Embodiments of the present invention describe secured fiber-reinforced aerogels and laminate structures formed therefrom. In one embodiment a laminate comprises at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer adjacent to at least one layer of fiber containing material wherein fibers from said at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of said at least one fiber-containing material. In another embodiment a laminate comprises at least two adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layers wherein fibers from at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of an adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layer.

An anisotropic conductive film includes a conductive particle array layer in which a plurality of conductive particles are arrayed in a prescribed manner and held in an insulating resin layer. The anisotropic conductive film has a direction in which a thickness distribution, around the individual conductive particle, of the insulating resin layer holding the array of the conductive particles is asymmetric with respect to the conductive particle. The direction in which the thickness distribution is asymmetric is aligned in the same direction in the plurality of conductive particles. When an electronic component is mounted using this anisotropic conductive film, short circuits and conductive failure can be reduced.

Composite articles comprising a porous prepreg or core layer and a powder coated layer thereon are described. In some instances, a thermoplastic composite article comprises a porous core layer comprising a web of reinforcing fibers held together by a thermoplastic material, and a powder coated layer disposed on the porous core layer, in which a particle size of the powder coated layer is selected to provide an interface between the powder coated layer and the porous core layer, wherein at least 50% by weight of the disposed powder coated layer is present above the interface.

The present invention relates to a sandwich panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The sandwich panel according to the present invention has high density and improved physical properties such as flexural strength, flexural modulus, bending strength and lightening weighting ratio and is suitable for use in various consumer products or industrial materials.

A method of manufacturing a building panel with a decorative surface layer, a core and a balancing and/or protective layer, wherein the method includes applying a first layer of a first powder based mix, including wood fibres and a thermosetting binder, on a core; applying a liquid substance on the first powder based mix; drying the first powder based mix; turning the core with the dried first powder based mix such that the first powder based mix points downwards; applying a second layer on the upper part of the core; and curing the first and second layers by providing heat and pressure, wherein the first layer forms the balancing and/or protective layer and the second layer forms the decorative surface layer in the building panel.

Embodiments of the present invention describe secured fiber-reinforced aerogels and laminate structures formed therefrom. In one embodiment a laminate comprises at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer adjacent to at least one layer of fiber containing material wherein fibers from said at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of said at least one fiber-containing material. In another embodiment a laminate comprises at least two adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layers wherein fibers from at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of an adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layer.

A 3D printed fiber reinforced polymer composite having a nonlinear stress-strain profile created by a central layer and a plurality of recruited successive layers.

The present disclosure relates to insulation. Various embodiments thereof may include a solid insulation material and/or a formulation for production of an insulation system. For example, a formulation for an impregnating agent may include: an impregnating resin comprising a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin having a viscosity of less than 1500 mPas at impregnation temperature; and a curing catalyst deposited in the solid insulation material. The curing catalyst may be reactive toward the cycloaliphatic epoxy groups of the cycloaliphatic epoxy resin in the formulation of the impregnating agent but be sufficiently reactively inert with respect to the functional groups of the tape adhesive likewise present in the solid insulation material to confer storage stability to the solid insulation material.

A fiber-reinforced composite material has an excellent design surface. The prepreg laminate includes at least prepregs [a] having reinforcing fibers impregnated with a resin, and a base material [b] not impregnated with a resin, wherein at least two of the prepregs [a] are stacked in succession, and both sides of the base material [b] are sandwiched by the prepregs [a].

Flexible graphite foil is produced from thermally expanded graphite. The foil comprises amorphous carbon and exhibits improved tightness and low leakage. The foil with is made of a composition comprising compressed TEG and amorphous carbon, wherein said composition is obtained from intercalated graphite with different graphite matrix oxidation degrees, and said composition comprises amorphous carbon in amounts corresponding to maximum I.sub.D/I.sub.G ratio values, depending on the oxidation degree, where I.sub.G and I.sub.D are scattered radiation intensity peaks in the frequency ranges of 1500-1630 cm.sup.−1 and 1305-1395 cm.sup.−1 for graphite and amorphous carbon, respectively, measured by Raman spectroscopy, depending on the oxidation degree of the above-mentioned intercalated graphite, whereby the maximum I.sub.D/I.sub.G ratio for each oxidation degree is greater than, or equal to, 0.05. Additionally, a sheet material based on such foil, a sealing and a method of the claimed foil production are disclosed.