Abstract: A method is for operating a phased array. The method includes operating circuity coupled between first and second electrically conductive contacts to apply a voltage signal between the first and second electrically conductive contacts, change the voltage signal to selectively set phase change between IR radiation emitted from adjacent elliptical holes to emit the IR radiation at an angle from normal, and change the voltage signal to selectively set a frequency range of the IR radiation.

Abstract: Micro devices having enhanced through heat transfer utilizing plungers extending from a heat spreader are provided. In one example, a micro device is provided that includes a plunger retaining block, a plurality of plungers, a mounting substrate and an integrated circuit (IC) die. The plunger retaining block includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The plurality of plungers extend from the bottom surface of the plunger retaining block with at least some of the plurality of plungers contacting the IC die. The IC die is disposed between the plunger retaining block and the mounting substrate, and coupled to the mounting substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sulfur-carbon composite including a carbon material, a coating on the carbon material which comprises a copolymer containing a monomer unit containing a catechol group and a monomer unit containing a lithium ion conductor, and sulfur. Also disclosed is an electrode for lithium-sulfur battery including the same, and a lithium-sulfur battery including the electrode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a process for applying an adhesive material onto a barrier sheet substrate is provided. The process includes providing an adhesive material having viscosity of at least about 10,000 centipoise at 250° F. The adhesive material is applied to a multitude of cavities on a surface of a first tool with a coater unit in close proximity to the surface. The adhesive material is transferred from the surface of the first tool to the substrate supported on a surface of a second tool and pressed against the surface of the first tool.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a bearing device for a vehicle wheel (1) includes: a pressure adjusting step of enclosing, in a work chamber (Rw), the bearing device for a vehicle wheel (1) to which a sealing member (9) on an outer side is fitted in the work chamber (Rw), and adjusting a pressure in the work chamber (Rw) to a predetermined atmospheric pressure (Pt) according to an environment of a use area of the bearing device for a vehicle wheel (1); and a sealing step of fitting a cover (12) that seals an inner side opening (2a) of an outer ring (2) or an inner side sealing member (6) that seals between the outer ring (2) and a hub ring (3) or an inner ring (4) to the inner side opening (2a) in the work chamber (Rw) in which a pressure has been adjusted.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a conveyer, a first conveyer path, a printer, a cutter assembly, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the printer to print images for at least two pages on a first side of a printing medium; after printing the images on the first side of the printing medium, controls the conveyer to move the printing medium to a second conveyer path being a different path from the first conveyer path through a switchback action and invert the printing medium by conveying in a second conveying direction; after inverting the printing medium, controls the printer to print an image in a predetermined part on a second side opposite to the first side of the printing medium; and after printing the image in the predetermined part on the second side of the printing medium, control the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a block co-polymer film having different morphologies within said film, uses thereof and processes for its preparation.

Abstract: A semiconductor processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a main body cover that covers a main body device and a control device. The main body cover has a transfer opening for transferring a semiconductor, and the main body cover further has an intake port that generates an air flow in a horizontal direction inside the main body cover.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing device performs manufacturing of an additively manufactured article by supplying a powder material to an irradiation region of an electron beam, laying and leveling the powder material, irradiating the powder material with the electron beam, and melting the powder material. The additive manufacturing device determines whether or not the powder material has scattered during manufacturing of the article. When it is determined that the powder material has scattered, an irradiation region R is heated by a heater before a new powder material is supplied to the irradiation region R. Manufacturing of the article is restarted after the new powder material has been supplied to the heated irradiation region.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: (i) a substrate having a surface; (ii) a first electrode disposed over the surface; (iii) a semiconducting layer disposed over at least a portion of the first electrode; (iv) a second electrode disposed over the semiconducting layer; (v) a nucleation inhibiting coating disposed over at least a portion of the second electrode; (vi) a patterning structure disposed over the surface, the patterning structure providing a shadowed region between the patterning structure and the second electrode; (vii) an auxiliary electrode disposed over the surface; and (viii) a conductive coating disposed in the shadowed region, the conductive coating electrically connecting the auxiliary electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A machine for producing additive printed parts having a print head attached to a gantry, including a frame having a plurality of side walls that define an interior space, a build table positioned within the interior space and including a print bed for supporting the additive printed part, a plurality of bellows attached at a first end to the gantry and at a second end to at least one of the plurality of side walls, a build volume defined by the plurality of side walls, the plurality of bellows and the build table, and an infrared heater disposed on the build table for heating an additive printed part positioned on the build table.

