Abstract: A method of preparing a boron allotrope-organic lateral heterostructural article includes providing an article comprising a substrate comprising a portion thereof coupled to a boron allotrope comprising an elemental boron layer; generating an organic compound vapor from a solid organic compound source, said organic compound vapor having a higher enthalpy of adsorption on said substrate compared to enthalpy of adsorption on said boron allotrope; and contacting said organic compound vapor with said article to selectively deposit said organic compound on a substrate portion not coupled to said boron allotrope to provide a heterostructural article comprising said organic compound and said boron allotrope laterally adjacent one to the other and providing a lateral interface one with the other.

Abstract: The production of NH3, Urea, UAN, and DAP, starting from inherently intermittent renewable energy, such as photovoltaic and wind power, is made economical by use of molten salt thermal energy storage (ESS) and water electrolyzer (WE) concentrated oxygen. The process inputs and equipment apply air; hydrogen-containing fuel, such as biomass; WE (concentrated O2 and H2 producing); thermal ESS equipped with a turbine and generator to steady the electricity input to the WE; and an ammonia plant. The thermal ESS enables minimally sized process equipment including, the WE, the air separation unit and less hydrogen storage. The concentrated oxygen from the water electrolyzer uniquely enables high-temperature thermal ESS input, water and CO2 collection and other fertilizer products, including Urea, UAN and DAP. DAP production is facilitated by using WE high-purity O2 oxidation and ammonium nitrate is similarly facilitated by anhydrous NH3 oxidation.

Abstract: A method for preparing copper-nickel cobaltate nanowires includes steps of: (1) dissolving a soluble nickel salt, cobalt salt and copper salt in ultrapure water, and preparing same into a mixed salt solution A; (2) adding 1-4 mmol of sodium dodecyl sulfate to solution A, and dissolving same with stirring; (3) dissolving 12-30 mmol of hexamethylenetetramine in 20 mL of ultrapure water to form solution B; (4) slowly dropwise adding solution B to solution A via a separatory funnel to form solution C, and stirring same for 0.5-1 h; and (5) further transferring same into a 100 mL reaction vessel, reacting same at 100-160° C. for 8-20 h, suction filtration and washing, and drying same at 40-60° C. in a vacuum oven, and further reacting same at 350-800° C. for 1-4 h in a muffle furnace.

Abstract: Provided are processes for the formation of electrochemically active materials such as lithiated transition metal oxides that solve prior issues with throughput and calcination. The processes include forming the materials in the presence of a processing additive that includes potassium prior to calcination that produces active materials with increased primary particle grain sizes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a recycling method of amphiphilic surface-active pollutants in water, comprising: performing a polymerization reaction by illumination treatment on the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants in water to form a polymerization product; performing self-assembly on the polymerization product for aggregation to form a fluorescent material, and performing separation to obtain a recycled product. Through treatment of the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants by illumination, the present disclosure can realize the recycled utilization of the amphiphilic pollutants in the wastewater by one step of reaction, so that the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants can be converted into usable fluorescent materials, and the biological toxicity is greatly reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a water purification and storage system, comprising (a) a tank configured to accept and hold water, and (b) a filter mounted with the tank in a configuration such that the filter is contacted by water in the tank when the tank is in its normal storage orientation and the water in the tank is 25% or more of the tank's holding capacity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for comprehensive monitoring, analysis and maintenance of water and equipment in swimming pools, said method implemented by one or more processors operatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage device, on which are stored modules of instruction code that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform: —accumulating and monitoring data from elements including at least one of: sensors, actuators, and breakers in and around the vicinity of the swimming pools; —accumulating non-sensory data from a plurality of sources at a local processing unit; —propagating said data to an online remote server, —applying machine learning or rule based algorithms at the online remote server configured to incorporate all the acquired data and obtain an optimal policy for pool maintenance by providing recommendations, control parameters, and —providing an online interface to access said recommendation/control parameters for at least one of: pool owners, pool serv

