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Provided are methods for making a device or device component by providing a multilayer structure having a plurality of functional layers and a plurality of release layers and releasing the functional layers from the multilayer structure by separating one or more of the release layers to generate a plurality of transferable structures. The transferable structures are printed onto a device substrate or device component supported by a device substrate. The methods and systems provide means for making high-quality and low-cost photovoltaic devices, transferable semiconductor structures, (opto-)electronic devices and device components.

Provided are methods for making a device or device component by providing a multilayer structure having a plurality of functional layers and a plurality of release layers and releasing the functional layers from the multilayer structure by separating one or more of the release layers to generate a plurality of transferable structures. The transferable structures are printed onto a device substrate or device component supported by a device substrate. The methods and systems provide means for making high-quality and low-cost photovoltaic devices, transferable semiconductor structures, (opto-)electronic devices and device components.

Biodegradable polymer blends suitable for laminate coatings, wraps and other packaging materials manufactured from at least one "hard" biopolymer and at least one "soft" biopolymer. "Hard" biopolymers tend to be more brittle and rigid and typically have a glass transition temperature greater than about 10° C. "Soft" biopolymers tend to be more flexible and pliable and typically have a glass transition temperature less than about 0° C. While hard and soft polymers each possess certain intrinsic benefits, certain blends of hard and soft polymers have been discovered which possess synergistic properties superior to those of either hard or soft polymers by themselves. Biodegradable polymers include polyesters, polyesteramides and thermoplastically processable starch. The polymer blends may optionally include an inorganic filler. Films and sheets made from the polymer blends may be textured so as to increase the bulk hand feel. Wraps will typically be manufactured so as to have good "dead-fold" properties so as to remain in a wrapped position and not spring back to an "unwrapped" and planar form. Laminate films will typically have good water vapor barrier properties as measured by the their Water Vapor Permeability Coefficient (WVPC).

A flexible material for a flexible container can include a first laminate and a second laminate joined to at least a portion of the first laminate by at least one seal. The first laminate can include a first gas barrier layer disposed between first and second sealable layers, wherein the first and second sealable layers define opposed exterior layers of the first laminate. The second laminate can include a third sealable layer defining an exterior layer of the second laminate, and a second gas barrier layer. The at least one seal joins a portion of the third sealable layer to at least a portion of the second sealable layer.

Inkwells adapted for use in direct-write nanolithography and other applications including use of wells, channels, and posts. The wells can possess a geometry which matches the geometry of tips which are dipped into the inkwells. The channels can be open or closed. Hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity can be used to control ink flow. SEM can be used to characterize the inkwells. Ink flow can be monitored with video. Hydrophobic material layers can be used to prevent cross contamination. Microsyringes can be used to fill reservoirs. Satellite reservoirs can be used to prevent bubble formation.

An electronic system and method of pervasive output allow an information apparatus to output data content conveniently to virtually any output device. One method includes establishing a communication channel between the information apparatus and an output device and receiving at the information apparatus over the communication channel an attributes corresponding to the output device. The output device may then be selected at the information apparatus based at least in part on the attributes. The data content is delivered to the output device for rendering.

Inkwells adapted for use in direct-write nanolithography and other applications including use of wells, channels, and posts. The wells can possess a geometry which matches the geometry of tips which are dipped into the inkwells. The channels can be open or closed. Hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity can be used to control ink flow. SEM can be used to characterize the inkwells. Ink flow can be monitored with video. Hydrophobic material layers can be used to prevent cross contamination. Microsyringes can be used to fill reservoirs. Satellite reservoirs can be used to prevent bubble formation.

Provided are various methods and devices for electrohydrodynamic (E-jet) printing. The methods relate to sensing of an output current during printing to provide control of a process parameter during printing. The sensing and control provides E-jet printing having improved print resolution and precision compared to conventional open-loop methods. Also provided are various pulsing schemes to provide high frequency E-jet printing, thereby reducing build times by two to three orders of magnitude. A desk-top sized E-jet printer having a sensor for real-time sensing of an electrical parameter and feedback control of the printing is provided.

A flexible material for a flexible container can include a first laminate and a second laminate joined to at least a portion of the first laminate by at least one seal. The first laminate can include a first gas barrier layer disposed between first and second sealable layers, wherein the first and second sealable layers define opposed exterior layers of the first laminate. The second laminate can include a third sealable layer defining an exterior layer of the second laminate, and a second gas barrier layer. The at least one seal joins a portion of the third sealable layer to at least a portion of the second sealable layer.

A user interface which is easier to operate in that, when a user performs printing setting, a plurality of setting items divided into a plurality of sheets can be set together in one package with no need of setting the setting items separately. In an information processing apparatus for producing printing data, which is interpretable by a printer, based on document data produced by an application, when printing setting is performed to produce the printing data by using the plurality of setting sheets, a plurality of setting items separated into the plurality of setting sheets are combined into a combined setting, and the combined setting is registered in a combined setting list. When one of the combined settings registered in the combined setting list is selected, all the setting items of the one combined setting are set and displayed in a plurality of setting sheets.

