Abstract: An organic LED element having improved reliability in a long-term use, and having improved external extraction efficiency up to 80% of emitted light is provided. A substrate for an electronic device according to the present invention includes: a translucent substrate; a scattering layer including a glass and being provided on the translucent electrode; a coating layer provided on the scattering layer; and scattering materials that are present in the scattering layer and the coating layer and are not present on a surface of the coating layer, in which a surface of the coating layer has waviness in which a ratio Ra/R?a of waviness height Ra to waviness period R?a exceeds 1.0×10?4 and is 3.0×10?2 or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial leather and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the method of the invention, an elastic layer is disposed on a surface of a base material, a color pattern layer is disposed on an uneven surface of the elastic layer and a cover layer covers the color pattern layer, so as to form the artificial leather. The elastic layer includes a plurality of sparkling materials. By utilizing the sparkling materials, the color pattern layer and the uneven surface, the artificial leather has a sparkling effect at various angles by showing the gradation of the stacking particles (sparkling materials). In addition, the cover layer can protect the color pattern layer on the elastic layer, so that the color pattern layer has excellent sturdiness against peeling and light.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition consisting essentially of: a) from about 60 to about 99 mole % of SnO2, and b) from about 1 to about 40 mole % of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of i) Nb2O5, ii) NbO, iii) NbO2, iv) WO2, v) a material selected consisting of a) a mixture of MoO2 and Mo and b) Mo, vi) W, vii) Ta2O5, and viii) mixtures thereof, wherein the mole % s are based on the total product and wherein the sum of components a) and b) is 100. The invention is also directed to the sintered product of such composition, a sputtering target made from the sintered product and a transparent electroconductive film made from the composition.

Abstract: This invention aims to provide a transparent conductive laminate excellent in sliding durability, edge-writing durability, finger writing durability and light resistance and suitable as a movable electrode substrate for a touch panel. Further, it aims to provide a touch panel using the above transparent conductive laminate. This invention is a transparent conductive laminate that is a laminate formed by laminating a polymer film, a cured resin layer-1 and a transparent conductive layer in this order, the cured resin layer-1 having concavoconvex shapes formed by phase separation of two components and containing no fine particles that impart concavoconvex shapes, and the cured resin layer-1 having an arithmetic average roughness (Ra), measured according to JIS B0601-1994, of 0.05 ?m or more but less than 0.5 ?m and a ten-point average roughness (Rz), measured according to JIS B0601-1982, of 0.5 ?m or more but less than 2.0 ?m, and a touch panel using the transparent conductive laminate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for fabricating a medium for abrasive-coated grinding material, wherein at least one continuous reinforcing element in the form of a tape or a yarn is introduced continuously during wet formation of the medium.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising a fluorinated leveling agent and a film-forming organic polymer is described.

Abstract: An engineered flooring product having a top wear layer of solid hard wood, which is connected to a bamboo composite substrate (lower layer) therein. Each length and width has a unique tongue and groove system and results in an interlocking system on all sides. Since the substrate is made of bamboo it is environmentally friendly and stronger than hardwoods.

Abstract: The composite building panel is a decorative panel for use as a roofing shingle, an interior wall panel or the like. The composite building panel includes a layer of polymer with a layer of particulate matter partially embedded therein. The particulate matter may be in the form of granular ceramic or the like. The process for preparing the composite building panel includes the steps of first depositing a layer of the particulate matter on a molding surface, and then depositing a layer of polymer on to the layer of particulate matter, such that a sheet is formed.

Abstract: The English-language Abstract from the international application is to be retained and is therefore not duplicated in the specification.

Abstract: A system for displaying images including a display panel and a fabrication method of a display panel are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, wherein a total thickness of assembling the first and the second substrates is reduced by a thinning process, and by utilizing an acrylic-based or an epoxy acrylic-based polymer film to cover the outer surfaces of the first and the second substrates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a low-cost tape having excellent gas-barrier properties which is suitable as a strip tape for liquid food containers. Also disclosed is such a tape. Specifically disclosed is a strip tape including an intermediate layer composed of a drawn polyester film, a band-like coating film of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer which is formed on a surface of the intermediate layer in the central zone of the strip tape in the transverse direction, non-coated bands formed on both sides of the coating film, and heat-sealing outermost layers composed of a low-density polyethylene or the like.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to optical coatings including magnesium fluoride and/or organosilane based coatings, which may be disposed on textured or un-textured substrates (e.g., glass substrates). Surprisingly and unexpectedly, the magnesium fluoride coatings are temperable, while the organosilane based coatings are low temperature heat treatable. Additionally, surprisingly and unexpectedly, such coatings on textured and un-textured glass surfaces result in superior transmission increases.

