Abstract: A flexible structure is formed by subjecting cellulose-based natural wood material to a chemical treatment that partially removes hemicellulose and lignin therefrom. The treated wood has a unique 3-D porous structure with numerous channels, excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility, and improved flexibility as compared to the natural wood. By further modifying the treated wood, the structure can be adapted to particular applications. For example, nanoparticles, nanowires, carbon nanotubes, or any other coating or material can be added to the treated wood to form a hybrid structure. In some embodiments, open lumina within the structure can be at least partially filled with a non-wood substance, such as a flexible polymer, or with entangled cellulose nanofibers.

Abstract: Triazabicylodecene can effectively n-dope a variety of organic semiconductors, including PCBM, thus increasing in-plane conductivities. We synthesized a series of TBD-based n-dopants via an N-alkylation reaction and studied the effect of various alkyl chains on the physical and device properties of the dopants. Combining two TBD moieties on a long alky chain gave a solid dopant, 2TBD-C10, with high thermal stability above 250° C. PCBM films doped by 2TBD-C10 were the most tolerant to thermal annealing and reached in-plane conductivities of 6.5×10?2 S/cm. Furthermore, incorporating 2TBD-C10 doped PCBM as the electron transport layer (ETL) in methylammonium lead triiodide (MAPbI3) based photovoltaics led to a 23% increase in performance, from 11.8% to 14.5% PCE.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate material including steps of: (a) providing a first slurry, a lithium source, and a first carbon source having a first weight, wherein the first slurry is formed from an iron source and a phosphorus source, and the first weight is equal to an input value; (b) mixing and grinding the first carbon source, the lithium source and the first slurry to form a second slurry; (c) performing a carbon content analysis on the second slurry to obtain a loss value, wherein the loss value is smaller than the input value and greater than zero; (d) adding a second carbon source having a second weight into the second slurry to form a third slurry, wherein the second weight is equal to the loss value; (e) drying and sintering the third slurry to form the carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate material.

Abstract: Compositions comprising hydrogenated and dehydrogenated graphite comprising a plurality of flakes. At least one flake in ten has a size in excess of ten square micrometers. For example, the flakes can have an average thickness of 10 atomic layers or less.

Abstract: An electrically conductive, flexible, strain resilient product is produced by mixing metal coated carbon nanotube networks with a liquid polymeric resin to produce a liquid mixture, and the mixture is cured to produce the product. The networks may include welded junctions between nanotubes formed by depositing and melting metal nanoparticles on the nanotubes to form the metal coating. After the mixing step the liquid mixture may be deposited on a flexible substrate in the form of an electrical circuit. The mixing step may further include mixing the composite with a volatile solvent to produce a selected viscosity. Then, a three-dimensional printer may be used to print the product, such as an electrical circuit, on a substrate. The product is cured in an atmosphere that absorbs the solvent. The conductivity of the mixture may be adjusted by adjusting the weight percentage of the metal coated carbon nanotube networks from 50% to 90%, but a preferred range is between 75% and 85%.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for transferring a pigment-based decorative design onto a surface without using a plastic film or adhesive.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte includes a molecular crystal, and an inorganic filler.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reusable medical box which has excellent mechanical properties, chemical resistance, heat resistance, and needle-penetration resistance. The medical box of the present invention is a reusable medical box consisting of a polycarbonate resin composition comprising, based on a total of 100 parts by weight of (A) a polycarbonate-based resin (component A) and (B) a polyolefin-based resin (component B), 1 to 30 parts by weight of (C) a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer (component C).

Abstract: Preparing hybrid-treated plastic particles from waste plastic includes combining waste plastic particles with bio-oil to yield a mixture, irradiating the mixture with microwave radiation to yield oil-treated plastic particles, and contacting the oil-treated plastic particles with carbon-containing nanoparticles to yield hybrid-treated plastic particles. The hybrid-treated plastic particles have a bio-oil modified surface and a coating comprising carbon-containing nanoparticles on the bio-oil modified surface of the plastic particle. In some examples, a diameter of the plastic particle is in a range between 250 ?m and 750 ?m, and a thickness of the coating is in a range of 1 nm to 20 nm. A modified binder includes an asphalt binder or a concrete binder and a multiplicity of the treated plastic particles. The modified binder typically includes 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the hybrid-treated plastic particles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an amorphous C12A7 electride thin film which has an electron density of greater than or equal to 2.0×1018 cm?3 and less than or equal to 2.3×1021 cm?3, and exhibits a light absorption at a photon energy position of 4.6 eV. Also disclosed herein is an amorphous thin film which is fabricated using a target made of a crystalline C12A7 electride, and containing an electride of an amorphous solid material including calcium, aluminum, and oxygen, in which an Al/Ca molar ratio of the thin film is 0.5 to 4.7.

