Abstract: New and/or improved coatings for porous substrates, including battery separators or separator membranes, and/or coated porous substrates, including coated battery separators, and/or batteries or cells including such coatings or coated separators, and/or related methods including methods of manufacture and/or of use thereof are disclosed. Also, new or improved coatings for porous substrates, including battery separators, which comprise at least a polymeric binder and heat-resistant particles with or without additional additives, materials or components, and/or to new or improved coated porous substrates, including battery separators, where the coating comprises at least a polymeric binder and heat-resistant particles with or without additional additives, materials or components are disclosed.

Abstract: A compound represented by specific chemical formula, a core including the same, and core-shell dye including a shell surrounding the core, a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and a color filter manufactured using the photosensitive resin composition are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of preparing an acrylonitrile-based copolymer for a carbon fiber. The method includes: preparing a reaction solution including a (meth)acrylonitrile-based monomer and a first reaction solvent; adding a first portion of a radical polymerization initiator to the reaction solution to initiate polymerization; and adding a second portion of the radical polymerization initiator to the reaction solution when a polymerization conversion ratio is between 70 to 80%.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing a copolymer which includes 1) initiating polymerization by batch-adding an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyan-based monomer to a reactor; and 2) performing polymerization by continuously adding an aromatic vinyl-based monomer to the reactor at a predetermined rate after the initiation of polymerization, wherein the continuous addition of the aromatic vinyl-based monomer is initiated when a polymerization conversion rate is 10% or less and terminated when a polymerization conversion rate is between 80 and 90%, and step 2) includes a first temperature phase and a second temperature phase, each of which maintains a constant temperature, wherein a temperature of the second temperature phase is higher than that of the first temperature phase, and thereby a copolymer with a small standard deviation for a vinyl cyan-based unit composition and excellent transparency may be prepared.

Abstract: To provide a plastic lens which can absorb light with a wavelength of 400 to 420 nm with sufficiently high efficiency but is reduced in the absorption of light with a wavelength of around 420 nm or longer, is less affected by harmful light, suppresses yellow coloration and therefore has excellent appearance, suppresses yellowish discoloration over time, and has excellent heat resistance, light resistance, and also optical performance, particularly an excellent Abbe's number.

Abstract: The present invention relates to curable polyurethane polymers made from renewable materials and having polymerization accelerator groups built into the polymer. In particular hydroxylated oleaginous materials derived from plant oils, such as soybean oil, are used. These renewable materials may be formed into curable polyurethane polymers having different chemical functionalities and cure mechanisms.

Abstract: The invention provides polymer compositions, compounds, processes, and methods of use of the polymers for biodegradable consumer plastics, adhesives, e.g., bioadhesives, pressure sensitive adhesives and thermos-responsive adhesives.

Abstract: An oriented film or a shrink film comprising a polyester composition which comprises at least one polyester which comprises: a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: about 90 to about 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; about 0 to about 10 mole % of aromatic and/or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and a glycol component comprising: about 10 to about 29 mole % 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and about 71 to about 90 mole % ethylene glycol residues; and optionally, diethylene glycol residues; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and wherein the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %; wherein the inherent viscosity of the polyester is from 0.50 to 0.8 dL/g.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to roofing systems including a substrate and adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of making one or more adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems utilizing one or more adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to yellow/orange-to-transmissive conjugated polymers, a method to prepare the yellow/orange conjugated polymers, and an electrochromic and/or electroluminescent device comprising the neutral state yellow/orange conjugated polymers as one of a plurality of primary subtractive colored conjugated polymers. The yellow/orange conjugated polymers show enhanced redox stability and can have a (D2Arz)n structure with a dioxyheterocycle repeating unit or a (DArz)n structure with a dioxythiophene monomer that has at least one substituted carbon ? to an oxygen of the monomer; and where the one to three Ar groups have at least one carbon ? to the carbon attached to a D unit substituted that has at least 5 atoms in the substituent. The yellow/orange conjugated polymers show enhanced redox stability. The yellow/orange conjugated polymers are prepared by cross-condensation reactions.

