The present disclosure relates to a polymeric blend composite comprising Poly Ether Ketone/Poly-(2,5-Benzimidazole) containing pre-treated multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) between 0.5 to 5 wt % were melt processed on a twin-screw extruder and granules so obtained were injection molded to determine heat deflection temperature (HDT) of these composites and storage modulus using DMA. It was found that HDT and storage Modulus for so produced reinforced blends were unexpectedly extremely high as compared to PEK/ABPBI blends without MWCNTs.

This invention disclosed a resin-based composite material has a three-layer structure and the application thereof. According to the invention, an oriented carbon nanotube bundle/epoxy resin composite material (denoted as layer B) is prepared with the microwave curing method, a barium titanate nanofiber/epoxy resin composite material (denoted as layer E) is prepared by means of a blade coating-heat curing method, and a composite material of a B-E-B three layer structural is formed by means of a layer-by-layer curing technology. Compared to the composite material of the conductor-insulating layer/polymer layer structural prepared in the prior art, the resin-based composite material has a three-layer structure provided by the invention has with high energy storage density, and low dielectric loss and high permittivity; and the preparation process therefor is controllable and easy to operate, short in production cycle, and suitable for large-scale application.

In an example of a method of making a flowcell, an organic solid support including sidewalls and a top is provided. A bottom surface of the organic solid support adjacent to the sidewalls provides a laser bonding foot. In the method, the laser bonding foot is bonded to an inorganic solid support to form a channel having sidewalls and a top defined by the organic solid support.

The present invention introduces the use of a carbon nanotube-based material in the production of phased array patch antennas of various shapes and sizes including slot and spiral patch antennas. The use of this material provides the ability for the antennas to withstand high-intensity shock vibrations and other intense disturbances and continue emitting phased array signals. Furthermore, the use of this material for patch antennas allows for the alteration of the desired frequency and directional degree of interest by simply energizing various elements within the carbon nanotube-based material.

The present disclosure provides a method for photo-curing 4D printing of a multi-layer structure with an adjustable shape recovery speed, and a multi-layer structure printed thereby. The multi-layer structure printed by the method for photo-curing 4D printing of the multi-layer structure with the adjustable shape recovery speed includes a plurality of deformation units sequentially connected in series, and each of the plurality of the deformation units includes two slow layers, a fast layer, and a transition layer; and the fast layer is arranged between the two slow layers, and the transition layer is arranged between at least one of the two slow layers and the fast layer. In the present disclosure, a low cross-linking layer is doped with a nanocarbon light-absorbing material to solve the problem that the low cross-linking layer is prone to over-curing when a high cross-linking layer is printed on the low cross-linking layer.

A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier (10) that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material (12) having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one fibrous composite Insert (14) or overlay (980) having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement (e.g., having a plurality of ordered fibers). The fibrous Insert (14) or overlay (980) is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that Is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (980) and the mass of polymeric material (12) are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert or overlay to be at feast partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier (10) may be a mass of activatable material (126). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (980) may include a polymeric matrix that includes a thermoplastic epoxy.

The present disclosure relates to a battery module that includes a housing having a first protruding shelf along a first perimeter of the housing, a second protruding shelf along a second perimeter of the housing, where the first and second protruding shelves each include an absorptive material configured to absorb a first laser emission. The battery module also includes an electronics compartment cover configured to be coupled to the housing via a first laser weld, and a cell receptacle region cover configured to be coupled to the housing via a second laser weld. The electronics compartment cover has a first transparent material configured to transmit the first laser emission toward the first protruding shelf and the cell receptacle region cover has a second transparent material configured to transmit the first laser emission or a second laser emission toward the second protruding shelf.

The present invention relates to a non-coating thermoplastic resin composition, a method for manufacturing a molded article by using the same, and a molded article manufactured by the same. More specifically, the present invention is characterized by providing the thermoplastic resin composition which contains polycarbonate, polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer, polyester, master-batched carbon black, and additives in specific contents and the molded article, which has excellent chemical resistance, mechanical properties, light resistance, hydrolysis resistance, and low glossiness, manufactured by using the same.

The invention relates to a polyamide molding composition with good weathering resistance containing or preferably consisting of the following components: 85 to 99.85% by weight of a component A, where component A consists of polyamide A1 or of a mixture of the polyamides A1 and A2, where A1 is at least one amorphous or microcrystalline polyamide having more than 60 mol % of monomers having exclusively aliphatic structural units, based on the total amount of monomers, and A2 is at least one acyclic aliphatic polyamide, and where the sum of components A1 and A2 gives 100% by weight of component A; 0.05 to 2.0% by weight of at least one colorant B; 0.10 to 3.0% by weight of at least one stabilizer C; 0 to 10% by weight of additives D, other than A, B and C; the proportions by weight of components A to D summing to 100% by weight, wherein the polyamide molding composition comprises neither carbon black nor nigrosine, the color lightness L*, determined according to DIN EN ISO 11664-4:2020 in the CIELAB color space on a plate of the dimension 60?60?2 mm, being at most 32, and the polyamides A1 having a transparency of at least 88% and a haze of at most 5%, in each case determined according to ASTM-D1003-21 on a plate of the dimension 60?60?2 mm.

A soundproof material includes rubber sponge having a specific gravity of 0.2 or less, which is formed by extrusion molding and a subsequent crosslinking and foaming of a rubber composition using a microwave heating device. The rubber composition includes at least raw material rubber, a crosslinking agent, a foaming agent, and carbon black. The soundproof material has a rectangular cross-sectional outer shape, has at least two hollow parts inside formed by a lateral partition wall extending in a left-right lateral direction and at least two hollow parts formed by a vertical partition wall extending in a vertical direction. The method includes adding carbon nanotubes to the rubber composition.