Abstract: A UV curable adhesive composition includes a morpholine group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transparent antistatic films using graphene, and methods for preparing the same. The films include conductive particles comprising a single-layer or multi-layer graphene, and a binder. The films are prepared by dispersing graphene in a solvent to obtain a graphene dispersion; dissolving a curable binder to a solvent to obtain a binder solution; mixing the graphene dispersion, the binder solution and optionally an additive to obtain a coating solution; applying the coating solution onto a substrate and drying the solution to form a coated film; and curing the coated film. According to the present invention, transparent or semitransparent antistatic films having excellent permeability, abrasion resistance, scratch resistance, chemical stability and dimensional stability can be prepared. The films also have superior adhesion to substrates and applicability, and thus may be advantageously applied to rigid or flexible substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to expandable polymers and/or polymer granulates of cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) having an average molecular weight (Mn), determined as polystyrene-equivalent molecular weight by means of gel chromatography, of ?20.000 g/mol and an average butyryl content of cellulose acetate butyrate of ?20 wt. %, preferably ?30 wt. %, and corresponding polymer foams.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides articles that include polymer coatings on substrates primed with a primer coating containing silica nanoparticles, and methods of coating. The polymer coating is preferably a silicone-based polymeric material.

Abstract: A membrane according to the present invention includes a support member and a polymer layer disposed on the support member and including a plurality of nano pores each having an inner wall formed of a block-structured polymer material of which the end thereof is substituted by a functional group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a chemical resistant polyurea composition that may retain physical integrity even when continuously or semi-continuously exposed to a corrosive environment comprising alkalis or acids. The chemical resistant polyurea composition may be formed, in some embodiments, by a process including: reacting a polyalkadiene polyol with a polyisocyanate at a temperature and for a time sufficient to result in a polyurea prepolymer containing less than 5 wt. % NCO; admixing the polyurea prepolymer containing less than 5 wt. % NCO with a polyfunctional amine curing agent and at least one of a solvent, a UV absorber, an antioxidant, and a colorant to form a curable composition, wherein the polyurea prepolymer and the polyfunctional amine are admixed at a stoichiometric ratio, based on equivalents, in the range from about 1.03:1 to 1.08:1; and curing the curable composition to form the chemical resistant polyurea composition.

Abstract: There are provided an infrared absorbing thin film that efficiently absorbs infrared rays and has good versatility by controlling the absorption intensity of titanium oxide in an infrared region and a method for producing the infrared absorbing thin film. The infrared absorbing thin film containing a rutile-type titanium oxide crystal can be produced through a step of dispersing or dissolving a complex of an amino group-containing basic polymer and a transition metal ion in an aqueous medium; a step of obtaining a composite having a polymer/titania layered structure in which the complex of the amino group-containing basic polymer and the transition metal ion is sandwiched between layers of titania, by mixing the aqueous dispersion with a water-soluble titanium compound in the aqueous medium; a step of calcining the composite in an air atmosphere at a temperature of 650° C.

Abstract: A pigment mixture comprising (a) pigment particles, (b) colloidal spacer particles dispersed on surfaces of the pigment particles, and (c) carrier particles, wherein the pigment particles with colloidal spacer particles are dispersed on surfaces of the carrier particles. A pigment mixture of titanium dioxide pigment particles having colloidal silica spacer particles on surfaces of the titanium dioxide, the titanium dioxide and colloidal silica attached to surfaces of diatomaceous earth carrier particles, provides improved optical efficiency of the pigment and improved retention in a paper fiber matrix.

Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant member having flexibility and a high degree of flame retardancy. A flame-retardant polymer member of the present invention is a flame-retardant polymer member having a polymer layer (B) and a flame-retardant layer (A) on at least one surface of the polymer layer (B), in which the flame-retardant layer (A) is a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer (X).

Abstract: A conductive adhesive tape includes a conductive layer; an adhesive layer formed at one side in the thickness direction of the conductive layer and containing an adhesive and a conductive filler; and a metal layer interposed between the conductive layer and the adhesive layer. The maximum resistance value in the first cycle measured in a heat cycle test is 0.1? or less, and the resistance value increase rate is 100% or less.

