Abstract: A cover for a print bed for a three-dimensional object, and methods of manufacturing the same, are disclosed. The cover may include a polycarbonate substrate having a selectively textured upper surface and a double coated adhesive layer provided to adhere the polycarbonate substrate to a print bed.

Abstract: A compartment for a space vehicle includes a pressurized structure having a structural wall, the structural wall having interior surfaces facing an interior of the compartment and exterior surfaces exposed to an external environment. An internal mounting structure for mounting a component is provided within the compartment, and mounting features support the internal mounting structure from the pressurized structure. The internal mounting structure is spaced away from the interior surfaces of the pressurized structure, and a thermal fluid is provided in the pressurized structure. The thermal fluid enables convective heat transfer between the component mounted on the internal mounting structure and the interior surfaces of the pressurized structure.

Abstract: Insulated wall and roof sheathing systems for use in building construction designed to provide moisture permeable wall panels that protect from bulk water, excess air, and thermal transfer.

Abstract: Glasses that undergo rapid ion exchange. The glasses comprise SiO2, Al2O3, P2O5, Na2O, K2O, and, in some embodiments, at least one of MgO and ZnO. The glass may, for example, be ion exchanged in a molten KNO3 salt bath in less than 1 hour at temperatures in a range from about 370° C. to about 390° C. to achieve a depth of surface compressive layer of greater than about 45 microns, or in a range from about 0.05t to about 0.22t, where t is the thickness of the glass. The glasses are fusion formable and, in some embodiments, compatible with zircon.

Abstract: A hypersonic refractory material, including a refractory leading edge portion for a hypersonic vehicle and a high emissivity oxide coating adhered to the refractory leading edge portion. The high emissivity oxide coating is ZrB2 doped with a cation dopant material selected from the group including Sm, Tm, and mixtures thereof. The cation dopant material is present in a concentration of between 3 mole percent and 8 mole percent.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes, in order: a first layer that includes MAw; a second layer that includes MOyAz; and a third layer that includes MOx, where M includes a transition metal, A includes at least one of sulfur, selenium, and/or tellurium, w is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, x is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, y is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, and z is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transition metal may include at least one of molybdenum and/or tungsten. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, A may be sulfur.

Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus for assessing a color characteristic of a gemstone. The apparatus comprises an optically opaque platform for supporting a sample gemstone to be assessed, a daylight-approximating light source to provide uniform illumination to the gemstone, an image capturing component, and a telecentric lens positioned to provide an image of the illuminated gemstone to the image capturing component. Also provided are methods of color analysis based on images collected using such an apparatus.

Abstract: A structure with micro light-emitting device includes a substrate, at least one micro light-emitting device, at least one holding structure and a buffer layer. The micro light-emitting device is disposed on the substrate. The holding structure is arranged at an edge of the micro light-emitting device, and is located between the substrate and the micro light-emitting device and directly contacts with the substrate. The buffer layer is disposed between the micro light-emitting device, the holding structures and the substrate.

Abstract: Adhesive compositions are provided that include a crosslinked silicone gel, a hydrophilic component dispersed in the silicone gel, and an antimicrobial agent dispersed in the silicone gel. The adhesive composition is readily applied to (and removed from) skin, and has desirable hydrophilic and antimicrobial properties. Advantageously, the hydrophilic component in the crosslinked silicone gel is not readily extractable (e.g., into a pH 7 buffer). Surprisingly, the combination of hydrophilic component with antimicrobial agent in the crosslinked silicone gel can provide a synergistic level of antimicrobial activity.

Abstract: Adhesive compositions are provided that include a crosslinked silicone gel, a hydrophilic component dispersed in the silicone gel, and an antimicrobial agent dispersed in the silicone gel. The adhesive composition is readily applied to (and removed from) skin, and has desirable hydrophilic and antimicrobial properties. Advantageously, the hydrophilic component in the crosslinked silicone gel is not readily extractable (e.g., into a pH 7 buffer). Surprisingly, the combination of hydrophilic component with antimicrobial agent in the crosslinked silicone gel can provide a synergistic level of antimicrobial activity.

Abstract: A drawing method for glass is described. The method provides glass components that have a strongly increased ratio of width to thickness when compared to the preform, which makes the manufacturing of flat glass components more economical. The method purposefully controls the temperature distribution within the preform.

