Metal nanoparticle agglomerates may render the surface of an article biocidal toward microorganisms. Articles having a biocidal surface may comprise a coating comprising metal nanoparticle agglomerates adhered via an adhesive to at least a portion of a surface of the article. A coating formulation comprising metal nanoparticle agglomerates may be applied to the surface of an article to accomplish the foregoing.

A soluble composite powder comprising homogenous composite particles, the homogenous composite particles comprising at least one soluble thermoplastic material and at least one submicron nanoparticle material. The at least one soluble thermoplastic material comprises from about 50 to 99 weight percent of the powder, and the at least one submicron nanoparticle material comprises from about 1 to 50 weight percent of the powder. The powder is soluble.

In a method for producing a high-molecular-weight polymer sheet, when a monomer composition including silver nanowires is polymerized, the monomer composition is allowed to stand in a state in which a thickness direction of the obtained high-molecular-weight polymer sheet before the polymerization is a vertical direction, and the silver nanowires in the monomer composition are oriented in the vertical direction and polymerized.

Optical elements and compositions are provided which include an extruded polymer, and a plurality of fluorophores disposed within. The fluorescent compositions have quantum yields greater than 50% and are stable in performance over long durations of time under oxygen, moisture, and light exposure. In some embodiments, the extruded polymer is prepared as pellets, microparticles, nanoparticles, or films.

A thermoelectric conversion material containing an electrically conductive material (A) and an organic compound (B) that are in a relationship satisfying the following formula (1): 0 eV≤|(HOMO of the organic compound (B))−(HOMO of the electrically conductive material (A))|≤1.64 eV.

A mixture curable to provide a fibre reinforced coating material for protecting a substrate. The mixture comprises a phenolic resin or a polyfurfuryl alcohol resin, a hardener, a thixotropic additive, and fibres.

Disclosed herein are nanoporous membranes for separating a target substance from a non-target substance in a fluid medium and methods of making and use thereof. The nanoporous membranes comprise a 2D material permeated by a first and second population of pores; wherein the average pore diameter of the first population of pores is greater than or equal to the van der Waals diameter of water and less than the average size of the non-target substance in the fluid medium; wherein the average pore diameter of the second population of pores is greater than or equal to the average size of the non-target substance in the fluid medium; and wherein substantially all of the second population of pores are substantially blocked by a polymer via size-selective interfacial polymerization; such that the nanoporous membrane allows for transport of the target substance through the nanoporous membrane via the first population of pores.

Disclosed are an anti-icing material with stealth function, a preparation method and use thereof. The anti-icing material with stealth function according to the disclosure includes an electrically insulating and thermally insulating layer, a patterned heating layer, an electrically insulating and thermally conducting layer, and a hydrophobic layer, that are disposed sequentially through stacking, wherein the patterned heating layer has a patterned hollowed-out structure.

A method of manufacturing resin composition includes following operations. A nano-particle filler, a micro-inorganic particle, and a resin are stirred and mixed to form a mixture. The mixture is centrifuged at a high speed to form an upper layer mixing liquid and a lower layer mixing liquid. The upper layer mixing liquid is taken out and obtains the resin composition.

Methods for producing highly spherical particles that comprise: mixing a mixture comprising: (a) nanoclay-filled-polymer composite comprising a nanoclay dispersed in a thermoplastic polymer, (b) a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the thermoplastic polymer of the nanoclay-filled-polymer composite, optionally (c) a thermoplastic polymer not filled with a nanoclay, and optionally (d) an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature at or greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer of the nanoclay-filled-polymer and the thermoplastic polymer, when included, to disperse the nanoclay-filled-polymer composite in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature to form nanoclay-filled-polymer particles; and separating the nanoclay-filled-polymer particles from the carrier fluid.