Provided is a rubber composition that can improve the on-ice performance of a rubber article such as a tire while maintaining the wear resistance of the rubber article at a good level. The rubber composition contains a rubber component and fibrous or flat particles, where the particles form a plurality of aggregates in the rubber composition, and a proportion of aggregate having an aggregation diameter of 10 m or more and 1000 m or less is 70% or more among the plurality of aggregates.

The present invention relates to the extraordinary properties of recently discovered nanotubes. This disclosure teaches a method for using barrel proteins acting as scaffolds to guide assembly of nanotubes, and using nano-molecular molding jigs to format the nanotubes into stable arrays with the precise geometric architecture desired. This disclosure teaches nanotube technology with principles of protein folding and aggregated self-assembly. In certain embodiments, the disclosure teaches using highly modified barrel proteins to form hydrophobic and hydrophilic channels that guide the nanotubes into their centers, or other geometric patterns utilizing silicone aerogel to form nano-molecular molds, jigs, and surfaces to position nanotubes in precise geometric arrangements and arrays. This disclosure teaches new uses of barrel proteins as self-assembling molding tools to develop new nanometer scaled devices and their uses herein.

The invention relates to a method and a device for bonding two substrates, wherein an adhesive is applied to a first substrate and a second film-type substrate consisting of a thermoplastic material is converted into a plasticized state by heating before being bonded to the first substrate.

A connection including a first profile having a first end and a first lumen, the first profile including a first polymeric material and a second profile having a second end and a second lumen, the second profile including a second polymeric material, a metal, or combination thereof, wherein the first end and the second end are coincidently welded via an ionized gas treatment.

A composite material according to the present invention includes: a frame portion including a first resin; and a plurality of voids. The composite material includes a first layer and a second layer each placed along a periphery of each of the plurality of voids. The first layer includes a plurality of inorganic particles. The second layer includes at least one resin selected from the group consisting of the first resin and a second resin different from the first resin. Moreover, the second layer covers the first layer from a farther side of the first layer and faces the void, the farther side being farther from the frame portion.

A hybrid polymeric structure, a method for fabricating a hybrid polymeric structure and a method for connecting two polymeric layers with the hybrid polymeric structure, the hybrid polymeric structure including a first polymeric material arranged in a first three-dimensional network, wherein the first three-dimensional network defines a cavity with a plurality of interconnected portions within the first three-dimensional network; and a second polymeric material substantially occupies the cavity of the first three-dimensional network, and defines a second three-dimensional network; wherein the first three-dimensional network and the second three-dimensional network are arranged to physically engage with each other so as to form a unified structure combining the first polymeric material and the second polymeric material.

A low-density gel product of the present disclosure has a coating layer on a surface thereof, the coating layer being composed of a polymer of a gas-phase polymerizable monomer. The low-density gel product of the present disclosure has an improved mechanical strength. The low-density gel product is, for example, an aerogel or xerogel. The low-density gel product can be, for example, in the form of a monolithic body such as a sheet or in the form of particles. The gas-phase polymerizable monomer is, for example, at least one selected from an olefin, styrene, a styrene derivative, (meth)acrylic acid, a (meth)acrylic acid ester, para-xylylene, and a para-xylylene derivative.

The present invention relates to the extraordinary properties of recently discovered nanotubes. This disclosure teaches a method for using barrel proteins acting as scaffolds to guide assembly of nanotubes, and using nano-molecular molding jigs to format the nanotubes into stable arrays with the precise geometric architecture desired. This disclosure teaches nanotube technology with principles of protein folding and aggregated self-assembly. In certain embodiments, the disclosure teaches using highly modified barrel proteins to form hydrophobic and hydrophilic channels that guide the nanotubes into their centers, or other geometric patterns utilizing silicone aerogel to form nano-molecular molds, jigs, and surfaces to position nanotubes in precise geometric arrangements and arrays. This disclosure teaches new uses of barrel proteins as self-assembling molding tools to develop new nanometer scaled devices and their uses herein.

A multi-layered structure of at least a polymer base-layer and paint-based protective layer or a paste-based protective layer, the protective layer being non-intumescent, wherein the protective layer exhibits at atmospheric pressure during an increase in ambient temperature, a drop in its thermal conductivity.

Disclosed is an article that includes at least one polymeric substrate assembled on at least one layer of silicone polymer, characterized in that at least one of the polymeric substrate or the layer of silicone polymer has been brought into contact with particles of titanium dioxide, magnesium oxide and/or zinc oxide, before assembly of the article, and in that at least one of the polymeric substrate or the layer of silicone polymer has been brought into contact with water before or after assembly of the article. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the article, as well as the use of particles of titanium dioxide, magnesium oxide and/or zinc oxide, for improving the adherence between a polymeric substrate and a layer of silicone polymer.