Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to wearable dermatological systems with battery-free sensors, and kits which include those wearable systems. A kit may include a wearable system comprising a wireless, battery-free radiation sensor configured to detect radiation at one or more radiation wavelengths, and a reader coupled to the radiation sensor and configured to collect information related to at least one characteristic feature of the detected radiation. The kit may also include a product comprising at least one active ingredient. The wearable system may be configured for use by users known to suffer from a number of dermatological conditions, and may further comprise a controller configured to report to a user, which may include suggesting that the user perform a function when the amount of detected radiation exceeds a predetermined limit.

Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to wearable dermatological systems with battery-free sensors. A wearable system may comprise a wireless, battery-free sensor configured to detect one or more characteristic features of a wearer's skin and communicate information relating to the one or more characteristic features of the wearer's skin to a reader. The reader may be coupled to the wireless, battery-free sensor. The reader may also be configured to collect the information related to the detected one or more characteristic features of the wearer's skin. The wearable system may be configured to measure the hydration level of a user's skin. A kit may also comprise the wearable system and one or more products.

Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to wearable systems with battery-free sensors. A wearable system may comprise a wireless, battery-free radiation sensor configured to detect radiation at one or more radiation wavelengths, and a reader configured to collect information related to at least one characteristic feature of the detected radiation. The wearable system may also include a transponder, transmitter, or transducer coupled to the radiation sensor and configured to reflect information relating to at least one characteristic feature of the detected radiation to a device. The wearable system may be implemented in an interior portion of a wearable article and configured to monitor an amount of radiation that is passed through the wearable article, or it may be implemented in an exterior portion of a wearable article and configured to monitor an amount of radiation to which the wearable article is exposed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymeric treatment for a textile component. An exemplary method of treating a textile element for incorporation into at least a portion of an upper of an article of footwear includes applying a thermoplastic polymer to a textile element having at least one first region and at least one second region, selectively activating the thermoplastic polymer in the at least one first region to modify at least one structural property of the at least one first region, and leaving the thermoplastic polymer in the at least one second region of the textile element unactivated, wherein the at least one modified structural property of the at least one first region differs from at least one structural property of the at least one second region.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to anti-reflective coatings comprising ordered layers of nanowires, methods to prepare the coatings, and products prepared by the methods.

Abstract: A composition includes a substrate (a) including a surface and (b) a multi-layer coating of nanowires positioned on at least a portion of the surface. The coating includes three or more laminar layers of nanowires and a bottom layer of nanowires affixed to the surface and a top-most layer of nanowires. A nanowire within a laminar layer is oriented substantially parallel to another nanowire within the same laminar layer. Nanowires within adjacent laminar layers are not substantially parallel to one another. The top-most layer of nanowires has a refractive index of about 5% to about 70% of the refractive index of the bottom layer of nanowires, and the refractive index of the three or more laminar layers of nanowires is decreases by about 10% or more per laminar layer from the bottom layer of nanowires to the top-most layer of nanowires.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to smudge-resistant coatings, methods to prepare the coatings, and products prepared by the methods.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to articles comprising smudge-resistant anti-reflective surfaces, and products and devices comprising the articles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to stencils for high-throughput, high-resolution etching of substrates and processes of making and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to passive thermal monitoring devices, and methods of making and using the passive thermal monitoring devices.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to battery separators comprising layers of non-woven, melt-blown polyolefin fibers, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to functional nanofibers, methods of making the functional nanofibers, and products such as filters and membranes comprising mats of the functional nanofibers.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of sequestering carbon dioxide using metal oxide compositions, methods of making the metal oxide compositions, and articles comprising the metal oxide compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to heterogeneous stamp and stencil compositions, methods for patterning substrates using contact printing processes employing the heterogeneous stamps and stencils, and products formed by the contact printing processes.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for patterning substrates using contact printing to form patterns comprising a polymer, using the patterns formed therefrom as resists, and process products formed by the process.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to anti-reflective coatings comprising ordered layers of nanowires, methods to prepare the coatings, and products prepared by the methods.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions containing a food product capable of developing a volatile, malodorous sulfur-containing and/or nitrogen-containing compound after packaging, and a pristine metal in an amount sufficient to minimize the sensory effects of the volatile, malodorous compounds at a time of use.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to molecular resist compositions comprising an organic amine, methods of forming features on substrates using the molecular resists compositions and process products prepared therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for patterning substrates using elastomeric stencils having removable backings and methods of preparing the stencils.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to smudge-resistant coatings, methods to prepare the coatings, and products prepared by the methods.