Abstract: Described is an adhesive coating that can be applied, for example, to a surface of the insulation product. The adhesive coating includes between about 15-40% by weight of the adhesive coating of at least one of polystyrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) and polyacrylic acid (PAA), between about 15 and 50% by weight of the adhesive coating of a polyvinyl alcohol, between about 0.05% and 1.0% by weight of a homogenizer, and between about 20 and 40% by weight of the adhesive coating of a starch paste. The adhesive is activated with the application of liquid water.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive tape having a base material layer and an adhesive layer disposed on the base material layer, wherein the adhesive layer contains a radical photoinitiator and polymer A having polymerizable carbon double bonds, and difference |R0-R1| between contact angle R0 of silicon wafer surface with respect to water and contact angle R1 of the silicon wafer surface with respect to water after the adhesive layer is attached to the silicon wafer, left to stand for 24 hours, then irradiated with ultraviolet ray, and peeled, is 20° or less.

Abstract: An electrically conductive adhesive layer includes an adhesive material; a plurality of electrically conductive first particles dispersed in the adhesive material and having a first shape; and a plurality of electrically conductive second particles dispersed in the adhesive material and having a second shape different from the first shape. A ratio of a total weight of the first particles to a total weight of the second particles is in a range from about 2 to about 10. The adhesive layer has an average thickness in a range from about 5 micrometers to about 35 micrometers. An electrical conductance of the adhesive layer in a thickness, but not in an in-plane, direction is at least 5% greater than a comparative adhesive layer having the same construction except that it does not include the second particles.

Abstract: An adhesive composition contains a ?-1,3-glucan derivative obtained by introducing an acyl group into ?-1,3-glucan; and a terpene-based resin. An adhesive tape includes an adhesive layer formed from the adhesive composition.

Abstract: An adhesive composition includes an acid-modified polyolefin (A) that is graft-modified with 0.2 to 5 parts by mass of an acid compound (a2) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polyolefin (a1), in which the adhesive composition has a storage modulus of from 130 to 330 MPa at 23° C. as measured by a rheometer and has a yield modulus of from 30 to 120 MPa at 23° C. in a tensile test.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous dispersion parquet adhesive based on at least one dissolved polyvinyl alcohol, at least one dispersed, vinyl acetate-containing polymer, and at least one dispersed, acrylate-containing polymer. The dispersion parquet adhesive has low density, excellent processing properties, and advantageous mechanical properties. The dispersion parquet adhesive according to the invention has an exceptionally high weight ratio of polymeric binder to water and a defined weight ratio of dissolved polymeric binder to dispersed polymeric binder. Also disclosed is a method of producing the parquet adhesive.

Abstract: An adhesive tape that includes: a first adhesive layer defining an upper surface of the tape; a second adhesive layer defining a lower surface of the tape; and a reinforcement layer (or first and second reinforcement layers) and a thermally activated layer between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer. The thermally activated layer is a thermoplastic polymer layer. The thermoplastic layer may be made of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, modified polyolefin, ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, ethylene terpolymer, polyamide copolymer, poly(trans-1,4-isoprene), polyethylene oxide, or a combination thereof. Further, the thermoplastic layer may exhibit a melting point from 60° C. to 150° C. and may have a molecular weight from 1,000 to 1,000,000.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adhesive comprising at least one of the following copolymer A: the copolymer A has at least one repeating unit carrying an amide group and a carboxyl and/or its ammonium salt and at least one other repeating unit different from the one carrying an amide group and a carboxyl and/or its ammonium salt. The present disclosure also relates to an artificial board formed of a lignocellulose material and the adhesive and a method for manufacturing the artificial board.

Abstract: A two-component dual-cure adhesive having a first component and a second component that partially react when mixed to provide some adhesive strength plus processing capability and further reacts upon exposure to a secondary stimulus to produce a high strength adhesive.

