Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, non-magnetic powder, and a binding agent and a back coating layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, a center line average surface roughness measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, and a contact angle with respect to 1-bromonaphthalene measured regarding a surface of the back coating layer is 15.0° to 30.0°.

Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region that emits radiation during operation at least via a main radiation exit surface, and a self-supporting conversion element arranged in a beam path of the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the self-supporting conversion element includes a substrate and a first layer, the first layer includes at least one conversion material embedded in a glass matrix, the glass matrix has a proportion of 50 to 80 vol. % in the first layer, the substrate is free of the glass matrix and the conversion material and mechanically stabilizes the first layer, and the first layer has a layer thickness of less than 200 ?m.

Abstract: A method for producing an antistatic molded article according to the present invention includes: a conductive film preparation step to obtain a conductive film by coating, and drying, a conductive polymer dispersion liquid containing a conductive composite that contains a ?-conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion, a polyvinyl alcohol, a binder component, and a dispersion medium for dispersing the conductive composite on at least one surface of a film substrate; and a molding step for subjecting the conductive film to molding.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a bending area which is bendable and includes a curvature area in a bent state, a protective film by which a first groove is defined, where the first groove corresponds to the curvature area, and an adhesive member disposed between the protective film and the display panel. The protective film includes a first inner side surface and a second inner side surface that define the first groove, and the first inner side surface and the second inner side surface have inclined shapes.

Abstract: An anti-fogging laminate including: a substrate; and an anti-fogging layer on the substrate where a surface of the anti-fogging layer is flat, wherein the anti-fogging layer includes a hydrophilic molecular structure; and wherein the anti-fogging layer has an elastic recovery of 90% or more, a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.40 or less, and an average thickness of 4 ?m or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of maintaining a favorable voltage holding ratio for a long period of time and thereby reducing generation of image sticking not only at room temperature but also at high temperatures. The liquid crystal display device includes: paired substrates; a liquid crystal layer that is held between the paired substrates and contains liquid crystal molecules; and an alignment film disposed between at least one of the paired substrates and the liquid crystal layer, the alignment film containing quantum dots.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same which avoid a distinct color unevenness during the light emission even if variations are present among the light-emitting elements in the concentration of the phosphor that precipitates in the resin for sealing the light-emitting elements. The light-emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements that are mounted on the substrate, a first resin layer that integrally seals the light-emitting elements and includes a first phosphor that is excited by light from the light-emitting elements at a concentration that is high as it goes to a lower end near the substrate from an upper end distant from the substrate, and a second resin layer that is provided at an upper side of the first resin layer and includes a second phosphor that is excited by light from the light-emitting elements at a uniform concentration.

Abstract: A method for the production of glass or glass ceramic elements from flat glass or glass ceramic parts is provided where the edges of the glass or glass ceramic elements are treated by a combination of two processes. The flat glass or glass ceramic element with an edge surface connecting the two side surfaces is produced. The edge surface has at least one first elongated, strip-shaped edge region and at least one second elongated strip-shaped edge region, which are formed by a ground edge. The edge regions extend in the longitudinal direction along the edge surface and along the side surfaces. The first edge region has elongated parallel filamentary damages that are parallel and adjacent to one another and, in particular, spaced apart equidistantly, in the longitudinal direction thereof extending transversely to the side surfaces and along the surface of the first edge region.

