The present invention provides crosslinked epoxy-functional copolymer films and microarrays built from the crosslinked epoxy-functional copolymer films. Microarrays incorporating the copolymers include a substrate on which a film of the crosslinked epoxy-functional copolymer is disposed and target molecules bound to the copolymer film. The crosslinked polymer films are well-suited for use as scaffolds for target molecules in microarrays because they provide a high density of binding sites for the target molecules, are mechanically stable, and may be coated onto a wide range of substrates.

A manufacturing method that forms a multilayer thin film on the inner surface of a housing forming a transparent appearance of an electronic product to provide a deep metal texture and an electronic product having a metal texture provided at the inner surface of the housing. The multilayer thin film manufacturing method includes reforming an inner surface of a housing having an outer surface and the inner surface through plasma processing, depositing at least one hardness reinforcement layer on the inner surface, and depositing a color layer on the hardness reinforcement layer.

The present invention concerns coated films, comprising a plastic film and a radiation-curable aqueous coating material, wherein the coating material comprises a polyurethane (meth)acrylate with particularly high hydrolysis resistance. Furthermore, it concerns a method for producing such films, the use of such films for producing mouldings, a method for producing mouldings with a radiation-cured coating and mouldings that can be produced by this method and the aqueous radiation-curable binding and coating material, which are contained in the coating.

In accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the invention is broadly drawn to the use of an alcoholic medium, for instance methanol medium with an alkaline, for instance an alkali hydroxide, as depolymerization agent without any further addition of organic solvents under microwave action (heating) to achieve almost instantaneous, for instance within 1-13 minutes, for almost 100%, for instance 98-99, 9%, depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate structures or polycarbonate structures of any suitable shape and morphology such as flakes, fibers, powder, sheet, pellet, spheres, pearls, dendrites, discs or any other three-dimensional shape with a micrometric or millimetric dimension, singly or in combination if these are millinized structures, microsized structures, structures having a thickness up to 5 mm or structures having a maximum dimension of not more than 10 mm.

A method for manufacturing a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell includes agitating a solution containing a precursor to form wire-shaped structures of the precursor and entangle the wire-shaped structures in the solution, adding the precursor to a surface layer portion of a porous base sheet or a base sheet precursor so as to fill pores in the surface layer portion, and calcining the base sheet or the base sheet precursor and the precursor in a range of 1000? C. to 1200? C., thereby forming a porous carbon that is composed of multilayer cavity walls of graphene and has mesoporosity and a hollow wire-shaped crystal structure.

The aerogel particles are mixed with organic solvent and dispersed to form an aerogel suspended solution containing the organic solvent, which can be uniformly aerogel/polymer solution with mixed various types of polymers or plastics solution by mixer, and then coated to form an aerogel/polymer composite film, and the steps of which comprises: organic solvent suspension dispersion, polymer solution mixing, coating film formation, drying and winding. The prepared organic solvent aerogel suspended solution can be evenly mixed with the matching polymer solution to form a uniform aerogel/polymer solution, and then the uniform aerogel/polymer solution is made into various thicknesses of aerogel/polymer composite film by the use of coating, laminating, extruding and other processes. The aerogel/polymer composite film has a thermal insulation and low-dielectric properties and can be applied in a dielectric layer of a high-frequency circuit, an insulation layer of a semiconductor device, or communication mobile phone, computer and other applications.

Methods and systems for cleaning, coating and sealing leaks in existing nonmetal pipes, in a single operation. A nonmetal piping system can be cleaned in one pass by dry particulates forced and pulled by air throughout the piping system by a generator and a vacuum. Nonmetal pipes with nonmetal fittings or nonmetal pipes with metal fittings or nonmetal pipes with a combination of metal and nonmetal fittings can be protected from wear by water erosion and rupturing, extending the life of pipes made of a nonmetal material selected from at least one of plastics, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), composite materials, or polybutylene. Coatings can be applied to nonmetal pipes having diameters up to approximately 6. Leak sealants of at least approximately 4 mils thick can cover insides of nonmetal pipes, and can include novel mixtures of fillers and epoxy materials, and viscosity levels. A positive pressure can be maintained within the nonmetal pipes during applications. Piping systems can be returned to service within approximately 96 hours.

An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light; the polymeric shell includes a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyureas, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, and melamine based polymers and copolymers thereof; and the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 m as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.

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 of producing a composite panel member, especially a composite panel member having a foam core sandwich structure for an airframe of an aircraft or spacecraft, including: providing at least one fiber reinforcement layer in a panel molding tool; moving or transferring the molding tool to an infusion station that is pre-heated to an infusion temperature and infusing the fiber reinforcement layer in the molding tool with a polymer resin; moving or transferring the molding tool to a curing station that is pre-heated to a curing temperature and curing the at least one resin-infused fiber reinforcement layer in the molding tool to form a composite panel member; and moving or transferring the molding tool to a cooling station that is provided at a cooling temperature and cooling the composite panel member in the molding tool.