A method for improving physical properties of a separator in which is capable of increasing insulation, tensile strength and elongation. The separator also has improved physical properties through the above method. Particularly, the present invention is applied to a separator that has already manufactured. After forming a double bond in the separator that has already manufactured, crosslinking may be formed through the double bond or by adding a separate crosslinking initiator.

A ceramic resin is provided, along with its methods of formation and use. The ceramic resin may include a crosslinkable precursor, a photoinitiator, ceramic particles, and pore forming particles. The ceramic resin may be utilized to form a ceramic casting element, such as via a method that includes forming a layer of the ceramic resin; applying light onto the ceramic resin such that the photoinitiator initiates polymerization of the crosslinkable precursor to form a crosslinked polymeric matrix setting the ceramic particles and the pore forming particles; and thereafter, heating the crosslinked polymeric matrix to a first temperature to burn out the pore forming particles.

A bilayer object consisting of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer substrate coated with a composition of matter comprising horizontally aligned exfoliated graphene sheets dispersed in an epoxy binder. A method includes depositing graphene into a hardener, mixing the hardener and the graphene to produce a homogenous composite mixture, adding a resin material to the composite mixture to produce an epoxy graphene material, coating a structure with the epoxy graphene material, aligning the graphene sheets in the in-plane orientation, and curing the epoxy graphene material.

The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery self-lubricating polymers. Lubricating liquids with affinities to polymers can be utilized to get absorbed within the polymer and form a lubricant layer (of the lubricating liquid) on the polymer. The lubricant layer can repel a wide range of materials, including simple and complex fluids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and bodily fluids), restore liquid-repellency after physical damage, and resist ice, microorganisms and insects adhesion. Some exemplary applications where self-lubricating polymers will be useful include energy-efficient, friction-reduction fluid handling and transportation, medical devices, anti-icing, optical sensing, and as self-cleaning, and anti-fouling materials operating in extreme environments.

An inkjet printing method includes the steps of: a) jetting on a substrate one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks including at least one photoinitiator and capsules composed of a cross-linked polymeric shell surrounding a core, with the core containing UV curable compounds; and b) applying UV radiation to the one or more aqueous UV curable inkjet inks jetted on the substrate.

A composite part is fabricated by rastering a deposition head over a substrate, and additively forming part features by extruding a polymer having an entrained continuous nanotube reinforcement from the deposition head onto a substrate.

A method for post-consumer waste segregation, comminution, and creation of a cementitious aggregate, that enables more complete reclamation of zorba from a processing stream segregable from plastic waste. The plastic waste is simultaneously impregnated with silica to create a cementitious aggregate employable with load bearing utility as a substitute for traditional concrete aggregates.

A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.

A molded product includes a body comprising a light-shielding photosensitive resin. The light-shielding photosensitive resin has a tinting strength having an L value equal than or less than 40, an a* value of 40 to 10, and a b* value less than or equal to 5 in the L*a*b* color space (CIE colorimetric system), and the light-shielding photosensitive resin has a directed transmittance (% T) of less than 10% at a wavelength band of 200 nm to 700 nm.

A biodegradable, degradable or bio-polymer mulch film comprising a stretching guide operatively attached thereto is provided. The stretching guide may comprise a mark on a surface of the film or a built-in/integrated tension monitor. A method for manufacturing the mulch film and a method of using the mulch film are also provided.