Abstract: Self-healing coating compositions are provided. In embodiments, such a composition comprises a liquid medium and a network of hollow capsules extending through the liquid medium in three dimensions, the network comprising a plurality of chains formed from the hollow capsules, aggregates of the hollow capsules, or both, wherein exterior surfaces of the hollow capsules of the plurality of chains define a plurality of channels filled with the liquid medium, and wherein the coating composition has a room temperature viscosity greater than that of the liquid medium. Coated surfaces formed from the compositions and methods of protecting surfaces using the compositions are also provided.

Abstract: A resin composition contains a maleimide compound (A), a cyanate ester compound (B), a polyphenylene ether compound (C) with a number average molecular weight of not lower than 1000 and not higher than 7000 and represented by Formula (1), and a block copolymer (D) having a styrene backbone. In Formula (1), X represents an aryl group; —(Y—O)n2- represents a polyphenylene ether moiety; R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group; n2 represents an integer of from 1 to 100; n1 represents an integer of from 1 to 6; and n3 represents an integer of from 1 to 4.

Abstract: A resin composition including at least one of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate having an imide ring structure or a monomer having a 2-pyrrolidone skeleton and a radical curable group in an amount of about 0.1 weight percent to about 5 weight percent based on the total weight of the resin composition, wherein the resin composition has a viscosity of about 5 millipascal seconds to less than about 50 millipascal seconds at 25° C., and wherein a glass transition temperature of the resin composition after being cured satisfies a value of about ?50° C. to less than about 0°C.

Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil includes a treated surface, where the peak extreme height (Sxp) of the treating surface is 0.4 to 3.0 ?m. When the surface-treated copper foil is heated at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour, the ratio of the integrated intensity of diffraction peak of (111) plane to the sum of the integrated intensities of diffraction peaks of (111) plane, (200) plane, and (220) plane of the treating surface is at least 60%.

Abstract: To provide a composite of thermally-modified polymer layer and inorganic substrate, a composite of polymer member and inorganic substrate, and production methods thereof, the method of the present invention for producing a composite of thermally-modified polymer layer and inorganic substrate 110 or 120 includes forming a first polymer layer on an inorganic substrate 10, and heating and thermally modifying the first polymer layer in order to bond the first thermally-modified polymer layer 20 onto the inorganic substrate. In addition, the method of the present invention for producing a composite of polymer member and inorganic substrate 210 or 220 includes producing a composite of thermally-modified polymer layer and inorganic substrate by the method of the present invention and joining the polymer member to the first thermally-modified polymer layer so that the polymer member 30 is joined to an inorganic substrate via the first thermally-modified polymer layer.

Abstract: An aircraft skin coating assembly for an aircraft. The coating assembly includes a primer layer deposited on the aircraft skin, an optical stop-etch layer deposited on the primer layer that is reflective at a predetermined wavelength, a coating stack-up deposited on the optical etch-stop layer that provides performance features for the aircraft, and a sealant layer deposited on the stack-up. When a laser coating removal process employing a laser beam is used to remove the coating stack-up for replacement, the stop-etch layer reflects the laser beam to prevent it from penetrating and possibly damaging the aircraft skin.

Abstract: Described are yttrium fluoride compositions, including deposited films, e.g., coatings, that contain yttrium fluoride; methods of preparing yttrium fluoride compositions and deposited film coatings that contain yttrium fluoride; as well as substrates that have a deposited film coating that contains yttrium fluoride at a surface and methods and equipment that include the substrates.

Abstract: A thermally conductive electromagnetically absorbing material includes a plurality of particles dispersed in a binder. The plurality of particles can have a particle size distribution having at least three peaks, where at least a majority of particles within a half width at half maximum of one, but not the other ones, of the at least three peaks are at least partially coated with an electromagnetically absorbing coating. The plurality of particles can include pluralities of first and second particles where a total number of the first particles is at most 1% of a total number of the first and second particles and where the first particles are more electromagnetically absorbing than the second particles. Films, molded articles and systems including the thermally conductive electromagnetically absorbing material are described.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions including a carbon fiber material comprising one or more of an acyclic olefin group or a thiol disposed thereon; and a thermosetting polymer or a thermoplastic polymer. The present disclosure further provides metal substrates including a composition of the present disclosure disposed thereon. The present disclosure further provides vehicle components including a metal substrate of the present disclosure. The present disclosure further provides methods for manufacturing a vehicle component, including contacting a carbon fiber material with a carbon-containing zinc-titanium or a thiol to form a coated carbon fiber material; and mixing the coated carbon fiber material with a thermosetting polymer or a thermoplastic polymer to form a composition. Methods can further include depositing a composition of the present disclosure onto a metal substrate.

Abstract: This steel sheet for a can is a steel sheet for a can containing, by mass %, C: 0.010% to 0.050%, Si: 0.020% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 0.60%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0% to 0.03%, Ti: 0% to 0.03%, B: 0% to 0.0020%, and a remainder including Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which, when the number of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 2 ?m or more and 5 ?m or less is indicated by a, and the number of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 2 ?m is indicated by b, a/b satisfies a range of the following formula (1), a fracture strain is 1.6 or more, and a sheet thickness is 0.10 to 0.30 mm a/b<0.12??. . . (1).

Abstract: A surface decoration structure includes an undercoat film, a silver mirror film layer, and a topcoat film formed on a surface of a substrate. The silver mirror film layer includes a film of stacked nanometer-sized silver particles having surfaces coated with a polymer dispersing agent, and the topcoat film includes, as a solvent, at least one member selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound, an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound solution including 10% by mass or less of an aromatic compound, and diisobutyl ketone. The undercoat film and/or the topcoat film may include a corrosion inhibitor. The silver mirror film layer may further include a corrosion inhibitor. The surface decoration structure includes the silver mirror film layer with improved luster and corrosion resistance.

