Abstract: The disclosure relates to encapsulated UV (ultraviolet) stabilizer/absorber nanoparticles, which nanoparticles limit or prevent the migration of UV stabilizers/absorbers to the surface of a coating in service and/or which otherwise preserve the UV-resistance properties of the UV stabilizer for a longer period once incorporated into a UV-protective coating. The nanoparticles each include a clay or other nanotube encapsulating body such as a halloysite nanotube (HNT) and a UV stabilizing material within the interior cylindrical volume of the nanotube encapsulating body. The UV stabilizing/absorbing material can include one or more of lignin, a biomass extractive, a phenolic biomass material, and an organic UV stabilizer. The encapsulated UV stabilizer nanoparticles can be incorporated into a polymer composite as a heterogeneous phase distributed throughout a continuous polymer matrix. The polymer composite can be applied as a coating or film to an underlying substrate to form a corresponding coated article.

Abstract: Fabric has a printed pattern with a base color and at least one design color. The design color has a plurality of irregular, non-repeating spots. The printed pattern is adapted to abate identification of the fabric by a light responsive device. The fabric also includes metal extending throughout. The metal is adapted to abate identification of the fabric by an infrared, heat responsive device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides nanoparticles of barium zirconium oxide (BaZrO3.BaCO3) and a process for preparation thereof. The present disclosure further provides a coating formulation that chiefly comprises the BaZrO3.BaCO3 nanoparticles along with its method of preparation. Still further, the present disclosure provides X-ray retardant articles and an X-ray retardant preparation for topical application.

Abstract: A composite structure comprising a high tenacity fiber coated by a matrix resin is provided. The matrix resin has elongation at break of at least about 100% and tensile strength at break of less than about 50 Mpa. The composite structure can further comprise an impact-absorbing elastomeric filler integrated into the matrix resin. Also provided is a method for making a composite structure. The method includes providing a high tenacity fiber; providing a matrix resin with elongation at break of at least about 100% and tensile strength at break of less than about 50 Mpa; and coating the high tenacity fiber with the matrix resin. The method can further comprise adding an impact-absorbing elastomeric filler into the matrix resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to nanoparticles having a core that is fully or partially formed by at least one UV-absorbing organic compound in crystallized form and coated with an outer layer formed by at least one hydrophilic polymer, said UV-absorbing organic compound(s) and hydrophilic polymer(s) being associated in a weight ratio of organic compound(s) to hydrophilic polymer(s) varying between 0.2 and 0.4.

Abstract: A material and method delivering to the skin therapeutic radiation and filtering a part of the sun spectrum causing skin damage.

Abstract: A cover for camouflage against electromagnetic radiation. According to the invention, the cover includes a random set of puckered features in relief, these being formed by a camouflage net associated with a flexible dielectric mesh.

Abstract: Membrane materials for fabric structures consisting of a woven fabric which is coated on one or both sides with an elastomeric compound comprising finely divided phase change materials such as crystalline alkyl hydrocarbons or salt hydrates. The membrane materials facilitate thermo-regulation due to latent heat absorption and latent heat release in the phase transition range of the phase change material, which enhances the thermal comfort of the enclosed structure, they are applied to and leads to energy savings.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can provide a protective fabric includes a plurality of inherently flame resistant fibers, and at least one ultraviolet-resistant additive incorporated into the inherently flame resistant fibers through a dye process using a carrier, wherein the ultraviolet-resistant additive significantly increases at least one of the strength retention and the colorfastness of the fabric when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can provide a protective fabric includes a plurality of inherently flame resistant fibers, and at least one ultraviolet-resistant additive incorporated into the inherently flame resistant fibers through a dye process using a carrier, wherein the ultraviolet-resistant additive significantly increases at least one of the strength retention and the colorfastness of the fabric when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fabric and a fabric structure made of yarns with reduced water absorption. The fabric comprises yarns and interstices between the yarns, the interstices between the yarns having an average width of greater than 100 ?m. At least one of the yarns is comprised of multiple fibers. Said at least one yarn has voids between the fibers wherein the voids are filled up with a polymer material. The interstices remain open and the size of the interstices is the same as before the treatment. The filling of the voids between the fibers with the polymer material prevents the absorption of water into said voids and therefore leads to reduced water absorption of the fabric. The polymer material is substantially only located within the voids of the yarn and has embedded the fibers within the outer surface of said yarn.

