Abstract: Microstructured composite particles obtainable by a process in which large particles are bonded to small particles. The composite particles are preferably used as an additive, especially as a polymer additive, as an additive or starting material for the production of components, for applications in medical technology and/or in microtechnology and/or for the production of foamed articles.

Abstract: A method of preparing silica composite particles includes preparing an alkali catalyst solution containing an alkali catalyst at a concentration of from 0.6 mol/L to 0.85 mol/L, in a solvent containing alcohol; and supplying, into the alkali catalyst solution, (i) a mixed solution of tetraalkoxysilane and an organic titanium compound in which an organic group is coupled to a titanium atom through oxygen, and (ii) an alkali catalyst. The mixed solution is supplied at a supply amount of from 0.001 mol/(mol·min) to 0.01 mol/(mol·min) relative to the alcohol, and the alkali catalyst is supplied at a supply amount of from 0.1 mol to 0.4 mol, relative to 1 mol of a total supply amount of the tetraalkoxysilane and the organic titanium compound supplied per one minute.

Abstract: Disclosed are an inorganic fireproof and heat-insulating material and an article thereof. The material comprises the following components in weight ratio: 5 parts of A component, 5.5-7 parts of a bonding agent, and 1-1.5 parts of a curing agent, wherein the A component comprises perlite and vermiculite in a weight ratio of 1:4 to 4:1. Both the perlite and vermiculite are in particle form after expansion, and the bonding agent is an inorganic bonding agent. The material is formed by mixing the abovementioned components, then pouring same into a forming mold, and pressing. The present invention has good fireproof performance and heat insulation performance. A fireproof and heat-insulating plate made by mixing the expanded perlite, vermiculite, and elutriated mud (i.e. pottery clay) improves the strength thereof, and satisfies the requirements for an external wall on waterproofing, fireproof and heat insulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to nanoparticles having a core that is fully or partially formed by at least one UV-absorbing organic compound in crystallized form and coated with an outer layer formed by at least one hydrophilic polymer, said UV-absorbing organic compound(s) and hydrophilic polymer(s) being associated in a weight ratio of organic compound(s) to hydrophilic polymer(s) varying between 0.2 and 0.4.

Abstract: A phosphor layer comprising a phosphor plate adhesively formed by a phosphor powder and an adhesive agent. The phosphor plate has a front side and a back side. The phosphor layer also have particles which are fixedly connected to the front and/or back side of the phosphor plate. Also provided in the present invention are a phosphor component, a corresponding light source, a projection system, and a method for manufacturing the phosphor layer. The phosphor component prevents adhesion between the phosphor plate and substrates thereof in high temperature conditions.

Abstract: An NBR composition including an NBR polymer, a vulcanizing agent, a vulcanizing accelerator, and carbon black, wherein the carbon black includes a combination of MT carbon black and carbon black having an iodine absorption number of 20 mg/g or less and a DBP absorption number of 40 cm3/100 g or more, and has a total added amount of 110 to 250 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the NBR polymer, and the amount of the MT carbon black is larger than that of the carbon black having an iodine absorption number of 20 mg/g or less and a DBP absorption number of 40 cm3/100 g or more and the amount of the carbon black having an iodine absorption number of 20 mg/g or less and a DBP absorption number of 40 cm3/100 g or more is 10 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the NBR polymer, and a metal laminate obtained by laminating the NBR composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are free-flowing particles. These free-flowing particles include: (a) a rubber particle, and (b) a coating deposited over at least a portion of the rubber particle, wherein the coating includes: (1) a polyurethane-urea resin that is a reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising: (i) a polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1800 to 12,000; (ii) an aromatic diamine; (iii) a polyisocyanate; and (iv) a catalyst for the reaction between hydroxyl groups and isocyanate groups; and (2) a solid particle anti-clumping agent. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such free-flowing particles and synthetic turf structures that include an infill of such free-flowing particles.

Abstract: A bright pigment of the present invention is a bright pigment including flaky particles and a metal oxide layer covering each surface of the flaky particles. The bright pigment has a particle diameter corresponding to a 90% volume-cumulative particle diameter from a small particle diameter side, in a particle size distribution, of 55 ?m or less. The flaky particles are formed of a material having a refractive index of 1.4 to 1.8. The flaky particles have an average thickness of 0.35 to 0.55 ?m and substantially do not contain flaky particles having a thickness of 0.15 ?m or less.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to material systems which include a plurality of particles and methods of making the same. The particles have a core and a shell which encapsulates the core and has at least one atomic element not included in the core. The cores of the particles have a median maximum dimension that is less than 10 microns and a median of at least one axial dimension that is between 10 nm and 500 nm. The shells of the particles have a median thickness that is less than 100 nm, a silicon concentration that is between 10% and 50% on the basis of the weight of the shells, and an aluminum concentration that is between 0.01% and 5% on the basis of the weight of the shells.

Abstract: The invention relates to anisotropic, reflective, magnetic flakes. In a liquid carrier and under influence of an external magnetic field, the flakes attract to one another side-by-side and form ribbons which provide higher reflectivity to a coating and may be used as a security feature for authentication of an object.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photocatalyst member including a glaze layer and a photocatalyst layer provided on the glaze layer, the photocatalyst layer is good in layer strength, water resistance, or abrasion resistance. More specifically, the photocatalyst member includes a base having a glaze layer and a photocatalyst layer that is provided on the glaze layer and contains titanium oxide and zirconium titanate, wherein the content of zirconium titanate in the photocatalyst layer is 15 to 75% by mass based on the total content of titanium oxide and zirconium titanate, and the content of zirconium titanate in an area from around an interface between the photocatalyst layer and the base to an median line in the thickness of the photocatalyst layer is larger than the content of zirconium titanate in an area near the external surface of the photocatalyst layer.

