Abstract: A block, block system and method of making a wall block. A block with multiple embodiments of a visually exposed surface having three dimensional shaped areas and three dimensional angular valleys or joints that can be used to construct a patio, wall, fence or the like; the multiple embodiments creating a more random and natural appearance. A mold box having a moveable liner and a stripper shoe that impart three dimensional shaped areas and three dimensional angular valleys or joints onto an exposed surface of a block. The moveable liner and stripper shoe also impart a parting line onto the exposed surface of the block.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an LED display is disclosed. The method includes picking up a plurality of LED chips spaced apart at a first interval with a stretchable stamp, spacing apart the plurality of LED chips at a second interval by stretching the stretchable stamp, and transferring the plurality of LED chips to a target substrate.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus executes imprint processing of curing imprint material in a state in which the imprint material supplied onto a substrate and a mold are in contact with each other. The imprint apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate incident light, a first optical system configured to guide first light from a first light source to the modulator, and second light from a second light source that has a wavelength different from that of the first light to the modulator, and a second optical system configured to guide modulated light modulated by the modulator to the substrate.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus that forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold includes a mold holder that holds the mold and an optical system that irradiates the imprint material on the substrate with irradiation light for increasing a viscosity of the imprint material. The irradiation light has a light intensity distribution such that a light intensity increases from a center of a pattern portion of the mold toward a side surface of the pattern portion when the mold is held by the mold holder. The imprint material that moves from the center of the pattern portion of the mold toward the side surface of the pattern portion in a region including the side surface of the pattern portion of the mold is irradiated with the irradiation light while the mold and the imprint material on the substrate are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A thermoplastic film which embodies a three-dimensional pattern. The thermoplastic film comprises a three-dimensional pattern including at least three sub-patterns of deformations. The shape, positioning, and pattern deformation density of the at least three sub-patterns of deformations cause the three-dimensional pattern to give the thermoplastic film a thicker appearance.

Abstract: In the present invention, a shoe sole member is composed of a foam that has a non-foamed film having a thickness of 50 ?m or more on a lateral surface of the foam constituting at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the shoe sole, in order to provide the shoe sole member composed of the foam having both stiffness and shock absorbing properties and provide a shoe excellent in shock absorbing properties.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing a patterned layer (50). The method comprises providing (2, 3A, 3B) a substrate (10) having a surface (11) to which a compound is applied. The compound has at least one condensable group which is reactive with surface groups on the surface of the substrate by condensation reaction. The compound also has a basic group for accepting protons. A layer of a polycondensable imprinting composition (30) is applied (4) onto the layer of the compound. The imprinting composition layer is imprinted (5A, 5B, 5C) with a patterned stamp. During the imprinting, polycondensation of the imprinting composition leads to forming of the patterned layer. Further provided is the patterned layer itself, as well as an optical element and an etch mask, each of which comprises the patterned layer.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and systems are disclosed for a robotic manipulator system including a robotic manipulator, a controller, one or more sensors, and a support structure. The support structure may be non-planar and/or deformable and may be designed to support an object on an upper surface. The one or more sensors may be directed towards the support structure and object. The controller and/or another computing device in communication with the controller may determine geometry of the support structure and may know or determine a compression value of the support structure. Using the compression value and/or geometry of the support structure, the controller may cause the robotic manipulator to grasp the object from the support structure and move the object to a new location.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method for manufacturing a composite panel including a cellular central core interposed between two skins. The manufacturing method includes the steps of manufacture of an element with a cellular structure comprising a cellular core structure interposed between two layers of structural plies intended to form the skins, positioning of the element with a cellular structure within a mold, formation of drains on either side of the cellular core structure, infusion of the element with a cellular structure so as to impregnate it with a resin, carrying out a draining of the resin through the drains in the element with a cellular structure during the infusion step, the drains having a geometry configured to provide draining, and polymerization of the impregnated element with a cellular structure to form the composite panel.

Abstract: The method for producing a skin material is a method for producing a skin material having a concave part formed on the front surface side, comprising heat-pressing a raw material between an embossing die and an elastic sheet to form the concave part and, at the same time, forming a convex part on a bottom surface of the concave part.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus that forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold is described. The apparatus includes a measurement unit that measures one of a displacement and a position of a second surface opposite to a first surface on a side of a pattern region of the mold in a portion of the mold. The portion includes the pattern region and is deformed into a convex shape toward a side of the substrate upon bringing the imprint material on the substrate and the pattern region into contact with each other. The apparatus also includes a control unit that controls a distance between the mold and the substrate based on a measurement value of the measurement unit, such that a shape of the pattern region is kept constant upon curing the imprint material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass sheet including a first main surface and a second main surface opposing the first main surface, in which the glass sheet has an affected layer directly below the first main surface, in at least a part of the first main surface, an average element length RSm is from 2500 nm to 6000 nm, a root-mean-square height Sq is from 3 nm to 45 nm, and a skewness Ssk is a negative value.

