Abstract: The present application is directed to a novel composition which acts as a barrier to noxious agents while adding self-detoxifying catalytic treatments to neutralize the noxious and harmful warfare agents when applied for example on a fabric, or other solid support.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for generating, processing, handling and forming plastic materials into an end product such as, but not limited to, consumables and packaging. The plastic materials are made into preforms or preform sheets, which in turn may be selectively masked to expose desired regions of the same for a saturation process, a heating process, or both. In addition, the various processes may be sufficiently controlled to obtain a desired micro-structure, and in turn obtain desired mechanical, structural, and aesthetic properties in the end product. By way of example, an embodiment of the present invention results in consumable, plastic cups that are lighter weight and more structurally robust less than conventional plastic cups. Further to one or more embodiments of the present invention, various systems for material handling may be utilized to efficiently, timely and cost effectively produce the preforms.

Abstract: A selectively reflective construct, and a method for making the construct, are described. In one embodiment reflectance, transmission and absorption properties may be controlled in multiple electromagnetic bands. A construct is described comprising a) a thermally transparent, visually opaque substrate comprising a polymeric material and a colorant, and b) a thermally reflective layer comprising a low emissivity component.

Abstract: An object is to provide a sliding member having improved lubricant retention capacity without deteriorating the strength of a woven fabric. The sliding member includes: a fabric woven with a yarn containing a fiber bundle of fluororesin; and a lubricant attached to the fabric. In the sliding member, the fluororesin may be polytetrafluoroethylene (e.g., expanded polytetrafluoroethylene). An oil may be used as the lubricant. The sliding member can be used in an image-fixing device.

Abstract: A composition for a heat insulator, a heat insulator, and a spacecraft equipped with the heat insulator are provided which are able to satisfy a desired level of heat insulation performance while suppressing recession. The composition for a heat insulator comprises a fibrous substance, inorganic foam particles, a thermosetting resin and a foaming agent, wherein the fibrous substance includes at least a first fibrous substance, and a second fibrous substance composed of a material different from the first fibrous substance, the melting point of the first fibrous substance is higher than the melting point of the second fibrous substance, and the thermal conductivity of the second fibrous substance is lower than the thermal conductivity of the first fibrous substance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a multi-layered material having anisotropic pores. It further relates to a multi-layered material which can be produced by the process according to the invention, and to the use of a multi-layered material as a chondral support matrix, a meniscus support matrix or an intervertebral disc support matrix.

Abstract: To provide a biaxially oriented polyamide-based resin film being excellent in laminate strength, pin-hole resistance under a low-temperature environment, impact resistance, and transparency, and which retains satisfactory a good external appearance even after being sterilized in hot water. A biaxially oriented polyamide-based resin film comprising a polyamide resin and 1 to 5% by mass of a polyamide-based block copolymer, wherein the polyamide-based block copolymer comprises a hard part including a residue of cyclic lactam having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and a soft part including a residue of polyoxypropylene glycol or polyoxytetramethylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 3000, and the content X of the hard part and the content Y and the weight average molecular weight Mw of the soft part satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2): X+Y=100 (parts by mass) ??(1) 478.74×Mw?0.2989?Y?93 (parts by mass) ??(2).

Abstract: The invention relates to foamed thermoplastic material articles of manufacture having an internal layered cellular structure (with segmented and varying physical properties across one or more dimensions). In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a multi-layer foamed polymeric article of manufacture having a plurality of discrete physical properties segmented across one or more dimensions, comprising: a non-laminated multi-layer polymeric object having at least one discrete outer layer positioned adjacent to a plurality of discrete inner foamed layers, wherein the at least one discrete outer layer and the plurality of discrete inner foamed layers are integral with one another, and wherein the at least one discrete outer layer has an outer layer physical property and each of the plurality of discrete inner foamed layers has a respective inner foamed layer physical property, wherein the outer layer physical property and the inner foamed layer physical property are different from each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a surface comprising a silicone elastomer having a plurality of Si—H groups by contacting at least one region of the surface with a solution comprising a surface treatment compound, to give a treated surface with Si—OH, Si—OR, or Si—C groups. The present invention relates to a hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition. In some examples, the hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition includes an organohydrogen-polysiloxane having an average of at least forty silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, a cross-linking agent having an average of at least two aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds per molecule, and a hydrosilylation catalyst, wherein the mole ratio of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in the composition to aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds in the composition is at least 20:1. The invention also relates to membranes, methods of making membranes, gas permeable supports for membranes, and methods of gas separation using membranes.

