Abstract: A system and method for forming an article from thermoplastic material and fiber. The method includes heating thermoplastic material to form a molten thermoplastic material for blending with the fiber. The molten thermoplastic material is blended with the fibers to form a molten composite material having a concentration of fiber by weight. The molten composite material may then be extruded through dynamic dies to deliver discrete controlled material that is gravitated onto a lower portion of a mold. The lower portion of the mold may be moved in space and time while receiving the flow of composite material to deposit a predetermined quantity of molten composite material thereon conforming to mold cavities of the lower and an upper portion of the mold. The upper portion of the mold may be pressed against the predetermined quantity of molten composite material and closing on the lower portion of the mold to form the article.

Abstract: A supporting substrate for the deposition, automated recognition and spectroscopic identification of particulate impurities in liquid or gaseous media, comprising a filter membrane of polymer materials of a defined pore width, wherein the surface of the filter membrane is coated with metal which in the selected wavelength range for spectroscopic identification has no spectral features and at the selected excitation wavelength absorbs no or only little of the laser energy which is radiated in, and has a very smooth structure.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a highly-porous ceramic layer and for application of this layer onto metallic, ceramic, enameled and/or glass substrates using porous, ceramic particles, preferably aluminum oxide, titanium oxide and zircon oxide, and an inorganic binder system. The inorganic binder system contains at least one ceramic nanoparticle of a particle size of less than 100 nm, preferably less than 50 nm and particularly preferred less than 25 nm, the solvent being water. Layers produced in this fashion are suited as self-cleaning catalytically active layers e.g. in ovens, in combustion engines etc. or for general coating of substances to considerably increase their specific surface e.g. for catalytic substrates.

Abstract: A sheet-like electrical stress control article includes at least one void-filling layer of elastomeric void-filling material having some electrical stress control functionality (for example, containing 20 to 70% by weight of electrically conductive or semi-conductive fillers) and at least one support layer of elastomeric material selected and/or formulated (for example, with 45 to 65% by weight fillers) to require increasing applied stress to produce therein a given unit of strain as it approaches its break point The thickness and composition of the respective layers are selected so that the article is stretchable during application thereof to parts of a cable and the increasing stress required to stretch the support layer resists over-elongation of the void-filling layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a water-soluble film (WSF) system with embedded/entrapped water-soluble films (WSF). More particularly, the invention relates to a WSF system with actives embedded/entrapped therein such as to provide precise and desired release of actives there from and its method of manufacturing for diverse applications, in which a variety of substances such as detergents, enzymes, softeners, perfumes, pesticides, fungicides, active ingredients, dyes, pigments, hazardous chemicals, active agents for cleaning laundry, dishes, floorings, walls, furniture, fluffs, pulp, etc., and the like can be so embedded/entrapped for such purpose. The invention further discloses novel online and offline process for the manufacture of such multi-layered WSF with or without liners and of desired shapes to selectively entrap interacting/non-interacting materials and their combinations. The process also provides options for the use of a wide range of raw materials, liners such as paper, film, foil, fabric, etc.

Abstract: At least a part of the antibacterial agent is distributed in the vicinity of the surface of a resin material. The antibacterial agent preferably contains an inorganic antibacterial agent, and more preferably contains metallic components having the antibacterial property. The metallic components available comprise one or more metals selected from the group of consisting of silver, copper, zinc, iron, gold, platinum, palladium, lead, tin, mercury, cadmium, chromium, nickel and cobalt. The inorganic antibacterial agents comprise one or more substances selected from the group consisting of soluble glass, zirconium phosphate, calcium phosphate, zeolite, silica gel, titanium oxide and porous ceramics.

Abstract: A fuser component useful in electrostatographic machines, having a substrate, and thereover a silicone rubber layer having the crosslinked product of at least one platinum catalyzed addition curable vinyl terminated polyorganosiloxane, aluminum oxide fillers, iron oxide fillers, a crosslinking agent, and having an optional outer fluoroelastomer layer.

Abstract: Magnetic materials and uses thereof are provided. In one aspect, a magnetic film is provided. The magnetic film comprises superparamagnetic particles on at least one surface thereof. The magnetic film may be patterned and may comprise a ferromagnetic material. The superparamagnetic particles may be coated with a non-magnetic polymer and/or embedded in a non-magnetic host material. The magnetic film may have increased damping and/or decreased coercivity.

