Abstract: An encapsulation is provided on a flexible printed circuit board, comprising a top and a bottom electrically insulating base film, a top electrically conductive metal layer over the top electrically insulating base film, and a bottom electrically conductive metal layer under the bottom electrically insulating base film. A printable lithium ion battery is fabricated in a cavity completely through the top and bottom base films wherein a top of the battery contacts the top electrically conductive metal layer and wherein a bottom of the battery contacts the bottom electrically conductive metal layer. An adhesive film is fabricated around the battery to seals it to the top and bottom electrically insulating base film and to seals the top electrically conductive metal layer to the bottom electrically conductive metal layer.

Abstract: A solventless method of making a dry electrode for an electrochemical cell is provided. A solventless electrode material mixture includes 85-99% electrode active material and from 0-10% conductive carbon additive. A polymer binder system is present from 1-15%. The polymer binder system includes one or more polymer binders. The electrode material mixture is mixed at a temperature greater than a softening point or a melting point of at least one polymer binder of the polymer binder system. The electrode material mixture is kneaded into an electrode material dough. The electrode material dough is formed into an electrode material sheet. At least a portion of the electrode material sheet is affixed to a metal current collector to form an electrode.

Abstract: A sports bra exhibits increased resistance in response to increased force. The sports bra includes a front curved region for accommodating a wearer's breasts, the front curved region including a shear-thickening foam. The shear-thickening foam is relatively flexible up to a first force and is relatively rigid above the first force to retain the wearer's breasts within the front curved region during vigorous physical activity. A back panel connecting to the front curved region such that the force is at least partially transferred to an upper back or shoulder region of the wearer. A body protecting element protects a body part from an external impact, the body part selected from head, knee, shin, elbow, foot, leg, torso, arm, wrist or hand. The body protecting element includes a housing conforming to the shape of the selected body part. A shear-thickening foam is included in the housing.

Abstract: A foldable ultrathin glass article includes an ultrathin chemically-tempered foldable glass substrate having a thickness of approximately 100 microns or less and a compressive surface stress of at least 100 MPa. A single-layer hard coating is bonded to the first and/or second surface of the ultrathin tempered glass foldable substrate without an adhesive layer. The hard coating includes at least one silsesquioxane having a silicon-oxygen core framework directly bonded to the ultrathin tempered glass foldable substrate. The impact resistance defined by a maximum pen drop height without glass failure is at least four times greater than the ultrathin tempered glass foldable substrate without the hard coating. The hard coating has a surface hardness of at least 7H surface hardness and has a hydrophobic surface with a water contact angle of at least 100°. The coating has a transparency of at least 98 percent compared to uncoated substrates.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally-decomposable consolidated polymer particle encapsulated-electrode for a lithium-ion battery. The electrode includes polymer particles including at least one connection unit and at least one crosslinker in an amount of approximately 40% to 98% by weight and at least one binder material in an amount of approximately from 2% to 60% by weight. The consolidated crosslinked polymer particle coating results in a porous structure encapsulating the electrode. The pressure resistance of the consolidated crosslinked polymer particle coating ranges approximately from 0.5 to 8 MPa and the consolidated crosslinked polymer particle coating is decomposed to release a non-flammable gas and phosphorous-containing molecules so as to prevent thermal runaway at a temperature approximately from 300° C. to 500° C.

Abstract: Abstract: A secondary electrochemical device, includes a high-voltage positive electrode, a negative electrode such as a lithium metal electrode, and an optional separator. A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte includes at least one metal-organic polyhedral (MOP) additive in an amount at least 0.1 weight percent. Typically, an upper limit of the additive is approximately 4 weight percent. The MOP additive has a discrete porous nanocage structure including plural metal clusters with organic ligands forming an accessible cavity with open metal sites and organic functionalities configured to trap water, anions, and transition metal species from the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte. The MOP is further configured to facilitate lithium-ion transport, scavenge free radicals, and stabilize electrode-electrolyte interphases.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that provide a framework for accelerating the development of large language models (LLM)s solutions. The present disclosure provides methods and systems that support a complete cycle for developing LLM solutions, testing the LLM solutions, deploying the LLM solutions, and providing feedback on the deployed LLM solutions.