Abstract: A first multilayer film is a multilayer film which contains a layer A on at least one surface of a base film, in which the layer A has (1) a polycaprolactone segment, (2) a polysiloxane segment and/or a polydimethyl siloxane segment, and (3) a urethane bond, and the layer A has a glass transition temperature of from ?30 to 0° C. A second multilayer film contains a layer A on at least one surface of a base film, in which the layer A has a scratch recovery time of 3 seconds or less at a temperature of 10° C. A third multilayer film contains a layer B on at least one surface of a base film, in which the layer B has a polycaprolactone segment and a urethane bond, and the layer B has average elongation at break of 65% or more at 80° C. to 150° C.

Abstract: A cellulose fibre-based support of which at least one surface is coated with a layer containing at least one water-soluble polymer having hydroxyl functions, at least some of which have been reacted beforehand with at least one organic molecule that contains at least one vinylic function, characterized in that said organic molecule also has an aldehyde function. Method for production thereof.

Abstract: There are provided a silicone resin sheet having high heat resistance and strength and being excellent in flexibility, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having excellent anchoring, force and excellent moisture resistance. The inorganic oxide particle-containing silicone resin sheet according to the present invention includes a silicone resin composition containing a crosslinked structure in which an inorganic oxide particle dispersed in a polysiloxane resin and the polysiloxane resin are crosslinked through a chemical bond, and has a tensile elongation of 5 to 15%.

Abstract: Laser-inscribable film, comprising a contrast layer based on a cured acrylate coating composition and, arranged above the contrast layer, an engraving layer, where the cured acrylate coating composition is based on a composition comprising from 30 to 80% by weight of a trifunctional oligomer A, from 0 to 20% by weight of a trifunctional monomer B, from 1 to 30% by weight of a difunctional monomer C, and from 2 to 40% by weight of a colorant pigment.

Abstract: Provided is a water-dispersible acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is resistant to increase in adhesive strength with time, has a good appearance, and less stains an adherend. The water-dispersible acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes an acrylic emulsion polymer; and a water-insoluble crosslinking agent having two or more carboxyl-reactive functional groups per molecule. The acrylic emulsion polymer is formed from constitutive monomers essentially including a (meth)acrylic alkyl ester (A), a carboxyl-containing unsaturated monomer (B), and at least one monomer (C) selected from methyl methacrylate, vinyl acetate, and diethylacrylamide and has a solvent-insoluble content of 70 percent by weight or more. When the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is applied so as to have a dry thickness of 50 ?m, dried at 120° C. for 2 minutes, and aged at 50° C.

Abstract: An ultrathin tellurium nanowire structure is disclosed, including a rod-like crystalline structure of tellurium, wherein the crystalline structure is defined by diameters of between 5-6 nm. In addition, an ultrathin tellurium-based nanowire structure is disclosed including a rod-like crystalline structure of one of lead telluride and bismuth telluride, wherein an ultrathin tellurium nanowire structure is used as a precursor to generate the rod-like crystalline structure. Furthermore, a nanoscale heterostructure tellurium-based nanowire structure is disclosed including a dumbbell-like crystalline heterostructure having a center rod-like portion and one octahedral structure connected to each end of each of the center rod- like portions, wherein the center rod-like portion is a tellurium-based nanowire structure and the octahedral structures are one of lead telluride, cadmium telluride, and bismuth telluride.

Abstract: There are provided surface-modified fine fibers that preserve the inherent physical properties of a matrix polymer, the surface of which is efficiently modified, that can be easily produced, and that are formed by an electrospinning method from a spinning material that is a resin composition including a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer (a) and a thermoplastic resin (b); a method for producing the fiber; and a method for modifying the surface of fine fibers.

Abstract: Provided herein are gas and/or temperature assisted electrospinning apparatus, processes, components and polymer nanofibers.

Abstract: A method and device for producing crystalline active ingredient particles. The active ingredient is crystallized from a supersaturated solution on the surface of particles of the active ingredient. A suspension of active ingredient particles is subjected to wet grinding in a supersaturated solution of the active ingredient in a first module. At least a part of the suspension is fed from the first module into the second module where it is cooled and simultaneously subjected to ultrasound. The suspension is fed back into the first module after cooling and being subjected to ultrasound. Active ingredient solution and optionally antisolvent are added to the suspension and active ingredient particles and liquid phase are extracted. A relative supersaturation of the active ingredient in the liquid phase of the suspension, relative to the entire liquid phase, is ?90%, and the extracted active ingredient particles comprise a mean particle size of 10-500 ?m.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for making PTFE having a standard specific gravity of less than 2.160 g/cm3 comprising: polymerizing a tetrafluoroethylene monomer in an aqueous medium comprising an emulsifier and an initiator in a reaction vessel and contacting the aqueous medium with a fluorinated polyether. Also described herein are the polymerizable compositions and articles thereof.

