Abstract: Described herein is a method and system for providing a countermeasure against laser detection systems using nanocomponent material that is tailored to cloak or obscure a target from detection by transmitted laser radiation. The nanodot material absorbs and/or down-converts the transmitted laser radiation. Similarly, described herein is a method and system for providing a countermeasure against laser systems intended to blind a target through the use of a specifically engineered nanocomponent material for absorbing and/or down-converting the radiation from the laser system.

Abstract: Novel release agents comprising a carboxylic acid comprising at least six carbon atoms and at least one free carboxylic acid group and a polysiloxane comprising at least one organically bound active hydrogen group, which release agents are particularly suited for use in forming lignocellulosic composites prepared using an isocyanate adhesive. Processes for the use of such release agents in the synthesis of lignocellulosic composites prepared using isocyanate adhesives.

Abstract: Improved methods and compositions for consolidating proppant in fractures formed in subterranean zones are provided. An improvement of this invention comprises using proppant particles having a coating of hardenable resin including a gel breaker. The gel breaker facilitates removal of gelled carrier fluid from the surface of the proppant particles.

Abstract: Aerogels having a monolayer coating are described. The aerogel and a monolayer forming precursor are provided in a supercritical fluid, whereupon the aerogel and the monolayer forming precursor are reacted in said supercritical fluid to form a covalent bond between the aerogel and the monolayer forming precursor. Suitable aerogels are ceramic oxides such as silica, alumina, aluminosilicate, and combinations thereof. Suitable monolayer forming precursors include alkyl silanes, chlorosilanes, boranes, chloroboranes, germanes, and combinations thereof. The method may also include providing a surface preparation agent such as water, or hydroetching an aerogel to enhance the coating of the monolayer.

Abstract: Described are hydrophobic particulate inorganic oxides useful for reinforcing polymeric composition, e.g., rubber. The materials are characterized by: (a) the substantial absence of functional groups capable of chemical reaction with rubber; (b) a BET surface area of in the range of from 40 to 350 m2/g; (c) a hydroxyl content in the range of 2 to 15 OH/nm2; (d) a carbon content in the range of from 0.1 to 6 percent by weight that is substantially non-extractable; (e) a pH in the range of from 3 to 10; (f) an M1 Standard White Area less than 0.4 percent and (g) a methanol wettability of from 15 to 45 percent. Compositions such as polymers, cured organic rubber articles, master batches and slurries containing the hydrophobic fillers are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silica substrate treated with a polysiloxane, and an organosilane, wherein the organosilane is described by the formula: RSi(R?)x(OR?)3-x; wherein R is a long-chain hydrocarbon group having between about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms, which may also contain organofunctional groups such as vinyl, methacryl, amino, sulfur, and epoxy groups; R? and R? are independently selected from a methyl and ethyl group; and X is either 0 or 1. The optimal use for the treated silica substrate is as a rheology modifier in epoxy polymer materials, however, the silica substrate could also be used in other chemical compositions such as polyurethanes, polyesters, silicones, and hydrocarbon oils.

Abstract: An image display device having a vacuum envelope which has a light transmissible panel, a funnel and a neck, its inside held vacuum, a phosphor layer is formed on the inside surface of the light transmissible panel, an electron gun is disposed within the neck. An antistatic film which contains high-resistance fine particles having a specific resistivity of 106 to 109 ?·cm is formed on inside wall of the neck. The image display device is free from deterioration of display characteristics caused by a change of the track of electrons emitted by the application of voltage, a spark in a tube, or a leakage current.

Abstract: A silica-based material that includes a silica-based substrate and a polymerized organic material disposed thereon. The polymerized organic material is made from reactive organic moieties bonded to the silica-based substrate.

Abstract: A process of producing an organically modified metal oxide wherein an aqueous slurry of a metal oxide which can be peptized in the presence of an acid is admixed with an aqueous slurry of an oregano silage having the formula RySiX4-y, the mixture of the aqueous slurry and the oregano silage being thermally aged to produce a colloidal metal oxide sol which can be dried to produce a powder which is readily discernible in polar compounds such as alcohols, water and the like.

