Abstract: A method of manufacturing an impact-resistant material is described. Embodiments of the method includes hydrating a reinforcing material, which can be, for example, a fabric comprised of para-aramid fiber, infusing the hydrated reinforcing material with a resin, and curing the infused reinforcing material. Certain embodiments include hydrating the reinforcing material by exposing the reinforcing material to humidity and infusing the material by with a prepolymer-based diisocynate, for example, methylene diphenyl 4, 4?diisocyanate.

Abstract: Armour for a vehicle comprises ceramic plates (3, 4) with a spall covering (5) on a front surface of the ceramic plate (3), the ceramic plate (4) being bonded at a rear surface thereof to a stiff support plate (2), a plastically deformable layers (9, 10) arranged behind the support plate (2), and spacing means (7) defining a front substantially planar space (11) between the support plate (2) and the plastically deformable layer (9) and a rear substantially planar space (14) arranged to be located between the plastically deformable layer (10) and a vehicle hull (13).

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatus, systems, and methods relating to biomedical implants and other devices made up of unique and improved alumina-zirconia ceramic materials. In an example of a method according to an implementation of the invention, a slurry is prepared, compressed, and fired to obtain a fired ceramic piece comprising at least aluminum oxide, zirconium dioxide, yttrium oxide, cerium oxide, strontium oxide, magnesium oxide, titanium dioxide, and calcium oxide. Some embodiments and implementations may comprise selected concentrations of one or more such compounds to yield certain preferred results.

Abstract: A multilayer coil having a laminate body having a plurality of insulating layers including a specified insulating layer. A linear coil conductor is substantially looped on the specified insulating layer. An insertion is located on the specified insulating layer, in a position between a first part and a second part of the coil conductor. The first part and the second part are closest parts to each other in the coil conductor. Along a boundary surface between the first part of the coil conductor and the insertion, the first part is located at an upper side of the coil conductor with respect to a stacking direction.

Abstract: A touch panel with a conductive bridge structure has an anti-reflective layer disposed on the conductive bridge. Due to the anti-reflective layer, visual difference of a touch screen can be eliminated and the manufacturing process can be reduced.

Abstract: A deflection mirror (1, 501, etc.) for a microlithography projection exposure apparatus for illuminating an object field in an object plane of the projection exposure apparatus (1067) using the deflection mirror with grazing incidence. This deflection mirror has a substrate (3, 503, etc.) and at least one layer system (5, 505, etc.), and during operation light impinges on said mirror at a multiplicity of angles of incidence, wherein the layer system is designed such that, for light having a wavelength of less than 30 nm, for an angle of incidence of between 55° and 70°, the variation of the reflectivity is less than 20%, in particular less than 12%.

Abstract: A monolithic, substantially hermetic joining or bonding of two or more aluminum nitride (“AlN”) ceramic components is made by promoting transient liquid phase sintering near the contact areas between the components. In a first approach, AlN particles are combined with a rare earth oxide sintering additive such as yttrium oxide (Y2O3) in a joining paste can be applied between the joining surfaces of fired ceramic preformed components prior to final firing to weld the components together. In a second approach, the additive is added to green mixture, and the components having different shrinkage aspect ratios are mated and cofired in an atmosphere containing a partial pressure of the additive. The additive encourages wetting and diffusion of the liquid phases present on the surfaces of ceramic interface particles in the contact areas during final firing.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, on which a transparent electrode and a further electrode are applied. An organic light-emitting layer is arranged between the electrodes. At least one optical scattering layer is arranged on a side of the transparent electrode facing away from the organic light-emitting layer.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer hard film capable of elongating a lifetime of a member. A multilayer hard film (1) is formed by alternately stacking a layer A (11) made of Ti1-xSix(BpCqNr) [where 0.05?x?0.4, p?0, q?0, r>0, p+q+r=1], and a layer B (12) made of at least one selected from the group of Ti1-a-g-bBaCgNb [where 0.05?a?0.5, 0.25?b?0.6, 0?g?0.5], Si1-c-dCcNd [where 0.2?c?0.5, 0.25?d?0.5], B1-e-fCeNf [where 0.03?e?0.25, 0.3?f?0.55], TiB2, SiC and B4C, one another over the surface of the substrate (2).

Abstract: Filter glasses for use with a stereoscopic digital display system that displays stereoscopic images including left-eye images and right-eye images. The left-eye images are formed with light in a plurality of left-eye spectral bands, and the right-eye images are formed with light in a corresponding plurality of spectrally-adjacent right-eye spectral bands. The filter glasses include a left-eye filter and a right-eye filter, each of which includes a dichroic filter stack and one or more absorptive filter layers. Each of the filters transmits 50% or more of the light in the corresponding eye spectra bands, while providing less than 5% crosstalk. A frame is used to position the right-eye filter in front of an observer's right eye and to position the left-eye filter in front of the observer's left eye.

