Abstract: This invention pertains to a laminate structure suitable for use as electrical insulation, comprising a first paper layer comprising 90 to 99 weight percent uniformly distributed calcined mica and 1 to 10 weight percent supporting material, a majority by weight of the supporting material being in the form of a floc; and a support layer comprising unidirectional filaments or unidirectional yarns or woven yarns; wherein the support layer is bound to the first paper layer; the laminate structure having a dielectric strength of 15 kV/mm or greater, a Gurley porosity of 400 seconds or less, and total mica content of 60 weight percent or greater. The laminate structure can further comprise a second paper layer bound to the support layer, the second paper layer comprising 90 to 99 weight percent uniformly distributed calcined mica and 1 to 10 weight percent supporting material, a majority by weight of the supporting material being in the form of a floc.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a process for making poly alpha-1,3-glucan formate films. These films are translucent or transparent and can be used in packaging applications.

Abstract: There is provided an electroactive material having Formula I wherein: Q is the same or different at each occurrence and can be O, S, Se, Te, NR, SO, SO2, or SiR3; R is the same or different at each occurrence and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; and R1 through R6 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO3R2, —OPO3R2, or CN.

Abstract: Reaction solutions are disclosed herein comprising water, incompletely refined sucrose, and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes insoluble poly alpha-1,3-glucan having at least 50% alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages and a weight average degree of polymerization (DPw) of at least 100. The yield of poly alpha-1,3-glucan by a reaction solution herein is at least 7% of the weight of sucrose that was converted in the reaction solution. Further disclosed are methods of producing poly alpha-1,3-glucan using incompletely refined sucrose, and poly alpha-1,3-glucan produced by these methods.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet comprising fibers and fibrids wherein either comprises a mixture of at least a first polymer and a second polymer; the first polymer derived from the reaction of one or more amine monomers and a plurality of acid monomers, wherein the one or more amine monomers includes at least 60 mole percent 5(6)-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)benzimidazole, based on the total amount of amine monomers; and the plurality of acid monomers include those having a structure of Cl—CO—Ar1—CO—Cl & Cl—CO—Ar2—CO—Cl wherein Ar1 is an aromatic group having para-oriented linkages and Ar2 is an aromatic group having meta-oriented linkages, and wherein the plurality of acid monomers has at least 50 mole percent of the monomer containing aromatic group Ar2; and the second polymer derived from the reaction of metaphenylene diamine and isophthaloyl chloride.

Abstract: Methods of making a targeted modification in a male fertility gene in the genome of a plant are disclosed. The methods involve contacting a plant cell with an engineered double-strand-break-inducing agent capable of inducing a double-strand break in a target sequence in the male fertility gene and identifying a cell comprising an alteration in the target sequence. Also disclosed are plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising a male fertility gene with an alteration in a male fertility gene. Nucleic acid molecules comprising male fertility genes with at least one targeted modification therein, optimized nucleic acid molecules encoding endonucleases that are engineered double-strand-break-inducing agents and expression cassettes, host cells, and plants comprising one or more of the nucleic acid molecules are further disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a compound having Formula I or Formula I?: In Formula I and Formula I?: Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are aryl groups; R1 through R5 are independently the same or different at each occurrence and are D, F, alkyl groups, aryl groups, alkoxy groups, silyl groups, or crosslinkable groups; R6 is H, D, or halogen; a through e are independently an integer from 0 to 4; f is 1 or 2; g is 0, 1 or 2; h is 1 or 2; and n is an integer greater than 0.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a process for producing sulfuric acid with reduced levels of niter. The process involves (a) providing an absorption tower wherein sulfur trioxide is absorbed in a sulfuric acid feed having a first sulfuric acid solution to produce a sulfuric acid effluent having (i) a second sulfuric acid solution which has a higher concentration than the first sulfuric acid solution, (ii) a niter concentration greater than about 5 ppm (as NO3), and (iii) a temperature greater than 100° C.; and (b) contacting a first purifying agent comprising sulfamic acid and a second purifying agent comprising hydrogen peroxide with the sulfuric acid effluent to form a treated sulfuric acid effluent, the treated sulfuric acid effluent being maintained at a temperature of greater than 100° C. for a maintenance period of at least about 1 minute.

Abstract: Thick film resistor paste compositions, and methods for making the thick film compositions are disclosed. The compositions include a resistor composition dispersed in an organic vehicle. The resistor composition has 3 to 60% by weight RuO2 conductive material, 5 to 75% by weight Ag conductive material, 15 to 60% by weight glass frit and optionally up to 10% by weight copper oxide or precursor thereof, and up to 20% by weight bismuth oxide or precursor thereof. Optionally the glass is (by weight) 25-45% SiO2, 2-15% Al2O3, 0-3% ZrO2, 0-8% B2O3, 5-15% CuO, 0-8% BaO, 0-3% P2O5, and 20-50% Bi2O3. The resistor composition when printed to a dry thickness and fired at a temperature between 750° C. and 950° C. achieves a sheet resistivity between 10 and 10,000 milliohms/square and a hot temperature coefficient of resistivity of 1000 ppm/C or higher. The fired resistor composition may achieve a resistance thickness ratio (Rtr) value between 0.75 and 1.50.

