Abstract: The invention relates to compounds from the groups of (A) electrophiles, (B) nucleophiles, (C) alkylating agents, (D) antioxidants and (E) oxidizing agents as odour preventatives for reducing so-called ghost odour which is induced by 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and/or octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one. The invention further relates to biocide compositions which comprise 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and/or octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and also one or more odour prevenatives, and to the use of odour preventatives for preventing ghost odour.

Abstract: Separation of carbon nanotubes or fullerenes according to diameter through non-covalent pi-pi interaction with molecular clips is provided. Molecular clips are prepared by Diels-Alder reaction of polyacenes with a variety of dienophiles. The pi-pi complexes of carbon nanotrubes with molecular clips are also used for selective placement of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes on substrates.

Abstract: A black-colored plastic composition includes a poly(arylene ether), a polystyrene, and at least two organic dyes. The composition has a high gloss and a deep black color that is unexpectedly much more light stable that a comparable black-color plastic using a carbon black pigment. The composition is useful in the manufacture of automotive interiors, and electronic equipment including consumer electronics and particularly television bezels.

Abstract: This invention is related to Group 2 metal-containing polydentate ?-ketoiminate precursors and compositions comprising Group 2 metal-containing polydentate ?-ketoiminate precursors, wherein the polydentate ?-ketoiminate precursors incorporate an alkoxy group in the imino portion of the molecule. The compounds and compositions are useful for fabricating metal containing films on substrates such as silicon, metal nitride, metal oxide and other metal layers via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes.

Abstract: A luminescent solar collector comprises a sheet and a light energy converter operatively connected to the sheet, the sheet comprising a thermoplastic polymer and dispersed therein at least two dyes A and B; wherein dye A is a fluorescent dye of Formula (I) and dye B is either a perylene dye of Formula (II) or a diketopyrrolopyrrole dye of Formula (III): wherein R, m, R1, R2, R3, R4, and k are as described herein. The luminescent solar collector has improved output.

Abstract: The durability of a transparent pyrolytic spray applied coating is improved by providing a spray solution of metal acetylacetonates having different particle size distribution. More particularly, the particle size distribution of each of the metal acetylacetonates is a function of its melting temperature, and optionally of its melting temperature and solubility.

Abstract: An ?-diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment characterized by giving an X-ray diffraction spectrum in which the ratio of the peak density (I020) for plane index (020) to the peak intensity (I?141) for plane index (?141), I020/I?141 is 0.40 or lower and the ratio of the peak intensity (I?141) for plane index (?141) to the peak intensity (I111) for plane index (111), I?141/I111 is 1.28 or lower. Also provided are: a coloring composition containing this pigment; and a red film formed with this coloring composition. In a color filter formed with ?-diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment, which has that property, the red filter segments have a high contrast ratio and a small absolute value of birefringence. Consequently, a color liquid-crystal display or the like having small viewing-angle dependence and showing excellent display characteristics can be produced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture comprising diesters of the formula (I) where R1 to R8?H or alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, where the R1 to R8 radicals may be the same or different, which is characterized in that at least two different diesters I are present in the mixture, said diesters differing in the structure of at least one of the carboxylic acid radicals C8H17COO present, to a process for preparing diesters of an isosorbide derivative of the formula I, in which a hexahydric alcohol and/or a monoanhydro or dianhydro derivative of the alcohol is esterified with a mixture of at least two different carboxylic acids of the empirical formula C8H17COOH, and to the use of these mixtures in paints, inks or coatings, in plastisols, adhesives or adhesive components, in sealants, as plasticizers in polymers or polymer components, as solvents, as lubricant oil components and as assistants in metal processing, and also PVC compositions or plastisols comprising PVC and from 5 to 250 parts by ma

Abstract: The invention generally relates to di-cinnamyl compounds useful in a variety of adhesive applications. More specifically, the invention provides chain-extended bismaleimides and methods for generating them by reaction with di-cinnamyl compounds, including particular di-cinnamyl compounds disclosed herein. Invention di-cinnamyl compounds can also be used as co-monomers in a Diels-Alder type cure, and can act as a co-monomer in a thermoset composition with a maleimide monomer.

