Abstract: A process for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate having an exposed silicon dioxide feature is provided comprising: providing a chemical mechanical polishing composition, containing, as initial components: water, a colloidal silica abrasive and a zirconyl compound; wherein a pH of the chemical mechanical polishing composition is ?6; providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad with a polishing surface; dispensing the chemical mechanical polishing composition onto the polishing surface of the chemical mechanical polishing pad in proximity to an interface between the chemical mechanical polishing pad and the substrate; and, creating dynamic contact at the interface between the chemical mechanical polishing pad and the substrate; wherein the substrate is polished.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for reacting carbonitriles with water, wherein the catalyst comprises at least 60% by weight of manganese dioxide with an empirical formula MnOx where x is in the range from 1.7 to 2.0, and at least one plasticizer. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing the catalysts detailed above and to a process for preparing carboxamides by reacting carbonitriles with water in the presence of the present catalyst.

Abstract: A gas chromatographic method for detecting a marker compound in a fuel by (a) introducing a sample of fuel into a first capillary column coated with a stationary phase based on polydimethylsiloxane and allowing the sample to flow through the first column to produce a first effluent; (b) allowing the first effluent to pass through a detector and identifying a retention time range in it which includes a retention time of the marker compound; (c) introducing only a portion of the first effluent stream which is within the retention time range into a second capillary column coated with either (i) an ionic sorbent or (ii) a polyethylene glycol, and allowing said portion to flow through the second capillary column to produce a second effluent stream; and (d) allowing the second effluent to pass through a detector; wherein the marker compound has formula Ar(R2)m(OR1)n and is present in the fuel at a level from 0.01 ppm to 100 ppm.

Abstract: The present invention provides telomeric copolymers of acrylic and methacrylic acid which further comprise an olefin polymerization residue and have one or more phosphorus acid groups wherein the phosphorus acid group comprises one or more phosphorus atom in the +1 oxidation state or in the +3 oxidation state, or both. In addition the present invention provides methods of making the telomeric copolymers comprising aqueous solution copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising acrylic acid and methacrylic acid in the presence of a phosphorus acid group containing reactant having a phosphorus atom in the +1 oxidation state, and thermally treating the resulting telomeric copolymer at 175° C. or higher for a sufficient time to decarboxylate the copolymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modified fused deposition modeling process for production of multicolored three-dimensional objects. More particularly, the invention relates to a 3D printing process with which 3D objects with particularly good color appearance compared to the prior art can be produced. The process according to the invention is based on coloring of the polymer strand used for production of the actual object in the nozzle, and on using a mixing apparatus which comprises a plurality of injection needles, a static mixer or a dynamic mixer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-paint composite comprising an aqueous slurry of TiO2 particles and attached and unattached polymeric binder, and a sufficient amount of a secondary alcohol ethoxylate of the formula C10-15H22-32O(CH2CH2O)xH to give 35 to 90 weight percent attachment of polymeric binder to the TiO2 particles, based on the weight of total polymeric binder in the pre-paint composite, where x is from 15 to 50; and the O(CH2CH2O)xH group is bonded to a CH group on the C10-15H22-32 chain. The present invention also relates to a coatings composition containing the composite as well as a process for preparing the pre-paint composite and the coatings composition.

Abstract: A power generation apparatus includes a dielectric, a movable member being opposed to the dielectric with a predetermined distance, and an electret and an opposing electrode that are formed on the surface of the movable member facing the dielectric so as to generate a fringe electric field penetrating the dielectric between the two electrodes. When the volume occupancy of the dielectric between the electret and the opposing electrode varies in accordance with a displacement of the movable member, the power generation apparatus outputs the electric charge induced in the opposing electrode as electric current.

Abstract: A resin-encapsulated semiconductor device having a semiconductor chip which is prevented from being damaged. The resin-encapsulated semiconductor device (100) comprises a semiconductor chip (1) including a silicon substrate, a die pad (10) to which the semiconductor chip (1) is secured through a first solder layer (2), a resin-encapsulating layer (30) encapsulating the semiconductor chip (1), and lead terminals (21) electrically connected to the semiconductor chip (1) and including inner lead portion (21b) covered with the resin-encapsulating layer (30). The lead terminals (21) are made of copper or a copper alloy. The die pad (10) is made of 42 alloy or a cover alloy and has a thickness (about 0.125 mm) less than the thickness (about 0.15 mm) of the lead terminals (21).

Abstract: The present invention provides dry mix compositions and dry compositions of calcium methacrylate salt containing multistage acrylic copolymer RDP and dry anionic associative thickeners for use in the dry mix compositions so that when wet to make cement, mortar or trowellable compositions for use in Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems (EIFS), the compositions exhibit improved workability in both cementitious and non-cementitious dry mixes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for producing ceramic materials, in particular refractory materials having a reduced relative density. In particular, the invention relates to a process for producing light, refractory materials having non-contiguous pores based on shaped and unshaped materials. These materials can be used as working lining in high-temperature applications. The process is based on the production of spherical, closed and isolated pores in the microstructure of the material. The pores having a pore diameter which can be set in a targeted manner are generated by use of polymer particles, in particular polymethacrylates, in particular polymers or copolymers prepared by means of suspension polymerization, as pore formers which can be burnt out. The polymers or copolymers are present in the form of small spheres having a defined diameter.