In an IC card, an IC module constructed by mounting an IC chip and an antenna circuit on a substrate is sandwiched between at least a pair of exterior films. The IC chip is sealed with resin on its outside and reinforced by a reinforcement material having a substantially circular shape with a diameter greater than a longest dimension value of the IC chip. The height variation amount of the shape of the reinforcement material on a surface thereof is within a range of 20 μm or less. The reliability of the IC chip is ensured while the outer appearance of the card and print characteristic are not degraded.

A semi-crystalline film comprised of a lactide polymer. The lactide polymer comprises a plurality of poly(lactide) polymer chains, residual lactide in concentration of less than about 5 percent and water in concentration of less than about 2000 parts-per-million. A process for manufacturing a semi-crystalline film with the lactide polymer composition is also disclosed.

Provided are methods for making a device or device component by providing a multilayer structure having a plurality of functional layers and a plurality of release layers and releasing the functional layers from the multilayer structure by separating one or more of the release layers to generate a plurality of transferable structures. The transferable structures are printed onto a device substrate or device component supported by a device substrate. The methods and systems provide means for making high-quality and low-cost photovoltaic devices, transferable semiconductor structures, (opto-)electronic devices and device components.

The present invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor comprising a photosensitive layer on a support, the photosensitive layer including an infrared absorbent, a radical polymerization initiator and a radical polymerizing compound, the photosensitive layer being recordable with irradiation with an infrared ray, and being at least one of soluble and dispersible in water.

A film of biodegradable polylactic acid polymers and copolymers is produced by coextrusion which displays improved winding and manufacturability and end use performance. The film is coextruded from polylactic acid (PLA) polymers and copolymers and biaxially oriented. The surface layer(s) of the film is modified with a particle and displays improved COF, blocking resistance, reduced static generation, improved winding and improved package formation on packaging machines.

An Internet-Pad device and system for receiving and outputting digital content. The Internet-Pad device may be a digital Pad with access to the Internet and the digital Pad may be a wireless mobile information apparatus. The Internet-Pad system may include a touch sensitive screen, a graphical user interface, a document creation or document editing application, an e-mail application, and an Internet browsing application installed or included in the Internet-Pad. The Internet browsing application may provide access to a digital document or digital content. The Internet-Pad may include an operating system providing an object model or an application programming interface to facilitate applications in the Internet-Pad accessing an output service. The Internet-Pad further may include a wireless communication unit that includes a radio frequency controller for establishing radio frequency wireless communication between the Internet-Pad and one or more wireless output devices that are distinct devices from the Internet-Pad, and an output manager for managing output of the digital content to a selected wireless output device.

A method of printing an image on an object includes the steps of: providing an object having an exterior surface having a planar portion and a channel recessed from the planar portion; applying a first ground coat on the exterior surface; drying the first ground coat; and spraying droplets of ink on the dried ground coat to form an image, wherein the droplets are sprayed from an ink jet printhead that is maintained at a constant distance from the plane of the planar portion of the object.

The present invention provides a recording ink set containing a black ink, a cyan ink, a magenta ink, and a yellow ink, each of which contains water, a water-insoluble color material, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant, wherein the black ink and at least one of the inks other than the black ink respectively contain a different water-soluble organic solvent; and the surface tension of the water-soluble organic solvent(s) used only for the inks other than the black ink is higher than that of the water-soluble organic solvent used only for the black ink; and the present invention also provides a recording method using the recording ink set.

An Internet-Phone device and system for receiving and outputting digital content. The Internet-Phone device may be an Internet-enabled smart phone with access to the Internet, may include a voice communication functionality and a messaging application, may be a mobile apparatus, and may be a wireless information apparatus. The Internet-Phone system may include one or more of a digital camera for image data acquisition, a digital imaging application for image editing, a touch sensitive screen, a graphical user interface, a document creation or document editing application, an e-mail application, and an Internet browsing application. The Internet-Phone device may include an operating system providing an object model or an application programming interface to facilitate access with an output service. The Internet-Phone device further may include a wireless communication unit that may have a radio frequency controller for establishing radio frequency wireless communication between the Internet-Phone device and a wireless output devices, and an output manager for managing output of the digital content to a selected wireless output device.

The present invention relates to a method in a computer for creating an electronic document to be printed, said document comprising a page description representing a layout of the document, said method comprising: retrieving a license from a database, said license defining a position-coding pattern, which is capable of encoding positions on a product when printed, selecting at least a portion of the position-coding pattern in the retrieved license to be associated with the page description, forming a sublicense from said license, said sublicense comprising a definition of the selected at least portion of the position-coding pattern, an indication of an origin of the sublicense to enable assuring that the sublicense stems from a trusted actor, and a data record allowing verification of integrity of the sublicense to enable assuring that the sublicense has not been tampered with, and associating said sublicense with said page description. The invention also relates to a method for verifying a sublicense to a portion of the position-coding pattern.

