Abstract: Disclosed are: a fiber-reinforced resin article which includes, on at least one face of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), a plurality of chopped sheets (CS) of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet which is the same as or different from the abovementioned unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), wherein the ratio of the chopped sheets (CS), with respect to 100 parts by mass of the unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), is at least 40 parts by mass and no more than 100 parts by mass; a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin article, said method having a step for positioning a plurality of the chopped sheets (CS), and a step for heating and pressurizing; and a laminate including the fiber-reinforced resin article and a foam layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulated glazing unit, to the use thereof and to a method of manufacturing such a unit. The vacuum insulated glazing comprises a first glass pane, having a first interior major surface and a first exterior major surface and a second glass pane having a second interior major surface and second exterior major surface, the glass panes being arranged in parallel with said interior major surfaces facing each other.

Abstract: Methods for preparing an electrode may include compressing an electrode dry mixture comprising an active material and an electrolyte material to form an electrode film. An electrolyte dry mixture or a stand-alone solid-state electrolyte film is compressed against a surface of the electrode film to form a laminate of an electrolyte layer and the electrode film. The electrolyte dry mixture may include the electrolyte material. Compressing the electrode dry mixture may include calendering the electrode dry mixture. Compressing the electrolyte dry mixture or stand-alone electrolyte film may be accomplished also by calendering. The electrolyte material may include a glass ceramic and, optionally, an air-stabilizing dopant. The glass ceramic may include Li3PS4. Thus, the electrodes may include a composite cathode and a solid-state electrolyte layer. The methods may be applicable for a solvent-free process to form electrodes and electrochemical cells and batteries including the electrodes.

Abstract: Vibration damping viscoelastic damping material laminates are described. The tapes generally include at least two viscoelastic damping material layers and at least one substrate. The tapes may optionally include one or more release liners. Also described are constrained layer systems formed by adhering the tape to a first substrate and/or second substrate undergoing vibration.

Abstract: A method for forming a super-insulating material for a vacuum insulated structure includes disposing glass spheres within a rotating drum. A plurality of interstitial spaces are defined between the glass spheres. A binder material is disposed within the rotating drum. The glass spheres and the at least one binder material are rotated within the rotating drum, wherein the binder material is mixed during a first mixing stage with the glass spheres. A first insulating material is disposed within the rotating drum. The binder material, the first insulating material and the glass spheres are mixed to define an insulating base. A second insulating material is disposed within the rotating drum. The secondary insulating material is mixed with the insulating base to define a homogenous form of the super-insulating material, wherein the first and second insulating materials occupy substantially all of the interstitial spaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to an area covering element including at least one sheet-like carrier core, at least one protective layer and a decorative layer arranged between the sheet-like carrier core and the at least one protective layer. The sheet-like carrier core consists in this case of a strong, load-bearing carrier material and has at least an upper side and an underside arranged opposite from the upper side and also at least a first and second side face, arranged opposite from one another and respectively joining the upper side and underside. The decorative layer is formed by a printed film, which is firmly connected to the carrier core, the printed film at least partially covering at least the upper side and the first and second side faces of the sheet-like carrier core and the protective layer covering the full surface area at least of the printed film connected to the carrier core.

Abstract: A foil-wrapped vacuum insulation panel having a core, and an air-tight envelope in the form of a wrapping foil surrounding the core made of powder or granulate, wherein between the core made of powder or granulate and the air-tight wrapping foil, there is provided at least one intermediate layer of cardboard and/or paperboard, which completely envelopes the core made of powder or granulate in a powder-tight manner and is formed cuboid box which has approximately the same shape as the finished vacuum insulation element, wherein the powder or granulate is filled into the cuboid box in such an amount that the body is completely filled up to its very top, and the shape of the vacuum insulation element is acquired only via the cuboid box and not by the powder or granulate, while the structural integrity of the core is not sufficient to retain the shape of the core on its own without the surrounding cardboard or paperboard box.

Abstract: Provided is a barrier film and a manufacturing method thereof. The barrier film has a structure comprising a polysilazane barrier layer, which can exhibit excellent running properties in a so-called roll-to-roll process or the like, and can maintain or improve the performance of the barrier layer even during an unwinding and/or winding process, and the like.

Abstract: Modified and connected foam wall structures and methods for making them are described. The wall structures include a frame, a foam panel attached to the frame, a foam layer disposed in a cavity defined by the frame, and a structural adhesive. The structural adhesive may be disposed in at least one of: (A) an aperture located within the foam layer, and (B) an aperture located between the foam layer and a frame member. In some cases, a cured structural adhesive is located between connecting members of adjacent foam wall structures.