Abstract: Diamond fine particles having porous structure known in a high thermal resistance and low dielectric constant film has a high thermal conductivity and is expected as an insulating film for multiplayer wirings of a semiconductor integrated circuit device. A liquid composition of diamond fine particles, which are raw material of the film, is unstable as colloid, resulting in low reproducibility and yield in the production of films. It becomes possible to impart a very low viscosity and improved stability to the colloid liquid composition of diamond fine particles by containing a small amount of amine. If necessary, a thickener may be used to adjust the viscosity appropriately, so that various kinds of application systems can be used. A low dielectric constant film having a relative dielectric constant of about 2.5 can be thus obtained. Further, the liquid composition may be utilized as an abrasive for finishing.

Abstract: A coating material including a low-molecular or medium-molecular organic compound represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, R1 is a single bond, methylene, ethylene or oxygen; and R2 is a hydrogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group, a fluorine-containing alkyl group, a cyclic form containing an aromatic group or aliphatic group, which may contain hydroxy group, carboxyl group, amino group, amide group, imide group, glycidyl group, cyano group, fluorocarbinol group, sulfonic group or sulfonylamide group, and a complex thereof, and may contain a fluorine atom, oxygen atom, nitrogen atom, silicon atom or sulfur atom, and R2's of the same type or different type may be connected by an ester bond, amide bond, ether bond, thioether bond, thioester bond or urethane bond.). This compound can be derived from a diol compound and bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2,3:5,6-tetracarboxylic anhydride.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to a method for the color stabilization of cork and specific colored woods by the combined use of a small amount of inorganic UV-absorbers and an excess of organic UV-absorbers in a protective coating. A further aspect of the invention is the use of such a UV-absorber combination for the color stabilization of cork and specific colored woods.

Abstract: A C. I. Solvent Orange 63 with reduced corrosive behavior during the processing in plastics can be obtained by controlling the residual amount of organic bromine in by-products resulting from di-bromo content of the raw material. The C. I. Solvent Orange 63 thus obtained is negative in mutagenicity and sensititzation tests, allowing an improved industrial hygiene during handling and processing and a safer end use in regulated end uses such as the coloration of consumer goods, food packaging and toys.

Abstract: Disclosed are low temperature, moisture curable coating compositions, related coated substrates, and methods for coating a substrate. The coating compositions include an ungelled, secondary amine-containing Michael addition reaction product of reactants including a compound comprising more than one site of ethylenic unsaturation, and an aminofunctional silane.

Abstract: Sterically hindered hydroxy substituted alkoxyamine stabilizer compounds are made water compatible via certain backbones with affinity towards water. The sterically hindered amines are for example of the formula (8)-(10) These compounds are particularly effective in stabilizing aqueous polymer systems against the deleterious effects of oxidative, thermal and actinic radiation. The compounds are effective for example in stabilizing water borne coatings, aqueous inks, aqueous ink jet media and photocured aqueous systems.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, a topography modifier, and a sulfur-containing coating stabilizer. In another embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, and a topography modifier. Then, in a subsequent step, the roughened copper surface is contacted with an acid resistance promoting composition.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, compositions are described which are useful, for example, for the preparation of metal-clad laminate structures, methods for the preparation thereof, and various uses therefor. Invention metal-clad laminate structures are useful, for example, multi-layer board (MLB) industry, in the preparation of burn-in test boards and high reliability boards, applications where low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is beneficial, in the preparation of boards used in down-hole drilling, and the like.

