Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include compositions that include magnesium and gadolinium or magnesium and one or more metals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides hard particles having improved wear resistance and a sintered sliding member using the hard particles. The present disclosure relates to a hard particle consisting of: 1% to 7% by mass of La, 30% to 50% by mass of Mo, 10% to 30% by mass of Ni, 10% by mass or less of Mn, 1.0% by mass or less of C, with the balance being unavoidable impurities and Co, and to a sintered sliding member using the hard particles.

Abstract: Ceiling tiles and wallboards can be produced with vesicle dedusting agent. For example, a ceiling tile can comprise: a dried base mat that includes: (a) mineral wool; (b) binder; (c) a vesicle dedusting agent at about 0.01 to about 10 wt %, wherein the vesicle dedusting agent comprises vesicles; (d) optionally cellulosic fiber; (e) optionally perlite; (f) optionally glass fiber; and (g) optionally calcium sulfate dihydrate. For example, a wallboard produced from a slurry comprising: (a) calcium sulfate hemihydrate at 70 to 95 wt %; (b) a vesicle dedusting agent at about 0.01 to about 10 wt %, wherein the vesicle dedusting agent comprises vesicles; (c) optionally cellulose fibers at about 0.5 to about 3 wt %; (d) optionally at least one dispersant at about 0.01 to about 2 wt %; and (e) water at a ratio of water to dry components of about 1:6 to about 20:1.

Abstract: A three-dimensional printed structure can include a photocurable resin, a sinterable material, and a plurality of elongated particles. The elongated particles are distributed within the printed structure. The elongated particles are shaped and distributed to promote porosity control (e.g., improved densification) within the structure.

Abstract: An antimicrobial article having a substrate, and a coating on a surface of the substrate. The coating includes a silver-containing alkali silicate. The antimicrobial article has an antimicrobial efficacy of greater than or equal to about 90.0% according to EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy Surfaces as a Sanitizer. The coating may further include at least one of a boron-containing compound and an aluminum-containing compound. A method for forming antimicrobial articles includes coating a substrate with a mixture comprising an alkali silicate; curing the coating at a temperature from greater than or equal to about 300° C. to less than or equal to about 620° C. for a duration of greater than or equal to about 15 minutes to less than or equal to about 120 minutes; and contacting the coating with an antimicrobial medium comprising silver nitrate and an alkali nitrate.

Abstract: A press-hardened shaped metal sheet has at least two adjacent zones having different sheet thicknesses and different strengths such that one of the zones is press-hardened and the other zone is non-hardened or only slightly hardened. A transition zone, which is simultaneously designed as a thickness transition zone and as a strength transition zone, is located between the zones. The press-hardened shaped metal sheet is preferably a pillar reinforcement for a motor vehicle body.

Abstract: The disclosed is provided with a composite material device, comprising a substrate, a plurality of pores provided on the substrate, and a plurality of metal particles adhered onto inner walls of the pores, the metal particles having a particle size of from 1 to 200 nm, wherein the plurality of metal particles have at least x different particle sizes d. The composite material device of the present discloser has a high light absorption rate and a broad light absorption wavelength range.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to making polyurethane foam less likely to become separated from an in-mold foamed molded product unit, the in-mold foamed molded product unit including an in-mold foamed molded product and an insert material which are integrally provided. A foamed composite molded product is configured such that a portion of an insert material is exposed to an outside of an in-mold foamed molded product, and is in contact with polyurethane foam.

Abstract: A bending area structure of a flexible display panel is disclosed and includes a flexible substrate layer, a circuit layer, and at least one organic layer. The circuit layer is disposed on the flexible substrate layer. The at least one organic layer is disposed on the circuit layer. A plurality of protrusions are arranged on an upper surface of the at least one organic layer.

Abstract: Laminated glass includes a first glass sheet; a second glass sheet; and an interlayer positioned between the first and second glass sheets, to bond the first and second glass sheets together. The laminated glass has a first area used by a head-up display, and a second area adjacent to the first area and not used by the head-up display. One or both of the first and second glass sheets are wedge-shaped. At one or more points in at least a part of an area of the second area, a wedge angle ?g being a sum of respective wedge angles of the first and second glass sheets satisfies Formula (1): ? g = t R ? sin ? ? ?cos? n 2 - sin 2 ? ? - ? ? cos ? ? ? 2 ? n 2 - sin 2 ? ? - ? c - ? i ( 1 ) where t, R, n, ?, ?, ?c, and ?i are as specified in claim 1.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrally molded vehicular undercover having air permeability includes a base material layer containing inorganic fibers and a first solidified thermoplastic binder, the base material layer having a road side surface and a vehicle body side surface, an outer layer containing synthetic resin fibers and a second solidified thermoplastic binder, the outer layer being integrated with the road side surface of the base material layer, and a synthetic resin layer having air permeability, the synthetic resin layer being integrated with the vehicle body side surface of the base material layer.

