Abstract: An electrical connector configured to be mated with a mating connector along a mating direction includes a plurality of contact elements each having a contact surface at least partially inclined with respect to the mating direction. The contact elements are spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction with respect to the mating direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filled composition comprising a substrate, functional filler, and an inorganic additive including a precipitated calcium carbonate for reducing the odour of the filled composition, and related uses, methods and articles of manufacture; the precipitated calcium carbonate having a specific surface area greater than about 18 m2/g, an inter-particle pore volume of at least about 0.05 cm3/g, an intra-particle pore volume of less than about 0.1 cm3/g, and a Dp of less than or equal to about 100 nm.

Abstract: A method for the powder metallurgical production of a component may include providing a mould, filling a first metallurgical powder into the mould such that an outer contact surface of the first metallurgical powder in the mould forms an angle of 55° to 65° with an axis of a future green product, and filling a second metallurgical powder that is distinct from the first metallurgical powder into the mould such that the second metallurgical powder adjoins the outer contact surface of the first metallurgical powder. The method may also include producing the green product out of the first metallurgical powder and the second metallurgical powder, and sintering the green product to produce the component.

Abstract: A method to process a laboratory carrier in a laboratory system based on a feature of a test liquid in the laboratory carrier is presented. The laboratory system comprises the laboratory carrier comprising the test liquid, a terahertz wave source, a terahertz detector, a laboratory carrier processing device, and a control unit. Using terahertz technology and data analysis, the feature of the test liquid in the laboratory carrier can be determined. In addition, the control unit controls the laboratory carrier processing device based on the determined feature of the test liquid.

Abstract: An electrical connector configured to be mated with a mating connector along a mating direction includes a plurality of contact elements each having a contact surface at least partially inclined with respect to the mating direction. The contact elements are spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction with respect to the mating direction.

Abstract: A method can be used for the production of a coated substrate. The coating contains copper. A copper precursor and a substrate are provided. The copper precursor is a copper(I) complex which contains no fluorine. A copper-containing layer is deposited by means of atomic layer deposition (ALD) at least on partial regions of the substrate surface by using the precursor. Optionally, a reduction step is performed in which a reducing agent acts on the substrate obtained in the layer deposition step. In various embodiments, the precursor is a complex of the formula L2Cu(X?X) in which L are identical or different ?-donor-? acceptor ligands and/or identical or different ?,?-donor-? acceptor ligands and X?X is a bidentate ligand which is selected from the group consisting of ?-diketonates, ?-ketoiminates, ?-diiminates, amidinates, carboxylates and thiocarboxylates.

Abstract: A method can be used for the production of a coated substrate. The coating contains copper. A copper precursor and a substrate are provided. The copper precursor is a copper(I) complex which contains no fluorine. A copper-containing layer is deposited by means of atomic layer deposition (ALD) at least on partial regions of the substrate surface by using the precursor. Optionally, a reduction step is performed in which a reducing agent acts on the substrate obtained in the layer deposition step. In various embodiments, the precursor is a complex of the formula L2Cu(X?X) in which L are identical or different ?-donor-? acceptor ligands and/or identical or different ?,?-donor-? acceptor ligands and X?X is a bidentate ligand which is selected from the group consisting of ?-diketonates, ?-ketoiminates, ?-diiminates, amidinates, carboxylates and thiocarboxylates.