A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel; and a backlight unit disposed at one side of the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit includes a prism sheet, which comprises a base and a plurality of prism patterns arranged on the base and a binder and a silicon compound having adjacent siloxane moieties linked via a diselenide group, and a light source disposed at a lower portion of the prism sheet. In the liquid crystal display device, the prism sheet is disposed between the light source and the liquid crystal panel.

Surface-modified nanoparticles are produced by associating ligand interactive agents with the surface of a nanoparticle. The ligand interactive agents are bound to surface modifying ligands that are tailored to impart particular solubility and/or compatibility properties. The ligand interactive agents are crosslinked via a linking/crosslinking agent, such as hexamethoxymethylmelamine or a derivative thereof. The linking/crosslinking agent may provide a binding site for binding the surface modifying ligands to the ligand interactive agents.

A process for cross-linking siloxane and organic polymers comprising reacting (a) a silyl hydride with (b) an unsaturated polymeric compound in the presence of (d) a platinum diene compound with a chelating dianionic ligand.

A method of producing a synthetic functionalized additive including the steps of mixing an amount of a magnesium salt with a fluid medium to produce a magnesium-containing fluid, adding an amount of a silane to the magnesium-containing fluid to produce a reactant mix, adding an amount of an aqueous hydroxide to the reactant mix to produce a reaction mixture, mixing the reaction mixture for a mix period, refluxing the reaction mixture for a reflux period to produce a product mix, treating the product mix to separate the synthetic functionalized additive.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to embodiments of synthetic functionalized additives. The synthetic functionalized additive may include a layered magnesium silicate. The layered magnesium silicate may include a first functionalized silicate layer including a first tetrahedral silicate layer covalently bonded to at least two different functional groups, an octahedral brucite layer, including magnesium, and a second functionalized silicate layer including a second tetrahedral silicate layer covalently bonded to at least two different functional groups. The octahedral brucite layer may be positioned between the first functionalized silicate layer and the second functionalized silicate layer. The at least two different functional groups covalently bonded to the first tetrahedral silicate layer may be the same or different than the at least two different functional groups covalently bonded to the second tetrahedral silicate layer.

Surface-modified nanoparticles are produced by associating ligand interactive agents with the surface of a nanoparticle. The ligand interactive agents are bound to surface modifying ligands that are tailored to impart particular solubility and/or compatibility properties. The ligand interactive agents are crosslinked via a linking/crosslinking agent, such as hexamethoxymethylmelamine or a derivative thereof. The linking/crosslinking agent may provide a binding site for binding the surface modifying ligands to the ligand interactive agents.

Molecules or salts thereof are provided, having the structure in Formula I, wherein n.sup.2 and n are the same or different and are independently 1, 2, or 3, and n is 1 to 20; X is oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur; wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 are as described herein. Methods are also provided for the synthesis of and use of the provided molecules in applications for diagnostic testing.

Surface-modified nanoparticles are produced by associating ligand interactive agents with the surface of a nanoparticle. The ligand interactive agents are bound to surface modifying ligands that are tailored to impart particular solubility and/or compatibility properties. The ligand interactive agents are crosslinked via a linking/crosslinking agent, such as hexamethoxymethylmelamine or a derivative thereof. The linking/crosslinking agent may provide a binding site for binding the surface modifying ligands to the ligand interactive agents.

There is described a primer composition comprising a silicone polyether, a reinforcing filler, one or more polydiorganosiloxane polymer(s) and a carrier and the preparation and use thereof. The primer composition is particularly designed for use with silicone elastomers especially for addition (hydrosilylation) curing silicone elastomers, the preparation thereof, and to a process for improving the adhesion of silicone elastomeric compositions to pre-cured silicone elastomer material substrates. A method for improving the adhesion of silicone elastomer to a pre-cured silicone elastomeric substrate is provided. The method comprises: applying a primer composition to a silicone elastomer substrate; optionally, air-drying (or baking) the primer composition to form a uniform primer film covering the substrate; applying a hydrosilylation curable silicone rubber composition to the substrate covered with the primer to obtain a composite; and curing the composite in order to obtain a silicone elastomer adhesively bonded to a silicone elastomer substrate.

The modified graphene includes a structure represented by the following formula (I), wherein the modified graphene has a ratio (g/d) of an intensity g of a G band to an intensity d of a D band of 1.0 or more in a Raman spectroscopy spectrum thereof:
Gr1-Ar1-X1-(Y1).sub.n1(I)
in the formula (I), Gr1 represents a single-layer graphene or a multilayer graphene, Ar1 represents an arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, X1 represents a single bond, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a group obtained by substituting at least one carbon atom in a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms with at least one structure selected from the group consisting of O, NH, ##STR00001##
CO, COO, CONH, and an arylene group.