Abstract: A method for making patterns on the surface of a substrate by graphoepitaxy, includes depositing a layer of resin on the surface of the substrate; making patterns in the resin on the surface of a substrate; curing the patterns in the resin by producing a layer of amorphous carbon on the surface of the patterns in the resin; depositing a layer of statistical copolymer after curing the patterns in the resin; grafting the layer of statistical copolymer onto the patterns in the resin by annealing; and depositing a layer of a block copolymer into the spaces defined by the patterns in the resin after curing the patterns and the grafting of the layer of statistical copolymer.

Abstract: A label manufacturing method including: applying an adhesive to a base sheet to form an adhesive layer; applying an acrylate-based bonding adhesive to part of the adhesive layer to cure the adhesive layer so as to form a cured portion; and cutting the cured portion to define labels. A label having an adhesive layer 12 is laminated on a base sheet 13. A part of the adhesive layer 12 is cured to form a cured portion 14, wherein the cured portion 14 is cured by an acrylate-based bonding adhesive for enabling cutting labels off the laminated base sheet.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to fabricate a building structure by mixing a texture aggregate filler mixed with a phase change material (PCM), said filler including one of: perlite, glass microballoons, glass bubbles, phenolic microballoons, and microspheres; and placing the PCM with the filler on a surface exposed to a conditioned air flow to increase thermal contact between the PCM and the conditioned air flow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing decorative paper which is coated with at least one ink-fixing layer, which is printable and which can be impregnated with a thermosetting resin, in order to produce a high- or low-pressure decorative laminate. The inventive method comprises the following steps consisting in: (a) producing a base sheet of decorative paper using paper-making means; and (b) coating at least one of the faces of the base paper sheet with said at least one ink-fixing layer, by means of curtain coating. The invention also relates to high- or low-pressure decorative laminates comprising such decorative paper.

Abstract: A method for applying a cold seal adhesive is disclosed. The method includes the steps of delivering a cold seal adhesive to a nip between a rotating metering roller and an adjacent rotating transfer roller having a transfer surface, transferring a quantity of adhesive to the transfer surface, rotating the transfer roller whereby the transfer surface contacts a printing die mounted to a rotating die roller disposed adjacent to the transfer roller, rotating the die roller whereby the printing die contacts the at least one adhesive region on the interior surface of the housing and transfers at least a second portion of the quantity of adhesive from the printing die to the at least one adhesive region forming a film as the housing advances between the die roller and the impression roller, the film having a thickness between 0.0015-0.007 inches, and drying the adhesive on the housing.

Abstract: There is provided a preparation method for a porous pressure sensitive adhesive article, a porous pressure sensitive adhesive article, and an abrasive pad. According to an example of the present application, as a porous pressure sensitive adhesive article including a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on a porous article, an article having excellent resistance to an external shear strength and to peeling can be provided. Further, according to the above method, the porous article can be attached firmly to a large-area adherent. In an example, the porous article may be an abrasive pad.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of at least one layer of a powder bed provided on a work table in an additive manufacturing machine, which parts corresponds to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional article. The method comprises the steps of: applying a layer of predetermined thickness of powder particles on the work table, applying a coating on at least a portion of the powder particles, which coating is at least partially covering the powder particles, and fusing the powder particles on the work table with an electron beam.

Abstract: Electrochemical fabrication processes and apparatus for producing single layer or multi-layer structures where each layer includes the deposition of at least two materials and wherein the formation of at least some layers includes operations for reducing stress and/or curvature distortion when the structure is released from a sacrificial material which surrounded it during formation and possibly when released from a substrate on which it was formed. Six primary groups of embodiments are presented which are divide into eleven primary embodiments. Some embodiments attempt to remove stress to minimize distortion while others attempt to balance stress to minimize distortion.

Abstract: A patterned graphene or graphitic body is produced by providing a three-dimensionally patterned carbonaceous body; coating the body with a catalytic metal whereby is formed a coating having an inner surface proximal the body and an outer surface distal the body; and annealing the coated body under time and temperature conditions effective to form a graphene or graphitic layer on the outer surface of the catalytic metal coating.

Abstract: A method of transferring objects onto a substrate, or a moving substrate, the objects to be transferred being placed in a transfer area including an inlet and an outlet spaced apart from one another by two lateral edges opposite one another, and holding a carrier liquid forming a conveyor, the objects being held by a compact film of particles floating on the carrier liquid of the transfer area, in which the objects are moved with the particle film to be transferred onto the substrate when they reach the outlet.

