Abstract: The invention relates to a porous structure comprising a ceramic material comprising mainly or consisting of an oxide material of the pseudobrookite type comprising titanium, aluminum, magnesium and zirconium in proportions such that the phase of the pseudobrookite type substantially satisfies the formula: (Al2TiO5)x(MgTi2O5)y(MgTiZrO5)z. This material satisfies the following composition, in mol % on the basis of just the oxides Al2O3, TiO2, MgO and ZrO2: 90<2a+3m<110; 100+a<3t<210?a; and a+t+m+zr=100, in which: a is the molar content of Al2O3; t is the molar content of TiO2; m is the molar content of MgO; and zr is the molar content of ZrO2.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a catalyst support made of a porous inorganic material, for the treatment of exhaust gases, having a honeycomb structure, one of the faces of the structure serving for the intake of the exhaust gases to be treated and the other face serving for the discharge of the treated exhaust gases, which structure comprises, between these intake and discharge faces, an array of adjacent ducts or channels of mutually parallel axes separated by porous walls, said support being coated on at least part of its internal surface with at least one vinylpyrrolidone polymer or copolymer.

Abstract: A device for reducing pollution of an internal combustion engine, including a collection of monolithic elements of honeycomb type connected by a jointing compound, each element incorporating a set of adjacent cells of mutually parallel axes separated by porous walls, which cells are plugged by plugs at one or other of their ends to delimit inlet chambers opening onto a gas intake face and outlet chambers opening onto a gas discharge face such that gas that is to be filtered passes through the porous walls, the collection being inserted in a metal casing by a compacted fibrous mat. A jointing compound has a three-point flexural modulus of rupture of between 0.5 and 6 MPa, the jointing compound has a dynamic Young's modulus less than or equal to 17 GPa, the mat has a mean density in the compacted state of between 0.30 and 0.54, and the mean thickness of the mat in the compacted state is between 2 and 8 mm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a porous structure comprising a ceramic material comprising mainly or consisting of an oxide material of the pseudobrookite type comprising titanium, aluminum, magnesium and zirconium in proportions such that the phase of the pseudobrookite type substantially satisfies the formula: (Al2TiO5)x(MgTi2O5)y(MgTiZrO5)z said material satisfying the following composition, in mol % on the basis of just the oxides Al2O3, TiO2, MgO and ZrO2: 90<2a+3m<110; 100+a<3t<210?a; and a+t+m+zr=100, in which: a is the molar content of Al2O3; t is the molar content of TiO2; m is the molar content of MgO; and zr is the molar content of ZrO2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal material sandwiched between two confinement plates (1, 2), the device being characterized by the fact that at least one of the plates (2) is provided with treatment which defines degenerate or nearly degenerate azimuth anchoring without azimuth orientation memory.