Abstract: A sol solution containing poly(titanic acid) and a planar heterocyclic ligand is provided. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles are formed by aging the sol solution at a temperature below about 140° C. The particles have multi-coordinated Ti-complexes comprising the heterocyclic ligand and can be substantially in the anatase phase. The heterocyclic ligands can be triazole, tetrazole, or thiadiazole. The sol solution may be prepared by aging a precursor solution. The precursor solution may contain the heterocyclic ligands and a precursor for poly(titanic acid). The precursor may be titanium alkoxide or titanium chloride. The sol solution may also contain at least one of an organic acid, a base, and a surfactant. The aged sol solution may form a colloidal dispersion of the TiO2 particles. A photo-catalytic and transparent film may be formed from the TiO2 particles by depositing a layer of the colloidal dispersion on a support.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to novel tris(hydroxyphenyl) triazines coating compositions, for instance automotive coating compositions, and to novel tris(hydroxyphenyl) triazines UV-absorbers having a long wavelength shifted absorption spectrum with significant absorbance up to 420 nm. Further aspects of the invention are a UV stabilized composition containing the novel UV-absorbers, a process for the stabilization of organic materials and coatings and the use of the compounds as UV-light stabilizers for organic materials and coatings.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of modifying a surface of a powder, comprising mixing a powder with a heterocyclic compound comprising at least one hydroxylic group and/or carboxylic group. The present invention further relates to a magnetic recording medium and a coating material.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising hydrophobic particles having an average size of between 7 nm and 4,000 nm and a wetting agent for promoting dispersion of the hydrophobic particles in water. The hydrophobic particles may be oxides, such as silica, titania, or zinc oxide. In one embodiment, the hydrophobic particles comprise fumed silica. The coating composition may be brushed, spin coated, or dipped onto a surface. In one embodiment, once the coating composition dries, the coating formed thereby is characterized by a contact angle formed with a water droplet in excess of 165 degrees. A method of making a coating composition comprising providing hydrophobic particles having an average size of between 7 nm and 4,000 nm, mixing a wetting agent with the hydrophobic particles to form a paste, and dispersing the paste in water by mixing to form a mixture.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions for copper passivation and methods of use of such compositions.

Abstract: Transparent conductors and methods for fabricating transparent conductors are provided. A method for fabricating a transparent conductor comprises providing a stretchable transparent substrate. A dispersion comprising a plurality of conductive elements and a solvent is formed. The dispersion is applied overlying the stretchable transparent substrate. The solvent is at least partially evaporated to form a transparent conductive coating on the stretchable transparent substrate and the substrate and the transparent conductive coating are stretched.

Abstract: There is provided a 2-cyanoacrylate composition useful as cyanoacrylate adhesives that maintain a high speed of adhesion to poorly adherent materials and porous materials and have an improved light stability. The 2-cyanoacrylate composition contains a 2-cyanoacrylate, (1) a hindered phenol compound having a specific structure and (2) a compound having a clathrating ability.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an adhesive for a thermal insulator which does not allow the occurrence of the peeling-off and swelling of the layer in the repeating processes of increasing and decreasing temperature in a thermal insulator formed of a laminated matter having a carbon molded body in the layer structure thereof; and a laminated body using the adhesive. The adhesive is an adhesive for a thermal insulator including: (1) a raw material for carbonization with a carbonization ratio of 40% or more; (2) a heterocyclic compound which dissolves the raw material for carbonization; and (3) any of short carbon fibers and short fibers which are carbonizable and insoluble in the heterocyclic compound. The laminated body has a layer structure with a carbonized-molded body therein.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a coating for a surgical filament including a vinyl lactam polymer and a lactone polymer.

Abstract: A black-colored plastic composition includes a poly(arylene ether), a polystyrene, and at least two organic dyes. The composition has a high gloss and a deep black color that is unexpectedly much more light stable that a comparable black-color plastic using a carbon black pigment. The composition is useful in the manufacture of automotive interiors, and electronic equipment including consumer electronics and particularly television bezels.

Abstract: An optical layer comprises ?-oxo-bridged boron subphthalocyanine dimer. The ?-oxo-bridged boron subphthalocyanine dimer is represented by the following chemical formula (1). (In the chemical formula (1), Z1 to Z12 are the same or different to each other and selected from the groups consisting of a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an alkoxyl group and a thioether group. Z1 to Z12 have one or more substitutional groups or have no substitutional group.

Abstract: An ionic organic compound having a repeating unit of formula (I) can be synthesized easily from a readily available organic compound through a small number of reaction steps, can be produced without any purification technique such as chromatography, and can be used in a quite small amount for gelation of water or an ionic liquid without any other auxiliary solvent: [-(A-B-C)n-]•m(X) ??(I) wherein A represents a group having a quaternary ammonium cation which is formed from a heterocyclic compound having at least one nitrogen atom; B represents a functional group, which may have a substituent, selected from amide, urea, urethane and peptide groups; C represents a divalent hydrocarbon group, which may have a substituent, capable of linking between A and B; X represents an anion; n represents the number of repeating units; m represents the total number of anions; and n and m are the same integer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a binder composition comprising condensed tannin and furfuryl alcohol. The composition can be used to prepare foundry mixes. The foundry mixes are prepared by mixing the composition with an acid or salt of an acid. The foundry mixes are then shaped into molds or cores and cured by heating or by the no-bake process with stronger acid curing catalysts. The molds and cores are used in casting metal articles.