Abstract: A process of forming a cross-linked electronically active hydrophilic co-polymer is provided and includes the steps of: a. mixing an intrinsically electronically active material with water to form an intermediate mixture; b. adding at least one hydrophilic monomer, at least one hydrophobic monomer, and at least one cross-linker to the intermediate mixture to form a co-monomer mixture; and c. polymerising the co-monomer mixture.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an ink composition is provided. The ink composition includes a plurality of nanostructures distributed in at least two cross-sectional dimension ranges, wherein each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures is free of a cross-sectional dimension of more than 200 nm. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a method for forming a conductive member and a conductive device are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a carbonaceous material suitable for a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries (e.g., lithium ion secondary batteries, sodium ion secondary batteries, lithium sulfur batteries, lithium air batteries) having high charge/discharge capacities, and preferably high charge/discharge efficiency and low resistance, a negative electrode comprising the carbonaceous material, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the negative electrode, and a production method of the carbonaceous material. The present invention relates to a carbonaceous material having a nitrogen content obtained by elemental analysis of 3.5 mass % or more, a ratio of nitrogen content and hydrogen content (RN/H) of 6 or more and 100 or less, a ratio of oxygen content and nitrogen content (RO/N) of 0.1 or more and 1.0 or less, and a carbon interplanar spacing (d002) observed by X-ray diffraction measurement of 3.70 ? or more.

Abstract: A composite material structure that prevents a decrease in strength while interposing insulating resin portions between a conductive reinforced resin and a conductor, is provided. The composite material structure includes a conductive resin portion formed of an electrically conductive reinforced resin in which conductive fibers are contained in an insulating base material, a conductor which is formed of an electrically conductive material and a part of which is embedded in the conductive resin portion, and a plurality of layers of insulating resin portions which is layers of resin portions each including insulating fibers contained in an insulating base material, the plurality of layers of the insulating resin portions being embedded in the conductive resin portion so as to sandwich therebetween the at least the part of the conductor and so as to be interposed between the conductive fibers and the conductor.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive composition for molded film that enables production of a molded film for which tensile force-induced reductions in conductivity are suppressed. The conductive composition for molded film contains a resin (A), conductive fine particles (B), and a solvent (C), wherein the solvent (C) contains, in 100 parts by mass of the solvent (C), at least 40 parts by mass of a solvent (C?) that satisfies the following condition (1) and condition (2). (1) A boiling point of 180° C. to 270° C. (2) At least one of the following is satisfied: the polar parameter ?p of the Hansen solubility parameter (HSP) is 0??p?5.0, and the hydrogen-bond parameter ?h of the Hansen solubility parameter (HSP) is 9.8??h?4.0.

Abstract: A resin composition for display substrates includes the following: the resin (a): a resin containing, as a main component, a repeating unit represented by the chemical formula (1), wherein the resin contains the total of 95 mass % or more of a tetracarboxylic acid residue A, having 2 or more carbon atoms and an SP value of 15 or more and 17 or less and a diamine residue having an SP value of 11 or more and 13 or less with respect to the total of 100 mass % of A and B contained in the resin; the solvent (b): a solvent having an SP value of 7.5 or more and less than 9.5; and the solvent (c): a solvent having an SP value of 9.5 or more and 14.0 or less; wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylsilyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkali metal ion, ammonium ion, imidazolium ion, or pyridinium ion.

Abstract: Passivated silicon-carbon composite materials and related processes are disclosed that overcome the challenges for providing amorphous nano-sized silicon entrained within porous carbon. Compared to other, inferior materials and processes described in the prior art, the materials and processes disclosed herein find superior utility in various applications, including energy storage devices such as lithium ion batteries.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for producing a carbon nanomaterial product (CNM) product that may comprise carbon nanotubes and various other allotropes of nanocarbon. The method and apparatus employ a consumable carbon dioxide (CO2) and a renewable carbonate electrolyte as reactants in an electrolysis reaction in order to make CNTs. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, operational conditions of the electrolysis reaction may be varied in order to produce the CNM product with a greater incidence of a desired allotrope of nanocarbon or a desired combination of two or more allotropes.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to conductive graphene matrix-encapsulated cells. A matrix-encapsulated cell includes an encapsulating polymer matrix including a biopolymer and graphene. The matrix-encapsulated cell also includes one or more of the cells encapsulated within the encapsulating polymer, wherein the graphene directly contacts at least some of the cells. The matrix encapsulating the one or more cells is electrically conductive.

Abstract: The present application provides a composite material and a method for producing the same. The present application can provide a composite material having excellent other necessary properties such as impact resistance or processability, as well as excellent heat conduction characteristics as a tight heat transfer network is formed therein by an anisotropic heat-conductive filler.