Abstract: A system includes a feeder configured to feed a continuous length of a tube at a predefined rate, a speed sensor configured to determine a feed rate of the continuous length of the tube, a first geometry sensor configured to determine one or more geometric dimensions of a portion of the continuous length of the tube, a first treatment station comprising a first entrance, a first exit, and a first heat treatment zone therebetween, the first heat treatment zone comprising at least one first zone heating element, and a controller configured to power the first zone heating element at a first heat treatment power level based on a first heat treatment target value, the feed rate, one or more of the geometric dimensions, and a first heating element value of the first zone heating element. The system may also include additional heat treatment and cooling stations.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of synthesizing composites for removing heavy metals, including: preparing hollow hydroxyapatite particles including a functional group; preparing a composite in which magnetic oxide nanoparticles are combined on the hollow hydroxyapatite; and preparing a composite of hollow hydroxyapatite and metal particles by performing reduction annealing to the composite.

Abstract: A magnetic compound having a small dielectric loss and an antenna constituted by the magnetic compound and an electronic device incorporating the antenna are provided by a metal magnetic powder which is well dispersed in a resin having small dielectric loss, and a magnetic powder composite including: a metal magnetic powder; and one or more elements selected from carboxylic acid or its anhydride, aromatic carboxylic acid ester, and a derivative thereof, having a property that real part ?? permeability is 1.45 or more, tan ?? is 0.1 or less, tan ?? is 0.05 or less at a measuring frequency of 2 GHz, when a magnetic powder composite is prepared by adding 5 parts by mass of one or more elements selected from the carboxylic acid or its anhydride, the aromatic carboxylic acid ester, and the derivative thereof to 100 parts by mass of the metal magnetic powder.

Abstract: Provided are a transparent fluorescent sialon ceramic having fluorescence and optical transparency; and a method of producing the same. Such a transparent fluorescent sialon ceramic includes a sialon phosphor which contains a matrix formed of a silicon nitride compound represented by the formula Mx(Si,Al)y(N,O)z (here, M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, alkaline earth metals, and rare earth metals, 0?x/z<3, and 0<y/z<1) and a luminescent center element.

Abstract: A surface-modified iron-based oxide magnetic particle powder has good solid-liquid separation property in the production process, has good dispersibility in a coating material for forming a coating-type magnetic recording medium, has good orientation property, and has a small elution amount of a water-soluble alkali metal, and to provide a method for producing the surface-modified iron-based oxide magnetic particle powder. The surface-modified iron-based oxide magnetic particle powder can be obtained by neutralizing a solution containing dissolved therein a trivalent iron ion and an ion of the metal, by which the part of Fe sites is to be substituted, with an alkali aqueous solution, so as to provide a precursor, coating a silicon oxide on the precursor, heating the precursor to provide e-type iron-based oxide magnetic powder, and adhering a hydroxide or a hydrous oxide of one kind or two kinds of Al and Y thereto.

Abstract: Provided are a transparent fluorescent sialon ceramic having fluorescence and optical transparency; and a method of producing the same. Such a transparent fluorescent sialon ceramic includes a sialon phosphor which contains a matrix formed of a silicon nitride compound represented by the formula Mx(Si,Al)y(N,O)z (here, M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, alkaline earth metals, and rare earth metals, 0?x/z<3, and 0<y/z<1) and a luminescent center element.

Abstract: Provided herein are organic-inorganic hybrid-perovskites, including metal halide perovskites having a 1D crystal structure. The metal halide perovskites may be luminescent. The metal halide perovskites may include a dopant, including an emitter dopant. Methods of forming metal halide perovskites, and devices including the metal halide perovskites also are provided.

Abstract: A process for preparing a population of coated phosphor particles is presented. The process includes combining particles of a phosphor of formula I: Ax [MFy]:Mn4+ with a first solution including a compound of formula II: Ax[MFy] to form a suspension, where A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is an absolute value of a charge of the [MFy] ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7. The process further includes combining a second solution including a source A+ ions with the suspension.

Abstract: An object is to provide a magnetic compound excellent in high frequency properties and excellent in mechanical strength, and its related items, using the polyarylene sulfide resin, and to provide a technique regarding the magnetic compound having a metal magnetic powder and a polyarylene sulfide resin, and satisfying both mechanical strength and high frequency properties.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a carbonaceous luminescent material in which a polycarboxylic-acid-containing starting material, an acid catalyst, and a solvent are mixed together and heated.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a multi-layer magnetic nanoparticle includes a core; a first magnetic layer deposited on a surface of the core; a second magnetic layer deposited on a surface of the first magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer deposited on a surface of the second magnetic layer. The core, the first magnetic layer, the second magnetic layer, and the third magnetic layer comprise different magnetic anisotropies and/or saturation magnetizations with respect to each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a fluoride fluorescent material, comprising: contacting a fluoride particles represented by the following general formula (I): K2[M1?aMn4+aF6]??(I) wherein M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of elements belonging to Groups 4 and 14 of the Periodic Table, and a satisfies the relationship: 0<a<0.2; with a solution containing alkaline earth metal ions in the presence of a reducing agent to form an alkaline earth metal fluoride and less than tetravalent manganese ions on the surface of the fluoride particles.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a wavelength-converting composition as defined by R3-x-y-zAx+yMzSi6-w1Alw1O3x+y+w1N11-7x/3-y-w1?2-2x/3, with ? being vacancies of the structure that are filled by oxygen atoms with 0<x?3, ?3?y<3, 0<z<1,0?w1?6, 0?x+y, x+y+z?3, 11?7/3x?y?w1?0, and 3x+y+w1?13. R is selected from the group comprising trivalent La, Gd, Tb, Y, Lu; A is selected from the group comprising bivalent Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba, and Eu; and M is selected from the group comprising trivalent Ce, Pr and Sm.

Abstract: A composition including a plurality of quantum dots; a binder polymer; a thiol compound having at least two thiol groups; a polyvalent metal compound; a polymerizable monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond; a photoinitiator; and a solvent.

Abstract: A multiferroic material for magnetic and electric switching including Iron selenide (Fe3Se4) nanoparticles and its derivatives or doped with at least one element selected from transitional metals, rare earths elements or combination of the two and chalcogens. Ferroelectric polarization and coupling of magnetic and ferroelectric behavior in the doped Fe3Se4 is observed at a temperature ranging from 15 to 30° C.

Abstract: An ultraviolet light-emitting phosphor having excellent degradation resistance and emission intensity is provided. The ultraviolet light-emitting phosphor is a phosphor comprising yttrium element, scandium element, aluminum element and oxygen element, which is excited by irradiation of vacuum ultraviolet rays or electron beams to emit ultraviolet rays.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide ferrite particles having a high saturation magnetisation, and being excellent in the dispersibility in a resin, a solvent or a resin composition, a resin composition including the ferrite particles, and a resin film composed of the resin composition. The ferrite particles are a single crystalline body having an average particle size of 1 to 2000 nm, and Mn-based ferrite particles having a spherical shape, and have a saturation magnetisation of 45 to 95 Am2/kg. The resin composition includes the ferrite particles as a filler. The resin film is composed of the resin composition.

Abstract: A phosphor comprises a crystal phase that has a chemical composition of (Y1-x-y,Cex,Lay)?Si?-zAlzN?O, where the ? satisfies 5.5???6.5, the ? satisfies 9.5???12.5, the ? satisfies 17.5???22.5, the x satisfies 0<x?0.1, the y satisfies 0?y?0.4, and the z satisfies 0?z?0.5. A light emission spectrum of the phosphor includes a peak within a wavelength range of not less than 600 nm and not more than 660 nm.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of composite hexagonal ferrite materials formed from a combination of Y phase and Z phase hexagonal ferrite materials. Advantageously, embodiments of the material can have a high resonant frequency as well as a high permeability. In some embodiments, the materials can be useful for magnetodielectric antennas.

Abstract: A conversion material for a white or colored light source is provided. The material includes a matrix glass that, as bulk material, for a thickness of about 1 mm, has a pure transmission of greater than 80% in the wavelength region from 350 to 800 nm and in the region in which the primary light source emits light, wherein the sum of transmission and reflection of the sintered matrix glass without luminophore is at least greater than 80% in the spectral region from 350 nm to 800 nm and in the spectral region in which the primary light source emits light.