Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising nanoparticle complexes comprising albumin-bound paclitaxel and an anti-VEGF antibody, wherein the ratio of albumin-paclitaxel to antibody is between 2:1 and 1:25. Additionally disclosed herein are methods using the compositions of the present invention, such as for treating a VEGF-expressing cancer in a mammal, for example, skin cancer.

Abstract: A method of hydrogen generation may include contacting sodium borohydride (NaBH4) and a nanocomposite comprising graphitic C3N4, MnO2, and MgAl2O4 in a mass relationship to each other in a range of from 5 to 15:2 to 7:75 to 95, at a temperature in a range of from 10 to 80° C., thereby catalyzing the hydrogen generation at a hydrogen generation rate in a range of from 2000 to 5000 mL/(min·g).

Abstract: The present invention provides a filtering and separating system and method for recycling Fe3O4 nano-particles. The system includes an original liquid tank, a first booster pump, a clustered filter, an electromagnetic filtering machine, a dynamic membrane system and a nano-particle collecting tank; and a concentrated liquid outlet of the dynamic membrane system is connected with a material inlet of the clustered filter, and a material outlet of the electromagnetic filtering machine is also connected with the nano-particle collecting tank.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a light emission or a luminescent material and applications thereof. The said material comprises a spherical core, a spherical shell deposited at outer surface of the spherical core, and further a rod shell deposited at outer surface of the spherical shell. The said spherical core comprises Indium phosphide particle with substantially spherical appearance or condition. The said spherical shell comprises Cadmium selenium deposited at outer surface of the spherical core with corresponded spherical appearance or condition. The rod shell comprises cadmium sulfide deposited at outer surface of the spherical shell with its structure extended in lengthwise longer than crosswise to a rod appearance or condition. The luminescent material provided by the present invention has a Type II NCs structure using cadmium selenium as the spherical shell to emit near-infrared light.

Abstract: Coated nanotubes and bundles of nanotubes are formed into membranes useful in optical assemblies in EUV photolithography systems. These optical assemblies are useful in methods for patterning materials on a semiconductor substrate. Such methods involve generating, in a UV lithography system, UV radiation. The UV radiation is passed through a coating layer of the optical assembly, e.g., a pellicle assembly. The UV radiation that has passed through the coating layer is passed through a matrix of individual nanotubes or matrix of nanotube bundles. UV radiation that passes through the matrix of individual nanotubes or matrix of nanotube bundles is reflected from a mask and received at a semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present invention concerns methods of forming metal-containing nanoparticles or oxide thereof, especially metal alloy nanoparticles. The method the steps of providing at least two different kinds of transition metal ion by providing at least two kinds of metal ion-containing compound; a heating step in which the at least two metal ion-containing compounds are subjected to a temperature of at least 300° C. to form the metal alloy nanoparticles; a cooling step comprising cooling the product of step b; and each metal ion-containing compound is a transition metal complex having ligands coordinated to a transition metal ion, the ligands being selected from the group consisting of glyoxime; a glyoxime derivative; salicylaldimine; and a salicylaldimine derivative. The preferred methods are solution-based methods. Products of the methods are also described, as are their uses as electrocatalysts, as well as uses of the metal ion-containing compounds for making nanoparticles.

Abstract: Methods and systems including a microwave radiation source are described. A first region of a pure magnetic field can be generated in a first processing zone using a microwave radiation source of the first processing zone. The first processing zone can be a single mode microwave radiation chamber. A second region of a pure electric field can be generated in the first processing zone using the microwave radiation source. The second region can be spatially distinct from the first region. A first portion of an amorphous alloy can be loaded automatically into the first processing zone. The first portion can be positioned in an annealing region. The annealing region can be a single field region selected from the first region and the second region. The first portion can be heated in the annealing region. The first portion can be automatically unloaded from the first processing zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon-supported and surface-engineered platinum nanocube catalyst having excellent ammonia oxidation activity, a method for preparing the same, and an ammonia decomposition device including the same.

Abstract: The film according to an embodiment of the present invention 1 includes a synthetic polymer membrane 3 including a surface having a plurality of protrusions 3a, and photocatalyst particles 4 supported on the surface of the synthetic polymer membrane 3. As the synthetic polymer membrane 3 is seen from a normal line direction, the two-dimensional size of the plurality of protrusions 3a is more than 20 nm to less than 500 nm. The mean particle diameter of the photocatalyst particles 4 is preferably 20 nm or more to 1000 nm or less.

