Abstract: Electrosynthesis of oxirane can include contacting a halide electrolyte with an anode that includes an electrocatalyst comprising iridium oxide loaded with a period-6 metal oxide and provided on a metal substrate. The cathode can be operated under ORR conditions. The electrochemical system can also be provided as an integrated system that includes CO2 electroreduction to produce ethylene and formation of hypochlorous acid using the electrocatalyst, followed by contact of the ethylene and the hypochlorous acid to form ethylene chlorohydrin which is, in turn, contacted with OH? ions to produce oxirane.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube aggregate includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, a metal compound added to inside and/or outside of each of the carbon nanotubes, and an oxide film that is made of an oxide of the metal compound, and covers an outer periphery of the plurality of carbon nanotubes to define an outer surface of the carbon nanotube aggregate. Since the metal compound is shielded from the atmosphere by the oxide film, separation of the metal compound and reaction of the metal compound with oxygen or water in the atmosphere are suppressed, increasing heat resistance of the carbon nanotube aggregate.

Abstract: A method for applying an image onto a recording medium includes applying a first layer of a radiation-curable ink onto a recording medium; curing the first layer; and applying at least a second layer of radiation-curable ink on top of the first cured layer. The coverage of the first layer is 1.0 g/m2 or less. The first layer of ink is applied onto the recording medium by applying a first ink from an ink set and the second layer is applied by applying at least the first ink from the ink set.

Abstract: A power cable or umbilical with a cable protection system for stabilising a submarine power cable or umbilical in the free span between an offshore installation and the seabed. An offshore transfer system has an offshore structure, a power cable or umbilical and a receiving structure, the power cable or umbilical being protected in a non-supported section by such a cable protection system.

Abstract: Method for the treatment of loose material of vegetable origin to be used as infill material (10) in artificial, or natural, or mixed artificial and natural turfs (1), comprising a step of mixing a predetermined amount of loose material of vegetable origin with a predetermined amount of a predetermined compound based on at least a drying, or semi-drying oil, in such a way to improve its properties.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a thin film electrode for an electrochromic device, and an electrochromic device manufactured thereby. Specifically, a method of manufacturing a thin film electrode for an electrochromic device includes: synthesizing insoluble Prussian blue nanoparticles; adding a surfactant to the insoluble Prussian blue nanoparticles to form water-soluble Prussian blue nanoparticles; adding a solvent and a binder to the water-soluble Prussian blue nanoparticles to form a mixed solution; applying the mixed solution onto an electrode; and performing a drying process on the electrode applied with the mixed solution, wherein the drying process may be performed at 15° C. to 30° C.

Abstract: To provide a zirconia perfect sintered body which has a chroma of an excellent color tone and excellent translucency as compared with a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining prepared from a zirconia raw material powder containing various stabilizing materials while maintaining high strength, and does not cause deformation.

Abstract: A method for producing a decorated mineral composite body, a decorated mineral composite body and the use of a multilayer film for producing a decorated mineral composite body.

Abstract: An aqueous conversion coating solution comprises a trivalent chromium compound, a zirconate compound, and a dye compound. The trivalent chromium compound can comprise trivalent chromium compounds such as trivalent chromium sulfate. The dye compound can comprise an azo dye, a chromium complex dye, an anthraquinoid dye, and/or a methine dye. The zirconate compound can comprise alkali metal hexafluorozirconate compounds. The conversion coating solution can comprise a phosphorous compound such as an organic amino-phosphonic acid compound. The conversion coating solution can be formed by mixing a dye additive containing the dye with a trivalent chromium conversion coating solution that does not contain a dye. The conversion coating solution can be used to treat metal substrates comprising aluminum, magnesium, and/or zinc.

Abstract: An ink set includes a reaction liquid containing coagulant; a first ink containing a color material; and a second ink containing a color material. The ink set is used for recording on a non-absorptive recording medium or a low-absorptive recording medium and for imparting the reaction liquid, the first ink, and the second ink to the recording medium in a superimposed manner in this order.

Abstract: An adhesive composition for forming an adhesive layer to be in contact with a resin on a surface of a metal, including: a low molecular weight organic compound having two or more nitrogen atoms in one molecule; and at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of a trivalent aluminum ion and a trivalent chromium ion, wherein the resin is a curable resin, and the adhesive composition is an aqueous solution having a pH of 12 or less and has a concentration of the low molecular weight organic compound of 0.01 to 150 g/L and a molar concentration of the at least one metal ion of 0.005 to 100 mmol/L. The adhesive composition can improve adhesion between surfaces of multiple metals and a resin.