Abstract: A thermal expansion-managed lattice structure having a plurality of unit cells each having flexure bearing-mounted tabs supported on a base and actuated by thermal expansion of an actuator having a thermal expansion coefficient greater than the base and arranged so that the tab is inwardly displaced into a base cavity. The flexure bearing-mounted tabs are connected to other flexure-bearing-mounted tabs of adjacent unit cells so that the adjacent unit cells are spaced from each other to accommodate thermal expansion of individual unit cells while maintaining a desired bulk thermal expansion coefficient of the lattice structure as a whole.

Abstract: Soft touch fire retardant laminates with PVC middle layers, foamed or unfoamed, and multiblock copolymer or polyurethane or silicone top layers which meet FAA requirements are disclosed.

Abstract: A glass substrate protective pad which protects a glass substrate in close contact with the glass substrate. The glass substrate protective pad has multiple layers, the rear layer of the multiple layers which is to be in close contact with the glass substrate containing foamed polymer. A glass substrate packing container for packing a plurality of glass substrates loaded therein, in which the above-described glass substrate protective pad is in close contact with the front surface of the plurality of glass substrates.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polymeric sheet that includes a first polymeric layer; and a second foamed layer; the first polymeric layer being in operative communication with the second foamed layer; the polymeric sheet having a percent light transmission as measured according to ASTM D 1003 of about 3% to about 80% at a thickness of greater than or equal to about 1,000 micrometers. Disclosed herein too is a method that includes disposing a first polymeric layer upon a second foamed layer to form a polymeric sheet; the first polymeric layer being in operative communication with the second foamed layer; the polymeric sheet having a percent light transmission as measured according to ASTM D 1003 of about 3% to about 80% at a thickness of greater than or equal to about 1,000 micrometers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layered structural component (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, preferably a floor component for a motor vehicle, comprising at least two fibre layers (14) which each include a fibre material and a thermoplastic binder and are arranged one above the other in a stacking direction (S), and at least one metal layer (12) having a thickness (d) of at most 1 mm which is arranged between the two fibre layers (14), wherein the fibre layers (14) each have, at least in certain regions, a porosity of at least 75%, and wherein the structural component (10) comprises at least three metal layers (12) which are arranged one above the other in a stacking direction (S) and each have a thickness (d) of at most 1 mm, with each of the two fibre layers (14) being arranged between two metal layers (12) that are adjacent to one another in the stacking direction (S).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbent polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution in a surrounding heated gas phase and flowing the gas cocurrent through the polymerization chamber, which comprises coating the water-absorbing polymer particles with at least one sulfinic acid, sulfonic acid and/or salts thereof.

Abstract: Bilayer platelet fillers are employed to compensate for a positive coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of an embedding polymeric material, or even to provide a composite structure having a negative CTE to eliminate or alleviate thermomechanical stress and/or delamination during thermal cycling. A bilayer platelet includes two joined layers having different CTEs. The CTE mismatch induces bending of the bilayer platelets, thereby causing cavities at temperatures lower than the joining temperature at which the bilayers are joined. The decrease in the volume of the polymeric material and the bilayer platelets at low temperatures is compensated by an accompanying increase in the volume of the cavities so that the composite structure has a temperature independent volume, a low net CTE, or even a negative CTE.

Abstract: Composites comprising aerogel materials are generally described. Layered aerogel composites may be of great utility for a wide variety of applications including lightweight structures, ballistic panels, multilayer thermal and acoustic insulation, spacecraft reentry shielding, supercapacitors, batteries, acoustic insulation, and flexible garments. Layered aerogel composites may be prepared by combing layers of fiber-containing sheets and multisheet plies with aerogel materials. Composites comprising mechanically strong aerogels and reticulated aerogel structures are described. Various nanocomposite aerogel materials may be prepared to facilitate production of composites with desirable functions and properties.

Abstract: A composite carbon nanotube structure includes a carbon nanotube film structure and a graphite structure. The carbon nanotube structure defines a number of micropores therein. The graphite structure and the carbon nanotube film structure are composited together. The graphite structure comprising a number of graphite segments filled in the micropores.

Abstract: Disclosed are certain partially fluorinated amide compounds and composite materials containing the compounds. Also disclosed are methods for making the composite materials.

