Abstract: Provided is a rubber composite including rubber having an internal structure and an external surface, and a heavy-fraction oil distillate, where the heavy-fraction oil distillate is substantially contained within the internal structure, and the rubber external surface is substantially oil-free. Also provided are compositions containing the rubber composite, and processes for obtaining the rubber composite.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing the raw material (46) used in producing black dye pigment. The invention further relates to a raw material (46) for producing black dye pigment as well as to the use of ash (20,24,26) separated from the raw synthetic gas (12, 14, 18) in the purification of the raw synthetic gas (12, 14, 18) generated in the gasification of a biomass (2, 4, 6) for producing black dye pigment.

Abstract: Spacer particles for a resin composition layer have a compressive strength at 10% compressive deformation (10% compressive strength) at room temperature (rt) of 0.05 to 10 MPa or a compressive strength at room temperature of 0.01 to 2 N determined as a compressive load at 10% compressive deformation in a film state, have a rate of change in 10% compressive strength by a temperature change from rt to 50° C. of 5% or less, a rate of change in 10% compressive strength by a temperature change from ?20° C. to rt of 30% or less, or a rate of change in compressive strength by a temperature change from ?50° C. to 50° C. of 15% or less determined as a compressive load at 10% compressive deformation in a film state, and have a volume average particle diameter of 2 to 200 ?m and a coefficient of variation in particle diameter of 15% or less.

Abstract: A material is described in the form of a millimetric article constituted by coarse alumina particles with a median diameter in the range 10 to 200 ?m, said coarse particles being at a distance, from one interface to another, of less than 10 ?m, fine alumina particles with a median diameter in the range 0.5 to 10 ?m, said fine particles being at a distance, from one interface to another, of less than 5 ?m and being located in the space between the coarse particles, and a binder constituted by aluminium phosphate, said binder being located in the space between said fine and coarse particles, said material having a mesoporous volume, measured by mercury porosimetry, in the range 0.2 to 2 mL/g, a macroporous volume, measured by mercury porosimetry, in the range 0.05 to 0.2 mL/g and a BET specific surface area in the range 80 to 350 m2/g.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods of preparing nanoparticle aggregates.

Abstract: This invention relates to a chimaeric human papillomavirus (HPV) virus like particle (VLP) having a diameter of about 30 nm. The invention further relates to methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of HPV infection and/or cervical cancer by administration of the chimaeric HPV VLP of the invention to a subject.

Abstract: The invention discloses a nanoreinforcement to produce polymeric nanocomposites from a natural laminar silicate from volcanic sources. The invention also discloses the manufacture process and use thereof to obtain polyolefin nanocomposites useful for the automotive, aerospace, construction and packaging industries, among others.

Abstract: An inorganic filler including a closed pore having a content of 1 to 30 vol. %, an insulation layer including the same, and a substrate using the insulation layer. With the insulation layer using the inorganic filler prepared so as to include a closed pore corresponding to a change rate in volume, the closed pore may offset change in volume in the inorganic filler and release stress, thereby improving a coefficient of thermal expansion according to change in temperature of the insulation layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing home and personal care product and a method for manufacturing degreased coffee particles thereof. The home and personal care product comprises coffee particles with different sizes, in which the coffee particles are degreased by physical and chemical methods and then grinded to different sizes to meet the requirements of different products. Natural compositions from original coffee can be further added for enhancing the clean and care effects of the product.

Abstract: Provided are a porous silicon-based anode active material including crystalline silicon (Si) particles, and a plurality of pores on surfaces, or the surfaces and inside of the crystalline silicon particles, wherein at least one plane of crystal planes of at least a portion of the plurality of pores includes a (100) plane, and a method of preparing the porous silicon-based anode active material. Since a porous silicon-based anode active material of the present invention may allow volume expansion, which is occurred during charge and discharge of a lithium secondary battery, to be concentrated on pores instead of the outside of the anode active material, the porous silicon-based anode active material may improve life characteristics of the lithium secondary battery by efficiently controlling the volume expansion.

Abstract: A red phosphor includes a nitride represented by an empirical formula of Sr1?x?yBaxEuyAlSi4N7. A composition ratio (x) of barium (Ba) satisfies 0<x?0.3 and a composition ratio (y) of europium (Eu) satisfies 0<y?0.1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel nanocomposite materials, methods of making nanocomposites and uses of nanocomposite materials. In particular, the invention relates to composite materials which contain two-dimensional materials (e.g. graphene) in multi-layer form i.e. in a form which has a number of atomic layers. The properties of a composite material containing two-dimensional material is in multi-layer from are shown to be superior to those which contain the two-dimensional material in monolayer form.

