Abstract: This present invention relates to carbon nanotubes as fillers in composites with materials such as elastomers, thermosets and thermoplastics. A further feature of this invention relates to the development of a concentrate of carbon nanotubes with an elastomer wherein the concentrate can be further diluted with an elastomer and other polymers and fillers using conventional melt mixing.

Abstract: Mixing apparatus and methods for the continuous production of monomer emulsions that may be used in the production of polymer dispersions by radical aqueous emulsion polymerization. The mixing apparatus can include a pipe-in-pipe injector (100) and a suitable rotor-stator mixer (102). Liquids are delivered to the rotor-stator mixer via an inner (110) and an outer (108) pipe in such a way as to substantially prevent feed inconsistencies in a feed ratio of the liquids prior to entering a mixing zone of the rotor-stator mixer for emulsion formation.

Abstract: This present invention relates to carbon nanotubes as fillers in composites with materials such as elastomers, thermosets and thermoplastics. A further feature of this invention relates to the development of a concentrate of carbon nanotubes with an elastomer wherein the concentrate can be further diluted with an elastomer and other polymers and fillers using conventional melt mixing.

Abstract: Mixing apparatus and methods for the continuous production of monomer emulsions that may be used in the production of polymer dispersions by radical aqueous emulsion polymerization. The mixing apparatus can include a pipe-in-pipe injector (100) and a suitable rotor-stator mixer (102). Liquids are delivered to the rotor-stator mixer via an inner (110) and an outer (108) pipe in such a way as to substantially prevent feed inconsistencies in a feed ratio of the liquids prior to entering a mixing zone of the rotor-stator mixer for emulsion formation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of polymeric particles, aqueous coating compositions, coating compositions, processes of making polymeric particles hydrophobic coatings, processes for making hydrophobic synthetic latex compositions, processes of forming polymeric particle agglomerates for use in a hydrophobic coating, and process of making hydrophobic polymeric binders. In some embodiments, the polymeric particle includes a polymer having an elastic modulus greater than about 108 Pascal (Pa), measured at 25 degrees Celsius (° C.) and at a deformation frequency of 1 radian per second, where the polymeric particle is hydrophobic, and where the hydrophobicity is achieved by polymerizing a monomer in a mixture comprising water and a fatty acid, or salt thereof, where the monomer contains less than about 3 parts acid monomer per 100 parts dry monomer.

Abstract: A method that includes receiving a function call from an administrator at a computer system is provided. The function call includes an argument. A function identified by the function call is executed in response to receiving the function call. Information is transferred from a location identified by the argument to the computer system in response to the function being executed.

Abstract: A computer system and new method of generating peripheral device configurations in a computer system having multiple types of system resources is disclosed. The method defines a resource priority list for the system resources and configures a device a resource type at a time based on the resource type priority list. The resource priority list is a function of the number of resource items for each system resource and the available resources in the computer system. The method thus serves to minimize the number of testing or checking iterations in configuring a device, whereby significant improving device configuring and conflict resolution in a computer system.

Abstract: A method for configuring devices in a computer system using pattern matching is disclosed. The method constructs the initial configuration pattern by retrieving and storing a working device configuration in the configuration pattern. For each resource item of a supported resource type of a device, the method generates a resource combination matching a configuration pattern, which is updated after each testing iteration, to check in a deterministic order for a configuration conflict until a non-conflicting resource is found. If a conflicting resource is found, the method has the option of moving the conflicting resource to a non-conflicting resource. The process recursively repeats itself for each supported resource type of a device to produce a device configuration matching the configuration pattern. Each next potential device configuration is deterministically generated using a configuration index and the configuration pattern.

Abstract: The present invention resolves conflicts in the computer system with one or more devices and one or more system resources and where each of the devices has an existing configuration and one or more acceptable configurations. The devices are represented as one or more objects corresponding to each of the devices. Each object has a move procedure and a fit procedure. The move procedure requests objects representative of other devices to move from their existing configurations, while the fit procedure attempts to fit an acceptable configuration of the object into the system resources. The objects are linked together using a tree structure. When a new or unconfigured device is to be added to the system, the apparatus provides a new or unconfigured object representative of the new or unconfigured device.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method resolve conflicts arising from the addition of a new or unconfigured device to a computer system having one or more system resources. The computer system has one or more existing devices, wherein each of existing devices has an existing configuration. Additionally, each of existing or new/unconfigured devices has one or more acceptable configurations. The apparatus resolves conflict by attempting to fit the new/unconfigured device into the system resources and if a non-conflicting configuration is available from the acceptable configurations for the new/unconfigured device, setting the configuration of the new/unconfigured device to the non-conflicting configuration. However, in the event that a non-conflicting configuration cannot be located, the apparatus requests one of the existing devices to select another configuration from its acceptable configurations until a non-conflicting configuration is available for the first device.