Abstract: A vehicle applique includes a base structure and a polymeric coating disposed on the base structure. The polymeric coating at least partially covers an outer surface of the base structure. A diffraction grating is integrally defined by the polymeric coating. The diffraction grating has a thickness in a range of from about 100 nm to about 300 nm.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus for forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, includes a mold holding unit including an actuator for moving mold, a force sensor detecting force generated by actuator, a position sensor measuring a position of mold, and a controlling unit controlling operation of mold holding unit. The controlling unit controls mold holding unit according to either a force imprint profile or a position imprint profile. The force imprint profile is for controlling movement of mold based on force generated by actuator and detected by force sensor. The position imprint profile is for controlling movement of mold based on position of mold measured by position sensor. When pattern of imprint material is formed on substrate, either force imprint profile or position imprint profile is selectable.

Abstract: A storage device stores an ejection cartridge including an accommodating container that accommodates an ejection material, and an ejection head that includes an ejection port for ejecting the ejection material accommodated in the accommodating container. The storage device includes a mount on which the ejection cartridge is mounted, and includes a pressure regulating tank configured to control a pressure of an inside of the accommodating container of the ejection cartridge fixed to the mount with its ejection port not enclosed.

Abstract: In order to provide an information processing apparatus in which a correction work time for coating information is shortened, an information processing apparatus for an imprint apparatus configured to perform an imprint process of forming a pattern on an imprint material (R) on a substrate (W) using a mold on the basis of coating information indicating a position of the imprint material (R) includes: at least one processor or circuit which function as: an obtaining unit configured to obtain inspection information regarding a result of an inspection of the substrate (W) which has been subjected to the imprint process; an analysis unit configured to analyze the inspection information and obtain analysis information associated with the result of the imprint process; and a display control unit configured to display at least any of the inspection information and the analysis information on a screen of a display apparatus at the same time with the coating information.

Abstract: An imprinting apparatus which is advantageous in improving the overlay accuracy in a shot located on an outer circumference of a substrate is provided.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus for forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold having a mesa including a pattern region where a pattern and a mark are formed. The apparatus includes an alignment optical system which includes an illumination system configured to illuminate the mark with illumination light and a detecting system configured to detect an image of the mark illuminated by the illumination system. The illumination system includes a limiter configured to limit incidence of the illumination light to a side of the mesa, a ridge line of the mesa, and an outer region of the side.

Abstract: A nano-indent process for creating a single photon emitter in a two-dimensional materials platform comprising the steps of providing a substrate, providing a layer of polymer, providing a layer of two-dimensional material, utilizing a proximal probe, applying mechanical stress to the layer of two-dimensional material and to the layer of polymer, deforming the layer of two-dimensional material and the layer of polymer, and forming a nano-indent in the two-dimensional material. A single photon emitter in a two-dimensional materials platform comprising a substrate, a deformable polymer film, a two-dimensional material, and a nano-indent in the two-dimensional material.

Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and product-shipping assemblies for containing the same are provided.

Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, methods and techniques for generating preferred concrete block products are provided. The methods and techniques involve providing addition of color to selected section within the blocks (1), as described herein, to generate enhancement effects. Typical applications involve spray applications for color pigment to visually distinct sections of the block (1) on one or more decorative surfaces.

Abstract: A variety of plates for footwear are provided including a polyolefin resin. Sole structures and articles of footwear formed therefrom are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier. The effective amount can be an amount effective to allow the resin composition to pass a flex test, and in particular to pass a flex test without significant change in abrasion loss. In some aspects, the resin composition also includes a clarifying agent to improve optical clarity of the plate. In some aspects, the plates include a textile disposed on one or both of a first side and the second side of the plate. The textile can provide for improved bonding of the plate to other components such as a chassis or an upper.

Abstract: An optical element has a lanthanum-containing glass substrate and a light-shielding film on part of the surface of the glass substrate. The light-shielding film is made from a light-shielding paint that contains at least an epoxy resin, fine particles of titania, a dye, an organic solvent, and an amine-based curing agent. The organic solvent in the light-shielding paint has a vapor pressure of 160 Pa or more and 960 Pa or less at a temperature of 20° C. The viscosity of the light-shielding paint is 10.0 mPa·s or more and 100 mPa·s or less.

