Abstract: In a method for the production of coated substrates, a flowable, biologically degradable first coating which enhances gas tightness is applied to a cellulose-containing substrate. To obtain a packaging consisting only of natural components and offering good tightness, a second watertight coating made of animal and/or vegetable waxes and/or lipids is applied to the first coating.

Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior may be illuminated and may comprise a cover formed on a substrate. The substrate and/or cover may be at least partially light-transmissive. The cover may present a visual and/or surface effect on its exterior surface. The visual effect may comprise an illumination effect when illuminated. The cover may comprise a base layer formed on a cover layer. The cover may comprise a coating formed on the cover layer. The cover may present a texture visible through the coating. The cover may comprise a set of light-transmissive sections to provide illumination. The light-transmissive sections may comprise voids, holes or openings in the cover. The cover may comprise a deposited material formed on the substrate. The deposited material may comprise resin. The deposited material may comprise a form on the substrate. A method of forming the component is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a device for measuring a microfluid flow velocity, having a structure separable by an ultra-thin film, the device including a first panel including a flow velocity measurement structure configured to measure a flow velocity of a fluid, a second panel configured to be separated from the first panel and including a microfluid channel through which a sample passes, and the ultra-thin film formed in a portion where the first panel and the second panel adjoin each other, the ultra-thin film being configured to separate the first panel and the second panel so that the sample passing through the microfluid channel does not come into direct contact with the flow velocity measurement structure, in which the first panel including the flow velocity measurement structure is usable multiple times repeatedly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the concentration of a gas component in an atmosphere of a packaging which is made from a plastic film and which comprises a gas concentration indicator substance on the side of the plastic film facing the atmosphere.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous layer of an acoustic attenuation structure, porous layer of an acoustic attenuation structure thus obtained and acoustic attenuation structure comprising the porous layer. A method for manufacturing a porous layer of an acoustic attenuation structure includes a first step of production of a solid layer including at least one structural frame embedded in a resin matrix and having first and second reinforcing strips arranged so as to delimit zones without reinforcing strips and a second step of production of through-holes in the zones without reinforcing strips of the solid layer using a laser beam.

Abstract: A multilayer substrate material configured to be applied to a back surface of an upholstery or mattress textile fabric and a front surface configured to contact a user of the upholstery or mattress textile fabric. The multilayer substrate material includes protector, adhesive, film and backcoat layers. The adhesive layer is applied to the protector layer and formed of a number of discrete and non-continuous regions. The film layer is applied to the adhesive layer. The number of discrete and non-continuous regions include an interface between the protector layer and the film layer such that the protector layer touches the film layer at the interface. The backcoat layer is applied to the film layer and includes a non-acrylic binder and a flame retardant material. The number of discrete and non-continuous regions form a number of non-adhesive regions therebetween configured to not resist flexing of the protector, film and backcoat layers.

Abstract: A window includes a base layer including a folding region in which a groove is defined and a non-folding region, and a resin disposed on the groove and including a thiol group, wherein a difference between the refractive index of the base layer and the refractive index of the resin is less than about 0.1.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a colorful board structure comprising a transparent substrate, an adhesive layer, a three-dimensional painted layer and a protective layer. The three-dimensional painted layer includes at least one colored layer and at least one transparent stacking layer including at least one raised part. The aforementioned colorful board structure is made of a multi-layer structure, and has the advantages of enhancing the stereoscopic effect of the pattern and the color expression. In addition, a manufacturing method of the colorful board structure is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: an ink-receiving layer composition for a decorative member, the composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and organic particles or inorganic particles; a decorative member comprising a base layer, a printing layer formed on the base layer, and an ink-receiving layer disposed between the base layer and the printing layer and formed of a composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and inorganic particles; and a method for manufacturing a decorative member, the method comprising a step for preparing a base layer in a flat state, a step for coating a composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and organic particles or inorganic particles on the base layer, a step for drying or UV curing the coated composition to form an ink-receiving layer, and a step for forming a printing layer on the ink-receiving layer.

Abstract: In one aspect, inks for use with a three-dimensional (3D) printing system are described herein. In some embodiments, an ink described herein comprises 20-60 wt. % oligomeric curable material; 10-50 wt. % cyclocarbonate (meth)acrylate monomer; and 0.1-5 wt. % photoinitiator, based on the total weight of the ink. Additionally, in some cases, the ink further comprises one or more additional curable materials differing from the oligomeric curable material and the cyclocarbonate (meth)acrylate monomer. An ink described herein, in some embodiments, also comprises one or more additional component that are non-curable.