Abstract: A wavelength converting layer may have a glass or a silicon porous support structure. The wavelength converting layer may also have a cured portion of wavelength converting particles and a binder laminated onto the porous glass or silicon support structure.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional object inkjet printing method, a printing apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium. Where the three-dimensional object inkjet printing method includes: forming an adhesion support portion (2) on a support platform (1) first, and then forming an elastic support portion (3) on the adhesion support portion, the elastic support portion being embedded with a first elastic portion (31), and finally, forming a target object (4) by printing layer by layer on the elastic support portion. Therefore, a possibility of affecting a printing precision due to a separation of a material layer and the support platform is reduced, and a possibility of cracking in a bottom of the support when subjected to an impact force during an inkjet printing process is reduced at the same time, and a printing reliability is improved.

Abstract: A method for creating three-dimensional artwork that incorporates dry or wet painting globules. The painting globules are formed from a mixture of oil paint, gel painting medium, and resin glaze medium. The painting globules are formed and rolled into three-dimensional, spherical shapes that can be deposited on a canvas or other surface to form the artwork. The painting globules can be deposited when still wet or when dry so that their position and placement can be manipulated by the artist. The painting globules can be pre-rolled and included in a kit that includes several painting globules having a number of sizes and colors.

Abstract: An ink set of radiation curable ink jet compositions, includes: an under layer ink; and an over layer ink, and the under layer ink contains, as a polymerizable compound, 80.0 percent by mass or more of a monofunctional polymerizable compound with respect to a total mass of polymerizable compounds and contains 55.0 percent by mass or more of a polymerizable compound having a nitrogen heterocyclic structure and/or a polymerizable compound having a hydroxy group in total with respect to the total mass of the polymerizable compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a paper substrate suitable for binding silicone in a catalytic hydrosilation reaction and products thereof, wherein the molecular weight of polyvinyl alcohol is used to control the viscosity of the water-based acetalization reaction, such that a paper substrate may be coated with acetalized polyvinyl alcohol that contains high amount of functional vinyl groups, wherein the functional vinyl groups are part of catenated carbon structures which contain at least 4 carbon atoms and which have an acetal connectivity with the backbone chain of the acetalized polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: An ink jet method includes a step of adhering ink jet compositions containing colorants and polymerizable compounds to be cured with radioactive rays to a recording medium by one printing operation, and the ink jet compositions includes an orange ink composition and a red ink composition.

Abstract: An IR source may also include an electrically conductive layer defining a back contact. The IR source may also include a first dielectric layer over the electrically conductive layer, a transparent electrically conductive layer over the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer over the transparent electrically conductive layer. The IR source may include a graphene layer over the second dielectric layer and having a perforated pattern, a protective layer over the graphene layer, and first and second electrically conductive contacts coupled to the graphene layer. The graphene layer may be configured to emit IR radiation when a voltage signal is applied between the first and second electrically conductive contacts.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a chemical liquid may include a stage on which a substrate is placed, a chemical liquid discharging member and a direction changing member. The chemical liquid discharging member may supply the chemical liquid onto at least two first regions of the substrate for first pixels along a first direction. Additionally, the chemical liquid discharging member may supply the chemical liquid onto at least two second regions of the substrate for second pixels along a second direction. The direction changing member may change a direction of the substrate from the second direction to the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition containing an electron-donating polymer (D) and an electron-withdrawing polymer (A), wherein the electron-donating polymer (D) has a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1a), Y1a in the following formula (1a) is a divalent group represented by the following formula (3a), and the electron-withdrawing polymer (A) has a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (4a): wherein the symbols in the formulas are as described in the DESCRIPTION.

Abstract: A personal hygiene product with a digital element includes an external personal hygiene product to absorb bodily fluids and a conductive sensor assembly disposed therein. The conductive sensor assembly includes a pair of conductive elements disposed in parallel in a mirrored image about the perimeter of the personal hygiene product and at least one connector directly contacting the pair of conductive elements, said conductive sensor assembly generating a signal indicative of fluid leakage of said personal hygiene product when fluid reaches the area between the pair of conductive elements. The conductive sensor assembly is arranged and configured to communicate with a smart hand held electronic device, either directly or through a wireless connection.

Abstract: A method and device for detecting bright spots on an image. The image is acquired from a field of view where a base extension reaction occurs, multiple nucleic acid molecules with optically detectable labels exist in the field of view where the base extension reaction occurs, and at least some of the nucleic acid molecules appear as bright spots on the image. The method includes preprocessing the image to obtain a preprocessed image; determining a critical value to simplify the preprocessed image to obtain a simplified image, determining a first bright spot detection threshold on the basis of the preprocessed image, and identifying candidate bright spots on the image on the basis of the preprocessed image and the simplified image, including determining a pixel matrix that satisfies at least two of conditions as a candidate bright spot.

