Abstract: A method for producing a composite conductive material having excellent dispersibility is provided. The method includes supporting a catalyst on surfaces of carbon particles; heat treating the catalyst in a helium or hydrogen atmosphere such that the catalyst penetrate the surfaces of the carbon particles and are impregnated beneath the surfaces of the carbon particles at a contact point between the carbon particles and the impregnated catalyst; and heating the carbon particles having the impregnated catalyst disposed therein in the presence of a source gas to grow carbon nanofibers from the impregnated catalyst to form a composite conductive material, wherein the source gas contains a carbon source, and wherein the carbon nanofibers extend from the contact point to above the surfaces of the carbon particles.

Abstract: A composite including: at least one selected from a silicon oxide of the formula SiO2 and a silicon oxide of the formula SiOx wherein 0<x<2; and graphene, wherein the silicon oxide is disposed in a graphene matrix.

Abstract: A composition including: a PF polymer including units derived from vinylidene fluoride; and a PA polymer including units derived from a (meth)acrylic monomer and units including at least one associative group chosen among imidazolidonyl, triazolyl, triazinyl, bis-ureyl and ureido-pyrimidyl groups; in solution in a solvent. Also, the use of this composition for the production of electronic devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to the stabilization during storage of enzymes comprised in liquid detergent compositions.

Abstract: Liquid formulation comprising a solute for fabricating an electronic device and a partially or fully deuterated solvent is disclosed. The liquid formulation can be used in the solution process of electronic devices, and can greatly enhance the device performance of solution processed OLEDs, especially lifetime. Also disclosed is a method of making an electronic device.

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: This oil-based ink composition for writing implements contains a colorant, a resin, an organic solvent, and fluorine-based resin particles, the average particle size of the fluorine-based resin particles being at least 0.1 ?m and less than 1.0 ?m when measured by a dynamic light scattering method.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carbon nanotube wire includes a carbon nanotube aggregate constituted of a plurality of carbon nanotubes. In the plurality of carbon nanotubes, a mean length of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is not larger than 150 ?m, a CV value of the mean length is not smaller than 0.40, a mean diameter of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is smaller than 4 nm, a CV value of the mean diameter is not smaller than 0.18, and a proportion of carbon nanotubes with lengths not smaller than 3 ?m is not less than 60%.

Abstract: In some implementations, a carbon-containing glass material includes a surface-to-air interface and an interphase region extending from the surface-to-air interface along a direction to a depth within the carbon-containing glass material. The surface-to-air interface may be exposed to ambient air, and the interphase region may include a plurality of few layer graphene (FLG) nanoplatelets formed in response to recombination and/or self-nucleation of a plurality of carbon-containing radicals implanted within the interphase region. The FLG nanoplatelets have a non-periodic orientation configured to at least partially inhibit formation or propagation of microcracks and/or micro-voids in the carbon-containing glass material.

Abstract: Cellulose-based composite material comprising an electrically conductive material dispersed in a matrix comprising at least one plant-derived protein and a polymer of aleuritic acid, said composite material being obtainable by a process comprising the steps of dissolving at least one plant-derived protein and aleuritic acid in a dissolving solution to achieve a first mixture, dispersing an electrically conductive material in said first mixture to achieve a conductive ink, distributing said conductive ink on at least one side of a cellulose substrate to achieve a coated cellulose substrate, hot-pressing said coated cellulose substrate to obtain i) impregnation of the cellulose substrate with said conductive ink and ii) polymerization of aleuritic acid.

Abstract: In the present invention, a conductive film having low resistance is formed on a substrate, said film having excellent storage stability and high dispersion stability as an ink. A copper oxide ink (1) contains a copper oxide (2), a dispersant (3), and a reducing agent. The content of the reducing agent is in the range of formula (1), and the content of the dispersant is in the range of formula (2). (1) 0.00010?(reducing agent mass/copper oxide mass)?0.10 (2) 0.0050?(dispersant mass/copper oxide mass)?0.30 The reducing agent content promotes the reduction of copper oxide to copper during firing, and promotes the sintering of copper.

Abstract: A method of exfoliating layered, shearable material is described. Examples are provided including exfoliation of graphite to form graphene nanoplatelets. Also described is a machine for preparing nanoplatelets that includes a chamber whose volume can be increased by pressure exerted by the exfoliated product. Composites of graphene nanoplatelets and polyamide exhibited improved flexural modulus compared to that of graphite composites while impact strength was unaffected.

Abstract: A polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) device including a PPTC body, a first electrode disposed on a first side of the PPTC body, and a second electrode disposed on a second side of the PPTC body, wherein the PPTC body is formed of a PPTC material that includes a polymer matrix and a conductive filler, wherein the conductive filler defines 20%-39% by volume of the PPTC material.

Abstract: A low-reflectivity black film according includes porous black pigment having a porosity of 50% or larger and a binder component at a volume ratio of 50:50-100:0, in which, with regard to surface roughness parameters Rt and Ra, Rt is 0.15-5 ?m and Ra is 0.01-0.5 ?m, an L* value is equal to or smaller than 20, and in a range of 400-700 nm, the maximum value of regular reflectivity is equal to or smaller than 0.8%, the maximum value of scattering reflectivity is equal to or smaller than 2%, and the maximum value of light transmittance is equal to or smaller than 5%.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube array constituted by large numbers of carbon nanotubes vertically aligned on a substrate is produced by supplying a carbon source gas into a reaction vessel having a hydrogen gas atmosphere, in which a substrate on which a reaction catalyst comprising fine metal particles is formed is placed; forming large numbers of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on the substrate by keeping a reaction temperature of 500-1100° C. for 0.5-30 minutes; and heat-treating the carbon nanotubes by stopping the supply of the carbon source gas and keeping 400-1100° C. for 0.5-180 minutes in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: A nanocarbon separation device includes a separation tank that is configured to accommodate a dispersion liquid including nanocarbons, a first electrode provided at an upper part in the separation tank, a second electrode provided at a lower part in the separation tank, an evaluation unit that is configured to evaluate a physical state or a chemical state of the dispersion liquid, and a determination unit that is configured to determine a separation state between metallic nanocarbons and semiconducting nanocarbons included in the dispersion liquid from the physical state or the chemical state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a graphene ink composition including charged chemically modified graphene, a graphene flake, a binder and a solvent, wherein an absolute value of the zeta potential of the charged chemically modified graphene is 25 mV or more.

Abstract: A semiconductive composite material consisting essentially of a polar organic copolymer and an electrical conducting effective amount of an ultra-low-wettability carbon black. Also a method of making the composite material; a crosslinked polyethylene product made by curing the composite material; manufactured articles comprising a shaped form of the inventive composite material or product; and methods of using the inventive composite material, product, or articles.

Abstract: Methods of making single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) including a single step for preparing a homogeneous dispersion of SWNTs in a battery electrode powder. The method may comprise providing a reactor in fluid communication with a mixer, wherein an aerosol containing SWNTs is transmitted from the reactor directly to the mixer containing a battery electrode powder.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an insulation material for an electrical rotating machine comprising: a curable matrix material; a curing agent; and a filler embedded in the matrix material. The filler comprises electrically conductive doped metal oxide particles.