Provided are methods for surface-modifying a thermoplastic resin which produce surfaces that show not only low adsorption of proteins and cells but also selective adsorption or adhesion of specific cells such as cancer cells, and further have excellent durability. A method for surface-modifying an object made of a thermoplastic resin, the method including: step 1 of forming polymerization initiation points on the surface of the object; and step 2 of radically polymerizing at least a hydrophilic monomer starting from the polymerization initiation points by irradiation with UV light having a wavelength of 300 to 400 nm to form a graft layer having a thickness of 2 to 100 nm on the surface of the object.

Composite fibers and methods of manufacturing composite fibers for the reinforcement of concrete are provided. The composite fibers include fibers and a polymeric coating. The composite fibers have a length of about 10 mm to about 80 mm and an equivalent diameter from about 0.3 mm to about 2 mm. A method for reinforcing concrete using the composite fibers is further provided.

A method and equipment to form a digital print by applying dry colourants on a surface of a panel, bonding a part of the colourants with a binder and removing the non-bonded colourants from the surface. The method of forming a digital print on a surface of a panel includes displacing the panel under a digital drop application head, applying a liquid binder with the digital drop application head on the surface; applying colourants on the liquid binder and the surface; bonding a part of the colourants to the surface with the liquid binder; removing non-bonded colourants from the surface such that a digital print is formed by the bonded colourants; and applying heat and pressure on the panel, the surface and the bonded colorants such that the colourants are permanently bonded to the surface.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal aligning agent composition that has excellent storage stability, can secure a high imidization rate, and can produce a liquid crystal alignment film having improved film strength together with liquid crystal alignment properties, a method for producing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the same.

A method of forming a material layer on a substrate comprises loading a substrate into a printing zone of a coating system using a substrate handler, printing an organic ink material on a substrate while the substrate is located in the printing zone, transferring the substrate from the printing zone to a treatment zone of the coating system, treating the organic ink material deposited on the substrate in the treatment zone to form a film layer on the substrate, and removing the substrate from the treatment zone using the substrate handler.

Applying aerogel-containing insulation layer(s) to an article. The insulation layer comprising: aerogel particles; and at least one binder, comprising the steps of: providing the article to be coated; mixing the aerogel particles with the particles of a pulverulent binder and/or a pulverulent solid, for example expanded glass, to give a particle mixture; applying the particle mixture to the article to be coated by scattering the particle mixture onto the article to be coated; and activating the at least one binder of the at least one insulation layer, in order to provide a bond of the particle mixture to the article, wherein the aerogel particles are present in the particle mixture in a proportion of 5 to 95 percent by weight of the particle mixture.

A method for fabricating a display panel including a bending area includes: providing a substrate; forming a first flexible layer on the substrate; forming an organic layer on the first flexible layer, wherein a wavelength of light absorbed by the organic layer is different from a wavelength of light absorbed by the first flexible layer; irradiating a part of the organic layer in the bending area with a laser to make at least a portion of the part of the organic layer a carbonized layer, thereby forming a spacer layer; forming a second flexible layer covering the first flexible layer and the spacer layer, wherein the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer are made of a same material and separated by the spacer layer; and cutting a part of the substrate and a part of the first flexible layer in the bending area.

A light sintering device is provided. The light sintering device can comprise: a housing having, therein, a cooling hollow portion in which cooling water flows; a beam guide mounted on one side of the housing so as to form one wall of the cooling hollow portion, and guiding sintered light; and an optical filter mounted on the other side of the housing so as to face the beam guide, thereby forming the other wall of the cooling hollow portion, and filtering out a specific wavelength of the sintered light.

A flexible conductive film is comprised of a flexible base and a conductive layer coated on it. The flexible base uses Surlyn resin as the matrix. It uses silver nanowire as the conductive layer.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a thin film on a substrate in which a first precursor composition (FPC) and a second precursor composition (SPC) are combined, a thin layer of the combined first precursor composition (FPC) and second precursor composition (SPC) is formed on a substrate and the thin layer is cured, an article comprising said thin layer, a composition comprising said first precursor composition (FPC) and said second precursor composition (SPC), a kit-of-parts comprising said first precursor composition (FPC) and said second precursor composition (SPC) in two vessels and the use of said composition or kit-of-parts for preparing a thin film on a substrate and for preparing an optical or electrical coating.