Abstract: An activator means for use in activating or re-activating adhesive and sealant compositions that have been pre-applied to a bonding surface prior to mating said bonding surface said means having a plurality of features for directly acting upon the pre-applied composition.

Abstract: A hybrid patterning apparatus and system for producing thin films on demand from customized patterns is disclosed. The apparatus includes a slot die body integrated with inkjet actuators. The hybrid patterning apparatus may be used in a method of preparing patterned thin film materials.

Abstract: A dispensing pump, and more particularly, a valve impact type dispensing pump that may be used in a process of manufacturing an electronic product and may dispense an accurate amount of a liquid, such as a liquid synthetic resin, at high speed. The valve impact type dispensing pump can descend a valve rod at high speed and thus can dispense a liquid with high viscosity at high speed. The valve impact type dispensing pump can dispense an accurate amount of a liquid at high speed. Also, the valve impact type dispensing pump can dispense a liquid having high viscosity at high speed due to a fast descending speed of a valve rod.

Abstract: A method for coating a component, in particular a component of a gas turbine or of an aircraft engine, is disclosed. The coating is applied to the component by kinetic cold gas spraying, where prior to the deposition of the coating, the surface of the component to be coated is cleaned and compacted by shot peening with a blasting media. A component produced in this manner is also disclosed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of forming a pattern includes applying a polymer material having a first segment and a second segment in openings formed in a guide, heating the polymer material to achieve microphase separation of the polymer material to form a self-assembled pattern which includes a first polymer portion having a cylindrical shape which includes the first segment, and a second polymer portion including the second segment and surrounding a lateral portion of the first polymer portion, and selectively removing the first polymer portion. A molecular weight ratio of the first segment to the second segment in the polymer material is approximately 4:6.

Abstract: The problems in accordance with the present invention are: to provide a DLC film, wherein a protective film having a segmented shape is easily formed, quality control of the protective film is improved, segmented shapes with a high degree of freedom (that are complicated) are possible, and the application of the DLC film is possible not only to two-dimensional shapes but also to three-dimensional shapes; and to provide a method for forming the DLC film. As solutions to the problems, there are provided a protective film and a method for producing the protective film, characterized by, when forming on a substrate the protective film having a segmented shape formed by depositing a film so that the film is formed divided into segments, masking the substrate using a drawing material so that segments having predetermined shapes are obtained, thereafter depositing the protective film, and then removing the masked part to form a spacing between segments.

Abstract: A wet coating method is described, which includes the following steps. A film coating is applied to at least one surface of a substrate using a wet process. A plasma-assisted filling treatment is performed on the film coating to crystallize the film coating into a film. The plasma-assisted filling treatment includes using a filling coating.

Abstract: A process for the production of an OEM base coat/clear top coat multi-layer coating wherein a waterborne base coat composition is spray-applied by electrostatically-assisted high speed rotary atomization is provided. The waterborne base coat composition comprises binder solids comprising about 20 to about 100 wt. % of an aqueously dispersed polyurethane urea resin with a carboxyl number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: Process for producing a syntactically foamed polymer composition, comprising a) introducing expandable microspheres into a matrix material and mixing in a mixing machine, b) expanding the microspheres, c) the temperature distribution in the mixing machine being inhomogeneous in a plane perpendicular to the transport direction of the machine, d) maintaining the temperature of a first surface bounding the mixing space of the mixing machine, in a plane perpendicular to the transport direction of the mixing machine, at a temperature sufficient for the polymer composition containing the microspheres coming into contact with such first bounding surface to reach a temperature sufficient for commencement and continuation of expansion, e) maintaining a second surface bonding the mixing space in the same plane at a temperature sufficiently low for the polymer composition containing the microspheres coming into contact with it, not to reach a temperature sufficient for commencement and continuation of expansion.

Abstract: A method for removing an organic ligand from a surface of a particle including: obtaining a particle having an organic ligand disposed on a surface thereof; contacting the particle with an alkylammonium salt represented by Chemical Formula 1: NR?4+A???Chemical Formula 1 wherein groups R? are the same or different and are each independently hydrogen or a C1 to C20 alkyl group, provided that at least one group R? is an alkyl group, and A is a hydroxide anion, a halide anion, a borohydride anion, a nitrate anion, a phosphate anion, or a sulfate anion; and heat-treating the particle to carry out a reaction between the alkylammonium salt and the organic ligand.