Abstract: A one-component thermosetting epoxy resin adhesive, includes: a) at least one epoxy resin A of the formula (II): wherein the substituents R? and R? independently of one another are either H or CH3 and the index s has a value of 0-12, at least one epoxy novolac EN of the formula: where R2= or CH2, R1=H or methyl and z=0-7, at least one trifunctional or higher functional glycidyl amine type epoxy resin GA, least one latent hardener B for epoxy resins and at least at least one toughness improver D. The epoxy resin adhesive is notable in particular for providing a one-component thermosetting epoxy resin adhesive which shows good adhesion on metal substrates at temperatures around 80° C., even when cured at relatively low temperatures.

Abstract: Provided are flux-compatible epoxy-phenol adhesive compositions useful as a low gap underfill and novel phenols useful therein. The flux-compatible epoxy-phenol adhesive compositions include an epoxy component including an epoxy compound having a cycloaliphatic, alicyclic or mixed cycloaliphatic-aromatic backbone, a multifunctional phenolic component, and a catalyst. The flux-compatible compositions are useful as an underfilling sealant which (1) rapidly fills the underfill space in a semiconductor device, such as a flip chip assembly, (2) enables the device to be securely connected to a circuit board by short-time heat curing and with good productivity, and (3) demonstrates excellent solder reflow resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-component adhesive composition comprising: a component A comprising: at least one polyurethane P comprising at least two (meth)acrylate end functions; at least one reducing agent; and at least one itaconate monomer of following formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R2 represents, independently of one another, organic radicals; at least one core-shell impact modifier; a component B comprising: at least one oxidizing agent; and optionally at least one (meth)acrylate monomer M1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a temporary bonding method comprising: providing a stack comprising: a first substrate, an adhesive layer, a second substrate, and a sacrificial layer; and applying laser energy to the sacrificial layer to facilitate separation of the first substrate from the second substrate. The sacrificial layer in this invention is soluble in alkaline aqueous solution and therefore if there is a residual sacrificial layer, it can be easily removed with an alkaline aqueous solution to avoid damaging the component.

Abstract: Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a sidewall and having a maximum thickness, T; and the shaped abrasive particles further comprising a plurality of grooves on the second face.

Abstract: Described herein are absorbent compositions and methods of making and using the compositions. The absorbent composition including a hydrophilic cellulosic material functionalized with one or more hydrophobic chemical modification agents. The one or more hydrophobic chemical modification agents can be polymerized with or grafted to the hydrophilic cellulosic material via a chemical, physical or ionic bonds. The hydrophilic cellulosic material can exhibit an increased level of hornification. The method of making the absorbent composition including: a) contacting a hydrophilic cellulosic material with one or more hydrophobic chemical modification agents to form a precursor mixture; and b) allowing the one or more hydrophobic chemical modification agents to react with the hydrophilic cellulosic material to form an absorbent composition. The absorbent composition may be used for selective oil absorption and/or chloroform absorption.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention refrigerant compositions are disclosed. The compositions comprise a refrigerant mixture consisting essentially of HFC-32 and HFO-1234yf. The compositions are useful as refrigerants in processes to produce cooling and heating, in methods for replacing refrigerant R-410A, and in air conditioning or heat pump systems.

Abstract: An object is to suppress disproportionation in a refrigerant comprising HFO-1132(E). Provided as a means for a solution is a method for suppressing a disproportionation reaction of HFO-1132(E), the method comprising operating a refrigeration cycle using a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), and difluoromethane (R32).

Abstract: In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a phase change material, a hydrophobic sorption material, and a viscosity modifier. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a foam and a latent heat storage material dispersed in the foam, the latent heat storage material comprising a phase change material and a hydrophobic sorption material.

