Abstract: An object is to obtain an ink set capable of forming images of excellent image quality even when an acidic atmosphere, arising from use of a volatile acid in a pretreatment solution, is present in the vicinity of ink nozzles, etc. As a solution, an ink set containing a pretreatment solution and an ink composition is provided, wherein: the pretreatment solution contains an organic acid having a boiling point of 120° C. or lower at 1 atmospheric pressure; and the ink composition contains a pigment and an alkali-soluble resin having an acid value of 200 mgKOH/g or higher or crosslinked substance thereof accounting for 1.8% by mass or more in the ink composition, and further contains a water-dispersible resin and water.

Abstract: Provided is a vapor-deposited aluminum pigment dispersion which achieves both of specular gloss and water resistance which allows usage as an waterborne paint. The pigment dispersion includes: a vapor-deposited aluminum pigment; an organic phosphoric acid compound having a straight chain alkyl group having eight or more carbon atoms; and a solvent, the vapor-deposited aluminum pigment is coated at least partially with at least a part of the organic phosphoric acid compound, and the vapor-deposited aluminum pigment dispersion has a viscosity of less than one Pas when the viscosity is measured by Brookfield RVT DV2T HB-type Viscometer (at 20° C., CPA-40Z cone spindle, and 20 rpm).

Abstract: An exterior coating composition and method of using said coating to coat an exterior surface, the composition comprising: an aqueous emulsion of acrylic polymer, and at least one branched cellulose ether, wherein the branched cellulose ether has a viscosity of at least 6000 mPa·s in a 1% wt. % aqueous solution with a shear rate of 2.55 s?1 at 20° C. and an active addition weight percentage of 0.1% to 2.0% of the exterior coating composition.

Abstract: The invention concerns an additive manufacturing process by extrusion for forming a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing machine comprising a nozzle, the process comprising: i) providing a pseudo-amorphous composition having a glass temperature Tg; ii) softening the composition at a softening temperature above Tg and below 300° C. to form a softened composition which is fluid enough to flow and, extruding the softened composition from the nozzle to form an extruded part section; and, iii) solidifying the extruded part section; wherein the composition is based on a homopolymer or a copolymer of poly-ether-ketone-ketone, consisting of: at least an isophthalic (I) repeating unit, having the formula: and, in the case of the copolymer, a terephthalic (T) repeating unit, having the formula: wherein the molar proportion of T units relative to the sum of the T and I units ranges from 0% to 45% or from 55% to 65%.

Abstract: A paint composition for vehicle intermediate coating including a polyester resin, a melamine resin, a color pigment, an extender pigment, cellulose nanofibers (CNFs), a dispersant, a surface conditioner, an antisagging agent, and a solvent. The extender pigment may include calcium carbonate (CaCO3). The paint composition can impart improved chipping resistance to a paint film.

Abstract: A printable medium that comprises a base substrate with an image-side and a back-side. An ink-receiving layer comprising water and, at least, two polymeric networks with the first polymeric network being a polyurethane-based polymer and the second polymeric network being a reactive polyaziridine polymer is applied to the image-side of the fabric base substrate. Also described herein are a method for forming the printable medium and a printing method that includes ejecting an ink composition onto the print medium described herein.

Abstract: Conductive films formed from composites of phenylalanine and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). The composite films formed by introducing aromatic amino acid phenylalanine in PEDOT:PSS improved the conductivity of the film to about 594 S/cm, a 400% increment compared to the conductivity of a pristine PEDOT:PSS film of about 1.5 S/cm. The conductivity can be tuned by adding a varying amount of phenylalanine in PEDOT:PSS. By further processing these composite films by treating them with methanol followed by annealing, conductivity of over 2200 S/cm can be achieved. In addition to increased conductivity, the composite films also have higher optical transmissivity compared to a native PEDOT:PSS polymer film with the composite thin film achieving transmittance of over 97%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition for imparting oil-repellent and water-repellent to the surface of a metal substrate, comprising a crosslinked PDMS derivative and hexane. The coating composition according to the present invention can impart water-repellent and oil-repellent by using a crosslinked PDMS derivative represented by chemical formula 1 and an organic solvent in a specific mixing ratio, is prepared at low cost, and is also applicable to coating of a microstructured oxide film since a coating film can be adjusted to have a thickness of several to tens of nanometers, and thus can be useful for oil vapor recovery apparatuses/facilities, pipes, hoods, parts of hoods, nozzles, pipe conduit and the like which require water-repellent and oil-repellent.

