Abstract: With a method for the manufacture of fiber-composite components, more particularly of fan blades for aircraft engines, dry fiber mats are superimposed in a lay-up mold, correctly positioned and fixed with locating pins and subsequently sewn in the mold. Metallic indicators are provided on at least one mat. The preformed entity of fiber mats is whipped at its edges with thermoplastic material and subsequently smoothed by application of heat. Remaining fiber residues are cut off. The blank thus available is infiltrated with synthetic resin in an infiltration mold or a sheathing remaining on the component. The fiber mats are checked for correct positioning by non-destructive inspection procedures. The fiber-composite component thus formed conforms to high quality requirements.

Abstract: A bale of elastomer composite is formed of elastomer and filler, the bale having a void volume of at least 3%. In another aspect, a container is provided, at least a portion of the container being occupied by elastomer composite pieces of elastomer and filler, wherein the occupied portion of the container has a void volume of at least 3%.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include interior vehicle trim panel having a sprayed expanded polyurethane layer and method of making same. In at least one embodiment, the method of making the vehicle interior trim panel comprises providing a skin layer on a spray tool, spraying expandable polyurethane reactive components onto the skin layer to form a resilient layer, and securing a rigid substrate on the resilient layer, such that the resilient layer extends between and connects the skin layer with the substrate to form the vehicle interior trim panel.

Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention provides a coated substrate comprising a substrate, a radiation-cured coating or a thermally-cured on at least a portion of the substrate, wherein the coating comprises an inherent macroscopic texture. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a pre-cured coating mixture comprising a radiation-curable resin and an initiator, or a thermally-curable resin and thermal initiator, wherein the radiation- or thermally-curable resin and the respective initiator form a pre-cured coating mixture capable of forming a macroscopic texture upon application of the mixture on a substrate. In another embodiment the present invention provides a pre-cured coating mixture comprising a radiation- or thermally-curable resin, an initiator, and texture-producing particles having an effective size to provide a macroscopic texture upon application of the mixture on a substrate.

Abstract: A two layer AR coating system for improving the contrast ratio of SSTFEL and Nixel devices. It is composed of an ITO layer and ultra-thin gold layer deposited on the surface of the EL devices. Thus the antireflection layer for a flexible emissive electroluminescent (EL) device comprises a layer of indium tin oxide (ITO) covering the surface of a flexible emissive electroluminescent device, and a layer of metal on top of the layer of indium tin oxide covering the surface of a flexible emissive electroluminescent device. The thicknesses of the layers may be adjusted to give destructive interference.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet including a releasable base material, and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the base material is provided. The adhesive layer includes an adhesive composition including (A) 100 parts by mass of a carboxyl group-containing urethane-modified polyester resin, (B) an epoxy resin, (C) a curing agent, and (D) an inorganic filler, and has a thickness within a range from 40 to 100 ?m. The adhesive sheet has a high degree of adhesiveness and excellent anti-migration properties, and is also effective as an interlayer insulating material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to composite elements containing, as a layer, at least one thermoplastic polymer, adhering to which, as a layer, a polyisocyanate polyaddition product is attached, and a process for the production thereof.

Abstract: A method is provided for growing Si—Ge materials on Si(100) with Ge-rich contents (Ge>50 at. %) and precise stoichiometries SiGe, SiGe2, SiGe3 and SiGe4. New hydrides with direct Si—Ge bonds derived from the family of compounds (H3Ge)xSiH4-x (x=1-4) are used to grow uniform, relayed and highly planar films with low defect densities at unprecedented low temperatures between about 300-450° C., circumventing entirely the need of thick compositionally graded buffer layer and lift off technologies. At about 500-700° C., SiGex quantum dots are grown with narrow size distribution, defect-free microstructures and highly homogeneous elemental content at the atomic level. The method provides precise control of morphology, composition, structure and strain via the incorporation of the entire Si/Ge framework of the gaseous precursor into the film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoplastic resin composition, an extruded sheet and a copper clad laminate excellent in processability such as extrusion processability and injection moldabilities, solder heat resistance and mechanical properties such as bending properties, durability and drilling processability and satisfying low dielectric loss necessary for high frequency band telecommunication parts. The present invention relates to a shaped article composed of a resin composition prepared by adding a specific graphite to a resin composition containing (a) a polyarylene sulfide resin and (b) a polyphenylene ether resin as main components, and a multilayer extruded sheet comprising an inner layer of a resin composition prepared by adding a metal oxide to a resin composition containing (a) a polyarylene sulfide resin and (b) a polyphenylene ether resin as main components and an outer layer of a resin composition to which no metal oxide is added.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide compositions and devices for hydrophobic coatings, and methods for making them. The hydrophobic coating can be formed from a coating solution including, for example, organically modified silicates (ormosils) mixed with coupling agents. Specifically, a sol-gel solution can be formed (e.g., at room temperature) including a plurality of alkoxy silane precursors that contains at least one glycidoxy alkoxy silane precursor. In an exemplary embodiment, the sol-gel solution can be a mixed sol-gel solution formed including a first solution mixed with a second solution. The first solution can include one or more alkoxy silane precursors, and the second solution can include at least one glycidoxy alkoxy silane precursor. A coupling agent can then be added and reacted (e.g., cross-linked) with the (mixed) sol-gel solution forming the coating solution, which can be applied onto a substrate that needs to be protected from corrosion or from chemical and/or biological agents.