Abstract: A system (10, 110) includes: (i) a flexible intermediate transfer member (ITM) (44, 500, 600), including: a stack of: In (a) a first layer (602), located at an outer surface of the ITM (44, 500, 600), configured to receive ink droplets to form an ink image thereon, and to transfer the ink image to a target substrate (50, 51), and (b) a second layer (603) including a matrix holding particles (622), configured to receive optical radiation (99) passing through the first layer (602), and to heat the ITM (44, 500, 600) by absorbing the optical radiation (99); (ii) an illumination assembly (113), configured to dry the ink droplets by directing the optical radiation (99) to impinge on the particles (622); and (iii) a temperature control assembly (121), configured to control a temperature of the ITM (44, 500, 600) by directing a gas (101) to the ITM (44, 500, 600).

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods for generating a vehicle wrap design. The method includes: obtaining customer information corresponding to an entity; generating, using the computing device, a vehicle wrap design for covering a vehicle based on the obtained customer information; generating, using the computing device, a three-dimensional rendering of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle wrap design is applied to the three-dimensional rendering of the vehicle; and causing a client device to display the three-dimensional rendering with the applied vehicle wrap.

Abstract: Printable inks based on a 2D semiconductor, such as MoS2, and its applications in fully inkjet-printed optoelectronic devices are disclosed. Specifically, percolating films of MoS2 nanosheets with superlative electrical conductivity (10-2 s m?1) are achieved by tailoring the ink formulation and curing conditions. Based on an ethyl cellulose dispersant, the MoS2 nanosheet ink also offers exceptional viscosity tunability, colloidal stability, and printability on both rigid and flexible substrates. Two distinct classes of photodetectors are fabricated based on the substrate and post-print curing method. While thermal annealing of printed devices on rigid glass substrates leads to a fast photoresponse of 150 ?s, photonically annealed devices on flexible polyimide substrates possess high photoresponsivity exceeding 50 mA/W.

Abstract: An inkjet spraying method includes preparing a spraying unit including nozzles for spraying an organic material on a target substrate including first pixels which display a same color, spraying the organic material to each of first pixels of a (1+a×n)th first-pixel row in the first pixels, and spraying the organic material to each of first pixels of a (2+a×n)th first-pixel row in the first pixels, where a first nozzle in the nozzles sprays the organic material to a first reference pixel in the first pixels of the (1+a×n)th first-pixel row, a second nozzle, which is different from the first nozzle, in the nozzles sprays the organic material to a second reference pixel in the first pixels of the (2+a×n)th first-pixel row, and the second reference pixel is disposed in parallel with the first reference pixel in a column direction.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a build surface, at least a portion of which is transparent. The apparatus includes a first material depositor operable to deposit a curable resin to form a deposited resin layer on the build surface. A first sensing device is configured to measure the thickness of the deposited resin layer; and wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to generate a signal indicative of the thickness of the deposited resin layer. The first sensing device can be connected to a computer such that the additive manufacturing apparatus is configured to control the thickness of the deposited resin layer. The thickness of the deposited resin layer can be controlled such that it varies from side to side, i.e. across the width of the deposited resin layer in the transverse direction along the x-axis. The thickness can also be controlled such that it varies with time, i.e., in the machine direction along the y-axis.

Abstract: Coating compositions are provided. In embodiments, a coating composition comprises a solvent system comprising water; a crosslinked organic additive in the form of particles and comprising a polymerization product of reactants comprising a multifunctional vinyl monomer comprising two or more vinyl groups; a binder; and optionally, one or more of a colorant and a wax. Methods of making and using the coating compositions are also provided.

Abstract: An aqueous ink composition includes a film-forming retardation additive, which enhances the pigment efficiency in the ink composition. A method for making such an ink and a method of printing with such an ink are also disclosed.

Abstract: A conductive film includes a transparent supporting layer and a conductive grid. The transparent supporting layer includes a first side face and a second side face arranged opposite to each other, and the first side face is provided with grooves. A conductive material is filled in the grooves to form the conductive grid interconnected, and the conductive grid includes a plurality of circle lattices. Since the conductive material is filled in the grooves to form the conductive grid and the conductive grid includes a plurality of circle lattices, the dot pattern presented is relatively soft, and the impact on vision caused by interference is reduced.