Abstract: Provided are an electrolytic copper foil, an electrode comprising the same, and a lithium ion battery comprising the same. The electrolytic copper foil has a drum side and a deposited side opposing to the drum side, wherein a nanoindentation hardness of the drum side is equal to or larger than 0.5 GPa and equal to or smaller than 3.5 GPa; and a lightness of the drum side is equal to or larger than 25 and equal to or smaller than 75.

Abstract: A metallized plastic component includes a base body of at least one light-permeable plastic to which a metal layer is applied into which at least one illuminatable structure is introduced. The at least one illuminatable structure is formed by an area in the metal layer in which a plurality of light-permeable openings is arranged in a dot matrix.

Abstract: A composite including a plurality of block copolymer chains dispersed in a base polymer, the block copolymer chains including a polymer block (A) and a polymer block (B) having lower affinity for the base polymer than that of the polymer block (A), wherein each of the block copolymer chains has the polymer block (A) at two or more locations of the block copolymer chain, and in at least some of the block copolymer chains, the polymer blocks (A) are at least partially located in the base polymer and the polymer blocks (B) are at least partially exposed from the base polymer.

Abstract: A method for producing a flexible packaging film including a substrate and a polyurethane adhesive that is applied to the substrate and is a mixture of an A agent and a B agent includes a two-part separate application step that includes bringing a mixture of the A agent and B agent applied to one substrate into contact with a catalyst applied to another substrate and pressing the substrates, wherein the A agent is a polyisocyanate compound, and the B agent is a polyol compound. The polyol compound is preferably a polymer polyol comprising a polyether polyol or a polyester polyol as an essential component.

Abstract: A finished composite material having a film layer, a fibrous material layer and a discontinuous adhesive region layer situated between the film layer and the fibrous material layer. The discontinuous adhesive region layer adheres the film layer to the fibrous material layer. The discontinuous adhesive layer forms a number of discrete and non-continuous regions including an interface between the film layer and the fibrous material layer such that the film layer touches the fibrous material layer at the interface. The number of discrete and non-continuous regions forms a number of non-adhesive regions therebetween configured to not resist flexing of the film layer and the fibrous material layer. The finished composite material further includes an upholstery or mattress textile fabric substrate having a thickness of 0.5 to 2.0 millimeters. The front surface of the upholstery or mattress textile fabric substrate is configured to contact a user of the fabric substrate.

Abstract: A mandrel for processing a part is described that includes a solid mandrel body with an elastomeric material, and hollow micro-particles embedded within the solid mandrel body in a uniform distribution. The hollow micro-particles deform in response to a change in a processing environment resulting in a distribution of voids in the solid mandrel body. A method for fabricating a composite part is also described that includes placing a base composite layer into a cavity of a tooling surface, inserting the mandrel into the cavity, applying a skin to the mandrel and the base composite layer forming a package, enclosing the package in a vacuum bag and curing the base composite layer and the skin such that during curing the hollow micro-particles deform resulting in the distribution of voids in the solid mandrel body, and removing the mandrel from the cavity of the tooling surface following the curing.

Abstract: There is provided a method for determining a quality of an abrasive surface preparation of a composite surface, prior to the composite surface undergoing a post-processing operation. The method includes fabricating levels of abrasive surface preparation standards for a reference composite surface; using a surface analysis tool in the form of an ohm meter, to create target values for quantifying the levels; and measuring, with the surface analysis tool, one or more abrasive surface preparation locations on the composite surface of a test composite structure, to measure one or more of, electrical resistance and surface resistivity, of the composite surface, to obtain test result measurement(s). The method further includes comparing the test result measurement(s) to the levels, to obtain test result level(s); determining if the test result level(s) meet the target value(s); and determining whether the composite surface is acceptable to proceed with the post-processing operation.

