There is provided a functional layer including a layered double hydroxide. The functional layer further contains titania.

There is provided a functional layer including a layered double hydroxide. The functional layer further contains titania.

An exhaust gas control apparatus includes: a honeycomb substrate including an inflow cell and an outflow cell adjacent to each other with a partition wall sandwiched between the inflow cell and the outflow cell; a first sealing part provided at an outflow side end of the inflow cell, and a second sealing part provided at an inflow side end of the outflow cell; and a catalyst layer provided on the partition wall, and at least one of the first sealing part and the second sealing part is an OSC material-containing sealing part containing an OSC material and a sealant, and a concentration of the OSC material in the OSC material-containing sealing part is uniform in an extending direction.

An exhaust gas control apparatus includes: a honeycomb substrate including an inflow cell and an outflow cell adjacent to each other with a partition wall sandwiched between the inflow cell and the outflow cell; a first sealing part provided at an outflow side end of the inflow cell, and a second sealing part provided at an inflow side end of the outflow cell; and a catalyst layer provided on the partition wall, and at least one of the first sealing part and the second sealing part is an OSC material-containing sealing part containing an OSC material and a sealant, and a concentration of the OSC material in the OSC material-containing sealing part is uniform in an extending direction.

A fiber comprises a bulk material comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of carbon, silicon, boron, silicon carbide, and boron nitride; and a metal whose affinity for oxygen is greater than the affinity for oxygen of any of the one or more materials. The metal may be selected from the group consisting of beryllium, titanium, hafnium and zirconium. At least a first portion of the metal may be present in un-oxidized form at the entrance to and/or within grain boundaries within the fiber. A method of improving at least one of the strength, creep resistance, and toughness of a fiber comprises adding to a fiber, initially comprising a bulk material having a first affinity for oxygen, a metal that has a second affinity for oxygen higher than the first affinity. The metal may be selected from the group consisting of beryllium, titanium, hafnium and zirconium.

A fiber comprises a bulk material comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of carbon, silicon, boron, silicon carbide, and boron nitride; and a metal whose affinity for oxygen is greater than the affinity for oxygen of any of the one or more materials. The metal may be selected from the group consisting of beryllium, titanium, hafnium and zirconium. At least a first portion of the metal may be present in un-oxidized form at the entrance to and/or within grain boundaries within the fiber. A method of improving at least one of the strength, creep resistance, and toughness of a fiber comprises adding to a fiber, initially comprising a bulk material having a first affinity for oxygen, a metal that has a second affinity for oxygen higher than the first affinity. The metal may be selected from the group consisting of beryllium, titanium, hafnium and zirconium.

In order to provide a shaped body which has good high-temperature resistance, to which a coating material adheres permanently, and which is easy to produce, a shaped body is proposed which has a channel structure formed by shaping a material of the shaped body and a pore structure in the material of the shaped body, wherein the material of the shaped body comprises a particulate base material or is formed therefrom at least in part, wherein the base material comprises a cordierite material and/or a mullite material, wherein particles of the base material are connected to one another directly and/or indirectly, and wherein approximately 5 vol. % of a coating material or more, based on a total volume of the pore structure, can be or is absorbed into pores of the pore structure.

The present invention relates to a water-based polymer dispersion, which comprises a polymer part and aggregate particles, which are mixed with the polymer part. According to the present invention, the polymer part comprises at least two polymers that are dispersed with a surface-active agent, which polymers have particles of different sizes, in which case the aggregate particles are formed of metal oxide particles, and the dispersion comprises a coagulator. The dispersion can be used, for example, to produce elastic coatings, adhesive layers and polymer films.

The present invention relates to a water-based polymer dispersion, which comprises a polymer part and aggregate particles, which are mixed with the polymer part. According to the present invention, the polymer part comprises at least two polymers that are dispersed with a surface-active agent, which polymers have particles of different sizes, in which case the aggregate particles are formed of metal oxide particles, and the dispersion comprises a coagulator. The dispersion can be used, for example, to produce elastic coatings, adhesive layers and polymer films.

A battery including, as a separator, a functional layer including a layered double hydroxide that contains Ni, Al, Ti and Zn, and has an atomic ratio Zn/(Ni+Ti+AI+Zn) of 0.04 or more determined by an energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDS).