Abstract: An object is to provide a composite plating film excellent in the water-repellent property and oil-repellent property using a material that is less likely to accumulate in the environment, as substitute for a fluorine resin. A composite plating film is provided which includes an alloy matrix phase and a silicone dispersed in the alloy matrix phase. In the composite plating film, the silicone preferably has Hansen solubility parameters comprising a dispersion term ?D of 15 MPa1/2 or less, a polar term ?P of 3 MPa1/2 or less, and a hydrogen bonding term ?H of 3 MPa1/2 or less. The silicone preferably has an interaction radius of a Hansen solubility sphere of 5.0 MPa1/2 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are fire-retardant concentrates and solutions comprising mixtures of ammonium phosphates. In certain embodiments, less of the concentrate is needed to form an effective fire-retardant solution. In certain embodiments, the fire-retardant solutions exhibit decreased corrosion, especially with regard to magnesium. In certain embodiments, the fire-retardant solutions exhibit decreased aquatic toxicity.

Abstract: A method for producing cathodic protection for protecting reinforcing steel (2) in a reinforced concrete structure (1) is provided, in which reinforced concrete structures subjected to chloride-induced corrosion can be simply and durably protected against corrosion. Furthermore, the cathodic protection is also intended to be producible particularly quickly both for new buildings as well as when carrying out renovation/retrofitting work. For this purpose, a textile-reinforced concrete (8) is applied to the reinforced concrete, wherein the textile-reinforced concrete (8) comprises a carbon fabric (10) and a mortar, wherein a continuous electrical voltage is applied between a cathode and an anode and wherein the reinforcing steel (2) is used as the cathode and the carbon fabric (10) is used as the anode.

Abstract: A process for oxidizing water using hydrated cobalt molybdenum is disclosed. A plurality of hydrated cobalt molybdenum nanoparticles are supported on an electrode and are able to catalytically interact with water molecules generating oxygen. The catalyst can be used as part of an electrochemical or photo-electrochemical cell for the generation of electrical energy.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for direct growth of low noise, atomically thin freestanding membranes of two-dimensional monocrystalline or polycrystalline materials, such as transition metal chalcogenides including molybdenum disulfide. The freestanding membranes are directly grown over an aperture by reacting two precursors in a chemical vapor deposition process carried out at atmospheric pressure. Membrane growth is preferentially over apertures in a thin sheet of solid state material. The resulting membranes are one or a few atomic layers thick and essentially free of defects. The membranes are useful for sequencing of biopolymers through nanopores.

Abstract: A vapor deposition metal mask substrate includes a nickel-containing metal sheet including a obverse surface and a reverse surface, which is opposite to the obverse surface. At least one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a target surface for placing a resist layer. The target surface has a surface roughness Sa of less than or equal to 0.019 ?m. The target surface has a surface roughness Sz of less than or equal to 0.308 ?m.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for hydrogen production using a tungsten carbide nanoflake may include: forming a tungsten carbide nanoflake on a nanocrystalline diamond film by means of a chemical vapor deposition process in which hydrogen plasma is applied; and increasing activity of the tungsten carbide nanoflake to a hydrogen evolution reaction by removing an oxide layer or a graphene layer from a surface of the tungsten carbide nanoflake. Since an oxide layer and/or a graphene layer of a surface of tungsten carbide is removed by means of cyclic cleaning after tungsten carbide is formed, hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity of the tungsten carbide may be increased, thereby enhancing utilization as a catalyst electrode.

Abstract: The invention relates to vertical or inclined electrodes of an electrolyzer for electrolytically producing aluminum from aluminum oxide. An electrode contains an electrode base and a surface coating based on refractory ceramics. According to a first variant of the invention, the electrode base is made of a composite material containing between 5% and 90% by mass of refractory ceramics, and of at least one metal having a melting temperature exceeding 1000° C., which forms refractory intermetallic compounds upon interaction with aluminum, and/or containing at least one alloy of such a metal. According to a second variant of the invention, the electrode base is made of a metal alloy, for example structural steel or another alloy, and the surface of the electrode base has applied thereto an intermediary layer consisting of a composite material having the composition described above.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a plate material which is used in the electrochemical process of metal as a part of a cathode on which surface a metal is deposited. The surface roughness of the plate material for the adhesion between the metal deposit and the plate material is achieved with at least one treatment in a coil processing line.

Abstract: A method for growing nanotubes via flow-regulated microfluidic electrochemical anodization, includes providing a microfluidic device having a fluid inlet; a fluid outlet; and a fluidic microchannel connecting the fluid inlet and outlet, wherein the microchannel includes a Pt cathode and a Ti anode separated by an electrical insulator; providing an electrolyte fluid flow through the microchannel; and providing an electrical current across the anode and cathode sufficient to cause electrochemical anodization growth of TiO2 nanotubes in the microchannel on a surface of the anode.

Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a plating cell, a degassing device configured to remove oxygen from the plating solution prior to the plating solution flowing into the plating cell; an oxidation station configured to increase an oxidizing strength of the plating solution after the plating solution flows out of the plating cell; and a controller. The controller includes program instructions for causing a process that includes operations of: reducing an oxygen concentration of the plating solution where the plating solution contains a plating accelerator; then, contacting a wafer substrate with the plating solution having reduced oxygen concentration and electroplating a metal such that the electroplating causes a net conversion of the accelerator to a less-oxidized accelerator species within the plating cell; then increasing the oxidizing strength of the plating solution causing a net re-conversion of the less-oxidized accelerator species back to the accelerator outside the plating cell.

Abstract: A plating system comprising a plating tank for applying plate processing to a substrate, a sensor configured to measure actual plating film thickness of the substrate, and a controller configured to control plating current supplied to the plating tank and plating time for the plate processing of the substrate within the plating tank. The controller is capable of setting target plating film thickness, plating current, and plating time as a plate processing recipe. At least one of the plating current and the plating time is automatically corrected so that the actual plating film thickness and the target plating film thickness become equal to each other, and the result is reflected in the plate processing for the subsequent substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses for electroplating which employ seed layer detection. Such methods and related apparatuses may operate by selecting a wafer for processing, measuring from its surface one or more in-process color signals having one or more color components, calculating one or more metrics, each metric indicative of the difference between one of the in-process color signals and a corresponding set of reference color signals, determining whether an acceptable seed layer is present on the wafer surface based on whether a predetermined number of the one or more metrics are within an associated predetermined range which individually corresponds to that metric, and either electroplating the wafer when an acceptable seed layer is present or otherwise designating the wafer unacceptable for electroplating. The foregoing may then be repeated for one or more additional wafers to electroplate multiple wafers from a set of wafers.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a group III nitride semiconductor crystal substrate includes providing, as a seed crystal substrate, a group III nitride single crystal grown by a liquid phase growth method, and homoepitaxially growing a group III nitride single crystal by a vapor phase growth method on a principal surface of the seed crystal substrate. The principal surface of the seed crystal substrate is a +c-plane, and the seed crystal substrate has an atomic oxygen concentration of not more than 1×1017 cm?3 in a crystal near the principal surface over an entire in-plane region thereof.

Abstract: An alumina substrate on which an AlN layer is formed and that causes less warping, and a substrate material strong enough to withstand normal handling when an AlN crystal is grown upon it, and prevents cracking and fracturing of a grown crystal when stress is applied during growing or cooling. The substrate has a gap and a rare earth element-containing region inside the AlN layer or at the interface between the AlN layer and the alumina substrate. Warping of the AlN layer can be reduced by lattice-mismatch stress being concentrated at the region and releasing of stress by the gap. The region having a concentrating of stress, and the gap having a low mechanical strength, can induce crackings and fracturings. As a result, contamination of crackings and fracturings into the crystal grown on the substrate can be prevented. The region can ensure a level of mechanical strength sufficient for handling.