Abstract: Certain poly(oxyalkylene) colorants are disclosed along with method of preparation thereof. A method of using these colorants as fluorescent security taggants is also disclosed.

Abstract: This invention provides a treatment liquid for an ink jet recording medium having a recording face of a plastic film, wherein the treatment liquid including at least a specific cyclic ester compound or a specific cyclic amide compound, a primer liquid for printing, and an ink composition. According to the present invention, a plastic recorded matter possessing excellent adhesion and waterfastness can be formed on a recording medium having a recording face of a plastic film.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a substantially pigment-free coating composition with good cure response and improved appearance. In particular, the substantially pigment-free coating composition may comprise (a) at least one functional polymer containing amine groups and groups selected from hydroxyl and carbamate; and (b) a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: A surface treatment method comprising coating at least a part of a surface of an object with a composition comprising at least one type of discotic compound, and applying a temperature variation to the composition is disclosed.

Abstract: Skin sealants are applied over skin preps to seal the skin and hold any remaining bacteria in place prior to incisions. It is desirable for the person applying the sealant to know where the sealant has been applied. It is also desirable to be able so see through the sealant to observe the skin to detect any possible infection. A skin sealant is provided that has a pH indicator and co-additive acid that react soon after mixing, rendering the skin prep colorless.

Abstract: An anti-reflective coating composition includes a solvent and about 20 to about 35 percent by weight of a polymer prepared by a condensation reaction of an acrylate polymer including a hydroxyl group with a derivative of muramic acid and a derivative of mandelic acid.

Abstract: A whitening pigment comprising the reaction product of (a) a melamine-formaldehyde and/or a melamine-urea poly-condensation product and (b) a water-soluble fluorescent whitening agent of the formula (1), wherein each of the two R1 groups, independent of the other, represents a C1-C6alkyl or C1-C4alkyl-O—C1-C4alkyl residue, which is substituted by one or two —CONH2, —CONHC1-C4alkyl, —COOH, —SO2NH2, —SO2NHC1-C4alkyl or —NH2 groups, each of the two R2 groups, independent of the other, represents hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl or C1-C4alkoxyC1-C4alkyl, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom complete a piperazine ring, each of the two X1 groups, independently, represent —OH, —OC1-C4alkyl, —Oaryl or the group —NR3R4, wherein R3 and R4 each, independently, represent hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalky, C1-C4alkoxyC1-C4alkyl, a phenyl, phenyl mono- or disulphonic acid residue or, R3 and R4, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, complete a morpholino, piperidino or pyrrolidino r

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film prepared using a mixture of nanocrystal particles and a molecular precursor. The nanocrystal is used in the thin film as a nucleus for crystal growth to minimize grain boundaries of the thin film and the molecular precursor is used to form the same crystal structure as the nanocrystal particles, thereby improving the crystallinity of the thin film. The thin film can be used effectively in a variety of electronic devices, including thin film transistors, electroluminescence devices, memory devices, and solar cells. Further disclosed is a method for preparing the thin film.

Abstract: High solubility of pristine single and multi-walled carbon nanotubes using electron donors as solubilizers has been observed. The resulting carbon nanotube solution can be readily diluted with other organic solvents, such as acetone, toluene and methanol. SEM after solvent evaporation clearly shows that nanotubes are still present after being subjected to this procedure. Electronic absorption of these solutions is observed in both the UV and visible region. Strong light emission (=0.30) was observed at 561 nm for dilute solutions of aniline-dissolved carbon nanotubes diluted with acetone.

Abstract: This invention relates to a binder composition comprising condensed tannin and furfuryl alcohol. The composition can be used to prepare foundry mixes. The foundry mixes are prepared by mixing the composition with an acid or salt of an acid. The foundry mixes are then shaped into molds or cores and cured by heating or by the no-bake process with stronger acid curing catalysts. The molds and cores are used in casting metal articles.