Abstract: A quasi-solid-state battery formed from non-gas evolving in-situ curing of a quasi-solid-state electrolyte that includes a high swelling polymer made from a monomer with good compatibility with liquid electrolytes, and has a good reactivity for facile non-gas evolving in-situ polymerization. The monomer can be based on acrylate polymerization chemistry or an allyl group polymerization chemistry. Non-gas evolving initiators are used for non-gas evolving in-situ polymerization of acrylate or allyl monomer-based QSE. The resulting QSE additionally has high ionic conductivity, allowing for a high battery output, and a wide electrochemical window (stable for lithium metal anode and high-voltage cathodes). The resulting quasi solid electrolyte battery is not only easy to fabricate using conventional battery manufacturing practices, the non-gas evolving in-situ polymerization causes the QSE to be uniformly distributed within the battery, ensuring high-quality, safe battery performance and longevity.

Abstract: The present invention provides an energy absorbing foam material includes at least one shape memory polymer foam having a non-impact resistant configuration in a first force-application time, an impact resistant configuration in a second force-application time at a working temperature, a first glass transition temperature equal to or lower than a working temperature in the first force-application time, and a second glass transition temperature higher than a working temperature in the second force-application time. A second elastic modulus of the shape memory polymer foam in the second force-application time is at least 10 times than a first elastic modulus of the shape memory polymer form in the first force-application time at the working temperature.

Abstract: A self-assembled freestanding graphene membrane or graphene layer is formed from industrial graphene having a particle size from approximately 1 to 10 microns and cellulose nanofibers having a nanofiber size from approximately 1 to 9 microns. The self-assembled freestanding graphene membrane or graphene layer has a graphene to cellulose nanofiber mass ratio of approximately 12:1 to 20:1, an electrical conductivity of between approximately 5.8 and 7.2 S/cm, and a thermal conductivity of between 2000 and 3000 W m?1 K?1. The freestanding graphene membrane or graphene layer is formed from an aqueous dispersion of graphene and cellulose nanofibers in a mass ratio of graphene to cellulose nanofibers of 20:1 to 10:1 deposited on a substrate followed by self-assembly and drying. A dopant of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, nickel, gold, silver, zinc, copper, magnesium, and boron may be precisely incorporated into the graphene membrane or layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to multi-component shape memory threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes, which includes at least two shape-memory polymeric (SMP-N) components. Each of the at least two SMP-N components is of at least 1% of the total weight, and N is a positive integer starting from 1, and the SMP-N components have a selectively engineered shape recovery temperature (Tr) between approximately 0° C. to 130° C. Also, when TrN and TrN+1 are higher than room temperature, the threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes are configured to assume a substantially helical configuration upon heating to above TrN and lower than TrN+1 by a stimulus when an elongation of the threads, fibers, tubes, or tapes is approximately 30% to approximately 300%, and having a coil diameter from 0.5 to 10 mm and a number of the turns per cm from 5 to 30.

Abstract: A lithium-based battery including an electrolyte having at least two lithium salts selected from LiPF6, LiTFSI, LiFSI or LiBF4, along with a further lithium salt additive. Through the selection of particular lithium salt combinations, a high lithium ion concentration in the electrolyte is maintained. The battery includes a cathode, an anode, and a porous polymer separator. The lithium-based battery has reliable capacity retention at high discharge rates, such as 10C to 15C.

Abstract: Provided herein is a reactive pillow comprising: a pressure sensor mat (11) including a first electrode fabric layer (20) having a plurality of first conductive portions (13) and a plurality of first non-conductive portions; a second electrode fabric layer (21) having a plurality of second conductive portions (14) and a plurality of second non-conductive portions; and a piezoresistive fabric layer (24) having a sheet resistance of at least 50K ohm/square; an actuator (40) comprising a plurality of first airbags (41, 42, 43) and a second airbag (44), each of the airbags (41, 42, 43, 44) having an inflated configuration corresponding to an increase in the volume of the airbags (41, 42, 43, 44) and a deflated configuration corresponding to a decrease in the volume of the airbags (41, 42, 43, 44); a controller communicating with the pressure sensor mat (11) and the actuator (40) communicating with the controller to actuate the controller to convert the airbags (41, 42, 43, 44) between the inflated configuration a

Abstract: An amorphous composite solid electrolyte is provided that includes one or more three-dimensional branched macromolecules with a core portion and at least three arm portions connected to the core portion. Each arm portion includes a random copolymer or a block polymer comprising a first monomer and a second monomer with a molar ratio of the first monomer to the second monomer in the range from greater than 0 to less than or equal to 1. An ion conductive electrolytic solution including at least one lithium salt solution in an amount of approximately 1 mol/l to 10 mol/l is entrained within the branched macromolecule, with a weight ratio of the branched macromolecule to the ion conducive electrolytic solution equal to or lower than 1:9, such that the branched macromolecule has a swelling degree of at least 5:1 (liquid:polymer in weight) of the ion conductive electrolytic solution.