Abstract: Polyester nanocomposites and methods of preparation thereof are presented.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for the production of a cellular wood plastic composite material comprised of an orifice that conducts the composite material from the adapter of the extruder to the transition die plate in such a manner that a uniform flow of material reaches the transition die plate; a transition die plate that further directs the flow of material to a flow restriction die plate in a manner ensuring that equal amounts of material are delivered to all areas of the flow restriction die plate; a flow restriction die plate that provides sufficient resistance to material flow to increase the melt pressure of the portion of the material that is upstream in relation to the flow restriction die plate and controls the temperature increase caused by this restriction by dividing the flow into numerous suitably sized and shaped streams; a compression die plate that fuses the separate streams issuing from the flow restriction die plate into a single stream of material and maintains the melt

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of bonding two members together utilizing a stack of solid film adhesive and a layer of solid film adhesive, both disposed between the members. A pressure-applying device may be utilized to apply low pressure to force the members together. The pressure may force the stack to compress and expand in varying directions in order to substantially remove air-bubbles between the layer and one of the members. A heating device may be utilized to change the layer and the stack into liquid states in order to bond the members together with a void-free bond-line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation curable composition including a polyester urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer prepared from ortho-carboxylic polyester polyols, where the composition, after cure, has a secant modulus greater than about 600 MPa and an elongation at break of at least about 10%. The invention also relates to coated optical fibers and optical fiber ribbon including at least one coating derived from this composition, and to a process of making these coated optical fibers.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing an article by molding and the article obtained by the process. The process includes an injection molding in a mold, a vacuum water extraction, and a demolding the fresh article.

Abstract: The invention relates to polypropylene-based monofilaments having improved properties, especially an improved abrasion resistance, to a process for manufacturing these monofilaments and to their use. The invention relates more particularly to polypropylene-based monofilaments obtained from a polypropylene having a melt flow index (MFI) at 230° C./2.16 kg of less than or equal to 1.9 g/10 min.

Abstract: A silver-containing, disperse, water-containing formulation and its use to produce electrically conductive and/or optically reflective coatings is described. The formulation contains at least a) 0.5 to 30 parts by wt. of silver metal particles with an effective diameter of at most 150 nm, preferably at most 100 nm, particularly preferably 40 to 80 nm, with a bimodal size distribution, b) 50 to 99.5 parts by wt. of water and optionally up to 30 parts by wt. of solvent, c) 0.01 to 10 parts by wt. of at least one, in particular polymeric, dispersant, d) 0 to 5 parts by wt. of film-producer, e) 0 to 5 parts by wt. of additives, f) 0 to 5 parts by wt. of conductive polymers, and has a viscosity of at most 150 mPa.s.

Abstract: Microstructures, microdevices and related methods are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for coating particulate material are provided. The apparatus includes a vessel having a top and a bottom, a vertically extending conduit having an inlet in the vessel and an outlet outside of the vessel, a first fluid inlet in the bottom of the vessel for introducing a transfer fluid, a second fluid inlet in the bottom of the vessel for introducing a coating fluid, and a fluid outlet from the vessel. The method includes steps of agitating a material, contacting the material with a coating material, and drying the coating material to produce a coated material. The invention may be adapted to coat aerogel beads, among other materials. A coated aerogel bead and an aerogel-based insulation material are also disclosed.

Abstract: Novel leather articles comprise a substrate and a coating applied to a surface of the substrate. The coating comprises a prepolymer or resin. The prepolymer or resin can be produced, for example, by the reaction of (i) an isocyanate, (ii) at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of chain extenders, polyols, and combinations thereof, and (iii) an active hydrogen-terminated colorant. The active hydrogen-terminated colorant comprises a chromophore and an active hydrogen-terminated constituent bound to the chromophore. Novel methods for producing leather articles using active hydrogen-terminated colorants are also provided.