Abstract: An engineered substrate includes a support structure comprising a polycrystalline ceramic core, an adhesion layer coupled to the polycrystalline ceramic core, and a barrier layer coupled to the adhesion layer. The engineered substrate also includes an bonding layer coupled to the support structure, a substantially single crystal layer coupled to the bonding layer, and an epitaxial gallium nitride layer coupled to the substantially single crystal layer.

Abstract: In one instance, the present disclosure describes a method for preparing a carbonaceous article comprising: providing a crosslinked polyolefin fabricated article; stabilizing the crosslinked polyolefin fabricated article by air oxidation to provide a stabilized fabricated article; treating with a boron-containing liquid (BCL) during or intermediate to at least one of the preceding steps; and carbonizing the stabilized fabricated article. In one instance the present disclosure describes a method for preparing a stabilized article.

Abstract: An acrylonitrile-containing fiber includes 100 parts by mass of a polymer including at least 15 parts by mass of acrylonitrile; and 1.0 to 50 parts by mass of a water absorbent resin having a pure water absorption capacity (gig) with respect to its own weight of at least 10 but less than 100, wherein the fiber is dyeable with a disperse dye.

Abstract: The present invention provides a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, which affords a molded article having soft texture and excellent heat resistance and among others, exhibits good moldability in molding by a material extrusion 3D printer. The present invention relates to a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, including a thermoplastic elastomer which contains at least a specific block copolymer and in which the ratio between storage modulus and loss modulus measured at 200° C. and 100 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is in a specific range.

Abstract: A carbonaceous fiber is prepared from a polyolefin fiber. The polyolefin fiber is stabilized and is treated with a silicon source. In one instance the silicon source is a siloxane. In one instance the polyolefin fiber is stabilized by sulfonation. In one instance the carbonaceous fiber has 90-100 weight percent Carbon, 0.1-1 weight percent Silicon, 0.1-1 weight percent Nitrogen.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for preparing a carbonized article comprising providing a fabricated polyolefin article; crosslinking the fabricated article with a boron-containing species (BCS); stabilizing the fabricated article by air oxidation; and carbonizing the fabricated article. The present disclosure further describes preparing a stabilized article.

Abstract: A yarn spinning system has a sliver feeding part feeding a main material used for yarn formation; a main spinning unit in which the spinning procedure of the main materials is performed; suction pipes present in the main spinning unit and enabling the intake of waste fiber formed during spinning; the draft cylinders enabling orderly drawing and smoothing of the main material (fiber) fed into the system; additionally to provide conveying the injected yarns fed into the system to a draft area through the yarn feeding path; and enabling fancy yarn production by conveying the injected yarns to the main spinning unit by being centered on the main material via the yarn guide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a yarn comprising a copolyamide in an amount of at least 90 wt % with respect to the total weight of the yarn, which copolyamide comprises a) at least 95 wt % by weight with respect to the total weight of copolyamide, monomeric units derived from hexamethylene diamine and adipic acid and b1) cyclic monomeric units derived from a diamine X, and cyclic monomeric units derived from a diacid Y, and/or b2) cyclic monomeric units derived from an amino acid Z, in which the summed amount of monomeric units derived from X, Y and Z is between 0.1 to 4.5 wt % by weight with respect to the total weight of the copolyamide and wherein the yarn has a tensile strength of at least 80 cN/tex as measured according to ASTM D885-04. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the yarn.

Abstract: A one-fabric fire resistant (FR) solution having 2 or more layers of FR yarns knit together into one fabric, the at 2 or more layers including a face layer and a back layer, the back layer includes a silica yarn.

Abstract: A fiber structure includes a plurality of weft layers and a plurality of warp layers interlinked with three-dimensional or multilayer weaving, the fiber structure including at least first and second portions that are adjacent in the warp direction, the first portion presenting thickness in a direction perpendicular to the warp and weft directions that is greater than the thickness of the second portion. The weft layers situated in the core of the first portion of the fiber structure include braids. The weft layers extending on either side of the weft layers including the braids and going as far as the skin of the first portion include yarns or strands, the braids presenting a section greater than the section of the yarns or strands.