Abstract: A liquid coating composition of matter for application to wooden barrels or casks used in distilling, the composition of matter includes a polymer vulcanized with a silane crosslinking agent that is oxime-functional, acetoxy-functional, or alkoxy-functional, an OH-terminated polysiloxane that exhibits moisture curing, condensation reactions when in the presence of water vapors and silane crosslinkers, a low to medium molecular weight polysiloxane that exhibits low-permeance after curing via moisture-cure, condensation reaction, a transition metal catalyst that provides a reaction crosslink density that allows for minimal transport of ethanol vapors and water vapors after curing, a second transition metal catalyst that provides a reaction crosslink density with minimal impact on the rate of oxygen gas transport rate after curing, and inorganic polymers with a siloxane backbone that exhibits no leaching, migration or notable reaction with a liquid alcohol and water mixture upon curing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polishing composition enabling an improved molybdenum removal rate while reducing etching of molybdenum (high Mo RR/Mo SER ratio) and simultaneously enabling a high ratio of molybdenum removal rate to silicon oxide removal rate (Mo:TEOS removal rate selectivity). More particularly, the polishing compositions comprise an abrasive, a molybdenum (Mo) removal rate enhancer, an organic acid, an oxidizer, a corrosion inhibitor, and water, combined in specified amounts to provide a composition with advantageous properties such as high Mo RR/Mo SER ratio and high Mo:TEOS removal rate selectivity, thus providing compositions well suited for polishing a molybdenum surface.

Abstract: An orthopedic therapy apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a deformable textile body having an adhesion surface and a non-adhesion surface opposite to the adhesion surface. The apparatus may further include a first adhesion pad surface and a second adhesion pad surface disposed on the adhesion surface. The apparatus may additionally include a tension member disposed between the first adhesion pad surface and the second adhesion pad surface. The tension member may be formed by folding a first adhesion surface side portion and a second adhesion surface side portion along a deformable textile body longitudinal axis to contact and adhere to a deformable textile body middle portion. The first adhesion surface side portion and the second adhesion surface side portion may be folded by using a plurality of separating cuts disposed on the deformable textile body.

Abstract: In-situ polymerized polymer film facilitates improved paint film appliques with reduced defects. The paint film appliques comprise the in-situ polymerized polymer film as a carrier layer and at least one color layer assembled as a laminate, optionally further comprising at least one topcoat layer on one major surface of the laminate and an adhesive layer on the other major surface of the laminate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water tank adhesion structure using thermal bonding film for air-to-water source heat pump, the thermal film, which is activated by the temperature of the hot water and is inserted between a hot water tank and insulation material for tight adhesion therebetween, activating when hot water is supplied, which is when insulation is actually necessary.

Abstract: To provide a hot melt adhesive having excellent coatability, adhesiveness and creep resistance, being able to bond and retain an elastic material to a material containing biodegradable plastics, and a disposable product comprising the hot melt adhesive. A hot melt adhesive comprising (A) a thermoplastic block copolymer which is a copolymer of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbons and conjugated diene compounds, and (B) a tackifying resin, wherein (A) the thermoplastic block copolymer comprises: (A1) a linear type styrene block copolymer having a styrene content of 35 to 50% by mass; and (A2) a styrene block copolymer having a styrene content of more than 10% by mass and less than 35% by mass; (B) the tackifying resin comprises: (B1) a natural resin having a biomass degree of 50% or more.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive tape for jacketing elongated items such as more particularly leads or cable sets, comprising a tapelike carrier provided on at least one side with a curable adhesive, characterized in that the adhesive tape is further provided on one side of the tapelike carrier with a release layer of carbamate.