Abstract: Provided are a coating device and a coating method for a non-uniform thickness current collector. The coating device includes a thickness sensor, an offset correction controller, and an offset correction mechanism. The thickness sensor is configured to detect an abrupt thickness change point on the non-uniform thickness current collector and output an abrupt change point signal. The offset correction controller is configured to receive the abrupt change point signal, compare the received abrupt change point signal with a predetermined abrupt thickness change point signal, determine whether the non-uniform thickness current collector is offset and what an offset direction is, and transmit an offset correction signal. The offset correction mechanism is configured to receive the offset correction signal and perform an offset correction action in a direction opposite to the offset direction. This coating device uses the coating method and can accurately coat the coating areas.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a massively parallel patterning tool for the deposition of single metals or metal alloys with size and composition control. Methods of the disclosure use a hydrogel array of pyramidal pen tips as a medium for localized electrodeposition, in conjunction with a scanning probe lithography platform and a three-electrode cell. This versatile technique can be used for high-throughput 3D printing, biomolecule patterning, or screening of catalyst nanoparticles or thin films.

Abstract: The invention relates to commodity anti-counterfeit verification system based on natural biological information. The system includes an anti-counterfeit information generation module used for generating unique anti-counterfeit information corresponding to a commodity, an anti-counterfeit database used for storing the unique anti-counterfeit information generated by the anti-counterfeit information generation module, and an anti-counterfeit information verification module used for carrying out anti-counterfeit verification on the commodity according to the unique anti-counterfeit information stored in the anti-counterfeit database. The anti-counterfeit information generation module comprises an identity information generator, a natural biological information generation assembly, and an information binder. Compared with the prior art, the system has the advantages of being easy to implement, good in anti-counterfeit performance, capable of reducing costs, and the like.

Abstract: A printing treatment liquid composition which is to be adhered to a cloth, includes: a compound including a polyvalent carbodiimide group which has a carbodiimide group equivalent of 500 g/mol or less; and an aromatic carboxylic acid and/or its salt. According to the printing treatment liquid composition described above, a content of the compound including a polyvalent carbodiimide group with respect to a total mass of the treatment liquid composition is 1.0 to 35.0 percent by mass, a content of the aromatic carboxylic acid and/or its salt with respect to the total mass of the treatment liquid composition is 0.1 to 30.0 percent by mass, and the cloth contains fibers having hydroxy groups.

Abstract: Described herein are resilient floor coverings produced by using digitally printed UV-cured inks and exhibiting high adhesion properties between an ink layer and a wear layer. Also described herein are methods for manufacturing same. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: Described herein are adhesive gold inks, and methods for making and depositing these inks to form conductive traces. The adhesive gold inks generally contain a gold complex dissolved in a mixed solvent system including at least a diol and an amine. The mixed solvent system may further include a thioalkyldiol. The gold complex includes a first ligand and a second ligand. The first ligand may be a thioether, a phosphine, or an amine that volatilizes upon heating at a temperature of 200° C. or less. The second ligand may be a halide or a carboxylate. The adhesive gold inks are clear and particle-free and may be formulated for deposition by a wide range of printing methods on both flexible and non-flexible substrates.

Abstract: A 3D printer includes a nozzle and a camera configured to capture an image, a video, or both of a plurality of drops of liquid metal being jetted through the nozzle. The 3D printer also includes a computing system configured to measure a signal proximate to the nozzle based at least partially upon the image, the video, or both. The computing system is also configured to determine one or more metrics that characterize a behavior of the drops based at least partially upon the signal.

Abstract: In the formation of a solid object by progressively adding extruded materials to a workpiece, a mechanism is disclosed for transposing the paths by which two or more extrusion nozzles travel to deposit materials. Paralleling a surface contour of the object being formed, the paths for two or more substantially continuous extruded traces are directed in complementary fashion to cause a first extrusion trace to form the object surface while a second extrusion trace is deposited behind the first trace. At another position along the surface contour, the paths of the extruded traces may cross over one another to allow the second extruded trace to define the object surface. Where the first and second traces have a different color or visual appearance, the disclosed mechanism enables fine graphic features to efficiently be integrated into the surface of the object being formed.