Abstract: A composition which provides surface effects to substrates comprising a polymer containing at least one urea linkage prepared by (i) reacting (1) at least one organic diioscyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, and (2) at least one fluorochemical compound of Formula I Rf—O(CF2CF2)r(CH2CH2)q(R1)sXH ??Formula (I) wherein Rf is a linear or branched C1 to C7 perfluoroalkyl optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r is 1 to 3, q is 1 to 3, s is 0 or 1, X is O, S, or NR2 wherein R2 is H, or C1 to C6 alkyl, and R1 is a divalent radical selected from —S(CH2)n—, p is 1 to 50, and R3, R4 and R5 are each independently H or C1 to C6 alkyl; (ii) and then reacting with (3) water, a linking agent, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or (II): wherein r and q are independently integers of 1 to 3; Rf is linear or branched chain perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; j is an integer 0 or 1, or a mixture thereof, x is 1 or 2, Z is —O— or —S—, X is hydrogen or M, and M is an ammonium ion, an alkali metal ion, or an alkanolammonium ion is disclosed.

Abstract: A black paste contains an organic component and an inorganic powder containing a glass powder and a cobalt oxide. A plasma display panel having a black layer made from the black paste, and methods for fabricating the black paste, the plasma display are also provided.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a quartz crystal element consists of the steps of producing plural quartz layers on a surface of a crystalline substrate having a lattice constant differing from that of quartz crystal, in which each of the quartz layers consists of a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase, and percentage of the crystalline phase in the quartz layer farther from the substrate is larger than percentage of the crystalline phase in the quartz layer adjacent to the substrate; and producing an epitaxially grown quartz crystal film on the surface of the quartz layer farther from the substrate by a reaction between silicon alkoxide and oxygen.

Abstract: An elastomeric article, such as a glove or a condom, is coated with a compound containing silicone, collagen and allantoin.

Abstract: A transparent resin film for an electronic display and its manufacturing method are disclosed, the transparent resin film having an ultraviolet light transmittance of not less than 50%, the ultraviolet light having a wavelength range of from 250 to 450 nm, and having a glass transition temperature of not less than 180° C., the glass transition temperature being measured according to thermal stress strain measurement (TMA).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic screening structure on or in a non-conductive carrier material in which non-conductive metal compounds are placed. The screening structure comprises a flat metal seed layer formed on or in the carrier material, which is formed through metal seeds that have been released through electromagnetic radiation, and a flat metal coating which is applied over the metal seed layer and which is in contact with said metal seed layer. The invention additionally relates to an electronic or optoelectronic used with the screening structure and a method for manufacturing the screening structure. In a further aspect of the invention, an electronic or optoelectronic assembly is provided with a carrier element, wherein at least one additional electrical or optoelectronic component is arranged on the surface of the carrier material and is in contact with conductor path structures formed on the carrier surface.

Abstract: There is provided a waterborne adhesive composition comprising (a) one or more bromine substituted olefin polymer, (b) one or more halosulfonated olefin polymer, (c) one or more compatibilizer selected from the group consisting of epoxy resins, phenolic resins, chlorinated polyolefin, and mixtures thereof. Also provided is a method of bonding substrates using such an adhesive composition, and an article formed by such a method of bonding substrates.

Abstract: A coating for an implantable medical device is provided comprising a first layer including a first polymer and a second layer including a second polymer. The second layer is disposed over at least a portion of the first layer. The second polymer has a lower degree of hydration than the first polymer.

Abstract: The utility model discloses an Insertion Type Ornament, consisting of a basal body (1) and a plug-in-unit, which splice with each other, therein the basal body (1) defines a plug-in pole (2), and a perforated channel is defined inside the plug-in-unit (6), the cross sectional shape of the plug-in pole (2) matches that of the perforated channel (6). The utility model possesses the merits of simple structure, convenient replacing, novelty and interestingness.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold and a method for manufacturing an exhaust manifold that includes a housing part and overlapping corrugated sheet parts having corrugations at an angle of 10 to 60 degrees relative to each other. The method includes the steps of preoxidizing the manifold parts and after the preoxidation step joining the manifold parts simultaneously to each other by resistance welding.

Abstract: A method of making a magnetically anisotropic magnet powder according to the present invention includes the steps of preparing a master alloy by cooling a rare-earth-iron-boron based molten alloy and subjecting the master alloy to an HDDR process. The step of preparing the master alloy includes the step of forming a solidified alloy layer, including a plurality of R2Fe14B-type crystals (where R is at least one element selected from the group consisting of the rare-earth elements and yttrium) in which rare-earth-rich phases are dispersed, by cooling the molten alloy through contact with a cooling member.