Abstract: The invention concerns a multilayer structure comprising: a PVDF-based film F1 affixed to a PET or PEN sheet; or a PVDF-based film F1 bonded to a PET or PEN sheet which is itself affixed to a PVDF-based film F2.

Abstract: A display support, designed to be printed, includes a coated fabric comprising a textile layer and two impregnation layers located on opposite surfaces of the textile layer. A coat of varnish, designed to be printed, is deposited on one of the impregnation layers. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer capable of being repositioned, is deposited on the impregnation layer opposite the one receiving the coat of varnish. A protective layer arranged on the adhesive layer consists of a sheet with low adherence strength relative to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: A screen or fencing structure which provides one-way viewing characteristics under conditions of substantially equal lighting on each side of the structure is described. The structure has a fabric which has a light transmission of about 2.8% to about 25%. The first side of the structure has an overall light reflectance to light transmission ratio of greater or equal to about 2.5, and the opposite side of the structure has an overall light reflectance to light transmission ratio of less than or equal to about 2. Fabrics that can be used to make screens are also described.

Abstract: A thermal camouflage sheet for covering heat sources against identification in a thermal image, having a base textile with a glass filament, has a coating which contains aluminum powder on one side and has a coating which contains color pigments on the other side. The remission values of the color pigments are in a range which allows camouflaging in the visual-optical and near infrared. The coating which contains color pigments is in the form of a polyurethane coating or polyvinylidene fluoride coating.

Abstract: A unique and novel multi-functional composite fabric and fabrication process for use during chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear countermeasure (CBRNC) events is disclosed. The composite fabric combines the performance characteristics of chemically resistant films and radiation attenuating polymer matrices. The composite fabric offers universal protection against a wide range of military chemical agents, toxic industrial chemicals and materials (TICS and TIMS), biological agents, as well as certain ionizing and non-ionizing forms of radiation. The composite fabric is heat sealable and can be fabricated utilizing hermetically seal seams, and has application in protective clothing and equipment, indoor and outdoor covers, containment systems, bags, drapes, gowns, remains pouches, etc.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated article having enhanced reversible thermal properties. The coated article comprises a substrate having a surface and a coating covering a portion of the surface and comprising a polymeric material and a temperature regulating material dispersed in the polymeric material. The coating is formed with a plurality of regions of discontinuity that are separated from one another and expose a remaining portion of the surface to provide improved flexibility, softness, air permeability, or water vapor transport properties. The coated article may be used in apparel, footwear, medical products, containers and packagings, building materials, appliances, and other products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray absorbing material that can be used in medicine as well as in the manufacture of special protective clothing, protective screens, housings, protective coatings and isolation materials. In a first embodiment, the material uses as a filler a poly-dispersed mixture, segregated by kneading and containing metallic particles having a size between 10?9 and 10?3 m, wherein the particles are bonded to the surface of a textile base. The density of the material is defined by the relation qN=(0.01–0.020) qP, where qN is filler. In a second embodiment, the invention uses as a filler the above mixture, although here the particles are surrounded by the volume of a matrix made of a compound that solidifies under atmospheric pressure. The total mass of the poly-dispersed and segregated mixture is defined by the relation M=(0.05–0.

