Disclosed are a polymer, and a mixture or a formulation and an organic electronic device containing same, and applications thereof, and further a monomer of which the polymer is made; the polymer comprises on its side chain a repeating structure unit E, characterizing in that its S1(E)T1(E))0.35 eV or even less, which may allow the said polymer having thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) property. Thus a TADF polymer suitable for printing processes is provided, thereby reducing OLED manufacturing costs.

Provided are fire-fighting foam concentrate compositions incorporating multiple dye indicator agents, fire-fighting foams formed from said compositions, and to methods for evaluating fire-fighting foam concentrates. The compositions are useful as a complex anti-counterfeiting system and also allow for the differentiation of different types of authentic concentrates.

A scintillating material that is a radiation hardened plastic and flexible elastomer is disclosed. The material is useful in a wide range of high energy particle environments and can be used to create detectors. Such detectors can be used in physics experiments or in medical treatment or imaging. The scintillator can be radiation hardened so as to allow for an extended lifetime over other materials.

The present invention relates to a flame retardant identification system and, more particularly, to a tracing and tagging agent including a fluorescent tracing compound for substrates such as textiles and lumber.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a light emitting diode device, a display panel, a display device, and a manufacturing method. The light emitting diode device includes: a base substrate; a first electrode disposed on one side of the base substrate; a carrier functional layer disposed on one side, facing away from the base substrate, of the first electrode; a quantum dot light emitting layer disposed on one side, facing away from the first electrode, of the carrier functional layer, having a molecular chain structure inside, where the molecular chain structure is formed by atom transfer radical polymerization of a first reactant and a modified molecule, the first reactant undergoes atom transfer radical polymerization with the modified molecule through a ligand molecule A, and in an initial state, the modified molecule is connected to one surface, facing the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the carrier functional layer; and a second electrode disposed on one side, facing away from the carrier functional layer, of the quantum dot light emitting layer.

Provided are an organic rare-earth solid micelle, a preparation method therefor, and a method for increasing the photoelectric conversion efficiency of a solar battery. A small organic conjugated ligand is taken as a first ligand, an amphiphilic diblock polymer is taken as a second ligand, and the first ligand and the second ligand are mixed and doped with a rare-earth chloride solution, and self-assembled to form an organic rare-earth solid micelle, whereby the fluorescence emission intensity and the fluorescence efficiency of the rare-earth element are improved. Next, the prepared organic rare-earth solid micelle is spin coated on an ITO layer of a solar battery, to prepare a solar battery with the organic rare-earth solid micelle. Therefore the sunlight absorption of a cell is increased, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency is improved. The preparation process is simple, low in cost, high in photoelectric conversion efficiency, and environmentally friendly.

A spin coater that can be used to apply multiple coating compositions over an optical substrate, is described. The spin coater includes, a coater bowl configured to collect excess coating material expelled from an optical substrate being coated, a rotatable chuck configured to receive and rotate the optical substrate in the bowl during coating, a plurality of coating reservoirs, each containing a coating material, and an indexable coating reservoir platform containing the plurality of reservoirs and configured to index a selected reservoir into a dispensing position above the coater bowl. The spin coater can include or have associated therewith at least one curing station, in which each curing station is independently configured to cure at least partially at least one applied coating material. Each curing station can include at least one of a thermal curing station, a UV curing station, and/or an IR curing station.

A method of disinfection of a surface of a subject of harmful microorganisms including pathogenic bacteria and viruses upon visible light irradiation using a hybridized fluorescent silk is provided. The method includes placing a predetermined quantity of the hybridized fluorescent silk i) directly on to a skin surface of a subject; or ii) on a medium and then placing the medium on the skin surface of the subject. The method further includes applying light in the visible spectrum for a predetermined amount of time to the placed quantity of hybridized fluorescent silk, wherein the hybridized fluorescent silk is one of KillerRed, SuperNova, KillerOrange, Dronpa, TurboGFP, mCherry, or any combination thereof.

A method of inactivating harmful microorganisms of a filtration medium including pathogenic bacteria and viruses is disclosed which includes placing a predetermined quantity of a hybridized fluorescent silk on to a filtration medium, applying light for a predetermined amount of time to the placed quantity of the hybridized fluorescent silk, and passing a fluid through the medium, wherein the fluid is one of substantially air or substantially water, wherein the hybridized fluorescent silk is one of KillerRed, SuperNova, KillerOrange, Dronpa, TurboGFP, mCherry, or any combination thereof.

The present invention relates to a chemical compound comprising (i) a polycationic polymer, coupled to (ii) a dye. The present invention further relates to a method for visualizing a glycosamine-containing structure in a biological sample comprising a) contacting an inner lumen of said biological sample with a dye-conjugated polycationic polymer, preferably with the chemical compound according to the present invention; b) tissue-clearing said biological sample; and, thereby, c) visualizing an internal glycosamine-containing structure in said biological sample. The present invention also relates to a method for determining the number and/or size of glomeruli in a kidney or a sample thereof making use of the method for visualizing a glycosamine-containing structure; and also relates to kits and uses related to said chemical compounds and said methods.