A substrate support assembly comprises a ceramic puck comprising a substrate receiving surface, and having embedded therein: (i) an electrode to generate an electrostatic force to retain a substrate placed on the substrate receiving surface; and (ii) a heater to heat the substrate, the heater comprising a plurality of spaced apart heater coils. A compliant layer bonds the ceramic puck ...

Electrochemical cells, such as those present within flow batteries, can have an electrode and a bipolar plate in at least one half-cell interfacially bonded together with an electrically conductive adhesive. Bonding the bipolar plate to the electrode can decrease contact resistance and sometimes lessen the incidence of parasitic reactions in the electrochemical cell. Flow batteries containing these features can include: ...

A semiconductor package may include a first redistribution layer (rdl); a first semiconductor chip on a top surface of the first rdl, the first semiconductor chip including a first circuit surface and a first bottom surface, the first circuit surface having first i/o pads thereon, the first i/o pads configured to electrically connect the first semiconductor chip to ...

Provided are a polymerizable composition allowing obtainment of an optical component with reduced striae, an optical component obtained from the polymerizable composition, a plastic lens containing the optical component, and a spectacle lens including a lens substrate including the optical component. The polymerizable composition of the present disclosure contains an isocyanate component which contains alicyclic polyisocyanate (a-1) having two or ...

A functionalized magnetic nanoparticle including an organometallic sandwich compound and a magnetic metal oxide. The functionalized magnetic nanoparticle may be reacted with a metal precursor to form a catalyst for various c—c bond forming reactions. The catalyst may be recovered with ease by attracting the catalyst with a magnet.

The hydrogenated block copolymer [d] is obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds on a main chain and side chains and carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds on an aromatic ring in a specific block copolymer [c].

Liquid compositions for use in compression refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems in which a fluoroalkene containing from 3 to 4 carbon atoms and at least 1 but no more than 2 double bonds is combined with an effective amount to provide lubrication of an essentially miscible organic lubricant comprised of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and having a ratio of oxygen to carbon effective ...

The present invention relates to a fibre composite material w of increased translucency and/or mechanical strength, comprising a copolymer c encompassing monomers a-1, where a-1 form covalent bonds with functional groups b-1 on the surface of fibres b embedded in the fibre composite material w, and this fibre composite material w has greater translucency and/or mechanical strength than ...

Disclosed are novel compounds having npr-b agonistic activity. Preferred compounds are linear peptides containing 8-13 conventional or non-conventional l- or d-amino acid residues connected to one another via peptide bonds.

A ceramic honeycomb body having a skin that does not block partial cells extending from an inlet face to an outlet face at an outer periphery portion of the body. A method of making the ceramic honeycomb body having the skin includes disposing a sheet on an outer peripheral wall of a honeycomb core having an outer surface spaced apart ...

A connective protective packaging element is provided. The connective protective packaging element may include a protective body in a high-density supply configuration. The protective body may be configurable into a low-density configuration for cushioning packaged products. The body may include an exposed surface in the low-density configuration. The connective protective packaging element may also include a bonding element attached to ...

The present disclosure relates more to processes for making a filter element that includes a filter membrane having a strip of thermoplastic polymer material laminated thereto, for example, as a strip along an edge of the filter membrane. For example, one such process includes providing a sheet of filter membrane having a first surface and an opposed second surface; providing ...

Components may have substrates with metal traces that form mating contacts. The components may be bonded together using anisotropic conductive adhesive bonding techniques. During bonding, conductive particles may be concentrated over the contacts by application of magnetic or electric fields or by using a template transfer process. Gaps between the contacts may be at least partially free of conductive particles ...

A thin display device with a less bezel portion is provided. The display device includes: a first substrate with flexibility, the first substrate having a display section including a first pixel; a second substrate with flexibility; and a sealant which bonds the first substrate and the second substrate together. A curved part is provided inside the sealant in a planar ...

An electrostatic discharge (esd) testing structure includes a measurement device in a first die. The esd testing structure further includes a fuse in a second die. The esd testing structure further includes a plurality of bonds electrically connecting the first die to the second die, wherein a first bond of the plurality of bonds electrically connects the fuse to the ...

A cord including multifilament para-aramid yarn comprising filaments, wherein the filaments have a non-round cross section having a smaller and a larger dimension, where the cross-sectional aspect ratio between the larger and the smaller dimension is 1. 5-10 and the smaller dimension of the cross section has a maximum of 50 μm and wherein the para-aramid has at least 90% para ...

A sapphire sheet is laminated to a glass sheet with a gradient layer that transitions from a composition of predominantly al2o3 at the sapphire sheet to a composition of predominantly sio2 at the glass sheet. The gradient layer chemically bonds to both the sapphire sheet and the glass sheet and has no distinct interfaces.

A method and system for providing ultrasound treatment to a tissue that contains a lower part of dermis and proximal protrusions of fat lobuli into the dermis. An embodiment delivers ultrasound energy to the region creating a thermal injury and coagulating the proximal protrusions of fat lobuli, thereby eliminating the fat protrusions into the dermis. An embodiment can also include ...

Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with bruton's tyrosine kinase (btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases ...

A method for fabricating a stacked battery structure. The method includes preparing a plurality of battery layers separately, wherein each battery layer includes a substrate, a film battery element fabricated on the substrate and an insulator formed over the film battery element. The insulator has a flat top surface and the film battery element includes a current collector. The method ...

Composite powder for use as electrochemically active material in an anode of a lithium ion battery, whereby the particles of the composite powder comprise a carbon-based matrix material and silicon particles embedded in this matrix material, whereby the silicon particles and the matrix material have an interface, characterized in that at this interface there are si—c chemical bonds ...