Abstract: There is provided a cellulose based fiber made of a i) cellulose dissolving pulp, and ii) a recycled cellulose textile, which is treated to swell the cellulose with a reducing additive and a) bleached with oxygen at alkaline conditions with a pH in the range 9-13.5 and/or b) bleached with ozone at acid conditions below pH 6, wherein the cellulose based fiber is manufactured with one selected from a Viscose process and a Lyocell process. Advantages include that the tensile strength of the fiber is improved and it is possible to manufacture improved cellulose fibers which comprise a fraction of recycled material.

Abstract: A method for preparing a supercapacitor electrode material Ni doped CoP3/Ni foam is provided, and the CoP3 is applied to the supercapacitor for the first time. The method belongs to a technical field of synthesis and preparation of supercapacitor materials. The present invention adopts a low-temperature phosphating process to prepare the Ni-doped CoP3/foamed nickel as the electrode material of the supercapacitor, so as to provide advantages such as simple synthesis process, easy control, low cost and high specific capacity. The supercapacitor electrode material Ni doped CoP3/Ni foam prepared by the present invention has a hierarchical structure and a large specific surface area, which is beneficial to shorten an ion transmission path, reduce an interface resistance between the electrode material and electrolyte, provide more active sites, and provide a higher specific capacity in alkaline electrolyte. The electrode material shows great potential in electrochemical energy storage.

Abstract: A cylindrical body is formed of a conductive member provided with a spiral spring portion. Further, the cylindrical body includes a Ni metal layer and a Ni—W alloy layer containing W, and an end portion of the Ni—W alloy layer protrudes to an outer side of the Ni metal layer.

Abstract: A binder composition contains a water-soluble polymer and water. The water-soluble polymer includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit, and has a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 1,000 and not more than 50,000.

Abstract: An electrostatic machine employs a high dielectric fluid comprised of a dielectric liquid with suspended dielectric particles. Electrorheological effects are minimized through small particle sizes and steric coatings on those particles limiting the minimum particle-to-particle distance. Low particle volume densities provide greater torque density with managed reduced viscosity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is conductive paint for electro-deposition painting. The conductive paint includes non-oxide ceramic particles each configured such that an oxide layer is provided on a surface thereof. In this case, the non-oxide ceramic particles include at least one type of AxBy-form particles, where the sum of x and y is 7 or less.

Abstract: An improved formulation of conductive polymer is provided. The formulation comprises a conductive polymer and a polyanion wherein the polyanion is a copolymer comprising groups A, B and C represented the ratio of Formula A: AxByCz??Formula A wherein: A is polystyrenesulfonic acid or salt of polystyrenesulfonate; B and C separately represent polymerized units substituted by a group selected from: —C(O)OR6 wherein R6 is selected from the group consisting of: —(CHR17)b—R18. All other groups are defined. The conductive polymer has an average particle size of at least 1 nm to no more than 10 microns.

Abstract: In a method making a flexible electrical conductor, a mask layer (216) is applied to a substrate (210). A portion of the mask layer (216) is removed to expose the substrate (210) in an exposed shape (220) corresponding to the conductor. A liquid phase conductor (232) is applied to the portion of the substrate (210). The mask layer (216) is dissolved with a solvent (238) to leave a shaped liquid phase conductor (234) corresponding to the exposed shape on the substrate (210). A primary elastomer layer (240) is applied onto the substrate (210) and the shaped liquid phase conductor (234). The primary elastomer layer (240) and the shaped liquid phase conductor (234) are removed from the substrate (210). A secondary elastomer layer (242) is applied to the shaped liquid phase conductor (234) and the primary elastomer layer (240) to seal the shaped liquid phase conductor (234) therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fabric material-based flexible electrode and a manufacturing method thereof, and a fabric material-based flexible electrode according to the present invention comprises: a substrate (10) including multiple fibers (11) crossing each other; a bonding layer (20), on the substrate (10), including an amine group (NH2)-containing monomolecular substance adsorbed thereon; a nanoparticle layer (30), on the bonding layer (20), having metallic nanoparticles (31) coated thereon; and a plating layer (40), on the nanoparticle layer (30), having a predetermined metal electroplated thereon.