Abstract: The coated glass sheet of the present invention includes: a glass sheet; and a coating film provided on at least one principal surface of the glass sheet and having a smooth surface. The coating film includes: isolated closed pores present within the coating film; and a matrix. The coating film is substantially free of open pores open at the surface of the coating film. For the coated glass sheet of the present invention, a transmittance gain is 2.5% or more, the transmittance gain being calculated by subtracting an average transmittance of the glass sheet as determined by applying light having wavelengths of 380 to 1100 nm to the glass sheet in the absence of the coating film on the surface of the glass sheet from an average transmittance of the coated glass sheet as determined by applying light having the wavelengths to the coated glass sheet from a side on which the coating film lies.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, composition and method employing a dust mitigation coating that also mitigates or repels water, ice, and other liquids. Techniques to coat the surfaces of equipment and items with these dust, liquid, and ice mitigation coatings, minimizing or eliminating mission problems caused by dust, liquid, or ice accumulation, particularly in outer space or on another planetary body or moon. Further, the dust mitigation coatings should exhibit a Lotus-like effect, making the coated surfaces ultra-hydrophobic. The present invention is also directed to techniques for improving the functioning of terrestrial-based equipment and systems where dust, liquid, or ice accumulation is a problem, such as in hospitals and other health contexts to prevent contamination.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silicon nitride sintered body including silicon nitride crystal grains and a grain boundary phase, wherein the silicon nitride crystal grains are covered with the grain boundary phase and width of the grain boundary phase is 0.2 nm or more. It is preferable that the width of the grain boundary phase is 0.2 nm to 5 nm. Additionally, it is preferable that the silicon nitride sintered body includes 15% by mass or less of the grain boundary phase. According to the above-described configuration, it is possible to provide a high-temperature-resistant silicon nitride sintered body in which degradation of the grain boundary phase under high temperature environment is suppressed. This silicon nitride sintered body is suitable for constituent material of a high-temperature-resistant member, use environment of which is 300° C. or higher.

Abstract: The provided surface protection films include a plurality of layers in the following order: a first polymeric film that is exposed at a major surface of the surface protection film; a foamed adhesive; a second polymeric film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The surface protective films withstand impacts and harsh outdoor conditions, and can be easily applied and removed while minimizing or eliminating the need to use personal protective equipment and volatile organic compounds.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic layer, in which a total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 ?m, the magnetic layer has a servo pattern, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, and a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, and a magnetic tape device including this magnetic tape.

Abstract: A wing includes a low pressure side, a high pressure side opposite the low pressure side, and a drag reducing apparatus coupled to the low pressure using an adhesive. The drag reducing apparatus includes a first side coupled to the low pressure side of the wing, and a second side opposite the first side. The second side includes a plurality of vortex generators arranged in an array configuration. The vortex generators generate one or more vane vortices near an end of the low pressure side of the wing, thereby weakening a wingtip vortex generated by the wing.

Abstract: A plastic molded body has a surface including a non-fluororesin and a rough surface formed on the surface, in which a fluorine atom is incorporated into the molecular chain of a non-fluororesin forming the rough surface. The molded body maintains excellent liquid repellency for a long period of time and exhibits the same levels of drainage and liquid drop-off properties as the initial levels even when it is brought into contact with a liquid repeatedly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a floor panel, in particular a laminated floor panel. The invention also relates to a floor covering consisting of a plurality of mutually coupled floor panels according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for mutually coupling two floor panels, in particular laminated floor panels, according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a floor panel, in particular a laminated floor panel. The invention also relates to a floor covering consisting of a plurality of mutually coupled floor panels according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for mutually coupling two floor panels, in particular laminated floor panels, according to the invention.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure with reduced bowing for applications in the field of power electronics, photonics, optoelectronics, solar energy conversion and the like, which comprises: a step of providing at least a first layer of a first semiconductor material, said first layer comprising a substrate of said first semiconductor material, which extends along a first reference plane, and a plurality of first portions of said first semiconductor material, which are mutually spaced and extend in elevation from said substrate along axes perpendicular to said first reference plane, said first portions having ends in distal position with respect to said substrate; a step of providing at least a second layer of a second semiconductor material, said second layer comprising second portions of said second semiconductor material, each of which is joined to the ends of a plurality of said first portions, said second portions being mutually spaced and extending along a second reference plane paralle

