Systems and methods are provided for fabrication of enhanced carbon fiber laminates that utilize encapsulated catalyst. One embodiment is a method that includes acquiring a batch of dry fibers, and acquiring a batch of catalyst capsules that each comprise catalyst that accelerates polymerization of monomers of a resin, and a shell that encapsulates the catalyst and liquefies at a curing temperature. The method further includes interspersing the catalyst capsules among the dry fibers, and impregnating the fibers with the resin after interspersing the catalyst capsules with the fibers.

To provide a bonding technique that is capable of bonding a metal and a resin with a sufficient bonding strength. A bonded article including a functional group-carrying metal surface and a functional group-carrying resin surface, which are bonded directly to each other, the functional group-carrying metal surface having one or more kind of a functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an epoxy group, a mercapto group, a styryl group, a (meth)acryloyl group, an isocyanato group, and an alkenyl group, on a surface of a metal, the functional group-carrying resin surface having one or more kind of a functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an epoxy group, a mercapto group, a styryl group, a (meth)acryloyl group, an isocyanato group, and an alkenyl group, on a surface of a resin.

A barrier film laminate (1) comprising an organic layer (4) that is situated in between two inorganic layers (2,3). The organic layer comprises submicron getter particles (5) at an amount between 0.01 and 0.9% by weight. The barrier film laminate can be used for encapsulating organic electronic devices such as OLEDs. The long term homogenous transparency makes this laminate in particular suited for protecting the light emitting side of an OLED.

A process for producing an interior trim part (1) with a decorative layer situated on a first side (S1) thereof and forming a decorative pattern (M) for the interior of a motor vehicle, the process comprising the following steps: (a) formation of at least one cutout configuration (R), defined by a predetermined decorative pattern (M), in a protective layer (120) situated on a first side (S1), which is situated on a first surface (110a) of the shell-shaped base body (110) made of a metallic material, (b) deposition of sinterable decorative material on the first side (S1) in such a way that the decorative material, as an intermediate layer (150), covers at least the area in which the cutout configuration (R) defined by the decorative pattern (M) is formed in the protective layer (120), (c) laser-sintering of the intermediate layer (150) inside the at least one cutout configuration defined by the decorative pattern (M), (d) removal of the sinterable decorative material that is situated outside the at least one cutout configuration defined by the decorative pattern (M),
as well as an interior trim part (1).

A system, process and resulting product which converts currently non-recycled plastics plastic bottles, jars, containers, PVC tubing, toys, furniture, synthetic plastic carpet and all other plastics that can be shredded, chipped, powered and or melted into a building material or useful utilitarian object. The process eliminates the need for sorting the plastic. The invention only melts the low temperature melting plastic. The low temperature melting plastic act as the glue or adhesive to bond all the high and low melting, shredded, chipped, flaked, powdered, or pelletized plastics together. The listed fragmented plastics must be mechanically mixed before it is subjected to the low temperature melt process. The conglomerate can be processed into a myriad of forms such as construction panels that can also have decorative veneer added. The conglomerate can also be melted, molded into a myriad of shapes that can also be machined to form intricate useful features.

Disclosed herein is a substrate-independently surface-coated polymer by aromatic-amine compound and a coating method thereof, and in particular to a substrate-independently surface-coated polymer and a coating method thereof wherein an aromatic compound in which two or more amines are substituted on benzene, is substrate-independently surface-coated. The substrate-independently surface-coated polymer characterized in that the surface of a polymer substrate is coated in such a way to react, using a surface modifier, an aromatic compound of the following structural formula on at least one surface of the polymer substrate having a nucleophilic functional group or an electrophilic functional group.

A privacy apparatus includes one or more substantially cork panels. Each panel can be configured to provide visual and/or sound privacy for a certain work space. The panel can be supported on a floor via one or more base elements and/or may be reinforced in rigidity and/or strength via one or more supports. Some embodiments of the apparatus can include a first panel and a second panel attached together via one or more supports press fit within openings defined in rear faces of the panels.

Disclosed are an environment-friendly heat shielding film using a non-radioactive stable isotope and a manufacturing method therefor and, more specifically, an environment-friendly heat shielding film using a non-radioactive stable isotope and a manufacturing method therefor, wherein a heat shielding layer is formed on one surface of a substrate layer; the heat shielding layer is composed of stable isotopes as elements constituting a precursor and contains a non-radioactive stable isotope tungsten bronze compound having an oxygen-deficient .sup.(Y)A.sub.x.sup.(182,183,184,186)W.sub.1O.sub.(3-n) type hexagonal structure, thereby preventing the generation of radioactive materials, fundamentally blocking haze, and improving the visible light transmittance and the infrared light blocking rate; and the heat resistance and durability problems that may occur when the heat shielding layer is formed of the non-radioactive stable isotope tungsten bronze compound are solved by a passivation film.

To provide a polyrotaxane composite formed body produced by strong bonding between a crosslinked polyrotaxane formed body and an elastomer formed body without intervention of an adhesive.

Provided is a method for producing a polyrotaxane composite formed body, the method including subjecting a surface of a crosslinked polyrotaxane formed body and a surface of an elastomer formed body to plasma treatment, and pressure joining the treated surfaces together, to thereby bond the formed bodies. Also provided is a polyrotaxane composite formed body including a crosslinked polyrotaxane formed body and an elastomer formed body, wherein these formed bodies are directly bonded together without being intermingled with each other in the absence of an adhesive layer between the formed bodies, an oxygen-rich layer is present between the bonding surfaces of the formed bodies, and the formed bodies exhibit a peel strength of 1 N/m or more.

The invention relates to a method of fabricating a turbine engine blade out of composite material comprising fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the blade comprising an airfoil, a platform situated at a longitudinal end of the airfoil, and at least one functional element projecting from the outside face of the platform. The method comprises: making a single-piece fiber blank by multilayer weaving; shaping the fiber blank to obtain a single-piece fiber preform having a first portion (302) forming a preform for the blade airfoil (320) and a second portion (314) forming a preform for the platform (340) and at least one preform for a functional element (352; 354); and densifying the fiber preform with a matrix. The second preform portion comprises a set of yarn layers interlinked by weaving with at least one zone of non-interlinking being provided to make it possible to deploy the functional element preform relative to the first platform preform.