Abstract:
A process for producing an electrically conductive connection between opposite arranged contact areas of two elements that are to be connected, by means of a hot-melt type adhesive formed of electrically conductive particles, which are dispersed in a thermoplastic base material. The hot-melt type adhesive (22) is applied purposely only to the contact areas (16) of at least one of the elements (10, 28, 42, 50) and that these elements are joined under the effects of heat.
Abstract:
A method of producing a layer which is friction-reducing on an elastomeric substrate includes (a) providing an elastomeric substrate; (b) forming a sol by hydrolysis and condensation of at least one silane having a formula: R.sup.1 Si (OR').sub.3 (I) where R.sup.1 is one of a glycidyloxy-functional residue or a mercapto-functional residue and R' is a residue of a lower alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms; (c) coating the elastomeric substrate with the sol to form a coating; and (d) curing the coating to form a gel. The method is particularly suited for the coating of rubber surfaces, e.g., wiper blades.
Abstract:
To produce functional vitrous, preferably colored or colloid-dyed layers, a composition produced by hydrolysis and polycondensation of (A) at least on hydrolyzable silane of general formula (I) SiX.sub.4 (I) wherein the radicals X are the same or different and represent hydrolyzable groups or hydroxy groups, or an oligomer derived therefrom, and (B) at least one organosilane of general formula (II) R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b SiX.sub.(4-a-b) (II) wherein R.sup.1 is a non-hydrolyzable radical, R.sup.2 represents a radical carrying a functional group, X has the meaning given above, and a and b have the values 0, 1, 2 or 3, the sum (a+b) having the values 1, 2 or 3, or an oligomer derived therefrom with an (A):(B) substance ratio of 5-50:50-95, and optionally (C) one or more compounds of glass-forming elements, is mixed with at least one function carrier from the group of temperature-stable dyes or pigments, metallic or non-metallic oxides, coloring metallic ions, metallic or metallic compound colloids, and metal ions that react under reduction conditions to form metallic colloids; the composition mixed with the function carrier is applied onto a substrate and the coating is thermally condensed to form a vitreous layer.
Abstract:
Optical elements comprising a substrate and a transparent composite material layer having an embossed surface, the composite material comprising a polymer matrix having incorporated therein inorganic components in the form of nanoscaled particles, and methods of preparation thereof which comprise mixing a polymer precursor with a sol of nanosealed particles in an organic solvent and a polymerizable initiator, applying the mixture to a substrate to form a coating, and embossing the coating while simultaneously curing it.
Abstract:
Apparatus for controlling a fluid flow includes a housing having a first fitting for connection of a tube and at least one further fitting for detachable securement of a coupling piece of a peritoneal catheter. Accommodated in the housing is a rotary valve which is indexable in predetermined positions to selectively establish a fluid communication between the fittings. Associated with one of the fittings is at least one closure member which is acted upon by the rotary valve for displacement in a radial direction to open and close a passage to the peritoneal catheter.
Abstract:
Fluorescent pigments contain essentially a polymer matrix based on polymethyl methacrylate and a nonpolar fluorescent dye from the coumarin or perylene series, the polymer matrix being a crosslinked polymethacrylate or polyacrylate prepared by suspension polymerization.
Abstract:
A coating composition is disclosed based on polycondensates of hydrolyzable compounds in particular of Si, Al, Ti and/or Zr, whereas at least part of the non-hydrolyzable groups linked to these elements contain in average 2 to 30 fluorine atoms linked to aliphatic carbon atoms. A process for producing such coating compositions is also disclosed. The corresponding cured (transparent) coatings are characterized in particular by a very good adherence to various types of substrates, in particular glass, besides an antiadhesive effect with respect to many different materials.
Abstract:
In the method described, the degree of agglomeration of the nanometer-size particles can be readily checked, thus enabling dispersions of particles of this kind to be produced with high solids contents. The method calls for the unmodified powder to be dispersed in water and/or an organic solvent in the presence of a low-molecular organic compound including a functional group which can react and/or interact with groups present on the surface of the powder particles. The dispersant may subsequently be wholly or partly removed.
Abstract:
Composite materials that contain nanoscaled particles are produced in thata) a compound, which is soluble in the solvent and belongs to a metal of the groups 6 to 15 of the periodic system or lanthanides,is reacted in an organic solvent withb) a precipitating reagent in order to form antimonides, arsenides, chalcogenides, halogenides or phosphides of the metal of the metal compound (a) in the present ofc) a bifunctional compound, which exhibits at least one electron pair-donor group and at least one group, which can be converted through polymerization or polycondensation into an organic or inorganic network;the resulting stabilized sol of nanoscaled particles is mixed withd) a compound, which can be polymerized or cured thermally or photochemically into a polymer, ande) a polymerization initiator;a hydrolysis and polycondensation of the optionally present groups that can be converted into an inorganic network is conducted; and the material is cured thermally of photochemically.The nanocomposites according to the invention are especially suitable for optical elements.
Abstract:
A process is described for photoinitiated control of inorganic network fotion in the sol-gel process, which comprises eitherA) subjecting one or more hydrolytically polycondensable compounds of constituent elements of glass or ceramic, excluding silicon compounds containing polymerizable organic groups, to hydrolytic polycondensation in a liquid reaction medium to form a sol and irradiating the resulting sol in a structured or unstructured manner in the presence of a photoinitiator which can change the pH of the reaction medium on irradiation, using radiation of a wavelength range in which the photoinitiator absorbs;orB) liberating water in an anhydrous reaction medium which contains an alcohol, one or more hydrolytically polycondensable compounds of constituent elements of glass or ceramic and a photoinitiator which can liberate water by a photochemical reaction or a secondary reaction when irradiated, by structured or non-structured irradiation using radiation of a wavelength range in which the photoinitiator absorbs, and in this way effecting the hydrolytic polycondensation.