Abstract: A method for making a conductive polymer composite for detecting a gas includes forming a porous conductive layer of a conductive powder on a substrate, applying a polymer solution containing a solvent and a gas responsive polymer material dissolved in the solvent to the porous conductive layer such that a portion of the polymer solution penetrates into the porous conductive layer and the remainder of the polymer solution forms a thin film covering a top of the porous conductive layer, the gas responsive polymer material being capable of adsorbing and desorbing the gas, and removing the solvent from the polymer solution so as to form a polymer matrix covering the porous conductive layer.

Abstract: A method for making a conductive polymer composite for detecting a gas includes forming a porous conductive layer of a conductive powder on a substrate, applying a polymer solution containing a solvent and a gas responsive polymer material dissolved in the solvent to the porous conductive layer such that a portion of the polymer solution penetrates into the porous conductive layer and the remainder of the polymer solution forms a thin film covering a top of the porous conductive layer, the gas responsive polymer material being capable of adsorbing and desorbing the gas, and removing the solvent from the polymer solution so as to form a polymer matrix covering the porous conductive layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing graphene is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: putting graphite material and an organic solvent, a surfactant, or a combination thereof in a reaction tank and introducing a supercritical fluid in the reaction tank to allow the organic solvent, the surfactant, or the combination thereof to dissolve in the supercritical fluid and to permeate into the graphite material; and removing the supercritical fluid by depressurization to form graphene. The method of the present invention has simple steps and reduced consumption of manufacturing time, and also can promote the quality of the resultant graphene in large-scale manufacturing.

Abstract: A method for forming a metal pattern on a substrate via printing and electroless plating is disclosed, which includes printing a pattern on the substrate with an ink composition, drying the printed pattern, and contacting the dried pattern with an electroless plating solution. The ink composition either contains components (i), (ii) and (iii), components (i) and (iv), or components (i) and (v), which are dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, wherein (i) is a binder; (ii) is a sulfate terminated polymer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer; (iii) is a catalytic metal precursor; (iv) is a polymer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer deposited with particles of catalytic metal; and (v) is a copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a hydrophilic monomer deposited with particles of catalytic metal. The binder (i) is a water swellable resin. The catalytic metal may be Au, Ag, Pd, Pt or Ru.

Abstract: A copolymer deposited with particles of catalytic metal is disclosed in the present invention, which is formed from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a hydrophilic monomer, and the catalytic metal is Au, Ag, Pd, Pt or Ru. The copolymer is hydrophilic when the temperature is lower than a specific temperature, and will become hydrophobic when the temperature is greater than the specific temperature. The present invention also discloses a method for forming a metal layer on a substrate via electroless plating, which includes contacting the substrate with an ink composition, drying the ink composition on the substrate, and contacting the dried ink composition with an electroless plating solution, wherein the ink composition contains the copolymer of the present invention in an aqueous phase. The present invention further discloses a method for forming metal conductors in through holes of a substrate.

Abstract: The invention discloses a manufacturing method of a noble metal plating layer comprising the following steps: preparing a base material which is an alloy including a nickel base and at least one element with high oxidation valence on an object to be plated; soaking the object to be plated in a plating solution including pre-plating noble metal ions to make the element in the base material to be dissolved in the plating solution to obtain at least one ion with high oxidation valence; performing a chemical displacement reaction among the base material, the at least one ion having high oxidation valence, and the pre-plating noble metal ion in the plating solution to precipitate the pre-plating noble metal ion onto a surface of the object to be plated to form a noble metal plating layer.

Abstract: A graphite-vinyl ester resin composite conducting plate is prepared in the present invention. The conducting plate can be used as a bipolar plate for a fuel cell, counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell and electrode of vanadium redox battery. The conducting plate is prepared as follows: a) compounding vinyl ester resin and graphite powder to form a bulk molding compound (BMC) material, the graphite powder content ranging from 70 wt % to 95 wt % based on the total weight of the graphite powder and vinyl ester, wherein 0.01-15 wt % functionalized graphene, based on the weight of the vinyl ester resin, are added during the compounding; b) molding the BMC material from step a) to form a conducting plate having a desired shaped at 80-250° C. and 500-4000 psi.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing graphene is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: putting graphite material and an organic solvent, a surfactant, or a combination thereof in a reaction tank and introducing a supercritical fluid in the reaction tank to allow the organic solvent, the surfactant, or the combination thereof to dissolve in the supercritical fluid and to permeate into the graphite material; and removing the supercritical fluid by depressurization to form graphene. The method of the present invention has simple steps and reduced consumption of manufacturing time, and also can promote the quality of the resultant graphene in large-scale manufacturing.

Abstract: The invention discloses a carbon nanotube device, comprising a substrate, a catalyst layer formed on the substrate, a porous capping layer formed on the catalyst layer, and a carbon nanotube formed on the porous capping layer. A wafer for growing a carbon nanotube comprises a substrate, a catalyst layer formed on the substrate, and a porous capping layer formed on the catalyst layer, with carbon nanotube growning on the porous capping layer.

Abstract: The poison-filter material of the invention includes a substrate and a metal oxide. The substrate includes numerous holes, and the metal oxide is adhered to a surface of the substrate and the holes. The method for producing the poison-filter material of the invention includes the following steps of sonicating and impregnating a substrate into a metallic salt aqueous solution; and calcining the substrate to form a metal oxide on a surface of the substrate and numerous holes of the substrate, such that the poison-filter material is produced. In the invention, the metallic salt aqueous solution is fully oscillated to impregnate the porous substrate, and metal oxide is formed on the surface and holes of the substrate after high-temperature calcination. Therefore, the adsorbent material of the invention can effectively adsorb noxious gas and lower penetrability of noxious gas.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for fabricating a carbon nanotube, and the method comprises the following steps: providing a substrate; forming a catalyst layer on the substrate; forming a porous capping layer on the catalyst layer to finish a wafer; forming the carbon nanotube on the wafer. By the porous capping layer, the well-aligned carbon nanotube can grow on the wafer through thermal CVD.