Abstract: A surface reforming method capable of efficiently carrying out a sustainable, even reforming treatment on a prescribed surface part of an element, a surface treatment liquid to be employed for the above-described method, and an element having a reformed surface treated by the above-described method. A part of the surface of an element is subjected to the reforming treatment by providing the object surface with a polymer, which is different from a constituent material of the objet surface and comprises a first part having a functional group and a second part having an interfacial energy different from that of the functional group and approximately equal to the surface energy of the object surface and orienting the second part of the polymer toward the object surface and orienting the first part in a direction different from the object surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides an application material capable of forming a thin layer of high quality having controlled refractive index, a coating layer formed by using said application material, an antireflection coating using said coating layer, an antireflection film and image display to which said antireflection coating is applied. A coating layer formed from a coating composition comprising (1) rutile type titanium oxide coated with an inorganic compound decreasing or eliminating a photocatalyst activity and an organic compound and/or organometal compound having an anionic polar group, and having a primary particle size in the range from 0.01 to 0.

Abstract: A new class of releasable corrosion inhibiting materials for protective coatings, methods of making the same, methods of using the same, and coatings containing the same are provided. The materials comprise one or more corrosion inhibitors that are chemically anchored to the surface of a particle having an aluminum oxyhydroxide surface through a carboxylate bond. The carboxylate/aluminum-oxyhydroxide-surface bond breaks under corrosion-causing conditions (for example the presence of high levels of hydroxide ions generated by the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction on metals such as iron and aluminum) thereby allowing the corrosion inhibitors to detach from the particle surface when corrosion is present.

Abstract: Copolymer structures are formed by exposing a substrate with an imaging layer thereon to two or more beams of selected wavelengths to form interference patterns at the imaging layer to change the wettability of the imaging layer in accordance with the interference patterns. A layer of a selected block copolymer is deposited onto the exposed imaging layer and annealed to separate the components of the copolymer in accordance with the pattern of wettability and to replicate the pattern of the imaging layer in the copolymer layer. Stripes or isolated regions of the separated components may be formed with periodic dimensions in the range of 100 nm or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal compound is described capable of linking to an affinity molecule. The compound comprises (1) a semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation and/or absorbing energy, and/or scattering or diffracting electromagnetic radiation—when excited by an electromagnetic radiation source or a particle beam; and (2) at least one linking agent, having a first portion linked to the semiconductor nanocrystal and a second portion capable of linking to an affinity molecule. The compound is linked to an affinity molecule to form a semiconductor nanocrystal probe capable of bonding with a detectable substance. Subsequent exposure to excitation energy will excite the semiconductor nanocrystal in the probe causing the emission of electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: An active energy ray-curable antistatic coating composition contains (A) inorganic oxide fine particles having a side chain having a molecular weight of at least 300 and having a functional group and (B) an antistatic agent containing at least a quaternary ammonium salt group-containing polymer, a quaternary ammonium salt group-containing silane coupling agent and/or a hydrolysis condensate of the silane coupling agent, and optionally contains (C) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having at least 3 (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule.

Abstract: A dental material comprising a hardenable resin and silica particles dispersed within the hardenable resin, wherein the silica particles have an average diameter of less than about 200 nm and are present in an amount greater than about 40 wt % of the weight of the dental material. The dental material may further comprise a heavy metal oxide. The dental material can be used as dental adhesives, artificial crowns, anterior or posterior fillings, casting materials, cavity liners, cements, coating compositions, mill blanks, orthodontic devices, restoratives, prostheses, and sealants.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrophobic precipitated silica having the following properties: carbon content 1.0-8.0% methanol wettability ?20-55% reflectance >94% BET/CTAB ratio ??1 DBP absorption <250 g/100 g BET surface area ?50-110 m2/g CTAB surface area 100-150 m2/g Sears number <13. The present invention also provides methods for making and using the hydrophobic precipitated silica and articles and compositions which include the same.