Abstract: A radar system detects an object using radar waves and includes an antenna surface and a cover part. The antenna surface is provided with at least one array antenna arranged on a collinear arrangement straight line. The cover part covers the front of an antenna of the array antenna, where the front of the antenna is the side away from which radar waves are radiated with respect to the antenna surface as a boundary. The at least one array antenna is provided with at least one unit antenna where a plurality of antenna elements that radiate radar waves of the same phase are arranged in the same direction as the arrangement straight line. The unit antenna is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement straight line along the antenna surface. The cover part is configured such that the incidence angle of the radar waves is equal to or less than a Brewster angle.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a multilayer panel for producing a floor covering, comprising a wear layer bonded to a back layer, said back layer being made up of at least a thermoplastic material, a plasticizer and fillers, the wear layer comprising a surface layer made up at least of PVC, said surface layer having a Shore D hardness greater than or equal to 60 and a Young's modulus greater than or equal to 1000 MPa.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing an identification document comprising a body with a first visual marking and a second visual marking, the first and the second visual markings depicting same identification data. The method comprises the following steps of: engraving a first area of the identification document with a first laser beam for obtaining the first visual marking; providing at least one see-through portion in a second area of the identification document; providing an optically variable printing ink patch, laminated to at least one first transparent layer located in the see-through portion; and engraving the surface of the laminated optically variable printing ink patch with a second laser beam for obtaining the second visual marking, said second laser beam having a lower power than the first laser beam. The invention concerns also the identification document obtained by this method.

Abstract: A cover for an air handling unit enclosure. The cover may include a panel defining a first surface, an insulating layer connected to the first surface of the panel via a first adhesive, and a waterproof membrane connected to the insulating layer via a second adhesive.

Abstract: A decorative material that has higher scratch resistance while preventing defects generated during lamination of a gloss-adjusting layer. In a decorative material according to an embodiment of the present invention, a resin component that constitutes a first gloss-adjusting layer is a mixture of a urethane-based thermosetting resin having a polyol and an isocyanate, and an ionizing radiation-curable resin having an acrylic group or a methacrylic group; and the urethane-based thermosetting resin is contained in an amount within a range of 3 parts by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the ionizing radiation-curable resin.

Abstract: Nanometer sized materials can be produced by exposing a target to a laser source to remove material from the target and deposit the removed material onto a surface of a substrate to grow a thin film in a vacuum chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to conductive adhesives and inks. The disclosed conductive adhesives include glues and epoxies, based on graphene and graphene/carbon composites and the methods of manufacture thereof, such conductive adhesives exhibiting excellent conductivity, thermal properties, durability, low curing temperatures, mechanical flexibility, and reduced environmental impact. Further, adhesives with conductive additives such as silver nanowires and the methods of production thereof are disclosed herein.

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

Abstract: A repairing or reinforcement method includes applying, to concrete, a pressure-sensitive or bonding adhesive sheet containing a first pressure-sensitive or bonding adhesive layer; and curing the first adhesive layer such that a first surface of the first adhesive layer is bonded to the concrete. The first adhesive layer contains an acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or below, a liquid epoxy resin, a solid epoxy resin, and a curing agent.

Abstract: A composition contains an acrylamide compound A1 having an ester structure and a polymerization initiator B1 having a molecular weight of 800 or more.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: bonding a first surface of a device substrate on which a device is formed on a first surface to a support substrate via an adhesive; after bonding the device substrate to the support substrate, grinding and thinning a second surface side opposite to the first surface of the device substrate based on an in-plane processing rate at the time of forming a semiconductor substrate by RIE; after thinning the device substrate, forming a hole penetrating the device substrate by RIE; and burying metal in the hole to forma through electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet that, due to an asperity profile, creates a highly textured impression, such as a contoured impression, three-dimensional impression, impression of depth, and the like, even after being molded, and that has exceptional surface flatness. This decorative sheet has a layer that includes at least a transparent resin film layer, the layer that includes at least the transparent resin film layer having on one surface thereof an asperity profile having recesses that reach the transparent resin film layer, and includes an area in which the depth (d) of the recesses of the asperity profile, and the thickness T from the start point of the depth (d) to the surface on the opposite side from the surface that has the asperity profile in the layer that includes the transparent resin film layer, satisfy the relationship (d)/T×100=5-10, and is intended for use as a decorative resin molded article in which a molding resin is laminated to the surface having the asperity profile.