Abstract: A fire smoke-detection method and detector based on particle shape characteristics for detecting particles in an optical dark chamber. An optical path angle between one blue light and one infrared light and a photoelectric conversion module is an acute angle, while an optical path angle between another blue light and the photoelectric conversion module is an obtuse angle. The detection method includes: starting a light source combination, calculating a change value between a current scattered light optical power and a background value of each light source, when the change value exceeds a set threshold, continuously starting the light source combination and constructing a space vector from the recorded change values, and using a classifier to classify a plurality of space vectors to obtain a plurality of classification results with categories including fire smoke and interfering aerosols; and counting the classification results to obtain the correct classification result.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to catalysts that include a fibrous silica support and a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles including iron oxide and nickel oxide, and methods of making and using such catalysts. The fibrous silica support is a particle with radially extending fibers. The catalyst can used to convert methane into hydrogen gas. The catalysts can be introduced into an underground formation, such as with a fracking fluid, for in-situ methane conversion.

Abstract: A fluid end section having a clamping system. The clamping system has a primary clamp formed of a number of sections, which, disposed in end-to-end arrangement, form an annular ring. The primary clamp has an angled surface at each of two rims, which interact with complementary surfaces on flanges that form two separate components of the fluid end section. Each of the two separate components have a bore, which when aligned by placement of the clamp, are in alignment with one another. The clamp has an externally-disposed compression ring, which may either be essentially the width of the primary clamp, or may have one or more flexible rods which interact with grooves on the primary clamp. In either case, the compression ring holds the primary clamp in place, therefore joining the components of the fluid end.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for producing nanometer scale particles for electrochemical materials utilizing an electrosterically stabilized slurry in a media mill. The method includes adding to a media mill a feed substrate suspension including a liquid carrier medium and electrochemical feed substrate particles. The method further includes adding to the feed substrate suspension in the media mill an electrosteric dispersant that includes a polyelectrolyte. Still further, the method includes operating the media mill for a period of time to comminute the feed substrate particles, thereby forming nanometer scale particles having a (D90) particle size of less than about one micron, and recirculating for further grinding the nanometer scale particles from the media mill.

Abstract: Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising 1-2 part by weight of Schisandra chinensis powder and 5-10 part by weight of extract of Psidium guajava L. The composition can be used in the treatment of reducing blood uric acid, protecting pancreatic beta cell, and reducing body fat.

Abstract: Batteries such as Li-ion batteries are provided that comprise anode and cathode electrodes, an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, and a separator electrically separating the anode and the cathode. In some designs, the electrolyte may comprise, for example, a mixture of (i) a Li-ion salt with (ii) at least one other metal salt having a metal with a standard reduction potential below ?2.3 V vs. Standard Hydrogen Electrode (SHE). In other designs, the electrolyte may be disposed in conjunction with an electrolyte solvent that comprises, for example, about 10 to about 100 wt. % ether. In still other designs, the battery may further comprise anode and cathode interfacial layers (e.g., solid electrolyte interphase (SEI)) disposed between the respective electrode and the electrolyte and having different types of fragments of electrolyte solvent molecules as compared to each other.

Abstract: The provided herein are methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response to an antigen, such as cancer and microbial antigens.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide fluoropolymers and methods for forming and using such fluoropolymers. Fluoropolymers include polyfluorobenzoxazines and polyfluoroimides. Methods for forming polyphthalonitriles are also provided. The present disclosure is further directed to compositions containing one or more fluoropolymers and one or more metal oxides.

Abstract: A lower part protection film for an OLED panel is provided. More particularly, a lower part protection film for an OLED panel, having a significantly improved recognition rate of an alignment process, being capable of preventing generation of static electricity through an antistatic treatment, and having excellent adhesion to an OLED panel at the same time, and an organic light-emitting display apparatus including the lower part protection film for an OLED panel are provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle includes a core and a shell covering a surface of the core. The shell has a larger bandgap energy than the core and is in heterojunction with the core. The semiconductor nanoparticle emits light when irradiated with light. The core is made of a semiconductor that contains M1, M2, and Z. M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Cu, and Au. M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In and Tl. Z is at least one element selected from the group consisting of S, Se, and Te. The shell is made of a semiconductor that consists essentially of a Group 13 element and a Group 16 element.

