A lifting member for an elevator system includes a rope formed from plurality of load carrying fibers extending along a length of the lifting member. The plurality of load carrying fibers including a plurality of aromatic polyester based fibers. A coating layer at least partially encapsulates the rope. An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car disposed in the hoistway and movable therein, and a lifting member operably connected to the elevator car to suspend and/or drive the elevator car along the hoistway. The lifting member includes a rope formed from plurality of load carrying fibers extending along a length of the lifting member. The plurality of load carrying fibers including a plurality of aromatic polyester based fibers. A coating layer at least partially encapsulates the rope.

The invention discloses a composition for fiber surface treatment and a process for treating a fiber. The fiber surface treatment composition of the invention includes maleic anhydride polymer, epoxy resin, blocked isocyanate, curing agent, rubber latex, solvent and optional filler. The fiber treated by the invention has excellent adhesion effects, reaching or even exceeding the adhesion level of RFL treatment.

The invention discloses a composition for fiber surface treatment and a process for treating a fiber. The fiber surface treatment composition of the invention includes maleic anhydride polymer, epoxy resin, blocked isocyanate, curing agent, rubber latex, solvent and optional filler. The fiber treated by the invention has excellent adhesion effects, reaching or even exceeding the adhesion level of RFL treatment.

The present invention relates to adducts between sp.sup.2 hybridized carbon allotropes and pyrrole derivatives comprising at least one sulphur atom, and crosslinkable elastomer compositions comprising such adducts. The present invention further relates to tyres for vehicle wheels comprising at least one structural element comprising a crosslinked elastomer material obtained by crosslinking of such crosslinkable elastomer compositions.

A process of making a textile material antimicrobial includes a first process cycle including treating the textile material using a liquor application process that includes one or more antimicrobial agents, and subjecting the treated textile material to a heat treatment. The process also includes a second process cycle being performed after the first process cycle and including treating the textile material using a liquor application process that includes one or more antimicrobial agents, and drying the textile material to evaporate water in the textile material and curing the treated textile material after the water in the textile material has been evaporated by the drying.

A process of making a textile material antimicrobial includes a first process cycle including treating the textile material using a liquor application process that includes one or more antimicrobial agents, and subjecting the treated textile material to a heat treatment. The process also includes a second process cycle being performed after the first process cycle and including treating the textile material using a liquor application process that includes one or more antimicrobial agents, and drying the textile material to evaporate water in the textile material and curing the treated textile material after the water in the textile material has been evaporated by the drying.

A method of synthesis of metal organic frameworks (“MOFs”) includes preparing a metal solution by dissolving at least one metal salt in an aqueous solution and buffering the metal solution with a base to achieve a first pH, the metal solution optionally comprising an organic co-solvent, preparing a linker solution by adding at least one organic acid linker and at least one base to an aqueous solution, and mixing the metal solution and the linker solution to produce the MOFs. The at least one organic acid linker has an ability to be protonated or deprotonated in response to a second pH, and the mixture of the metal solution and the linker solution has a third pH value, where the third pH value is greater than a highest pK.sub.a of the organic acid linker. The MOFs may be applied to a textile.

A process of making a textile material antimicrobial includes treating the textile material using a liquor application process, where two or more antimicrobial agents selected from a quaternary ammonium organosilane compound, propiconazole, and polyhexamethylene biguanide, or two or more antimicrobial agents selected from polyglucosamine, propiconazole, and polyhexamethylene biguanide, or three or more antimicrobial agents selected from a quaternary ammonium organosilane compound, polyglucosamine, propiconazole, and polyhexamethylene biguanide are applied to the textile material. The textile material is dried and cured, where curing is conducted at a curing temperature of at least 150° C. and of at most 205° C.

A process of making a textile material antimicrobial includes treating the textile material using a liquor application process, where two or more antimicrobial agents selected from a quaternary ammonium organosilane compound, propiconazole, and polyhexamethylene biguanide, or two or more antimicrobial agents selected from polyglucosamine, propiconazole, and polyhexamethylene biguanide, or three or more antimicrobial agents selected from a quaternary ammonium organosilane compound, polyglucosamine, propiconazole, and polyhexamethylene biguanide are applied to the textile material. The textile material is dried and cured, where curing is conducted at a curing temperature of at least 150° C. and of at most 205° C.

A process of making a textile material antimicrobial includes treating the textile material using an exhaust process, where the liquor includes a solvent and one or more antimicrobial agents selected from silver cations, a quaternary ammonium organosilane compound, polyglucosamine, propiconazole, and polyhexamethylene biguanide, and where the one or more antimicrobial agents form a homogeneous mixture with the solvent. The process further includes drying the textile material to evaporate water in the textile material and curing the textile material after the water in the textile material has been evaporated by the drying, where curing is conducted at a curing temperature of at least 150° C. and of at most 205° C.