A laminate and a method for producing a patterned substrate using the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a laminate includes a substrate, and a stripe pattern having first and second polymer lines alternately and repeatedly disposed on the substrate, wherein the first polymer line comprises a first polymer having a first polymerized unit having a ring structure connected to a main chain and a second polymerized unit represented by Formula 1. The method may be applied to manufacture of devices, such as electronic devices, or of applications, such as integrated optical systems, guidance and detection patterns of magnetic domain memories, flat panel displays, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), thin film magnetic heads or organic light emitting diodes, and may be used to build a pattern on a surface used in manufacture of discrete track media, such as integrated circuits, bit-patterned media and/or magnetic storage devices such as hard drives.

A system includes a curing assembly for low temperature curing and residual stress relief of material substrates. The curing assembly includes a first exposure chamber configured to expose the material substrate to UV radiation, and a second exposure chamber configured to expose the material substrate to Gamma radiation. In some embodiments, a mixing apparatus may mix nano-filler particles into the material substrate prior to exposure to Gamma radiation. The cure assembly may also include a control system for determining exposure dosages and exposure times based at least in part, on the material properties of the material substrate.

It is provided that a method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film that can be used for industrial and packaging applications. A method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film, comprising: a step of feeding a polyester resin into an extruder, a step of extruding the molten polyester resin from an extruder to obtain a molten resin sheet at 250 to 310° C., a step of attaching the molten resin sheet closely to a cooling roll by an electrostatic application method to obtain an unstretched sheet, and a step of biaxially stretching the unstretched sheet, wherein the polyester resin fulfills the following (A) to (C): (A) the polyester resin comprises a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol; (B) an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin is 0.50 dL/g or more; (C) a melt specific resistance value at 250° C. of the polyester resin is 3.0×10.sup.7 Ω.Math.cm or less.

The invention provides a method for manufacturing a 3D item (10) with a fused deposition modeling 3D printer, the method comprising (a) providing a thermoplastic material (20), wherein the thermoplastic material (20) comprises a first polymer (21) of the semi-crystalline type, wherein the first polymer (21) has a glass temperature (T.sub.g) and wherein the thermoplastic material (20) has a melting temperature (T.sub.m); generating in a generation stage an intermediate 3D printed item (110) by printing the thermoplastic material (20), wherein the thermoplastic material (20) is heated to a temperature equal to or above the melting temperature (T.sub.m), while maintaining during printing an ambient temperature (T.sub.a) to the intermediate 3D printed item under construction below the glass temperature (T.sub.g); and generating in an annealing stage said 3D item (10) by heating the intermediate 3D printed item (110) equal to or above the glass temperature (T.sub.g).

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a tissue integration device. The tissue integration device can be produced by forming a polymer mixture into a shape. The polymer mixture can include a polymer resin and a growth-promoting medium. Next, at least one polymer forming the polymer resin can be oriented in at least one direction. The shaped polymeric material can then be formed into the tissue integration device.

Disclosed is a method that determines information associated with at least a portion of a build volume that comprises one or more 3D printed objects, and determines an amount of material to be applied to the build volume for use in annealing the one or more 3D printed objects of the build volume, on the basis of the information.

Disclosed herein are solution-based additive manufacturing inks comprising a polymer, a volatile solvent compound, and a nonsolvent compound. With current additive manufacturing techniques, a wide range of functionally innovative polymers are left without the ability to be used in additive manufacturing. Improved additive manufacturing techniques to process advanced functional polymers are desirable. The disclosed ink is operable to render any chosen polymer useable in additive manufacturing methods. The composition of the disclosed ink allows for a phase inversion to occur to transition the ink from a liquid ink to a solid manufactured structure. Also disclosed herein are devices for additive manufacturing of the ink and methods for making the same.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for treating a printed model. The methods may include placing at least a portion of the printed model into a heat treatment medium. The methods may further include performing a heat treatment on the printed model based at least in part on the heat treatment medium. The heat treatment medium may provide a constraint force to prevent a deformation of the printed model during the heat treatment. And the methods may also include obtaining a printed object based at least in part on the heat treatment performed on the printed model.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a molded body (10), comprising the following steps: a) providing a molding tool (40) which has at least one receptacle (12) in which at least one material (30) which comprises at least one shape-memory material (31) is introduced, wherein the shape-memory material (31) is present in a first state (111), wherein the material (30) at least partially fills the receptacle (12) of the molding tool (40) in such a manner that said material adjoins at least one surface of the receptacle (12); b) creating a molded body (10) in the receptacle (12) of the molding tool (40) from the material (30), wherein the shape-memory material (31) is present in a second state (112), wherein a form (11) is embossed into the molded body (10) during the second state (112); c) transferring the shape-memory material (31) to a third state (113), wherein the molded body (10) can be deformed during the third state (113) in such a manner that the molded body (10) is demolded from the receptacle (12) of the molding tool (40); and d) at least partially restoring the form (11) of the molded body (10) by transferring the shape-memory material (31) to a fourth state (114), wherein the molded body (10) at least partially resumes the form (11) according to step b) during the fourth state (114).

The present disclosure relates to an ophthalmic lens treatment method, comprising heating, in a humidified environment, a semi-finished lens (20) to a predetermined temperature, the semi-finished lens (20) containing a base lens (10) and a film structure (2) of a predetermined thickness, and surfacing the semi-finished lens (20) to a predetermined power, wherein the predetermin ed temperature is a temperature above a softening temperature of the film structure (2), the humidity of the humidified environment is between 30% and 99% and the predetermined thickness of the film structure (2) is between 200 .Math.m and 800 pm.