Abstract: A liquid preparation device intended for simultaneous heating and cooling of a liquid, said device including a raw liquid container, a thermoelectric converter, a control unit, a flow separation unit and a liquid preparation container being divided into a liquid heating section and a liquid cooling section, each section having a respective impermeable barrier adjacent to said thermoelectric converter. A liquid level control device is provided on the outer side of upper walls of the liquid heating section and of the liquid cooling section and in the form of a tray having a liquid level sensor on the bottom. An air exhaust is formed by two openings disposed symmetrically above the heating and cooling sections. A control unit contains a controller and, connected to it, said liquid level control device, disposed in the liquid preparation container.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in water purification including a cylindrical vessel comprising, within the cylindrical vessel, a first set of hydrocyclones, at least one intermediate set of hydrocyclones, and a final set of hydrocyclones, the sets of hydrocyclones arranged in series. In one embodiment, the hydrocyclones within each set of hydrocyclones are arranged in a parallel configuration, wherein each set of hydrocyclones is defined by a divider which causes the hydrocyclones in each set to operate in parallel. In one embodiment each hydrocyclone has a tangential inlet disposed within an inlet chamber of the cylindrical vessel and in fluid communication with an inlet connected to the inlet chamber, an overflow disposed within an overflow chamber of the cylindrical vessel, and an underflow disposed within an underflow chamber of the cylindrical vessel. In one embodiment, the cylindrical vessel comprises a first set of hydrocyclones and a second, final set of hydrocyclones.

Abstract: A method for water purification utilizing a cylindrical vessel containing a hydrocyclone nest. The heated contaminated water is fed into the nest, which includes a first set of hydrocyclones, at least one intermediate set of hydrocyclones, and a final set of hydrocyclones, the hydrocyclones in each set arranged in parallel, and each set arranged in series. The heated contaminated water is pumped into the cylindrical vessel such that the heated contaminated water enters a tangential inlet of each of the hydrocyclones, the hydrocyclones separate the heated contaminated water into steam and solids/concentrate, the steam exits through an overflow of the hydrocyclones and a first outlet of the cylindrical vessel, the solids/concentrate exit through an underflow of the hydrocyclones and into the subsequent ser of hydrocyclones until the final set of hydrocyclones, and then out through a second outlet of the cylindrical vessel. The steam is condensed into purified water.

Abstract: A metals-adsorbent PAN fiber comprising a carbon chain backbone and amidoxime, carboxylate, and nitrile pendant groups. No ester groups are present. The inventive fiber is used for removing metals, including toxic metals, from fresh water, including rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, drinking water from wells and other sources, and industrial discharge waste waters, in a pH range of 3-10, and preferably at slightly acidic conditions in the range of pH 5-6. Metals that can be removed include heavy and toxic metals, such as Sc, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Sr, Yb, Cd, Cs, Pb, La, Ce, Nd, Eu, Zn, Tb and U. The adsorbed metals can be removed from the fiber by acidic elution and recovered. The fiber can be rinsed and reused.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method to control micro algae growth and mitigation of microcystins, including the installation of algae control unit, algae control unit including metal drainage pipe and several charging chambers along the metal drainage pipe, one or more pairs of transmitters and receivers are installed in these charging chambers, electromagnetic waves are transmitted through water, the high energy point in these charging chambers are grounded through metal, generating high energy gradient electromagnetic wave in charging chambers, the invention uses repeatable high energy gradient intermittent shock treatment, which can provide more effective treatment for phytoplankton and other organisms, especially in freshwater environment, which can improve the killing effect of phytoplankton, and uses high gradient near-field ionic current to destroy the molecular structure of microcystins, especially benzene ring and O—H and N—H hydrogen bonds, compared with the existing treatment method, the invention can

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a desalination system, comprising a membrane distillation unit; a preheater having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, the outlet being in communication with the inlet; an evaporator in communication with the liquid outlet of the MD, and having a fluid inlet configured to provide heat to aqueous liquid in the evaporator, the evaporator having a vapor outlet; at least one adsorption-desorption unit, having a vapor inlet in communication with the vapor outlet of the evaporator, the AD including a fluid inlet configured to receive either a heating or a cooling fluid and a fluid outlet, the AD having a vapor outlet and further including a fluid inlet in communication with the fluid inlet of the AD, a fluid outlet in communication with the heating fluid inlet of the preheater; and a condenser in communication with the permeate vapor outlet of the MD or the AD or both and having a condensation outlet.

