A method for preparing a modified polypropylene film, the modified polypropylene film comprising a polypropylene film; and, an oxide layer and/or nitride layer, each of which has a thickness of 20-500 nm, on a surface of the polypropylene film; the method comprising: depositing the oxide layer or nitride layer on a surface of the polypropylene film by an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) process to obtain the modified polypropylene film; wherein the step of depositing the oxide layer or nitride layer comprises: placing the polypropylene film in an ALD reaction chamber; vacuumizing; heating up; introducing a carrier gas; and, passing at least two precursors into the reaction chamber alternately for reaction, resulting in the modified polypropylene film; wherein the precursors comprise a precursor for providing a metal element or Si, and a precursor for providing an oxygen or nitrogen element.

A method for preparing a modified polypropylene film, the modified polypropylene film comprising a polypropylene film; and, an oxide layer and/or nitride layer, each of which has a thickness of 20-500 nm, on a surface of the polypropylene film; the method comprising: depositing the oxide layer or nitride layer on a surface of the polypropylene film by an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) process to obtain the modified polypropylene film; wherein the step of depositing the oxide layer or nitride layer comprises: placing the polypropylene film in an ALD reaction chamber; vacuumizing; heating up; introducing a carrier gas; and, passing at least two precursors into the reaction chamber alternately for reaction, resulting in the modified polypropylene film; wherein the precursors comprise a precursor for providing a metal element or Si, and a precursor for providing an oxygen or nitrogen element.

A process for chemically modifying a polymeric part in order to impart flame-retardant properties thereto or to improve the properties, the process comprising the following steps: a step of reacting a polymeric part comprising at least one polymer comprising, as reactive groups, amine groups and/or hydroxyl groups, with a functional compound, referred to as first compound, comprising at least one isocyanate group and at least one vinyl type polymerisable group, the isocyanate groups reacting, covalently with all or some of the amine groups and/or hydroxyl groups of the polymer(s), resulting in a polymeric part bonded, covalently, to residues of the functional compound; using the vinyl type polymerisable groups of the residues of the functional compound, a step of polymerising a second compound comprising at least one vinyl type polymerisable group and at least one group comprising at least one phosphorus atom, the reaction step and said polymerisation step being carried out in the presence of at least one supercritical fluid.

Method for producing a photochromic material and a component including the photochromic material, where the method comprises the steps of:-first the formation on a substrate of a layer of an essentially oxygen free metal hydride with a predetermined thickness using a physical vapor deposition process; and -second exposing the metal hydride layer to oxygen where the oxygen reacts with the metal hydride, resulting in a material with photochromic properties.

Method for producing a photochromic material and a component including the photochromic material, where the method comprises the steps of:-first the formation on a substrate of a layer of an essentially oxygen free metal hydride with a predetermined thickness using a physical vapor deposition process; and -second exposing the metal hydride layer to oxygen where the oxygen reacts with the metal hydride, resulting in a material with photochromic properties.

Disclosed is a temperature measurement system including: a light source unit for receiving excitation light; a target material on which the temperature-sensitive film is attached in order to emit the received excitation light into emission light; a phosphorescence detector for extracting the emission light into a phosphorescence decay signal; and a temperature extraction unit for extracting temperature of the target material using the phosphorescence decay signal.

There are provided a decorative sheet having excellent fingerprint resistance of the surface of the decorative sheet, a decorative board, a method for manufacturing a transfer master plate, and a method for manufacturing a decorative sheet. The decorative sheet includes: a base material layer; a colored pattern layer provided on one surface of the base material layer; and a first surface protective layer provided on the surface on the side opposite to the base material layer of the colored pattern layer and having irregular shapes on the surface. The decorative sheet is formed using a transfer master plate which is a resin material having irregular shapes for master plate on the surface formed by irradiating the surface of an applied ionizing radiation curable resin with a first ionizing radiation having energy capable of cleaving a polymer chain of the ionizing radiation curable to shrink the surface of the ionizing radiation curable resin, forming the irregular shapes for master plate on the surface of the ionizing radiation curable resin, irradiating the shrunk ionizing radiation curable resin with a second ionizing radiation curing the ionizing radiation curable resin to cure the ionizing radiation curable resin.

A multifunctional diffusion barrier comprising at least one organic polymer and a 2D graphene or 2D graphene derivative material and a method for preparing the multifunctional barrier. The multifunctional diffusion barrier can be used as a liquid and/or gas barrier, or as structural material, or as sealing material, or as a self-cleaning material or as protective material against UV radiation in aeronautical, automotive, marine or building field. The multifunctional diffusion barrier is suitable in producing parts of aircraft such as a fuel tank, a fuel tank conduit and a gasket.

A multifunctional diffusion barrier comprising at least one organic polymer and a 2D graphene or 2D graphene derivative material and a method for preparing the multifunctional barrier. The multifunctional diffusion barrier can be used as a liquid and/or gas barrier, or as structural material, or as sealing material, or as a self-cleaning material or as protective material against UV radiation in aeronautical, automotive, marine or building field. The multifunctional diffusion barrier is suitable in producing parts of aircraft such as a fuel tank, a fuel tank conduit and a gasket.

A static discharge device is formed of an electrical conductor to dissipate static charge from materials including fabrics, clothing and hair. The static discharge device can be used in a clothes dryer. Electrons can migrate to the electrical conductor to dissipate the static charge from materials. The static discharge device can be formed of a conductive thermoplastic material including a polymer and strands of metal or carbon.