Abstract: This invention provides non-spherical nanoparticle compositions that are the reaction product of a source of a Group 12, 13, 14, or 15 metal or metalloid; a source of a Group 15 or 16 element; and a source of a quaternary ammonium compound or phosphonium compound; wherein nanoparticle tetrapods comprise 75-100 number percent of the nanoparticle products.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silicone microparticle, wherein the silicone microparticle comprises 100 parts by mass of a silicone elastomer spherical microparticle having volume-average particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 ?m and 0.5 to 25 parts by mass of a polyorganosilsesquioxane to cover surface of the silicone elastomer spherical microparticle, wherein the polyorganosilsesquioxane has a shape of granule with the size thereof being 60 nm or less. There can be provided a silicone microparticle having low agglomerating tendency and excellent dispersibility even if rubber hardness of a silicone elastomer microparticle is low and a particle diameter thereof is small.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a particle and a method for manufacturing the particle, in particular, a particle in various shapes having a size ranging from several nanometers (nm) to tens of micrometers (?m), and a method for manufacturing the particle.

Abstract: A graphene structure includes a substrate and a graphene layer. The grapheme layer is laminated on the substrate, is formed of graphene doped with a dopant, and has a similar oxidation-reduction potential to that of water.

Abstract: [Object] A phosphorus-containing oligomer that has high solubility in an organic solvent and exhibits high flame retardancy and heat resistance in the form of a cured product thereof is provided.

Abstract: To provide a coating composition capable of forming a coating film having excellent functions on the surface of a solar heat-collecting reflective plate, and a solar heat-collecting reflective plate obtainable by such a composition, as well as processes for their production. A coating composition for coating the surface of a solar heat-collecting reflective plate, which comprises a fluorinated copolymer having repeating units derived from ethylene and repeating units derived from tetrafluoroethylene, and a solvent capable of dissolving the fluorinated copolymer at a temperature of not higher than the melting point of the fluorinated copolymer; a solar heat-collecting reflective plate obtainable by such a composition; and processes for producing such a composition and a reflective plate.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a process for producing a target coating having two or more coating layers over a substrate. The disclosure is also directed to a primer coating composition comprising a topcoat component and one or more flatteners. This disclosure is further directed to a multi-layer coating formed by the process disclosed herein.

Abstract: An article includes a substrate with a plurality of independent taggant layers that each include metal oxide nanocrystals doped with at least one Lanthanide element. Each taggant layer includes metal oxide nanocrystals doped with a different Lanthanide element than each other taggant layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for joining and for improving interfacial strength of joints in objects of fibre-containing composite materials, such as epoxy/glass fibre composite materials of a wind turbine blade, as well as fibre reinforced composite materials, laminates and other interconnected objects prepared by this method. In particular wind turbine blades prepared by this method are described. The present invention further relates to robots and robotic tools for carrying out the described methods for joining objects of fibre-containing composite materials.

Abstract: The present invention refers to polymeric materials having hybrid characteristics, which are composed of a dispersion of organometallic monomers or oligomers of Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, V or Sn or mixture thereof, in a polymeric matrix. The articles prepared with these polymeric materials are characterized by the migration of said compounds to their surface, conferring improved soldability and surface properties.