Abstract: A method for operating a wastewater treatment system is disclosed wherein the wastewater treatment system comprises at least one electrochemical cell comprising dimensionally stable electrodes having the same catalyst composition, the electrodes being immersed in wastewater and being connected to a power supply and wherein the voltage at the power supply is monitored and the polarity of the electrochemical cell(s) is reversed when the recorded voltage increases by a predetermined voltage difference. The wastewater treatment system can comprise at least one electrochemical cell which is kept inactive while the active electrochemical cells are operating. The inactive cell(s) can be activated when all the electrodes of the active cells are consumed as indicated by another increase in voltage at the power supply after the polarity of the active cells has been once reversed.

Abstract: A device for removing ions from a flow of water includes a first electrode and a counter-electrode opposite the first electrode in the flow of water. The first electrode contains at least one material which is capable of intercalating one or both of Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions in the flow of water. The counter-electrode can include a material capable of binding to anions in the flow of water.

Abstract: In a water passage, a first inflow-side insulator, a second inflow-side insulator, and an electric-discharge water tank are each formed like a sealed container. A tap water pipe is connected to the electric-discharge water tank via inflow-side insulators, and the electric-discharge water tank is connected to water supply headers. The water passage has a hermetic structure that is open to the atmosphere only at a supply opening of each of the water supply headers. Therefore, when pressurized tap water is supplied to the water passage, water flows through the water passage. As a result, restrictions on the positional relationship between a supply target of treated water and a water treatment device are reduced, and the usability of the water treatment device is improved.

Abstract: A method treats an aqueous system to inhibit growth of one or more micro-organisms therein and/or to reduce the number of live micro-organisms therein. The method includes adding treatment agents to an aqueous system wherein said treatment agents include (a) a phosphonium compound; and (b) a compound having formula: M(XO2)n wherein: M is a Group I or Group II metal; X is a halogen; and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: In a system for decomposing organic compounds in water for use in semiconductor manufacturing, a chemical reactor vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a persulfate anion addition system upstream of the reactor vessel, and a light emitting device contained within the reactor vessel. The light emitting device provides light capable of decomposing persulfate anions.

Abstract: A hand portable water purification system including: a cold plasma ozone generator having two spaced apart parallel electrodes for generating ozone; a Venturi injector providing partially ozonated contaminated water; a first and a second reactor tank, each tank in fluid communication with the Venturi injector and the cold plasma generator, wherein the first reactor tank fills with partially ozonated contaminated water provided by the injector, and while being filled, is further ozonated until purified water is obtained and concurrently previously purified water is emptied from the second reactor tank; a low wattage power source for providing power to the system; and a microprocessor/controller for controlling in real time the amount of ozone produced by the generator and for controlling a series of valves. The valves are opened and closed according to a predefined sequence. A method for use of the portable water purification system is also provided herein.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses and systems for the remediation of contaminated soils, groundwater, water, and/or waste using a combination of reagents. The disclosed methods may be used to treat various recalcitrant halogenated substances, such as perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyls. Particular combinations of reagents that may be used in the disclosed methods include but are not limited to: (1) persulfate, oxygen and ozone; (2) persulfate, salt, oxygen and ozone; (3) persulfate, phosphate, and/or oxygen; (4) persulfate, phosphate, oxygen and ozone; (5) persulfate, phosphate, salt and oxygen (6) persulfate, phosphate, salt, oxygen and ozone; (7) oxygen and salt; and (8) air and salt. The disclosed methods may include the transfer of contaminants from an aqueous phase to a foam prior to the destruction of the contaminants.

Abstract: Provided is an aerobic biological treatment method for treating water to be treated with aerobic organisms by dissolving oxygen in the water to be treated within a reaction tank using an oxygen dissolution membrane module disposed in the reaction tank, wherein a bioadhesive carrier within the reaction tank is suspended or fluidized to prevent adhesion of organisms to the oxygen dissolution membrane module.

Abstract: An induced sludge bed anaerobic reactor system that includes at least two stages of bioreactor processing, a first-stage feeding system, a second-stage feeding system, a pH balancing system, an effluent recirculation system, a gas management system, and a controller. In addition, any given stage of reactor processing may be comprised of a plurality of reactors that are configured to operate in parallel with each other.

Abstract: A method of removing nitrogen-bound nitrate from at least one of groundwater, surface water, or waste water is disclosed. The method includes providing contaminant-containing water from groundwater, surface water, and/or waste water sources. The method further includes adding the contaminant-containing water to an algal photobioreactor system. The method further includes adding an alga culture to the alga photobioreactor system. The method further includes adjusting temperature, CO2 concentration, pH, light wavelength, and/or light intensity in the algal photobioreactor system to optimize the growth of the algae. The method further includes separating the algae from the water and harvesting algal biomass.