Abstract: The method is disclosed for coating or impregnating a metal tool with a metal oxide to render the metal part more resistant to liquid metal attack or micro-welds. The method includes the steps of applying a liquid metal carboxylate composition, or a solution thereof, to a substrate material, and exposing the substrate to an environment that will cause vaporization or dissipation of any excess carboxylic acids in the liquid metal carboxylate composition while the metal carboxylates are being converted to metal oxides.

Abstract: A polymer film comprising at least two layers, wherein each layer comprises a compound comprising the formula: 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to fiber having controlled dry fiber-bed friction angles and/or cohesion values. Controlling the dry fiber-bed friction angle and/or cohesion value of the fiber may allow control of the swelling of the material, the absorbency of the material, and/or the bending, buckling, porosity, and the compressibility and/or tension characteristics of the absorbent composite containing the fiber. The present invention relates to treatments for fiber to manipulate dry fiber-bed friction angle and cohesion value as well as new fiber materials having the desired dry fiber-bed friction angle and/or cohesion value characteristics. The present invention also relates to composites and products employing fibers have controlled dry fiber-bed friction values and/or cohesion values, alone or with other ingredients, including, for example, superabsorbent materials.

Abstract: A flame retardant fabric comprising bicomponent fibers having a sheath and a core wherein the sheath comprises a fully aromatic thermoplastic polymer with a Limited Oxygen Index of at least 26 and the core comprises a thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: The present invention is a method comprising: providing a substrate; solvent coating onto the substrate a composition comprising a curable, highly aromatic, organic matrix material and porogens which are cross-linked nanoparticles consisting essentially of residual monomeric units derived from alkenyl functional and/or alkynyl functional aromatic monomers; and heating the coated substrate to a temperature no greater than 390° C., preferably no greater than 370° C., to cure the matrix and remove substantially all of the porogen material in a relatively short period of time to form small uniform pores in the cured highly organic matrix material.

Abstract: The invention relates to mouldings having an optical effect which essentially consist of core/shell particles whose shell forms a matrix and whose core is essentially solid and has an essentially monodisperse size distribution, where a difference exists between the refractive indices of the core material and of the shell material. The mouldings are characterised in that they are obtainable by a process in which the core/shell particles are heated to a temperature at which the shell is flowable, and the flowable core/shell particles are subjected to the action of a mechanical force.

Abstract: In order to provide a method by means of which the surface of substrates can be protected from corrosive attack and which, in particular, avoids the necessity for oxidative treatment to form oxide layers on surfaces or for phosphatizing or chromatizing treatment steps and is, in addition, simple to apply, it is proposed that the substrate be brought into contact with a solution of a polymer which exhibits UCST properties and which is caused to be deposited onto the surface of the substrate as a layer by decreasing the temperature of the polymer solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon fiber nonwoven band-shaped article obtained by cutting a needle-punch nonwoven fabric of carbon fiber, wherein the carbon fiber is primarily oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to a cut face of the band-shaped article. The band-shaped article can be manufactured by needle-punching a laminate web in which staples of fire-resistant fibers are oriented in substantially one direction, carbonizing an obtained nonwoven fabric by sintering and then cutting a carbonized nonwoven fabric in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of an orientation of the staples.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of depositing a crystalline &agr;-Al2O3-layer onto a cutting tool insert by Chemical Vapor Deposition at a temperature of from about 625 to about 800° C.