Abstract: A film-forming composition contains surface-treated nanocrystalline particles dispersed in a cross-linkable resin. A substantially transparent, abrasion-resistant film is formed from the film-forming composition. Processes for preparing the film-forming composition and for preparing a substantially transparent, abrasion-resistant film are also included. The surface-treated nanocrystalline particles may be obtained by treating nanocrystalline particles with one or more siloxane species, such as a siloxane star-graft polymer coating.

Abstract: The invention provides non-stick coated molds, a process for the preparation thereof and their use for the production of plastics molded parts, particularly for the production of molded parts made of polyurethane foam.

Abstract: Silicon carbide particles coated with a pigmented coating result in silicon carbide particles which can be used in slip resistant flooring to achieve the desired slip resistance whilst giving improved aesthetic properties. The pigmented coating can be an organic coating such as a two part epoxy system or a water based or solvent based epoxy. Alternatively the pigmented coating can be an inorganic coating such as a ceramic glaze. Also provided are methods of coating silicon carbide particles with either an organic or an inorganic pigmented coating. Further provided are safety flooring materials including silicon carbide particles having a pigmented coating.

Abstract: Silylated silica is prepared by silylating silica with an organosiloxane composed of A units of the formula (I) (R13SiO1/2)??(I) and B units of the formulae (IIa-c) (R12SiO2/2), and/or??(IIa) (R1SiO3/2), and/or??(IIb) (SiO4/2)??(IIc), optionally having 1 or 2 attached groups —X on Si atoms, where X is OR, R being hydrogen or a monovalent alkyl radical having 1-4 carbon atoms, halogen, or acetoxy, R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, monovalent, optionally halogenated C1-18 hydrocarbon radical the groups ?SiX or ?SiX2 optionally present in a number C, wherein A, B, and C satisfy the relationships: 1?B?100 or 750<B<10 000, B?A+C, and, when A+C=0, 10?B?100 or 750<B<10 000. The silylated silica has a particularly homogenous coating of silylating agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inorganic spherical absorption pigments which have a bimodal particle-size distribution, at least one color-providing layer and a final SiO2 layer, and to the use thereof in paints, coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses, as tracers, in cosmetic formulations and for the preparation of pigment preparations and dry preparations.

Abstract: A hardening type reactive particles which contain a carbodiimide compound in such a way to have the reactive performance the carbodiimide group inherently has only in the surface layer section or both surface layer section and inside of the base particle, without deforming shape of the base particle. The hardening type reactive particles each comprising a base particle (A) of thermoplastic resin having a functional group and carbodiimide compound (B) impregnated only in the surface layer section or both surface layer section and inside of the base particle, wherein the base particle (A) and carbodiimide compound (B) are strong bonded to each other by the crosslinking reaction taking place under heating between the functional group in the former and carbodiimide group in the latter, and a process for producing the same.

Abstract: A method of coloring or coating particles, such as small stones, recycled plastic fragments or recycles rubber fragments comprises mixing the particles with curable liquid resin coating in a mixture, wherein the weight of the coating is within the range of 0.2 percent to 20 percent of the weight of the particles, accelerating the curing when needed by heating, radiation, or additional chemicals to speed the cure, and continuing to agitate the mixture in the mixer until the coating is cured. Preferably, the coated particles are recycled rubber fragments, and the particle size is larger than 0.1 mm, preferably in the range of 0.5 mm to 10 mm. The colored particles can be used as a cheap substitute colored EPTM granules.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprises: a non-magnetic base film; and a magnetic recording layer comprising a binder resin and black magnetic acicular composite particles having an average particle diameter of 0.051 to 0.35 ?m, comprising magnetic acicular cobalt-coated iron oxide particles or magnetic acicular metal particles containing iron as a main component, a coating formed on surface of the magnetic acicular particles, comprising at least one organosilicon compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) organosilane compounds obtainable from alkoxysilane compounds, and (2) polysiloxanes or modified polysiloxanes, and a carbon black coat formed on the coating layer comprising said organosilicon compound, in an amount of from more than 10 to 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said magnetic acicular particles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals associated to a compound, wherein the nanocrystals have a characteristic spectral emission, wherein said spectral emission is tunable to a desired wavelength by controlling the size of the nanocrystal, and wherein said emission provides information about a biological state or event.