Abstract: Weaving equipment may include warp strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and weft strand positioning equipment that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The fabric may include insulating strands and conductive strands. Conductive strands may run orthogonal to each other and may cross at open circuit and short circuit intersections. The fabric may be formed using pairs of interwoven warp and weft strands. Conductive warp and weft strands may be interposed within the pairs of strands. The fabric may be a single layer fabric or may contain two or more layers. Stacked warp strands may be formed between pairs of adjacent insulating warp strands. The stacked warp strands may include insulating and conductive strands. Touch sensors and other components may include conductive structures that are formed from the conductive strands in the fabric.

Abstract: Method and system for managing and controlling feeding of at least one thread to a textile machine as a function of the machine operating step in product production or thread processing, such production or processing providing for a succession of steps corresponding to obtaining product parts or treating thread. The thread fed to the machine by a feeder at constant tension and/or speed and/or controlled by a sensor which monitors sliding or inherent characteristic thereof such as tension, speed, diameter, quantity and color. The sensor and/or feeder being controlled by a setting controller. The setting controller receiving synchronization signals from the machine and detecting—according to the latter—the operating steps and thus product or production status. The operation setting programmed as a function of operating steps. The machine generates a unique synchronization signal, for each operating step, independently from step length.

Abstract: A holding material including: inorganic fibers that include 70 wt % or more of an alumina component an organic binder other than polyacrylamide of which the surface is negatively charged, alumina sol, and polyacrylamide having a weight-average molecular weight of 3,000,000 to 6,000,000, wherein the amount of the alumina sol is 2 to 8 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the amount of the inorganic fibers, and the amount of the polyacrylamide is 0.01 to 1.0 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the amount of the inorganic fibers.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric layered body, including: an elastic nonwoven fabric; and an extensible spunbond nonwoven fabric that is disposed on at least one surface side of the elastic nonwoven fabric and that has a degree of maximum load elongation of 50% or more in at least one direction, the nonwoven fabric layered body satisfying the following (1) and (2). (1) The elastic nonwoven fabric includes a resin composition containing a specific low-crystalline polypropylene, and an ?-olefin copolymer A containing an ethylene-derived constitutional unit and a propylene-derived constitutional unit, and having a melting point of 100° C. or more and a crystallization degree of 15% or less. (2) The resin composition contains from 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of the ?-olefin copolymer A with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin composition.

Abstract: A system for preparing a polylactic acid (PLA) spunbond nonwoven fabric is provided. In particular, the system includes a first PLA source configured to provide a stream of molten or semi-molten PLA resin; a spin beam in fluid communication with the first PLA source, the spin beam configured to extrude and draw a plurality of PLA continuous filaments; a collection surface disposed below an outlet of the spin beam onto which the PLA continuous filaments are deposited to form the PLA spunbond nonwoven fabric; a first ionization source positioned and arranged to expose the PLA continuous filaments to ions; and a calender positioned downstream of the first ionization source.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a contact area for two superimposed material webs, which have edges and which are to be sewn together by the sewing machine, wherein, in order to align the edges of the material webs to each other, there is a bottom guide element under the contact area for the bottom material web and a top guide element for the top material web above the contact area, wherein the guide elements are each rotatably mounted about a rotation axis. The rotation axes of the guide elements are arranged extending perpendicular to the contact area.

Abstract: A compacting machine for compacting a fabric includes at least a first compacting module suitable to carry out a mechanical-type compacting treatment, and at least a second compacting module, suitable to carry out a felt-type compacting treatment. The second compacting module is disposed in direct connection and directly downstream of the first compacting module in a direction of feed of the fabric.