Abstract: A scratch tape includes a base substrate, a UV coating layer formed on the upper surface of the base substrate, a lightproof layer 30 formed of the UV coating layer for shielding light, and a water-based coating layer 40 such that the enhanced lightproof property provides the security-required products with the reliable security, and is manufactured using the platen press printing such the whole manufacturing costs can be reduced.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric includes a cohesively integrated web of hydrodynamically entangled short-staple or “waste cotton” fibers. A batt of waste cotton fibers is hydrodynamically needled by high-pressure streams of water. The hydrodynamic energy of the streams causes the fibers to cohere and to become mutually entangled, which in turn results in a fabric of sufficient strength to be used for, among other things, a bag for a bulk material and particularly a bag or cover for a cotton bale.

Abstract: A knitted screen cloth fabric including a polymer coated, fiber-reinforced, flexible, foil-like web and method for making same are disclosed, the web including a lattice material of filaments and a polyester binding thread.

Abstract: Composite structures and methods are taught relating to temperature stabilizing saddle pads, horse blankets, saddle girths, saddle seat cushions, and saddles for protection and increased performance of horses and/or riders, among other similar products. The invention provides for products that stabilize the temperature of the horse and/or the rider by absorbing heat generated by the body of the horse and/or rider when the temperature exceeds a preset temperature appropriate for the product. In this process heat energy is absorbed through phase change, resulting in a constant temperature as long as there is material that has not changed phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated article having enhanced reversible thermal properties. The coated article comprises a substrate having a surface and a coating covering a portion of the surface and comprising a polymeric material and a temperature regulating material dispersed in the polymeric material. The coating is formed with a plurality of regions of discontinuity that are separated from one another and expose a remaining portion of the surface to provide improved flexibility, softness, air permeability, or water vapor transport properties. The coated article may be used in apparel, footwear, medical products, containers and packagings, building materials, appliances, and other products.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and compound fabric for latent heat effect which means a compound fabric capable of undergoing heat storage (release) material for microcapsules with waterborne polyurethane shell which use interfacial condensation polymerization by waterborne polyurethane thereof, such as alkyl alkyrate (alkyric acid alkyl ester) for temperature in the range of 0° C. to 80° C.

Abstract: Materials for, and methods of protecting yarns, fibers, fabrics and finished textiles from the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation. The materials include at least one physical UVR attenuator, having an average particle size below 1000 nanometers, and at least one flexible, film-forming polymeric binder for bonding the material to a fabric surface, wherein the physical UVR attenuator is dispersed within said binder to form an aqueous dispersion. Also disclosed are materials including both physical and chemical UVR attenuators, in which a synergistic protection effect is achieved.

Abstract: This invention is directed to preparations useful for the permanent or substantially permanent treatment of textiles and other webs. More particularly, the preparations of the invention comprise an agent or other payload surrounded by or contained within a polymeric encapsulator that is reactive to webs, to give textile-reactive nanoparticles. By “textile-reactive” is meant that the payload nanoparticle will form a chemical covalent bond with the fiber, yarn, fabric, textile, finished goods (including apparel), or other web or substrate to be treated. The polymeric encapsulator of the payload nanoparticle has a surface that includes functional groups for binding or attachment to the fibers of the textiles or other webs to be treated, to provide permanent attachment of the payload to the textiles. Alternatively, the surface of the nanoparticle includes functional groups that can bind to a linker molecule that will in turn bind or attach the nanoparticle to the fiber.

Abstract: A net for diffusing light comprising threads of flat yarn, characterized in that the flat yarn has a layer comprising a foamed synthetic resin film capable of diffusing light passing therethrough. Also disclosed is a method for protecting plants from overexposure to sunlight comprising covering the plants with such a net.

Abstract: A thermal management system utilizing a composite thermal radiation barrier comprising alternating layers of a carbon cloth insulating layer and a silica-based organic cloth to reduce the temperatures experienced by the insulating layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated article having enhanced reversible thermal properties. The coated article comprises a substrate having a surface and a coating covering a portion of the surface and comprising a polymeric material and a temperature regulating material dispersed in the polymeric material. The coating is formed with a plurality of regions of discontinuity that are separated from one another and expose a remaining portion of the surface to provide improved flexibility, softness, air permeability, or water vapor transport properties. The coated article may be used in apparel, footwear, medical products, containers and packagings, building materials, appliances, and other products.