Abstract: A copolymer deposited with particles of catalytic metal is disclosed in the present invention, which is formed from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a hydrophilic monomer, and the catalytic metal is Au, Ag, Pd, Pt or Ru. The copolymer is hydrophilic when the temperature is lower than a specific temperature, and will become hydrophobic when the temperature is greater than the specific temperature. The present invention also discloses a method for forming a metal layer on a substrate via electroless plating, which includes contacting the substrate with an ink composition, drying the ink composition on the substrate, and contacting the dried ink composition with an electroless plating solution, wherein the ink composition contains the copolymer of the present invention in an aqueous phase. The present invention further discloses a method for forming metal conductors in through holes of a substrate.

Abstract: A process for preparing a metal styrene polymer composite having nano metallic particles deposited thereon is disclosed, which includes a) undergoing free radical polymerization of styrene and an optional co-monomer in the presence of a persulfate initiator and a chain transfer agent; and b) contacting the resulting styrene oligomer or copolymer of styrene and the co-monomer from step a) with an aqueous solution containing a noble metal ion dissolved therein, so that the noble metal ion is reduced to element form particles and deposit on the styrene oligomer or copolymer of styrene and the co-monomer by sulfates on the oligomer or copolymer in the absence of a reducing agent.

Abstract: A process for preparing a metal styrene polymer composite having nano metallic particles deposited thereon is disclosed, which includes a) undergoing free radical polymerization of styrene and an optional co-monomer in the presence of a persulfate initiator and a chain transfer agent; and b) contacting the resulting styrene oligomer or copolymer of styrene and the co-monomer from step a) with an aqueous solution containing a noble metal ion dissolved therein, so that the noble metal ion is reduced to element form particles and deposit on the styrene oligomer or copolymer of styrene and the co-monomer by sulfates on the oligomer or copolymer in the absence of a reducing agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for fabricating a cathode emitter and a zinc oxide anode for a field emission device to improve the adhesion between emitters and a substrate and enhance the luminous efficiency of a zinc oxide thin film so that the disclosed methods can be applied in displays and lamps. In comparison to a conventional method for fabricating a field emission device, the method according to the present invention can reduce the cost and time for manufacture and is suitable for fabricating big-sized products. In addition, the present invention further discloses a field emission device comprising a zinc oxide/nano carbon material cathode, a zinc oxide anode and a spacer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a two-stage process for preparing functionalized magnetizable microspheres. The first stage includes forming an inner shell of styrene polymer or styrene copolymer around magnetizable nano particles having a monolayer of a non-water-soluble dispersing agent coated thereon. The second stage includes forming an outer shell of styrene polymer or styrene copolymer with sulfate (SO4?) bounded thereto around the inner shell by free radical polymerization. Preferably, nano particles of a noble metal are deposited on the surface of the outer shell. The magnetizable microspheres prepared by the process of the present invention have a size of 100-1000 nm, and the thickness ratio of the inner shell to the outer shell ranges from 10:1 to 1:10.

Abstract: A method for forming a metal pattern on a substrate via printing and electroless plating is disclosed, which includes printing a pattern on the substrate with an ink composition, drying the printed pattern, and contacting the dried pattern with an electroless plating solution. The ink composition either contains components (i), (ii) and (iii), components (i) and (iv), or components (i) and (v), which are dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, wherein (i) is a binder; (ii) is a sulfate terminated polymer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer; (iii) is a catalytic metal precursor; (iv) is a polymer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer deposited with particles of catalytic metal; and (v) is a copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a hydrophilic monomer deposited with particles of catalytic metal. The binder (i) is a water swellable resin. The catalytic metal may be Au, Ag, Pd, Pt or Ru.

Abstract: A nano-carbon material field emission cathode plate is prepared by an oxidation-reduction reaction, which includes immersing a substrate having a first metal layer thereon in a solution of a second metal salt with a nano-carbon material dispersed therein. A difference between the two standard redox potentials of the first metal and the second metal is so great that ions of the second metal in the solution are reduced to elemental metal while the first metal is oxidized, and thus a layer of the second metal is formed on the first metal layer with the nano-carbon material partially embedded in the second metal layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a two-stage process for preparing functionalized magnetizable microspheres. The first stage includes forming an inner shell of styrene polymer or styrene copolymer around magnetizable nano particles having a monolayer of a non-water-soluble dispersing agent coated thereon. The second stage includes forming an outer shell of styrene polymer or styrene copolymer with sulfate (SO4?) bounded thereto around the inner shell by free radical polymerization. Preferably, nano particles of a noble metal are deposited on the surface of the outer shell. The magnetizable microspheres prepared by the process of the present invention have a size of 100-1000 nm, and the thickness ratio of the inner shell to the outer shell ranges from 10:1 to 1:10.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-temperature method for forming carbon nanotubes, which mainly includes preparing a co-catalyst of composite metal particles on a substrate, and growing carbon nanotubes on the substrate by a thermal CVD process at 400° C. The present invention uses a non-isothermal deposition (NITD) and a metal chemical substitution reaction to prepare the co-catalyst particles on the substrate.