Abstract: Internally reinforced structural composites, suitable uses for such composites, and associated methods of manufacturing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of making a reinforced structural component includes forming a precursor having a crystal structure with a plurality of lattice layers and exfoliating the precursor. As a result, a distance between adjacent pairs of the plurality of lattice layers is expanded. The method also includes wrapping the exfoliated precursor with a surface support material around at least a portion of a circumference of the individual lattice layers in the exfoliated precursor.

Abstract: A polymeric foam article has at least two thermoplastic polymer foams in layered orientation, each of the thermoplastic polymer foams having an adjoining surface that contains a polymer skin, a thickness dimension perpendicular to the adjoining surface, perforations that are less than one millimeter in diameter that penetrate through the adjoining surface to a depth less than the thickness dimension of the foam, where the adjoining surface of one thermoplastic polymer foam is adjacent and adhered to the adjoining surface of another thermoplastic polymer foam with an adhesive thereby affixing the thermoplastic polymer foams to one another.

Abstract: A panel assembly for decoration is disclosed herein, which is to be attached to a side of a transparent plate. The panel assembly includes a panel piece and at least one embedding piece. The panel piece is a thin plate and has at least one through hole. The embedding piece is corresponding to and fitted in the through hole. The embedding pieces are configured as a pattern or a character and have various colors. When the panel assembly is attached to the transparent plate, it gives the transparent plate a vivid appearance. The individual embedding pieces or the whole panel assembly may be replaced with other colors or patterns to make the transparent plate present a diverse appearance.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to heterogeneous stamp and stencil compositions, methods for patterning substrates using contact printing processes employing the heterogeneous stamps and stencils, and products formed by the contact printing processes.

Abstract: A skateboard deck is formed of several layers pressed and bonded together. Apertures are formed through the bottom-most layers, and impact support members are arranged within the apertures. The impact support members are more rigid than the other portions of the skateboard deck, and provide localized impact support while allowing the remaining layers of the deck to retain their performance characteristics and feel while strengthening the most vulnerable areas of the deck.

Abstract: Methods for forming titanium dioxide coatings are disclosed. Sol-gel compositions may be coated on a substrate having a roughened surface, and subsequently the coated substrate may be heated at a temperature sufficient to form an anatase titanium dioxide coating. Substrates having roughened surfaces and comprising such coatings are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is nanoimprint technology that enables the transfer of fine patterns to the surfaces of various molding materials, including general-purpose engineering plastic, in a short manufacturing process time. Embodiments of the present invention include a nanoimprint method for transferring fine patterns of a mold surface to a molding material by pressing the mold against the molding material while applying ultrasonic vibrations that propagate in the direction of application of a load, where the application of the ultrasonic vibrations and the load is started without heating said molding material to glass-transition temperature and, during at least the application of ultrasonic vibrations, said mold is fixed to the application mechanism of said ultrasonic vibrations.

Abstract: A laser marking multilayer sheet includes a multilayer sheet A, and a multilayer sheet B that is stacked under the multilayer sheet A. The multilayer sheet A is a transparent laser marking multilayer sheet. A skin layer that forms each outermost layer of the multilayer sheet A is formed of a noncrystalline aromatic polyester resin composition, and a core layer of the multilayer sheet A is formed of a polycarbonate resin composition. The multilayer sheet B is a colored laser marking multilayer sheet. A skin layer that forms each outermost layer of the multilayer sheet B is formed of a noncrystalline aromatic polyester resin composition, and a core layer of the multilayer sheet B is formed of a polycarbonate resin composition.

Abstract: Affords an AlxGa1-xN single crystal suitable as an electromagnetic wave transmission body, and an electromagnetic wave transmission body that includes the AlxGa1-xN single crystals. The AlxGa1-xN (0<x?1) single crystal (2) has a dielectric loss tangent of 5×10?3 or lower with a radio frequency signal of at least either 1 MHz or 1 GHz having been applied to the crystal at an atmospheric temperature of 25° C. An electromagnetic wave transmission body (4) includes the AlxGa1-xN single crystal, which has a major surface (2m), wherein the AlxGa1-xN single crystal (2) has a dielectric loss tangent of 5×10?3 or lower with an RF signal of at least either 1 MHz or 1 GHz having been applied thereto at an atmospheric temperature of 25° C.