Abstract: Phosphatic clays, and the use of phosphatic clays as a soil wetting agent. Phosphatic clays as wetting agents aid in the retention of water in sandy soil, and/or for prevention or reduction of leaching of nutrients. Due to its unique mineralogy, rheology, particle size and shape, phosphatic clay exhibits high water absorbing and retaining qualities as compared to other clay varieties. Further, phosphatic clay is readily available as a by-product of mining of phosphatic ore. The phosphatic clay wetting agents increases the effectiveness of the water applied to the soil, thereby reducing the amount of run-off, and reducing the amount of water needed to accomplish sufficient irrigation. The phosphatic clay wetting agents can be delivered to the soil as a sprinkle-on product, granule product, spray-on product, soil amendment, fertilizer or seed coating, or fertilizer composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alumina-zirconia nanostructured composite material characterised in that the content of elements other than Al, Zr, Hf, Y, Ce and O is less than 100 ppm, the Cl content is less than 1 ppm, at least one of the components has a mean grain size in the final material smaller than 500 nm, and at least 1/10 of the particles are in the intragranular position. Another object of the invention is the process for obtaining said material, as well as the use thereof.

Abstract: In the invention, a sealing composition for a semiconductor is provided which includes a polymer that includes two or more cationic functional groups including at least one of a tertiary nitrogen atom or a quaternary nitrogen atom, that has a weight average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 1,000,000, and that has a branching degree of 48% or more, wherein a content of sodium and a content of potassium in the sealing composition are each 10 ppb by weight or less on an element basis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer powder which comprises nylon-11, and to the use of this powder for shaping processes, and also to moldings produced from this polymer powder. The shaping processes are layer-by-layer processes which use powders, where regions of the respective layer are selectively melted via introduction of electromagnetic energy. The selectivity may—with no intention of restricting the invention thereto—be achieved via masks, application of inhibitors, of absorbers, or of susceptors, or via focusing of the energy introduced. After cooling, the regions then solidified can be removed in the form of moldings from the powder bed. Compared with moldings composed of conventional powders, the moldings constructed using the inventive powder by one of the inventive processes exhibit marked advantages in terms of component properties, particularly surface finish.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for oxidising Sn2+ dissolved in an aqueous solution to stannic compounds using NO2 and optionally O2 as oxidants, wherein the aqueous solution is kept at a pH in the range of 0 to 7, wherein a salt Sn2+(Xn?)2/n and the oxidants are used according to the reaction scheme a Sn2+(Xn?)2/n +b O2+c NO2??stannic compounds in which scheme a, b and c are mole numbers; with the proviso that when b is essentially zero, then the aqueous solution is essentially free of Cl?, HSO4? and SO42?.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods and active materials for purifying gas streams containing halide as a contaminant, for example, in amounts as low as parts-per-million (ppm) or even parts-per-billion (ppb). In one aspect of the invention, an active material includes (a) one or more first metals each present as a metal oxide or metal hydroxide, the first metals being selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold; and (b) one or more second metals each present as a metal oxide or metal hydroxide, the one or more second metals being selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, scandium, yttrium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, technetium, and rhenium.

Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a nanoparticle system for targeted gene delivery or a drug delivery and a method of synthesising the same. The nanoparticle composition for targeted gene transfer and drug delivery comprises a protein, a chitosan and a lipid. A method of synthesizing the nanoparticles involves preparing a gelatine and chitosan gel. A milky colloid solution is prepared with the gelatine, chitosan solution and a phosphatidylcholine. The milky colloid is homogenized for the self assembly of the nanoparticles. The milky colloid is subjected to high speed and high pressure homogenizer. The CHO cells are transfected with nanoparticles and lipofectamine 2000 for comparing the transfection efficiency. The nanoparticles deliver DNA, RNA, ribozyme and nucleotide sequences. The nanoparticles deliver lipophylic and hydrophilic drugs. The transfection efficiency of gene and drug is higher when the target cells are transferred with nanoparticles, compared to the cells transferred with lipofectamine 2000.