Abstract: A process for the bio-neutralisation of red mud, the process including: feeding an alkaline red mud into a bio-digester; feeding biomass including insoluble organic matter into the bio-digester, the biomass supporting a microbial consortium; mediating the digestion of the biomass in the bio-digester or through a train of bio-digesters with microbes in the microbial consortium, to thereby produce organic acid(s) which neutralise alkalinity of the red mud and reduce pH of the red mud; producing a bio-neutralised red mud product having a pH of 10 or less.

Abstract: A sludge drying apparatus includes a drying unit for drying sludge as it is transferred by a transfer belt. The drying unit includes a box that covers an upper surface of the transfer belt and extends in a direction of extension of the transfer belt, an air inlet formed at one end of the box, an air outlet formed at the other end of the box, a fan provided outside the box for sucking air in the box from the air outlet and thereby intaking outside air from the air inlet into the box, a dividing portion for dividing the air discharged from the fan into two parts, and a return inlet formed between the air inlet and the air outlet for returning one of the two parts of the air divided by the dividing portion into the box.

Abstract: A cross-fired melting furnace and a method of melting raw materials by a cross-fired melting furnace are provided, where the furnace includes a melting tank, a melting chamber, N first ports associated N first burners, N second ports, an auxiliary fuel injector for introducing a fraction of fuel required for melting as auxiliary fuel in a direction of a flow of re-circulating combustion products without additional oxidiser, into the re-circulating combustion products in the direction of the flow of the re-circulating combustion products, and with a chosen velocity such that the fraction of fuel mixes with the re-circulating combustion products before being combusted by oxidiser entering the furnace.

Abstract: An end-fired melting furnace and a method of melting raw materials by an end-fired melting furnace are provided, where the furnace includes a melting tank, a melting chamber, first and second ports, at least one burner, and at least one auxiliary fuel injector arranged in the end-fired melting furnace in a roof or in first and second side walls so that the at least one auxiliary fuel injector introduces a fraction X2 of auxiliary fuel, in a direction of re-circulating combustion products, without additional oxidiser, into the re-circulating combustion products in a direction of a flow of the re-circulating combustion products, and with a chosen velocity such that the fraction X2 of auxiliary fuel mixes with the re-circulating combustion products before being combusted by oxidiser entering the furnace.

Abstract: The invention relates to a submerged combustion burner (1) and to a melter comprising submerged combustion burners (1). The burner comprises at least one oxidant feeding tube, at least one fuel feeding tube, a burner head having a peripheral envelope, the fuel and oxidant feeding tubes abutting against the burner head, at least two, preferably at least three, peripheral outward directed nozzles, each of the nozzles having a nozzle outlet, the nozzle outlets being arranged on a peripheral line on the peripheral envelope of the burner head, the nozzle outlet axis being inclined by an angle of 5 to 30° to the horizontal, and the nozzles practiced in the burner head being connected to the oxidant feeding tube and to the fuel feeding tube.

Abstract: A device for bending glass panes, includes a lower press-bending mould with a frame-shaped contact surface, an upper press-bending mould arranged opposite the contact surface, wherein the lower press-bending mould and the upper press-bending mould are suitable for reshaping a glass pane situated therebetween by pressing, wherein the side edge of the glass pane rests on the contact surface along a contact line, wherein during pressing, the contact line migrates from a first contact line all the way to a pressing line, and wherein the contact surface between the first contact line and the pressing line is convexly curved.

Abstract: Provided is a small-diameter chalcogenide glass material having excellent weather resistance and mechanical strength and being suitable as an optical element for an infrared sensor. The chalcogenide glass material has an unpolished side surface, a pillar shape with a diameter of 15 mm or less, and a composition of, in terms of % by mole, 40 to 90% S+Se+Te and an inside of the glass material is free of stria with a length of 500 ?m or more.

Abstract: A hot-forming tool for producing glass containers is provided. The tool includes a forming roller, a holder, and a heat sink. The forming roller has a forming surface. The holder receives the forming roller with the forming roller rotatably mounted on the holder. The heat sink is directly or indirectly connected to the holder. The forming roller is in thermal contact with the heat sink and the heat sink has an internal cooler so that process heat can be transferred from the forming roller to the heat sink.