Abstract: A cBN material and a method of making a cBN material, the method including the steps of providing a powder mixture comprising cBN grains, aluminum and a Ti(CxNyOz)a powder, subjecting the powder mixture to a milling to form a powder blend, subjecting the powder blend to a forming operation to form a green body, subjecting the green body to a pre-sintering step, at a temperature between 650 to 950° C., to form a pre-sintered body, and subjecting the pre-sintered body to a HPHT operation to form the cBN material. For the Ti(CxNyOz)a powder, 0.05?z?0.4. In addition, a cBN material includes cBN grains, an Al2O3 phase, a binder phase of TiC, TiN and/or TiCN, W and Co, whereby a quotient Q is <0.25 of the cBN material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to acrylic adhesive emulsions comprising a core-shell polymeric component comprising an inner core and an outer shell containing at least one pendent functional group; a polyfunctional component capable of reacting with at least one of the pendent functional groups on the outer shell; wherein the inner core is free of functional groups reactive with the pendent functional groups on the outer shell; and wherein the pH of the emulsion is 6.5 or less; and wherein the emulsion is a fast-setting, one part, aqueous, adhesive. Bonded articles made therefrom, and methods of bonding articles using these emulsions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A humidifier for a respiratory assistance device, is provided wherein at least a portion of an inside of a chamber is exposed to light such that light impinges on a metallic or carbon-based material to generate localized heating of liquid molecules around the metallic or carbon-based material and generate vapour for use by the respiratory assistance device. A respiratory assistance device comprising a humidifier and related methods and apparatus are also provided. Arrangements are provided for generating vapour by impinging light on metallic and/or carbon based material, particularly in the form of nanoparticles.

Abstract: In an aspect, an electrolyte additive and an electrolyte for a lithium battery and a lithium battery including the electrolyte additive is provided. The electrolyte additive includes a sulfone compound wherein the sulfonyl group is directly bonded to a halide group and an electron withdrawing group.

Abstract: Embodiments of a layered-substrate comprising a substrate and a layer disposed thereon, wherein the layered-substrate is able to withstand fracture when assembled with a device that is dropped from a height of at least 100 cm onto a drop surface, are disclosed. The layered-substrate may exhibit a hardness of at least about 10 GPa or at least about 20 GPa. The substrate may include an amorphous substrate or a crystalline substrate. Examples of amorphous substrates include glass, which is optionally chemically strengthened. Examples of crystalline substrates include single crystal substrates (e.g. sapphire) and glass ceramics. Articles and/or devices including such layered-substrate and methods for making such devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media structure is disclosed. The HAMR media structure includes a magnetic recording layer comprising an array of magnetic grains for storing information; a heat sink layer disposed below the magnetic recording layer and having a first thermal conductivity; and an anisotropic thermal barrier layer disposed between the magnetic recording layer and the heat sink layer and having a vertical thermal conductivity and an in-plane thermal conductivity, wherein the vertical thermal conductivity is substantially higher than the in-plane thermal conductivity.

Abstract: An adhesive with improved heat stability is provided. The adhesive includes an ethylene??-olefin copolymer (A) having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000 in terms of polystyrene as measured by gel permeation chromatography and a density of 860 to 970 kg/m3, wherein in the ethylene??-olefin copolymer (A), the total number of vinyl-type double bond, vinylidene-type double bond, 2-substituted olefin-type double bond and 3-substituted olefin-type double bond is less than 0.5 per 1000 carbon atoms as measured by 1H-NMR.

Abstract: A transparent EMI shielding/absorbing film is provided. The transparent EMI shielding/absorbing film includes a transparent substrate having a top surface on which a pattern having a plurality of engraved grooves is disposed, a conductive layer disposed in the grooves, and a conductive nanowire layer disposed on the top surface of the transparent substrate and electrically connected with the conductive layer.

Abstract: A composite article includes a laminate structure of at least first and second fiber layers. Each of the layers includes a network of primary reinforcement fibers disposed in a matrix. The layers are bonded to each other along an interface of the matrices. The matrices include a concentration of secondary reinforcement particles locally at the interface to strengthen the interface.

Abstract: A piston ring for a piston of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The piston ring comprises a body having an outer contact surface. A tribological coating is formed on the outer contact surface of the body. The tribological coating comprises a quaternary Cr—V—Ti—N system. In one form, the tribological coating is deposited on the outer contact surface of the body as a stack of multiple layers.

Abstract: A non-rigid composite sheet comprising in order (i) a first component comprising at least one first fabric of continuous filament yarns having a tenacity of at least 11 g/dtex and a first polymeric layer, (ii) a second component comprising at least one second fabric of continuous filament glass yarns, the at least one second fabric being adjacent to the at least one first fabric of the first component, and (iii) a third component comprising a second polymeric layer.

