In some embodiments, a polymer film includes a base composition of poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) and a surface composition comprising hydroxy groups. In some embodiments, a polymer film includes a base layer of a first composition of poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate), a surface layer at a surface of the base layer, and a coating layer of a second composition of a copolymer of glycerol and sebacic acid. The surface layer includes surface hydroxy groups converted from acetate groups of the poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate). The second composition is attached to the surface layer by ester bonds between carboxyl groups of the copolymer and the hydroxy groups. A single-use bioreactor bag includes a polymer film including a base composition of poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) and a surface composition comprising hydroxy groups. A method of modifying a poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) film includes converting acetate groups at a first surface of the poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) film to hydroxy groups.

The present disclosure provides a three-dimensionally arranged nanoparticle film and a preparation method and use thereof, and belongs to the technical field of nanophotonics. The preparation method includes the following steps: coating nanoparticles with hydrophobic molecules, and dispersing in an organic solvent to obtain a modified nanoparticle dispersion; conducting a surface treatment on a three-dimensional template to obtain a hydrophilic three-dimensional template; and adding water to a surface of the hydrophilic three-dimensional template to form a water film, adding the modified nanoparticle dispersion dropwise on a surface of the water film to conduct self-assembly, and removing the water film to obtain a three-dimensionally arranged nanoparticle film with an array structure. In the present disclosure, the nanoparticle film prepared by a self-assembly and template-assisted method can generate vertical and parallel multiple-surface lattice resonances, thereby effectively suppressing radiation loss and enhancing an interaction between light and matters at a nanometer scale.

Provided is a preparation method for a double-layer working medium target tape with a plasma-enhanced interfacial bonding force for a micro laser thruster. Aiming at the problem that in an existing micro laser thruster, when a working medium is ablated by a laser beam, due to a weak interlayer interfacial bonding force between a transparent film substrate and the coating working medium, sputtering or bulging occurs, which remarkably reduces propulsive performance, a method for treating a surface of a transparent film substrate with a low-temperature plasma is used to increase surface energy of a film and an adhesive force of a working medium layer on a surface of the film, thereby enhancing the interlayer interfacial bonding force. According to the method in the present disclosure, the transparent film substrate is treated with the low-temperature plasma.

The present application discloses a method of forming a hydrogel-coated substrate, wherein the hydrogel has antifouling and antimicrobial properties. The method comprises applying an aqueous pre-hydrogel solution to a substrate, polymerizing the aqueous pre-hydrogel solution, thereby forming a coated substrate having a conformal hydrogel coating and a non-conformal hydrogel coating, contacting the coated substrate with a swelling agent, and removing the non-conformal hydrogel coating from the coated substrate, thereby leaving the conformal hydrogel coating on the substrate to form the hydrogel-coated substrate. The aqueous pre-hydrogel solution comprises a monomer with antimicrobial activity, a monomer with antifouling activity, and either a polymer, oligomer, or macromer which, when polymerized together, form a hydrogel. Also disclosed is a coated substrate and a hydrogel coating.

A process for creating a disposable glove which has been specially treated with a uniform coating of the Lanolin and Vitamin-E composite through a specially controlled application and drying process. The process satisfies the need to minimize the side effects of skin damage and irritation due to prolonged and extensive application of hand gloves in the health care industry.

Compositions and methods for producing smoke suppressants are disclosed. The smoke suppressant molecularly encapsulates a naturally-occurring inorganic substrate, such as expanded volcanic ash. These intercalated smoke suppressant compositions have particular utility for smoke suppression in polyvinyl chloride (PVC), both flexible and rigid compounds as well as other polymeric resins and materials.

A high visibility reflective lacrosse ball and related methods of forming the high visibility reflective lacrosse ball. The high visibility reflective lacrosse ball includes a high visibility exterior that is clearly distinguishable from a background environment and is easily picked up by both camera lenses and human eyesight. The high visibility lacrosse ball can include a plurality of spaced apart, retroreflective markers that reflect a directional beam of light toward a light source. The high visibility exterior can include an exterior coating or layer having a color selected as being highly visible and/or fluorescent. The retroreflective markers can be formed from a reflective adhesive film. The exterior coating can be cured such that the exterior coating is robust and resilient and is neither degraded nor removed during typical game play.

A method for producing a PEDOT film on a substrate comprising a substrate and at least one PEDOT layer on a surface of the substrate is disclosed. The method comprises applying a solution comprising an oxidant and a base inhibitor on a surface of the substrate; subjecting the oxidant-coated substrate to a polymerization step by exposing the surface(s) of the oxidant-coated substrate to EDOT monomer vapour at a polymerization temperature; and wherein, during the polymerization step, the temperature of the oxidant-coated substrate is kept at a controlled substrate temperature and wherein the controlled substrate temperature is 2-40? C. lower than the polymerization temperature. Further is disclosed a conducting PEDOT film, an electronic device comprising the conducting PEDOT film and different uses of the conducting PEDOT film. Further, is disclosed a method for producing a polymer film formed of a copolymer, a conducting polymer film, an electronic device comprising the conducting polymer film and different uses of the conducting polymer film.

A graded-index optical element may include a nanovoided material including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The nanovoided material may be transparent between the first surface and the second surface. Additionally, the nanovoided material may have a predefined change in effective refractive index in at least one axis due to a change in at least one of nanovoid size or nanovoid distribution along the at least one axis. Various other elements, devices, systems, materials, and methods are also disclosed.

It is an object of the present invention to fix a silane-based coating in a highly durable state on a resinous base. A coating material for a primer fixes a silane-based coating on a resinous base. The coating material contains a polyacrylic acid, and an alkoxysilane having two or more alkoxy groups in its molecule and/or a hydrolysis product thereof. The use of the coating material for a primer of the present invention makes it possible to form a coating for imparting an effect of suppressing slime deposition on the resinous base.