Abstract: This invention relates to refractory mixes produced by mixing a refractory material with an organic binder and heating to a temperature of typically from about 50° C. to about 100° C. to form a stable composite granulate. The refractor mixes comprise a major amount of a refractory material and a minor amount of a binder composition comprising (a) condensed tannin and (b) furfuryl alcohol. The refractory mixes are used to prepare shaped (e.g. bricks) and unshaped (e.g. blast furnace tap holes, troughs, and tundish liners) refractory products. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the refractory products using the refractory mixes.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, a topography modifier, and a sulfur-containing coating stabilizer. In another embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, and a topography modifier. Then, in a subsequent step, the roughened copper surface is contacted with an acid resistance promoting composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for sizing paper comprising providing an aqueous suspension comprising cellulosic fibres, dewatering said aqueous suspension thereby forming a paper web, said process comprising adding to the cellulosic suspension an aqueous composition comprising aggregates comprising a sizing agent, the composition obtainable by mixing in any order prior to the addition to the aqueous suspension, (i) an aqueous solution comprising at least one coagulation agent, and (ii) an aqueous dispersion comprising a sizing agent, wherein the zeta potential of the composition is less than 20 mV. The invention also refers to an aqueous sizing composition.

Abstract: There is disclosed an organic electro luminescence display device comprising a two-dimensional array of pixels comprising organic electro luminescence elements capable of emitting a of color or different plural colors, each of the organic electro luminescence elements being provided with an anode, a cathode, a polymeric luminescence layer located between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer. The hole injection layer is constituted by solid matters containing a donor molecule comprising polythiophene and/or a derivative thereof, and an acceptor molecule comprising polystyrenesulfonic acid and/or a derivative thereof, a concentration of sulfate ion in the hole injection layer is 125 ppm or less, and components having a molecular weight of 110,000 or less is 35% or less based on an entire solid matters, the molecular weight being converted as sodium polystyrenesulfonate in an aqueous gel permeation chromatography measured by using UV of 254 nm in wavelength.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion useful for internal sizing or surface sizing in the production of paper, comprising at least one cellulose reactive sizing agent selected from the group consisting of ketene dimers and multimers, at least one cellulose non-reactive sizing agent and at least one emulsifier selected from the group consisting of oxyalkylene phosphate and sulfate esters and salts thereof. The invention further concerns a process for its preparation, use thereof, and processes for the production of paper.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, a topography modifier, and a sulfur-containing coating stabilizer. In another embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, and a topography modifier. Then, in a subsequent step, the roughened copper surface is contacted with an acid resistance promoting composition.

Abstract: A method and solution to activate and metallize the surface of a fluorocarbon material, suitable for circuit boards is disclosed. The surface of fluorocarbon materials is both hydrophobic and oleophobic, and highly inert and repellent to oils, dyes, adhesive and coatings. The method of the present invention makes such fluorocarbon materials wettable with metallizing solutions and chemicals, and also bondable with adhesives and coatings. The method comprises contacting said fluorocarbon surface with a mixture comprising a cyclic amide, a quaternary ammonium compound, a cationic or nonionic surfactant, a glycolether and an organic acid.

Abstract: An internal size and a method for sizing board, such as liquid packaging board, with a hydrophobising internal size containing oxetanon derivative or 2-oxetanon. The main part of the hydrocarbon chains R′ and R″ of the oxetanon derivative or 2-oxetanon are derived from linear fatty acids, and ≦20 w-%, typically 2 to 15 w-%, most typically 5 to 12 w-% of the hydrocarbon chains are derived from branched and mainly saturated fatty acids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel copper formate complexes and the deposition of metallic copper on substrates or in or on porous solids using these novel copper complexes.

Abstract: A ceramic material having particular utility as a thermal insulating or thermal barrier coating on metallic substrates is provided. The ceramic material broadly comprises at least one oxide and the balance comprising a first oxide selected from the group consisting of zirconia, ceria, and hafnia. The at least one oxide has a formula A2O3 where A is selected from the group consisting of La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Th, In, Sc, Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and mixtures thereof. The present invention also broadly relates to an article having a metal substrate and a thermal barrier coating as discussed above.