Abstract: A layered insulation apparatus and method of making that contains a multiple layer insulation that has a top outside moisture barrier layer, followed by a first flame retardant layer, followed by a metal layer, followed by a second flame retardant layer, and finally followed by a bottom moisture barrier outside layer. A sound abatement layer may optionally be layered on top of the first moisture barrier layer.

Abstract: A composite material for application in a shoe upper, sole or seat cover, including a waterproof, water vapour-permeable functional layer as well as an air-permeable dual-layer composite, wherein the dual-layer composite is constructed so that the layer of the dual-layer composite facing the functional layer has a higher hydrophilicity and absorptivity than the layer of the dual-layer composite facing away from the functional layer.

Abstract: A foamed article is made by infusing the article of thermoplastic elastomer with a supercritical fluid, then removing the article from the supercritical fluid and either (i) immersing the article in a heated fluid or (ii) irradiating the article with infrared or microwave radiation.

Abstract: A flooring system for use in thermal and/or acoustic floor systems is provided where the flooring system mitigates external forces from a shock/blast wave. The flooring system includes a foam layer and filler material that includes micro and/or nano structures strategically dispersed in the foam layer. The micro and/or nano structures mitigate a magnitude of the external forces propagating through the foam layer.

Abstract: A polymer composite with superior granulometric properties for the extraction of active and non-active cesium from high level acidic radioactive nuclear waste and/or other inorganic wastes/solutions that is particularly useful to nuclear industry. The void volumes of the said polymer composite is varied to obtain the desired Cs ion exchange kinetics wherein the composite material is radiation resistant and stable in highly acidic and alkaline medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a membrane that heals on its own after being damaged mechanically as well as a method for producing said membrane which is used for pneumatic structures featuring an internal operating pressure of 10 mbar to 500 mbar. The inventive membrane is provided with a plastic layer on the pressure side, said plastic layer being interspersed with blisters that have a diameter ranging from 10? to 200?.

Abstract: A method, and an article made therefrom, of: contacting a substrate with a first solution of a first polyelectrolyte polymer to form a layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer on the substrate; and contacting the layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer with a second solution of a second polyelectrolyte polymer to form a layer of the second polyelectrolyte polymer on the layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer. The first polyelectrolyte is a polyanion or polycation polymer. The second polyelectrolyte is a polyanion or polycation polymer of a charge opposite to that of the first polyelectrolyte polymer. At least one of the first solution or the second solution is an aggregate-forming solution comprising an ionic species having at least two discrete sites of a charge opposite to that of the polyelectrolyte polymer in the aggregate-forming solution.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and materials for preparing bridging films. In one aspect, the bridging films are non-porous and are suitable for protecting adjacent porous films. For example, the bridging films contact a porous film and protect the porous film from transfer of gases and/or liquids into the pores of the porous film. In another example, bridging films protect the porous film from abrasion.

Abstract: Porous articles having an expanded fluoropolymer and a coherent irregular network are described. In one embodiment, the coherent irregular network is attached to the expanded fluoropolymer at only a portion of the adjacent region. In another aspect of the invention the coherent irregular network is a free standing film. The coherent irregular network in one embodiment has a surface roughness defined by an Sp value of greater than 35 um.

Abstract: A metal sealing material used in a sealing device which can reduce a gap between a stator and a rotor of a turbine. The metal sealing material used in a sealing device for a stator and a rotor of a turbine includes a surface layer and a lower layer composed of a porous metal layer, wherein the porosity of the surface layer is smaller than the porosity of the lower layer; the porosity of the surface layer is 60 to 65% and the porosity of the lower layer is 67 to 75% or less; and the porous metal layer has a thickness of 0.3 to 3.0 mm and may include, as a main component, an MCrAlY alloy where M is either one of Ni and Co or both thereof, and h-BN as a solid lubricant.

Abstract: A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a substrate, a thermal barrier coating deposited on at least a portion of the substrate, and an outer layer deposited on at least a portion of the thermal barrier coating. The outer layer includes a material that absorbs energy in response to an impact event along at least a portion of the outer layer.