Abstract: A tire made of rubbery material comprises tread (12) and two sidewalls (14) delimiting the tread, at least one of the sidewalls comprising at least one texture (16) that contrasts with the rest of the sidewall. The texture is divided into a plurality of adjacent patterns (18, 20) of identical external shape. All or some of the patterns comprise a plurality of texture elements arranged to form in the pattern a plurality of rows that extend in the same direction of extension. For a given pattern of the texture, the rows of texture elements in each pattern adjacent to the given pattern have a direction of extension different from the direction of extension of the rows of texture elements of the given pattern. The lightness of the rest of the sidewall, which is not textured, is at least 5 units greater than the lightnesses of the patterns of the texture.

Abstract: An imprinting apparatus includes an imprinting platform, an imprinting roller, a transfer module and a lifting and pressing mechanism. The imprinting roller is disposed above the imprinting platform. The transfer module includes a transfer film, wherein the transfer film is located between the imprinting roller and the imprinting platform. The lifting and pressing mechanism is linked with the imprinting roller, wherein the lifting and pressing mechanism drives the imprinting roller to move along a normal direction of the imprinting platform and selectively pressurizes the imprinting roller.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus including an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a peripheral region of a pattern region of a mold with light while the mold is in contact with an imprint material on a substrate so as to make a polymerization degree of the imprint material between the peripheral region and the substrate fall within a range higher than a polymerization degree in an initial state when the imprint material is supplied onto the substrate and lower than a polymerization degree in a final state when the imprint material is cured, and a control unit configured to control, for each shot region on the substrate, a value of a second parameter for controlling irradiation with the light from the irradiation unit based on a value of a first parameter for controlling a contact step.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including a substrate, a plurality of bonding pads, and a plurality of light emitting members. The bonding pads are disposed on the substrate. The light emitting members are disposed on the bonding pads. The light emitting members include a first pair of adjacent light-emitting members, a second pair of adjacent light-emitting members, and a third pair of adjacent light-emitting members. The first pair of adjacent light-emitting members, the second pair of adjacent light-emitting members, and the third pair of adjacent light-emitting members are arranged along the first direction in sequence. The first pair of adjacent light-emitting members has a first pitch, the second pair of adjacent light-emitting members has a second pitch, and the third pair of adjacent light-emitting members has a third pitch. The third pitch is greater than the second pitch, and the second pitch is greater than the first pitch.

Abstract: A tire mold comprises sector molds for forming a tread portion of a tire and mold pins provided on the sector molds for forming insertion holes in the tread portion. The insertion holes each comprise a first hole portion with a first inner diameter where a body portion of a stud pin is disposed and a second hole portion with a second inner diameter greater than the first inner diameter where a bottom flange portion of the stud pin is disposed. The mold pins each comprise a trunk portion with a first outer diameter for forming the first hole portion and a tip portion with a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter for forming the second hole portion.

Abstract: In an emboss fabrication apparatus, an emboss roll includes, on an outer periphery, a molded portion having a concavo-convex shape. A first backup roll sandwiches, together with the emboss roll, a base material. A first heating unit heats the first backup roll. A second backup roll sandwiches, together with the emboss roll, the base material. A contact unit is provided opposite to the emboss roll in a first range. The contact unit contacts a back face of the base material.

Abstract: A pattern forming method includes: a first step of forming a first pattern to define a first shot arrangement; and a second step of performing an imprint process, thereby forming a second pattern on the imprint material on the first pattern and defining a second shot arrangement. In the second step, the second shot arrangement is defined so as to reduce an overlay error between the first and second shot arrangements by deforming the mold. In the first step, based on information of the estimated second shot arrangement definable on the substrate when the second step is performed after the second pattern formed on the mold is amended by deforming the mold, the first pattern is formed to make an overlay error between the first and second shot arrangements fall within an allowable range.