Abstract: A substrate with a switchable surface has been developed that can rapidly switch its surface character such as between two distinct liquid-repellent modes: (1) a superhydrophobic mode and (2) a slippery mode. Such surfaces have demonstrated adaptive liquid repellency and water harvesting capabilities.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a window for a display apparatus according to the present invention includes: providing, on a stage, a substrate including a foldable part bending around a folding axis extending in a first direction, and forming a groove on the foldable part. The forming the groove includes: grinding the foldable part by using a first machining wheel; grinding the foldable part by using a second machining wheel; and machining the foldable part by using a polishing wheel. The groove has at least one radius of curvature. The first machining wheel includes first abrasive grains, and the second machining wheel includes second abrasive grains less in size than the first abrasive grains.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the coated cutting tool having a rake surface and a flank, in which the coating layer includes an ?-type aluminum oxide layer, wherein: the ?-type aluminum oxide layer has, on an opposite side to the substrate, a first interface, being the rake surface or a surface substantially parallel to the rake surface, a second interface, being the flank or a surface substantially parallel to the flank, and an intersecting edge between the first interface and the second interface; and the ?-type aluminum oxide layer satisfies ?600??11?300, ?900??22?250 and ?11>?22. (In the above formulae, ?11 denotes a residual stress value (MPa) in a direction parallel to the intersecting edge, ?22 denotes a residual stress value (MPa) in a direction orthogonal to the intersecting edge, and each of the residual stress values is a value measured by a 2D method).

Abstract: A magnetic-disk glass substrate containing an alkaline earth metal component as a glass composition includes an edge surface that is a mirror surface, and has a roughness percentage of 40% or more when a bearing ratio of a roughness cross-sectional area is 50% in a bearing ratio curve of roughness cross-sectional areas obtained when a surface roughness of the edge surface obtained after the edge surface is etched by 2.5 ?m is measured.

Abstract: A method for making a carbon nanotube composite structure is related. A substrate having a first surface is provided. A carbon nanotube structure including a plurality of carbon nanotubes is placed on the first surface, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes is in direct contact with the first surface. A monomer solution is coated to the carbon nanotube structure, wherein the monomer solution is formed by dispersing a monomer into an organic solvent. The monomer is polymerized, and then the substrate is removed.

Abstract: A golf club head where at least a first portion of an exterior surface of the golf club head includes depressions is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head has a body with a striking face, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a skirt portion joining the striking face, crown portion and the sole portion and in accordance with the present invention at least a portion of the exterior surface of the body of the golf club head is further comprised of depressions to reduce the aerodynamic drag force on the golf club head. The depressions may be provided on a first portion of the golf club head on one or more of a crown portion, sole portion, skirt portion or striking face.

Abstract: Provided is a molding die for 3D cover glass containing a pair of a convex mold and a concave mold each having a flat press surface A and a press surface B, in which the closest distance D between the press surfaces A of the convex mold and the concave mold during press-molding and the closest distance D1 between the press surfaces B of the convex mold and the concave mold during press-molding satisfy a predetermined conditions with respect to the plate thickness of a 3D cover glass as a final product.

Abstract: A magnetic tape apparatus includes a magnetic tape, a reading element unit and an extraction unit, in which a C-H derived C concentration calculated from a C-H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer of the magnetic tape at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 45 atom %, and the extraction unit performs a waveform equalization process according to a deviation amount between positions of the magnetic tape and the reading element unit, with respect to each reading result for each reading element, to extract data derived from the reading target track from the reading result.

Abstract: A magnetic tape apparatus, in which full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of a magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 15.0 nm, a difference between spacings measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 12.0 nm, and the extraction unit performs a waveform equalization process according to a deviation amount between positions of the magnetic tape and the reading element unit, with respect to each reading result for each reading element, to extract data derived from the reading target track from the reading result.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: providing a light-transmissive member having a plate-like shape; providing light emitting elements each having a primary light emission surface and an electrode formation surface; bonding the light emitting elements to a base member such that the electrode formation surfaces of the light emitting elements face an upper surface of the base member; disposing the light emitting elements on the light-transmissive member such that the primary light emission surfaces of the light emitting elements face an upper surface of the light-transmissive member via a light-transmissive bonding member; disposing a part of the bonding member on a lateral surface of each of the light emitting elements; removing a part of the light-transmissive member to form a groove between the light emitting elements; forming a light-reflective member at least in the groove; and cutting the light-reflective member and the base member.