Abstract: An energy absorbing apparatus includes particles with nanopores in a liquid. A further aspect employs a reusable energy absorbing apparatus including gas-liquid interactions in nanopores. Another aspect of the present apparatus uses oversolubility of gas in a solution to enhance bubble nucleation in hydrophobic nanopores or nanochannels, which suppresses gas outflow while promoting liquid outflow from particles. Still another aspect includes anions within an aqueous electrolytic solution, containing nanoporous material therein.

Abstract: A silicone back plate for a flexible display is disclosed herein. The silicone back plate is formed by a cured silicone product having from 70 to 95 of a Shore A hardness measured in accordance with ASTM D2240, and having at least 10 MPa of a tensile strength and at least 30% of an elongation measured in accordance with ASTM D412. The silicone back plate can provide the flexible display with reliability.

Abstract: A method of coating a substrate with a white molecular coating. A colloidal based primer is prepared having on a mass basis between 30-40% suspensions of fine-sized spherical particles of nonporous silica dispersed in liquid phase. The primer is applied to the substrate and allowed to dry. A molecular adsorber coating is prepared by treating a zeolite with a colloidal silica binder thereby providing a treated pigment having a mass ratio of the colloidal silica to the zeolite is in a range of 2.0 to 2.6, then processing the treated pigment into a powder thereby facilitating sprayability and then mixing said treated zeolite with a colloidal solution containing silica. The coating is then sprayed onto the primer and allowed to dry. The resultant coating provides adequate bond stability and strength necessary for flight applications within an environment for vacuum of space applications.

Abstract: Provided is an alloy material including a metal oxide thin layer that can be formed using a simple method at low cost and can further suppress volatilization of Cr, which causes deterioration of a fuel cell, compared with a case where conventional expensive materials are used. Disclosed is a manufacturing method for an alloy material including a coating treatment step for coating a substrate made of a Fe—Cr based alloy with Co, and an oxidation treatment step for performing oxidation treatment on the substrate in a moisture-containing atmosphere after the coating treatment step.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods of manufacturing textured surfaces nanoimprint lithography with nanoparticulate inks. The present invention provides methods that allow flexible patterning of substrates with features having complex geometries.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a silica layer, comprising bringing to gelation a precursor layer formed from a precursor composition comprising a silica precursor, an acid catalyst and a surfactant.

Abstract: A method and system for forming an insulation package for use in a vacuum insulated structure is provided. A slurry containing a liquid and an insulation material is formed. The slurry can be supplied to an envelope under vacuum, wherein the envelope is gas-permeable and permeable to the liquid. At least a portion of the liquid is drawn through the envelope and at least a portion of the insulation material is retained within the envelope to form an insulation package. One or more insulation packages can be disposed within an insulating cavity and the insulating cavity can be evacuated to decrease a pressure therein to form a vacuum insulated structure.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method is a method including a jetting step of jetting a radiation-curable ink jet composition to adhere to a recording medium that shrinks when heated, and a curing step of curing the radiation-curable ink jet composition by irradiating the radiation-curable ink jet composition adhered to the recording medium with radiation, in which the recorded material has a first region and a second region where shrinkage ratios due to the heating in a main surface direction are different when the recorded material is shrunk by being heated and brought into close contact with a packaged object, the shrinkage ratio of the first region in the main surface direction is greater than the shrinkage ratio of the second region in the main surface direction, and the radiation-curable ink jet composition adheres to the recording medium such that a film thickness of a cured film formed in the first region is less than a film thickness of a cured film formed in the second region.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image forming apparatus that improves washing fastness of an image forming portion of a fabric on which a discharge printing ink and a color ink are ejected. An image forming apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a color ink ejector; a discharge printing ink ejector; and a controller, wherein the color ink ejector is configured to eject a color ink containing an aqueous resin emulsion on a fabric, the discharge printing ink ejector is configured to eject a discharge printing ink containing a reducing agent on the fabric, and the controller is configured to control the color ink ejector and the discharge printing ink ejector to eject the color ink on the fabric in a first step, and after the first step, to eject the discharge printing ink on the fabric in a second step.

Abstract: A material composed of an element having no catalytic action is epitaxially grown on a nickel layer to form a material layer. For example, iridium is epitaxially grown to form the material layer. Next, a cubic crystal is epitaxially grown on the material layer to form a crystal layer, and a laminate structure including the material layer and the crystal layer is patterned to form a vibrator shape part. The thickness of the material layer is controlled within a range in which lattice relaxation is not complete.