Abstract: According to the present invention, the previously known functional material having a self-assembled monolayer on a substrate has a plurality of assembly molecules each with an assembly atom with a plurality of bonding sites (four sites when silicon is the assembly molecule) wherein a bonding fraction (or fraction) of fully bonded assembly atoms (the plurality of bonding sites bonded to an oxygen atom) has a maximum when made by liquid solution deposition, for example a maximum of 40% when silicon is the assembly molecule, and maximum surface density of assembly molecules was 5 silanes per square nanometer. Note that bonding fraction and surface population are independent parameters. The method of the present invention is an improvement to the known method for making a siloxane layer on a substrate, wherein instead of a liquid phase solution chemistry, the improvement is a supercritical phase chemistry.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a forgery/alteration protective material which containing a retroreflecting material and having an improved forgery/alteration protecting effect against the process of the upper part of the material. In order to achieve the above purpose, the forgery/alteration protective material 2 according to the invention where a retroreflecting material 4 for returning the incident light substantially along the path along which the incident light travels is provided and a transparent film 6 is layered on the retroreflecting material 4 is characterized in that a low transmittance layer 8 formed of a material having a lowerer light transmittance than that of the transparent film 6 is provided between the retroreflecting material 4 and the transparent film layer 6, and the light transmittance of the low transmittance layer 8 is 45% or higher to the light in the wavelength range of 420 nm to 700 nm.

Abstract: An oligomer mixture of n-propylethoxysiloxanes, containing from 80 to 100% by weight of n-propylethoxysiloxanes having a degree of oligomerization ranging from 2 to 6.

Abstract: Fine conductive particles are composed of metallic conductive powder, and an insulating organic capping layer on the grains of the powder. The metallic conductive powder have grains with a diameter ranging from 1 to 20 microns, and the capping layer has a thickness of 50-400 nm, which is able to flow by thermo-pressing. The insulating organic capping layer is prepared from a silane having a reactive functionality, a fluorine-containing silane and a compound or a resin having a functionality able to reactive with the reactive functionality.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing silico-organic nanohybrid and/or microhybrid capsules for scratch-resistant and/or abrasion-resistant coatings, wherein the silico-organic nanohybrid and/or microhybrid system includes one or more small metal oxide cores A and a substantially complete, silico-organic shell B, and the composition can be obtained by a reaction performed in situ, in a synthetic resin or in a synthetic-resin precursor compound, between metal oxide particles (KA-O) and at least one organofunctional silicon compound which contains an organofunctional group and at least one hydrolyzable group or at least one hydroxy group. The present invention also relates to the use of such compositions as the base for lacquers for producing a scratch-resistant and abrasion-resistant coating on a substrate as well as articles provided with corresponding scratch-resistant as well as abrasion-resistant coatings.

Abstract: A method of preparing a hydrophobic partially aggregated colloidal silica, the method comprising reacting (a) a silica sol comprising at least one hydrophilic partially aggregated colloidal silica with (b) an organosilicon compound selected from (i) at least one organosilane having the formula R1aHbSiX4−a−b, (ii) at least one organocyclosiloxane having the formula (R12SiO)m, (iii) at least one organosiloxane having the formula R13SiO(R1SiO)nSiR13, and (iv) a mixture comprising at least two of (i) (ii), and (iii), in the presence of (c) water (d) an effective amount of a water-miscible organic solvent, and (e) an acid catalyst, to produce the hydrophobic partially aggregated colloidal silica and an aqueous phase, wherein R1 is hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl; X is a hydrolysable group; a is 0, 1, 2, or 3; b is 0 or 1; a+b=1, 2, or 3, provided when b=1, a+b=2 or 3; m has an average value of from 3 to 10; and n has an average value of from 0 to 10; and the hydrop