Abstract: A composite material is disclosed which includes a plastic layer formed on a layer of metal. The metal layer includes pores into which an adhesive is introduced. The plastic layer is injection molded onto the metal layer so as to contact the adhesive in the pores. The plastic layer is thus bonded to the metal layer.

Abstract: [Object] To provide fine particles 2 having excellent printing characteristics, thermal conductivity, and electrical conductivity. [Solution] The fine particles 2 are flake-like. A main component of the fine particles 2 is an electrically conductive metal. A representative metal is silver. The structure of this metal is monocrystalline. An arithmetical mean roughness Ra of the surface of the fine particles 2 is not larger than 10 nm. The fine particles 2, a solvent, a binder, and a dispersant, etc., are mixed to obtain an electrically conductive paste. By using the electrically conductive paste, a pattern connecting elements is printed on a printed circuit board of an electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a glass-ceramic article and a glass-ceramic for an electric device cover plate, the glass-ceramic comprises, as a predominant crystalline phase, lithium silicate and the quartz crystalline phase, and has a composition expressed in weight percent including: SiO2: 65-85%, Al2O3: 1-15%, Li2O: 5-15%, ZrO2: 0.1-10%, P2O5: 0.1-10%, K2O: 0-10%, MgO: 0-10%, ZnO: 0-10%, and Na2O: 0-5%, wherein (SiO2+Al2O3+Li2O+ZrO2)/P2O5 is 40-90, the falling ball test height is 700 mm or more. By reasonable component design, the present invention achieves excellent mechanical properties of the glass-ceramic and the glass-ceramic article of the present invention and obtains the glass-ceramic or the glass-ceramic article suitable for electronic devices at a lower cost.

Abstract: A laminated film is provided which has excellent shape appearance at winding and also excellent processability and is capable of achieving higher glossiness of printed objects, the laminated film containing a substrate layer (layer A) composed of a biaxially oriented polyester film and a coating layer (layer B) on at least one side of the layer A, wherein the crystal size of the (100) plane of the layer A obtained by an X-ray diffraction measurement is 4.5 nm or more and less than 6.0 nm, a higher heat shrinkage ratio of the laminated film at 150° C. for 30 minutes between a heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal direction and a heat shrinkage ratio in the width direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes is 0.5 to 2.5%, the layer B is located on at least one outermost surface layer, and a surface opposite to the surface having the layer B has a center line average roughness (SRa) of 5 to 15 nm.

Abstract: A magnetic tape apparatus, in which a magnetic tape includes a servo pattern in a magnetic layer, ?SFD in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 0.50, a reading element unit includes a plurality of reading elements each of which reads data by a linear scanning method from a specific track region including a reading target track in a track region included in the magnetic tape, an extraction unit performs a waveform equalization process according to a deviation amount between positions of the magnetic tape and the reading element unit, with respect to each reading result for each reading element, to extract data derived from the reading target track from the reading result, and the deviation amount is determined in accordance with a result obtained by reading of the servo pattern included in the magnetic layer of the magnetic tape by a servo element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to improved semipermeable membranes based on acrylonitrile copolymers for use in dialyzers for the extracorporeal treatment of blood in conjunction with hemodialysis, hemofiltration or hemodiafiltration. The present disclosure further relates to methods of producing such membranes.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the coated cutting tool having a rake surface and a flank, in which the coating layer includes an ?-type aluminum oxide layer, wherein: the ?-type aluminum oxide layer has, on an opposite side to the substrate, a first interface, being the rake surface or a surface substantially parallel to the rake surface, a second interface, being the flank or a surface substantially parallel to the flank, and an intersecting edge between the first interface and the second interface; and a residual stress value (unit: GPa) measured near each of the first and second interfaces increases continuously or stepwise as a measurement position for the residual stress value becomes distant from the intersecting edge with distances of 10 ?m, 50 ?m, 100 ?m, 150 ?m and 200 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a glassy carbon roll-type mold manufacturing method for fine pattern formation. The method is for manufacturing a glassy carbon roll-type mold configured to form a fine pattern having a micro-nano structure on a substrate including glass or a metal. The method includes: preparing a roll precursor including a thermosetting resin material, the roll precursor having a roll shape with a circumferential surface on which a pattern corresponding to the fine pattern is formed, the roll precursor being configured to press the substrate while rotating on the substrate; and carbonizing the roll precursor.