Abstract: A coating for a substrate, the coating including an acrylic adhesive adapted to be spread on the substrate and cured to form a decorative coating, and a method for providing a coated substrate, the method including spreading a layer of an acrylic adhesive on a substrate; and curing the acrylic adhesive to provide a coating affixed to the substrate.

Abstract: Abrasive particles comprising dish-shaped abrasive particles each having a sidewall; each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a thickness, t; and wherein either the first face or the second face is recessed or concave.

Abstract: An abrasive comprising shaped abrasive particles each with an opening. The shaped abrasive particles are formed from alpha alumina and have a first face and a second face separated by a thickness t. The opening in each of the shaped abrasive particles can improve grinding performance by reducing the size of a resulting wear flat, can provide a reservoir for grinding aid, and can improve adhesion to a backing in a coated abrasive article.

Abstract: Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sloping sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a thickness, t. The shaped abrasive particles further comprising either: a draft angle ? between the second face and the sloping sidewall, and the draft angle ? is between about 95 degrees to about 130 degrees, or the sloping sidewall having a radius, R, between the first face and the second face and the radius, R, is between about 0.5 to about 2 times the thickness, t.

Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain one or more of ytterbia (Yb2O3) and europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to the ytterbia and/or europia, further comprises lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).

Abstract: An article includes a substrate, e.g. a glass sheet having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface having a textured surface to provide a predetermined pattern on the second surface of the substrate, and an overlay, e.g. a coating over the pattern. The percent of visible light transmittance, and percent visible light reflectance, of the substrate and the overlay is selected such that the pattern is visible when the article is viewed through one of the surfaces of the substrate or overlay. In one non-limiting embodiment, the substrate is glass and the article has a metallic appearance. In another non-limiting embodiment, the overlay is a transparent coating deposited on the second surface of the glass sheet into grooves of the pattern. Other non-limiting embodiments include the substrate having a Delta % haze of greater than 15%, and a protective overcoat over the coating.

Abstract: A method for producing an article which is made of a transparent material and devoid of visible surface lines consists in producing a substrate which is made of a transparent material having a refractive index ns, whose at least main face is machined and polished in such a way that the Ra value thereof ranges from 0.001 to 0.1 ?m, but has visible surface defects in the form of thin individual scratches, in deposing, a liquid polymerisable composition of a masking coating, whose contact angle with said substrate main face is equal or less than 30° and which is formed by polymerising a masking coating having a refractive index nc such as 0.01<|ns?nc|=0.15 and a thickness less than 10 micrometers, directly on the machined and polished main face of the substrate, in polymerising the masking coating composition and in removing the transparent article.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an optical sheet having excellent abrasion resistance and hardness, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides an optical sheet in which a hard coat layer is provided on one surface of a substrate, wherein the hard coat layer comprises a cured product of a curable resin composition for a hard coat layer, which comprises reactive inorganic fine particles and a binder component, and wherein fine protrusions are provided on an interface on the side opposite to the substrate side of the hard coat layer, in which the minimum angle of each of the fine protrusions making angles with a virtual plane that is parallel to the hard coat layer is an acute angle.

Abstract: A three dimensional retroreflective article having an outer surface with a reflectivity of at least about 200 lux, and method for making such an article from a thermoformable laminate is provided. The laminate includes a base layer of thermoformable plastic sheet material; and a layer of microbeads configured in a high-density arrangement and silvered on their bottom sides to enhance retroreflectivity. The microbeads are adhered to an outer surface of the base layer by a thermoformable cushion coat which may include a phosphorescent pigment to further enhance reflectivity. A protective sheet of transparent thermoformable sheet material overlies and may be in contact with the layer of microbeads. The laminate is heated and thermoformed into a self supporting three dimensional article having a pre-selected shape and an encapsulated bead retroreflective surface having a reflectivity of at least about 200 lux.

Abstract: A water-repellent, oil-repellent, and antifouling antireflection film having water-repellent, oil-repellent, and antifouling properties, a water liberation property, and durability; a method for manufacturing such an antireflection film; a lens, a glass sheet, and glass having a surface coated with a water-repellent, oil-repellent, and antifouling antireflection film; and an optical apparatus, a solar energy system, and a display equipped with such components are provided.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transparent encapsulating sheet for a light-emissive device, the method comprising the steps: forming a plurality of cavities in one side of a transparent sheet of material for receiving light-emissive structures therein, said forming step producing a frosted surface comprising micro cracks in the cavities; coating said frosted surface with a low viscosity material whereby the micro cracks in the frosted surface are filled with the low viscosity material in order to form the transparent encapsulating sheet.