Abstract: Fibers sized with a coating of amorphous polyetherketoneketone are useful in the preparation of reinforced polymers having improved properties, wherein the amorphous polyetherketoneketone can improve the compatibility of the fibers with the polymeric matrix.

Abstract: Methods of forming polycrystalline compacts include subjecting a plurality of grains of hard material interspersed with a catalyst material to high-temperature and high-pressure conditions to form a polycrystalline material having intergranular bonds and interstitial spaces between adjacent grains of the hard material. The catalyst material is disposed in at least some of the interstitial spaces in the polycrystalline material. The methods further comprise substantially removing the catalyst material from the interstitial spaces in at least a portion of the polycrystalline material to form an at least partially leached polycrystalline compact; and removing a portion of the polycrystalline material from which the catalyst material has been substantially removed from the at least partially leached polycrystalline compact. The polycrystalline cutting elements may be secured to a bit body of an earth-boring tool.

Abstract: A dielectric adhesive film for an electronic paper display device, by which the operating performance of a flexible display device is excellent even applying a high voltage when the flexible display device is operated, by controlling a dielectric constant with respect to an adhesive film for attaching a lower electrode to which a voltage is applied with an image upper electrode on which particles, which possess electric charges with various colors that change according to an applied voltage, are coated to adjust the electric charges of the adhesive film in the thickness direction to thereby minimize loss of the applied voltage while maintaining an adhesive property and reliability.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a formulation for use in the fabrication of a light-emitting device, the formulation including a population of semiconductor nanoparticles incorporated into a plurality of discrete microbeads comprising an optically transparent medium, the nanoparticle-containing medium being embedded in a host light-emitting diode encapsulation medium. A method of preparing such a formulation is described. There is further provided a light-emitting device including a primary light source in optical communication with such a formulation and a method of fabricating the same.

Abstract: A laminate film includes a gas barrier film having a barrier layer and a support which supports the barrier layer stacked on one surface of an optical functional layer, in which the gas barrier film and the optical functional layer satisfy the following adhesion force conditions: an adhesion force between the support and the barrier layer is smaller than an adhesion force between the optical functional layer and the barrier layer, and an adhesion force between the support and the barrier layer is an adhesion force enabling peeling.

Abstract: A joined body includes a first member, a second member having a high coefficient of thermal expansion as compared to that of the first member, and a joint portion which at least partially includes a mixed layer containing metal of a transition metal and an oxide of the transition metal and which joins the first member and the second member. In this joint portion, a first layer containing a first oxide of a transition metal, a second layer containing a second oxide of a transition metal having a low valence as compared to that of the first oxide, and the mixed layer containing metal of a transition metal and an oxide thereof preferably are formed so as to form a multilayer structure.

Abstract: A method for processing a thin glass is provided. The thin glass is subjected to a tensile stress ?app smaller than 1.15 · Min ? ( ? _ a - ? a ? 0.4 · ( 1 - ln ? ( A ref A App ? ? ) ) , ? ? _ e - ? e ? 0.4 · ( 1 - ln ? ( L ref L App ? ? ) ) ) , wherein ?a is a mean value of tensile stress at break for fractures in a surface of samples of the thin glass under bending stress, wherein ?a is a mean value of tensile stress at break for fractures emanating from an edge of the samples, wherein Lref is an edge length and Aref is a surface area of the samples, wherein ?e and ?a denote standard deviations of the mean values ?e and ?a, respectively, and wherein Aapp is a surface area of the thin glass, Lapp is a summated edge length of opposite edges of the thin glass, and ? is a predefined maximum fracture rate within a period of time of at least half a year.

Abstract: A method may be used to produce a seamless pressure vessel for storing hydrogen. So that such a pressure vessel withstands both very high internal pressures and pressure fluctuations and (low) temperatures and temperature fluctuations and also high mechanical loading, is resistant to embrittlement, and is comparatively lightweight, a round or tubular workpiece may be formed that includes a multi-layer composite sheet metal material comprising a carrier layer made of steel material and a shielding layer resistant to hydrogen embrittlement by a flow forming process into a seamless hollow body, which serves as a semifinished product to be further processed into the seamless pressure vessel. The shielding layer may represent an inner layer of the pressure vessel. During the flow forming of the workpiece, the shielding layer may be retained as a whole-area, uninterrupted layer.

Abstract: A joined body 20 includes a first member 21 which is a ceramic containing Si, a second member 22, and a joining portion 30 which is formed of an electrically conductive oxide containing a Fe3O4 phase and which joins the first member 21 and the second member 22. In the joined body 20, no reaction layer is preferably formed at a joining interface between the electrically conductive oxide and the first member 21. The joining portion 30 is preferably formed to have a multilayer structure in which from the first matter 21 to the second member 22, a first layer containing a first oxide of a transition metal, a second layer containing an electrically conductive oxide of a transition metal having a low valence as compared to that of the first oxide, and a mixed layer containing a transition metal and an oxide thereof are formed.