Abstract: An electronic device wire conductor formation method includes the steps of using a plastic injection molding machine to create an insulative plastic block, operating a top mold of a transfer-printing equipment to reciprocate an adhesive-applying portion along a transfer-printing portion of a bottom mold for causing the adhesive-applying portion to coat a molten conductive adhesive evenly on the transfer-printing portion, inverting the insulative plastic block to attach molding units thereof onto the transfer-printing portion of the bottom mold for enabling the molten conductive adhesive to be transfer-printed onto U-shaped plates of the molding units, and finally removing the insulative plastic block from the bottom mold and then curing the coated conductive adhesive to form individual conductors on the respective U-shaped plate of molding units.

Abstract: Described is a mono-axially oriented polyolefin film including a core or base layer containing a plurality of voids formed by a cavitating agent, wherein the film is oriented at least 4 times in the machine direction, and exhibits excellent tear resistance in the transverse direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a curved film for a mobile phone. The curved film from top to bottom includes in sequence a curved glass layer, a thermoplastic urethane (TPU) layer, an explosion-proof film and an adhesive layer. The technical scheme provided by the present disclosure has benefits of shock proofing and low cost.

Abstract: A roofing board, such as a polyiso insulation board, includes first and second surfaces, where the first surface is lighter in color than the second surface. This allows the roofing installer to choose which of the surfaces to expose to the atmosphere, the lighter surface being cooler than the darker surface. The lighter surface may have a solar reflectance greater than the darker surface. A roofing membrane is then adhered or otherwise attached to the exposed surface.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The organic light-emitting display device includes a touch sensor having a plurality of touch electrodes on an encapsulation stack covering a light-emitting element. The touch electrodes are formed at a low temperature and are crystallized through an annealing process, whereby it is possible to prevent damage to an organic light-emitting layer at the time of forming the touch electrodes. Thus the touch electrodes can be formed on the encapsulation stack without an additional bonding process to bond the touch sensor to the organic light-emitting display device.

Abstract: Methods of printing indicia on PVC sheets with laser printers. The method includes manufacturing a heat resistant coating that includes each of a water based ink, a work and turn coating, and Calcium Sulfate. The heat resistant coating is applied to the PVC sheet and is allowed to dry thereon. Indicia is printed on the PVC sheet with the laser printer. During a printing process, a temperature of a fuser assembly of the laser printer exceeds 290 degree Fahrenheit.

Abstract: A digital printing ink including a moisture absorption agent, a surfactant, an antifreeze agent, and a balance of a solvent is provided. The moisture absorption agent includes a block copolyester-ether. The surfactant includes a acrylic block copolymer. The antifreeze agent includes glycol. The digital printing ink has a viscosity of 2 cps to 12 cps, a surface tension of 28 dyne/cm to 40 dyne/cm, and a pH value of 6 to 8. A content of the moisture absorption agent is 5 wt. % to 11 wt. %, a content of the surfactant is 3 wt. % to 10 wt. %, and a content of the antifreeze agent is 3 wt. % to 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the digital printing ink.

Abstract: A foldable electronic device module includes a glass cover element having a thickness from about 25 ?m to about 200 ?m, an elastic modulus from about 20 GPa to about 140 GPa and a puncture resistance of at least 1.5 kgf. The module further includes a stack with a thickness between about 100 ?m and about 600 ?m; and a first adhesive joining the stack to the cover element with a shear modulus between about 1 MPa and about 1 GPa. The stack further includes a panel, an electronic device, and a stack element affixed to the panel with a stack adhesive. Further, the device module is characterized by a tangential stress at a primary surface of the cover element of no greater than about 1000 MPa in tension upon bending the module to a radius from about 20 mm to about 2 mm.

Abstract: A method of using a self-stick insulation. The method includes providing a piece of insulation product with an adhesive coating. The adhesive coating includes polystyrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) and/or polyacrylic acid (PAA); an alcohol amine; and at least one of a polyvinyl alcohol and a starch. The adhesive coating is then activated with liquid water. Once the adhesive coating is active, the insulation product is attached to a surface with the adhesive coating.

Abstract: A patterned adhesive can prevent detachment and easily return to an original state even during repeated folding operations, and a flexible display including the same are discussed. The patterned adhesive includes a patterned adhesive layer so that it can easily return to an original state by formation of a plurality of neutral planes upon compression and extension through a folding operation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly, including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, is mounted in a receiving part formed in a battery case, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal protrude from at least one side of the electrode assembly, and an insulative material is provided between the electrode assembly and the battery case.