Abstract: An armor panel includes a multiple of pins which penetrate a first skin, a high molecular weight polyethylene fiber composite material layer and a second skin which integrates ballistic protection into load bearing structure.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pressure sensor includes a base and a sensor unit provided on the base. The sensor unit includes a transducing thin film having a first surface, a first strain sensing element provided on the first surface, and a second strain sensing element provided on the first surface. The first strain sensing element includes a first magnetic layer, a first film having a first oxygen concentration, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the first film, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first and the second magnetic layer. The second strain sensing element includes a third magnetic layer, a second film having a second oxygen concentration different from the first concentration, a fourth magnetic layer provided between the third magnetic layer and the second film, and a second intermediate layer provided between the third and the fourth magnetic layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative sheet for decorating a surface of a three-dimensional molded material, a method for manufacturing same, and a method for decorating the surface of the molded material using same. The method for manufacturing the decorative sheet includes: a printed sheet preparation step of preparing a printed sheet including a base layer and a surface treatment layer; an boding step of preparing an adhesive layer containing an adhesive and a release film layer by applying the adhesive onto a release film to be layered onto a back side of the adhesive layer, and laminating the printed sheet on a surface of the adhesive layer being bonded; and a drying-solidifying step in which the adhesive layer is changed from a liquid state into a solid state.

Abstract: A roll of multilayer optical film is described. The roll includes a substantially uniaxially-oriented multilayer optical film, where at least one layer of the multilayer optical film has indices of refraction in a length direction and a thickness direction that are substantially the same, but substantially different from an index of refraction in a width direction.

Abstract: A helical textile with a substantially uniform thickness has circumferential warp fibers defining a radial textile width from a textile inner diameter to a textile outer diameter. The circumferential warp fibers extend substantially in a first fiber direction. Weft fibers are inserted in a weft region between the textile inner diameter and the textile outer diameter extend substantially in a second fiber direction along a weft fiber axis. The weft fiber axis has a predefined angle with respect to a radial axis greater than zero degrees and less than ninety degrees. Knitted chain stitches secure the weft fibers to the circumferential warp fibers, where the knitted chain stitches are knitted across the weft region in a third fiber direction. The circumferential warp fibers and the weft fibers are non-interlaced, thereby forming a helical textile having a substantially uniform thickness from the textile inner diameter to the textile outer diameter.

Abstract: An optical film, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal panel, and an image display apparatus are provided, wherein interference fringes can be made to be invisible, and cloudiness can be reduced. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical film is provided, including a light transmissive substrate, and a functional layer disposed on the light transmissive substrate, wherein the functional layer has a concavo-convex surface forming a surface of the optical film. Assuming that a slope angle of the concavo-convex surface with respect to a film plane of the optical film in a cross section along a direction normal to the film plane is a surface angle, a percentage of a region in which the surface angle is 0.05° or more is 50 % or more in the concavo-convex surface, and the root mean square slope R?q of a roughness curve on the concavo-convex surface is 0.003 or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air filter element of a passenger compartment for the driver's cab of agricultural and work machines, in particular with spraying and atomizing devices for pesticides and fertilizers, comprising an adsorption filter layer with activated carbon, a fine filter layer in particular for separating aerosols and a circumferential sealing for separating the raw side from the clean side during installation into a filter housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a glass panel including at least two layers deposited by cathode sputtering, including at least one layer of a metal oxide, suboxide, nitride or oxynitride having a refractive index which is not lower than 2.2 and, stacked directly or indirectly on top of said layer, at least one layer consisting of mixed oxides of titanium and at least one other metal, said mixed oxides having a weight proportion of titanium oxide which is not less than 40% and not greater than 95%, the thickness of the layer in question and that of the other layer(s) having a refractive index greater than 2.2 being selected such that, on a 4-mm thick sheet of clear “float” glass, said layer(s) result(s) in a reflection of at least 15% and a light transmission of at least 60%, the layer or system of layers in question further having a mechanical and/or chemical resistance comparable to those of layers produced by pyrolysis for obtaining products having the same type of optical properties.