Abstract: A thermal insulation product includes infrared radiation absorbing material dispersed on fibers forming a porous structure. The infrared absorbing material can include borates, carbonates, nitrates and nitrites of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals.

Abstract: A process for the production of an ultra violet absorbing polymer latex is provided. The inventive process involves the emulsion polymerization of a benzotriazole- or benzophenone-containing monomer with a vinyl functional monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, preferably 1-dodecanethiol. The latex provides excellent long-lasting, easy to apply, difficult to remove, ultraviolet absorption properties for many different substrates, most notably fabrics. Different articles and fabrics coated, covered, laminated, and the like, with the inventive latex are also provided.

Abstract: A process for the production of an ultra violet absorbing polymer latex is provided. The inventive process involves the emulsion polymerization of a benzotriazole- or benzophenone-containing monomer with a vinyl functional monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, preferably 1-dodecanethiol. The latex provides excellent long-lasting, easy to apply, difficult to remove, ultraviolet absorption properties for many different substrates, most notably fabrics. Different articles and fabrics coated, covered, laminated, and the like, with the inventive latex are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the improvement of the sun protection factor (SPF) of textile fiber material, comprising applying to the textile fiber material a detergent comprising at least one fluorescent whitening agent, which absorbs radiation in the wavelength range 280-400 nm, preferably by washing the textile fiber material with a detergent containing said fluorescent whitening agent.

Abstract: A three-bar warp knit, weft inserted fabric which provides at least 70% blockage of ultra-violet rays and has a cover factor of less than 50%. The weft inserted yarn is a boucle yarn which in the warp knit construction provides the above described characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention provides laundry concentrate compositions comprising a mixture of at least one non-ionic surfactant and at least one water insoluble, polar group--containing oil, wherein the concentrate is characterized by a viscosity in excess of about 10 cps, preferably in excess of 100 cps, and further characterized that, upon dilution with at least about one volume of water per volume of concentrate, the concentrate is converted at least partially into a liquid crystal phase dispersion, providing a diluted concentrate having a viscosity of at least about 50 cps.Preferred concentrates are fabric softeners in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion and also containing a cationic or non-ionic fabric softener.

Abstract: A UV blocking fabric is provided which includes a fabric, UV blocking particles having a property of deflecting, reflecting, absorbing and/or scattering ultraviolet rays; and a binding agent attaching the UV blocking particles to the fabric. An article of manufacture which includes a fabric, optionally shaped to form an article of clothing, an awning, an umbrella, a sunscreen, a tent, a tarp, a canvas and the like, UV blocking particles having a property of deflecting, reflecting, absorbing and/or scattering ultraviolet rays which may be colored to match or contrast with the color of the fabric; and a binding agent attaching the UV blocking particles to the fabric. The UV blocking particles may be applied to the article of manufacture prior to or after manufacturing the article by immersion methods or by spraying methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to UV-resistant fabric, articles of clothing made from such fabric, and methods of making such fabric. The method includes 1) preparing an aqueous solution of anthraquinone (10) and NaOH (62), 2) immersing the fabric to be treated in the solution (64), 3) heating the solution/fabric mixture (66), 4) adding to the solution/fabric mixture an appropriate reducing agent (68), and 5) rinsing the fabric thus treated with hydrogen peroxide (70). White fabrics can be treated (72) with a conventional bleaching, or whitening, agent. Colored fabrics can contain, as an additional UV-absorbing compound, one of the class of compounds known as melanins, including those formed from the free radical polymerization of compounds derived from the precursor amino acid tyrosine (24), such as 5,6-dihydroxyindole (34).