Abstract: Provided is a thermally conductive sheet which is highly flexible and of which the thermal resistance value has small load dependency. A thermally conductive sheet 1 contains a curable resin composition 2, a flaky thermally conductive filler 3, and a non-flaky thermally conductive filler 4, wherein the amount of change between the thermal resistance value at load of 1 kgf/cm2 and the thermal resistance value at load in a range greater than 1 kgf/cm2 and not greater than 3 kgf/cm2 is not greater than 0.4° C.·cm2/W, and the amount of change between the compression rate at load of 3 kgf/cm2 and the compression rate at load of 1 kgf/cm2 is not less than 20%.

Abstract: A magnesium oxide powder includes a magnesium oxide particle, wherein the number of an open pore communicating with a surface of the magnesium oxide particle measured by a specific measurement method is 8.0×10?4/?m2 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a thermally-conductive resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and boron nitride particles, in which, in a case where a void fraction of the boron nitride particles relative to a compression pressure is measured, a void fraction at a compression pressure of 4 MPa is 30% or more and 60% or less, and a void fraction at a pressure of 8 MPa is 20% or more and 50% or less.

Abstract: A polymer composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymer matrix that includes a polyarylene sulfide and from about 40 to about 200 parts by weight of a plurality of mineral particles dispersed within the polymer matrix is provided. The polymer composition exhibits an in-plane thermal conductivity of about 2.5 W/m-K or more as determined in accordance with ASTM E1461-13(2022).

Abstract: A treatment fluid can include a base fluid and a stabilizing additive. The stabilizing additive can include a plurality of environmentally acceptable nanoparticles. The particle size distribution of the plurality of nanoparticles can be selected such that the nanoparticles stabilize a wellbore wall of a subterranean formation or form a filtercake to inhibit or prevent fluid loss into permeable areas of the formation. The plurality of nanoparticles can have a particle size distribution of a d10 value in the range of 20 to 45 nanometers, a d50 value in the range of 40 to 80 nanometers, and a d90 value in the range of 80 to 140 nanometers. The plurality of nanoparticles can also be coated with a polymeric shell. The treatment fluid can be used in an oil and gas operation.

Abstract: Described herein are deep eutectic solvents and their use as drilling fluids. The DBS typically comprises an organic salt and a metal salt; an organic salt and a hydrated metal salt; an organic salt and a hydrogen bond donor; and/or a metal salt and a hydrogen bond donor. Uses for the DESs and methods of use as drilling fluids are also described.

Abstract: A high temperature and high salinity-resistant complementarily rigid-flexible plugging agent, a method for preparing the same, and a water-based drilling fluid and a use thereof.

Abstract: Described herein is a low-temperature catalyst and method of use for causing an exothermic reaction in a low temperature environment. The mixture can include sodium nitrite, an ammonium-based compound, and an oxidizer and can be injected into a fluid flow path. The fluid flow path can be a pipeline, a flowline, a wellbore, or a subterranean formation. The mixture can cause an exothermic reaction in the fluid flow path and remove, using the exothermic reaction, a damaging material from the fluid flow path.

Abstract: Stimulation treatments are designed and performed in a manner that takes into account radial acid flow into the formation. A reservoir core plug is selected and a liner core flow test is performed. The core flow test comprises measuring a flowing fraction, injecting into the core plug a treatment volume of at least one candidate stimulation fluid at an injection rate at reservoir conditions, and measuring an effective reaction rate constant. The linear flow data are then scaled to radial flow. A skin, an acid concentration at a wormhole tip and a fluid velocity at a wormhole tip are calculated. A stimulation treatment is then performed. The method can also be performed on analog cores. The stimulation treatment may be matrix acidizing, fracture acidizing or acidizing natural fractures.

