Abstract:
A composite structure comprising an organic resin and carbon fibers comprises planar structure graphene nanosheets embedded in the resin. This structure combining good properties in terms of mechanical resilience, thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity can advantageously be used for thermal dissipation devices, as solar generator substrate or else as housing of electronic components, carried on board satellites.
Abstract:
The invention provides a solvent-free plasma method for depositing an adherent catechol and/or quinone functionalised layer to an inorganic or organic substrate from a precursor which comprises at least a quinone group; a protected or unprotected catechol group; a molecule substituted by a quinone group and/or a protected or unprotected catechol group; and/or a natural or synthetic derivative of a catechol group and/or a quinone group; wherein the quinone group is a 1,2-benzoquinone group and the catechol group is a 1,2-dihydroxybenzene group.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for forming regular polymer thin films on a substrate using atmospheric plasma discharges. In particular, the method allows for the deposition of functional polymer thin films which require a high regularity and a linear polymer structure.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method of forming a polymer coating on a substrate. The method comprising the steps of providing in an evacuated reaction chamber a substrate having a surface to be coated; and providing a first source of polymer forming material and a second source of radicals. According to the invention the first source and the second source are separated from each other and from the reaction chamber, and the polymer forming material as well as the radicals are, at least temporarily, conducted contemporaneously but spatially separated to the substrate's surface, so that a reaction of the polymer forming material with the radicals is avoided before they reach the substrate's surface. Further, the present invention is directed to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention pertains to a method for determining the volumetric flow rate of a compressible fluid flow flowing through a volume flowmeter having a flow inlet, a wheel downstream of the flow inlet and a constriction downstream of the flow inlet and upstream of the wheel, the compressible fluid flowing through the flow inlet and actuating the wheel. The method comprises measuring the rotational speed of the wheel and determining the permanent pressure loss across the wheel based on the measured rotational speed. The method further comprises measuring the fluid pressure of the compressible fluid flow at the flow inlet and determining whether the compressible fluid flow in the volume flowmeter is in the subsonic or in the supersonic regime based on the determined permanent pressure loss and the measured fluid pressure. The method also comprises measuring the fluid temperature of the compressible fluid flow at the flow inlet and determining the volumetric flow rate of the compressible fluid flow based on the determined permanent pressure loss, the measured fluid pressure, the regime of the compressible fluid flow and the measured fluid temperature. Other aspects of the present invention pertain to volume flowmeter for determining the volumetric flow rate of a compressible fluid flow, a data processing device for controlling a volume flowmeter, a computer program for the controller and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon the computer program.
Abstract:
An only inkjet-printing-based process for depositing functional materials, in various instances PZT, Bi-based material or (K,Na)-based material, on a substrate, in various instances platinized silicon. Substrate templating (via SAMs) and material deposition are both performed by an inkjet printing process. Additionally, a composition to be used as a SAM precursor ink which is a thiol in a solvent mixture. Further, a cartridge for a printing machine with such a composition. Still further, the use of such a cartridge, alone, or as a kit with another cartridge containing a precursor of the functional material, in particular to perform both steps of the printing method. Finally, a product, for instance a microsystem, obtained by the process.
Abstract:
The invention also relates to a process for synthesizing an ester-containing benzoxazine monomer of formula (1) comprising the following steps consisting of: c) reacting a phenolic acid derivative of formula (II), comprising at least one R*** group on the phenolic ring: wherein x is of from 0 to 1, and y=1-x, with a polyfunctional molecule or oligomer of formula (III) at a temperature of from 25° C. to 200° C., during 1 h-72 h, in the presence of a catalyst of Bronsted acid type, resulting in a phenol terminated oligomer or molecule (compound (IV)), and reacting the compound (IV) with a mixture of: an amino-alcohol of formula (V): a primary amine derivative of formula (VI), R**—NH2 (VI), and paraformaldehyde of formula (VII) at a temperature range of from 80° C. to 100° C., from 1 h to 10 h, under stirring, for obtaining the compound of formula (I);
Abstract:
This method comprises: pre-processing (312) SAR data of the geographical region to determine a plurality of SAR images (2), said region being subdivided into a plurality of adjacent cells; defining (314) an urban mask (4) of said region, said urban mask providing, for each cell, a likelihood that said cell is an urban area; applying (316), on the plurality of SAR images, a deep learning classification algorithm, to compute, for each cell of said region, a class (6) indicative that the corresponding cell is either a flooded urban area, a flooded rural area, or a non-flooded area, the deep learning classification algorithm being structured as a fully convolutional neural network (16) and comprising dynamic parameters and static parameters, the values of the dynamic parameters being computed from the urban mask and the value of the static parameter being computed during a training stage.
Abstract:
The invention provides a computer-implemented method and a system for automatically segmenting thermal images of a tire's footprint in order to identify components of the tire's tread pattern. The invention relies on a convolutional neural network model and on digital image pre-filtering. It is capable of accurately segmenting thermal footprint images of tires in either straight rolling or cornering conditions, which allows for the accurate extraction of temperature data for each identified tread pattern component.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing metal-CNT composites is disclosed. The method comprises providing an agglomerate of CNTs, filling interstices of the CNT agglomerate in a plating solution, so as to form a metal phase, in which the CNTs are embedded. The CNT agglomerate is compressed with a clamping appliance when the metal phase is formed. A further aspect of the invention relates to metal-CNT composites with high CNT content.