Abstract: With the hardener particle of the present invention, because siloxane or an alkoxy group is bonded to a central metal located on a surface, an adhesive prepared by dispersing the hardener particles in an epoxy resin together with a silane coupling agent hardly causes reaction between the hardener particles and the silane coupling agent at ambient temperature whereby the preserving property of the adhesive is high. Because no siloxane is bonded to metal chelate or metal alcoholate at the part other than the surface of the hardener particles, the hardener particles are broken when the adhesive is heated, and the metal chelate and the metal alcoholate on the part other than the surface of the hardener particles reacts with the silane coupling agent to form cation, thereby polymerizing the epoxy resin with the cation to harden the adhesive even at low temperature within shorter time.

Abstract: Pigments and compositions for use in laser marking. A colorless UV-absorbing pigment at least partially coated with a synergist has the formula [Rm(SiOn)]pR′q, wherein (a) m is 1 to 3, n is 1 to 3, p is at least 1, and q is 0 to 3, and (b) at least one R or R′ is a substituent that upon pyrolysis generates a black material suitable for providing a mark. Such pigments are useful in fluoropolymers used for wire and cable insulation.

Abstract: Non-magnetic composite particles composed of non-magnetic core particles having an average particle size of 0.01 to 0.3 &mgr;m, and inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of 0.001 to 0.07 &mgr;m. The fine particles are present in an amount of 0.1 to 20% by weight based on the weight of the non-magnetic particles are on the surface of each non-magnetic particle, and are fixed or anchored on the surface of each non-magnetic particle through a silicon compound The non-magnetic composite particles have a high polishing effect and a high dispersibility, and are useful as a non-magnetic undercoat layer for a magnetic recording medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to coloring pigment granulates and a method for producing the same. The aim of the invention is to provide a granulate and a method for economically producing the same. The granulate disintegrates very quickly once added to a building material that is to be colored. To this end, the granulates are comprised of granulate cores which do not contain binding agents, which have a granular size ranging from 0.1 to 8 mm and which are enclosed by an enveloping layer made of a material that can be broken down. In addition, the granulates have a moisture content <30% and the granulates that do not contain binding agents are produced in a pregranulator, are compacted immediately after granulation and are subsequently subjected to a screening process. Lastly, the useful granular fraction that has been separated out during the screening process is enclosed with an enveloping material.

Abstract: Modified silica fillers are prepared by contacting silica with blends or mixtures containing diorganodihalosilanes and tetrahalosilanes in weight ratios of 1:0.1 to 1:2, respectively. While dialkyldichlorosilanes and tetrahalosilanes such as dimethyldichlorosilane and silicon tetrachloride, respectively, are most preferred, the blends or mixtures may also comprise compositions containing other silanes such as mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane.

Abstract: Spherical silica-titania-based fine particles surface-treated with silane are provided. The fine particles have a titanium atom content of 0.001 to 5% by weight, a frictional electrification with iron powder of −100 to −300 &mgr;C/g, a bulk density of 0.2 to 0.4 g/ml, and a particle diameter of 0.01 to 5 &mgr;m. The particles are useful as a material for an external additive for an electrostatically charged image developing toner. The toner is unlikely to cause degeneration or scratching of organic photoreceptors, displays excellent dispersibility and favorable flowability and consequently does not cause adhesion to the photoreceptor.

Abstract: A process of coating a refractory turbine part with a protective coating which is ultimately diffusion bonded to the part. A slurry coating material is prepared from a mixture of a silicon alkyd paint and suspended particles of an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder. Parts may be dipped in the slurry and subsequently be heat treated in selected atmospheres and temperatures to diffuse the coating into the surface of the part.