Abstract: A method is described for utilizing NIL materials with switchable mechanical properties. The method comprises applying an imprint mask to a nano-imprint lithography (NIL) material layer. The NIL material layer is comprised of a NIL material with a modulus level below a flexibility threshold. The NIL material layer has an internal property, that when changed, causes a change in the modulus level of the NIL material. The method further comprises detaching the imprinted NIL material layer from the imprint mask, with the low modulus level of the NIL material causing a shape of the imprinted NIL material layer to remain unchanged after detachment. A modulus level of the NIL material is increased by changing an internal property of the NIL material, with the modulus level increased beyond a strength threshold to create a first imprint layer that has a structure that remains unaffected by a subsequent process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a molding apparatus that performs a molding process for molding a composition on a substrate using a mold, including a holding unit configured to hold the substrate, and a control unit configured to control the molding process, wherein the control unit starts a process for pressing the mold against the composition on the substrate while the substrate is held by the holding unit with a first holding force, causes the holding unit to hold the substrate with a second holding force smaller than the first holding force after the process is started, and maintains the holding of the substrate by the holding unit with the second holding force until completion of filling of the composition on the substrate into the mold.

Abstract: A method of patterning a substrate includes dispensing droplets of a resist onto a first region and a second region of a surface, pressing a patterned portion of an imprint template into the resist in the first region, curing the resist on the surface, and then removing the imprint template from the resist. An image of the resist in the second region is acquired to evaluate wettability of the resist. In some examples, the evaluation of wettability may be performed by image analysis on the acquired image and used in determining whether or not the patterning of the substrate was successful or likely to have been successful.

Abstract: An ejection device is used for an imprint apparatus that presses a mold against an ejection material ejected onto a substrate to form a pattern. The ejection device includes: a housing unit having an ejection head configured to eject the ejection material onto the substrate, and housing configured to accommodate the ejection material; and a control unit configured to control processing of the ejection device. The control unit switches the processing according to a usage status of a consumable part included in the housing unit.

Abstract: A pick-up head assembly comprises a body of a liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE) that undergoes a reversible expansion when exposed to a first frequency of light and contracts when exposed to a second frequency of light. Selective portions of the LCE in the pick-up head assembly are irradiated with the first frequency to cause an expansion in the selective portions. The adhesive forces of the expanded portions of the LCE are used to pick-up semiconductor devices from a first substrate. The semiconductor devices are placed on a second substrate by exposing the expanded portions of the LCE to the second frequency of light, causing the expanded portions to contract.

Abstract: A method of making a bonded polymeric assembly by transfer printing comprises contacting a stamp with a solid-phase ink comprising a photoresist to form an inked stamp, where the solid-phase ink is reversibly bound to the stamp. The inked stamp is aligned with an object comprising the photoresist and is stamped onto the object. The stamp is then removed, thereby transferring the solid-phase ink onto the object. The solid-phase ink is thermally joined with the object. Thus, a bonded polymeric assembly comprising a bonded joint between the solid-phase ink and the object is formed.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus for forming a film on a substrate includes a driver configured to bring a curable composition arranged on the substrate and a flat surface into contact with each other, a heater configured to heat the curable composition by electromagnetic waves to reduce the viscosity of the curable composition and make the curable composition conform to the flat surface, and a curing device configured to form a film made of a cured product of the curable composition by curing the curable composition in a state in which the curable composition conforms to the flat surface.

Abstract: An imprinting apparatus, a method of manufacturing an article, with a template having at least one mass velocity variation feature in a region that alters the filling rate of formable material in the second region surrounding a pattern region. The altered filling rate varies from a first filling rate, at a center of an outer edge of the region to a second filling rate, at corners of the outer edge of the region. The second filling rate is greater than the first filling rate.

Abstract: A replica manufacturing apparatus performs imprint processing of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a replica substrate using a master mold, processes the replica substrate with the formed pattern to manufacture a replica mold, and transfers data of a condition concerning the imprint processing to a management apparatus. An imprint apparatus acquires the data from the management apparatus, and performs the imprint processing of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using the replica mold.

Abstract: A fabrication method comprises selecting an initial drop pattern defining a position of drops of a formable material, the initial drop pattern comprising a grid pattern of drops, designating the drops of the grid pattern to be dispensed by a first series of nozzles of a dispenser based on a spacing between drops in the Y-dimension; generating a modified drop pattern by shifting the grid pattern in a first direction along the Y-dimension, wherein a shift distance is selected such that the drops of the shifted grid pattern are designated to be dispensed from a second series of nozzles of the dispenser; dispensing the plurality of drops according to the modified drop pattern onto a substrate; during the dispensing of the drops, shifting a position of the stage or dispenser along the Y-dimension opposite to the first direction by an amount equal to the shift distance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerosol production assembly. The aerosol production assembly may include a reservoir that contains an aerosol precursor composition and an atomizer that receives the aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir and heats the aerosol precursor composition to produce an aerosol. The aerosol production assembly may additionally include a body that directs the aerosol through an outlet. The body may include a surface including a micro-pattern that defines at least one of hydrophobic and anti-microbial properties. The surface including the micro-pattern may not include a chemical coating that provides these properties. Rather, the surface may define a three-dimensional structure that provides hydrophobic and/or anti-microbial properties. A related assembly method is also provided.