Abstract: Multifunctional coatings and chemical additives, comprising of lubricant, micro/nano-textured particles, emulsifiers, hydrogel polymers, cross-linking agent to modify the hydrogel polymers, antimicrobial to preserve the bio-based materials, and water solvent, are useful in hydraulic fracturing operation either directly applied on the surface of proppants, or/and mixed with other friction reducer additives to totally or partially substitute the regular friction reducer chemicals, alternatively, as additive components blended or mixed into regular fracturing fluid for easily pumping proppants downhole and stabilizing the pumping pressure; beneficial to the well productivity, effectively suppress and mitigate the risk of respirable microcrystalline dust as the coated materials are transported and handled in the manufacturing plant, terminal, and oil application fields without a need for drying operation on the coating products.

Abstract: A system and method for hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation with fracturing fluid to generate fractures, and intermittently adjusting a characteristic of the fracturing fluid conveying proppant to form pillars of proppant in the fractures.

Abstract: A system and method for hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation with fracturing fluid to generate fractures, and intermittently adjusting a characteristic of the fracturing fluid conveying proppant to form pillars of proppant in the fractures.

Abstract: A passive thermal switch coating can include: a first thermochromic oxide layer; a layer of an infrared-transparent dielectric material; and a second thermochromic oxide layer. The infrared-transparent dielectric material can be disposed between the first thermochromic oxide layer and the second thermochromic oxide layer. The thermal switch coating can also include a substrate, and the second thermochromic oxide layer can be disposed on the substrate.

Abstract: A quantum dot surface treatment method including continuously supplying a solution containing a silicone compound and a quantum dot having a surface to which a ligand having a coordinating substituent and a reactive substituent is coordinated by virtue of the coordinating substituent, to a reaction flow path made of a material that transmits light, and emitting light to the reaction flow path, so that the silicone compound and the reactive substituent undergo a photopolymerization reaction, thereby coating the surface of the quantum dot with the silicone compound. Thus, the quantum dot surface treatment method is provided that enables to, even in the case of performing surface treatment using a large amount of solution, obtain a quantum dot having excellent stability with high productivity by stably coating the surface of the quantum dot with the silicone compound, and provide a wavelength conversion material with high reliability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reagent for detecting methyl salicylate, which is a plant hormone released when a plant is infected with a disease, in the cultivation of plants including agricultural crops, a methyl salicylate sensor, and a method for sensing methyl salicylate using the same, thereby providing a method for early detection of pathogen infection in a plant. A reagent for detecting methyl salicylate comprising a terbium compound and a non-volatile ionic liquid. A methyl salicylate sensor for detecting methyl salicylate comprising: a capture section of methyl salicylate having the reagent and a detection section detecting that methyl salicylate has been captured by the capture section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel red fluorescent sensors for detecting metal ions, preferably zinc ions, which have a chemical structure corresponding to a compound of general formula I. These sensors are very useful for determining the concentration and distribution of zinc in living cells or tissues, preferably in a laser microscopic assay.

Abstract: A phosphor powder including phosphor particles of a phosphor represented by a general formula Mx(Si, Al)2(N, O)3±y and in which a part of M is substituted with a Ce element, the phosphor powder includes phosphor particles in which a Si/AI atomic ratio is equal to or more than 1.5 and equal to or less than 6, an O/N atomic ratio is equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1, 5 to 50 mol % of M is Li, and 0.5 to 10 mol % of M is Ce. In a case where a volume-based cumulative 10% particle size, a volume-based cumulative 50% particle size, and a volume-based cumulative 90% particle size of this phosphor powder measured by a laser diffraction scattering method are defined as D10, D50, and D90, respectively, (D90-D10)/D50 is equal to or more than 0.7 and equal to or less than 1.1.

Abstract: Etching composition suitable for etching titanium nitride and molybdenum from a microelectronic device, which includes, consists essentially of, or consists of, in effective amounts: water; HNO3; optionally, at least one chloride ion source selected from the group of NH4Cl and HCl; a base selected from the group of an alkanolamine, NH4OH, a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and mixtures thereof; optionally, at least one fluoride ion source; optionally, at least one heteroaromatic compound; and optionally, at least one water-miscible solvent selected from the group of diethylene glycol butyl ether, sulfolane, and propylene carbonate.