Abstract: A mask assembly and an apparatus and method of manufacturing a display apparatus. The mask assembly includes a mask frame, a plurality of mask sheets arranged on the mask frame, and a support frame arranged on the mask frame and having a portion that contacts and supports the mask sheets.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous compositions of associative polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), optionally containing surfactants, biocidal agents and/or oxidants, which can provide a cleaning benefit and surface protection to treated articles including reduced soiling tendency, reduced cleaning effort and improved soil repellancy, as well as providing bacteriostatic properties to treated surfaces that thereby gain resistance to water, environmental exposure and microbial challenge.

Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device having a photo-excited phosphor layer, with two monochromatic light beams (1, 1a, 1b) that counter propagate within the phosphor layer (2) thereby providing a destructive interference of the excitation light outside the phosphor layer (2). The excitation light source has an output wavelength greater than a peak absorption wavelength of the phosphor. This enables more efficient conversion of light and reduced heating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gas barrier film laminate comprising at least two gas barrier films and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the at least two gas barrier films being stacked through the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, at least one of the at least two gas barrier films including a base formed of a plastic film, and at least one gas barrier layer provided on the base, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer being a layer formed using a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that includes a rubber-based compound. The invention also relates to an electronic member comprising the gas barrier film laminate. The gas barrier film laminate exhibits a high water vapor barrier capability, and does not show interfacial lifting at the end thereof.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to overcome drawbacks of conventional optical filters such as near-infrared cut filters and to provide an optical filter which generates little scatted light even during light absorption and has excellent transmittance property. The optical filter of the present invention is characterized by containing a squarylium-based compound and a compound which absorbs or quenches fluorescence of the squarylium-based compound. The optical filter of the present invention preferably contains a near-infrared absorbing dye containing a squarylium compound (A) and at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a phthalocyanine-based compound (B-1) and a cyanine-based compound (B-2).

Abstract: The present invention refers to a multilayer heat shrinkable film characterized by a combination of desirable properties, such as high shrinkage, good optical properties, excellent sealability and puncture resistance. The invention further is directed to a method of producing said film. The invention is further directed to the use of said film or bags and pouches made therefrom for packaging goods as for example food products.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to overcome drawbacks of conventional optical filters such as near-infrared cut filters and to provide an optical filter which generates little scatted light even during light absorption and has excellent transmittance property. The optical filter of the present invention is characterized by containing a squarylium-based compound and a compound which absorbs or quenches fluorescence of the squarylium-based compound. The optical filter of the present invention preferably contains a near-infrared absorbing dye containing a squarylium compound (A) and at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a phthalocyanine-based compound (B-1) and a cyanine-based compound (B-2).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carboxylic branched chain-cutting agent for a golf ball-covering ionomer resin, a golf ball coating composition, and a method for manufacturing a golf ball. The present invention can provide a coating composition containing within an appropriate range, a specific compound for use as a carboxylic branched chain-cutting agent for a golf ball-covering ionomer resin, and thus can provide a golf ball on which a bridge is formed between a golf ball covering resin and a coating resin. By providing the coating composition containing a specific composition for use as a carboxylic branched chain-cutting agent for a golf ball-covering ionomer resin, the present invention is appropriate for ensuring the physical properties of the golf ball, such as yellowing resistance, and workability, such as pot life, even eliminating an adhesion pretreatment step, thereby reducing side effects due to the existing pretreatment step while providing a golf ball having excellent physical properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated film comprising a polyester film having a resin layer on at least one side thereof, wherein said resin layer contains at least metal oxide particles (A) having a number average particle diameter of 3 nm or more and 50 nm or less, and an acrylic resin (B), and a component (C1) derived from an oxazoline-based compound and/or a component (C2) derived from a melamine-based compound, and wherein said acrylic resin (B) contains a monomer unit (b1), a monomer unit (b2) and a monomer unit (b3). The present invention provides a laminated film which is excellent in transparency, suppression of interference pattern upon lamination of a high refractive index hard coat layer, adhesive property to a high refractive index hard coat layer, and adhesion under high temperature and high humidity conditions (adhesion under high temperature and high humidity conditions), at a low cost.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective glove, which has different polymer layers arranged in a multi-layered polymer composite material. According to the present disclosure, the protective glove contains polyvinyl alcohol and a protective layer on top of this containing a fluorinated elastomer. The present disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing a protective glove of this kind. The combination of various polymers and their arrangement in the polymer composite material achieve a powerful protective action against a multitude of chemical compound classes while simultaneously producing advantageous mechanical properties.