Abstract: There is provided a method for non-penetration joining of members. The method includes: keeping a joining member having a protruding part by a receiving mold so that the protruding part is exposed; placing a joined member over the joining member so that the protruding part of the joining member is positioned in a blind hole of the joined member, and compressing the joined member against the receiving mold to plastically deform the joined member and the joining member at the same time and to wrap excess thickness of the joined member around an undercut part while forming the undercut part on the joining member, thereby non-detachably joining both the members.

Abstract: There is provided a method of managing an imprint apparatus that comprises a processor configured to execute an imprint process for forming a layer of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, a chamber configured to accommodate the processor, and a chemical filter configured to remove a chemical impurity contained in a gas flowing inside the chamber. The method comprises retaining a test substrate inside the chamber during execution of the imprint process, forming a layer of an imprint material on the test substrate by executing the imprint process on the test substrate by the processor after the retaining, inspecting the layer formed on the test substrate in the forming, and determining whether or not to replace the chemical filter based on an inspection result obtained in the inspecting.

Abstract: There is provided a planarization apparatus that planarizes composition in a specified region on a substrate using a planar section of a mold. The planarization apparatus includes a mold holding unit configured to hold the mold, a measurement unit configured to measure a shape of the planar section of the mold held by the mold holding unit and convexly deformed, and a control unit configured to align, based on a result of measurement by the measurement unit, the planar section of the mold and the substrate with respect to a direction along a surface of the substrate so as to bring the planar section of the mold into contact with the specified region on the substrate, and bring the mold and the composition into contact with each other.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide a base structure at least partially with a cured polymer coating having microscopic polymer structures. The method includes applying an uncured polymer material on at least a part of the base structure, the uncured polymer material being electrically charged with a charge that has a first sign; providing at least one electrode at a distance above at least a part of said uncured polymer material; charging the at least one electrode with an electrical charge that has a second sign opposite to the first sign, thereby electrostatically attracting uncured polymer material towards the at least one electrode and deforming the uncured polymer material into uncured structured polymer material comprising one or more uncured microscopic polymer structures that have a shape; and curing the one or more uncured microscopic polymer structures, thereby forming the cured polymer coating.

Abstract: A shaping apparatus that shapes a composition on a substrate by using a mold, includes a substrate positioning mechanism for positioning the substrate, a mold positioning mechanism for positioning the mold, a dispenser for arranging the composition on a shot region of the substrate, and a gas supply for supplying a gas onto the substrate from a gas supply port in a state in which the substrate is driven by the substrate positioning mechanism. A flow rate of the gas supplied onto the substrate by the gas supply starts to decrease in a period during which the substrate is driven by the substrate positioning mechanism so that the shot region where the composition is arranged by the dispenser is moved under the mold.

Abstract: A decorative material includes a first gloss control layer provided as a surface layer and a second gloss control layer provided on part of the first gloss control layer. The first gloss control layer contains a gloss control agent comprised of a hydrophobic inorganic material and a silicone-based release agent having a reactive terminal group. The reactive terminal group of the silicone-based release agent preferably has at least one of a hydroxyl group and an amino group. Preferably, the second gloss control layer contains a silicone-based release agent having a reactive terminal group, and the reactive terminal group of the silicone-based release agent has at least one of an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group.

Abstract: An apparatus and method configured to stabilize imprint head temperature. The apparatus and method includes an imprinting apparatus including, a mount attached to a fixed surface, a movable plate movable relative to the mount, at least one electromagnetic actuator mounted between the movable plate and the mount, wherein an electrical current is applied to the at least one electromagnetic actuator for controlling movement of the moveable plate, and wherein a root-mean-square of the electrical current applied to the at least one electromagnetic actuator in an idle state is equal to a root-mean-square of the electrical current applied to the at least one electromagnetic actuator during a continuous imprinting state.

Abstract: A photocurable composition for imprint at least has a polymerizable compound (A) and a photopolymerization initiator (B), in which the polymerizable compound (A) contains 20% by weight or more of a multifunctional (meth)acrylic monomer and the glass transition temperature of a photocured substance of the photocurable composition is 90° C. or more.