Abstract: A solar-powered position tracker includes a load including one or more of a GPS module, a GPS antenna, a GSM module, or a GSM antenna. The load is powered by a rechargeable battery, which may be charged by one or more of a non-rechargeable primary battery and a solar cell. The solar-powered position tracker includes a battery management system for powering the position tracker by controlling the solar cell, rechargeable battery and the non-rechargeable primary battery. The two-stage battery management system charges the rechargeable battery in two stages and includes a solar management and protection circuit interconnecting the solar cell, and the rechargeable battery. The battery management system is configured to execute a charging process for recharging the rechargeable battery from solar cell and protect the rechargeable battery under a high pulse current discharge process to meet a high current or high pulse current discharge demand by the load.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with an in situ thermally-curable electrolyte. The thermally-curable electrolyte is cured from the thermally-curable electrolyte precursor solution including a first crosslinking agent, a second crosslinking agent, an initiator, an electrolyte solvent, an electrolyte salt, one or more electrolyte additives, and one or more monomers or a monomer polymerization product. The viscosity of the thermally-curable electrolyte precursor solution is below 200 cps such that the thermally-curable electrolyte precursor solution is infiltrated within the separator and the pores inside the cathode and anode layers then cured to form porous separator and porous electrodes fully permeated with a solid electrolyte.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor, which includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer disposed on the conductive substrate and capable of conforming to the contour of the conductive substrate, a photoconductor charge generation layer disposed on the undercoat layer and capable of conforming to the contour of the undercoat layer, and a charge transport layer disposed on the photoconductor charge generation layer. The charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, a binder resin, a fluorine-containing resin, and a plurality of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) particles evenly dispersed in the binder resin, and the POSS particles are interconnected with at least one fluorine group and at least two non-fluoridated groups. By adding approximately 1% of the POSS particles and lubricant nanoparticles, a life-time improvement of at least 20% is achieved for an OPC drum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thoroughly modified, functionalized polymeric hard coating material represented by one of the following formulae for a bendable, transparent and photo/thermal curable coating film: [R1RaSiO3/2]??Formula (1); [R1R2RaSiO3/2]??Formula (2). This invention further relates to the synthetic method and application of the thoroughly modified, functionalized polymeric hard coating material. The thoroughly modified, functionalized polymeric hard coating material-containing composition for a coating exhibits higher surface hardness of at least 6H on flexible substrates, higher surface hardness of at least 9H on rigid substrates, and a certain degree of flexibility, with potential properties such as a light transparency of at least 85% and/or an antimicrobial effectiveness of at least 99%, and/or anti-scratch ability.

Abstract: A pressure distribution mapping system includes a flexible M×N textile-based pressure sensor array. with first and second electrode textile layers and a piezoresistive fabric layer with a sheet resistance of at least 60 k-ohm/square positioned between the first and second electrode textile layers. Individual pressure sensors are formed by an intersection between a row electrically-conductive path and a column electrically-conductive path along with the portion of the piezoresistive layer positioned at the intersection. A measurement system measures the resistance of each pressure sensor of the pressure sensor array. The measurement system includes a reading module with first op-amps connected to each row and second op-amps connected to each column.

Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes a fluid-retaining container having space for accommodating an electronic device. A heat transfer fluid is in contact with the electronic device. A heat exchanger contacts and condenses vapor from vaporization of the heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid has a thermal conductivity higher than 0.08 W m?1K?1, a dielectric constant (Dk) 20-40 GHz less than 3.0, and a heat of vaporization higher than 150 kJ kg?1, with fire retarding features, compatibility with plastics, metals, rubbers and includes a partially fluorinated compound. The improved immersion cooling system includes fluids with increased thermal conductivity and heat of vaporization while reducing fluid density and maintaining the advantages of the fluid being non-flammable, having high electrical stability and a low dielectric constant.