The invention provides a fire-resistant glazing that is less susceptible to failure, a method of manufacturing a fire-resistant glazing, and the use of a fire-resistant glazing, the fire-resistant glazing including a glazing edge wherein at least one area of the glazing edge comprises a weakened primary sealant portion and/or a weakened secondary sealant portion.

Provided are embodiments of an aluminium composite material for use in thermal flux-free joining methods. The composite material has at least one core layer of an aluminium core alloy and at least one outer solder layer of an aluminium solder alloy. The aluminium solder alloy has the following composition in wt %: 6.5%Si13%, Fe1%, 230 ppmMg450 ppm, Bi500 ppm, Mn0.15%, Cu0.3%, Zn3%, and Ti0.30% with the remainder Al and unavoidable impurities individually at most 0.05%, in total at most 0.15% and the aluminium solder layer has an alkaline pickled or acid pickled surface. The invention further relates to a method for producing an aluminium composite material, a method for the thermal joining of components, and a thermally joined construction.

The present invention is to provide a full-frame adhesive anti-fog film structure, comprising: an anti-fog film, which has a front side and a back side opposing the front side; and an adhesive, which is disposed at an edge of the back side and arranged along the edge so as to be frame-shaped. The anti-fog film of the present invention is attachable to a planar, cylindrical or spherical lens through the full frame-shaped adhesive so that not only can the anti-fog film be fully attached to the lens but the full attachment of film also prevents bubbles from forming between the two attached surfaces. Also, an airtight space is formed between the full-frame adhesive anti-fog film structure and the lens to stop heat transfer and prevent fog from being formed, so as to not only provide good vision to users but also reduce the chance that the user will fall prey to an accident if the user's view is blocked.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate useful as a transparent conductive film in which curved surface molding can be performed without impairing conductivity. The laminate according to the present invention is a laminate including a substrate and a conductive layer, a haze value is less than 10%, and a thermal shrinkage rate of the substrate is 5% to 75%.

A ceiling material body (1a) includes a substrate layer (2) formed from rigid urethane foam; a first fiber-reinforced layer (3) provided on an in-cabin side of the substrate layer (2); a second fiber-reinforced layer (4) provided on an out-cabin side of the substrate layer (2); a surface layer (5) provided on an in-cabin side of the first fiber-reinforced layer (3); and a back layer (6) provided on an out-cabin side of the second fiber-reinforced layer (4). The second fiber-reinforced layer (4) includes a glass paper (7) overlaying the substrate layer (2) and a glass mat (8) overlaying an opposite side of the glass paper (7) from the substrate layer (2).

The disclosure provides post-production methods for functionalization of optical quality films produced by top tier manufactures. The methods disclosed herein allow for the incorporation of different additives into existing films.

A solar cell can include a substrate and a semiconductor region disposed in or above the substrate. The solar cell can also include a conductive contact disposed on the semiconductor region with the conductive contact including a conductive foil bonded to the semiconductor region.

A method for forming a glass composite includes: providing a first glass member and a second glass member; activating at least a part of a surface of the first glass member to form a first activated surface, with unsaturated chemical bonds formed on the first activated surface of the first glass member; activating at least a part of a surface of the second glass member to form a second activated surface, with unsaturated chemical bonds on the second activated surface of the second glass member; and connecting at least partially the first glass member and the second glass member with each other on a contact interface at a contacting position of the first glass member and the second glass member to form the glass composite.

A chip-to-chip eutectic bonding system includes a stage with a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of vacuum apertures extending therebetween and a carrier with a top surface, the top surface including one or more smooth surface portions and one or more rough surface portions, wherein at least one smooth carrier surface portion laterally aligns to at least one vacuum aperture, and at least one of the stage's rough surface portions frictionally couples to at least one of the carrier's rough surface portions when the carrier top surface couples to and opposes the stage bottom surface.

An article is disclosed that includes a metal component comprising two anodized metal oxide layers thereon: an inner anodized metal oxide layer having a porosity of less than 20%, and an outer anodized metal oxide layer having a filament structure with a cross section areal filament density of more than 35%. The article also includes a composite component comprising electrically conductive fibers in a polymer matrix. The composite component is bonded to the metal component by an adhesive disposed between the composite component and the outer anodized metal oxide layer of the metal component.