Abstract: Provided is a ruthenium alloy sputtering target as a ruthenium alloy sintered compact target obtained by sintering mixed powder of ruthenium powder and metal powder capable of creating oxides easier than ruthenium, wherein purity of the target excluding gas components is 99.95 wt % or higher, said target contains 5 at % to 60 at % of metal capable of creating oxides easier than ruthenium, relative density is 99% or higher, and oxygen content as impurities is 1000 ppm or less. This ruthenium alloy sputtering target is capable of reducing its oxygen content, reducing the generation of arcing and particles during sputtering, increasing the target strength by improving the sintered density, and improving the deposition quality by strictly restricting the amount of B and P impurities in the target in order to prevent the compositional variability of B and P added in minute amounts to the Si semiconductor.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a stacked thin film transistor (TFT) structure comprises: forming at least two TFTs on a substrate of a display device; at least partially covering the at least two TFTs with an insulating layer; forming a common electrode on the insulating layer and the at least two TFTs; covering, at least partially, the common electrode with a dielectric material, wherein the insulating layer, the common electrode, and the dielectric material each include a contact hole; filling, at least partially, the contact hole with a conductive material; and depositing the conductive material over the dielectric material to form a pixel electrode.

Abstract: The invention concerns a high performance polyethylene (HPPE) member comprising at least 5 wt-% of a radiopaque component, the HPPE member is biocompatible and the radiopaque component is a particulate at least partially arranged inside a HPPE filament of the HPPE member. Furthermore, the radiopaque component has a particle size of at most 1 ?m, preferably the radiopaque component has a particle size if at most 0.5 ?m. The invention also concerns a method of making the HPPE member and various medical devices and repair products comprising the HPPE member.

Abstract: Fibers sized with a coating of amorphous polyetherketoneketone are useful in the preparation of reinforced polymers having improved properties, wherein the amorphous polyetherketoneketone can improve the compatibility of the fibers with the polymeric matrix.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a primary contact or primary body comprising of a primary material with a propensity to corrode. A location on a surface of the primary body is an active location and functions to interface with a secondary body. The active location has a first surface and an oppositely disposed second surface. An anode material is applied to the second surface adjacent to the active location on the first surface. The primary body is exposed to a corrosive material. The anode material functions to divert a galvanic corrosive medium from the active location to the applied anode material.

Abstract: The invention concerns a threaded tubular component for drilling or working hydrocarbon wells, said tubular component having at one of its ends (1; 2) a threaded zone (3; 4) produced on its outer or inner peripheral surface depending on whether the threaded end is male or female in type, in which at least a portion of the end (1; 2) is coated with at least one film of polyurethane (12), 100% solid state, with an essentially rigid structure, based on a matrix of polyurethane and polyurea, in which the urethane functionality is predominant with respect to the urea functionality in a proportion of at least 55% by weight.

Abstract: Low density mirrors for optical assemblies and methods of manufacture thereof. In one example, a reflective mirror is formed of a magnesium or magnesium alloy substrate that is single point diamond turned to provide a reflective surface. The magnesium or magnesium alloy substrate is compatible with thin-film finishing processes and/or magnetorheological finishing which may be applied to improve a surface finish of the mirror.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to overcome drawbacks of conventional optical filters such as near-infrared cut filters and to provide an optical filter which generates little scatted light even during light absorption and has excellent transmittance property. The optical filter of the present invention is characterized by containing a squarylium-based compound and a compound which absorbs or quenches fluorescence of the squarylium-based compound. The optical filter of the present invention preferably contains a near-infrared absorbing dye containing a squarylium compound (A) and at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a phthalocyanine-based compound (B-1) and a cyanine-based compound (B-2).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a heater, in particular a high-temperature heater and also a high-temperature heater, for example for domestic heating appliances, in which a layer that produces heat when a current flows through is provided on a carrier material (12) as a heating element (14), wherein a first electrically conductive layer (16) which is formed from a free-flowing, non-electrically conductive base material and carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material (12), wherein a protective layer (17) is applied to this first layer (16) and at least partly penetrates into the first layer (14) as it is applied, or wherein a functional layer (21) with carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material (12), and wherein the at least one layer (16, 17) or the functional layer (21) makes contact with strip-like contact elements (18), and the layers (16, 17) applied to the carrier material or the functional layer (21) are heated.