Abstract: Nanoscale colorants are introduced to adjust the hue of transparent conductive films, such as to provide a whiter film. The transparent conductive films can have sparse metal conductive layers, which can be formed using silver nanowires. Color of the film can be evaluated using standard color parameters. In particular, values of color parameter b* can be reduced with the nanoscale colorants without unacceptably changing other parameters, such as haze, a* and transparency.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to compounds for the detection of wounds, e.g., chronic wounds or infected wounds, including compositions, substrates, kits, dressing materials, and articles, and systems containing such compounds. Further embodiments relate to methods of using these compositions, kits and systems in diagnostic assays, and in the diagnosis and/or detection of chronic or infected wounds based on enzymatic conversion of specific substrates which are contained in the compositions. Additional embodiments relate to methods of characterizing wounds based on expression of a plurality of markers and using such information to treat, manage, and follow-up patients suffering from chronic or infected wounds.

Abstract: The invention provides a sensitive and cost-effective hydrogen sensor manufactured by a simple method from organometallic precursors.

Abstract: A negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery include the negative electrode, wherein the negative electrode includes a metal current collector and a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and metal nanowires and formed on the metal current collector. The negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based active material and a carbon-based active material, and the metal nanowires include one or more metals selected from the group consisting of copper, gold, nickel, cobalt, and silver.

Abstract: A firefighting system can include an aqueous solution, including an ionic liquid surfactant, and an application mechanism configured to disperse the solution toward a fire.

Abstract: Sub-millimeter scale three-dimensional (3D) structures are disclosed with customizable chemical properties and/or functionality. The 3D structures are referred to as drop-carrier particles. The drop-carrier particles allow the selective association of one solution (i.e., a dispersed phased) with an interior portion of each of the drop-carrier particles, while a second non-miscible solution (i.e., a continuous phase) associates with an exterior portion of each of the drop-carrier particles due to the specific chemical and/or physical properties of the interior and exterior regions of the drop-carrier particles. The combined drop-carrier particle with the dispersed phase contained therein is referred to as a particle-drop. The selective association results in compartmentalization of the dispersed phase solution into sub-microliter-sized volumes contained in the drop-carrier particles. The compartmentalized volumes can be used for single-molecule assays as well as single-cell, and other single-entity assays.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator including: a first ionic polymer layer disposed on underside of a first electrode layer; a second ionic polymer layer disposed on top of a second electrode layer; and a porous conducting interlayer disposed between the first ionic polymer layer and the second ionic polymer layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing catalytic particles and using them for increased sensitivity in lateral flow immunoassays. Palladium salt is reduced in the presence of a protein using sodium borohydride as a reducing agent to form brown or gray particles. These particles catalytically develop a dye to detect the presence of an analyte.

Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition including a lubricating oil additive and a lubricating oil, the lubricating oil additive having nanodiamonds, of which a surface is hydrophobically modified by a surface treatment, dispersed in a base oil. The lubricating oil composition retains dispersibility over a long period of time and thus can ensure storage stability. Machines to which the lubricating oil composition is applied may have improved abrasion resistance as well as improved fuel consumption and reduced noise, and high thermal conductivity of the lubricating oil composition may also increase cooling efficiency and the service life of machines.

Abstract: A zirconium polymer composition comprising a zirconium polymer selected from the group consisting of polymeric zirconium oxychloride, polymeric zirconium acetate, and polymeric zirconium nitrate and having metal particles thereon is beneficial to aid in the removal of biological contaminants, such as bacteria, virus, yeast, algae, and amoeba, from fluids, including air and water. In this composition, the metal is selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), antimony (Sb), arsenic (As), barium (Ba), silicon (Si), boron (B), copper (Cu), gold (Au), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), silver (Ag), thorium (Th), tin (Sn), zinc (Zn), and mixtures thereof, and the metal particles are about 0.001% by weight to about 30% by weight of the composition. These zirconium polymer compositions are used in methods for removing biological contaminants from fluids.

Abstract: A fluid control device includes a support structure configured to be deployed in a borehole, and a filtration component disposed at the support structure, the filtration component including a porous medium made from a thermoplastic polymer material, the porous medium including an open cell foam. The porous medium has a porosity selected to cause the porous medium to exhibit shape memory behavior, and the porous medium is configured to be compacted from an initial shape to a compacted shape, deployed in the borehole, and subsequently expanded due to a downhole temperature to conform to a surface of the borehole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrogel compositions comprising polymer conjugates capable of selectively binding to fungi, Gram positive bacteria and/or Gram negative bacteria. The hydrogel compositions can be used for detecting the presence of fungi, Gram positive bacteria and/or Gram negative bacteria in a sample.