Abstract: The present invention provides an iron nitride based magnetic powder which comprises the Fe16N2 phases and the Fe4N phases. The iron nitride based magnetic powder of the present invention is obtained by subjecting the iron oxide or the starting material to an reduction treatment and a nitriding treatment, wherein the starting material is obtained by covering the surfaces of the iron oxide particles by a Si-based compound as required. The iron nitride based magnetic powder consists of 70 at % or more and 95 at or less of the phases of Fe16N2. compound and 5 at % or more and 30 at % or less of the phases of Fe4N compound in terms of Fe as measured by the Mossbauer spectra.

Abstract: According to various embodiments the present disclosure provides porous particles and methods and apparatus for forming porous microparticles. According to a specific embodiment, the present disclosure provides microparticles with multi-nodal porosity and methods for forming the same. According to a still further embodiment, the present disclosure provides microfluidic device-based methods for forming microparticles with multi-nodal nanoporosity. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides populations of monodisperse mesoporous microparticles with multi-nodal nanoporosity and methods and apparatus for forming the same. According to a specific embodiment, the present disclosure provides populations of monodisperse mesoporous microparticles formed using a microfluidic device.

Abstract: A fully calcined kaolin pigment extender is provided which has a product Mullite Index (M.I.) of 25.0 or higher. The calcined kaolin pigment extender can be advantageously used in paints to improve scrub and burnish resistance.

Abstract: An artificial lipid-polymer-DNA complex, an in-vivo imaging agent, a pharmaceutical composition and a method of preparing the same are provided. The artificial lipid bilayer includes a polymer matrix including polylactic-co-glycolic acid disposed within a lipid membrane.

Abstract: A bio-mineralized composition for use in an electrochemical cell is described. The bio-mineralized composition may comprise a material represented by general formula y[Li1±xMaPOc).(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz or y[Li1±xMaOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz or y[Li1±xMaOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz or y[Li1±xMaOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz or y[Ma].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1=e].Cz or y[Li1±xMaSiaOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3=d(Ap)1±e].Cz, or y[Li1±xMaOc].w[Li2±xMaOc].(1-y-w)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz, or y[Li1±xMaBOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz, or y[MaOx].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz where M represents at least one element; Ap represents group of mixtures; C represents Carbon or its allotropes; P represents element phosphorous; Si represents silicon; Li represents lithium; B represents boron; O represents oxygen and x, y, z, w, a, b, c, d and e represent a number.

Abstract: A halide scintillator material is disclosed where the halide may comprise chloride, bromide or iodide. The material is single-crystalline and has a composition of the general formula ABX3 where A is an alkali, B is an alkali earth and X is a halide which general composition was investigated. In particular, crystals of the formula ACa1-yEuyI3 where A=K, Rb and Cs were formed as well as crystals of the formula CsA1-yEuyX3 (where A=Ca, Sr, Ba, or a combination thereof and X=Cl. Br or I or a combination thereof) with divalent Europium doping where 0?z?1, and more particularly Eu doping has been studied at one to ten mol %. The disclosed scintillator materials are suitable for making scintillation detectors used in applications such as medical imaging and homeland security.

Abstract: The present invention relates to titanium dioxide nanoparticles, titanate, lithium titanate nanoparticles, and preparation methods thereof. According to the present invention, titanium dioxide nanoparticles having a quasicrystalline phase corresponding to an intermediate form between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase may be provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are silicon carbide powders and a method of preparing the same. The method includes forming a mixture by mixing a silicon (Si) source, a carbon (C) source, and a silicon carbide (SiC) seed, and reacting the mixture. The silicon carbide (SiC) powders include silicon carbide (SiC) grains having a ?-type crystal phase and a grain size in a range of about 5 ?m to about 100 ?m.

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention relates to: a heat ray shielding adhesive which is used in bonding to a windowpane and the like and shields neat rays; a heat ray shielding transparent adhesive sheet; and a method for producing the heat ray shielding adhesive. The present invention provides a heat ray shielding transparent adhesive sheet which has nigh transmittance in the visible light region, low haze and more excellent transparency. [Solution] Transparency and heat ray shielding properties can be imparted in a simpler manner by using a heat ray shielding adhesive composition which contains fine heat ray shielding particles that have a half-value width of the first main peak of from. 0.01° to 0.80° (inclusive) as determined by X-ray diffraction pattern, and a heat ray shielding transparent adhesive sheet is therefore able to be produced at low cost.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermal spray coatings, powders useful in deposition of the thermal spray coatings, methods of producing the powders, and uses of the thermal spray coatings, for example, coating of piston rings and cylinder liners of internal combustion engines. The coatings of this invention are applied by thermal spray deposition of a powder. The powder contains bimetallic carbides of chromium and molybdenum dispersed in a matrix metal. The matrix metal contains nickel/chromium/molybdenum.