Abstract: A magnetic tape apparatus, in which an intensity ratio of peak intensity of diffraction peak of (110) plane with respect to peak intensity of diffraction peak of (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by XRD analysis of the magnetic layer by In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, a reading element unit includes a plurality of reading elements each of which reads data by a linear scanning method from a specific track region including a reading target track in a track region included in the magnetic tape, and an extraction unit performs a waveform equalization process according to a deviation amount between positions of the magnetic tape and the reading element unit, with respect to each reading result for each reading element, to extract data derived from the reading target track from the reading result.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a composite member which can contribute to simple formation and/or increased quality of fine wiring. [Solution] A composite member 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base material, an aliphatic polycarbonate-containing layer with multiple island-shaped portions arranged on the base material, and a metal ink, wherein at least a surface of the aliphatic polycarbonate-containing layer with multiple island-shaped portions has a contact angle of 50° or more between pure water and the surface when exposed to ultraviolet light including a wavelength of 180 nm or more and 370 nm or less for 15 minutes, and the metal ink is arranged on the base material at at least a portion of a region sandwiched by the precursor layers.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a vehicular windshield having a laminated glass structure in which an interlayer film for laminated glass is interposed between at least a pair of glass plates, which contains few air bubbles remaining between the glass plates and the interlayer film for laminated glass to have an excellent appearance and is less likely to cause ghosting when external rays of light are seen through the vehicular windshield.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical member excellent in antifouling properties, rubbing resistance, and antifog properties. The optical member of the present invention includes, on a surface thereof, an uneven structure provided with multiple projections at a pitch not longer than a wavelength of visible light, the projections each including a hydrophilic portion at its tip. Preferably, each of the projections is formed from a hydrophobic resin and has its tip covered with a hydrophilic material, the hydrophilic material contains silicon dioxide, and the hydrophilic material has a thickness of 30 nm or smaller.

Abstract: An article having a nanotextured surface with hydrophobic properties, said nanotextured surface comprising an array of pillars (71) defined by a surface fraction (?s) of the pillars, a pitch (P) of the pillars and an aspect ratio (H/2R) of the pillars, wherein: —the surface fraction (s) is equal or greater to 2% and equal or less to 80%; —the pitch (P) is equal or less to 250; —the aspect ratio (H/2R) is equal or less to 2.4, where H is the height of the pillars and R is the radius of the pillars; —the pitch (P), the height (H), the radius (R) are expressed in nanometers (nm); —the nanotextured surface comprises at least partially a hydrophobic material.

Abstract: A multilayer interlayer structure having a first and second polyvinyl acetal (poly(vinyl acetal)) layer and a cellulose ester layer having a thickness of at least 10 mils disposed between the first and second poly(vinyl acetal) layers. The cellulose ester layer can have a higher storage modulus and/or higher Tg than at least one of the poly(vinyl acetal) layers. The interlayer structure is useful to make glass panels having high stiffness and which possess good optical clarity for a variety of applications, including outdoor structural applications.