Abstract: Disclosed are oleyl propylenediamine-based compounds used in compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion. The method comprises introducing into a fluid source a composition comprising one or more oleyl propylenediamine-based compounds comprising Formula I: wherein Y1, Y2, and Y3 independently are hydrogen or a substituent of Formula (II): wherein V is —O— or —NH—, W is optionally present and is a linear or branched C1-10 aliphatic group, X is —H, —NZ3+, —COOH, —SO3H, —OSO3H2, —PO3H, —OPO3H2, or a salt thereof, each Z independently is hydrogen or a linear or branched C1-20 aliphatic group optionally interrupted or substituted with one or more oxygen atoms, and R is hydrogen or methyl, provided that at least one of Y1, Y2, or Y3 is a substituent of Formula (II).

Abstract: A tactile sensor including a first insulating layer, an intermediate layer of conductive soft polymer material, and a second insulating layer. The intermediate layer includes first and second electrically conductive strips located therein and the intermediate layer is positioned above the first insulating layer. The first and second electrically conductive strips are located within the same horizontal plane within the intermediate layer and the first and second electrically conductive strips are connected to an impedance measuring device.

Abstract: Carbon dioxide can be converted into a higher energy product by contacting carbon dioxide with a polarized monocrystalline magnesium oxide producing at least in part carbon. Further a novel crystalline magnesium oxide carbon composite comprising crystalline magnesium oxide and crystalline carbon having graphene structure which are interwoven is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed here are the methods of using one or more multiple charged cationic compounds in a corrosion control composition to reduce corrosion of metal surfaces in a water system. The multiple charged cationic compounds are derived from polyamines through a ring-opening reaction with an epoxide or two reactions: an aza-Michael addition with an activated olefin having a cation group and a ring-opening reaction with an epoxide. The disclosed methods or compositions are found to be effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used corrosion inhibitors for water systems.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for an electrical storage device that can both ensure stability of a slurry composition and enhance peel strength of an electrode and rate characteristics of an electrical storage device. The binder composition contains a particulate polymer. The particulate polymer includes a cyano group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 5 mass % and not more than 45 mass % and includes an amide group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 0.3 mass % and not more than 10 mass %. Moreover, the particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion, and has at least one glass-transition temperature at 10° C. or lower.

Abstract: In the process of producing a lithium ion battery, one or more compounds of Formula 1, 2, 3 or 4 (e.g., N,N-dimethylpropionamide), is used as the solvent in the step of forming a slurry from an active material (e.g., lithium cobalt oxide), a conductive agent (e.g., carbon black), and a binder polymer (e.g., polyvinylidene fluoride).

Abstract: A redox flow battery includes: a membrane; and electrodes that are disposed in a compressed state on both sides of the membrane and sandwich the membrane. The thickness x (?m) of the membrane and the compression ratio y (%) of the electrodes satisfy the following relation A or B: (A) when the electrodes are formed from carbon felt, y<x+60, 30?y?85, and 5?x?60 hold; (B) when the electrodes are formed from carbon cloth or carbon paper, y<1.2x+42, 10?y?85, and 5?x?60 hold, where y={1?(the thickness during compression/the thickness before compression)}×100.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of treating a dyed fabric, in which fungi are used. The invention also relates to a package comprising a water impervious container and a fabric or a garment treated according to the process, and to a fabric or a garment as obtainable by the process of the invention.

Abstract: A method utilizing microwave energy to incorporate sulfur onto carbon, prepare cathode material for lithium sulfur battery applications, and the compositions resulting therefrom is disclosed.

Abstract: An article comprising a heater that comprises a high-resistance magnification (HRM) PTC ink deposited on a flexible substrate to form one or more resistors. The HRM PTC ink has a resistance magnification of at least 20 in a temperature range of at least 20 degrees Celsius above a switching temperature of the ink, the resistance magnification being defined as a ratio between a resistance of the double-resin ink at a temperature ‘T’ and a resistance of the double-resin ink at 25 degrees Celsius.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste composition for manufacturing a conductive film formed by dispersing conductive particles in a polymer resin, the conductive paste composition including: conductive metal particles, a polymer fiber, a polymer resin, and an auxiliary additive, wherein the polymer fiber is coated with a first graphene on a surface thereof.