Abstract: A method of preparing a transparent polymer material includes mixing mineral nanoparticles selected from nanoparticles of alkaline-earth metal carbonates, alkaline-earth metal sulfates, metallic oxides, oxides of metalloids, and siloxanes, and a composition A including at least one thermoplastic polymer in the molten state selected from polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in order to obtain a master-batch, the mixture of step i) including at least 25% and at most 75% by weight of the mineral nanoparticles. The master-batch obtained in step i) is mixed with a composition B of a thermoplastic polycarbonate matrix (PCm) in the molten state, to obtain a transparent polymer material including at most 10% by weight of the mineral nanoparticles, preferably at most 5% by weight of the mineral nanoparticles.

Abstract: Provided are a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device. The polarizing plate has lighter weight, a smaller thickness, and excellent physical properties such as durability, water resistance, workability, and light leakage preventing ability. In addition, the polarizing plate prevents curling occurring in the polarizing plate or a polarizer in formation thereof, and has excellent thermal resistance or thermal shock resistance.

Abstract: A pouch case for a secondary battery in which the width of a metal layer in a plurality of layers to constitute the pouch case is formed narrower than those of other layers so that the metal layer is not exposed to an outer surface of the pouch case. A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly provided with one or more electrode tabs. A pouch case has the electrode assembly accommodated therein, and is formed of a plurality of layers. In the secondary battery, any one of the plurality of layers to constitute the pouch case is formed as a metal layer of which width is narrower than those of the other layers.

Abstract: A substrate with a transparent conductive layer (1) of the present invention includes a substrate (11) and a transparent conductive layer (12) disposed on the substrate (11). The transparent conductive layer (12) has a conductive region (13) and a non-conductive region (14). The conductive region (13) contains conductive fine particles (121) and a resin matrix (122). The non-conductive region (14) contains conductive fine particles (123) and the resin matrix (122). A haze value in the non-conductive region (14) is larger than a haze value in the conductive region (13).

Abstract: The present invention concerns a calcium carbonate containing material having increased bulk density at equal or improved flowability, and a method of producing such a material. The inventive process comprises the step of contacting a calcium carbonate containing mineral powder with a solution or emulsion or dispersion of a binder.

Abstract: Opal glass compositions and devices incorporating opal glass compositions are described herein. The compositions solve problems associated with the use of opal glasses as light-scattering layers in electroluminescent devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes. In particular, embodiments solve the problem of high light absorption within the opal glass layer as well as the problem of an insufficiently high refractive index that results in poor light collection by the layer. Particular devices comprise light-emitting diodes incorporating light scattering layers formed of high-index opal glasses of high light scattering power that exhibit minimal light attenuation through light absorption within the matrix phases of the glasses.

Abstract: A flexible metal clad laminate includes a metal foil, and a multilayered polyimide film including a first polyimide layer having a glass transition temperature of 300° C. or less and disposed on the metal foil, a second polyimide layer disposed on the first polyimide layer and a third polyimide layer disposed on the second polyimide layer. According to the flexible metal clad laminate of the present invention, appearance defects such as blistering generated during curing process in a continuous curing machine using an infrared heat source may be solved, interlayer delamination may be prevented due to a good adhesion strength with a metal layer, and an ACF bonding strength and a dimensional stability may be good. The flexible metal clad laminate may be useful for the manufacturing of a flexible printed circuit boards.

Abstract: A method of producing a trafficway marking, the method including applying a cold plastic to a trafficway surface, to obtain the trafficway marking, where, in less than 5 minutes after the applying, the trafficway marking can withstand the passage of traffic, and where the cold plastic includes from 15% to 45% by weight of a reactive resin; from 1% to 5% by weight of a mixture comprising an initiator; from 7% to 15% by weight of an inorganic pigment; and from 50% to 60% by weight of a mineral filler.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a urethane acrylate containing a reaction product of an alkylene oxide-modified dipentaerythritol (meth)acrylate.

Abstract: A composite includes a substrate, a binder layer disposed on a surface of the substrate; and a nanofiller layer comprising nanographene and disposed on a surface of the binder layer opposite the substrate. In addition, a nano-coating layer for coating a substrate includes multiple alternating layers of the binder layer and the nanofiller layer. Articles coated with the nano-coating layer prepared from alternating layers of nanofiller layer and binder layer have improved barrier properties, and may be used in down-hole applications.

Abstract: A graphene sheet including graphene comprising ten or fewer wrinkles per 1,000 square micrometers of the graphene.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film and a retardation film that each include an acryl resin, and 20 to 65 parts by weight of a graft copolymer including a conjugated diene rubber based on 100 parts by weight of the acryl resin, and an electronic device including the same.

