a circumferential direction about an optical axis, and wherein the temperature device includes at least one of a temperature sensor and a heater disposed between at least two individual electrodes of the first to eighth individual electrodes.

Abstract: An electrical heater assembly and an exhaust treatment assembly. The electrical heater assembly includes a heater body including an array of intersecting walls that form a plurality of channels extending in an axial direction. The intersecting walls and channels together define a honeycomb pattern of cells. A plurality of slots extend from an outer periphery of the heater body and terminate within the heater body. Each of the plurality of slots disconnects some of the cells of the heater body from each other to define a serpentine current-carrying path through the heater body. Each slot comprises a receptacle portion located between opposing portions of the slot. A plurality of slot separators located respectively in the receptacle portions. Each slot separator has dimensions greater than the opposing portions of the slot to provide support to the heater body in all directions perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.