Abstract: A ceramic material suitable for use as a coating, such as a porous thermal barrier coating (TBC) on a component intended for use in a hostile thermal environments. The coating material consists essentially of zirconia stabilized by at least one rare-earth metal oxide and further alloyed to contain a limited amount of titania. Rare-earth metal oxides of particular interest are lanthana, ceria, neodymia, europia, gadolinia, erbia, dysprosia, and ytterbia, individually or in combination. Zirconia, the rare-earth metal oxide, and titania are present in the coating material in amounts to yield a predominantly tetragonal phase crystal structure. The amount of titania in the coating is tailored to allow higher levels of stabilizer while maintaining the tetragonal phase, i.e., avoiding the cubic (fluorite) phase.

Abstract: A skin is coated on a shell of a parallel device. With the skin, the parallel device becomes more beautiful. The skin is made of enamel. Hence, the shell is kept from scrape and corrosion. At the same time, the shell is more easily cleaned.

Abstract: An optical amplifying material is described, consisting of a support and having coated thereon a thin, transparent amplifying layer containing nanocrystalline, nanoporous aluminum oxides and/or aluminum oxide/hydroxides and, optionally, a binder, and, superposed on this layer, a luminescence layer preferably consisting of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum.

Abstract: A device for stimulable light emission that includes a fiber mat of nanofibers having an average fiber diameter in a range between 100 and 2000 nm, and includes plural stimulable particles disposed in association with the nanofibers. The stimulable particles produce secondary light emission upon receiving primary light at a wavelength ?. The average fiber diameter is comparable in size to the wavelength ? in order to provide scattering sites within the fiber mat for the primary light. Various methods for making suitable luminescent nanofiber mats include: electrospinning a polymer solution including or not including the stimulable particles and forming from the electrospun solution nanofibers having an average fiber diameter between 100 and 2000 nm. Methods, which electrospin without the stimulable particles, introduce the stimulable particles during electrospinning or after electrospinning to the fibers and therefore to the resultant fiber mat.

Abstract: An electroluminescent compound is a diarylamine anthracene compound.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a substance capable of emitting phosphorescence. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element that is excellent in chromaticity. One aspect of the present invention is an organometallic complex having a structure represented by a general formula (1). In the general formula (1), R1 to R4 are each any one of hydrogen, a halogen element, an acyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, an aryl group, a cyano group, and a heterocyclic group. In addition, R5 to R13 are each any one of hydrogen, an acyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, and an electron-withdrawing group. An organometallic complex having such a structure can emit phosphorescence with higher emission intensity.

Abstract: A process of coating an article includes the steps of (1) forming a layer of a ceramic based compound on an article; (2) providing a solution containing a metal as a particulate having a diameter of about 10 nanometers to about 1000 nanometers and present in an amount of about 25 percent to about 50 percent by volume of the solution; (3) contacting the ceramic based compound layer with the solution; (4) drying the article; and (5) optionally repeating steps (3) and (4).

Abstract: A process of coating an article includes the steps of (1) applying a ceramic based compound to at least one surface of an article to form a layer of ceramic based compound; (2) applying at least one inert compound upon the ceramic based compound layer to form a protective layer, wherein the at least one inert compound is composed of a first inert compound having a cubic crystalline structure of formula (I) A3B2X3O12, or a second inert compound comprising a hexagonal crystalline structure of formula (II) A4B6X6O26, or a mixture of the first inert compound and the second inert compound; (3) optionally drying the coated article; (4) optionally repeating steps (2) and (3); and (5) heat treating the coated article.

Abstract: A copper oxide thin film mainly containing CuO is formed by a plasma film-forming process on a substrate for film formation. The friction coefficient of the copper oxide thin film can be controlled remarkably low.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) (10, 50) employing synthetic antiferromagnet (SAF) free layers (14, 14?). The MTJ (10, 50) comprises a pinned ferromagnetic (FM) layer (32, 18), the SAF (14) and a tunneling barrier (16) therebetween. The SAF (14) has a first higher spin polarization FM layer (30) proximate the tunneling barrier (16) and a second FM layer (26) desirably separated from the first FM layer (30) by a coupling layer (28), with magnetostriction adapted to compensate the magnetostriction of the first FM layer (30). Such compensation reduces the net magnetostriction of the SAF (14) to near zero even with high spin polarization proximate the tunneling barrier (16). Higher magnetoresistance ratios (MRs) are obtained without adverse affect on other MTJ (10, 50) properties. NiFe combinations are desirable for the first (30) and second (26) free FM layers, with more Fe in the first (30) free layer and less Fe in the second (26) free layer.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention help to obtain a perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a granular structure, excellent recording/reproducing properties, and excellent durability. According to one embodiment, a recording layer includes a layer which has crystal grains mainly composed of cobalt and crystal grain boundaries mainly composed of the oxide; the oxygen content of the recoding layer is changed in the film thickness direction; the oxygen content in the area in the vicinity of the interface between the recording layer and the intermediate layer is made lower than the oxygen content in the area in the vicinity of the center of the recording layer; and the oxygen content in the area in the vicinity of the interface between the recording layer and the protective layer is made lower than the oxygen content in the area in the vicinity of the center of the recording layer.