Abstract: Such a vapor-deposited barrier film is provided that has a vapor-deposited layer having uniform film quality, a high film density and high barrier performance in the initial stage. The vapor-deposited barrier film contains a substrate having on at least one surface thereof at least one layer of a vapor-deposited layer (a). The vapor-deposited layer (a) contains a metal oxide, has a thickness of from 10 to 500 nm, and has an average value of an elemental ratio of oxygen (O) and the metal (oxygen (O)/metal) of 1.20 or more and 1.90 or less and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the (oxygen (O)/metal) of 0.35 or less on analysis of the vapor-deposited layer in the depth direction thereof by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA) method.

Abstract: A silicon nitride substrate including a phase encompassed of silicon nitride particles, and intergranular phase formed from a sintering aid, wherein a separation layer is formed on the surface of a molded body including silicon nitride powder, sintering aid powder, and organic binder, by using a boron nitride paste containing boron nitride powder, organic binder, and organic solvent; the separation layer and molded body are heated; the organic binder is removed from the separation layer and molded body; subsequently molded bodies stacked with a separation layer therebetween, are sintered. Boron nitride paste contains 0.01 to 0.50% by oxygen mass and 0.001 to 0.5% by carbon mass, and c/a is within range of 0.02 to 10.00, where c is oxygen content in the powder of the boron nitride paste, and a carbon content in the degreased separation layer, which includes 0.2 to 3.5 mg/cm2 of hexagonal boron nitride powder.

Abstract: A decorative laminate includes a laminate substrate coated with an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is a layer of a physically setting, solvent-free adhesive material including an acrylic polymer. The adhesive layer is self-adhesive at room temperature. The adhesive-coated laminate substrate has a peeling-off force of at least 0.2 N/mm2, after application on a carrier. A method for the production of the adhesive-coated laminate substrate, its use as a coating material, and a composite of the adhesive-coated laminate substrate and a carrier material are also provided.

Abstract: The present inventions relate to fine particles for image display having excellent properties and displaying images in black. The fine particles for image display are dispersed (suspended) in an electrophoretic dispersion liquid sealed between two opposing substrates and contain porous carbon materials having values of specific surface area determined by the nitrogen BET method of not less than 100 m2/g and pore volume determined by the MP method of not less than 0.1 cm3/g or those having values of specific surface area determined by the nitrogen BET method of not less than 100 m2/g and at least one peak at not more than 10 nm in pore size distribution obtained by the non-localized density functional theory method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a seeded particle of polyamide (PA) powder composed of a shell made of PA-6, PA-12 or PA-6/12 and of a core made from PA-6, paA-11, PA-12 or PA-6/12, PA 6,12, PA-6,6, PA-8 or PA-4, the core and the shell being either of identical polyamide nature but of different molecular weight, or of different polyamide nature. The particle for which the shell has a melting temperature Tf1 and a crystallization temperature Tc1 and for which the core has a melting temperature Tf2 and a crystallization temperature Tc2, is characterized in that the difference in absolute value between Tf1?Tc1 and/or between Tf2?Tc2 is greater than the difference in absolute values between the melting temperature and the crystallization temperature of a particle of powder seeded by a mineral filler and for which the shell is made of PA6, PA12 or PA6/12.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the preparation and application of conducting polymers nanoparticle composites. Specifically, the disclosure relates to the preparation of polyaniline, or similar conducting polymers, as polymer nanoparticles on substrates prepared by chemical polymerization of aniline on the surface or inside the pores of the substrate. Isolated polymerization, e.g. inside the pores, avoids the formation of aggregate polyaniline nanoparticles. The process of the present disclosure may be used for both inorganic and organic porous solids that are water insoluble, acid resistant, and resistant to oxidants such as ammonium persulfate. The conducting polymer nanoparticle composites may be used in a variety of applications, including as anticorrosion coatings.

Abstract: Core-shell-core nanoparticles of an iron-cobalt alloy core, a silica shell and a manganese bismuth alloy core or nanoparticle on the surface of the silica shell (FeCo/SiO2/MnBi) are provided. The core-shell-core nanoparticles are alternative materials to rare-earth permanent magnets because of the hard magnetic manganese bismuth in nanometer proximity to the soft magnetic iron cobalt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a poly(alkylene carbonate) capsule in which a heterogeneous resin is applied on a surface of poly(alkylene carbonate), and a method of manufacturing the same, and provides a poly(alkylene carbonate) capsule preventing blocking where particles agglomerate each other when a resin having surface stickiness at a glass transition temperature or higher is processed in a pellet or chip state and circulated, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An adhesive composition and an optical member using the same, the adhesive composition including an acrylic resin; an isocyanate cross-linking agent; and a carbodiimide cross-linking agent, wherein the adhesive composition exhibits a creeping distance of about 100 ?m or less when the composition attached to a glass substrate with a bonding area of about 1.5 cm×1.5 cm is left at about 22° C. and about 50% RH for about 3 days and is subjected to a load of about 10 gf/mm2 for about 1,000 seconds, and a storage modulus of about 1×105 to about 1×107 Pa at about 10 Hz and about 30° C. under conditions in which a sample has a thickness of about 1 mm and an elongation of about 10%.