Abstract: Alkylsilicone resins containing at least 20 mol percent of siloxy units bearing a >Cs alkyl group and having from 5-20 weight percent of alkoxy groups may be prepared directly by hydrolysis of chlorosilanes, and are highly effective as bulk hydrophobing agents in the preparation of fibrocement.

Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to an electrically conductive polymer with a crosslinkable additive. The electrically conductive polymer is a directly photopatternable Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) PEDOT:PSS film with cross-linked network made of a plurality of monomers. The directly photopatternable PEDOT:PSS film PEDOT as such has a better conductivity and stretchability compared to its other counterparts. The directly photopatternable PEDOT:PSS film can further be supplemented with poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) which can help with the removal of PSS. Advantageously, the PEGDA supplemented PEDOT:PSS film can exhibit a larger charge storage capacity.

Abstract: A method for masking the appearance of a support structure underlying a highly translucent ceramic dental restoration is provided. The porous form of a zirconia ceramic dental restoration is treated with a liquid masking composition comprising 0.4 wt % to 50 wt % of one or more masking agents. The masking composition is applied to the internal surface of a restoration and a region of the facial surface of the restoration that is opposite the internal surface. After application of the masking compositions, treated zirconia restoration is sintered to greater than 98% theoretical density.

Abstract: Manufacturing optoelectronic modules includes supporting a printed circuit board substrate (27) on a first vacuum injection tool (24). The printed circuit board substrate (27) has at least one optoelectronic component mounted thereon and has a solder mask (40) on a surface (46) facing away from the first vacuum injection tool (24). The method includes causing the first vacuum injection tool (24) and a second vacuum injection tool (22) to be brought closer to one another such that a surface (46) of the second vacuum injection tool (22) is in contact with the solder mask (40). Subsequently, a first epoxy (100, 20) is provided, using a vacuum injection technique, in spaces (104) between the upper tool (22) and the solder mask (40).

Abstract: The invention relates to a waterproof membrane for building applications comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane. The invention also relates to a waterproof membrane comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane, an optional pre-coating layer to facilitate the manufacturing process, and to join the support carrier with the cross-linked coating composition in the most optimal and durable manner to achieve good surface appearance and chemical bonding between reinforcing carrier and crosslinked polyurethane coating. The waterproof membrane can be prepared and installed with lower cost in comparison to current flat roof waterproofing systems based on liquid two-component polyurethane systems.

Abstract: A noble metal free nanocomposite of a transition metal phosphide catalyst supported on ultrathin interconnected carbon nanosheets and its use as an efficient low cost electrocatalyst are disclosed. An electrochemical cell comprising a working electrode coated with the electrocatalyst for the production of hydrogen by electrolysis of water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of patterning a substrate with graphene-based or other electroactive-material-based solution that includes solid-phase particles as hard templates, reducing the solution, and processing the reduced solution to expose the particles. The exposed hard template particles are removed to leave a three-dimensional (3D) porous architecture that can be beneficially used for a variety of applications, including but not limited to bio sensors and supercapacitors. In one example, the exposure is by etching with a CO2 laser. The method can be practiced with scalable MEMS fabrication technologies.

Abstract: A glazing includes at least one transparent substrate comprising a first major surface and an opposing second major surface, wherein said first major surface is coated with an electrically conductive layer and the electrically conductive layer is absent in one or more regions of the first major surface. At least a portion of the one or more regions of the first major surface, and/or corresponding regions of the opposing second major surface, bears a low-emissivity material, and the one or more regions permit the passage of electromagnetic radiation through the glazing.

Abstract: A bonding composition contains copper powder, a liquid medium, and a reducing agent. The reducing agent contains at least one amino group and a plurality of hydroxyl groups. The reducing agent has a boiling point that is higher than the boiling point of the liquid medium. The reducing agent has a melting point that is equal to or below the sintering temperature of the copper powder. Preferably, the reducing agent is bis(2hydroxyethyl)iminotris(hydroxymethyl)methane. Preferably, the bonding composition has a viscosity of from 10 Pa·s to 200 Pa·s at a shear rate of 10 s?1 at 25° C. Preferably, the bonding composition contains from 0.1 parts to 10 parts by mass of the reducing agent and from 10 parts to 40 parts by mass of the liquid medium with respect to 100 parts by mass of the copper powder.