Abstract: A resin composition for laser engraving is provided that includes (a) a binder polymer having a reactive group, (b) a compound having a hydrophilic group and a bonding group that can react with the reactive group, and (c) a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: A key includes a preform, a first molded layer formed on a first side surface of the preform by injection molding, and a second molded layer formed on the second side surface by injection molding. The preform, the first molded layer, and the second molded layer cooperatively define a depression. A periphery of the first molded layer forms an assembly portion. A portion of the second layer on the periphery of the first molder layer is substantially parallel to a portion of the ink layer on the periphery of the first molder layer. A method of manufacturing the key is also provided.

Abstract: In general, in a first aspect, the invention features a method that includes depositing a first material on a surface of an article to form a layer including the first material. The surface of the article includes a plurality of protrusions and the layer including the first material forms a plurality of lenses. Each lens corresponds to a protrusion on the substrate surface.

Abstract: This invention describes a decorative surface covering comprising at least one decorative layer and a backing layer comprising a patterned array of elastomeric, geometric projections, wherein each geometric projection comprises a concave exposed surface, an outside wall surface and an inside wall surface wherein the inside wall surface defines a hollow area within the projection. When the decorative surface covering is installed over an underlying surface, and pressure is applied to the decorative surface covering, a vacuum is created within the hollow area of the projections and the underlying surface. The vacuum increases the amount of frictional drag between the surface covering and the underlying surface, and thus allows the surface covering to remain in place without the need for an adhesive.

Abstract: A photosensitive polymer composition, having (a) a polymer selected from polyimide precursors and polyimides having an acid group protected by a protecting group and having no amino group (—NH2) at the end; and (b) a compound that generates an acid when exposed to light and capable of deprotecting the protecting group from the acid group, is employed to form layers of a semiconductor device.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of polymer interlayers and multiple layer glass panels comprising polymer interlayers, and, more specifically, the present invention is in the field of wedge shaped polymer interlayers.

Abstract: The present invention features a plastic with a nano-embossing pattern formed on the surface of polypropylene (PP) by preferably irradiating an argon ion beam, and a method for preparing the same. In preferred embodiments, the present invention also provides a method for preparing a plastic with a nano-embossing pattern formed on the surface thereof.

Abstract: Method for producing a fibre composite component, in particular for aerospace, having the following method steps: forming a moulding core that comprises a predetermined number of hollow bodies for defining an external geometry of the moulding core, the hollow bodies being designed such that they extend in the longitudinal direction of the moulding core and are expandable elastically at least in their lateral direction, and are fixed to one another, the formed moulding core having a flexible outer layer for smoothing the contour of its outer surfaces, and a core sleeve surrounding the moulding core, for sealing the moulding core from the fibre composite component to be produced; placing at least one fibre semi-finished product, at least in places, on the moulding core that has been formed, in order to shape at least one moulding section of the fibre composite component to be produced; and applying heat and/or pressure to the at least one moulding section in order to produce the fibre composite component.

Abstract: The invention describes a pliable elastomeric membrane that is seamless and is prepared by mold processing. By utilizing mold processing, the ultimate membrane or sheet is several times larger in length and/or with than those elastomeric membranes or sheets as dictated by current calendaring processes. The present process provides the ability to form elastomeric sheets that can be reinforced about the perimeter, thus preventing tearing of the sheet while in use in, for example, vacuum laminators.

Abstract: The present invention provides a matte resin film having a matte surface which allows a printed pattern to be clearly seen through a matte surface when the pattern is on a surface of the matte resin film opposite to the matte surface. The matte resin film has a resin film substrate and a matte layer formed on at least one surface of the resin film substrate, wherein the matte layer has a top surface that has a 60-degree specular gloss Gs being 5% to 60%, and wherein the matte resin film has a haze H that satisfies the inequality: H<70(%)?Gs. Preferably, the matte layer contains a transparent resin and transparent fine particles dispersed therein.

