Abstract: A deposition apparatus according to an embodiment includes a deposition source, and a deposition portion that faces the deposition source. The deposition portion is disposed at an angle of about 4 degrees to about 14 degrees with respect to an imaginary vertical line that is perpendicular to ground. The deposition portion includes a frame including an opening, and an outer portion disposed around the opening, a substrate disposed on a first side of the frame, and a plurality of back stages disposed on a second side opposite to the first side of the frame. The frame moves by movement of the plurality of back stages.

Abstract: A reinforced biocompatible scaffold facilitates integration of biological tissue. The reinforced scaffold comprises a porous biocompatible scaffold and an arrangement of at least one biocompatible filament embedded within and fixed to the biocompatible scaffold, and/or at least one biocompatible conduit embedded within and fixed to the biocompatible scaffold.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a window includes providing a window including a first non-folding portion, a second non-folding portion, and a folding portion disposed between the first and second non-folding portions and irradiating a laser beam to a front surface of the folding portion of the window to form a first groove in the front surface of the folding portion. The first and second non-folding portions and the folding portion are arranged in the window in a first direction, first processing areas extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and arranged in the first direction are defined in the front surface of the folding portion, and the laser beam is irradiated at least once to each of the first processing areas in the second direction.

Abstract: Exemplary substrate support assemblies may include an electrostatic chuck body defining a substrate support surface that defines a substrate seat. The substrate support assemblies may include a support stem coupled with the electrostatic chuck body. The substrate support assemblies may include an upper heater embedded within the electrostatic chuck body. The upper heater may include a center heater zone and one or more annular heater zones that are concentric with the center heating zone. The substrate support assemblies may include a lower heater embedded within the electrostatic chuck body at a position below the upper heater. The lower heater may include a plurality of arcuate heater zones.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a coating from an aqueous, radiation-curable coating composition, wherein the process comprises the steps in the sequence (1) to (4): (1) applying an aqueous, radiation-curable coating composition on a surface of a substrate, (2) drying the aqueous, radiation-curable coating composition, affording an at least partially dried coating composition, (3) irradiating the at least partially dried coating composition with UV light having a wavelength s 220 nm under inert atmosphere, followed by (4) irradiating with UV light having a wavelength 300 nm or with E-beam, wherein the aqueous, radiation-curable coating composition is a dispersion comprising: (A) at least one water-dispersible polyurethane (A), wherein the polyurethane (A) has a urea group (—NH—CO—NH—) concentration of at least 0.1 milli-equivalents per g of polyurethane (A) and of at most 2.

Abstract: Composite materials including a macroporous structure having a Voronoi architecture and a microporous biomaterial integrated into the macroporous structure are provided. Methods of making the composite materials and methods of using the materials to treat a bone defect are also provided.

Abstract: A method for forming film includes the following steps: controlling a temperature of a workpiece in a chamber, so that a gaseous state sacrificial material desublimates into solid state on a surface of the workpiece to form a solid state sacrificial material layer; controlling a pressure in the chamber and the temperature of the workpiece, so that the solid state sacrificial material layer starts gradually sublimating into gaseous state; providing reactive polymer monomers into the chamber, so that the reactive polymer monomers start being deposited on the solid state sacrificial material layer through an adsorption process, and a polymerization reaction of the reactive polymer monomers is initiated, at the same time, the solid state sacrificial material layer continues gradually sublimating into gaseous state until completely sublimating into gaseous state, and the reactive polymer monomers form a polymer layer deposited on the surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: In an embodiment, the invention comprises a thermoformable sheet which comprises a polymer layer, and a barrier layer disposed adjacent the polymer layer. The barrier layer comprises a plurality of particles coated in an adhesion promotor. The plurality of coated particles are dispersed in a barrier solution of polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: A graphene copper composite material preparation method based on a combination of hot pressing sintering and chemical vapor deposition, comprising: presetting multi-layer copper foil in a hot pressing chamber; preparing a graphene thin film on the surface of the copper foil by means of a chemical vapor deposition method to obtain a graphene copper composite material; and then performing hot pressing forming on the multi-layer graphene copper foil material to prepare the graphene copper composite material. Said material can replace a traditional copper material or silver material, is applied to a supercapacitor or a motor driving device, and has the effects of improving efficiency, reducing temperature rise, etc.