Abstract: A transfer film including a protection layer and a substrate is provided. The substrate has a first surface with a first three-dimensional pattern and a second surface. The first three-dimensional pattern has at least one protrusion portion or at least one recess portion. The protection layer is disposed on the substrate and has a third surface and a fourth surface. The third surface contacts the first surface and has a second three-dimensional pattern complementary to the first three-dimensional pattern. The second three-dimensional pattern of the third surface is formed by covering the first three-dimensional pattern of the first surface. The protection layer and the substrate are separated after transfer, so as to expose the second three-dimensional pattern.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid resin intended more particularly for the sizing of mineral fibers which exhibits a dilutability in water at 20° C. at least equal to 1 000% and a level of free formaldehyde preferably of less than 0.4%, expressed as total weight of liquid, this resin being characterized in that it is composed essentially of condensates obtained from a phenolic compound, from formaldehyde and from an aminoalcohol according to the Mannich reaction. The invention also relates to a sizing composition including said resin, to the mineral fibers sized by means of this composition and to the products formed from the mineral fibers, in particular for thermal and/or sound insulation.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which properties such as a glare-proof property, an antidazzle property, and a black reproducible property for obtaining, for example, glossy black, can be simultaneously obtained. Manufacturing equipment for the optical laminate is also provided. The method for manufacturing an optical laminate having a light-transmitting substrate and a glare-proof layer formed on the light-transmitting substrate comprises a step of forming the glare-proof layer having an uneven shape on the light-transmitting substrate. When an average pitch of the surface unevenness of the optical laminate is denoted by Sm, an average slope angle of the unevenness by ?a, and an average roughness of the unevenness by Rz, the uneven shape satisfies the following conditions: Sm is greater than or equal to 50 ?m and less than 100 ?m; ?a is greater than or equal to 0.1 degrees and less than or equal to 1.0 degree; and Rz exceeds 0.2 ?m and is less than or equal to 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: A mold for nanoimprinting is provided which enables excellent S/N ratios in magnetic recording media after pattern transfer. The mold includes: a base material; an intermediate layer disposed adjacent to the base material; and a pattern formation layer disposed adjacent to the intermediate layer and having a fine uneven pattern in the surface. The intermediate layer comprises an adhesive containing a silicone resin with ultraviolet ray transmission properties, the elastic modulus thereof is smaller than the elastic modulus of the base material, and moreover is smaller than the elastic modulus of the pattern formation layer.

Abstract: Solvent-based coatings having writable-erasable surfaces are provided. The coatings have many desirable attributes. For example, the coatings cure rapidly under ambient conditions, have low VOC emissions upon curing, and have reduced tendency to form ghost images, even after prolonged normal use.

Abstract: An unhardened inorganic board is shaped by press clamping the surface of an unhardened inorganic mat having a colored surface layer using an embossing template. A semi-hardened inorganic board is obtained by performing primary curing of the unhardened inorganic board, and coating the surface of the semi-hardened inorganic board with a primary sealer. The semi-hardened inorganic board coated with the primary sealer is autoclave cured to obtain a hardened inorganic board. The surface of the hardened inorganic board is coated with a powdery or granular material fixing sealer and, thereafter, an ornamental powdery or granular material is dispersed onto the surface of the hardened inorganic board. The surface of the hardened inorganic board on which the ornamental powdery or granular material has been dispersed is coated with a finishing transparent paint.

Abstract: The invention is a method of using a waterborne acrylic latex roof membrane component as a universal primer to adhere virtually any epoxy or cementitious polymer-modified product or overlay to virtually any substrate without the need for physical preparation of the substrate surface. The present method now makes it possible to cleanly and simply adhere hundreds of coatings from various manufacturers to dozens of various substrates.

Abstract: A roof covering includes a coated roofing mat comprising a roofing mat coated with an organic-based coating material. A reflective layer comprising a layer of an infrared reflective material covers an upper surface of the coated roofing mat. A weatherable layer comprising a layer of a weatherable material covers an upper surface of the reflective layer. The roof covering does not include roofing granules.

Abstract: A magnesium alloy housing includes a magnesium alloy base, a chemical plating layer, a connecting layer, a hair line layer, and a transparent protecting layer. The chemical plating layer, the connecting layer, the hair line layer, and the transparent protecting layer are formed on the magnesium alloy base in that order.