Abstract: The present invention is a solution comprising poly(?(1?3) glucan) and an ionic liquid. The solution can further contain a non-solvent that is water or an ionic liquid. The solution is suitable for use as a spinning solution for the preparation of fibers of poly(?(1?3) glucan) without the requirement of first derivatizing the poly(?(1?3) glucan).

Abstract: A process for the formation of an electrically conductive silver back electrode of a PERC silicon solar cell comprising the steps: (1) providing a silicon wafer having an ARC layer on its front-side and a perforated dielectric passivation layer on its back-side, (2) applying and drying a silver paste to form a silver back electrode pattern on the perforated dielectric passivation layer on the back-side of the silicon wafer, and (3) firing the dried silver paste, whereby the wafer reaches a peak temperature of 700 to 900° C., wherein the silver paste has no or only poor fire-through capability and comprises particulate silver and an organic vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided a process for forming a contained second layer over a first layer, including the steps: forming the first layer including a fluorinated material and a photoinitiator, and having a first surface energy; treating the first layer with a priming layer including an aromatic amine compound; exposing the priming layer patternwise with activating radiation, resulting in exposed areas and unexposed areas; developing the priming layer to effectively remove the priming layer from the unexposed areas resulting in a first layer having a patterned priming layer, wherein the patterned priming layer has a second surface energy that is higher than the first surface energy; and forming the second layer by liquid deposition on the patterned priming layer on the first layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of increasing optical density by incorporating carbon black in to a colored polyimide composition to obtain a colored polyimide film. The colored polyimide film has 48 to 94 weight percent of a polyimide, 5 to 25 weight percent pigment and 0.05 to 2 weight percent carbon black.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition including (a) a dopant, (b) a first host having at least one unit of Formula I, and (c) a second host compound. Formula I has the structure where Q is a fused ring linkage having the formula In Formula I: R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl, aryl, silyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cyano, vinyl, or allyl; R2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, alkyl, or aryl, or both R2 are an N-heterocycle; R3 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, cyano, alkyl or aryl; and a is the same or different at each occurrence and is an integer from 0-4.

Abstract: A process for forming a layer of an electroactive material, including: depositing a liquid composition containing an electroactive material and at least one solvent onto a workpiece to form a wet layer; placing the wet layer on the workpiece into a vacuum chamber containing solid absorptive material; and treating the wet layer at a controlled temperature in a range of ?25° C. to 80° C. and under an applied vacuum in a range of 10?6 Torr to 1,000 Torr for a period of 1-100 minutes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing heating in a cascade heat pump having a lower cascade stage and an upper cascade stage, said method comprising condensing a vapor working fluid comprising Z-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene, in a condenser in the upper cascade stage, thereby producing a liquid working fluid; wherein the lower cascade stage contains a working fluid selected from the group consisting of CO2, N2O, E-HFO-1234ye, HFC-1243zf, HFC-125, HFC-143a, HFC-152a, HFC-161 and mixtures thereof; or mixtures thereof with HFC-134a, HFC-32, HFO-1234yf or trans-HFO-1234ze. Also disclosed is a cascade heat pump apparatus containing a working fluid comprising Z-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene in an upper cascade stage and containing a working fluid selected from the group consisting of CO2, N2O, E-HFO-1234ye, HFC-1243zf, HFC-125, HFC-143a, HFC-152a, HFC-161 and mixtures thereof; or mixtures thereof with HFC-134a, HFC-32, HFO-1234yf or trans-HFO-1234ze.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides aqueous ink-jet inks having improved salt stability containing an aqueous vehicle, a colorant, and a mixture of a water-borne anionic polymeric binder and a water-borne non-ionic polymeric binder.

Abstract: This invention relates to preservatives at neutral or slightly acidic pH containing copper complexes and calcium, magnesium, and/or zinc cations for protection of wood, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignocellulose from decay caused by fungi.

Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs particularly useful for altering agronomic characteristics of plants under nitrogen limiting conditions, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes an LNT1 polypeptide.

Abstract: There is provided a hole transport compound having Formula I or Formula II: Ar1 is the same or different at each occurrence and can be phenylene, naphthylene, or binaphthylene. Ar2 is the same or different at each occurrence and can be phenyl, biphenyl, terphenyl, naphthyl, or binaphthyl. m and n are the same or different and are an integer greater than 0. T is the same or different at each occurrence and is a conjugated moiety including at least one triarylamino group. The T moiety is connected in a non-planar configuration.