Abstract: Stabilized, spherical, amorphous calcium carbonate particles having a mean particle diameter in the range from 0.05 ?m to 2.0 ?m and a water content of at most 5.0 wt % measured as residual moisture at 200° C., wherein the calcium carbonate particles comprise at least one substance which has a molar mass greater than 100 g/mol and satisfies the formula R—Xn, wherein the radical R represents a radical comprising at least one carbon atom, the radical X represents a group which comprises at least one oxygen atom and at least one carbon atom, sulphur atom, phosphorus atom and/or nitrogen atom and n preferably constitutes a whole number in the range from 1 to 20, the proportion of crystalline calcium carbonate is less than 30 wt %, and the specific surface area of the calcium carbonate particles is at most 20 m2/g.

Abstract: Fine particles of crystalline polyol are provided having a cationic polymer fixed on the crystal surfaces. These fine particles can stably carry an anionically charged compound on their surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides for functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions and methods for making these compositions. The compositions are fluorescent nanocrystals coated with at least one material. The coating material has chemical compounds or ligands with functional groups or moieties with conjugated electrons and moieties for imparting solubility to coated fluorescent nanocrystals in aqueous solutions. The coating material provides for functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions which are water soluble, chemically stable, and emit light with a high quantum yield and/or luminescence efficiency when excited with light. The coating material may also have chemical compounds or ligands with moieties for bonding to target molecules and cells as well as moieties for cross-linking the coating.

Abstract: This invention is about organic powder materials useful as the replacement of mineral or inorganic fillers in composites. The organic powder materials have particle size less than 60 ?m and are visually non-differentiable in composites. The gel coat materials with the organic powder have uniform color appearance and have improved color stability when exposed to moisture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pigments comprising a substrate and, applied thereto, an iron-containing coating comprising metallic iron, process for the preparation of the pigments according to the invention, and the use thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a shaped article made of porous hydrogel that contains a polyvinyl alcohol acetalized with a dialdehyde, wherein the shaped article after freeze-drying has a pore size of 0.1 to 50 ?m. Preferably, the shaped article made of porous hydrogel further contains a water-soluble polysaccharide. Also preferably, an acetalization degree of the polyvinyl alcohol is 1 to 50 mol %. Also preferably, the shaped article made of porous hydrogel is in the form of particles with a sphere-equivalent diameter of 1 to 20 mm. Such a shaped article made of porous hydrogel exhibits high strength and good survivability of microorganisms.

Abstract: An orally disintegrating tablet is obtained by dry tabletting a mixture of: hydroxyalkyl cellulose microparticles having a 50% particle size in the cumulative particle size distribution of more than or equal to 15 ?m and less than 40 ?m, and having a hydroxyalkyl group content of 40 to 80% by mass; a main drug as a pharmaceutical ingredient; and optionally, additives such as an excipient, a binder, a disintegrant, a lubricating agent, an agent for sustained release, a base material, a coloring agent, a pH adjusting agent, a pH buffer agent, a surfactant, a stabilizer, an acidulant, a flavoring agent, a fluidizing agent, a refreshing agent, a sweetener, a savoring component, and a sweetness intensifier.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode active material including a mixture of at least two kinds of lithium metal oxide particles having different mass median particle diameters D50 and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A raw material for growing an ingot according to the embodiment comprises an agglomerate raw material in which fine particles are agglomerated, wherein the agglomerate raw material has a granular shape. A method for fabricating a raw material for growing an ingot according to the embodiment comprises the steps of: preparing an ultrahigh-purity powder; and granulating the ultrahigh-purity powder. A method for fabricating an ingot according to the embodiment comprises the steps of: preparing a raw material; filling the raw material in a crucible; and growing a single crystal from the raw material, wherein the raw material comprises an agglomerate raw material in which fine particles are agglomerated, and the agglomerate raw material has a granular shape.

Abstract: A brookite-form crystalline titanium oxide powder has a volume-standard median diameter in the range of 0.3 to 40 ?m as measured by a laser diffraction particle size distribution meter, and contains a brookite-form crystal in an amount of 90% by mass or more as measured by a powder X-ray diffraction method. A method for producing a brookite-form crystalline titanium oxide powder comprises a preparation step of preparing a crystalline titanium oxyoxalate powder, and a heating step of heating the crystalline titanium oxyoxalate powder at a temperature of 550° C. to 820° C.

