Abstract:
An image recording method includes applying an ink containing a pigment and polymer particles to a region of a recording medium, and applying a liquid composition capable of destabilizing the dispersion of the pigment in the ink to the recording medium so as to cover at least part of the region of the recording medium. The liquid composition contains 6.0% by mass or more of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of the compounds expressed by General Formula (1) and the compounds expressed by General Formula (2) relative to the total mass of the liquid composition. The content of the polymer particles in the ink is 1.0% by mass or more relative to the total mass of the ink.
Abstract:
This disclosure deals with novel formulations to create highly durable flexible hydrophobic, superhydrophobic, oleophobic and/or superoleophobic surfaces. The formulations of this invention can be applied by dip, spray and painting processes.
Abstract:
Methods of forming a barrier layer on a substrate to form a halogen-free multi-layer construction configured to increase the barrier properties of the substrate are described. The barrier layer can reduce the oxygen transmission rate through the construction and can reduce the amount of air on one side of the construction. The methods include dissolving a highly amorphous vinyl alcohol polymer in a solvent to form a solution and applying the solution to the substrate. The solution is dried to form a barrier layer on the substrate. The barrier layer is continuous, relatively thin, and has a consistent thickness throughout the barrier layer, yet provides improved barrier properties. The methods can include using water-impermeable interior and exterior layers for preventing liquid water and water vapor from negatively affecting the functioning of the barrier layer, and an adhesive layer for reducing flex cracking failure of the barrier layer.
Abstract:
A displaceable floor trowel for applying a flowable material to a floor surface includes a body having a back wall and two spaced apart guide walls extending forwardly from the back wall. A blade assembly for applying the flowable material includes a blade disposed behind the back wall. At least one connection member connects the blade to the body such that the blade is moveable to selectively engage the bottom application edge with the flowable material. A connection between the connection member(s) and the blade or the body is configurable in first and second alternate configurations. In the first configuration, the connection member(s) maintain the bottom application edge at a constant orientation with respect to the body. In the second configuration, the connection member(s) allow a variation of the orientation of the bottom application edge with respect to the body.
Abstract:
A forming material having a layer on at least one of surfaces of a support substrate material, wherein the layer contains a fluorine-containing compound, and has a 60-degree specular gloss level prescribed in JIS Z8741 (1997 edition) greater than or equal to 60%, and the layer has a surface property with a number of peaks exceeding a root-mean-square roughness (Rq) observed under an atomic force microscope (AFM) greater than or equal to 500 and less than or equal to 1500 per 25 μm2.
Abstract:
A color filter substrate is provided with a layered structure containing monocolor quantum dots in areas of sub-pixels of at least one color of the pixels, and the layered structure is formed by laminating flake graphene layers and monocolor quantum dot layers alternatively. The color filter substrate can efficiently convert background light into monochromatic light, can increase the color gamut of the liquid crystal display panel, enhances color saturation, and improves display quality of the display screen.
Abstract:
Systems and methods provide a user with the ability to mark a surface, easily remove the marking, and remark the same surface. The systems and methods include a marking implement and a mark-receiving surface. When the mark-receiving surface is marked, the resulting mark dries relatively quickly, tends not to smudge, and can be wiped from the surface easily, efficiently and effectively without lasting effect to the mark-receiving surface, which then is available to be marked again.
Abstract:
A method for repair of composite materials includes applying a formulation to a ceramic matrix composite substrate. The formulation comprises a liquid carrier, a ceramic filler dispersed within the carrier, and a polymeric binder disposed in the carrier. The method further includes removing the carrier from the formulation to form a green composition; pyrolyzing the green composition to form a porous composition; disposing a liquid metal or metalloid within the pores of the porous composition to form an intermediate composite composition; and converting the liquid metal or metalloid to solid state to form a solid composite composition.
Abstract:
A method of achieving precision registration in a roll to roll process by simultaneously depositing multiple inks onto a printing roll. One of these inks prints a pattern of fiducial marks onto a substrate while another ink prints a predetermined pattern on the same substrate such that the predetermined pattern bears a predictable spatial relationship to the pattern of fiducial marks. Consequently, even if the ink forming the predetermined pattern is invisible, or has such low contrast with the substrate that it is effectively invisible, or even has been dissolved away in a subsequent processing step, it is still possible to know where the predetermined pattern is by referring to the pattern of fiducial marks.
Abstract:
A conduit treatment system for uniformly apply coatings or treatments to the inner walls of conduits without excessive build-up or creation of blockages. The conduit treatment system generally includes a tube having an absorbent first layer and a non-absorbent second layer. When not inverted, the first layer is the interior of the tube and the second layer is the exterior of the tube. The first layer will be adapted to absorb a treatment which is to be applied within a conduit. By securing a tether between an inversion unit and a closed-off end of the tube, the tube may be wound onto the inversion unit's shaft. The first end of the tube may then be anchored to the inversion unit's connector head to allow for inversion of the tube within a conduit. Upon inversion, the first layer will apply its absorbed treatment to the inner walls of the conduit.