Abstract: Wrinkled fabrics comprising ultraviolet absorbers are disclosed which provide improvements in ultraviolet transmission, wearer comfort, and cost over those of the prior art. The preferred fabric is polyester and the preferred UV absorbers are chlorobenzotriazoles. The polyester is wrinkled permanently so as to provide an extra barrier to ultraviolet radiation from solely utilizing UV absorbers alone. This wrinkled product is also more comfortable to a wearer, particularly in warm weather or hotter climates. Other non-apparel uses are also contemplated including tents, awnings, and crowd covers. A method of making such a fabric is also disclosed comprising stuffing a jet dyeing machine with a more than normal load amount of fabric and eventually heat setting such resultant wrinkles into the finished product.

Abstract: The compounds of the s-triazine series of formula I ##STR1## wherein the symbols R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, X and n possess the significances given in claim 1, are eminently suitable, when applied to textile material, as UV-absorbers, as resist agents for anionic dyes, and as stain blockers.

Abstract: A multi-layer composite consisting of a chemical barrier layer of, a flame resistant layer, and a reflective layer. The chemical barrier layer is itself a composite material having multiple substrates selected to minimize permeability.

Abstract: Disclosed is a veil treated with a resin-affecting compound such as a mold release agent, a UV stabilizer, or a UV absorber for use in fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) parts. Also disclosed is a process for altering the chemical or physical properties of a resin during a production process comprising the steps of: (a) treating a veil with at least one resin-affecting compound, alone or in combination with other resin-affecting compounds; (b) applying the treated veil to a resin; (c) forming an article from said veil and said resin; and (d) curing the article.

Abstract: Disclosed is a veil treated with a resin-affecting compound such as a mold release agent, a UV stabilizer, or a UV absorber for use in fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) parts. Also disclosed is a process for altering the chemical or physical properties of a resin during a production process comprising the steps of: (a) treating a veil with at least one resin-affecting compound, alone or in combination with other resin-affecting compounds; (b) applying the treated veil to a resin; (c) forming an article from said veil and said resin; and (d) curing the article.

Abstract: Textile materials having radar attenuating properties based upon a polymer enclosed scrim having hollows which are at least partially filled with radar attenuating material. The scrim is sandwiched between two or more polymeric layers, the spaces being the interstices of the scrim. Suitable radar attenuating materials for inclusion in these spaces include carbon granules, carbon fiber, carbonyl iron, ferrites or metal coated microspheres. Carbon fiber is conveniently used in chopped or otherwise relatively short fiber form. The textiles offer lightweight with equivalent radar attenuation performance to known textiles and may include further radar attenuating material in polymeric components to provide enhanced attenuation effect.

Abstract: Carbon fiber mat are embedded in a coating by first rolling on a coating of e.g. epoxy on the floor or wall, then applying sheets of fine carbon fibers, (optionally) removing the carbon fiber which is not adherent after the coating has dried, then applying one or more additional top coats of coating to additionally embed the carbon fibers. The result is an electrically conductive floor and/or wall coating system useful in antistatic rooms such as clean rooms, operating rooms, etc. Coatings can be sol vent based or waterborne urethanes, epoxies, alkyds, polyethylenes, acrylics, vinyls, vinyl acetates, esters, polyesters, sulfones, polysulfones, silicones, polysilicones and others. The preferred mats are carbon fiber "veils" or "paper" generally having a density of about 0.75 oz./square yard.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of increasing the sun protection factor (SPF) rating of a fiber or fabric, comprising the steps of providing a UVR absorber, applying the UVR absorber to a fabric, whereby the UVR absorber is attached to the fiber and an application of less than 3% UVR absorber on weight of fiber produces an SPF rating of greater than 20 for the UVR absorber and fabric combination.

Abstract: A thermal insulation product which effectively blocks the transmission of infrared radiation through the product is provided and includes, in combination, an insulating material and a chiral polymer adapted to block the passage of infrared radiation through the insulating material.