Abstract: Long carbonaceous moldings and long carbonaceous products as well as methods of production thereof by which carbonaceous products can be obtained without allowing twisting or curving and with less frequent occurrence of cracking etc. even when subjecting the heat treatment and which are excellent in mass productivity are provided. The long carbonaceous moldings have an aspect ratio of 3 to 20 and showing fluctuations in the density thereof of not more than 0.05 Mg/m3 throughout the whole moldings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a material for vacuum device used in a vacuum apparatus that generates ultra-high vacuum and performs processing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for forming a plural layer coating film which is excellent in a chipping resistance and a corrosion resistance, characterized by comprising the steps of coating a cationically electrodepositable coating material (a) on an article to be coated and curing it by heating, then coating a water based thermoplastic chipping resistant coating material (b) and controlling a solid content in the coating film to 40% by weight or more, thereafter coating a water based intermediate coating material (c) and curing both coating films of the coating material (b) and the coating material (c) by heating and then coating a top coating material (d) and curing it.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for electroless copper plating without using formaldehyde and an electroless copper plating solution which is used in the process. To this end, there is disclosed a process for electroless copper plating, which treatment comprises depositing a palladium or palladium-tin catalyst on a resin substrate, and then treating said resin substrate having the catalyst deposited thereon with a formaldehyde-free electroless copper plating solution that contains copper ions and a reducing agent, wherein the need for an accelerating treatment of a catalyst after said catalyst depositing treatment is obviated. The productivity of a copper-resin composite material is dramatically enhanced by the process of the present invention, because a copper thin layer can be formed on the resin substrate in a short time, even if an accelerating treatment for a catalyst is not performed in a separate process.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a barrier film having an extremely high barrier property and a good transparency, a laminated material using the above-mentioned barrier film, a packaging container, and an image display medium.

Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to save a predrying time and form a uniform film, because water having a high dielectric constant is heated selectively upon predrying of a waterborne coating with microwaves. Particularly when the surface to be coated is plastic, the above-described effect can be exhibited fully. In the method of forming a multilayer film by using a waterborne coating, use of microwaves makes it possible to prevent mixing of plural layers because they are adequately predried, to suppress the total drying time while maintaining good finished appearance and evenness of the coated surface and to attain saving of equipment and energy.

Abstract: A method for installing a constrained layer damper on a product of manufacture is disclosed. The method includes applying a layer of first polymeric material to a substrate of the product, wherein the first polymeric material is visco-elastic when solidified. Then, a second layer of polymeric material, which is stiff when solidified, is applied to the first polymeric material such that said first polymeric material is constrained between the second polymeric material and the substrate of the product. At least one of the layers of polymeric materials is dispensed in fluid form during the manufacture of the product from a bulk source of fluid material. The polymeric materials are chosen such that they do not require the application of heat above room temperature to solidify.

Abstract: A method for protecting a glass-ceramic surface by applying a layer of silicone to the surface is provided. The method involves utilizing an automated spray nozzle or roller device connected to a robotic arm which applies silicone to the glass-ceramic surface in areas prone to scratching. A cooktop including a glass-ceramic cooking surface with a protective layer of silicone applied thereto is also provided. The layer of silicone is provided on only on an underside portion of the cooktop, opposite a top portion designed to receive cooking implements. Further provided is a method for manufacturing the above described cooktop.

Abstract: A coated article, and a corresponding method of making the same are provided. The coated article includes a coating supported by a substrate, the coating including a thin metal or metal nitride contact layer (e.g., NiCr, Ni, Cr, CrNx or NiCrNx) located directly between and contacting an infrared (IR) reflecting layer (e.g., Ag) and an oxide barrier layer (e.g., NiCrOx).

Abstract: A solar shading louvre comprises two spaced light transmissible sheets, a light transmissible redirecting layer positioned between the light transmissible sheets, and a cured cold pour resin by which the light transmissible redirecting layer is fixed relative to the light transmissible sheets. The cold pour resin includes an inhibitor that prevents or inhibits an adverse reaction between the cold pour resin and the light transmissible redirecting layer. Solar shading incorporating the louvre and a method are also provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer provided with a thermosetting porous insulating film, wherein the insulating film is made porous, cured and polymerized on the wafer. The film is characterized by a very low dielectric constant based on its constituency and porosity, the latter property of which is caused by the inclusion of liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide in the polymeric reaction mixture.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer includes an oxide film above a silicon layer, and a porous silicon layer which is located above the oxide film and serves as a gettering layer. Gettering of impurities from a silicon layer is not interrupted by the oxide film since the porous silicon layer is placed above the oxide film. The semiconductor wafer having the structure above can be produced by a bonding method. Bonding strength relative to the oxide film is ensured by placing a growth silicon layer between the oxide film and the porous silicon layer, compared with the case in which the oxide film and the porous silicon layer are directly bonded.

Abstract: A composition for forming an elastomeric article is disclosed. The composition includes an elastomeric material and a film leveler, where the film leveler is present in an amount of from about 0.05% to about 5.0% by mass of the composition.

