Methods for increasing transparency of a nanofiber sheet to many wavelengths of radiation, including those wavelengths within the visible spectrum, are described. These techniques include straining a nanofiber sheet so as to increase its width.

The invention provides methods for preparing activated carbon and biochar from a composition that comprises agricultural waste and that optionally comprises plastic. The invention also provides activated carbon and biochar having unique properties.

Photonic pigments are disclosed, which include a plurality of magnetic nanorods assembled into tetragonal colloidal crystals.

Non-ASTM low hysteresis carbon blacks chemically treated, and surface coated with a compound comprising at least one amine group and at least one thiol group, and/or di- and/or polysulfidic linkage. When compared with a standard ASTM grade compound, the disclosed surface modified low hysteresis carbon black compound shows improved rolling resistance, wet traction, and DIN abrasion, comparable to silica compounds.

A phosphor having a main crystal phase having a crystal structure identical to that of CaAlSiN.sub.3, and including a Ca element partially replaced with an Eu element, wherein the phosphor has a median size d50 of 12.0 μm or more and 22.0 μm or less, as measured according to a laser diffraction scattering method, and has a specific surface area of 1.50 m.sup.2/g or more and 10.00 m.sup.2/g or less, as measured according to a BET method.

Provided are an atomic layer sheet that contains boron and oxygen as framework elements, is networked by nonequilibrium couplings having boron-boron bonds, and has a molar ratio of oxygen to boron (oxygen/boron) of less than 1.5, a laminated sheet containing a plurality of such atomic layer sheets and metal ions between ones of the sheets, and a thermotropic liquid crystal and a lyotropic liquid crystal containing these. In addition, there is provided a method for manufacturing an atomic layer sheet and/or a laminated sheet containing boron and oxygen, the method including: adding MBH.sub.4, where M represents an alkali metal ion, into a solvent containing an organic solvent in an inert gas atmosphere to prepare a solution; and exposing the solution to an atmosphere containing oxygen.

The present invention provides a water induced crystallization process (WI-Process) to convert Olivine to Iddingsite in a highly oxidizing environment under low pressure and temperatures less than 200° C. and preferably higher than 70° C., optionally in the presence of catalysts accompanied by the process including Oleic acid, Amino acid and there derivatives such as Triethylamine either alone or in combination

A thermally conductive additive is excellent in thermal conductivity improvement effect and has high processability, and a thermally conductive composite material and a wire harness each contain such a thermally conductive additive. The thermally conductive additive includes an organic component and a metal-containing component, where the organic component is configured as an organic compound including a coordination part that can multidentate-coordinate to a metal, and at least one functional group bonded to the coordination part and having a conjugated π-electron system, and the organic component coordinates in the coordination part to a metal atom constituting the metal-containing component to form a coordination complex. The thermally conductive composite material includes the thermally conductive additive and a matrix material, where the thermally conductive additive is dispersed in the matrix material. The wire harness includes the thermally conductive composite material.

A film-like graphite that satisfies the following condition (1) or condition (2) described below. Condition (1): a graphite crystal orientation degree P is 96% or more with respect to a film plane. Condition (2): a graphite crystal orientation degree P is 94% or more with respect to a film plane and a thickness is 42 μm or more.

A cathode material for sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries, in which Li.sub.3V.sub.2(PO.sub.4).sub.3 (LVP) is doped with a transition metal having an oxidation number of +5 or more and the surface of the cathode material is substituted with a halogen element so as to have improved surface stability and energy density and to suppress side reactions with a solid electrolyte, a manufacturing method thereof, and an all-solid-state battery using the same.