Abstract: A quantum dot film includes a plurality of sealed microcells. The microcells may be formed within a layer of polymeric material and sealed with a sealing material. Also, the microcells may contain a dispersion of a solvent and a plurality of quantum dots. A method of making a quantum dot film includes providing a layer of polymeric material having a plurality of open microcells, filling the plurality of open microcells with a dispersion of a solvent and plurality of quantum dots, and sealing the microcells.

Abstract: A composite material steel sheet comprises: at least one steel sheet, and a resin-impregnated paper composite layer, wherein the resin-impregnated paper composite layer may comprise stacked sheets of paper, and impregnated resin provide adhesion between the sheets of paper in contact with each other.

Abstract: An attack fire hose capable of withstanding radiant and convective heating without leakage or degradation of performance for significant periods of time is disclosed. The hose includes a woven aramid blend of fibers in the outer jacket, and a nitrile rubber layer is extruded through the weave of an inner nylon/polyester jacket that is fitted within the woven outer jacket. The resultant hose retains a double jacketed construction with exceptional thermal performance.

Abstract: One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a radiation curable organosilicon resin composition which offers a cured product having a sufficient gas barrier property and which further has workability enough for use in spin coating or inkjetting. The present invention provides a radiation curable organosilicon resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of (A) a (meth)acryloyloxy group-containing organosilane represented by the formula (1) which has a (meth)acryloyloxy group or a monovalent organic group having 4 to 25 carbon atoms and having one, two, or three of said (meth)acryloyloxy group, and 1 to 50 parts by mass of (B) a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: A light conversion film is disclosed. The light conversion film includes a first transparent support layer and a second transparent support layer are formed on upper and lower surfaces of a quantum dot layer, respectively. The quantum dot layer contains 0.4 to 2.0% by weight of quantum dot particles containing 5% by weight or more and less than 35% by weight of cadmium; 0.05 to 0.75% by weight of cadmium-free quantum dot particles; 0.1 to 10% by weight of scattering agent; and 75 to 98% by weight of matrix material, based on the total weight of the quantum dot layer. A backlight unit for a display device including the light conversion film is disclosed.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate, a number of first electrodes disposed on the substrate, each of the first electrodes used to form a light-emitting unit; an insulative layer disposed on the substrate and used to define a pixel region of the light-emitting unit; a number of second electrodes disposed on the substrate, each of the second electrodes used to form a light-emitting unit, wherein the second electrodes are spaced apart from one another to form a number of isolation grooves each between two adjacent second electrodes.

Abstract: This invention is directed towards an absorbent bodily waste collection device for domesticated animals and humans and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: Decorative molded part with a support, on the front side facing a visible side of the decorative molded part of which a first and a second decorative layer are arranged side by side, the first decorative layer being applied to the support as a continuous layer and the second decorative layer being applied to the first decorative layer. A decorative molded part of the type mentioned above with a special aesthetic appearance is provided by the fact that the second decorative layer is made of a wood veneer and the first decorative layer is made of a metal foil and that the second decorative layer is pressed into the first decorative layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing composite laminate panel sub-elements (34) for subsequent assembling into a modular assembly structure (37), comprises the preprocessing steps of casting an elongate composite laminate sheet panel (18) having opposite first and second fiber-reinforced plastic face skins (19,21) sandwiching a core (35), a free first elongate edge (22) and an opposite second elongate free edge (24), demolding the elongate composite laminate sheet panel (18), cutting the demolded elongate composite laminate sheet panel (18) into (n) shorter sections (Sn), thereby providing sections (Sn) with at least one free cut edge (26; 32), a free first edge (22) having the same profile as the free first elongate edge, and a free second edge (22) parallel to the free first edge and having the same profile as the free second elongate edge, and machining at least a first coupling profile (27) along the at least one free cut edge (26; 32).

Abstract: A vehicle window pane having a plate-like window pane body which has an outer side which faces the surroundings of the vehicle and an inner side which faces away from the outer side and to which a composite is connected, the composite having a layer structure which may have multiple layers disposed one on top of the other, one of the layers having a liquid crystal arrangement having two films and a liquid crystal cell disposed between the two films, and another one of the layers being a polarizer layer. At least one layer of the layer structure can be a compensation layer whose area is smaller than the area of the liquid crystal arrangement, the liquid crystal cell thus having an edge portion which is thicker than a central portion covered by the compensation layer.