Abstract: Provided are a thermoelectric material, and a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module, each including the thermoelectric material. The thermoelectric material, according to some embodiments includes an n-doped metal halide compound having a zero-dimensional (0D) electronic system. The thermoelectric material has a significantly low electrical thermal conductivity and improved electron conductivity and thus may enhance thermoelectrical performance.

Abstract: A method for assuring that integrated circuits are free of malicious circuit insertions and/or IC design modifications through mask swapping/addition is provided. The method includes a step of comparing 3D tomographic images constructed from design GDS to the 3D tomographic images constructed from in-line fab metrology data.

Abstract: Structures of a particle containing a core and at least one shell, a metal oxide material of which is necessarily doped to ensure protection of a material of the core from photodegradation. The core can include any of a thermochromic material, a phase-change material, and a judiciously defined auxiliary material that in turn contains organic and/or polymeric material. Derivative products utilizing a plurality of such particles. Methodologies for producing such particles and derivative products.

Abstract: A system for identifying microbial agents such as virus particles in a sample. The system includes at least one processing unit for identifying in an electron micrograph obtained from the sample a darker region and identifying virus particles within the darker region. The system can optionally include an electron microscope, a sample collector and sample treatment chamber.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of U-shaped memory strings, each of the plurality of U-shaped memory strings including a first columnar body, a second columnar body, and a conductive connection body. The conductive connection body connects the first columnar body and the second columnar body. A plurality of first memory cells are connected in series in the first columnar body and are composed of a plurality of first conductive layers, a first inter-gate insulating film, a plurality of first floating electrodes, a first tunnel insulating film, and a first memory channel layer. The plurality of first floating electrodes are separated from the plurality of first conductive layers by the first inter-gate insulating film. A plurality of second memory cells are connected in series in the second columnar body, similarly to the plurality of first memory cells.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for decreasing Ataxin-2 mRNA expression. Such methods are useful to ameliorate symptoms of Ataxin-2 associated diseases. Such Ataxin-2 associated diseases include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Such symptoms include loss of motor function, reduced CMAP amplitude, denervation, and loss of motor neurons.

Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a plurality of core-shell particles and a non-polar fluid. The core-shell particles comprise an organic pigment particles core and a shell comprising a metal oxide layer and a silane layer. The metal oxide layer may have a thickness of 0.4 to 2 nm. It may be formed using a fluidized bed reactor by inserting the organic pigment into the reactor as a powder bed, contacting the powder bed with a gaseous stream comprising a metal oxide precursor and an inert gas, and contacting the powder bed with a gaseous stream of a reagent and an inert gas. The silane layer is formed from a silane compound comprising a first functional group, wherein the first functional group reacts with the metal oxide.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a module frame including a lower plate and a side wall defining an internal space; a battery cell stack disposed in the internal space of the module frame and including a plurality of battery cells that are stacked to be adjacent to each other side by side; and a resin layer disposed between the lower plate and the battery cell stack and including a detection agent, wherein the lower plate includes at least one injection hole.

Abstract: A light-emitting marker particle having a light-emitting particle core containing a light-emitting material and first and second surface groups bound to the light-emitting particle core. The first surface group contains a polar group and is an inert group which does not bind to a biomolecule. The second surface group contains a biomolecule binding group.

Abstract: A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency and high reliability is provided. The light-emitting device includes a host material and a guest material in a light-emitting layer. The host material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission and the guest material emits fluorescence. The guest material has a molecular structure including a luminophore and protecting groups, and five or more protecting groups are included in one molecule of the guest materials. When the protecting groups are introduced into the molecule, triplet excitation energy transfer from the host material to the guest material by the Dexter mechanism is inhibited. As the protecting group, an alkyl group or a branched-chain alkyl group is used. A light-emitting device with improved emission efficiency can be obtained with the use of a material having a five-membered ring skeleton in the host material.

Abstract: A device for depositing a thick metal nitride on a sample by supercritical fluids includes a first enclosure forming a first closed volume; a second enclosure placed in the first enclosure and delimited by internal walls transparent to electromagnetic radiation forming a second closed volume intended to include fluid under supercritical conditions; a heat transfer dielectric fluid circulating in the first volume around the second enclosure; a sample holder present in the second volume; an induction heating device surrounding the second enclosure; inlets for introducing a fluid and at least one precursor material into the second enclosure, and an outlet to purge the second volume.