Abstract: A chip capacitor according to the present invention includes a substrate, a pair of external electrodes formed on the substrate, a capacitor element connected between the pair of external electrodes, and a bidirectional diode connected between the pair of external electrodes and in parallel to the capacitor element. Also, a circuit assembly according to the present invention includes the chip capacitor according to the present invention and a mounting substrate having lands, soldered to the external electrodes, on a mounting surface facing a front surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for dissolution testing of active substances in various dosage forms is provided. The apparatus has filtration cells equipped and configured to simulate bodily functions, operate continuously and facilitate testing various types of dosage forms including, but not limited to, tablets, capsules and those having non-disintegrating substrates.

Abstract: A dispensing device (10) capable of dispensing both frothed and non-frothed liquids, the dispensing device having in order a fluid transport medium (20) defining a flow channel (25), a trigger controlled liquid flow regulator (30) defining a flow channel (35) through which fluid may flow when the trigger (37) is in one position but not when the trigger is in another position, a flow block (50) defining a flow channel (55) in fluid communication with a gas channel (65) and removably attached to the flow regulator, a flow restriction orifice (40) between the flow block and the flow regulator (30), a mixing block (70) defining a flow channel (75) containing mixing elements and optionally stabilization (80) and extension blocks each containing a flow channel (85) wherein each flow channel is in fluid communication with one another.

Abstract: A curable aqueous composition, a method for forming a treated substrate with the curable aqueous composition, and the substrate so treated are provided. The composition, the method and the treated substrate may be free from formaldehyde. The composition comprises a (co)polymer and a crosslinker, said (co)polymer comprising, as (co)polymerized units, from 0.05 to 10 wt %, based on the dry weight of the composition, ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least two carboxylic acid groups, wherein the crosslinker having at least two hydrazino groups having a molar ratio of at least 0.05 of the carboxylic acid group, and wherein the aqueous composition is curable at a temperature of from 100° C. to 250° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel organic electroluminescent compound, layer and an organic electroluminescent device using the same. Said organic luminescent compound provides an organic light emitting layer and/or device which has high luminous efficiency and a long operation lifetime and requires a low driving voltage improving power efficiency and power consumption.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device including: a substrate made of GaAs; and a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, in which part of the substrate on a side opposite to the semiconductor layer is removed by etching so that the semiconductor light emitting device has a thickness of not more than 60 ?m.

Abstract: An inkjet printing head 1 includes a pressure chamber (cavity) 5, a movable film 10A defining a top surface portion of the pressure chamber 5, and a piezoelectric element 9 disposed above the movable film 10A. The piezoelectric element 9 includes a lower electrode 11 formed above the movable film 10A, a piezoelectric film 12 formed above the lower electrode 11, and an upper electrode 13 formed above the piezoelectric film 12. One end portion of an upper wiring 17 is connected to an upper surface of the upper electrode 13. The upper wiring 17 extends from above the upper electrode 13, crosses an outer edge of the pressure chamber 5, and extends outside the pressure chamber 5. The piezoelectric film 12 has an active portion 12A with an upper surface in contact with a lower surface of the upper electrode 13 and an inactive portion 12B extending along a lower surface of the upper wiring 17 from one end portion of the active portion 12A to outside the pressure chamber 5.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a multiplicity of large current power elements with each power element divided into a multiplicity of divisional elements and arranged such that the power elements belonging to different power elements are arranged in a repetitive sequential order. The IC chip of the semiconductor device is formed to have output wires extending from the respective divisional elements connected to corresponding output pads without crossing other output wires. Arranged on the IC chip are output bumps in association with the respective output pads. A rewiring layer is provided having output coupling wires for connecting together the bumps that belong to the same power element and connecting them further to an external output electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes an insulating layer formed selectively on a semiconductor layer; a lower electrode, formed on the insulating layer, having an end portion at a position spaced apart by a predetermined distance inward from a periphery of the insulating layer; a dielectric film formed on the lower electrode; an upper electrode, formed on the dielectric film, facing the lower electrode with the dielectric film interposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode; and a passivation film, formed to cover the insulating layer, starting from the end portion of the lower electrode and extending toward the periphery of the insulating layer. The passivation film includes an insulating material having an etching selectivity with respect to the insulating layer.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting layer, a substrate that is transparent to an emission wavelength of the light emitting layer and positioned to receive an emission wavelength from the light emitting layer, a convex pattern including a collection of a plurality of convex portions discretely arranged on a front surface of the substrate with a first pitch, an n type nitride semiconductor layer located on the front surface of the substrate to cover the convex pattern and a p type nitride semiconductor layer located on the light emitting layer. The light emitting layer is located on the n type semiconductor layer. Each of the convex portions includes a sub convex pattern comprising a plurality of fine convex portions discretely formed at the top of the convex portion with a second pitch smaller than the first pitch, and a base supporting the sub convex pattern.