Abstract:
A device is provided for radially strengthening a polylactic acid tube, which includes a tubular mold, a rotating blade and a distal blade, wherein a rotating shaft of the rotating blade is arranged at an axial position of the tubular mold, a first end of the distal blade is movably connected to the rotating blade, and a second end of the distal blade is controlled by a control rod so as to open and close the distal blade. A strengthening method is provided, in which the device for radially strengthening a polylactic acid tube is used. The method includes loading a polylactic acid tube to be strengthened into the strengthening device, heating the strengthening device for a first preset time, rotating the rotating blade in a constant direction while opening the distal blade at a first speed such that the second end of the distal blade approaches the tubular mold, closing the distal blade and restoring the distal blade to an initial state after squeezing and scraping for a second preset time, cooling the strengthening device to room temperature, taking out a strengthened polylactic acid tube, and cutting off redundant sections. The tube strengthened by the above-mentioned strengthening device and method has a better wall thickness uniformity, more precise inner and outer diameter dimensions, with no axial orientation, and no thermal creep in a low temperature range such as body temperature, etc.
Abstract:
A component for a vehicle is formed at least in part from a polymer material, a first fibrous filler material, and a coating material. The polymer material defines an outer surface of the component. The first fibrous filler material is intermixed with the polymer material and exposed on the outer surface of the component. At least one layer of the coating material is disposed on the outer surface of the component such that the at least one layer of coating material adheres to the first fibrous filler material.
Abstract:
Provided are a method for producing a polymer material having a high degree of crystallization, a small variability in degree of crystallization, and a three-dimensionally isotropic crystallinity to thus give high thermal resistance, high isotropy of resin physical properties, and a small variability in resin physical properties; and the polymer material. The method for producing a polymer material includes the steps of: heating a thermoplastic resin to or above a melting point determined from a melting peak measured by DSC into a thermoplastic resin melt; applying a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure to the thermoplastic resin melt; starting cooling the thermoplastic resin melt with a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure applied thereto; releasing the pressure on the thermoplastic resin melt after cooling the thermoplastic resin melt to a cooling-end-temperature lower than an upper limit of a crystallization temperature range, wherein during the cooling, the pressure on the thermoplastic resin melt is maintained at the pressure higher than atmospheric pressure or raised. The polymer material is one obtained by the above production method.
Abstract:
The present invention pertains to a processing method to produce a porous polymer film that consists of sp2CnullX and HC-sp3CnullnullX bonds (wherein, XnullH or F), and exhibits at least a crystal melting temperature, (nullTmnull). The porous polymer films produced by this invention are useful for fabricating future integrated circuits (nullIC'snull). The method described herein is useful for preparing the porous polymer films by polymerizing reactive intermediates, formed from a first-precursor, with a low feed rate and at temperatures equal to or below a melting temperature of intermediate (T1m). Second-precursors that do not become reactive intermediates or have an incomplete conversion to reactive intermediates are also transported to a deposition chamber and become an inclusion of the deposited film. By utilizing a subsequent in-situ, post treatment process the inclusions in the deposited film can be removed to leave micro-pores in the resultant film. Annealing methods are used herein to stabilize the polymer films after reactive plasma etching. Furthermore, the present invention pertains to employment of reductive plasma conditions for patterning polymer films that consist of sp2CnullX and HC-sp3CnullnullX bonds (wherein, XnullH, F).
Abstract:
An improved reactor to facilitate new precursor chemistries and transport polymerization processes that are useful for preparations of low null (dielectric constant) films. An improved TP Reactor that consists of UV source and a fractionation device for chemicals is provided to generate useful reactive intermediates from precursors. The reactor is useful for the deposition system.
Abstract:
Electrically conductive thermoplastic polymer composites of particulate thermoplastic polyester polymers, electrically conductive components (carbon nanofibers, graphene nanoplatelets, and/or conductive metal nanoparticulates), processing aids such as plasticizers, thermal stabilizers, etc., as well as nanoscopic particulate fillers such as nanoscopic titanium dioxide, etc., the electrically conductive components being distributed substantially uniformly in the composite to form an electrically conductive network. Also, methods for preparing thermoplastic polymer composites, a system for collecting extruded filaments prepared from thermoplastic polymer composites as a coil of filament, as well as method for tempering articles formed from thermoplastic polymer composites to increase the degree of crystallinity of the thermoplastic polymers and thus their mechanical strength properties.
Abstract:
A method of forming a protective barrier in an organic light emitting device is disclosed, wherein the organic light emitting device is formed on a substrate and includes a plurality of layers of materials, the plurality of layers of materials including an organic light emitting layer. The method includes forming an inorganic layer and a semi-crystalline parylene-based polymer layer over an underlying layer, wherein the semi-crystalline parylene-based polymer layer is formed via transport polymerization of a reactive intermediate species. Organic light emitting devices having barriers are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method of forming a protective barrier in an organic light emitting device is disclosed, wherein the organic light emitting device is formed on a substrate and includes a plurality of layers of materials, the plurality of layers of materials including an organic light emitting layer. The method includes forming an inorganic layer and a semi-crystalline parylene-based polymer layer over an underlying layer, wherein the semi-crystalline parylene-based polymer layer is formed via transport polymerization of a reactive intermediate species. Organic light emitting devices having barriers are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Preparation methods and stabilization processes for low k polymers that consist of sp2C—X and HC-sp3Cα—X bonds. A preparation method is achieved by controlling the substrate temperature and feed rate of the polymer precursors. One stabilization process includes a post annealing of as-deposited polymer films under the presence of hydrogen under high temperatures. The reductive annealing of these films is conducted at temperatures from −20° C. to −50° C. to +20° C. to +50° C. of their Reversible Crystal Transformation (“CRT”) temperatures, then quenching the resulting films to −20° C. to −50° C. below their “CRT” temperatures. The reductive annealing is conducted before the as-deposited film was removed from a deposition system and still under the vacuum. “Re-stabilization” processes of polymer surfaces that are exposed to reactive plasma etching are also disclosed; thus, further coating by barrier metal, cap layer or etch-stop layer can be safely applied.
Abstract:
A reactor for removing a leaving group from a precursor molecule for a transport polymerization process is disclosed, wherein the reactor includes an exterior unit having an inlet, an outlet, and an interior disposed between the inlet and the outlet, where precursors enter the reactor at the inlet, are converted to a reactive intermediates within the interior, and wherein the reactive intermediates exit at the outlet, and wherein the interior is under a vacuum for at least a duration; a heater body located in said interior, wherein the heater body is at least partially conductively insulated from said reactor; and an energy source coupled outside said reactor for providing energy to said heater body via radiative heat transfer.