Abstract: A thermosetting resin varnish that includes a thermosetting resin composition of an uncured semi-IPN composite having compatibilized with one another (A) a polyphenylene ether, (B) a butadiene polymer which contains in the molecule thereof 40% or more of a 1,2-butadiene unit having a 1,2-vinyl group in the side chain thereof, and which is not chemically modified, and (C) a crosslinking agent; (D) an inorganic filler; and (E) a saturated thermoplastic elastomer. Also, a resin varnish for a printed circuit board, a prepreg, and a metal-clad laminate, using the thermosetting resin varnish.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming on the surface of a substrate a first solid layer which is suitable for activating a chemical reaction to form a second layer thereon, the method comprising the steps of: applying to the surface of the substrate a first liquid comprising a curable composition and an activator for the second layer-forming chemical reaction; and curing the curable composition, thereby forming a first solid layer adhered to the surface of the substrate, capable of activating the second layer-forming chemical reaction. A second layer can then be formed on the substrate by bringing into contact with the first solid layer a second fluid comprising components of a second layer-forming chemical reaction, activated by the activator, thereby causing a second layer to be formed on the first solid layer.

Abstract: Packaging and a method of making the packaging is disclosed. The packaging includes a substrate with an asymmetrical coextrusion attached there to. The coextrusion includes an ethylene vinyl alcohol layer that is disposed toward the substrate.

Abstract: There are provided a method for manufacturing a surface-modified fluororesin film capable of long-term inventory storage, a method for manufacturing a rubber composite composed of the surface-modified fluororesin film and rubber bonded together, and a rubber product for medical use made of the rubber composite. The method for manufacturing a surface-modified fluororesin film comprises the step of performing surface roughening on a fluororesin film RF by applying an ion beam from an anode layer ion source to the surface of the fluororesin film RF. A rubber is placed over the roughened surface of the thusly produced surface-modified fluororesin film, and, through vulcanization molding process, the surface-modified fluororesin film and the tuber can be firmly bonded to each other.

Abstract: A resin composition, containing: (A) polyolefin; (B) a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of from 20 to 65 mol % and a degree of saponification of vinyl acetate units of 96% or more; (C) a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of from 68 to 98 mol % and a degree of saponification of vinyl acetate units of 20% or more; and a pigment (E), wherein a mass ratio (A/B) is from 3 to 99.5, a mass ratio (B/C) is from 1 to 100, a mass ratio (E/C) is from 0.04 to 50, and a content of (C) is from 0.01 to 2.4 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of (A) and (B). A molded product, in particular a multilayered structure, obtained by melt molding the resin composition has good dispersibility of the pigment, and improved uneven coloration.

Abstract: The present invention provides a starch mixture for use in the preparation of coating compositions—and to coating compositions prepared therewith—characterized in that the starch mixture comprises (a) a non-thinned starch; and (b) a thinned starch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sizing composition that, when applied to paper substrate, creates a substrate, preferably suitable for inkjet printing, having increased print density, print sharpness, low HST, and/or image dry time, the substrate preferably having high brightness and reduced color-to-color bleed as well. In addition, the present invention relates to a method of reducing the HST of a paper substrate by applying the sizing composition to at least one surface thereof. Further, the application relates to methods of making and using the sizing composition, as well as methods of making and using the paper containing the sizing composition.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plate including multiple metal layers is provided. The method includes: disposing a semi-finished plate formed of a first metal in a mold, wherein a surface of the semi-finished plate is roughened; and injecting a second metal in liquid form onto the roughened surface of the semi-finished plate, so as to form a second metal layer on the semi-finished plate, wherein the second metal in liquid form covers and fills the roughened surface of the semi-finished plate. Not only does the multi-layer metal plate manufactured according to the method have the strength and elasticity of a composite metal, but also increase the joining, bonding or engagement strength between the first and second metal layers without laser welding.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component, a method, and a tool for forming, in particular for the lateral extrusion or upsetting of thin-walled preforms to form components having a structure formed thereon, in particular having a toothing, wherein, by carrying out the method according to the invention and by using the tool according to the invention, buckling of the wall of the preform during the forming process to form the component according to the invention is prevented.

Abstract: Provided is an industrially excellent surface-treated copper foil which satisfies requirements for adhesiveness to an insulating resin such as polyimide, heat-resistant adhesiveness, chemical resistance and soft etching properties. Also provided is a method for producing a surface-treated copper foil which achieves a high adhesion strength between an insulating resin and the copper foil, shows high chemical resistance in circuit formation and sustains good soft etching properties after forming vias by laser-processing. A base copper foil is subjected to a roughening treatment to give a surface roughness (Rz) of 1.1 ?m or below. On the roughened surface, an Ni—Zn alloy layer is formed. The aforesaid roughening treatment is conducted in such a manner that the roughened surface comprises sharp-pointed convexes, which have a width of 0.3-0.8 ?m, a height of 0.6-1.8 ?m and an aspect ratio of 1.2-3.5, and the surface roughness (Rz) of said base copper foil is increased by 0.05-0.3 ?m.