Abstract: A substrate is capable of effectively reinforcing a connecting portion between an electronic component and the substrate. The substrate is a substrate on which a first electronic component having a plurality of bumps is to be mounted, and includes a base portion including an insulator and having, on the upper face thereof, at least one groove portion configured to store a tip portion of at least one of the bumps, and includes an electrode formed on at least the bottom face of the groove portion.

Abstract: Light emitting devices and components having excellent chemical resistance and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an LED device or package with an encapsulant material or lens disposed over at least a portion of the LED device or package and a poly(methyl) acrylate-silicon containing barrier coating at least partially disposed over the encapsulant or the lens provides corrosion protection to corrodible metals and/or moisture protection to moisture sensitive components.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for isolating a composite material from the environment, as well as the isolated composite material. Also disclosed herein are methods for shaping a composite material that include the use of isolated composite materials. For example, disclosed is a method for mechanical thermoforming of a composite material to form a shaped composite material.

Abstract: Provided are a preparation method of an epoxy compound having an alkoxysilyl group in which an increase in the epoxy equivalent weight (EEW) of the epoxy compound is minimized because alkoxysilylation occurs through a simple one-step reaction using a hydroxyl group formed during the synthesis of the epoxy compound, an epoxy compound having an alkoxysilyl group prepared by the method, a composition comprising the same, and a use thereof. The method includes the reaction of an epoxy compound having a hydroxyl group with an isocyanate alkoxysilane in the presence of amine-based base catalyst, wherein the epoxy compound having an alkoxysilyl group has a mole ratio of [epoxide group]:[alkoxysilyl group] of n:1 ranging from 2:1 to 10:1, and an EEW increase of the epoxy compound having an alkoxysilyl group is less than 260/n. The epoxy compound has good physical properties when being cured.

Abstract: A package structure of an organic light emitting diode display panel includes a display substrate, a glass cover plate and a package portion. The display substrate and the glass cover are arranged opposite to each other. The package portion is provided between a non-display region of the display substrate and a portion of the glass cover plate corresponding to the non-display region. The display substrate includes organic light emitting diode elements. The organic light emitting diode elements are located in a sealed cavity enclosed by the display substrate, the glass cover plate and the package portion. The package portion includes a first concavo-convex structure provided at a surface of the display substrate facing the glass cover plate; a second concavo-convex structure provided at a surface of the glass cover plate close to the display substrate; and a package material is provided between the first concavo-convex structure and the second concavo-convex structure.

Abstract: A glass substrate comprising a rectangular glass sheet having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface, the glass substrate having a first side and a second side which are adjacent to each other in a view along a thickness direction of the glass sheet, in which a thickness tolerance is less than 6.26 ?m in a first cross section which is a cross section in the thickness direction of the glass sheet along a straight line parallel to the first side, the thickness tolerance being a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the thickness of the glass sheet.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wound dressing material comprising a substrate, about 2.5% to about 8% by weight of a bicarbonate, and a film-forming agent, the film-forming agent serving as a binder for said bicarbonate to said substrate, the film-forming agent and the bicarbonate being present in a ratio of between 1:2 and 2:1 with respect to one another. Also disclosed are a method for preparing a wound dressing material and a method for treating a wound.

Abstract: Methods of forming an environmental barrier coating are disclosed. A method includes disposing a powder-based coating on a substrate, heat-treating the powder-based coating at a temperature greater than 800° C. and less than 1200° C. to form a porous coating that includes surface-connected pores, infiltrating at least some of the surface-connected pores of the porous coating with an infiltrant material to form an infiltrated coating, and sintering the infiltrated coating at a temperature greater than 1200° C. and less than 1500° C. to form the environmental barrier coating on the substrate.

Abstract: Present invention provides a process for the synthesis of size and composition tunable colloidal PbMgS core and PbMgS/MS core shell quantum dots emitting in the near infrared (NIR) region of the spectrum in a single operation in a continuous flow reactor. M includes at least one of Cd, Mg, Zn and Cu metals.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display device, a display panel and a manufacturing thereof. The display panel includes a base layer, a first barrier layer, a buffer layer and a second barrier layer. The first barrier layer, the buffer layer and the second barrier layer are sequentially stacked on the base layer. The buffer layer is formed by at least two kinds of metal organics or by a mixture of the metal organics, and no reaction occurs between the metal organics. In this disclosure, the adhesion among the layers of the film package is strengthened, so that the layers of the film package will not easily separate and the TFE stress resistance of the film package will increase to prevent the film package from breaking. In addition, many kinds of reactants have their reactions simultaneously such that the production efficiency can be increased.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses an inorganic film applied for thin film encapsulation of an OLED device. The inorganic film includes inorganic layer units including a first inorganic layer, a second inorganic layer, and a third inorganic layer located between the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer, and the third inorganic layer is formed by reacting the first inorganic layer with the second inorganic layer. The inorganic film is used in the thin film encapsulation of the OLED device, which can improve the ability of the device to block the water and oxygen and improve the product quality.