Abstract: A radio wave transmissive cover includes a cover body having a transparent first cover layer, a colored second cover layer, and a base material layer. The second cover layer is formed on the back surface of the first cover layer. The base material layer is formed on the back surface of the second cover layer. An opening is provided between the outer circumference and the center of the cover body. The opening extends through at least the base material layer and the second cover layer in the thickness direction, and the opening is open on the back surface of the base material layer. The base material layer and the second cover layer are joined together through a recess-protrusion relationship, thereby forming a sealing portion around the opening. The sealing portion seals the gap between the base material layer and the second cover layer.

Abstract: A flexible window includes: a first film layer through which light is incident to the flexible window from a display panel of a flexible display device, the first film layer including: a plurality of stacked first sub-film layers, an adhesive layer disposed between adjacent first sub-film layers, and an index matching layer disposed between a first sub-film layer and the adhesive layer adjacent thereto; and a second film layer on the first film layer to be disposed further from the display panel than the first film layer, the second film layer having a Young's modulus lower than that of each of the first sub-film layers. Within the flexible window, a refractive index of the index matching layer has a value between a refractive index of each of the first sub-film layers and a refractive index of the adhesive layer.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to methods for large area graphene precipitation onto glass, and associated articles/devices. For example, a coated article including a graphene-inclusive film on a substrate, and/or a method of making the same, is provided. A metal-inclusive catalyst layer (e.g., of or including Ni and/or the like) is disposed on the substrate. The substrate with the catalyst layer thereon is exposed to a precursor gas and a strain-inducing gas at a temperature of no more than 900 degrees C. Graphene is formed and/or allowed to form both over and contacting the catalyst layer, and between the substrate and the catalyst layer, in making the coated article. The catalyst layer, together with graphene formed thereon, is removed, e.g., through excessive strain introduced into the catalyst layer as associated with the graphene formation. Products including such articles, and/or methods of making the same, also are contemplated herein.

Abstract: A flexible display device is provided according to the present disclosure. The flexible display device includes a display panel, a support frame configured to support the display panel and provide strength to the flexible display device, and an adhesive layer between the display panel and the support frame. The adhesive layer includes a base film with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, first protuberances extending from the first surface towards the display panel and attaching to the display panel, and second protuberances extending from the second surface towards the support frame and attaching to the support frame.

Abstract: The laminate according to the invention is a multiple layer structure and contains predominantly urethane-based polymeric materials in the cap and base layers thereof, with no significant amount of PVC. As such, under combustion conditions, the laminate releases substantially no harmful halogen-based bases, such as HCl or other toxic gases, and exhibits toxicity and smoke generation parameters well below acceptable industry standards.

Abstract: A solder resist composition includes: a carboxyl group-containing resin; a photopolymerizable compound; a photopolymerization initiator containing a bisacylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator and an ?-hydroxy alkylphenone-based photopolymerization initiator; and a fluorescent dye. The bisacylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator contains bis-(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)-phenylphosphine oxide. The ?-hydroxy alkylphenone-based photopolymerization initiator contains 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-propane-1-one. A mass ratio of the bis-(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)-phenylphosphine oxide to the 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-propane-1-one is 2:1 to 1:10.

Abstract: A board with preformed seals. In an exemplary embodiment, a sealing material is applied to at least one edge of a board to form a preformed seal on that edge. The board is configured such that when the board is attached to a frame adjacent to a another board, at least a portion of the sealing material applied to the edge of the board seals against at least a portion of an edge another board. In one exemplary embodiment, the boards are configured to seal against edges of substantially identical boards. A plurality of the sheathing boards may be installed on a building frame to form a sheathing system that provides a moisture and/or gas barrier between and interior and exterior of a building.

Abstract: The present application provides the block copolymers and their application. The present application may provide the block copolymers that have excellent self assembling and phase separation properties and therefore that can be effectively used in various applications. The present application may also provide applications of the block copolymers.

Abstract: Methods of printing a three-dimensional object using co-reactive components are disclosed. Thermosetting compositions for three-dimensional printing are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a sensor capable of detecting zinc oxide nanowires in water with high selectivity and sensitivity and a method for the detection of zinc oxide nanowires in water using the sensor. The sensor and method can provide powerful tools for analyzing the toxicity of zinc oxide nanowires to the environment and humans due to their ability to detect zinc oxide nanowires in water with high selectivity and sensitivity.