Abstract: A method of forming a glass article includes steps of: providing a glass substrate sheet, forming a first array of first damage regions, forming a second array of second damage regions which define a plurality of portions, wherein the second array of second damage regions define one or more interrupted zones. The interrupted zones may have a largest dimension of about 10 microns or greater. The method further includes steps of etching the glass substrate and singulating the plurality of portions from the glass substrate sheet.

Abstract: The method includes tracing a score line on the surface of the glass, using a scoring tool, and breaking out using a local pressure system applied on the opposite face and opposite the score line, the local pressure system being moved and pressed along the score line on the opposite face.

Abstract: A method of producing bi-modal particles includes the steps of igniting a first precursor gas using a primary burner thereby producing a first plurality of particles of a first size, fluidly transporting the first plurality of particles down a particle tube, igniting a second precursor gas using a secondary burner thereby producing a second plurality of particles of a second size, flowing the second plurality of particles into the first plurality of particles, and capturing the first and second plurality of particles.

Abstract: A glass article, having SiO2 from about 61 wt. % to about 62 wt. %; Al2O3 from about 18 wt. % to about 18.4 wt. %; B2O3 from about 7.1 wt. % to about 8.3 wt. %; MgO from about 1.9 wt. % to about 2.2 wt. %; CaO from about 6.5 wt. % to about 6.9 wt. %; SrO from about 2.5 wt. % to about 3.6 wt. %; BaO from about 0.6 wt. % to about 1.0 wt. %; and SnO2 from about 0.1 wt. % to about 0.2 wt. %, a refractive index of about 1.515 to about 1.517 at an optical wavelength of about 589 nm; a VD of about 57 to about 67; less than or equal to about 5 ?m total thickness variation over a component diameter of about 200 mm, less than or equal to about 20 ?m warp over a component diameter of about 200 mm, and wedge less than or equal to about 0.1 arcmin.

Abstract: A strengthened glass has a mirror constant A of 1.97 MPa·m0.5 or less, a surface compressive stress (CS) of 10 MPa or more. A product (t×CS) of a sheet thickness t (unit: mm) and the CS (unit: MPa) is less than 230. The strengthened glass may have a fictive temperature at a central portion in a sheet thickness t direction of not lower than a glass transition temperature Tg and Tg+100° C. or lower.

Abstract: There are provided an optical glass that can compensate for chromatic aberration of glass lenses with high precision because of its high anomalous dispersion, that is lighter than that in the related art, and that is easily handled in a polishing process because of its low degree of abrasion, an optical element, and a preform. The optical glass contains P5+, Al3+, and Zn2+ as cation components and O2? and F? as anion components, wherein the cation components are P5+ 25% to 40%, Al3+ 5% to 20%, Zn2+ 1% to 15%, and Ba2+ 0% to 28% on a cat. % basis, the anion components are O2? 40% to 70% and F? 30% to 60% on an ani. % basis, and the optical glass has a refractive index (nd) of 1.53 to 1.60, an Abbe number (?d) of 65 to 75, a partial dispersion ratio ?g.f of 0.520 to 0.560, and a degree of abrasion of 420 or less.

Abstract: An enamel composition may be applied to an inner surface of cooking appliance to facilitate cleaning. The enamel composition may include: SiO2 at 25 to 50 wt %; B2O3 at 1 to 15 wt %; one or more selected from among Li2O, Na2O, K2O, and NaF at 10 to 30 wt %; ZnO at 1 to 15 wt %; MoO3 at 1 to 15 wt %; and one or more selected from among TiO2, Bi2O3, NiO, Co3O4, and CeO2 at 10 to 30 wt %.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium aluminosilicate glass product suitable for making a glass-ceramic product, includes melting a vitrifiable mixture of raw materials, which are free from arsenic oxides and antimony oxides, apart from unavoidable traces, refining the molten material, cooling the molten material so as to form a glass, forming of the glass, wherein the vitrifiable mixture of raw materials includes petalite having a fraction by weight of total iron, expressed as Fe2O3, less than or equal to 200 ppm.