Abstract: A stainless steel-and-amorphous alloy composite includes a stainless steel part and an amorphous alloy part. The stainless steel part has nano-pores defined in a surface thereof. The amorphous alloy part is integrally bonded to the surface having the nano-pores. A method for manufacturing the composite is also described.

Abstract: In a method for coating a copper-containing aluminum alloy, the alloy is treated with a solution of at least one polyamino carboxylic acid ligand. A trivalent chromium coating is thereafter applied.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more and having satisfactory seam weldability. The steel sheet has a chemical composition of C: 0.12% to 0.40%, Si: 0.003% to 0.5%, Mn 0.01% to 1.5%, Al: 0.032% to 0.15%, N: 0.01% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.01% to 0.2% or less, and B: 0.0001% to 0.01%, with the remainder including iron and inevitable impurities, has a Ceq1 (=C+Mn/5+Si/13) of 0.50% or less, and has a steel structure of a martensite single-phase structure.

Abstract: A layer system and a method for producing a component having such a layer system are provided. The layer system includes a substrate a substrate, at least one MCrX layer on the substrate, and a chromium-rich layer on or in the at least one MCrX layer. X includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of yttrium (Y), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al) and boron (B). M includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co).

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium capable of dealing with an ultra-higher recording density than before and its manufacturing method. The present invention concerns a perpendicular magnetic recording medium including at least a seed layer made of noncrystalline ceramic, a crystalline orientation control layer and a magnetic layer made of a material mainly containing a FePt alloy in this order on a substrate. This perpendicular magnetic recording medium is suitably manufactured by forming at least the seed layer, the orientation control layer and the magnetic layer made of the material mainly containing the FePt alloy in this order on the substrate by sputtering, wherein the magnetic layer is formed at a predetermined temperature of 500° C. or less.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is disclosed which has excellent corrosion resistance, even with a protective layer of thickness 2 nm or less. The magnetic recording medium includes, on a substrate, a magnetic layer and a carbon-based protective layer. The thickness of the carbon-based protective layer is 2 nm or less, and the contact angle of water on a surface of the carbon-based protective layer is 25° or greater and less than 60°.

Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 ?m?1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of ?5° C. or lower, of 7 ?m?1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R?2O in which R? is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R?2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including an anode and cathode terminal of a battery cell, the anode and cathode terminal being made of a plate-shaped conductive member, and being electrically connected to a PCM, a battery cell having the anode and cathode terminal formed at one end thereof, the battery cell being provided at the end thereof with a thermally welded surplus portion, and a PCM including a PCB having a protection circuit formed thereon, the PCB being provided at one side thereof with a cathode and an anode terminal connection portion and at the other side thereof with an external input and output terminal connection portion, an external input and output terminal electrically connected to the protection circuit of the PCB via the external input and output terminal connection portion of the PCB, and an electrically insulative PCM case.

Abstract: An energy storage device is provided that includes a reservoir in operative communication with a positive electrode such that the positive electrode remains fully flooded, even at the top of the charge cycle. The device more particularly includes a housing receiving therein, in a coaxial manner, an ion conducting member, and a current collector member received coaxially within the ion conducting member. In this device, a first region is provided in the space between the housing and the ion conducting member and a second region is provided in the space between the ion conducting member and the current collector member. The interior of the current collector member defines a reservoir having a certain volume at least equal to the volume of the void space created in the second region during charging of the device.

Abstract: A structure of lithium-ion battery module comprises a battery case, containing one or more flexible packaging polymer lithium-ion battery cells, at of which top a connecting conductor is arranged to connect them in series and/or parallel to form a battery pack, positive and negative poles of the battery pack are mounted on the connecting conductor. The structure further comprises a battery cover plate welded on the open end of the battery case to package the battery pack into the battery case, and the positive and negative pole terminals of the battery module are arranged on the battery cover plate and welded to the positive and negative poles. The plate is provided with one or more through hole, through which the air in the battery case is evacuated and the inert gas is injected, after that a steel ball is clamped into each through hole to seal the battery case.