Abstract: Multi-layered macromolecules wherein the layers are covalently bonded together and wherein the macromolecules are covalently bonded to solid particulate substrates, methods for the preparation of such compositions, and methods for their uses in a multitude of end use applications ranging from the purification of waste chemical and metal process streams to the separation and identification of proteins, peptides, and oligionucleotides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to optical elements comprising fluorochemical surface treatments. The invention further relates to materials such as retroreflective sheetings, pavement markings and beaded projection screens comprising a binder and the surface treated optical elements. The fluorochemical surface treatment is substantially free of perfluoroalkyl groups having more than four carbon atoms. Preferably, the surface treatment is a polyfluoropolyether-based compound comprising at least one polar group or polar group-containing organic radical.

Abstract: An inorganic filler which has been surface coated with an addition cure silicone composition in the cured state is included in an organopolysiloxane composition, which becomes effective for preventing the filler from settling down even during long-term shelf storage.

Abstract: A coating composition and a pigment comprising a surface-treated clay mixture used therein, and, optionally, microspheres, in which the coating composition comprises a curable or hardenable resin system into which is dispersed the pigment. High build, corrosion resistant coating compositions are provided having high pigment content, which translates into lower material costs, attributable at least in part to the particle packing benefits derived from the unique clay mixture used as a filler.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a double-layer structured low-resistance and low-reflectivity transparent conductive film, comprising a lower high-reflectivity conductive layer containing a fine metal powder in a silica-based matrix and a silica-based low-reflectivity layer, suitable for imparting electromagnetic shielding property and anti-dazzling property to a CRT.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium composed of a non-magnetic base film; a non-magnetic undercoat layer formed on the non-magnetic base film, including a binder resin and non-magnetic acicular black iron-based composite particles; and a magnetic coating film comprising a binder resin and magnetic particles. The non-magnetic acicular black iron-based composite particles having an average major axis diameter of about 0.011 to 0.35 &mgr;m, and are composed of acicular hematite particles or acicular iron oxide hydroxide particles (as core particles) having an average major axis diameter of 0.01 to 0.3 &mgr;m; a coating layer formed on the surface of the core particles of a specific organosilicon compound; and a single carbon black coat formed on the coating layer in an amount of 21 to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the core particles.

Abstract: An image display medium is provided that does not easily cause image unevenness and maintains high contrast even after repeated use for a long period of time. The image display medium contains a first substrate transmitting light, a second substrate provided to face the first substrate, first and second particles having different colors filled between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first and second particles each contain mother particles and fine particles attached on a surface of the mother particles, the first particles are charged positively, and the second particles are charged negatively.

Abstract: Electronic apparatus having a heat transfer/stress-reducing layer combined with a device layer and methods of fabricating such electronic apparatus provide a means for incorporating a heat transfer layer in an integrated circuit. A structure with a diamond layer incorporated beneath a device layer provides a heat transfer layer for the structure. In an embodiment, a compliant layer is formed between a diamond layer and a substrate to provide stress reduction. In another embodiment, a diamond layer is formed as a layer of islands of diamond from nucleation centers to provide stress reduction.

Abstract: Novel material for chromatographic separations, processes for its preparation, and separations devices containing the chromatographic material. In particular, the disclosure describes porous inorganic/organic hybrid particles having a chromatographically-enhancing pore geometry, which desirably may be surface modified, and that offer more efficient chromatographic separations than that known in the art.

Abstract: A nanoparticle comprising an inorganic core and a polymerizable outer coating. The inorganic core comprises a substantially crystalline inorganic material such as a superparamagnetic material. In one embodiment, the inorganic core comprises a single crystal mixed spinel ferrite comprising iron in a first oxidation state and at least one metal in a second oxidation state, wherein the second oxidation state is different from the first oxidation state.

Abstract: Europium-containing fluorescent nanoparticles and methods of preparing such nanoparticles are provided. The nanoparticles are comprised of an aluminum oxide framework having a europium activator, a magnesium, calcium, strontium, or barium energy reservoir, and at least one co-activator selected from the group consisting of scandium, yttrium, and certain lanthanide elements. The nanoparticles may be optionally coated with a silane coating containing reactive functional groups that allow for attachment of the nanoparticle to a desired biological or chemical target molecule. The coated nanoparticles may be used to detect a variety of protein ligand interactions, and may also be used in assays for nucleic acids.