The disclosure relates to fame constructions comprising a glass substrate and a curved surface defining at least one curvature, wherein the engagement of the glass substrate with the curved surface imparts a curvature on the glass substrate.

A filler-containing film has a structure in which fillers are held in a binder resin layer. The average particle diameter of the fillers is 1 to 50 μm, the total thickness of the resin layer is 0.5 times or more and 2 times or less the average particle diameter of the fillers, and the ratio Lq/Lp of, relative to the minimum inter-filler distance Lp at one end of the filler-containing film in a long-side direction, a minimum inter-filler distance Lq at the other end at least 5 m away from the one end in the film long-side direction is 1.2 or less. The fillers are preferably arranged in a lattice form.

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.

A filler-containing film that can be precisely pressed to an electronic component with lower thrust is a film having a filler distributed layer in which fillers are regularly disposed in a resin layer, wherein an area occupancy rate of the fillers in a plan view is 25% or less, a ratio La/D between a layer thickness La of the resin layer and a particle diameter D of the fillers is 0.3 or more and 1.3 or less, and a proportion by number of the fillers present in a non-contact state with each other is 95% or more with respect to the entire fillers. The proportion by number of the fillers present in a non-contact state with each other is preferably 99.5% or more with respect to the entire fillers.

An optically anisotropic layer is formed by a liquid crystal compound represented by General Formula 1, in which the long axes of the molecules are oriented. ##STR00001##
wherein L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 independently represent a linking group having a carbonyl group; F.sub.1 and F.sub.2 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom; n and m independently represent an integer from 0 to 4; a and b independently represent an integer from 1 to 4; T.sub.1 and T.sub.2 independently represent a spacer portion including a straight chain or branched alkylene or alkylene oxide group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and Ar represents a divalent group having at least one aromatic ring selected from a group consisting of aromatic hydrocarbon rings and aromatic heterocycles, the number of Π electrons in the Ar group being 8 or greater.

A preparation method of a graphene film prepared with flexible polyimide includes the following steps: S1, laminating a plurality of polyimide films; S2, performing heat treatment while pressing the laminated polyimide films for bonding, wherein the temperature of heat treatment is lower than the temperature at which a thermoplastic polyimide film begins thermal decomposition, so that the laminated polyimide films are bonded together to form a polyimide composite film; and S3, raising the temperature of the polyimide composite film to be higher than the temperature at which the polyimide film begins thermal decomposition for heat treatment and carbonization treatment, thereby obtaining a carbonized multifunctional film, and performing graphitization treatment as required. The graphene film prepared by the present invention has ultra-high thermal conductivity, excellent flexibility and bending resistance, anisotropy and good electrical boundary shielding effect and magnetic boundary shielding effect, and a good application prospect.

The invention relates to a sheetlike composite comprising, as mutually superposed layers in a direction from an outer face of the sheetlike composite to an inner face of the sheetlike composite, a) a carrier layer, and b) a barrier layer;
wherein the sheetlike composite additionally comprises a polymer layer P, wherein the polymer layer P a. comprises a polyester, b. extends two-dimensionally within a layer plane, c. has a first modulus of elasticity in a first layer direction which lies in the layer plane, and d. has a further modulus of elasticity in a further layer direction which lies in the layer plane and is perpendicular to the first layer direction;
wherein a ratio of the first modulus of elasticity to the further modulus of elasticity is within a range from 0.81 to 1.19. The invention further relates to methods of producing a sheetlike composite, a container precursor and a container, and to the aforementioned method products; to a container precursor and a container each comprising at least one sheetlike region of the sheetlike composite; and to uses of the sheetlike composite, of an extruder, of a chain modifier, of a mixture, of a base polymer, and of polyesters.

A fabric and elastomeric material (referred to as a fabric trilayer) combined with a sealant may be applied in such a fashion so as to eliminate or minimize air entrapment in an elastomeric composite structure that forms a seal-sealing volume. The performance of the self-sealing volume is dramatically improved with this minimizing of air entrapment. Surprisingly and unexpectedly, this construction approach may be accomplished without significantly adding to the weight or thickness of the volume and without affecting the outer dimension of the self-sealing volume. Thus, a method and system for forming a self-sealing volume are described. The system includes an elastomeric composite structure comprising at least one layer of an elastomeric material derived from a neat (no solvent) elastomeric material that does not substantially react at room temperature.

Passively deployable thermal management devices, systems, and methods are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, some embodiments include a passively deployable radiator device that may include: one or more thermally conductive layers; and/or one or more strain energy components configured to deploy passively the one or more thermally conductive layers. The one or more thermally conductive layers may include one or more carbon layers. The one or more carbon layers may include at least one or more graphite layers or one or more graphene layers. At least the one or more graphite layers or the one or more graphene layers include at least one or more pyrolytic graphite sheets or one or more pyrolytic graphene sheets.

PRISM Thermoplastic Rubber (PTR) is a novel, composite rubber material technology principally compounded from EOL, ambient ground, whole tires through the management of a unique process governed by the application of advanced, quantum field physics. The value from this technology is to provide a virgin-material-analog that may be readily integrated at high ratio, into new tire construction using conventional tire chemistry and manufacturing techniques resulting in a sustainable and significant, positive cost-benefit ratio as compared to current tire manufacturing economics.