Abstract: Processes comprising: (a) providing a substrate; and (b) forming a conductive structured polymer layer on a surface of the substrate, wherein forming the conductive structured polymer layer comprises applying at least one conductive polymer comprising a polycation and at least one polyanion having a mean molecular weight Mw of 1,000 to 100,000 g/mol using a lift-off process; and structured conductive layers prepared thereby.

Abstract: A photo-curable resin composition comprising an epoxy-containing silphenylene or silicone polymer with a Mw of 3,000-500,000 forms a coating which is useful as a protective film for electric/electronic parts.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner composition for electrostatic photography, including a reactive compound A having a reactive group XA, and a reactive compound B having a reactive group XB that is capable of reacting with the reactive group XA and forming a bond, wherein the reactive compound B is capable of forming a three-dimensionally bonded structure by reacting with the reactive compound A, and wherein the toner composition includes the reactive compound A and the reactive compound B in a mutually isolated state. Preferably, the reactive compounds respectively have two or more reaction sites, and any one of the compounds has three or more reaction sites.

Abstract: A method for imaging a graphene-based film. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a graphene-based film on a surface of a medium; forming a fluorescent coating over the graphene-based film to form a sample; illuminating the sample with light of a specific wavelength or wavelengths, which is absorbed by the fluorescent coating to cause the fluorescent coating to emit light of wavelengths longer than that of the absorbed light, which is quenched by the graphene-based film such that a visibility contrast is formed between the graphene-based film and the fluorescent coating; and imaging the graphene-based film from the visibility contrast.

Abstract: A decorating kit is provided to a user. The decorating kit comprises an article having a color that conceals color applied to the article, one or more designs applied on the article, and one or more coloring markers for coloring the designs on the article. The color of the article is a light absorbing color, which conceals color applied to the article. The article is, for example, clothing, an accessory, a pet product, etc. The designs are screened or attached onto the article. When the user colors the designs on the article using the coloring markers, the colors that inadvertently extend beyond the designs onto the article are not visible on the article. The user can therefore color the designs on the article without the colors that over-mark the designs, visible on the article. The decorating kit further comprises decorative elements for decorating the designs and the article.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical film is provided and includes a process of casting two or more dopes containing at least a polymer and a solvent on a base material at the same time, and a process of eliminating the solvent. One dope is a dope (Db) previously containing a dispersed phase at the time of casting or forming a phase-separated dispersed phase in the process of eliminating the solvent. The main component of the solvents constituting the dispersed phase of the dope (Db) is a solvent in which the polymer is substantially insoluble. The dope (Db) is cast to form a contiguous lower layer to a layer on the farthest side from the base material or a layer nearer to the base material than the contiguous lower layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an acoustic ceiling panel having an aesthetic covering includes the steps of: providing a non-woven fabric having an outer major printable surface and an inner major surface; printing an image onto the printable surface of the non-woven fabric using a high-speed printing process, the image being provided from at least one image carrier; providing a base ceiling substrate having selected acoustical properties, the base ceiling substrate having an outer major surface; and adhering the inner major surface of the non-woven fabric to the outer major surface of the base ceiling substrate to form a laminated panel, wherein the non-woven fabric is acoustically transparent relative to the base ceiling substrate.

Abstract: In an outer covering sheet of an absorbent product, first, second and third adhesive layer elements each extending in a left-right direction are formed on a second covering sheet by spiral spray application. Each of these adhesive layer elements has wide width parts and narrow width parts which are continuous with the wide width parts, respectively. Therefore, hot melt adhesive can be stably discharged across the entire length of the adhesive layer element, unlike in the case where only wide width parts are formed intermittently. As the result, it is possible to obtain the outer covering sheet which is a sheet member having the adhesive layer elements with desired shapes where unevenness is decreased. And in the absorbent product which is manufactured with use of the sheet member, comfort level of the wearer can be prevented from decreasing due to unevenness of thickness of the adhesive layer elements.