The invention provides a lead-free silver conductive paste used for positive electrode of solar battery and a preparation technique thereof. The paste comprises the following materials by weight percentage: 65 to 85 percent of silver powder, 2 to 8 percent of lead-free glass powder, 10 to 25 percent of organic carrier and 0.1 to 3 percent of additive. The paste adopts the lead-free glass powder of Si-B-Bi-Al-Ti-Zn-O series to replace the traditional lead-bearing glass powder; and the series glass powder has lower softening point, can lead the silver electrode to have good adhesive force after sintering, and ensures the silver electrode to be well contacted with a silicon substrate. In addition, zinc resinate is used as the additive in the invention, not only can well improve the printing performance of the paste, but also can improve the electrical property of the electrode.

A system for printing photos, or images generally, includes a server computer that stores data representing a plurality of images in a photo database. A server web interface enables communication over the Internet, and the server computer includes an image print application that enables images to be printed using a client computer connected to the server web interface over said Internet. The server computer also includes an image enhancement module that enhances an image for printing. In response to a print request (over the Internet) from the client computer, the server computer sends image data and the image enhancement module to the client computer. The server computer activates the image print application to create print commands for a printer driver, and to create enhanced image data in the client computer with the image enhancement module prior to printing. The enhanced image data is removed from the client computer immediately following printing.

A spectrophotometer 300, webcam 302 or other instrument measures the color composition and texture of a person's face 400 or other body part. A computer system 301 includes a processor 501 and a non-transitory, non-signal computer readable medium 500 containing machine readable instructions that accept data from a spectrophotometer 300 or like instrument and uses a main executable program 502 and a subroutine 504 for color analysis to derive a mix of color to create a cosmetic product matching or enhancing the color composition and / or texture of the person's face or other body part. The computer system 301 and subroutine for color analysis create machine readable instructions 505 for the firmware of a cosmetic blending and dispensing machine 508. In order to properly mix and dispense high viscosity and air bubble riddled cosmetic material, a medical grade peristaltic pump 354 is used with triangle needle nozzles 374.

The invention relates to an intelligent terminal printing system based on cloud computing technology. The intelligent terminal printing system comprises an intelligent user terminal, a printer terminal and a cloud printing server, wherein the intelligent user terminal and the printer terminal are respectively connected with the cloud printing server through networks. The cloud printing server comprises a user management module, a printer management module, a safety management module, a printing request processing module, a printing agent module and various document application modules, the printer terminal finishes printing operation, and the cloud printing server is used for registering and managing users and printers, receiving, processing and storing printing requests transmitted by the users, converting formats of received documents and the like. The intelligent terminal printing system is high in traceability, wide in application, convenient in printing and fine in printing effect, all the printers capable of accessing the internet can be supported, the received documents to be printed can be automatically converted into formatted documents acceptable by the printer terminal, malicious users can be effectively prevented from attacking the printers, and resource waste is decreased.

The invention discloses printing ink containing inorganic nano-materials; the provided printing ink contains at least one inorganic nano-material, especially quantum dots, and at least one aromatic ketone or aromatic ether-based organic solvent. The invention also relates to an electronic device printed by applying the printing ink, especially an electroluminescent device.

The invention discloses graphene based conductive ink, comprising 2-25 wt% of conductive component, 5-25 wt% of bonding agent, 0.1-5 wt% of additive, 0.1-2 wt% of pH (Potential of Hydrogen) adjusting agent and the balance of solvent. A preparation method comprises the following steps of: dispersing the pH adjusting agent into the solvent to obtain a uniform first mixed liquid; mixing the first mixed liquid with the bonding agent to obtain a second mixed liquid; and mixing the second mixed liquid with the conductive component and the additive to obtain the graphene based conductive ink. The invention further provides a flexible conductive thin film prepared from the conductive ink. The conductive ink disclosed by the invention has the advantages of good dispersity, good conductive effect, easiness for printing, and cheap price. Furthermore, the flexible conductive thin film prepared from the conductive ink disclosed by the invention has good conductive performance.

A vessel for holding liquid having an outer ceramic shell and an inner metallic lining. The metallic lining may extend over the top of the shell to provide protection from damage. A base member may be provided. The metallic material may be any food safe metal, including stainless steel and aluminum and alloys thereof. The ceramic may be any suitable ceramic including glass. Handle and non-handles vessels are disclosed as are resealable and non-resealable vessels. The metallic and ceramic materials may be separate by an insulative gap.

The invention discloses a printing ink composition comprising one or more inorganic nano-materials. The printing ink composition comprises the inorganic nano-materials, particularly quantum dots, and one or more organic solvents based on substituted aromatics or heteroaromatics. The invention further relates to an electronic device printed with the printing ink, particularly an electroluminescent device.