Abstract: An aircraft that has a structural skin panel. The structural skin panel has: at least one metal sheet having a cutout portion and a perimeter portion, the perimeter portion having a plurality of spaced apart perforations formed therein; and first and second fiber reinforced performs that are generally transparent and that sandwich the at least one metal sheet therebetween and overlay the perimeter portion. An optically transparent resin saturates the first and second fiber reinforced performs and fills the perforations in the at least one metal sheet. Portions of the fiber reinforced preforms that overlay the cutout form a window portion in the structural skin panel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article comprising a substrate; the substrate comprising a ceramic or a ceramic matrix composite; and a layer comprising coarse particles disposed upon the substrate; the coarse particles having an average particle size of 0.1 to about 1000 micrometers. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising disposing coarse particles on a substrate; the substrate comprising a ceramic or a ceramic matrix composite; the coarse particles having an average particle size of 0.1 to about 1000 micrometers.

Abstract: There is provided an optical film comprising: a multilayer base material film comprising an a-layer composed of a resin material (a) having a flexural modulus of 3 GPa to 4 GPa and a b-layer composed of a resin material (b) having a flexural modulus lower than the flexural modulus of the resin material (a), at least one of outer surfaces of the base material film being roughened by an emboss process or a blast process; and a functional layer, such as a hard coat layer and an anti-reflective layer, laminated on the roughened surface of the base material film. The optical film is used as a protective film for a liquid crystal display element, such as a polarizing plate.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a light sensitive planographic printing plate material exhibiting excellent tone reproduction, printing durability and anti-stain property during printing at high printing pressure; a support employed for the material; a manufacturing method thereof; and a plate-making method of the light sensitive planographic printing plate material. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a support for a planographic printing plate material, possessing the steps of conducting specific treatments on an aluminum plate as the support in that order, wherein the aluminum plate in each of the following methods comprises a Mg content of 0.1-0.4% by weight, a Ga content of 0.001-0.02% by weight, and an Al content of at least 99.0% by weight.

Abstract: A transparent conductive film comprising a transparent film base material, a resin layer having a fine uneven geometrical structure, and a transparent conductive thin film laminated on the film base material through the resin layer, wherein the surface of the transparent conductive thin film has an average centerline roughness (Ra) of 0.11 to 0.18 ?m, the maximum height (Ry) of 0.9 to 1.6 ?m and the average distance between peaks (S) of 0.05 to 0.11 mm. The film can prevent the formation of a Newton's ring and shows satisfactory durability (particularly, pen input durability) and satisfactory display property without buzzing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for heat transferring high resolution digital images that are printed onto a heat transfer sheet with dye-sublimation inks. The dye-sublimated image/design/graphic is impregnated into a natural wood cellulose web material using a rotary heat transfer press. The imaged wood cellulose web material forms a continuous roll of pre-laminate material that can be bonded/laminated to a myriad of substrates and that can be stored easily in roll form, with or without adhesive backing. This is a unique process of formulating an imaged, environmentally sustainable wood cellulose web material. The raw material can be FSC certified from managed renewable forests and after imaging, the wood cellulose web material has no VOC or formaldehyde emissions. The claimed invention preferably uses a polyurethane reactive (PUR) acrylic top coating that provides a high quality and cost effective surface finish to the decorated wood cellulose web material.

Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a retroreflective film, comprising a retroreflective sub-structure, and a transparent polymeric film, having a surface roughness profile where the Arithmetic Mean Deviation of the Roughness Profile (Ra) ranges from about 0.18 microns to about 1.30 microns and where the Mean Spacing of Local Peaks (R—S) in the printing direction ranges from about 10 microns to about 85 microns, located over and coupled to the retroreflective sub-structure.

Abstract: A material plate suitable for use as a floor covering comprises a middle substrate layer having two sides and a first and second decor layer on each side of the substrate. The decor layers may be advantageously different in aesthetic appearance. A transparent overlay layer is provided over the one and preferably both decor layers. Either the decor layers or the overlay layers, or both, comprise abrasion-resistant particles to extend wear.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a decorative surface element, which element comprises a base layer, a decor and a wear layer of a UV or electron beam curing lacquer. One or more structured surfaces, forming embossing surfaces of one or more rollers or moulds, are positioned on top of the decorative lacquered surface, possibly after having cured the lacquer to a desired viscosity, and are continuously or discontinuously pressed on to this. The lacquer will be provided with a surface structure which enhances the decorative effect of the decor. The wear layer is then completely cured.