Abstract: Discussed herein is a system for detecting an operating condition of a clothes washing machine or a clothes drying machine, which can include a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor, the MEMS sensor being physically attached to the clothes washing or drying machine and a computerized controller, such as a home automation controller, can be in communication with the MEMS sensor. The computerized controller can receive signals from the MEMS sensor that indicate the state of the clothes washing or drying machine. After receiving signals indicating the state of the clothes washing or drying machine, the computerized controller can use the signals to determine the operating condition of the clothes washing or drying machine and send a notification to a user device about the clothes washing or drying machine including the operating condition of the clothes washing or drying machine.

Abstract: A method of controlling a laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The method includes rotating the drum only in one direction among a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction so as to separate water from water contained in the drum, supplying water to the tub, rotating only the agitator to an angle less than 360 degrees so as to disperse laundry in the drum, rotating only the rotator to an angle of 360 degrees or more at a rotational speed that is higher than a rotational speed of the agitator set for the dispersion operation so as to supply water to the chamber, filtering water through the filter, and rotating only the agitator to an angle less than 360 degrees at a rotational speed that is higher than the rotational speed of the agitator set for the dispersion operation but is lower than the rotational speed set for the filtering operation.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus comprising a tub; a drum mounted in the tub; a passage provided in the drum and configured to allow water to flow from a first portion of the drum to a second portion of the drum; an agitator rotatably provided in the drum and configured to agitate the water held in the drum; and a filter device configured to filter the water flowing through the passage, wherein the filter includes a body defining a storage space; an inlet configured to allow water into the body from the passage; a filter provided in the body and configured to filter foreign substances from the water drawn into the body and release the water into the drum; and a plurality of projections projected from the body and configured to hold the filtered foreign substances to the body, wherein a cross-sectional area of the projected unit is 25% to 50% of a cross sectional area of the body area.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus comprises a cabinet; a tub provided inside the cabinet, receiving water therein; a drum provided inside the tub, storing laundry therein; a path portion provided in the drum, providing a moving path of the water; a water flow formation portion rotatably provided inside the drum, partially discharging the water inside the drum to the path portion during rotation; and a guide portion provided in the drum, guiding the water discharged by the water flow formation portion to the path portion, wherein the guide portion includes an anti-vortex member for preventing vortex of the water passing through the guide portion.

Abstract: A washing machine divider, in which a durable frame comprising an inner and outer ring is divided into partitions by connecting rods. The frame is placed such that the outer ring rests on the outer edge of the barrel and the inner edge rests on the agitator of the washing machine. Baskets made of flexible material such a mesh or netting containing delicate clothing may be suspended from the partitions such that the clothing may be agitated within the washing machine without stretching or tearing the delicate clothing.

Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus is provided. The clothes treating apparatus may include a drum having a locking tab formed by cutting a portion of an outer circumferential surface to be bendable inward towards an interior of the drum, and a balancer having a fastener that protrudes from the outer circumferential surface to hold the locking tab. The locking tab may be configured to be pushed inward towards the interior of the drum in order to be locked in the fastener and to restrict movement of the balancer in a forward or backward direction of the drum as the drum rotates.

Abstract: A laundry appliance for treating a load of laundry according to a cycle of operation comprises a cabinet and a tub assembly housed within the cabinet and comprising a front tub section, a rear tub section and at least one middle tub section provided between the front and rear tub sections.

Abstract: An apparatus including a hook that connects to the inside lip of a laundry machine, a mechanical connection that connects to said hook, a stopper connected to the mechanical link that limits the motion of the laundry machine's door in order to secure property inside the laundry machine, and a lock to engage and disengage the mechanical connection.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for treating clothing with a clothing treatment device under a pressure environment altered from an ambient pressure. In one example, the clothing treatment device may comprise a chamber which may be evacuated to a low internal air pressure by a vacuum pump and/or a cold plate, wherein fabric articles placed inside the chamber may be washed and dried, and wherein the drying occurs under low pressure conditions within the chamber via one or more heat sources. In at least one example, the fabric articles may be hanging within the chamber.