Abstract: A multilayer composite containing a polymeric membrane, a hot-melt adhesive layer, and a release liner, wherein the hot-melt adhesive layer comprises a thermally curable pressure-sensitive adhesive. The invention further relates to a process to make the composite and to use the composite as a roofing material, label, tape, Graphics and Medical applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a) at least 38 wt % and at most 58 wt % of an elastomer component, where i) the elastomer component comprises at least 60 wt %, based on the elastomer component, of hydrogenated polyvinylaromatic-polydiene block copolymer having a polyvinylaromatic fraction of at least 18 wt % and a peak molecular weight of 80 000 to 500 000 g/mol, determined by GPC (Test I); ii) the polydiene blocks are substantially fully hydrogenated; and iii) the hydrogenated polyvinylaromatic-polydiene block copolymer has an ABA construction, (AB)nZ construction with n=2 or radial (AB)n construction or radial (AB)n-Z construction with n?3, where A=polyvinylaromatic and B=ethylene and butylene or ethylene and propylene, and Z=derivative of a coupling substance, and where the ethylene fraction in the B blocks is at least 50 wt %; b) a tackifier resin component, c) a plasticizer component, and d) optionally further adjuvants, where the fraction of the elastomer component is b

Abstract: Provided is the following as an adhesive sheet having excellent flexibility at low temperature and excellent recovering ability. An adhesive sheet formed from an adhesive composition [I]containing an acrylic polymer (A), wherein the acrylic polymer (A) has a structural portion derived from a compound (a1) represented by (Formula 1) and a structural portion derived from a hydroxy group-containing (meth)acrylate (a2), and the adhesive sheet has a storage shearing elastic modulus (G?) at ?40° C. of not greater than 1,200 kPa, CH2?CH(R1)—COO(R2)??(Formula 1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a system with a first surface and a second surface operational to associate with one another, where at least one of the first surface and the second surface includes an adhesive layer and a graphite layer positioned on the adhesive layer, and where the graphite layer reduces friction between the first surface and the second surface while the adhesive layer maintains the position of the graphite layer on at least the first surface and the second surface. Additional embodiments pertain to methods of modifying a system that includes a first surface and a second surface by applying an adhesive material to at least one of the first surface and the second surface to form an adhesive layer on at least one of the first surface and the second surface; and applying a graphite material onto the adhesive layer to form a graphite layer on the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A two-part adhesive composition for the bonding of a low surface energy polymer to a substrate material, the adhesive comprising: a part A including one or more of an epoxy having at least two epoxy groups per molecule or a reaction product of an epoxy and a thiol, phenolic or carboxylic acid-functional species; and a part B comprising a reaction product of an epoxy and a thiol, phenolic or carboxylic acid-functional species, wherein the thiol, phenolic or carboxylic acid-functional species contains at a minimum two functional SH, OH or COOH groups capable of reacting with the epoxy species.

Abstract: An adhesive layer is formed by cross-linking an adhesive composition containing: a polyester resin that is a copolymer of a polycarboxylic acid and a polyalcohol; a cross-linking agent; and at least one cross-linking catalyst selected from the group consisting of an organic zirconium compound, an organic iron compound, and an organic aluminum compound, the adhesive layer having a gel fraction of 40% or more after being retained at a temperature of 85° C. and a relative humidity of 85% for 300 hours, and having a 180° peel adhesive strength of 100 mN/20 mm or more with respect to a PMMA film.

Abstract: A process for producing a multilayer laminated composite film structure including the steps of: (a) applying a solventless polyurethane adhesive composition to at least a first film substrate; wherein the adhesive composition is applied on at least a portion of at least one side surface of the first film substrate to dispose the adhesive composition on at least a portion of the at least one side surface of the first film substrate; (b) contacting the first film substrate of step (a) with at least a second film substrate; wherein the at least one side surface of the first film substrate containing the adhesive composition is in communication with at least one side surface of the second film substrate such that the polyurethane adhesive composition is disposed in between the first and second film substrates; and (c) curing the adhesive composition to bond the first and second substrates together to form a multilayer laminated composite film structure; and a multilayer laminated composite film structure article

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a heat dissipation film. The method includes preparing a first mixture by mixing hexagonal boron nitride and an organic solvent, performing primary surface-modification on the hexagonal boron nitride, adding an amine-based silane compound to the first mixture, and then performing secondary surface-modification on the hexagonal boron nitride, preparing a second mixture by obtaining the secondarily surface-modified hexagonal boron nitride, and mixing the secondarily surface-modified hexagonal boron nitride, an imidazole-based curing agent, and an organic solvent, dispersing the second mixture, adding an epoxy resin to the second mixture, and then performing dispersion, and drying the organic solvent in the second mixture, and manufacturing a film using a product obtained by the drying.