Abstract: Polymerization inhibitor compositions are provided. The polymerization inhibitor compositions include at least a first inhibitor compound having a stable nitroxide radical or a derivative thereof, a second inhibitor compound having a phenothiazine or a derivative thereof, and a functional solvent. Methods of inhibiting the polymerization of monomers using the compositions of the disclosure are also provided. The methods of inhibiting polymerization of monomers include a step of adding a composition of the disclosure to the monomer. In some instances, the monomer is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer. Such ethylenically unsaturated monomers include, but are not limited to, (meth)acrylic acid, methyl methacrylate, acrylic acid, acrylic acid esters, methacrylamide sulfate, vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, acrolein, acrylates, methacrylates, 1,3-butadiene, styrene, isoprene, and combinations thereof. Methods of preparing the polymerization inhibitors and compositions of the disclosure are also provided.

Abstract: A light control sheet includes an organic polymer layer that partitions voids, and a liquid crystal composition that contains a non-polymerizable liquid crystal compound and fills the voids. The light control sheet changes the transmittance to visible light by driving the non-polymerizable liquid crystal compound. The liquid crystal composition contains adipate as a non-polymerizable viscosity-reducing agent, and the weight of the non-polymerizable viscosity-reducing agent relative to the weight of the non-polymerizable liquid crystal compound is 1% or more.

Abstract: A method of processing a plastic and a method of processing pyoil derived from a plastic. A numerical model for a correlation between chlorine content in one or more process streams of a steam cracking unit and a hydrocarbon to steam ratio in a feed stream of the steam cracking unit is constructed. A pyoil and naphtha blend is mixed with steam at a hydrocarbon to steam ratio obtain from the model to produce the feed stream for a steam cracking unit. The feed stream is processed in the steam cracking unit to produce olefins.

Abstract: A system and method of producing synthesis gas and bio-oil from biomass. The method comprises producing, in a gasification unit, synthesis gas from a carbonaceous feedstock, optionally cooling the synthesis gas discharged from the gasification unit, channeling the synthesis gas towards a hydrothermal processing unit, wherein the hydrothermal processing unit is configured to process a biomass feedstock contained in a pressurized water stream, transferring, in the hydrothermal processing unit, heat from the synthesis gas to the biomass feedstock, and producing a hydrothermal product from the biomass feedstock in the pressurized water stream.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for the depolymerization of polyethylene-based plastics. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that comprises combining a polyethylene-based plastic with a solvent in a reactor to generate a plastic solvent mixture, heating the plastic solvent mixture in the reactor, and fractionating the plastic solvent mixture into a gas phase product, a solid phase product, and a liquid phase product. In another embodiment, a system is disclosed that comprises a solvent, and a reactor configured to receive the polyethylene-based plastic and the solvent and convert the polyethylene-based plastic into a gas phase product, a solid phase product, and a liquid phase product, the reactor being configured to operate at a temperature greater than 275° C. and at a pressure greater than 2 megapascals.

Abstract: Processes and systems for converting waste plastics include feeding a waste plastic to a melt tank, and in the melt tank, heating the waste plastic to form a molten plastic. The molten plastic is withdrawn from the melt tank and fed to a pyrolysis reactor. In the pyrolysis reactor, the molten plastic is heated to a pyrolysis temperature, producing a pyrolysis oil product and a liquid pitch product. The pyrolysis oil is then separated into a pyrolysis gas fraction, a light pyrolysis oil fraction, a medium pyrolysis oil fraction, and a heavy pyrolysis oil fraction.

