Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus and method for creating a formed article comprised of at least one layer of thermoplastic and at least one layer of cellulose fibers to create a composite article. The formed article may additionally be compressed to further reduce its thickness and improve its look and feel as well as mechanical properties.

Abstract: A system and method for molding, forming, and annealing an article of manufacture using a series of molds are disclosed. Such systems and methods may melt degradable thermoplastic materials that are then injected into a first mold to form an article of manufacture. This article may then be moved to a second mold where the formed article is annealed. The second mold may be heated based on operation of a heating element that heats the annealing mold. This annealing process may condition materials in the formed article to enhance properties of the article. For example, annealing may improve thermal resistance of the article. Systems of the present disclosure may employ two molds, one mold that forms articles and a second mold that anneals articles to facilitate a continuous production beverage pods using environmentally friendly materials.

Abstract: New carbazole-based compounds are provided that are useful as host materials for singlelayer and multilayer organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices. Highly efficient single-layer OLEDs have been demonstrated using new N-heterocyclic carbazole-based host materials. Phosphorescent OLEDs with a structure of ITO/MoO3/host/host:dopant/host/Cs2CO3/Al have been fabricated in which the new host materials act simultaneously as electron-transport, holetransport and host layer. Using this design, devices with maximum current and external quantum efficiencies of 92.2 cd and 26.8% were achieved, the highest reported to date for a single-layer OLED.