Abstract: A method for fabricating patterns on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll configuration. Drops of a monomer diluted in a solvent are dispensed on a substrate, where the drops spontaneously spread and merge with one another to form a liquid resist formulation. The solvent is evaporated (e.g., blanket evaporation) from the liquid resist formulation followed by selective multi-component resist film evaporation resulting in a non-uniform and substantially continuous film on the substrate. The gap between the film on the substrate and a template is closed such that the film fills the features of the template. After cross-linking the film to polymerize the film, the template is separated from the substrate thereby leaving the polymerized film on the substrate.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving the performance of batteries, such as lead-acid batteries, including reviving or rejuvenating a partially or totally dead battery, by adding an amount of nonionic, ground state metal nanoparticles to the electrolyte of the battery, and optionally recharging the battery by applying a voltage. The metal nanoparticles may be gold and coral-shaped and are added to provide a concentration within the electrolyte of 100 ppb to 2 ppm or more (e.g., up to 5 ppm, 10 ppm, 25 ppm, 50 ppm, or 100 ppm). The metal nanoparticles may be added to battery electrode paste applied to the electrodes to enhance newly manufactured or remanufactured batteries.

Abstract: A down-converted light emitting combination that generates a visible light when an ultraviolet light is incident is provided. The down-converted light emitting combination includes a first structure made of a first material that generates a visible light of a first color when an ultraviolet light of a first wavelength range is incident and a second structure made of a second material that generates a visible light of a second color different from the first color when the ultraviolet light of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range is incident, and the first material and the second material have different emission colors and distributions of intensities of the visible lights generated depending on a wavelength of the incident ultraviolet light.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions for three-dimensional printing. In an example, disclosed herein is a composition for three-dimensional printing comprising: (A) a powder build material; (B) a first fusing agent; (C) a second fusing agent different from the first fusing agent; (D) a detailing agent; (E) a cyan ink composition; (F) a yellow ink composition; (G) a magenta ink composition; and (H) a black ink composition.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and printing on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a synthetic non-perforated drainable material is disclosed herein. Generally, the method includes injecting a coating material with air, applying the air-injected coating material to the first side of the material, and curing the air-injected material such that it adheres. Once cured, the material has a highly efficient drainage rate that remains consistent throughout the life of the material.

Abstract: A pixel structure includes a plurality of first sub-pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction. A maximum dimension of at least one first sub-pixel in a first direction is less than a first set value, and a maximum dimension of the at least one first sub-pixel in a second direction is greater than a second set value. The first set value is a maximum dimension of a set sub-pixel in the first direction, and the second set value is a maximum dimension of the set sub-pixel in the second direction. The first sub-pixel has an area equal to an area of the set sub-pixel.

Abstract: Stabilized precursor solutions can be used to form radiation inorganic coating materials. The precursor solutions generally comprise metal suboxide cations, peroxide-based ligands and polyatomic anions. Design of the precursor solutions can be performed to achieve a high level of stability of the precursor solutions. The resulting coating materials can be designed for patterning with a selected radiation, such as ultraviolet light, x-ray radiation or electron beam radiation. The radiation patterned coating material can have a high contrast with respect to material properties, such that development of a latent image can be successful to form lines with very low line-width roughness and adjacent structures with a very small pitch.

Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system and equipment assembly for the manufacture of three-dimensionally printed articles is provided. The equipment assembly includes a three-dimensional printing build system, an optional liquid removal system and an optional harvester system. The build system includes a conveyor, plural build modules and at least one build station having a powder-layering system and a printing system. The equipment assembly can be used to manufacture pharmaceutical, medical, and non-pharmaceutical/non-medical objects. It can be used to prepare single or multiple articles.

Abstract: Described herein are water-based inks that comprise water, a water miscible solvent having a boiling point of about 56° C. to about 98° C., and a latex. In one aspect, the water miscible solvent comprises about 10 wt % to about 30 wt % of the ink (based on the total weight of the ink). In another aspect, the latex is an alcohol-tolerant latex that exhibits limited or no particle size increase in the presence of alcohol. Further described herein are articles printed with the inks, and methods of printing with the inks.

Abstract: To provide an aqueous ink having excellent ejection stability and capable of recording an image having excellent abrasion resistance and the like. An aqueous ink for ink jet containing a resin particle, in which the resin particle is formed of a first resin and a second resin, each having a carboxylic acid group, the first resin is a polyester resin not having a crosslinked structure, the second resin is at least one of a polyester resin and an acrylic resin having a crosslinked structure, and the crosslinked structure of the first resin and the second resin is an alkylene oxide group having a repetition number of 1 to 9.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides processes for producing images with toner particles. In embodiments, toner particles of a certain diameter in size are applied to a substrate as an incomplete monolayer, and then fused to form an image that is a complete monolayer and possesses a thickness less than the diameter of the particles utilized to form the image.