Abstract: A heat-conductive sheet includes a binder resin and a fibrous filler having a major axis and dispersed in the binder resin. The major axis of the fibrous filler is arranged at an angle of 70 to 90 degrees with respect to a surface direction of the heat-conductive sheet when viewed in a cross-section along a thickness direction of the heat-conductive sheet. If the heat-conductive sheet is processed to a shape having a thickness of 2 mm and a diameter of 29 mm, and subject to a compression such that the thickness is decreased by 40% of the thickness before the compression, at room temperature for 24 hours, a difference of an angle of the major axis of the fibrous filler after release of the compression and an angle of the major axis of the fibrous filler before the compression is in a range within 10 degrees.

Abstract: A method includes deploying a solid epoxy material into a target region of a pipe and delivering a liquid epoxy formulation into the target region of the pipe so that the liquid epoxy formulation fills voids around the solid epoxy material and inside the pipe within the target region, wherein the liquid epoxy formulation cures within the voids to form a solid epoxy plug with the solid epoxy material within the target region of the pipe.

Abstract: Acidizing treatments for carbonate reservoir may include a surfactant comprising one or more of C8-C30-alkyloxyglycoside-substituted hydroxysultaine, C8-C30-alkylamidopropyl hydroxysulfobetaine, poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride), C8-C30-alkyl amido alkylamine oxide, C8-C30-alkyl-amido amine oxide, C8-C30-alkyl amine oxide, C8-C30-alkyl aryl amine oxide, C8-C30-alkyl polyether phosphate, C8-C30-alkyl polyether phosphonate, C8-C30-alkyl ether phosphonate, C8-C30-alkyl amido ammonium propyl sulfonate, C8-C30-alkyl amido ammonium vinyl sulfonate, C8-C30-alkyl ether sulfonate, C8-C30-alkyl amido ammonium propyl sulfonate, C8-C30-alkyl ether sulfonate, alpha olefin sulfonate, C8-C30-alkyl benzene sulfonate, C8-C30-alkyl ethoxy carboxylate, C8-C30-alkylphenol ethoxylate carboxylate, and C8-C30-alkyl amido ammonium carboxylate. These acidizing treatments may also include an aqueous acid solution or mixture.

Abstract: A method includes preparing an alkyl-modified graphene oxide, injecting the modified graphene oxide into a well, and inhibiting acid-induced corrosion of a steel surface in the well with the modified graphene oxide. A composition includes an alkyl-modified graphene oxide having one or more alkyl functional group covalently bonded to a graphene core through an oxygen-containing linking group. A method of preparing modified graphene oxide includes mixing graphite powder with an oxidant to provide a mixture, adding the mixture to an acid solution including H2SO4, H3PO4, or a combination thereof to provide graphene oxide, and reacting the graphene oxide with an alkyl halide by nucleophilic substitution to provide the alkyl-modified graphene oxide.

Abstract: A process for reducing the interfacial tension between a hydrocarbon fluid and a surfactant mixture during chemical enhanced oil recovery includes introducing a surfactant mixture solution comprising an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, a brine solution, and a co-solvent to a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir under conditions of a salinity of greater than or equal to 50,000 mg/L, a hardness of greater than or equal to 2,500 mg/L, and a temperature of greater than or equal to 90° C., thereby reducing the interfacial tension at a liquid-liquid interface of the hydrocarbon fluid and the surfactant mixture solution. The anionic surfactant comprises organo sulfate. The cationic surfactant comprises quaternary ammonium, brominated trimethylammonium, chloride trimethylammonium, or combinations thereof. The nonionic surfactant comprises polyoxyethylene fatty acid ester, phenylated ethoxylate, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Formulations and methods for stimulating the production from wells in nano-darcy shale formations. In one embodiment, the method includes injecting a treatment mixture containing a metal complexing agent into a nano-darcy shale formation adjacent to a well at a pressure below the fracture pressure of the formation. A sufficient contact time is allowed and then the treatment mixture is pumped from the subsurface. This has been shown to stimulate well production in shale formations. Without being held to a particular theory it appears that the metal complexing agent is binding with naturally occurring metals in the shale formation, and particularly divalent metal ions, which are then extracted with the spent fluid. This removal of naturally occurring metals may be increasing the permeability of the formation in the contact region adjacent to the well, thereby causing the observed increased production.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides hydrocarbon-bearing formation treatment fluid compositions and systems in addition to methods of hydraulic fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing formation and/or mitigating well-to-well communication between an infill well and an adjacent offset well.