Abstract: Provided is a film having a low refractive index, which can be formed under normal temperature and pressure while obtaining a lower refractive index, has excellent adhesion with a solid substrate, and does not lose geometric optical properties, such as the diffusibility or light-harvesting capability attributed to the microstructure. Also disclosed is a method for producing the same. The film having a low refractive index is obtained by causing an electrolyte polymer and microparticles to be alternately adsorbed on the surface of a solid substrate and bringing the resulting microparticle-laminated film into contact with a silicon compound solution in order to bond the solid substrate with microparticles and microparticles with microparticles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayered structure that includes no less than 8 resin-layers, the resin-layer including a layer A constituted with a resin composition containing a gas barrier resin, and a layer B constituted with a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin, at least one of the resin compositions included in the layer A and the layer B that are adjacent with each other containing a metal salt, the content of the metal salt being no less than 1 ppm and no greater than 10,000 ppm in terms of metal element equivalent, and an interlayer adhesive force between the layer A and the layer B being no less than 450 g/15 mm. The layer A and the layer B may be alternately laminated. Moreover, the average thickness of single layer of at least one selected from the layer A and the layer B is preferably no less than 0.01 ?m and no greater than 10 ?m.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere.

Abstract: A method reducing microbial growth uses an inorganic substance consisting of MoO2 and/or MoO3 which causes the formation of hydrogen cations when in contact with an aqueous medium to achieve an antimicrobial effect. The substance is present as a layer or a component of a layer, and is present in combination with one or more materials as a composite material. The composite material has a polymer matrix, and the substance is incorporated at 3 to 50% by weight into the composite material.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere. The first lubricant has a lower molecular mass and a higher chemical polarity than those of the second lubricant.

Abstract: A method of making a multilayer filter and the multilayer filter made by the method. The method includes generally two steps. The first step is to coat a layer of nanofibers on a single side or both sides of a substrate medium to obtain a composite filter medium, and the second step is to fold the composite filter medium in a serpentine fashion to form a multilayer filter. The second step may alternatively be accomplished by stacking up a number of sheets of the composite filter medium to form a multilayer filter having a structure of two layers of nanofibers being sandwiched between two layers of said substrate medium. The resulting multilayer filter produced by either method contains at least one structural unit which has two layers of nanofibers being sandwiched between two layers of the substrate medium.

Abstract: Methods for doping a substrate surface or the interface between two thin films by atomic layer deposition process (ALD) are provided. By blocking some of the available binding sites for a dopant precursor with a blocking reactant, the concentration and uniformity of dopant deposited can be controlled. The blocking reactant may be introduced prior to introduction of the dopant precursor in the ALD process, or the blocking reactant and the dopant precursor can be introduced simultaneously.

Abstract: A window comprising at least one thermochromic layer and a film comprising multiple layers of polymer with alternating refractive index (MLARI). The thermochromic layer has a reversible change in absorbance of electromagnetic radiation such that the absorbance increases as the temperature of the thermochromic layer increases and the absorbance decreases as the temperature of the thermochromic layer decreases. Particularly useful thermochromic materials are ligand exchange thermochromic materials. In various embodiments, the window may have multiple panes and may incorporate a low-e layer.

Abstract: A porous membrane with the membrane wall constructed of a hydrophobic polymer and a hydrophilic polymer, wherein when the membrane wall is divided into 3 sections in the film thickness direction to form region “a” containing one wall surface A of the membrane wall, region “c” containing the other wall surface C and region “b” between region “a” and region “c”, the hydrophilic polymer content ratio Ca in region “a” is greater than the hydrophilic polymer content ratio Cc in region “c”, and the mean pore size of the wall surface C is larger than the mean pore size of the wall surface A.

Abstract: Multilayer reflecting polarizing films are disclosed having increased in-plane refractive index differences between adjacent microlayers along both the pass and block axis, and having negative refractive index differences between adjacent microlayers along the thickness or z-axis. Major front and back surfaces of the film exposed to air provide a Fresnel reflectivity component to the pass axis reflectivity, and the microlayers provide a microlayer component to the pass axis reflectivity, such microlayer component preferably having a reflectivity of p-polarized light that increases with incidence angle faster than the Fresnel reflectivity component decreases so as to substantially avoid off-axis gain peaks for p-polarized light. The films preferably utilize a relatively small total number of microlayers, arranged in a single coherent stack with monotonic optical repeat unit thickness profile, and at least some microlayers preferably include polyethylene naphthalate or a copolymer thereof.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive film that enables manufacturing of a high quality semiconductor device with good yield ratio, and related methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and semiconductor devices. Provided is an adhesive film for embedding a first semiconductor element fixed to an adherend and fixing a second semiconductor element that is different from the first semiconductor element to the adherend, wherein the adhesive film has a thickness T that is larger than a thickness T1 of the first semiconductor element, and the adherend and the first semiconductor element are connected by wire bonding and a difference between the thickness T and the thickness T1 is 40 ?m or more and 260 ?m or less, or the adherend and the first semiconductor element are connected by flip-chip bonding and a difference between the thickness T and the thickness T1 is 10 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less.