Abstract: Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) synthesis catalyst systems are disclosed that provide activities for both alcohol (e.g., methanol) synthesis and in situ dehydration of the alcohol (e.g., methanol) to hydrocarbons, and particularly the LPG hydrocarbons propane and/or butane. The incorporation of a stabilizer such as platinum and/or yttrium (e.g., as yttria or yttrium oxide) can benefit these catalyst systems, particularly in terms of improving their activity and/or stability. Other advantages may be realized by the incorporation of promoters such as manganese (Mn), magnesium (Mg), and/or silicon (Si) into these catalyst systems, such as to improve selectivity to, and/or yield of, desired LPG hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A method of recycling gaseous hydrocarbons includes flowing a hydrocarbon gas composition from a secondary separator into a compressor unit to form a compressed mixture. The secondary separator includes a crude liquid hydrocarbon input stream from a primary separator. The method includes flowing the compressed mixture into a cooling unit to cool the compressed mixture, to form a cooled composition comprising liquid hydrocarbons. The method includes flowing the liquid hydrocarbons from the cooled composition into the primary separator.

Abstract: A method of recovering gaseous hydrocarbons from tank headspace includes flowing a hydrocarbon gas composition from headspace of a tank fed by a secondary separator into a compressor to form a compressed mixture. The method includes flowing the compressed mixture into a cooling unit to cool the compressed mixture, to form a cooled composition including liquid hydrocarbons. The method includes recovering the liquid hydrocarbons as a recovered liquid hydrocarbon stream.

Abstract: A method of recovering gaseous hydrocarbons from tank headspace as fuel on-site includes flowing a hydrocarbon gas composition from headspace of a tank fed by a secondary separator into a compressor to form a compressed mixture. The method includes flowing the compressed mixture into a cooling unit to cool the compressed mixture, to form a cooled composition including liquid hydrocarbons. The method includes flowing the cooled composition to a buffer tank to form a buffered fuel composition. The method includes removing a fuel gas composition from headspace of the buffer tank. The method also includes combusting the fuel gas composition as an on-site fuel.

Abstract: A process for converting crude oil to light olefins, aromatics, or both, includes contacting a crude oil with an FCC catalyst composition in a catalytic cracking system at a temperature of greater than or equal to 580° C., a weight ratio of the FCC catalyst to the crude oil of from 2:1 to 10:1, and a residence time of from 0.1 seconds to 60 seconds. Contacting causes at least a portion of hydrocarbons in the crude oil to undergo cracking reactions to produce a cracked effluent comprising at least olefins. The FCC catalyst composition for producing olefins and aromatics from crude oil includes ultrastable Y-type zeolite impregnated with lanthanum, ZSM-5 zeolite impregnated with phosphorous, an alumina binder, colloidal silica, and a matrix material comprising Kaolin clay.

Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising a blend of a waste plastic and a bio feedstock. Also provided is a process for preparing a stable blend of a plastic and bio feedstock which can be stored or transported if desired. The amount of plastic in the blend comprises no more than 20 wt. % of the blend. The blend can be passed to a conversion unit for conversion of the waste plastic and bio feedstock. The conversion process produces clean monomers for polymerization and chemical intermediates.

Abstract: Provided is a continuous process for converting waste plastic into recycle for polypropylene polymerization. The process comprises selecting waste plastics containing polyethylene and/or polypropylene and preparing a blend of a bio feedstock and the selected plastic. The amount of plastic in the blend comprises no more than 20 wt. % of the blend. The blend is passed to a FCC unit. A liquid petroleum gas LPG olefin/paraffin mixture and naphtha are recovered from the FCC unit and can be passed on to make polypropylene.

Abstract: A method of converting a liquid hydrocarbon stream to lower boiling point hydrocarbons may include converting the liquid hydrocarbon stream to an aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream, and subjecting the aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream to reaction conditions. Reaction conditions may include a temperature from 25° C. to 1,000° C. and a pressure from 1 bar to 15 bar. The method may further include forming the lower boiling point hydrocarbons in the aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream and separating the lower boiling point hydrocarbons from the aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream. The lower boiling point hydrocarbons may comprise at least C2-C4 olefins.