Abstract: Provided are organosilica composites based on bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulfide (TESPTS) or bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)disulfide (TESPDS) and containing octadecyltrimethoxy silane (C18TMS) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and a method for preparing hollow or porous carbon structures and silica structures using the same. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to obtain hollow or porous carbon structures and silica structures in a more simple and cost-efficient manner. Thus, the resultant structures have a high surface area and a large mesopore volume, so that they may serve as catalyst carriers for fuel cells capable of loading metal catalyst particles having a smaller particle size in a larger amount and in a more homogeneously dispersed state.

Abstract: A method for preparing silicon carbide powder according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the steps of: mixing a silicon (Si) source with a carbon (C) source including a solid carbon source or an organic carbon compound, and a silicon dioxide (SiO2) source, to form a mixture; and allowing the mixture to react, wherein the molar ratio of silicon dioxide in the silicon dioxide source to the sum of silicon in the silicon source and carbon in the carbon source is 0.01:1 to 0.3:1.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for manufacturing neuraminic acid derivatives. [Means for solution] Methods for manufacturing compounds represented by the formula (I): [wherein R1 represents a C1-C19 alkyl group], or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, using N-acetylneuraminic acid dihydrate as a starting raw material are provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for water soluble polyethylene glycol (PEG)-polymeric melanin (PEG-melanin) nanoparticles, methods of using the PEG-melanin nanoparticle, methods of making the PEG-melanin nanoparticle, methods of imaging a diseases or condition (e.g., pre-cancerous tissue, cancer, or a tumor), and the like. Embodiments of the present disclosure can be used in multimodal imaging (e.g., photoacoustic, nuclear, magnetic, fluorescent, and the like).

Abstract: The present invention describes a process for the treatment of a precipitate starting material comprising magnesium ammonium phosphate, magnesium potassium phosphate or potassium phosphate, or any derivate thereof, or a mixture thereof, said process comprising dewatering of the precipitate starting material, wherein the dewatering is performed by use of a hydrocyclone followed by the removal of excess water by filtration, and wherein the product obtained is a powder product. Furthermore, the present invention also discloses a powder product comprising particles of magnesium ammonium phosphate and/or magnesium potassium phosphate, wherein at least 75% of the particles have a particle size of maximum 10 ?m and wherein at least 50% of the particles have a particle size in the range of 4-10 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed are silica composite particles in which silica particles are subjected to surface treatment with an aluminum compound in which an organic group is bonded to an aluminum atom through an oxygen atom, and an aluminum surface coverage is from 0.01 atomic % to 30 atomic %, an average particle size is from 30 nm to 500 nm, and a particle size distribution index is from 1.1 to 1.5.

Abstract: This invention relates to a surface modified silica by an alkyl sulfonated tetrazole compound, a preparation method thereof, and a resin composition containing the same. The silica according to this invention can exhibit superior adhesion to a metal.

Abstract: A process for producing cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) involves providing a cellulosic material, contacting the cellulosic material with an inorganic persulfate at an elevated temperature to produce CNCs, and recovering the CNCs. The process permits one-step production of CNCs from vegetative biomasses such as flax and hemp. Cellulose nanocrystals produced by the process with carboxylic groups are more uniform and have higher aspect ratios than CNCs produced by prior art processes.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure provide thermal interface materials having high thermal conductivities. In one aspect, a thermal interface material comprises metal-diamond composite nanoparticles, where each composite nanoparticle comprises a diamond core surrounded by a metal shell with a low fusion temperature. In one aspect, a thermal interface is formed between two surfaces (e.g., surfaces of a heat source and heat sink) by applying the thermal interface material between the two surfaces and heating the thermal interface material to the fusion temperature of the metal shells. The heating causes the metal shells to fuse together and to the two surfaces. The fusion results in a thermal interface between the two surfaces comprising a metal layer formed by the fused metal shells and the diamond cores embedded within the metal layer. The high thermal conductivity of the embedded diamond cores greatly enhance the thermal conductivity of the thermal interface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing water-absorbent resin particles which show an excellent water absorption rate and high equilibrium swelling capacity and which have an appropriate particle size to be excellent in handleability, and water-absorbent resin particles obtained by the method.

Abstract: TiO2 nanoparticles having improved consistent particle morphology, uniform particle size, and which contain uniform intra-particle pores in the mesopore size range are produced by wet chemical hydrolysis.