A disclosed multimode optical fiber comprises a core and a cladding surrounding the core. The core has an outer radius r.sub.1 in between 20 μm and 30 μm. The cladding includes a first outer cladding region having an outer radius r.sub.4a and a second outer cladding region having an outer radius r.sub.4b less than or equal to 45 μm. The second outer cladding region comprises silica-based glass doped with titania. The optical fiber further includes a primary coating with an outer radius r.sub.5 less than or equal to 80 μm, and a thickness (r.sub.5−r.sub.4) less than or equal to 30 μm. The optical fiber further includes a secondary coating with an outer radius r.sub.6 less than or equal to 100 μm. The secondary coating has a thickness (r.sub.6−r.sub.5) less than or equal to 30 μm, and a normalized puncture load greater than 3.6×10.sup.−3 g/micron.sup.2.

A resin composition suppresses unintended curing of a 2-methylene-1,3-dicarbonyl compound in the presence of conductive particles to facilitate the production of a paste including the 2-methylene-1,3-dicarbonyl compound for electronic components. The resin composition includes (a) at least one 2-methylene-1,3-dicarbonyl compound, (b) at least one type of conductive particles and (c) at least one monocarboxylic acid with a number of carbon atoms of 3 or more.

The present disclosure describes, in part, an enzyme-mediated radical initiating system and methods of using the system to produce polymers, including polymeric hydrogels, at ambient conditions.

The specific embodiment of the present disclosure provides a protective coating. An anticorrosive coating having a compact rigid molecular structure is formed by plasma polymerization coating of monomers including alicyclic epoxy structural units, and a hydrophobic coating is simultaneously formed by plasma polymerization coating on the anticorrosive coating, thus, coatings with excellent protective performance to the substrate are formed.

A pattern forming method comprises dispensing a curable composition onto an underlayer of a substrate; bringing the curable composition into contact with a mold; irradiating the curable composition with light to form a cured film; and separating the cured film from the mold. The proportion of the number of carbon atoms relative to the total number of atoms in the underlayer is 80% or more. The dispensing step comprises a first dispensing step of dispensing a curable composition (A1) substantially free of a fluorosurfactant onto the underlayer, and a second dispensing step of dripping a droplet of a curable composition (A2) having a fluorosurfactant concentration in components excluding a solvent of 1.1% by mass or less onto the curable composition (A1) discretely.

In surface functionalization of a surface with nano- or microparticles, a process is for functionalizing a surface of a solid support with nano- or microparticles. Polymers include polymerized amine-functionalized monomer units. The polymers are used to functionalize a solid support with nano- or microparticles. The resulting nano- or microparticles functionalized polymers includes polymerized amine-functionalized monomer units.

A thermoset resin for forming parts to be metal plated includes a vat photopolymerization (VPP) thermoset resin and an etchable phase disposed in the VPP thermoset resin. The etchable phase is etched from a surface of a part formed from the VPP thermoset resin such that a plurality of micro-mechanical locking sites is formed on the surface of the part. The etchable phase is at least one of organic particles, organic resins, inorganic particles, and copolymers of the VPP thermoset resin. For example, the etchable phase can be a polybutadiene phase and/or a mineral such as calcium carbonate.

Provided are a photosensitive resin composition having low viscosity and high compatibility prepared by providing a semiconductor nanoparticle-ligand composite comprising a ligand represented by Formula 1, an optical film having uniform and remarkably excellent quantum efficiency using the photosensitive resin composition, and an electroluminescent diode comprising the optical film and an electronic device comprising an electroluminescent diode.

A layered structure including a luminescent layer including a quantum dot polymer composite pattern; an inorganic layer disposed on the luminescent layer, the inorganic layer including a metal oxide, a metal nitride, a metal oxynitride, a metal sulfide, or a combination thereof; and an organic layer being disposed between the luminescent layer and the inorganic layer, the organic layer including an organic polymer, a method of producing the same, and a liquid crystal display including the same. The quantum dot polymer composite pattern includes a repeating section including a polymer matrix; and a plurality of quantum dots (e.g., dispersed) in the polymer matrix, the repeating unit including a first section configured to emit light of a first light, and wherein the inorganic layer is disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the repeating section.

An optically anisotropic multi-layered product including an optically anisotropic layer (Sm), and an optically anisotropic layer (N), wherein: the optically anisotropic layer (Sm) is an optically anisotropic layer that contains a liquid crystal compound (A-Sm) fixed in a state in which a smectic liquid crystal phase is exhibited; the optically anisotropic layer (N) is an optically anisotropic layer that contains a liquid crystal compound (A-N) fixed in a state in which a nematic liquid crystal phase is exhibited; and the optically anisotropic layer (Sm) and the optically anisotropic layer (N) have a common in-plane slow axis direction. A method for producing the optically anisotropic multi-layered product is also provided.