Abstract: To provide a method for recycling a solar cell module glass, which enables development of other novel applications of a waste glass of a solar cell module while controlling an elution amount of Sb from the waste glass into water. Disclosed is a method for recycling a solar cell module glass, the method comprising: grinding a solar cell module glass into a glass powder; adding at least one foaming agent selected from SiC, CaCO3 and a seashell, and a particular inhibitor to the glass powder to produce a mixture; and heating the mixture to 700 to 1,100° C. to produce a foam glass.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a glass fiber which has a high elastic modulus and satisfactory productivity, and can facilitate the production of a fine-count glass fiber. The composition for a glass fiber of the present invention includes, as a glass composition expressed as a mass percent in terms of oxide, 50% to 70% of SiO2, 15% to 25% of Al2O3, 3% to 13% of MgO, 3% to 15% of CaO, and 0.5% to 5% of B2O3.

Abstract: The invention provides transparent conductive coatings based on indium tin oxide. The coating has an oxide overcoat, such as an alloy oxide overcoat. In some embodiments, the coating further includes one or more overcoat films comprising silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon dioxide, or titanium dioxide.

Abstract: An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer and other glass structures in the electronic device may be provided with coatings. An interior coating on a glass layer may include multiple layers of material such as an adhesion promotion layer, thin-film layers of materials such as silicon, niobium oxide and other metal oxides, and metals to help adjust the appearance of the coating. A metal layer may be formed on top of the coating to serve as an environmental protection layer and opacity enhancement layer. In some configurations, the coating may include four layers.

Abstract: A method for plating nickel onto a glass surface of a substrate by sequentially contacting the surface with a solution having an oxidizing agent, a solution containing a silane compound, a Pd/Sn solution, and a nickel ion-containing solution, thereby accomplishing an electroless nickel plating process.

Abstract: Methods of making glass substrates comprise: obtaining a base glass from a bulk process; exposing the base glass to a first ion exchange treatment including ions of a first metal to form a protected base glass; exposing the protected base glass to a second ion exchange treatment including the ions of the first metal and ions of a second metal to form a modified base glass; and annealing the modified base glass to remove substantially all stress and to obtain a distributed concentration profile of the alkali metal oxide, an oxide of the first metal, and an oxide of the second metal, thereby forming the glass substrate.

Abstract: Ion-exchanged glass ceramic articles described herein have a stress that decreases with increasing distance according to a substantially linear function from a depth of about 0.07 t to a depth of about 0.26 t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article from a compressive stress to a tensile stress. The stress transitions from the compressive stress to the tensile stress at a depth of from about 0.18 t to about 0.25 t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article. An absolute value of a maximum compressive stress at the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass article is from 1.8 to 2.2 times an absolute value of a maximum central tension (CT) of the ion-exchanged glass article, and the glass ceramic article has a fracture toughness of 1 MPa?m or more as measured according to the double cantilever beam method.

Abstract: A quantum dot (“QD”) glass aging device including a bottom part including a flat surface defined by a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction; a side wall part including a side surface defined by the first direction and a third direction intersecting the bottom part, and a seating part disposed between the bottom part and the side wall part. The seating part includes a plurality of protrusion parts extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction. A plurality of QD glasses is arranged on the plurality of protrusion parts. A plurality of light sources is disposed in the plurality of grooves defined between the protrusion parts and between the side wall part and a first protrusion part adjacent to the side wall part. Heights of upper surfaces of the protrusion parts gradually decrease from the side wall part to the bottom part.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method comprises: depositing an adhesion layer comprising manganese oxide (MnOx) onto a surface of a glass or glass ceramic substrate; depositing a first layer of conductive metal onto the adhesion layer; and annealing the adhesion layer in a reducing atmosphere. Optionally, the method further comprises pre-annealing the adhesion layer in an oxidizing atmosphere before annealing the adhesion layer in a reducing atmosphere.

Abstract: A method for the application of hydrous mineral binder compositions which contain fibres. An aqueous accelerator is mixed with the aqueous binder composition in a mixer shortly before the application. The method is very robust and makes it possible to quickly produce even large moulded bodies having a uniform surface and very good strength development properties.

Abstract: Multifunctional composite building materials, which are obtained by mixing nano silicon dioxide, nano titanium dioxide, nano aluminum oxide and nano zinc oxide with nano nickel-cobalt ferrite or nano nickel-zinc ferrite; surface active agent; air entrained agent such as diethanolamine lauryl sulphonate, protein extracts, pulp waste liquid, diatomite; “kumgang” medical stone; viscosifier such as hydroxyl ethyl cellulose and foam elimination agent such as tributylphosphoric acid ester or butanol in a certain ratio.