Abstract: An alkali aluminosilicate glass article, said alkali aluminosilicate glass having a surface compressive stress of at least about 200 MPa, a surface compressive layer having a depth of at least about 30 ?m, a thickness of at least about 0.3 mm and an amphiphobic fluorine-based surface layer chemically bonded to the surface of the glass. In one embodiment the glass has an anti-reflective coating applied to one surface of the glass between the chemically strengthened surface of the glass and the amphiphobic coating. In another embodiment the surface of the chemically strengthened glass is acid treated using a selected acid (e.g., HCL, H2SO4, HClO4, acetic acid and other acids as described) prior to placement of the amphiphobic coating or the anti-reflective coating.

Abstract: The invention includes methods for imparting spectral characteristics to composite materials by coating prepreg or dry reinforcement materials with pigment, then processing the prepreg or dry reinforcement materials using conventional composite processing methods. The resulting composite material products are lightweight and have durable treatments. The invention further includes composite materials with spectral characteristics imparted by the methods of the invention.

Abstract: An optical sheet (140) includes a base layer (142a) and a light condensing pattern (142b) formed on the base layer integrally with the base layer and including one or more peaks and one or more valleys. Each of the base layer and the light condensing pattern includes a continuous phase and a dispersed phase. The dispersed phase is stretched in a main stretching direction.

Abstract: A coating structure with an anti-reflection function and an anti-electromagnetic wave function, including an anti-reflection coating structure, an anti-electromagnetic wave coating structure, a third transparent substrate, and two adhesive layers respectively disposed between the anti-reflection coating structure and the third transparent substrate and between the third transparent substrate and the anti-electromagnetic wave coating structure. The anti-reflection coating structure has a first transparent substrate and an anti-reflection coating module formed on the first transparent substrate. The anti-electromagnetic wave coating structure has a second transparent substrate and an anti-electromagnetic wave coating module formed on the second transparent substrate. The third transparent substrate is disposed between the anti-reflection coating structure and the anti-electromagnetic wave coating structure.

Abstract: Precursor alpha alumina abrasive particles in a mold are subjected to a drying process that cracks or fractures at least a majority of the precursor abrasive particles into at least two pieces thereby producing abrasive shards having a smaller size than the mold cavity from which they were made. The smaller abrasive shards, once formed, could be reassembled like jigsaw puzzle pieces to reproduce the original cavity shape of the mold from which they were made. The cracking or fracturing of the precursor abrasive particles is believed to occur by ensuring that the surface tension of the abrasive dispersion to the walls of the mold is greater than the internal attractive forces of the abrasive dispersion as the abrasive dispersion is dried within the mold cavity.

Abstract: A device (110, 151, 200) with a viewable surface (201) including a plurality of transparent pedestals (210) having a reflective material (406) disposed on its sides (408) make smudges forming thereon unnoticeable by taking advantage of optical characteristics including contrast and the user's visual acuity. The pedestals (210) generally have a width (412) of less than 50 microns, a height (414) equal to twice the width (412), and a spacing (416) between adjacent pedestals (210) equal to the width (412). The device (110, 151, 200) may be an electronic device, and more particularly a portable electronic device such as a cell phone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to roofing materials for roofs, sidewalls and other exterior surfaces exposed to the weather such as, but not limited to, asphaltic and non-asphaltic roofing materials, wherein color coated metal flakes cover up to 100% of the weathering surface of the roofing materials. The metal flakes are coated with a colored coating material by fluidizing the flakes in an air stream, spraying pressurized air and colored coating material, and curing the coated metal flakes. The present invention also relates to methods of making roofing materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent substrate based on glass or one or more polymers, or a ceramic or glass substrate, or a substrate made of architectural material of the type comprising a wall render, a concrete slab or block, architectural concrete, roof tile, material of cementitious composition, terracotta, slate, stone, metal surface or a fibrous substrate, based on glass of the mineral insulation wool type, or glass reinforcement yarns. This substrate is distinguished in that it is provided, on at least part of its surface, with a coating whose mesoporous structure exhibits photocatalytic properties and comprises at least partially crystallized titanium oxide. Process for manufacturing this substrate, its application in glazing, as architectural material or as mineral insulation wool is also described.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a laminated member with an recorded information code, having a high reading accuracy, which do not detract from product design and which do not require a special reading apparatus. A laminated member 10 of the present invention comprises a transparent material layer 12 on which an information code is recorded, and a reflection-reduction layer 14 provided at the opposite side from a side where the information code is observed. The transparent layer 12 comprises low-reflectance portions 18 and high-reflectance portions 16 having a higher reflectance than the low-reflectance portions 18. The information code is recorded as a distributed pattern of the high-reflectance portions 16. The reflection-reduction layer 14 reduces reflected light advancing to the transparent material layer 12.