Abstract: A thermally conductive acrylic adhesive tape, which includes 600-800 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide, and 100 parts by weight of an acrylic copolymer that is based on least one alkyl(meth)acrylate and 1-30 parts by weight of a polar group containing monomer, wherein that thermally conductive acrylic adhesive tape also includes 10-50 parts by weight of a phosphate ester and 10-50 parts by weight of a plasticizer. Further, a method for manufacturing the thermally conductive acrylic adhesive tape is disclosed.

Abstract: A thin film photovoltaic device comprising a relief textured transparent cover plate, a layer of transparent conductive oxide having a layer thickness of less than 700 nm, a light absorbing active layer and a reflective back electrode, where the layer of transparent conductive oxide is a non-textured layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photo-embossing process for the preparation of a polymeric relief structure comprising the steps of: a) coating a substrate with a coating composition comprising one or more radiation-sensitive ingredients and less than 30 wt % polymeric binder material; b) locally treating the coated substrate with electromagnetic radiation having a periodic, non-periodic or random radiation-intensity pattern, forming a latent image, at a temperature below a transition temperature of the coating composition; and c) polymerizing and/or crosslinking the resulting coated substrate, at a temperature above said transition temperature, wherein the transition temperature is a temperature that defines a transition of the coating composition between a state of high viscosity and low viscosity and wherein the coating composition comprises a compound A comprising at least one radiation curable group and a photoinitiator, the coating composition having a transition temperature between 30° C. and 120° C.

Abstract: A thin film photovoltaic device comprising a relief textured transparent cover plate, a layer of transparent conductive oxide having a layer thickness of less than 700 nm, a light absorbing active layer and a reflective back electrode, where the layer of transparent conductive oxide is a non-textured layer.

Abstract: A photovoltaic device having at least one active layer and a cover plate that contains on one side an array of optical structures and that is in optical contact with the light receiving surface of the active layer(s) in order to reduce the reflection losses of the surface. The plate or sheet may also be used in combination with luminescent molecules, which are inside or in contact with the plate, to improve the spectral response of the photovoltaic device. The optical relief structures having a base and a single flat apex that are connected by at least three n-polygonal surfaces where n is equal to 5 or higher.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photo-embossing process for the preparation of a polymeric relief structure comprising the steps of: a) coating a substrate with a coating composition comprising one or more radiation-sensitive ingredients and less than 30 wt % polymeric binder material; b) locally treating the coated substrate with electromagnetic radiation having a periodic, non-periodic or random radiation-intensity pattern, forming a latent image, at a temperature below a transition temperature of the coating composition; and c) polymerizing and/or crosslinking the resulting coated substrate, at a temperature above said transition temperature, wherein the transition temperature is a temperature that defines a transition of the coating composition between a state of high viscosity and low viscosity and wherein the coating composition comprises a compound A comprising at least one radiation curable group and a photoinitiator, the coating composition having a transition temperature between 30° C. and 120° C.

Abstract: This application relates to a greenhouse for enhancing plant growth and a method of enhancing plant growth. A greenhouse is described that comprises transparent sheets having two main surface sides, characterised in that there is on at least one of the two main surface sides an array of geometrical optical elements and a single element of the array comprises a base and at least one other surface.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing conductive tracks is disclosed comprising a coating step, in which an organometallic compound is applied from a solution onto a substrate; and a reducing step, characterized in that the reducing step is carried out by means of an acidic solution containing a reducing agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polymeric relief structure comprising the steps of coating a substrate with a coating composition comprising one or more radiation-sensitive ingredients, locally treating the coated substrate with electromagnetic radiation having a periodic or random radiation-intensity pattern, forming a latent image, and polymerizing and/or crosslinking the resulting coated substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises one or more RAFT agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polymeric relief structure comprising the steps of coating a substrate with a coating composition comprising one or more radiation-sensitive ingredients, locally treating the coated substrate with electromagnetic radiation having a periodic or random radiation-intensity pattern, forming a latent image, and polymerizing and/or crosslinking the resulting coated substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises one or more radical scavengers in an amount sufficient to inhibit/retard substantial polymerization in the non-treated areas of the coated substrate, and low enough to allow polymerization and/or crosslinking in the treated areas in step c, with the proviso that the amount of oxygen present in the coating composition is not equal to the equilibrium amount of oxygen present when the coating composition is in contact with air.