To provide: a transparent conductive substrate containing silver nanowires and having excellent optical characteristics, electrical characteristics and light resistance; and a method for producing the same. A transparent conductive substrate characterized by comprising: a substrate; a transparent conductive film formed on at least one principal surface of the substrate, and containing a binder resin and conductive fibers; and a protective film formed on the transparent conductive film, wherein the thermal decomposition starting temperature of the binder resin is 210° C. or higher, and the protective film is a thermal-cured film obtained using a thermosetting resin.

Tunable thermoplastic polymer sealants and tunable conductive thermoplastic polymer sealants, and edge seals and fillet seals produced from such sealants; and substrates, components and objects comprising the tunable edge seals and fillet seals, and methods for making and applying such edge seals and fillet seals are disclosed.

Provided herein is a device for forming a conductive film. The device includes a deposition device and an air supply. The deposition device is configured to form a wet film having conductive nanostructures and a fluid carrier on a web. The web is moved in a first direction while forming the wet film. The air supply is disposed at a side of the web and configured to apply an air flow onto the wet film. The air flow is directed onto the wet film in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to reorient a direction of some conductive nanostructures in the wet film to define reoriented conductive nanostructures.

A system and a method include a substrate wrinkled coating having a substrate, and a curing layer on top of the substrate. The curing layer includes a partially cured portion directly atop the substrate, and a completely cured portion having light-diffusive wrinkles on top of the partially cured portion. Properties of the light-diffusive wrinkles are controlled by one or more curing parameters, and a composition of the partially cured portion is the same as a composition of the completely cured portion.

In one aspect, curable coating compositions are provided that comprise (i) one or more organosilanes; and (ii) one or more compounds comprising a substituted acrylate moiety, a substituted acrylamide moiety or a substituted vinyl ether moiety. The compositions can produce a strong outer coating layer on a variety of substrate surfaces.

The present application relates to a method for coating boron, to a boron-containing resin solution, to a boron-coated thermal neutron converter obtained by the method for coating boron, and further to a thermal neutron detector comprising the boron-coated thermal neutron converter. The method for coating boron as provided in the application is applicable for various substrates and has small restrictions on substrate shapes, particularly for substrates having complex surface structures and high aspect ratios.

A method for the formation of tantalum carbides on a graphite substrate includes the steps of: (a) adding an organic tantalum compound, a chelating agent, a pre-polymer to an organic solvent to form a tantalum polymeric solution; (b) subjecting a graphite substrate with the tantalum polymeric solution to a curing process to form a polymeric tantalum film on the graphite substrate; and (c) subjecting the polymeric tantalum film on the graphite substrate in an oven to a pyrolytic reaction in the presence of a protective gas to obtain a protective tantalum carbide on the graphite substrate.

The present disclosure provides a decorative coating film, which ensures and/or maintains millimeter wave transmission properties even though the decorative coating film is continuously used. The present disclosure relates to a decorative coating film formed on the surface of a resin substrate positioned in the pathway of a radar device, wherein the decorative coating film at least comprises: fine silver particles or fine silver alloy particles, nickel oxide, and a binding resin having light transmission properties, which binds the fine silver particles or the fine silver alloy particles dispersed in the decorative coating film with one another, wherein the shape of the nickel oxide is a wire shape.

A method for the formation of tantalum carbides on a graphite substrate includes the steps of: (a) adding an organic tantalum compound, a chelating agent, a pre-polymer to an organic solvent to form a tantalum polymeric solution; (b) subjecting a graphite substrate with the tantalum polymeric solution to a curing process to form a polymeric tantalum film on the graphite substrate; and (c) subjecting the polymeric tantalum film on the graphite substrate in an oven to a pyrolytic reaction in the presence of a protective gas to obtain a protective tantalum carbide on the graphite substrate.

A composition for a protective film for electroconductive patterns, including: (A) a polyurethane containing a carboxyl group; (B) an epoxy compound; (C) a curing accelerator; and (D) a solvent, wherein the percentage of the solvent (D) contained is from 95.0% to 99.9% by mass, and the solvent (D) contains (D1) a solvent containing a hydroxyl group and having a boiling point in excess of 100° C., and (D2) a solvent having a boiling point that does not exceed 100° C., wherein the content of the solvent (D2) having a boiling point that does not exceed 100° C. is 30% to less than 70% by mass of total solvent in total. The composition can be cured by heating at a temperature not exceeding 100° C. for a heating time not exceeding 10 minutes.