Abstract: Provided is a microporous polyolefin composite film with a thermally stable porous layer at high temperature, particularly, to the microporous polyolefin composite film in which the thermally stable porous layer at high temperature, which contains organic or inorganic particles and heat-resistant polymer having aromatic ring in main chain and also having a melting temperature or a glass transition temperature of 170 to 500° C., is formed on one surface or both surfaces of a polyolefin microporous film by a phase separation, wherein the composite film with the porous layer has a permeability of 1.5×10?5 to 20.0×10?5 Darcy, a meltdown temperature of 160 to 300° C., a MD/TD shrinkage of 1 to 40% at a temperature of 150° C. for 60 minutes.

Abstract: A multilayer film includes an outer foam layer and a gas barrier layer. The multilayer film may also include at least one tie layer and at least one inner layer, and can be configured to have various film layer constructions. For example, the multilayer film can be configured as a five-layer, six-layer, or seven-layer films. The multilayer film can provide unique texture, softness, quietness, gas barrier properties, light weight and low cost per volume. Further, one or more layers of the multilayer film can contain a vinyl-bond rich triblock copolymer to provide sound absorbing properties.

Abstract: The present invention is capable of providing a multilayer porous film used as a separator for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. A multilayer porous film which is obtained by laminating a coating layer that contains a filler and a resin binder on at least one surface of a polyolefin resin porous film that serves as a base layer. The ratio of the average particle diameter (Du) of the filler within 25% of the thickness of the coating layer from the surface of the multilayer porous film to the average particle diameter (Db) of the filler within 25% of the thickness of the coating layer from the interface with the base layer, namely, Du/Db is 1.2 to 10; and the average particle diameter (Du) is 0.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer insulation based on expandable and crosslinkable elastomeric material with improved low temperature resistance and flexibility, the process for manufacturing of such material and system, and the use of such material and system.

Abstract: The laminated sheet of this invention is a sheet including expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene films laminated by thermal compression bonding, wherein the sheet has a specific surface area of 9.0 m2/g or larger and a density of from 0.4 g/cm3 to lower than 0.75 g/cm3, thereby making it possible to improve both the creep resistance and the adhesiveness between the films of the expanded porous PTFE film-laminated sheet.

Abstract: A weatherable, low heat build-up, UV-cured vacuum coating for PVC or other extruded plastic profiles comprising a dark-colored pigment system that is substantially IR transparent, an IR reflective substrate, and a vacuum coating system for same.

Abstract: An impact-absorbing member having excellent blade-proof performance is provided. An impact-absorbing plate (1) includes a plurality of stretched resin films (10) stacked and bonded to one another, and the plurality of stretched resin films (10) include a biaxially stretched resin film (12).

Abstract: A composite structure includes a substrate with pores of a first mean pore size and a coating on at least one surface of that substrate. This coating has pores of a second mean pore size where the first mean pore size is equal to or greater than said second mean pore size. When the pore size of the coating is effective to capture particulate greater than 0.2 micron, the composite may be formed into a filter effective to remove microbes from a fluid medium. One method to form the porous coating on the substrate includes the steps of: (a) forming a suspension of sinterable particles in a carrier fluid and containing the suspension in a reservoir; (b) maintaining the suspension by agitation in the reservoir; (c) immersing the substrate in the reservoir; (c) applying a first coating of the suspension to the substrate; (d) removing the substrate with the applied first coating from the reservoir; and (e) sintering the sinterable particles to the substrate thereby forming a coated substrate.

Abstract: A light-weight material and a method for producing a light-weight material use removable forms to produce an array of interconnected voids within the material. The forms include a plurality of spaced apart and adjoining blocks onto which the material is deposited, and the blocks are constructed of a material that may be desolidified, such as by vaporization, to remove the blocks from the material, leaving behind a network of interconnected voids.

Abstract: A multi-layered material and a method for making the same are provided. The multi-layered material includes a first foamed layer, a substrate, a second foamed layer, and a surface layer. The first foamed layer has a plurality of first cells. The substrate is a fabric. The second foamed layer has a plurality of second cells. The foaming method of the second foamed layer is different from that of the first foamed layer. The size of the second cells is different from that of the first cells. The variation in size of the second cells is different from that of the first cells. The surface layer is disposed on the second foamed layer. Thus, when the multi-layered material is used as a surface cover of a ball, it can provide excellent resilience and control, and improve manufacturing efficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed, among others, are a multilayer film that permits thermal printing or printing by application of pressure from pressure-applying devices. The structure includes an extruded, outer skin layer and an extruded internal pigment layer. Further, the structure includes an extruded image-rendering layer intermediate to the outer skin layer and the pigment layer, the image-rendering layer including a collapsible layer structure, sensitive to the application of temperature and/or pressure, having dispersed therein a plurality of voids, the collapsible layer structure in uncollapsed condition being substantially opaque to obscure from view the pigment layer there beneath.