Abstract: Provided are functionalized silicon compounds and methods for their synthesis and use. The functionalized silicon compounds include at least one activated silicon group and at least one derivatizable functional group. Exemplary derivatizable functional groups include hydroxyl, amino, carboxyl and thiol, as well as modified forms thereof, such as activated or protected forms. The functionalized silicon compounds may be covalently attached to surfaces to form functionalized surfaces which may be used in a wide range of different applications. In one embodiment, the silicon compounds are attached to the surface of a substrate comprising silica, such as a glass substrate, to provide a functionalized surface on the substrate, to which molecules, including polypeptides and nucleic acids, may be attached.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a material for an antireflective film that has high etching selectivity with respect to the resist, that is, that has a faster etching speed than the resist, a pattern formation method for forming an antireflective film layer on a substrate using this antireflective film material, and a pattern formation method using this antireflective film as a hard mask for substrate processing. The present invention provides a silicone resin for preventing reflection comprising an organic group comprising a carbon-oxygen single bond and/or a carbon-oxygen double bond; a light-absorbing group; and a silicon atom whose terminal end or ends are Si—OH and/or Si—OR. It also provides an antireflective film material comprising this silicone resin (A) for preventing reflection film, an organic solvent (B) and an acid generator (C).

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising (a) a thermally decomposable polymer and (b) a siloxane oligomer evenly dissolved in (c) an organic solvent; a composition comprising (a) a thermally decomposable polymer, (b) a siloxane oligomer, and (c)′ an organic solvent in which both of the ingredients (a) and (b) are soluble; a method for forming a low-permittivity film characterized by applying the composition to a substrate to form a composite film comprising the thermally decomposable polymer and the siloxane oligomer evenly compatibilized therewith and then heating the resulting film to condense the siloxane oligomer and remove the thermally decomposable polymer; a method for forming a low-permittivity film characterized by applying the composition to a substrate to form a composite film comprising the thermally decomposable polymer and the siloxane oligomer evenly compatibilized therewith, subsequently conducting a first heating step in which the siloxane oligomer is crosslinked while ke

Abstract: Provided are a gas-barrier film which is a laminate comprising a substrate layer comprising a thermoplastic resin film and a gas-barrier layer comprising a hydrolysate of a silicon alkoxide, a stratified silicate and a polyvinyl alcohol base resin, wherein a radius (Rg) of gyration of a scattering matter which is measured by light scattering in the gas-barrier layer described above is 2.4 &mgr;m or less, and the silicon alkoxide and/or the hydrolysate thereof are present between the layers of the stratified silicate present in the above gas-barrier layer. The above film shows an excellent gas-barrier property even under such a high humidity as exceeding 90% RH.

Abstract: Self-adhesive protective film for painted surfaces comprising a single- or multi-layered, in particular polyolefinic support layer and a self-adhesive layer, characterized in that the self-adhesive layer is made up as follows: one or several elastomers based on block copolymers, comprising polymer blocks formed from vinyl aromatics (A blocks), preferably styrol and those formed by polymerisation of 1,3-dienes (B blocks), preferably butadiene and isoprene, or the hydrogenation products thereof, 30 to 180 parts of adhesive resin, based on 100 parts of the elastomer and 20 to 170 parts of polymeric softeners, coming from the group of polyethylene/propylene copolymers, polyisobutylene and polybutylene, with a softening temperature below 25° C. and the sum of the component parts of resin and polymeric softener does not exceed 200 parts.

Abstract: A corrosion prevention method includes coating a lamination of layered steel parts. The lamination is vacuum-impregnated with an acrylic resin having a high permeability. The acrylic resin fills the gaps between the steel layers of the lamination and is cured. Then, an insulation coating is applied using anion electrodeposition. The gaps and edges of the steel parts are protected by the highly corrosion-resistant resin. Consequently, the lamination is highly corrosion-resistant.

Abstract: By performing epitaxial growth on a semiconductor substrate while keeping conformity, a membrane multi-layer structure showing increased polarization is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising a substrate based essentially on nitinol and, arranged thereon at least partially, a covering or a coating based on at least one polyphosphazene derivative having the general formula (I), a process for its production, and the use of the device as an artificial implant, vascular or nonvascular stent, catheter, thrombolectomy or embolectomy catheter, fragmentation spindle or catheter, filter, vascular connector, hernia patch, oral, dental or throat implant or urether.