Abstract: A bactericidal and virucidal pharmaceutical composition for use on epithelial tissues such as pulmonary, nasal and oral tissues, which comprises a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) in a concentration between 5 and 500 mM and a salt, being the NSAID preferably solubilized in a hypertonic saline solution applicable in therapies for viral infections of the Herpes simplex type. The composition can be used in therapies for herpes simplex viral infections, be used as a bactericidal mouthwash, or be vehiculated to the lung by using a nebuliser, for cystic fibrosis.

Abstract: A storage box having a display panel, which allows an article inside a body to be confirmed from the outside according to an increase in the amount of light caused by an internal light source is disclosed. The storage box having a display panel includes the body and a door including a frame and mounted on the body to be opened and closed, wherein the door includes a glass member provided on a front surface side of the frame, a protective panel provided on an inner surface side of the frame, and a transmittance-variable panel provided between the glass member and the protective panel, the transmittance-variable panel is a panel made of a thermoplastic resin of PMMA or PC and nano-sized dyes, a plurality of nano-sized pores are provided in the transmittance-variable panel.

Abstract: Provided are a cobalt ion adsorption material which has a large adsorption capacity and which tends not to generate fine powder, and a method for producing the same. This cobalt ion adsorption material is a powder with a particle diameter of 100-1,000 ?m, and contains 0.3-8.0 parts by mass of a binder constituted of a water-insoluble metal oxide or metal hydroxide fine particles with respect to 100 parts by mass of a cobalt adsorption main agent constituted of potassium hydrogen dititanate hydrate.

Abstract: A display panel and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a light-emitting component layer, a flat layer, and a lens layer. The lens layer has a plurality of lens units. A refractive index of the lens layer is greater than a refractive index of the flat layer, so that a refractive index difference between the lens layer and the flat layer and refractive effect of the lens units on the light are used to reduce angles of light emission, such that light at large angles converges and transmits toward a center, thereby improving efficiency of forward light emission of the display panel.

Abstract: An aqueous ink for an ink jet including a silver particle that contains (i) a first organic monocarboxylic acid having a pKa of 4.60 or more and (ii) a second organic monocarboxylic acid having a pKa of less than 4.60 and having a carbon number of 2 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is polymer-ceramic composite material with colossal permittivity, comprising polymer matrix and ceramic powders embedded in the polymer matrix, wherein a part of the polymer matrix is exposed and adsorbed to the surface of the ceramic powders, and the polymer is electrically insulating. This invention simultaneously achieves large dielectric constant, negligible dielectric loss and high energy density in flexible composite capacitors based on metal-ion co-doped colossal permittivity materials. The host oxides used in this CP system is friendly to the environment, non-toxic and abundant. Additionally, the process developed is relatively simple, low cost and suitable for mass production-scale. Therefore, these composite capacitors have great technological potential for many applications. Compared to the conventional ceramic materials, composites of this invention are lightweight, scalable and easily fabricated into complex shapes towards miniaturization of the compact systems.

Abstract: A rotor for a reluctance machine includes a rotor body having cavities defined by inner surfaces of the rotor body, a filler disposed within the cavities, and an adhesive coating that covalently bonds the filler to the inner surfaces of the rotor body. The adhesive coating exhibits a composite structure including a continuous matrix component and a discontinuous organic component dispersed throughout the matrix component, wherein the matrix component comprises an inorganic siloxane network and the organic component comprises a plurality of organic groups bonded to the inorganic siloxane network. The adhesive coating is formed on the inner surfaces of the rotor body by depositing a precursor composition on the inner surfaces of a rotor body and exposing the precursor composition to a plasma. The precursor composition comprises an organofunctional silane or a hydrolysate thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cross-linkable polymer including a base polymer including functional groups at least some of which have been reacted with a first organic molecule including a cross-linkable unit and with a second organic molecule capable of bonding to organic and/or inorganic substrates. The invention further relates to a hydrogel including the cross-linkable polymer that includes cross-linkable polymer strands, wherein at least some of the cross-linkable units of different cross-linkable polymer strands have reacted to form a covalent bond thereby forming a covalently linked network. The invention further relates to a method for the preparation of the hydrogel and to the use of the hydrogel.