Abstract: A thin film magnetic head includes: an element part formed by laminating an antiferromagnetic layer, a fixed magnetic layer, an insulating barrier layer, and a free magnetic layer on a substrate; and a protective layer that protects an end surface of the element part opposite a recording medium. The insulating barrier layer is formed using an AlOx film or an MgO film.

Abstract: A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the semi-reflective coating layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include zinc, lithium, germanium, indium, tin, aluminum, and silicon. These alloys have moderate to high reflectivity and reasonable corrosion resistance in the ambient environment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention help to improve corrosion resistance and durability by providing a functional diamond like carbon (DLC) protective layer for a perpendicular magnetic recording medium using a granular magnetic layer. According to one embodiment, when a DLC protective layer that protects a granular magnetic layer of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium is formed using a CVD method, the thickness of a first layer on the granular magnetic layer is set to 7.5 to 25% of the total thickness of the protective layer and a hydrogen content of the first layer is set to 33 to 38%, the thickness of a second layer is set to 50 to 85% of the total thickness of the protective layer and a nitrogen content of the second layer is set to 3 to 7%, and the thickness of a third layer located at the outermost side of the protective layer is set to 7.5 to 25% of the total thickness of the protective layer and a hydrogen content of the third layer is set to 25% or less.

Abstract: Fluctuation of read/write characteristics during mass production is suppressed for a perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a perpendicular recording layer of a bi-layered structure, in which a first Co—Cr—Pt alloy magnetic layer containing an oxide and a second Co—Cr—Pt magnetic layer are formed successively. According to one embodiment, in a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, an adhesion layer, a soft magnetic underlayer, a seed layer, an intermediate layer, a perpendicular recording layer, a protective layer, and a lubricating layer are successively formed on a substrate. The perpendicular recording layer has a bi-layered structure in which a first Co—Cr—Pt alloy magnetic layer containing an oxide and a second Co—Cr—Pt alloy magnetic layer containing a marker element for measurement of a thickness selected from Mo, Mn, and V are successively formed, and the content of the marker element for measurement of thickness is about 1.5 at % or more and about 5 at % or less.

Abstract: An electrical energy storage device for storing electrical energy and supplying the electrical energy to a driving motor at different power levels is disclosed. The electrical storage device has an energy battery connected to a power battery. The energy battery has a higher energy density than the power battery. However, the power battery can provide electrical power to the electrical motor at different power rates, thereby ensuring that the motor has sufficient power and current when needed. The power battery is continuously recharged by the energy storage battery. In this way, the power battery temporarily stores electrical energy received from the energy battery and provides the electrical energy at the different power rates as required by the motor. The energy storage device can be releasably connected to an external power source in order to recharge both batteries. Both batteries can be recharged independently to optimize the recharging and lifetime characteristics of the batteries.

Abstract: Featured are novel heterocycle substituted hydroquinones, aromatic copolymers and homopolymers bearing main and side chain polar pyridine units. These polymers exhibit good mechanical properties, high thermal and oxidative stability, high doping ability and high conductivity values. These novel polymers can be used in the preparation and application of MEA on PEMFC type single cells. The combination of the above mentioned properties indicate the potential of the newly prepared materials to be used as electrolytes in high temperature PEM fuel cells.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving the water balance in a power unit by providing the exhaust gas from the cathode side of the fuel cell as a feed gas to the combustion system condensing at least a portion of water present in the effluent from the combustion system in a condenser, and then transferring water vapor from the uncondensed portion of the effluent from the condenser to the gas fed to the cathode side of the fuel cell. Water from the exhaust gas from the cathode side of the fuel cell is either captured in the condenser, or is reused in the feed gas of the cathode side of the fuel cell. By humidifying the air fed into system with the water vapor present in the exhaust gas, water is not lost from the system. Instead, the air is being fed into the system is humidified with this water, which in turn allows the humidifier to operated at higher temperatures and/or use smaller radiators and fans and/or draw less parasitic power, thereby increasing overall system efficiency.