Abstract: The present invention targets a pipe for fluid and/or solid particle circulation, flexible and of circular section, comprising a hollow tubular flexible sheath, and a rigid rod, said flexible sheath forming a cylindrical portion being made from a soft polymer material comprising a foam, said rigid rod being characterized by a diameter equal to at least 70% of the thickness of the soft polymer material of the flexible sheath and being wound in a spiral at least partially integrated into the flexible sheath to form a spiral extending along the pipe.

Abstract: A metallic nanoparticle dispersion includes a dispersion medium characterized in that the dispersion medium includes a solvent according to Formula I, wherein R1 and R2 represent an optionally substituted alkyl group, and R1 and R2 may form a ring. When using a solvent according to Formula I as a dispersion medium, no polymeric dispersants are necessary to obtain stable metallic nanoparticle dispersions.

Abstract: A white inkjet ink includes a liquid ink vehicle, a first inorganic pigment with a refractive index greater than 1.60 having an average particle size A larger than 200 nm, and a second inorganic pigment having an average particle size B between 40 nm and 90 nm; wherein the number of particles per mm3 NAB complies with the relation: NAB=?{square root over (NA×NB)}?7,500 particles/mm3 with NA representing the number of particles per mm3 having a particle size in the range of A?20 nm to A+20 nm, NB representing the number of particles per mm3 having a particle size in the range of B?20 nm to B+20 nm, the average particle size A is measured by transmission electron microscopy at a 13,500× magnification, and the average particle size B is measured by transmission electron microscopy at a 58,000× magnification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispersion comprising metallic, metal oxide or metal precursor nanoparticles and a polymeric dispersant, the dispersant comprising an anchor group with affinity for the metallic, metal oxide or metal precursor nanoparticles that is chemically bonded to a polymeric backbone characterized in that the dispersant has a 95 wt. % decomposition at a temperature below 300° C. as measured by Thermal Gravimetric Analysis. It further relates to metallic fluids or inks prepared from the dispersion and to the preparation of the dispersion and the metallic fluid or inks.

Abstract: A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer a heat and/or light-sensitive coating including an infrared absorbing agent, a compound including a blocked isocyanate group and an alkali soluble resin comprising a monomeric unit including a Lewis base moiety.