Abstract: A method of producing a composite product is provided. The method includes providing a fluidized bed of carbon-based particles in a fluidized bed reactor, providing a catalyst or catalyst precursor in the fluidized bed reactor, providing a carbon source in the fluidized bed reactor for growing carbon nanotubes, growing carbon nanotubes in a carbon nanotube growth zone of the fluidized bed reactor, and collecting a composite product comprising carbon-based particles and carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A nanostructured material system for efficient collection of photo-excited carriers is provided. They system comprises a plurality of plasmonic metal nitride core material elements coupled to a plurality of semiconductor material elements. The plasmonic nanostructured elements form ohmic junctions at the surface of the semiconductor material or at close proximity with the semiconductor material elements. A nanostructured material system for efficient collection of photo-excited carriers is also provided, comprising a plurality of plasmonic transparent conducting oxide core material elements coupled to a plurality of semiconductor material elements. The field enhancement, local temperature increase and energized hot carriers produced by nanostructures of these plasmonic material systems play enabling roles in various chemical processes. They induce, enhance, or mediate catalytic activities in the neighborhood when excited near the resonance frequencies.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer having antimicrobial and disinfecting properties against a wide range of kinds of germs. A polymer, including: a polymer chain having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1); and a partial structure (excluding the polymer chain) derived from a compound containing a group represented by —NH—. [In formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Z represents a group forming an organic ammonium salt, —NR5R6 (where R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group), or a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, and X represents a single bond, or a divalent linking group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermochromic color-memory composition including (a) an electron-donating color-developing organic compound, (b) an electron-accepting compound, and (c) an ester compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2), as a reaction medium which controls color reaction of the component (a) and the component (b); and a thermochromic color-memory microcapsule pigment encapsulating the thermochromic color-memory composition.

Abstract: The present invention disclosed a squaraine dye of formula (I) and process for the preparation thereof. Further, the present invention disclosed to an electronic device comprising dye of formula (I).

Abstract: A liquid crystal polyester fibers containing a liquid crystal polyester, in which the liquid crystal polyester has repeating units represented by Formulae (1), (2) and (3), at least one of the repeating units contains 2,6-naphthylene, a content of the repeating unit containing the 2,6-naphthylene is 40 mol% or greater with respect to a total content of all the repeating units, and an orientation degree of the liquid crystal polyester in a length direction of the fiber is 89% to 95%: —O—Ar1—CO—??(1), —CO—Ar2—CO—??(2), and —X—Ar3—Y—??(3), wherein Ar1 represents phenylene, naphthylene, or biphenylylene, Ar2 and Ar3 each independently represent phenylene, naphthylene, or biphenylylene, and at least one of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 contains 2,6-naphthylene, X and Y each independently represent oxygen or —NH—, Ar1, Ar2, or Ar3 may be each independently substituted with halogen, alkyl, or aryl.

Abstract: Sealant compositions and methods for their use where the sealant compositions include a curable sealant and a photochromic material that undergoes a feature change upon exposure to radiation.

Abstract: To provide a novel fluorine-containing compound that does not include any long chain perfluoroalkyl unit having 8 or more carbon atoms, which is problematic in terms of the environment, and that is excellent in water repellency/oil repellency, and a surface modifier using the compound. [Solution] There are used a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following general formula (1), the following general formula (2) or the following general formula (5): Rf1—(CR1?CR2—X—Rf2)n—Y—Z (1), Rf1—(X—CR1?CR2—Rf2)n—Y—Z (2) or Rf3—(CF?CR3—CR4?CF—Rf4)n—Y—Z (5); and a surface modifier using the compound.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to provide a novel metal particle annular structure capable of functioning as a metamaterial in three dimensions. The metal particle annular structure (C) of the present disclosure includes an insulative support (B) having a particle connecting structure including a plurality of particles connecting to one another, and a plurality of metal particles (A) arranged annularly around the insulative support (B).

Abstract: An active material for organic image sensors, where the active material is a squaraine-based active material or a thiophene-based active material. A photoelectric conversion layer containing the active material, which is a squaraine-based active material or a thiophene-based active material. An organic image sensor containing the photoelectric conversion layer containing the active material.