Abstract: A wire comprising a wire core with a surface, the wire core having a coating layer superimposed on its surface, wherein the wire core includes: (a) pure silver consisting of silver and further components; or (b) doped silver consisting of silver, at least one doping element, and further components; or (c) a silver alloy consisting of silver, palladium and further components; or (d) a silver alloy consisting of silver, palladium, gold, and further components; or (e) a doped silver alloy consisting of silver, palladium, gold, at least one doping element, and further components, wherein the individual amount of any further component is less than 30 wt.-ppm and the individual amount of any doping element is at least 30 wt.-ppm, and the coating layer is a single-layer of gold or palladium or a double-layer comprised of an inner layer of nickel or palladium and an adjacent outer layer of gold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising a cable and/or a cable accessory, said cable and/or said cable accessory comprising at least one composite layer obtained from a composite composition based on at least one cellulose derivative, at least one organic compound having a boiling point or a decomposition temperature above about 100° C. and at least one cement composition selected from an aluminosilicate geopolymer composition and a magnesium-based composition, as well as to a method of manufacturing such a device.

Abstract: A precursor fiber sheet includes short carbon fibers having an average length of 3 to 10 mm, natural pulp having an ash content of 0.15 mass % or less, and a heat-carbonizable resin, and a porous carbon sheet is obtained by carbonizing the precursor fiber sheet. This enhances gas diffusibility and water removal properties of the porous carbon sheet and has high mechanical strength and few appearance defects even when the bulk density of the porous carbon sheet is lowered.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bonding wire for a semiconductor device suitable for cutting-edge high-density LSIs and on-vehicle LSIs by improving the formation rate of Cu—Al IMC in ball bonds. A bonding wire for a semiconductor device contains Pt of 0.1 mass % to 1.3 mass %, at least one dopant selected from a first dopant group consisting of In, Ga, and Ge, for a total of 0.05 mass % to 1.25 mass %, and a balance being made up of Cu and incidental impurities.

Abstract: A structural component includes at least one wall surrounding a component interior space. The structural component also includes a first cellular structure positioned within the component interior space. The first cellular structure includes a plurality of cells each having a twelve-cornered cross section including twelve sides and twelve corners creating nine internal angles and three external angles.

Abstract: A sintered blank (1) for producing a dental prosthesis is provided, in which the sintered blank (1) include at least one product area (2), from which the dental prosthesis is produced, and at least one auxiliary sintering body (3) and connecting webs (4) for bracing the product area (2), wherein the auxiliary sintering body (3) is connected to the product area (2) by the connecting webs (4), the auxiliary sintering body (3) including one, preferably precisely one, at least in some areas, preferably completely curved support surface (5).

Abstract: A profile strip for a motor vehicle, in particular for a sealing assembly in a window or door area of a motor vehicle. The profile strip comprises a securing profile section that can be secured on a first part of the motor vehicle. The profile strip comprises a sealing profile section connected to the securing profile section, produced from a vulcanized rubber matrix and configured to allow relative movements with reduced friction between the profile strip and a second part of the motor vehicle. A contact surface of the sealing profile section that can be brought into contact with the second part is provided with an anti-friction coating that comprises an anti-friction coating matrix and anti-friction particles embedded in the anti-friction coating matrix that are produced from UHMWPE. The anti-friction coating matrix is a vulcanized EPDM matrix.

Abstract: Composite honeycomb that may be contoured to form composite honeycomb structures, which have tight radii of curvatures and/or compound curvatures, and which are suitable for use in high temperature environments. The method for making the composite honeycomb involves using high temperature prepreg to make a flexible composite honeycomb that is formed into a composite honeycomb precursor. A high temperature coating resin is applied to the composite honeycomb precursor to form the high temperature composite honeycomb.

Abstract: Glass having an inner surface and an outer surface, includes a first area used by a head-up display, and a second area adjacent to the first area, and not used by the head-up display. Representing an area closest to a boundary between the first area and the second area in the first area, by an edge on the boundary side in the first area, and representing an area closest to the boundary in the second area, by an edge on the boundary side in the second area, a requirement is that a wedge angle ? formed by the inner surface and the outer surface satisfies a predetermined formula.