Abstract: A multilayer thermoplastic extruded structure comprises at least one thermoplastic polyolefin layer; at least one thermoplastic vinyl aromatic polymer layer; and a multicomponent tie layer. The multicomponent tie layer comprises at least one thermoplastic polyolefin; at least one thermoplastic vinyl aromatic polymer; and at least one styrenic block copolymer. Preferred structures are multilayer films used for packaging or multilayer sheets for thermoformed containers.

Abstract: A solid plastic film wrapper with a Static Coefficient of Friction (Static COF) differential used for packaging paper products, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A method for protecting wood and wood products from mold and sapstaining fungi for periods of at least about seven months is provided. The method employs a non-toxic mold inhibitor, which has been found to be unusually effective in providing resistance to mold and sapstaining fungi. Mold and fungi resistant wood and wood products are also provided.

Abstract: An appliance transparency, such as an oven transparency, includes at least one substrate and a coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal layer, such as a metallic silver layer. The metal layer can have a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 100 Å and optionally or the coating can have a protective coating deposited thereon.

Abstract: A connecting member for structural sandwich plate members comprises a prismatic metal body having one, or preferably two, tapered edges which provide landing surfaces and weld preparations for the face plates of the structural sandwich plate members.

Abstract: A metal foil composite structure used for the construction of clad laminate and printed circuit wiring boards comprises first and second conductive metal foil layers having substantially the same width. Each of the layers has opposite lateral edges. A carrier layer is disposed between the first and second conductive metal layers. The carrier layer has a width less than the width of the first and second conductive metal layers, and forms a margin at each of the lateral edges. The first and second conductive layers are joined to each other only within the margins. Strength provided by the carrier enables thin conducting metal foils to be incorporated in clad laminates. Such foils, which may be as thin as 8-10 &mgr;m, are often too weak to be reliably self-supporting. The provision of a supporting carrier layer enables the thin foils to be handled and bonded to a dielectric substrate in an efficient and economical manner.

Abstract: A structure of solder joint structure formed of zinc-based lead-free solder having excellent characteristics is disclosed. Between a first lead-free solder layer and a soldering pad, the following layers are formed: a tin-copper alloy layer formed on the pad; a first alloy layer formed of second lead-free layer of which main ingredients are tin and silver; and a second alloy layer formed between the first alloy layer and the first lead-free solder. This structure allows forming the solder joint structure formed of zinc-based lead-free solder having high joint strength.

Abstract: Liquid aluminum is sprayed onto an iron article to produce a thin tenacious non-corrodible layer. In one embodiment, an iron article is heated to at least 400° F. or preferably until cherry red. It is sprayed with a fine aluminum mist generated by heating aluminum in a container and then passing a gas under pressure through the container and out through a heat resistant ceramic nozzle. In another embodiment, aluminum is heated to at least 2000° F. in a container to produce a pool of liquid aluminum. Pressure is applied to the container to project the liquid aluminum in the form of a fine mist through a ceramic nozzle onto the iron article. The aluminum mist produces a tenacious aluminum layer on the iron article that is workable, weldable and non-corrodible. The aluminum layer is a permanent part of the iron article and cannot be removed by conventional means, such as buffing with a wire wheel driven by a electric motor.

Abstract: Getter multilayer structures are disclosed, embodiments of which include at least a layer of a non-evaporable getter alloy having a low activation temperature over a layer of a different non-evaporable getter material having high specific surface area, both preferably obtained by cathodic deposition. The multilayer NEG structures exhibit better gas sorbing characteristics and lower activation temperature lower than those of deposits made up of a single material. A process for manufacturing such structures includes depositing a first, high surface area NEG film on a support, and then depositing a thin over layer of low activation NEG film.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device which has an electroluminescent layer formed of a binuclear, trinuclear or polynuclear rare earth organic complex in which the metals are linked through a bridging ligand.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device is provided, having an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device (OLED) in which an iptycene derivative is used as the emissive layer and/or one or more of the charge transport layers, or as a host material for one or more of these layers.