Abstract: A method of forming a nanoporous membrane includes preparing a solution of a gemini Imidazolium Lyotropic Liquid Crystal (LLC) monomer, a polar low-volatility organic solvent, and a radical photo-initiator in a volatile organic solvent; solvent-casting the solution onto a porous material, evaporating the volatile organic solvent; heating such that the gemini imidazolium monomer forms a Q-phase material and photopolymerizing the imidazolium monomer by exposing the radical photo-initiator to UV light; and exchanging the polar low-volatility organic solvent. Also disclosed is a membrane composed of polymerized gemini imidazolium LLC monomers, and a thin-film composite membrane having the Q-phase material supported on a porous supporting membrane.

Abstract: A package is formed a closed bag made of a multilayer film and contents enclosed in the bag. The film is folded to form the bag and has flat film sides and outer edges that are reinforced by weld seams. The film of the bag has a density of 0.5 g/cm3 to 0.9 g/cm3, a printable outer layer forming an outside surface of the package, an inner seal layer made of a sealable polymer forming an inside surface of the package, and a foamed polymer core layer between the outer layer and the inner layer. The contents are a lumpy or granular bulk material.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate of a polyimide foam having an excellent thermal resistance, excellent flame retardancy, high safety, and high moisture-proof effects, and a thermal insulation material including the same. The present invention provides a laminate including a foam formed of polyimide having a glass transition temperature (Tg) exceeding 300° C., and a surface layer including a flame-retardant resin composition containing a chlorine-containing elastomer and a flame retardant, and laminated on at least one surface of the foam so as to be integrated therewith, and a thermal insulation material including the same.

Abstract: A diffusively reflective paint composition is disclosed for use in reflectors in lighting fixtures. The paint is formed by blending macroporous polymeric particles with a paint carrier. The macroporous polymeric particles are formed by reducing a reflective macroporous sheet material. The paint can further comprise solid or hollow microspheres. The paint can be applied to a variety of substrates to form diffusely reflective articles.

Abstract: A multilayered carpet cushion underlay structure is provided having a primary sheet of resilient viscoelastic polyurethane foam adhered to a non-woven fabric carrier. The composite material additionally features a subjacent surface having an arrangement of polymeric fictionalizing projections that provide optimal resistance to slippage.

Abstract: A porous support layer for a composite oxygen transport membrane has a high permeability, high porosity, and a microstructure exhibiting substantially uniform pore size distribution as a result of using bi-modal particle size distribution of the porous support layer materials.

Abstract: Provided is a microporous material, e.g., a microporous sheet material, having a matrix of polyolefin, finely-divided, substantially water insoluble particulate filler, a network of interconnecting pores communicating throughout the microporous material, and at least one retrospectively identifiable taggant material embedded within the matrix, optionally the at least one taggant being unique to an end user for the microporous material, wherein the polyolefin is present in the microporous material in an amount of 20 to 35 weight percent, based on the weight of the microporous material. The taggant material provides a marker, signature or code that is capable of retrospective identification by machine, instrument or by the naked eye. Articles including the microporous material and processes for preparing the microporous material also are provided.

Abstract: A syringe stopper that is suitable for use in syringes without silicone oil or other liquid lubricants. The invention provides a low friction barrier between an elastomeric stopper material and a therapeutic in the syringe. The barrier may inhibit materials from leaching from the elastomer material or from extraction of compounds from medicants by the elastomer. A process is also described that allows for molding thin barrier layers while allowing adequate bonding with the elastomer.

Abstract: A waterproof roofing laminate comprises a cellular plastic support layer, an insulation layer located thereon, and a cover layer that reflects radiant energy such as infrared light, visible sunlight, and ultraviolet light. The cellular support layer contains a plurality of cavities therein that can be open or closed cell. The support layer can also have a solid continuous top and/or bottom surface layer. The insulation layer is located on the support layer and can be formed of numerous materials including natural or synthetic fibers, organic or inorganic material, and is free of cement and styrofoam. The waterproof cover layer is located on the insulation layer and is capable of reflecting radiant energy by being of a light color and/or containing radiant reflective materials therein.