Porous, binderless ceramic surface modification materials are described, and applications of use thereof. The ceramic surface material is in the form of an interconnected network of porous ceramic material on a substrate. The ceramic material may include a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, and/or hydrates thereof, or a metal carbonate or metal phosphate, on a substrate surface. The substrate may be in the form of a metal or polymer particulate, powder, extrudate, or flakes.

A system and method for direct and/or active detection and monitoring of civil engineering or other infrastructural structures, and in a preferred embodiment, for hydrocarbon leakage in oil and gas pipelines, storage structures, and/or transportation structures. Particularly, the system and method relate to various nanocomposite sensor coating and data gathering systems. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a single measurement sensor coating (thin film) sensor. Other embodiments relate to multiple measurement sensor coating systems. The sensor is comprised of either a discrete conductive filament layer, or a single or multiple mesh of interwoven filaments of conductive material in one direction and nonconductive material in a perpendicular direction, as a substrate coated with sensitive coating materials to form a sensor grid. Various embodiments of the sensor coating and their applications are also disclosed.

A magnetic piece, a multilayer magnetic piece and a multilayer core with an adhesive agent of excellent saturation magnetic flux density are provided. The magnetic piece includes a soft magnetic amorphous alloy ribbon 1 and a resin layer 2 provided on at least one surface of the soft magnetic amorphous alloy ribbon. The resin layer contains a resin whose Shore D hardness is not more than 60. The resin may have a Shore D hardness of not more than 25 or may have a Shore D hardness of not less than 1.

A method of forming a sloped roof can comprise obtaining a base layer comprising at least one of a permeable mesh, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, plastic, foam material or combinations thereof; applying the base layer over a roofing substrate of the sloped roof; and applying a liquid roofing material to the base layer to form a liquid applied roof.

A steel sheet for a two-piece can, the steel sheet includes: by mass %, C: 0.010% or more and less than 0.030%; Si: 0.04% or less; Mn: 0.10% or more and less than 0.40%; P: 0.02% or less; S: 0.020% or less; Al: more than 0.030% and 0.100% or less; N: 0.0005% or more and less than 0.0030%; B: 0.0005% to 0.0030%; and balance Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein an amount of N that is present as BN and a whole amount of N satisfy the following expression (1):
[N as BN]/[N]>0.5   (1), where N as BN represents the amount of N that is present as BN, and N represents the whole amount of N, a yield point is 280 MPa or more and less than 420 MPa, yield elongation is 3% or less, and Δr is −0.30 to 0.20.

Provided is: a curing reactive silicone composition having sufficient toughness and pressure sensitive adhesive strength to temporarily secure various substrate even in an uncured state, having heat meltability and excellent moldability of a sheet or the like, and that can be quickly cured by high energy irradiation to achieve high adhesive strength; a method of manufacturing a sheet thereof a cured product thereof that can achieve high adhesive strength by crimping; and applications thereof. The curing reactive silicone composition comprises: (A) an MQ resin; (B) a chain organopolysiloxane having at least two groups containing an aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, and a degree of siloxane polymerization within a range of 80 to 3000; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst activated by a high energy beam. The amount of component (A) is more than 55 mass % and less than 90 mass % of the sum of components (A) to (C).

The present invention relates to a water-repellent film having frost resistance, including a hygroscopic layer provided on or above a substrate, and a water-repellent layer provided on or above the hygroscopic layer, in which the water-repellent layer contains a water-repellent layer substrate and a water-repellent component attached to the water-repellent layer substrate.

Provided is a method for producing a decorative material, including: a preparation step of preparing sheet printed matters each including a substrate and a picture layer on one surface of the substrate and a roll of a transparent resin film having a first surface and a second surface opposing to each other, the first surface having a pattern of protrusions and depressions, the second surface having a pattern of protrusions and depressions that is shallower than the pattern of protrusions and depressions on the first surface; an application step of winding off the transparent resin film from the roll of a transparent resin film and applying an adhesive to the second surface of the transparent resin film; and a bonding step of bonding the second surface of the transparent resin film and the picture layer of each of the sheet printed matters with the adhesive.

A material can have a layered structure with at least a first layer, including a carbon-based material or a substrate of a material other than a carbon-based material, a second layer, including a carbon-based material, and a third, intermediate layer that separates and interconnects the first and second layers. The carbon-based material includes at least 50 at. % carbon, has a hexagonal lattice and the layer or layers including the carbon-based material has/have a thickness of 1-20 times the size of a carbon atom. The intermediate layer is a layer that includes a salt having ions that include at least two separate cyclic, planar groups that are capable of forming π-π-stacking with the material of the second layer and that the third, intermediate layer is connected to at least the second layer by π-π-stacking caused by said cyclic planar groups of the salt ions.

A current collector and a preparation method and application thereof, where the current collector includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer provided in a laminated manner, at least one first region and at least one second region are included between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and the first region and the second region are alternately arranged in a first direction; the first region is provided with a polymer layer, and the polymer layer is respectively bonded to the first metal layer and the second metal layer through an adhesive layer. The current collector of the present application not only has a high welding yield, effectively saving the production cost of the lithium ion battery, but also can reduce the internal resistance of the lithium ion battery, significantly improving the cycle performance and the safety performance of the lithium ion battery.