Abstract: There is provided a copper-clad laminate in which transmission characteristics exhibited by a resin layer can be further improved while sufficient peel strength between a copper foil and the resin layer is ensured. The laminate includes a copper foil; an adhesive layer including a polyphenylene ether resin, a polyimide resin, an olefin-based resin, a liquid crystal polymer, a polyester resin, a polystyrene resin, a hydrocarbon elastomer, a benzoxazine resin, an active ester resin, a cyanate ester resin, a bismaleimide resin, a butadiene resin, a hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated styrene butadiene resin, an epoxy resin, a fluororesin, a vinyl-group-containing resin, or the like; and a resin layer. The maximum height Sz at a copper foil surface on the adhesive layer side is 6.8 ?m or less. The dielectric loss tangent value of the adhesive layer at 1 GHz, ?a, is equal to or less than that of the resin layer, ?r.

Abstract: A gas barrier film includes: a substrate; and a gas barrier layer located on at least one surface of the substrate, the gas barrier layer containing an aqueous polyurethane resin that contains an acid group-containing polyurethane resin and a polyamine compound, a water soluble polymer, and an inorganic layered mineral, wherein, when a region from a top to a bottom of a cross-section of the gas barrier layer in a thickness direction, which is defined as a first region, is equally divided in the thickness direction into 11 strip regions, and a region different from the first region from a top to a bottom of a cross-section of the gas barrier layer in the thickness direction, which is defined as a second region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-treated metal sheet for polyolefin resin bonding having a metal substrate and an adhesive layer laminated on at least one surface of the metal substrate with a chemical conversion coating film interposed between the metal substrate and the adhesive layer. This surface-treated metal sheet for polyolefin resin bonding is characterized in that a coating liquid for forming the chemical conversion coating film contains an acid-modified polyolefin resin, a colloidal silica, and a silane coupling agent; a coating amount of the chemical conversion coating film is 0.05 to 3 g/m2 in terms of dry mass; the adhesive layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin resin; and the adhesive layer has a thickness of 5 to 100 ?m.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a prepreg composition includes disposing a plurality of core/shell quantum dots on or in a resin matrix of the prepreg composition. The quantum dots may include an inner core that when excited by light of a first wavelength emits a detectable luminescent signal, and an outer shell that blocks light of the first wavelength from reaching the inner core when the outer shell is intact. A method of determining the suitability of a pre-impregnated composite fiber material for incorporation into a composite structure and a method of detecting damage to a prepreg composition due to ultraviolet radiation exposure utilizing the core/shell quantum dots are provided.

Abstract: There are provided a clad material and a method for producing the same, the clad material being capable of preventing cracks from being formed and preventing the separation of layers thereof from being caused, even if it is punched by press-working (even if a high shearing force is applied thereto by thermal shock. After each of Mo—Cu layers 10, which has a metal film 10a of a metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ti, Pd, Pt and Ni on at least one side thereof is arranged on a corresponding one of both sides of a Cu-graphite layer 12, which is obtained by sintering a graphite powder having a Cu film on the surface thereof, so as to allow the metal film 10a to contact the Cu-graphite layer 12, the layers are heated while a pressure is applied between the Cu-graphite layer 12 and the Mo—Cu layers 10.

Abstract: An insulated electric wire is composed of a conductor, and a covering layer disposed around an outer circumference of the conductor. The covering layer has a plurality of flame retardant layers composed of a flame retardant resin composition, and an insulating layer interposed between the plurality of flame retardant layers. The insulating layer is made of a resin composition including a resin component, and the resin component includes 40% by mass or more of a resin having a melting point of 125 degrees C. or higher of 100% by mass of the resin component.

Abstract: A metal-clad laminate, a printed circuit board using the same and a method for manufacturing the metal-clad laminate. The metal-clad laminate comprises: a first dielectric layer, comprising a first dielectric material and not comprising a reinforcing fabric, the first dielectric material comprising 20 wt % to 60 wt % of a first fluoropolymer and 40 wt % to 80 wt % of a first filler; a second dielectric layer disposed on one side of the first dielectric layer and comprising a reinforcing fabric and a second dielectric material formed on the surface of the reinforcing fabric, wherein the thickness of the reinforcing fabric is not higher than 65 ?m and the second dielectric material comprises 55 wt % to 100 wt % of a second fluoropolymer and 0 to 45 wt % of a second filler; and a metal foil disposed on the other side of the second dielectric layer that is opposite to the first dielectric layer.

Abstract: A composition comprising at least one inorganic particulate material such as calcium carbonate, use of a said composition in a barrier coating composition or in a paper coating composition, a method for making said composition, a method for making a paper coating composition and a method for making a coated product.

Abstract: Provided is a resin material capable of effectively improving the insulating properties and the thermal conductivity, and further effectively controlling the variation in dielectric breakdown strength, and further effectively increasing the adhesion. A resin material according to the present invention includes first inorganic particles, second inorganic particles, and a binder resin, and a ratio of a compressive strength at 10% compression of the first inorganic particles to a compressive strength at 10% compression of the second inorganic particles is 2.5 or more, the second inorganic particles have a compressive strength at 10% compression of 1.5 N/mm2 or less, and the second inorganic particles include primary particles having an aspect ratio of 7 or less.