Embodiments of the invention include silica fiber compositions useful for treatment of animal wounds and tissue, as well as for other applications in industry. The fiber compositions may be formed via electrospinning of a sol gel produced with a silicon alkoxide reagent, such as tetraethyl ortho silicate, alcohol solvent, and an acid catalyst.

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe magnetic ink compositions, methods of making magnetic ink compositions, methods of printing magnetic ink compositions, magnetic substrates based on the magnetic ink compositions for microwave and/or RF devices, methods of making the microwave and/or RF devices, and the like.

The present invention addresses the problem of realizing bismuth sulfide which readily reflects infrared light and which has a degree of blackness that is equal to or greater than that of carbon black. The present invention pertains to bismuth sulfide particles which include aggregated secondary particles in which primary particles are aggregated, and in which the cumulative 50% diameter (D1) in a cumulative volume distribution, as measured by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measuring device is 0.2 ?m to 10 ?m, inclusive. Included is a step in which a bismuth compound and a sulfur compound are heated at 30? C. to 100? C., inclusive, in a dispersion medium in the presence of a protective agent.

A method of manufacturing a binder-free electrode includes hydrothermally synthesizing a transition metal oxide-based active material on a 3D porous substrate; and using electrothermal waves on the substrate on which the transition metal oxide-based active material is hydrothermally synthesized. Consequently, a transition metal oxide/conductive substrate composite can be synthesized within a few seconds.

An activated carbon fiber is obtained by activating: a polyphenylene ether fiber that contains a polyphenylene ether component having a rearrangement structure connected by a bond at an ortho-position in a repeating unit continuously bonded at a para-position; an infusibilized polyphenylene ether fiber obtained by infusibilizing the polyphenylene ether fiber; a flameproofed polyphenylene ether fiber obtained by flameproofing the polyphenylene ether fiber or the infusibilized polyphenylene ether fiber; or a carbon fiber obtained by carbonizing any of the polyphenylene ether fibers.

Monodisperse particles having: a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology are disclosed. Due to their uniform size and shape, the monodisperse particles self assemble into superlattices. The particles may be luminescent particles such as down-converting phosphor particles and up-converting phosphors. The monodisperse particles of the invention have a rare earth-containing lattice which in one embodiment may be an yttrium-containing lattice or in another may be a lanthanide-containing lattice. The monodisperse particles may have different optical properties based on their composition, their size, and/or their morphology (or shape). Also disclosed is a combination of at least two types of monodisperse particles, where each type is a plurality of monodisperse particles having a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology; and where the types of monodisperse particles differ from one another by composition, by size, or by morphology. In a preferred embodiment, the types of monodisperse particles have the same composition but different morphologies. Methods of making and methods of using the monodisperse particles are disclosed.

A filling material for a resin composition includes a base material and a coating material coating at least a portion of a surface of a particle of the base material. The base material comprises a first inorganic compound containing a Group II element. The coating material comprises a second inorganic compound containing the Group II element and is different from the first inorganic compound. A method of manufacturing the filling material is provided. A resin composition comprising the filling material, a package, a light-emitting device, and methods of manufacturing them are also provided.

A hydrogen gas production method includes a light irradiation step of applying light to a surface of a metal material immersed in water to produce gas containing hydrogen. In this hydrogen gas production method, the metal material contains iron, in the spectrum of the light, a wavelength at which the intensity is maximum is not less than 360 nm and less than 620 nm, and as the gas is produced, at least one of iron oxide and iron hydroxide is formed on the surface.

A method for producing a nickel cobalt complex hydroxide includes first crystallization of supplying a solution containing Ni, Co and Mn, a complex ion forming agent and a basic solution separately and simultaneously to one reaction vessel to obtain nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles, and a second crystallization of, after the first crystallization, further supplying a solution containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, a solution of a complex ion forming agent, a basic solution, and a solution containing said element M separately and simultaneously to the reaction vessel to crystallize a complex hydroxide particles containing nickel, cobalt, manganese and said element M on the nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles crystallizing a complex hydroxide particles comprising Ni, Co, Mn and the element Mon the nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles.

A dielectric composition is a barium titanate-based dielectric composition and includes a barium titanate particle including a major axis, a minor axis disposed on the same plane as the major axis, and a vertical axis perpendicular to both the major axis and the minor axis, and a ratio of a length of the major axis to a length of the vertical axis is within a range from 1.5:1 to 30:1.