Abstract: Disclosed is a package substrate, in which the plating area of a first plating layer formed on a layer which is to be connected to a motherboard is larger than the plating area of a second plating layer formed on a layer which is to be connected to an electronic part, and the plating thickness of the second plating layer is greater than the plating thickness of the first plating layer, thus balancing the plating volumes of the plating layers formed on the layers of the package substrate, thereby minimizing warpage of the package substrate which results from the coefficients of thermal expansion being different.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of polymer interlayers used in multiple layer glass panels, and specifically the present invention is in the field of various performance enhancing agents for polymer interlayers and methods of effectively incorporating such performance enhancing agents into interlayers.

Abstract: A nanocomposite composition includes a polymer and a barrier component sufficiently dispersed within the polymer so as to define a tortuous path within the polymer. The barrier component includes a nano-constituent including a plurality of layers and a macro-constituent including a plurality of particles. Each of the plurality of layers has a first average thickness and each of the plurality of particles has a second average thickness that is greater than the first average thickness. A nanocomposite system includes a substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate and formed from the nanocomposite composition.

Abstract: Provided is a protective film including two or more transparent plastic substrates having a functional coating layer formed thereon and laminated successively by way of an adhesive layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrogenated amorphous carbon coating and to a method for the production thereof. It also relates to devices having such a coating. The method of the invention consists in producing a hydrogenated amorphous carbon coating comprising at least two layers of hydrogenated amorphous carbon, each of said layers having chemical compositions and physical and mechanical properties that are identical, and with thicknesses that are identical or different. The coating of the invention finds many applications, in particular in the mechanical field for parts subject to considerable wear and rubbing problems. It may also be applicable, in particular, in the field of surgical implants and in the MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) field.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a hardened component made of a hardenable steel, wherein the steel strip is exposed to a temperature increase in an oven, and is thus exposed to an oxidizing treatment such that a surface oxide layer is created, and subsequently a coating using a metal or a metal alloy is carried out. The strip is heated and at least partially austenitized for producing an at least partially hardened component, and subsequently cooled and thereby hardened. The invention also relates to a steel strip produced according to said method.

Abstract: A dust-repellent composition comprising at least one hydrophobic nanoparticle is provided; surfaces having a nanoscale hydrophobic composition are also provided; and processes for making surfaces having a nanoscale hydrophobic composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: A silicone composition and process are used to form a non-sewn seam in an airbag for use in vehicle applications. The airbag has a seam made from a silicone material prepared from the silicone composition. The silicone material and the process for forming the airbag seam minimize the need for sewn seams.

Abstract: A coated article suitable for use at elevated temperature includes a metal substrate and a coating on the substrate. The coating includes a corrosion resistant particulate component having an average coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) greater than alumina at 1200° F. (649° C.) dispersed in a binder matrix. An aspect ratio of at least a portion of the corrosion resistant particulate component is greater than about 2:1. The binder matrix includes a silicon-containing material and/or a phosphate-containing material.

Abstract: Provided is an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet having high initial low-temperature adhesive strength. The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet according to the present invention is characterized by having a bubble-mixed inorganic filler-containing acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing an acrylic polymer formed from an acrylic monomer mixture containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (a) having an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 14 and a polar group-containing vinyl monomer (b) at a component rate [(a)/(b)] (by weight) of 95/5 to 91/9, an inorganic filler in the amount at a rate of 0.1 parts by weight or more and less than 2 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the all monomer components forming the acrylic polymer and bubbles.

Abstract: A metallized barrier material comprising a base material, a first protective coating, a metallized layer, and a second protective coating. The base material has a first surface and a second surface. The base material is a dimensionally stable porous substrate. The first protective coating is applied to the first surface of the base material. The metallized layer is vapor deposited on the protective first surface of the base material to a desired optical density. The second protective coating applied to the metallized layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor phosphor nanoparticle including a semiconductor crystalline particle made of a 13th family-15th family semiconductor, a modified organic compound binding to the semiconductor crystalline particle, and a layered compound sandwiching the semiconductor crystalline particle protected with the modified organic compound.