Abstract: A color control member includes a color control layer including a quantum dot and a color filter layer on the color control layer, wherein a low refractive layer may be between the color control layer and the color filter layer. The low refractive layer includes a base resin and a plurality of sets of hollow particles dispersed in the base resin, and each of the hollow particles of each set of the sets of hollow particles may have a spherical shape. The sets of hollow particles may have respective average diameters, and a ratio of two average diameters of the respective average diameters of the sets of hollow particles is about 2:1 to about 60:1, and the low refractive layer including the hollow particles may be formed through a continuous process at a low temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for fabricating alkali vapor cells. The methods disclosed herein comprise depositing a fluid into a reservoir of a device, the device comprising: a reservoir, a set of receptacles, and a set of conduits fluidly connecting each of the receptacles to the reservoir; such that, when a fluid is placed in the reservoir, the fluid flows to each of the receptacles via capillary action. Also disclosed herein are methods comprising flowing a fluid from an inlet to an outlet of a lumen of a main conduit of a device, the device further comprising a set of receptacles, each of the receptacles being in fluid communication with the lumen of the main conduit; such that, when a fluid flows from the inlet to the outlet through the lumen of the main conduit, the fluid further flows into each of the receptacles via capillary action.

Abstract: This disclosure provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and thermally treating to produce a ceramic material. The disclosure provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic composite with potentially complex 3D shapes. A wide variety of chemical compositions is disclosed, and several experimental examples are included to demonstrate reduction to practice. For example, preceramic resin formulations may contain a carbosilane in which there is at least one functional group selected from vinyl, allyl, ethynyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, ester group, amine, hydroxyl, vinyl ether, vinyl ester, glycidyl, glycidyl ether, vinyl glycidyl ether, vinyl amide, vinyl triazine, vinyl isocyanurate, acrylate, methacrylate, alkacrylate, alkyl alkacrylate, phenyl, halide, thiol, cyano, cyanate, or thiocyanate.

Abstract: A method for enhancing optical properties of sintered, zirconia ceramic bodies and zirconia ceramic dental restorations is provided. The porous or pre-sintered stage of a ceramic body is treated with two different yttrium-containing compositions and sintered, resulting in sintered ceramic bodies having enhanced optical properties. The enhanced optical properties may be substantially permanent, remaining for the useful life of the sintered ceramic body.

Abstract: A method for coating a substrate includes spraying a combination of powders. The combination of powders includes: Hf0.5Si0.5O2; Zr0.5Si0.5O2; and, optionally, at least one of HfO2 and ZrO2. A molar ratio of said Hf0.5Si0.5O2 and HfO2 combined to said Zr0.5Si0.5O2 and ZrO2 combined is from 2:1 to 4:1. A molar ratio of said Hf0.5Si0.5O2 to said HfO2 is at least 1:3.

Abstract: A method for forming a self-cleaning coating, comprises providing a first dispersion comprising plasmonic nanoparticles by suspending plasmonic nanoparticles in an organic medium and providing a second dispersion comprising a precursor of a photocatalytic matrix in an organic medium. The method further comprises forming a mixture of the first and second dispersion and coating the mixture on a surface. The method also comprises calcining the coated mixture.

Abstract: A pressure sensor with a communicating passage in a straight line. The pressure sensor includes a main body housing having an inner space and having a connector part provided for connection with an outside thereof. In the main body housing, the first end of a terminal is located in the inner space and the second end thereof is located in the connector part. A substrate is provided in the inner space of the main body housing and on which a sensing element is mounted, a cover housing coupled to the main body housing and comprising a seal configured to be in close contact with the main body housing and with edges of one surface of the sensing element. A communicating passage communicates with the inner space in a straight line, and thus communicates with one surface of the sensing element at a downstream side thereof.

Abstract: A novel two-step process for batch coating surgical needles with cross-linked silicone coatings is disclosed. The surgical needles are cured using a two-step process. The coatings on the needles are partially cured in the first step and mechanically separated. The coatings on the needles are then fully cured in the second step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a porous composite separator for a secondary battery including a porous substrate, and a coating layer formed on the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer has a plurality of inorganic particles, which are connected and fixed by a composite binder including a particulate polymer binder and an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)-type binder having no melting point and having a thermal decomposition temperature of 300° C. or higher; and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: In some examples, an article may include a substrate and a coating system on the substrate. The coating system may include a layer comprising a plurality of voids, wherein respective voids of the plurality of voids define respective void volumes; and a nucleating agent within at least some of the respective void volumes of the layer, wherein the nucleating agent is configured to induce crystallization of the molten CMAS. The coating system may include an environmental barrier coating, thermal barrier coating, and/or abradable coating.

