A heat dissipation sheet containing a silicone resin and a thermally conductive filler, wherein with respect to the cross-sectional shape of the thermally conductive filler, the average value of an aspect ratio of the 1st to 24th particles from the largest of biaxial average diameters, is in a range of 0.4 or more and 1.4 or less. In addition, an area ratio (Sr) of a total area S of cross-sectional shapes of the particles to a whole area of the cross-sectional view may be in a range of 20% or more and 80% or less, and the particle number ratio may be less than 1. Further, a thermal resistance ratio of a thermal resistance value when a pressure of 0.4 MPa is applied to a thermal resistance value when a pressure of 1.0 MPa is applied may be 1 or more.

A silicon-polymer composite anode having two or more different molecular weight (MW) versions of the same polymer, method of making the anode and electrochemical energy storage device containing the anode are disclosed.

The invention relates to a pre-impregnated fibre-reinforced composite material in laminar form, obtained impregnating a fibrous mass with a polymeric binder composition and intended to be subjected to successive forming and complete curing operations to produce a fibre-reinforced composite material. The polymeric binder composition comprises one or more resins chosen in the group consisting of siloxane resins and silsesquioxane resins, and can optionally comprise one or more organic resins. The polymeric binder composition appears as a liquid with viscosity between 55000 and 10000 mPas at temperatures between 50° C. and 70° C. The polymeric binder composition forms a polymeric binder matrix, not cross-linked or only partially cross-linked, that fills the interstices of the fibrous mass. The invention also relates to a method for making said pre-impregnated fibre-reinforced composite material in laminar form. The invention also relates to a manufactured article obtained by hot forming and complete curing of the aforesaid pre-impregnated fibre-reinforced composite material, as well as a method for making said manufactured article.

Described is a silicone hydrogel contact lens having non-uniform morphology. The contact lens may be made from a reactive mixture comprising: a silicone-containing component; a hydrophilic component; a non-reactive polymeric internal wetting agent; and a polymerization initiator, the contact lens having an oxygen permeability of at least about 60 barrers, and wherein the molar ratio in the lens of the polymeric non-reactive internal wetting agent to silicone, without a surface treatment, is greater in the lens's surface than in its bulk.

A conductive paste composition according to the present disclosure contains silver-coated copper nanowires with a core-shell structure; a binder mixture containing a silicone resin binder and a hydrocarbon-based resin binder; and an organic solvent, such that the conductive paste composition has a low sheet resistance and may withstand a high temperature, thereby implementing excellent conductivity and electromagnetic wave shielding properties. Furthermore, the conductive paste may be widely used in various fields such as electromagnetic wave shielding, solar cell electrodes, electronic circuits.

A porous layer is described. The porous layer comprises a solidified sol-gel inorganic material having a distribution of nanometric voids, wherein at least some of nanometric voids are at least partially coated internally by carbon or a hydrophobic substance containing carbon.

The present invention relates to a production method for an aerogel laminate including a support, and an aerogel layer disposed on the support and having a thickness of 200 μm or less, the method comprising a step of washing a wet gel laminate including the support and a wet gel layer disposed on the support by a roll-to-roll scheme.

Described are silicone hydrogels with high levels of polyamides exhibiting an excellent balance of physical, mechanical, and biological properties. The silicone hydrogels are formed from a reactive monomer mixture comprising: a hydroxylalkyl (meth)acrylate monomer; hydroxyl-containing silicone components; and a polyamide, wherein the polyamide is present in an amount greater than 15 weight percent, based on the total weight of reactive components in the reactive monomer mixture.

The present invention relates to silicone hydrogels exhibiting desired combinations of physical and mechanical properties, formed from a reactive monomer mixture comprising at least one N-alkyl methacrylamide, and at least one silicone-containing component. These silicone hydrogels may also contain hydrophilic components, crosslinking agents and toughening monomers. These silicone hydrogels are useful in preparing biomedical devices, ophthalmic lenses, and contact lenses.

Disclosed herein are compositions to use in biofouling-resistant coatings, biofouling-resistant coatings, methods of making biofouling-resistant coatings, biofouling-resistant devices, and methods of making biofouling-resistant devices.