Abstract: A retarder film provides a first light retardation and can be heat processed in one or more selected areas to provide a second light retardation in the selected area(s). The retarder film may have an absorption characteristic such that the heat processing can be carried out by selectively exposing the film to a suitable radiant beam. The retarder film is composed of a stack of contiguous ultrathin layers configured to provide an effective optical medium for visible light. Visible light propagates through the stack as an effective medium having effective refractive indices along principal x-, y-, and z-axes. At least some of the ultrathin layers possess intrinsic birefringence, and the effective indices of the stack are functions of the intrinsic refractive indices of the constituent ultrathin layers. The heat processing is carried out so that the ultrathin layer stack structural integrity is not substantially altered in the processed area(s).

Abstract: A gas barrier multilayer body including a composite layer A which has a film (a) and an inorganic barrier layer (a), and a composite layer B which has an alicyclic olefin resin film (b) and an inorganic barrier layer (b), wherein a surface of the composite layer A and a surface of the composite layer B are faced and bonded to each other, a surface of the alicyclic olefin resin film (b) on a side facing to the composite layer A is an activation-treated surface, and the activation-treated surface of the alicyclic olefin resin film (b) is in contact with the composite layer A directly or via a metal alkoxide layer (b); and a circularly polarizing plate including the same.

Abstract: An optical product according to the present invention includes a transparent base material, and a multilayer film including a dielectric film and an ITO film. The multilayer film is formed on one face or two faces of the transparent base material. The physical thickness of the ITO film is not less than 3 nanometers and not greater than 7 nanometers. The ITO film can be formed by vapor deposition with plasma treatment.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to an anti-glare coating composition and anti-glare coating film having excellent abrasion resistance and contamination resistance. The anti-glare coating composition according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a) a binder resin; b) a fluorine-based UV curable functional group-containing compound; c) a photoinitiator; d) a surface curable photoinitiator; and e) a particulate of which a surface has an uneven pattern. In the case where a film is formed by using the anti-glare coating composition according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide both abrasion resistance and contamination resistance by a single coating method, to maintain characteristics of abrasion resistance and contamination resistance when the film is rubbed, and to decrease and easily remove contamination by an oil component, such as a fingerprint mark.

Abstract: A laminate body containing one or more resin composition layers and two or more glass substrate layers, wherein at least one layer of those resin composition layers is between glass substrate layers, and is a fiber-containing resin composition layer of a composition that contains a thermosetting resin and a fibrous base material. A laminate plate containing one or more cured resin layers and two or more glass substrate layers, wherein at least one layer of those cured resin layers is between glass substrate layers, and is a fiber-containing cured resin layer of the fiber-containing resin composition. A printed wiring board having the above-mentioned laminate plate and a wiring provided on the surface thereof. A method for producing the laminate plate.

Abstract: Organic light emitting materials and devices comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising ligands comprising aryl or heteroaryl groups substituted at both ortho positions are described. An organic light emitting device, comprising: an anode; a hole transport layer; an organic emissive layer comprising an emissive layer host and an emissive dopant; an electron impeding layer; an electron transport layer; and a cathode disposed, in that order, over a substrate.

Abstract: There is provided an improved sterilization wrap and a method for using the improved sterilization wrap to sterilize an article. The wrap is made of at least one sheet, and preferably two sheets, of sterilization material and in some embodiments, includes an additional sheet which may be made of an absorbent material. The sheet of absorbent material may have a smaller perimeter than at least one sheet of sterilization material. One side of at least one sheet of sterilization material includes a central portion. The absorbent material may be attached to the central portion of at least one sheet of sterilization material. The article to be sterilized is placed on the sterilization wrap and is then wrapped. The absorbent material provides sterility protection for the article in addition to the at least one sheet of sterilization material and also wicks moisture away from the article after sterilization has taken place.

Abstract: An electronic element includes a substrate, and a transparent conductive layer. The substrate includes a surface. The transparent conductive layer is formed on a surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes at least one carbon nanotube layer. Carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube layer are adhered together by the van der Waals attractive force therebetween.

Abstract: A multilayer armor is provided that includes a first rigid layer, a second rigid layer, and an interlayer securing the first and second rigid layers to one another. At least one of the first and second rigid layers can include a plurality of regions with a physical or material property that varies between the regions. The interlayer can have a force-extension ratio of 5,600 psi/in or less. The interlayer can have a physical or material property that varies within the interlayer.