Abstract: A pattern forming method capable of easily removing a discontinuous portion in a pattern while keeping resistance of the pattern low. A pattern forming method including at least a printing step of printing a pattern intermediate containing a conductive material on a base material 1, and a plating step of subjecting the pattern intermediate to an electroplating treatment, in which the pattern intermediate printed in the printing step has a plating target portion that is energized in the plating step and a discontinuous portion that is discontinuously formed from the plating target portion and is not energized in the plating step, and in the plating step, by performing an electric field plating treatment using a plating solution containing at least two or more types of metal salts containing different types of metals and a complexing agent, the discontinuous portion of the pattern intermediate is removed to form a pattern constituted by the plating target portion covered with a plating film.

Abstract: An industrial oven includes an oven chamber configured to receive a plurality of work pieces. A heater box of the oven has a heating element therein operable to heat air for delivery to the oven chamber. A circulation system of the oven is operable to force hot air from the heater box into the oven chamber. The circulation system includes a delivery manifold extending from the heater box to the oven chamber. A duct has an inlet coupled with an outlet of the delivery manifold, and the duct has a plurality of hot air outlet apertures therein for expelling hot air into the oven chamber. The duct is constructed of fabric sheet and suspended within the oven chamber.

Abstract: Provided is an alloy material including a metal oxide thin layer that can be formed using a simple method at low cost and can further suppress volatilization of Cr, which causes deterioration of a fuel cell, compared with a case where conventional expensive materials are used. Disclosed is a manufacturing method for an alloy material including a coating treatment step for coating a substrate made of a Fe—Cr based alloy with Co, and an oxidation treatment step for performing oxidation treatment on the substrate in a moisture-containing atmosphere after the coating treatment step.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer polyimide film in which the core layer is made of a non-thermoplastic polyimide resin comprising one or more imidization catalysts and one or more dehydrating agents, and the skin layer laminated on one or both surfaces of the core layer contains one or more imidization catalysts, but does not contain a dehydrating agent, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Dry erase ink formulations containing a resin, a pre-assembled colorant, and a solvent, wherein the dry erase ink formulation has a surface tension of at least 25 dynes per centimeter, and writing instruments including a dry erase ink formulation are provided herein.

Abstract: According to some aspects, a method is provided of casting an object from a mold, the method comprising obtaining a mold comprising a hollow shell of rigid material, the material comprising a thermoset polymer having a plurality of pores formed therein, providing a metal and/or ceramic slurry into an interior of the mold, exposing at least part of the mold to a low pressure environment so that a net flow of gas is produced from the interior of the mold into the low pressure environment. According to some aspects, a method of forming a porous mold is provided. According to some aspects, a photocurable liquid composition is provided, comprising a liquid photopolymer resin, particles of a solid material, in an amount between 30% and 60% by volume of the composition, and a water-soluble liquid.

Abstract: An applicator for a coating product comprising printing nozzles, each including an outlet channel emerging in the downstream direction by a coating product discharge orifice. The printing nozzles are distributed on at least two faces of a body of the applicator and the discharge orifices of these nozzles extend along at least two nonparallel planes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tantalum carbide coated carbon material, and more particularly, to a tantalum carbide coated carbon material including a tantalum carbide film having a surface contact angle of 50° or more and low surface energy.

Abstract: Provided are a refractory article, an anti-redox coating composition, and a method of manufacturing the refractory article. The refractory article includes: a platinum (Pt)-based substrate; and a coating layer for preventing a redox reaction on a surface of the Pt-based substrate, wherein the coating layer for preventing a redox reaction includes on an oxide basis SiO2 in an amount of about 40 wt % to about 70 wt %, Al2O3 in an amount of about 20 wt % to about 52 wt %, B2O3 in an amount of about 3 wt % to about 6 wt %; and CaO in an amount of about 2.4 wt % to about 4.8 wt %.

Abstract: Provided is a cladding composition which contains metal powder, a binder, and an organic solvent in a case of bonding a metal base material and a resin member to each other. Further, provided is a method for producing a metal/resin bonded member, including a step of coating at least a portion of a metal base material with the cladding composition; a step of irradiating the coated portion of the metal base material which has been coated with the cladding composition, with a laser; a step of disposing the resin member on the laser irradiation portion of the metal base material; and a step of heating an interface between the laser irradiation portion and the resin member so that the metal base material and the resin member are bonded to each other.