Abstract: A substrate having inner and outer major surfaces, a plurality of edge surfaces, and a plurality of corner surfaces; and at least one of: (i) a coating applied over a limited area of the outer major surface of the substrate to produce a composite structure, (ii) an intermediate layer applied to the inner major surface of the substrate, and (iii) an elongate discontinuity disposed at one or more corners of the substrate, each of which operates to reduce catastrophic failures in the substrate resulting from a dynamic sharp impact to the outer major surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides high bulk tissue products, as well as an apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same. The tissue products provided herein not only have high bulk, but they also have improved surface smoothness, particularly compared to tissue products of similar basis weights.

Abstract: Devices, systems and techniques are described for producing and implementing articles and materials having nanoscale and microscale structures that exhibit superhydrophobic, superoleophobic or omniphobic surface properties and other enhanced properties. In one aspect, a surface nanostructure can be formed by adding a silicon-containing buffer layer such as silicon, silicon oxide or silicon nitride layer, followed by metal film deposition and heating to convert the metal film into balled-up, discrete islands to form an etch mask. The buffer layer can be etched using the etch mask to create an array of pillar structures underneath the etch mask, in which the pillar structures have a shape that includes cylinders, negatively tapered rods, or cones and are vertically aligned. In another aspect, a method of fabricating microscale or nanoscale polymer or metal structures on a substrate is made by photolithography and/or nano imprinting lithography.

Abstract: A resin molded article includes an insert component and a synthetic resin member sealing the insert component. The insert component is provided by a primary molded product of a thermosetting resin, or a metal component, and has a functional group. The synthetic resin member is provided by a synthetic resin including a base polymer of a thermoplastic resin and a bonding component bonding with the functional group included in the insert component. The synthetic resin member has a sea structure formed of a continuous phase including the base polymer, and at least a part of the bonding component is present as a dispersed component in the sea structure. The dispersed component bonds with the functional group included in the insert component.

Abstract: An optical member including a base material and an antireflection film on the base material, wherein the antireflection film has a porous layer as the surface, the porous layer contains silicon oxide particles and a binder, the porous layer has a refractive index of 1.19 or more and 1.30 or less, and the surfaces of the silicon oxide particles and the binder have alkylsilyl groups.

Abstract: A magnetic tape has a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support. The magnetic layer contains a fatty acid ester. The full width at half maximum of the spacing distribution as measured by optical interferometry on the magnetic layer side surface of the magnetic tape before vacuum heating the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 5.0 nm. The full width at half maximum of the spacing distribution after vacuum heating the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 5.0 nm. The difference between the spacing Safter after vacuum heating the magnetic tape and the spacing Sbefore before vacuum heating the magnetic tape, Safter?Sbefore, is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 8.0 nm.

Abstract: Optically upconverting liquid-filled polymeric materials that are made by curing a curable composition. The materials include a substantially liquid phase that serves to dissolve upconverting chromophores, optionally surfactants and an optionally cross-linked polymer matrix that retains or houses the liquid phase, provides mechanical stability, and offers some protection from oxygen. The optically upconverting liquid-filled polymeric materials have a phase-separated morphology. In preferred embodiments, the domains formed by the two phases are so small that light scattering is largely suppressed, which renders the upconverting liquid-filled polymeric materials largely transparent. The liquid phase provides a high mobility of the dissolved chromophores and the photophysical properties, such as the high upconversion quantum efficiency and the low excitation intensity threshold required to achieve upconversion, are thus more reminiscent of conventional or oxygen-free solutions than polymeric solids.

Abstract: An anti-glare panel includes a panel with a length and a plurality of alternating black color and non-black color strips extending along the length of the panel. A plurality of lenticular lenses extend along the length of the panel and over the plurality of alternating black color strips and non-black color strips. A single lenticular lens array extends over a pair of a black color strip and a non-black color strip. The plurality of lenticular lenses reflect light from the black color strips within a veiling glare range and reflect light from the non-black color strips outside of the veiling glare range.