Abstract: A method of growing plants in a coherent growth substrate product is provided and includes: providing at least one coherent growth substrate product comprising man-made vitreous fibres (MMVF) bonded with a cured aqueous binder composition; positioning one or more seeds, seedlings, cuttings or plants in contact with the growth substrate product; and irrigating the growth substrate product. The aqueous binder composition prior to curing includes a component (i) in the form of one or more oxidized lignins, a component (ii) in the form of one or more cross-linkers, and a component (iii) in the form of one or more plasticizers.

Abstract: Provided herein are powder formulations for a primer coat and a topcoat, and methods of applying the powder formulations to at least a portion of a surface of a substrate. Such methods can include applying a powder formulation to a substrate for a topcoat alone or in combination with a primer coat, and then heating the substrate, thereby forming a cured coating on at least the portion of the surface of the substrate. Such heating can be conducted in a single cure step to provide the cured coating including a cured topcoat alone or in combination with a cured primer coat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel anionic water-soluble polymer, to the method for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof, notably in the paper field.

Abstract: Coating compositions and extender packages for coating compositions that include first polymeric or inorganic extender particles, second polymeric or inorganic extender particles, and a polysiloxane dispersible in water. Both the first and second extender particles are relatively hard and have a narrow particle size distribution.

Abstract: Provided are a compound of Formula 1 that can improve the luminous efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an organic electronic element employing the compound; a composition comprising the same; an organic electronic element using the same; and an electronic device thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic compound having the following structure of Formula 1, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) where an electron transport layer and/or a charge generation layer includes the organic compound and an organic light emitting device including the organic light emitting diode. While only the specific moiety in the organic compound is deuterated, the organic compound can implement excellent luminous efficiency and luminous lifespan as a compound where all the carbon atoms are deuterated. The OLED can maximize its luminous efficiency and luminous lifespan with minimizing utilization of expensive deuterium.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the formation and/or growth of elongated carbon-based nanostructures on copper-containing substrates, are generally described. Inventive articles comprising elongated carbon-based nanostructures and copper-containing substrates are also described.

Abstract: A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting device includes a fluorescent substance and a phosphorescent substance or a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material; the fluorescent substance includes a luminophore and five or more protecting groups; the luminophore is a condensed aromatic ring or a condensed heteroaromatic ring; the five or more protecting groups each have any one of an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and a trialkylsilyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms; the lowest singlet excitation energy level of the fluorescent substance is higher than the lowest triplet excitation energy level of the phosphorescent substance or the thermally activated delayed fluorescent material; and light emission can be obtained from both the phosphorescent substance and the phosphorescent substance or the thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a homopolymer, copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer comprising plural polyol monomeric units. The polyol monomeric units being acrylated and acylated or acetalized. The acrylated and acylated or acetalized polyol monomeric units have an average degree of acrylation which is 1 or more, but less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol and have an average degree of acylation or acetalization which is 1 or more, but less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol. The present invention also relates to a method of making the homopolymers, copolymers, block copolymers, and statistical copolymers, and using them in various applications, such as asphalt rubber modifiers, adhesives, or an additive in a fracking fluid for oil fracking.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including: an anode, a cathode, and at least one emitting layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein the emitting layer contains a first host material, a second host material, and a dopant material, the first host material is a compound having at least one deuterium atom, and the emitting layer contains the first host material in the proportion of 1% by mass or more.

Abstract: Provided are a compound that can improve the luminous efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an organic electronic element, an organic electronic element employing the compound, and an electronic device thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic compound, an electronic device and an electronic apparatus using the same. The organic compound of the present disclosure has a chemical structure comprising a fluoranthene and a nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic cyclic group. The organic compound can be used as a material for a functional layer of the electronic device, so as to increase the electron mobility of the electron transport material, thereby increasing the luminous efficiency and reducing the driving voltage of the electronic device.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; m light-emitting units stacked between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; and m?1 charge generation layers respectively between two neighboring light-emitting units among the m light-emitting units, wherein m is an integer of 2 or more, at least one of the m light-emitting units includes an n-doped electron transport layer between the emission layer and the second electrode, a charge generation layer on the n-doped electron transport layer includes a p-type charge generation layer in direct contact with the n-doped electron transport layer, the n-doped electron transport layer includes a first electron transport material, a second electron transport material, and a metal, the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material are different from each other.

Abstract: A method for preparing a styrene-acrylate siloxane interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) composite emulsion is provided. The styrene-acrylate siloxane IPN composite emulsion prepared by the method can effectively improve the compatibility of the styrene-acrylate component and the siloxane component, and realize the gradient orientation distribution and ordered microphase separation of various styrene-acrylate molecules and siloxane molecules, thereby improving the synergistic working performance of a styrene-acrylate coating and a siloxane coating, and endowing the composite protective emulsion with excellent rheological properties, waterproof properties, anti-ion penetration properties, anti-carbonization properties, acid and alkali corrosion resistance, and anti-aging properties.

Abstract: Provided are a heterocyclic derivative and an organic electroluminescent device thereof, which relates to the field of organic photoelectric materials. The heterocyclic derivative of Formula I has high electron mobility and great hole blocking performance, and thus the organic electroluminescent device prepared by using the heterocyclic derivative as the electron transport region material, especially the hole blocking material, has low drive voltage and high luminous efficiency. The organic electroluminescent device can also include a hole transport region, and the hole transport region, especially the emissive auxiliary layer, contains the triarylamine compound of Formula II. Since the electron transport region and the hole transport region of the device can effectively balance carriers, which reduces the quenching of excitons and improves the recombination probability of carriers, the device shows low drive voltage and high luminous efficiency.

Abstract: Provided is a condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and a light-emitting device including the same wherein Formula 1 is as described in the detailed description of the present specification. The light-emitting device includes: a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, and a second capping layer located outside the second electrode and having a refractive index of 1.6 or more, wherein the emission layer includes at least one of the condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1.

Abstract: Provided is a compound of Formula 1 capable of improving the light-emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an organic electronic element, a composition comprising the same, an organic electronic element using same, and an electronic device thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a compound for improving the luminous efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an organic electronic element, an organic electronic element employing the compound, and an electronic device thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spraying liquid car cover film composition, a spraying car cover film and a preparation method for the spraying car cover film. The spraying liquid car cover film composition at least includes an isocyanate prepolymer and an imine resin; the isocyanate prepolymer is an aliphatic isocyanate prepolymer and/or an alicyclic isocyanate elastic prepolymer; the imine resin is an aliphatic imine resin and/or an alicyclic imine resin; and the isocyanate prepolymer and/or the imine resin includes an alicyclic structure.

Abstract: Polycationic polymeric antimicrobial surfactant and polymeric biocompatible antimicrobial surfactant compositions are useful in dispersing various compounds in a carrier liquid. The polycationic polymeric antimicrobial surfactant and polymeric biocompatible antimicrobial surfactant compositions employ polymers having both hydrophilic domains and hydrophobic domains so that the compositions can disperse particles such as polymer particles or droplets in a continuous phase as well as provide stable dispersions that have not been provided before. The antimicrobial properties of the compositions provide much-needed capabilities of fighting infectious agents such as bacteria and viruses in a wide spectrum of products such as paint, adhesives, and coatings. Methods of using these compositions as well as methods of making products using the compositions are disclosed.