Abstract: A quantum dot, a quantum dot composite, a composition for preparing a quantum dot composite, a display panel including the quantum dot composite, and an electronic device including the display panel, wherein the quantum dot includes a core including a semiconductor nanocrystal including indium and phosphorus, a shell disposed on the core and including a semiconductor nanocrystal, and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, both of which are present on the surface of the shell:

Abstract: An article comprising a luminescent nanoparticle is described, wherein the luminescent nanoparticle is selected from the group consisting of oxide nanoparticles, aluminate nanoparticles, and germanate nanoparticles; and wherein the luminescent nanoparticle is doped with one or more metals or rare-earth elements. A method of making a luminescent nanoparticle is also described, the method comprising the steps of: providing a nanoparticle, doping the nanoparticle with one or more chemical elements, heating the nanoparticle to a temperature of between about 1000° C. and about 1200° C. to alter the crystal structure of the nanoparticle and/or to create oxygen vacancies in the nanoparticle.

Abstract: A light-emitting composition containing first and second light-emitting markers. The first light-emitting marker comprises a first light-emitting material and a first binding group configured to bind to a first target analyte. The second light-emitting marker comprises a second light-emitting material which is different from the first light-emitting material and a second binding group which is different from the first binding group and which is configured to bind to a second target analyte. A luminescent lifetime of the first light-emitting material is shorter than a luminescent lifetime of the second light-emitting material. The difference in lifetimes of the first and second light-emitting materials may be used to distinguish between the first and second target analytes in a sample, e.g. by time-gated flow cytometry.

Abstract: Tagging agents, including fluorescent monomers, which may lack polymerizable double bonds. Anti-scalant polymer compositions that include a copolymer of a tagging agent and an anti-scalant monomer. Methods for synthesizing tagging agents, anti-scalant polymer compositions, and detecting an anti-scalant polymer composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nitrogen compounds suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.

Abstract: The present application provides a compound of general formula (I), capable of being used for an organic electroluminescent device as a guest material of a light-emitting layer. The compound contains a structure in which a natural heterocyclic ring coordinates with iridium (Ir), and a light-emitting wavelength of the compound can be effectively regulated. Using the compound as the guest material of the light-emitting layer facilitates the improvement of luminous efficiency and light stability of the organic electroluminescent device. In addition, the compound provided by the present application has a small molecular weight, is applied to a light-emitting layer, has a low evaporation temperature, and facilitates processing. The present application also provides a guest material of a light-emitting layer containing the compound of general formula (I), an organic electroluminescent device, and a display device.

Abstract: A quantum dot according to one or more embodiments includes: a core; a shell around the core; and a first passivation layer and a second passivation layer around the shell, wherein the first passivation layer includes a metal oxide, the second passivation layer includes a compound represented by K?(OA?)n, and K? is one selected from among In, Zn, Ga, Mg, while n is 2 or 3. A? is selected from among Ac, H, i-Pr (isopropyl), and Bu (butyl).

Abstract: There are provided a nitride-based MXene light-emitting quantum dot and a method of manufacturing the same. The nitride-based MXene light-emitting quantum dot includes a nitride-based MXene quantum dot having a diameter of 10 nm or less and absorbs ultraviolet light to emit light, and the nitride-based MXene light-emitting quantum dot has an effect of efficiently generating light emission by increasing bandgap energy of MXene by inducing a quantum confinement effect by reducing the size of the quantum dot.

Abstract: A phosphor powder containing a phosphor represented by General Formula (I) below. In General Formula (I), M1 includes at least La and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group made of lanthanoid elements other than Y and La, M2 includes at least Ba and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group made of Mg, Ca, and Sr, x is equal to or more than 0.005 and equal to or less than 0.2, y is equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1, and z is more than 0.44 and equal to or less than 0.99: (Eu(1-x)(1-z)M1xM2(1-x)z)2(Si1-yAly)5N8 . . . (I).

Abstract: A Cd-free blue fluorescent quantum dot with a narrow fluorescence FWHM. The quantum dot does not contain cadmium and its fluorescence FWHM is 25 nm or less. The quantum dot is preferably a nanocrystal containing zinc and selenium or zinc and selenium and sulfur. Further, the quantum dot preferably has a core-shell structure in which the nanocrystal serves as a core and the surface of the core is coated with a shell.