Abstract: A drainage mechanism of a washing machine having an inner tub and an outer tub includes a water sealing cover, a lever structure and a driving device, a resistance arm end of the lever structure is connected with the water sealing cover, the driving device for driving the lever structure to work is arranged at an driving arm end of the lever structure, a drainage outlet is formed in a bottom wall of the inner tub, and the lever structure is driven by the driving device and drives the water sealing cover to close the drainage outlet in the washing and rinsing procedures and to open the drainage outlet in a draining procedure. The resistance arm end of the lever structure moves upwards and downwards to drive the water sealing cover to close and open the drainage outlet, thereby implementing drainage.

Abstract: A method of controlling a laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The method includes supplying water the tub, rotating only the agitator to an angle less than 360 degrees, rotating only the agitator to an angle of 360 degrees or more so as to supply water to the filter and to filter the water through the filter, and rotating only the agitator to an angle less than 360 degrees after the completion of filtering.

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having a cabinet forming an outer appearance and having an inlet port formed at the front, a tub provided inside the cabinet for storing wash water, a drum provided inside the tub to be rotatable, and a door installed in the cabinet for opening and closing the inlet port. The door is provided with an auxiliary door which can be freely opened and closed during the washing process independently of the door, so that laundry can be added even during the washing process.

Abstract: Laundry apparatus (100) and methods for cleaning garments are provided, whereby the laundry apparatus (100) can provide one or more of: ultraviolet light, ultra-sound, ozone, carbon dioxide, and a surfactant source to clean the garments and includes an electronic control system (130) configured to transmit data corresponding to the laundry apparatus cleaning conditions and cleanliness of the garments wirelessly to an external computing device (132).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-pump type laundry dryer comprising a drum, a process air circuit, a refrigerant circuit which has a compressor and a control unit for conducting the drying process. The laundry dryer of the present invention further comprising: a fan for cooling the compressor and a sensor for sensing the process air temperature T_air, wherein the control unit sets a first threshold temperature T_th1 which is equal to or smaller than 55° C., sets a second threshold temperature T_th2 which is less than T_th1 and initiates, prior to the termination of the drying process a cooling process in which the fan is turned ON when T_air reaches T_th1 and the fan is turned OFF when T_air drops below T_th2.

Abstract: A plurality of modular laundry bags connected to form a shower mat. The modular units are attached in series at their lateral margins with hook-and-loop fasteners. Each bag has a zippered port for loading laundry into the bag, and a hanger strap for drip-drying the laundry. The bags have a porous upper membrane allowing water to enter the bags and a non-skid lower member for contact with a shower floor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nonwoven fabric formed from (i) a nonwoven fabric substrate and (ii) a fluorine-containing polymer adhering to the nonwoven fabric substrate, wherein the fluorine-containing polymer contains: (a) repeating units formed from a fluorine-containing monomer which is alpha-chloro acrylate or alpha-chloro acrylamide containing a fluoroalkyl group, and (b) repeating units formed from a halogenated olefin monomer, and the fluorine-containing polymer is free from repeating units formed from a (meth)acrylate containing a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having at least 18 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A machine for fabricating three-dimensional interlaced composite components including a frame, a deposition surface, a first set of two or more warp heads, a second set of two or more of warp heads, and a weft inserter. An interlaced composite component including a first set of two or more warp filaments parallel to each other and a first set of two or more weft filaments parallel to each other. Warp filaments are interlaced with, and bonded to, weft filaments s. Warp filaments and weft filaments are interlaced in at least two different weave patterns. Warp filaments and weft filaments are continuous, and the weave patterns transition from one pattern to another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a waterproof membrane for building applications comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane. The invention also relates to a waterproof membrane comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane, an optional pre-coating layer to facilitate the manufacturing process, and to join the support carrier with the cross-linked coating composition in the most optimal and durable manner to achieve good surface appearance and chemical bonding between reinforcing carrier and crosslinked polyurethane coating. The waterproof membrane can be prepared and installed with lower cost in comparison to current flat roof waterproofing systems based on liquid two-component polyurethane systems.