Abstract: A synthetic barrier material includes a light-cured polymer and graphene nanoplatelets in parallel alignment in the polymer. Disclosed further is a method for manufacturing the synthetic barrier material. The graphene nanoplatelets are dispersed in a photocurable resin and polarically aligned by an electric field. Furthermore, disclosed is a synthetic barrier film manufactured from the aforementioned synthetic barrier material or the aforementioned method.

Abstract: In order to provide a treatment station for treating workpieces—in particular, for cleaning and/or coating vehicle bodies—which allows efficient workpiece treatment, it is proposed that the treatment station comprise a treatment container which surrounds a treatment chamber for receiving the workpieces, wherein the treatment chamber can be flooded with a fluid, wherein the treatment container comprises at least one access opening for introducing the workpieces into the treatment chamber and/or for removing the workpieces from the treatment chamber, wherein the treatment container comprises a closing device which comprises a closing element for selectively closing and opening the at least one access opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device including a mask assembly including a mask frame and a mask sheet, the mask frame including an opening area and the mask sheet covering the opening area, wherein the mask sheet includes a body fixed to the mask frame, an opening arranged in the body, the opening through which a deposition material passes, and a corrector arranged in the body and configured to correct deformation of the opening, and the corrector includes a correction hole penetrating the body and a correction member crossing at least a portion of the correction hole and being cuttably connected to the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a barrier-coated substrate web, coated with a layer of reduced graphene oxide. The invention further relates to laminated packaging materials comprising the barrier-coated substrate web, in particular intended for liquid carton food packaging, and to liquid carton packaging containers comprising the laminated packaging material.

Abstract: A decorative radome includes a first layer comprising a radio-transmissive polymer, the first layer having a front surface; a second layer comprising a radio-transmissive polymer, the second layer having a rear surface; and a decorative layer, between at least a portion of the first and second layer, comprising a layer of metal or an alloy comprising a metal and a metalloid. The second layer directly or indirectly abuts the decorative layer and is directly adhesion bound or indirectly connected to the first layer, wherein at least one of the first or second layers is comprised of a polymer formed by overmolding at a barrel nozzle temperature below 300 degrees Celsius.

Abstract: A system for obtaining signals related to electrical activity of the heart of a subject includes a sensing device including an elongate member having a distal end configured for placement within a body lumen of a subject, and a proximal end configured to extend from the subject, an actuation portion carried by the elongate member and configured for placement within the body lumen, the actuation portion having a low-profile state for delivery within the body lumen and an expanded state, and one or more sensors disposed on the actuation portion, each including a contact surface configured to contact an interior wall of the body lumen, wherein the actuation portion is configured to cause the contact surface of each of the one or more sensors to contact a location on the interior wall of the body lumen to provide a signal component for producing one or more electrocardiogram signals.

Abstract: A site-selective hydration strategy that enables site-selective atomic layer deposition (ALD). ALD is utilized to target specific locations on a crystalline material for deposition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one human milk oligosaccharide comprising 3? sialyllactose (3-SL), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), core-HMOs and any combination thereof for improving improving total night sleep duration in a subject.

Abstract: Disclosed are composite materials comprising a porous, carbonated, calcium silicate ceramic having a microstructure comprising interconnected open pores; where the calcium silicate surface defining the pores is partially or completely coated with an amorphous silica layer, and the silica coating comprises an overlayer of calcium carbonate crystals; where the silica coating and calcium carbonate overlayer form a network that interconnects throughout the ceramic microstructure, but do not completely occlude the pores. Also disclosed are methods of forming such composite materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for manufacturing a microstructure via the use of a viscous polymer, particularly microstructures that may be found on medical devices, such as transdermal patches, for either cosmetic or medicinal purposes.

Abstract: Device surfaces are rendered superhydrophobic and/or superoleophobic through microstructures and/or nanostructures that utilize the same base material(s) as the device itself without the need for coatings made from different materials or substances. A medical device includes a portion made from a base material having a surface adapted for contact with biological material, and wherein the surface is modified to become superhydrophobic, superoleophobic, or both, using only the base material, excluding non-material coatings. The surface may be modified using a subtractive process, an additive process, or a combination thereof. The product of the process may form part of an implantable device or a medical instrument, including a medical device or instrument associated with an intraocular procedure.