Abstract: A silicon etching solution contains: a quaternary ammonium hydroxide represented by the following Formula (1): R11R12R13R14N+·OH? (1) (in the formula, R11, R12, R13, and R14 are each independently an aryl group, a benzyl group, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the alkyl group, the aryl group, or the benzyl group may have a hydroxy group); a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the following Formula (2) and having 11 to 20 carbon atoms in total: R21R22R23R24N+·X? (2) (in the formula, one of R21, R22, R23, and R24 is an alkyl group having 16 or less carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, each of the remaining three is an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, the alkyl group having 16 or less carbon atoms and the alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms may have a hydroxy group, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of BF4, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, and a bromine atom); a polyhydroxy compound having 2 to 12 carbon atoms and having two or more hydroxy groups in

Abstract: Novel high purity dimethylaluminium chloride compositions are provided that are suitable for semiconductor applications, such as atomic layer etch and aluminum ion implantation. The reduction or minimization of specified gaseous impurities allows the vapor phase of the DMAC to have purity levels of 99.9 mol % or higher to selectively etch various atomic layers with high selectivity and high etch precision at acceptable etch rates and 99 mol % or higher to ion implant aluminum ions without substantial implantation of C2H3 ions into a wafer device, thereby avoiding degradation or failure of the wafer device. Storage conditions are established that are conducive to maintaining the high purity levels required for such semiconductor applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for etching at least one surface of a plastic substrate, the method comprising steps (A) to (C), wherein step (B) comprises a contacting with a pre-treatment composition comprising one or more than one fluorine-free surface-active compound, and step (C) comprises a contacting with an etching composition comprising one or more than one manganese species, wherein after step (B) and prior to step (C) no rinsing is applied, and the etching composition is substantially free of, preferably does not comprise, fluorine-containing surface-active compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for producing an injection silicate gel solution for injection into a soil, comprising a filtering device through which a mixing water can flow for pretreatment, wherein the filtering device comprises at least one filter element for ion exchange, an admixing device for metered admixing of a curing agent, a feeding device for feeding liquid silica sol into the pretreated mixing water, a feeding device for feeding liquid sodium silicate into the pretreated mixing water, and a mixing device for mixing and homogenizing the fed components with the pretreated mixing water for forming an injection silicate gel solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroaromatic isothiocyanates of formula N as defined in claim 1, to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula N and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroaromatic isothiocyanates of formula N as defined in claim 1, to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula N and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.

Abstract: A distillation system including a retort and a distillation column. The retort includes an inlet end, an outlet end opposite the inlet end and including an outlet opening, a rotatable drum configured to heat a product therein and move the product between the inlet end and the outlet end. The distillation column is coupled to the outlet end of the retort and configured to receive the product therein upon exiting the outlet opening of the retort. The distillation column includes a solid particle trap section positioned above the outlet opening, a packing section positioned above the solid particle trap section and including screen at a bottom end thereof, a dust filter therein, and a first bubble tray section positioned above the packing section and including a first outlet feed for outflow of a first fluid product.

Abstract: Process control parameters for production of hydrogen and FT products by steam/CO2 reforming include controlling steam reformer temperature, addition of steam, CO and optionally, biogas. Optimization of parameters have resulted in increased production of H2, removal of sulfur and halogen contaminants, and control of the H2/CO ratio for efficient generation of Fischer-Tropsch products.

Abstract: Process for converting an oxygenate feed stream, the process comprising the steps of: conducting the oxygenate feed stream to an oxygenate-to-gasoline reactor, suitably a methanol-to-gasoline reactor (MTG reactor) under the presence of a catalyst active for converting oxygenates in the oxygenate feed stream into a raw gasoline stream comprising C3-C4 paraffins and C5+ hydrocarbons; and adding an aromatic stream to the MTG reactor.

Abstract: The present technology relates to biofuels, and more particularly, to biomass-based diesel from olefin oligomers. Diesel fuels with cetane number of 49 or greater are prepared by blending hydrocarbons produced by olefin oligomerization with renewable diesel, resulting in a blended fuel that has a lower cloud point than the cloud point of the renewable diesel. A different aspect relates to an integrated process for lipid HDO and olefin oligomerization wherein the propane coproduct of lipid HDO is subjected to dehydrogenation to produce a vapor stream having propylene and hydrogen. The propylene is subsequently oligomerized to iso-olefins and the iso-olefins are combined with the lipid feed for hydrogenation in the HDO reactor.