Abstract: A flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes forming a flexible base; forming a light emitting layer on the flexible base; evaporating a barrier material including a precursor polymer, a photoinitiator and a cross-linking agent on a surface of the light emitting layer; and irradiating a light beam on a surface of the barrier material during evaporating the barrier material, so as to form a barrier layer on a surface of the light emitting layer to block water and oxygen.

Abstract: A curable composition comprises a phenolic resin and isocyanate-functionalized abrasive particles. The isocyanate-functionalized abrasive particles consist of the reaction product of at least one isocyanate-functional organosilane and abrasive particles. Abrasive articles and methods of making them using the isocyanate-functionalized abrasive particles are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus having a structure suitable for improvement in production yield. This light emitting apparatus includes a display panel, a transparent plate including an opposite surface that faces the display panel, and a light shielding layer provided in a peripheral part of the opposite surface of the transparent plate.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a multi-layer porous wick structure including, providing a first mold set comprising a negative mold and a positive mold, introducing metal particles in the negative mold defining a first porous wick layer, and sintering the metal particles within the negative mold while interfaced with the positive mold to form the first porous wick layer. The method further includes providing a second mold set comprising a negative mold and a positive mold corresponding to the negative mold and assembling the first porous wick layer with the negative mold of the second mold set. The method further includes introducing filler particles into the negative mold of the second mold set to form a sacrificial layer with the first porous wick layer, introducing metal particles in the negative mold of the second mold set with the first porous wick layer and the sacrificial layer and sintering the metal particles, thereby forming the multi-layer porous wick structure.

Abstract: Provided is a primer for a solar cell module which makes it possible to prevent peeling of a surface protective material from a sealing material over a long time, and a solar cell module manufactured using this primer. The primer includes 40 to 95 parts by mass of a polymerizable ester, 5 to 60 parts by mass of an adhesion promoter, and a polymerization initiator. The polymerizable ester includes at least one of an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group. The adhesion promoter includes a functional group improvable is adhesion to an acrylic resin or a methacrylic resin, and an alkoxysilyl group. The polymerization initiator is configured to be able to initiate polymerization of the polymerizable ester. The content of the polymerization initiator is 0.1 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass as a total of the polymerizable ester and the adhesion promoter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encapsulating a nanostructure, the method comprising the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a plug composed of plug material at said substrate; forming a nanostructure (on or) at said plug; forming a shell composed of at least one shell material on external surfaces of the nanostructure, with the at least one shell material covering said nanostructure and at least some of the plug material, whereby the shell and the plug encapsulate the nanostructure. The invention further relates to a coated nanostructure and to the use of a coated nanostructure.

Abstract: A pressure bulkhead for a vehicle disclosed. The pressure bulkhead is configured to separate a pressurized interior from an unpressurized interior of the vehicle. The pressure bulkhead includes a bulkhead wall having a radially inner disk and a radially outer compression ring. The radially inner disk has a surface and a first thickness and the radially outer compression ring having a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The radially outer compression ring defines a periphery of the bulkhead wall and the second thickness of the radially outer compression ring is effective to provide a strength to oppose meridional and hoop stresses across the surface of the radially inner disk in response to a pressure differential across the bulkhead wall. The pressure bulkhead also includes an attachment ring that is affixed to the periphery of the bulkhead wall.

Abstract: Floor mats comprising two layers bonded together with an undulating boundary between them. The surface color and/or surface texture of the first layer being different from the surface color and/or surface texture of the second layer. The mats having an interlocking periphery boundary adapted so the mats can be interlocked with adjoining mats to form a continuous planar mat flooring.

Abstract: A belt for an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width and a jacket material at least partially encapsulating the plurality of tension members defining a traction surface, a back surface opposite the traction surface together with the traction surface defining a belt thickness, and two end surfaces extending between the traction surface and the back surface defining the belt width. A metallic coating layer is applied via deposition of solid particles over at least one end surface of the two end surfaces.

Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a core substrate and first and second build-up layers. The substrate includes a core layer, through-hole conductors formed in through holes such that each through hole has first opening tapering from first toward second surface of the core layer, and second opening tapering from second toward first surface of the core layer, and first and second through-hole lands directly connected to the through-hole conductors. Each build-up layer includes an insulating layer, via conductors, via lands, an outermost insulating layer, an outermost conductor layer, and outermost via conductors. Each of the through-hole lands, via lands and outermost conductor layers includes a metal foil, a seed layer and an electrolytic plating film. The foils have mat surfaces such that the mat surfaces of the via lands has ten-point average roughness smaller than ten-point average roughness of the mat surfaces of the through-hole lands and outermost conductor layers.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insulation member for a hollow space of a vehicle bodywork. The insulation member comprises an expandable insulation body and a gas-impermeable cover. The cover comprises a yieldable chamber portion enclosing the expandable insulation body, wherein a pressure inside the chamber portion in a non-expanded state of the insulation member is less than atmospheric pressure. The cover further comprises at least one attachment portion adapted for attachment to the vehicle bodywork. The disclosure further relates to a vehicle comprising the insulation member, a use of the insulation member, a method of manufacturing an insulation member and a method of mounting an insulation member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent composite material and a absorbent article including such absorbent composite material. More particularly, the present invention relates to an absorbent composite material for use in sanitary absorbent products such as sanitary napkins, pantiliners, diapers, adult incontinence products, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides articles and methods related to insulation panels made from aerogels, and specifically polyimide based aerogels. Such insulation panels have a wide variety of applications, including specifically in aerospace applications.

Abstract: A belt for an elevator system and a method for making the same is provided. The belt includes a plurality of tension members that extend along a length of the belt and a jacket. The jacket substantially retains the plurality of tension members. The jacket maintains a desired spacing and alignment of the tension members relative to each other. The jacket includes a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers. The jacket defines at least one exterior, traction surface of the belt. The first fibers are at least partially disposed between the tension members and the traction surface of the belt. The second fibers are fill fibers. The first fibers have at least one property that distinguishes them from the second fibers.

Abstract: A pre-stressed curved plate comprising a curved plate having at least one concave surface, the curved plate being enveloped and adhesively bonded with tensioned reinforcing fibers, whereby the reinforcing fibers are first wound around the plate under tension being spaced apart from the concave surface and subsequently subjected to pressure to stretch and bond the reinforcing fibers to the surfaces of the plate, where upon bonding, the tensile strain of the fiber introduces stress in the plate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a structural body including a core composed of fiber and a support, which is a component of the core and is in contact with the core.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for encapsulating an element with a body of plastic. The element is placed into a cavity in an injection mold and fixed therein by means of a movable retaining pin. Then the plastic is injected into the cavity. Subsequently, the retaining pin is moved away from the element after filling of the cavity and while the plastic is still in a plastic state so that plastic can subsequently flow into the volume vacated by the retaining pin, to produce a kind of weld line in the region of the fixing on the body. Then, the retaining pin is moved back in the direction of the element while the plastic that subsequently flowed into the volume is still in a plastic state so that a kind of compression of the plastic takes place in the region of the fixing on the body.

Abstract: Provided, among other things, is a breach or contamination indicating elastomeric article for indicating a breach or contamination by a selected chemical or group of chemicals, the article having an exterior and interior and comprising: (1) an interior elastomeric layer selected to resist permeation by the selected chemical(s); and (2) exterior thereto, a contiguous or dis-contiguous first indicating layer comprising a dye or pigment and an opacifying agent, the dye or pigment providing the layer with color, the first indicating layer changing color and/or opacity when contacted with a selected chemical such regions of the article where the layer is so contacted contrast with non-contacted regions. A subsequent, interior layer can provide a safety buffer allowing for removal or disposal prior to any potential for harm. A second, interior indicating layer can be used to make the warning louder when a serious breach is occurring.

Abstract: An apparatus can include a first electrode on a planarization layer, an organic emission layer on the first electrode, a first bank and a second bank on the planarization layer and configured to surround the organic emission layer, and an anti-moisture unit on a portion of the planarization layer and a portion of the second bank, wherein the anti-moisture unit is configured to suppress moisture permeation through the second bank and the planarization layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wound dressing material comprising a substrate, about 2.5% to about 8% by weight of a bicarbonate, and a film-forming agent, the film-forming agent serving as a binder for said bicarbonate to said substrate, the film-forming agent and the bicarbonate being present in a ratio of between 1:2 and 2:1 with respect to one another. Also disclosed are a method for preparing a wound dressing material and a method for treating a wound.