Abstract: To provide a method whereby core-shell particles and hollow particles can be produced while suppressing formation of a gel or particles made of a shell-forming material; core-shell particles and a coating composition wherein a shell thickness is strictly controlled; and an article having a coating film having a high antireflection effect. Core-shell particles obtained by irradiating a liquid containing core particles made of a material having a dielectric constant of at least 10 and a metal oxide precursor with a microwave to form a shell made of a metal oxide on the surface of the core particles are used.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to substrates coated with a transparent or translucent film-forming composition, prepared from a curable, two-package composition comprising a first and second reactive package. The first reactive package contains a polyamine component comprising: i) a polyether functional polyamine; ii) an aspartic ester functional polyamine; and iii) an aliphatic polyamine. The second reactive package comprises a polyisocyanate, and the curable composition, under ambient conditions, upon mixing of the reactive packages, demonstrates a gel time of at least 2500 seconds.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a water-based adhesive composition that is an aqueous dispersion or emulsion of a polymer component having functional groups that are inactive in a reversible manner in the adhesive composition as prepared; and a water-soluble, or water emulsion, or dispersion of a cross linker component having functional groups wherein the functional groups are inactive in a reversible manner in the adhesive composition as prepared. Preferably the adhesive composition has a pH of from 7 to 11 and a volatile stabilizing base component is used to inactivate the functional groups and to provide the pH. The functional groups in the polymer component and the cross linker component are activated when the volatile base is removed during lamination heat treatment. The adhesive composition can be used to adhere a variety of plastic films to metal substrates without reliance on non-water-based adhesives.

Abstract: An optical compensation film composition is disclosed herein having a polymer film and a substrate, wherein the polymer film has a positive birefringence greater than 0.005 throughout the wavelength range of 400 nm<?<800 nm, the film having been cast from a polymer solution comprising a solvent and a polymer having a moiety of wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, or halogens, wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is a fluorine atom, and wherein R is hydrogen or a substituent on the styrenic ring.

Abstract: A resin composition for a pre-coated steel sheet having good processibility, heat resistance, and corrosion resistance, and a pre-coated steel sheet fabricated by using the resin composition are disclosed. The resin composition includes a 10 to 40 parts by weight of a hardener comprising end-capped blocked polyisocyanate and a melamine resin by 2:1 to 3:1 by parts by weight and 0. 1 to 10 parts by weight of organized layered nano-clay, based on a 100 parts by weight of a base resin. The pre-coated steel sheet obtained by the method exhibits good processibility, heat resistance, and corrosion resistance.

Abstract: Provided is an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet that shows high initial low-temperature adhesive strength, and is superior in suppression of the liner pop-off.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for retaining elements according to an embodiment of the present invention includes abase material layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the base material layer and capable of being cured by an external stimulus. A crack-generating elongation represented by the following equation in a case where the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is elongated in a state where the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is cured is larger than 115%. Crack-generating elongation (%)=[(a length of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet when a crack is generated in a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer)?(an original length of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet)]/(the original length of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet)×100.

Abstract: There is disclosed a curable PSA made by a solventless single stage polymerisation of the following materials: from about 10% to about 80% by weight of at least one polyol which has molecular weight at least 1000 daltons; from about 0.5% to about 20% at least one poly-isocyanate(s) from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight of at least one hydroxyl (meth)acrylate(s); from about 10% to about 80% by weight of one or more tackifier resins.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a particulate polymer of a monomer mixture comprising (a) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer; (b) at least one of (b?1) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 15 to 24 and the alkyl group being a linear alkyl group and (b?2) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 15 to 24 and the alkyl group being a branched alkyl group; and (c) a monoolefmically unsaturated monomer having a ketone group with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 8 to 14. Pressure sensitive adhesive tapes incorporating such adhesive compositions are also described.

Abstract: A pre-adhesive composition is described comprising an acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer and an aziridine crosslinking agent, which when crosslinked provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive and pressure-sensitive adhesive articles.

Abstract: Laminates suitable for constructing waterproof and breathable articles such as protective clothing which are both comfortable and exhibit enhanced resistance to fire are described. Particularly, flame resistant laminate constructions are described comprising a meltable textile as the outermost layer laminated to an intermediate protective layer comprising a waterproof film laminated to an innermost fabric layer comprising a thermally stable textile. Laminate constructions of the present invention exhibit breathability on the order of at least 1000 MVTR, a water entry pressure of at least 0.5 psi and have a horizontal flame break open time of at least 10 seconds.