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The present invention presents methods for making oxidation-resistant and wear-resistant polyethylenes and medical implants made therefrom. Preferably, the implants are components of prosthetic joints, e.g., a bearing component of an artificial hip or knee joint. The resulting oxidation-resistant and wear-resistant polyethylenes and implants are also disclosed.

A magnetic memory element having a memory cell of size 4F² is provided that realizes a crosspoint-type memory. In the magnetic memory element, a first magnetic layer, a third magnetic layer (spin polarization enhancement layer), an intermediate layer, a fourth magnetic layer (spin polarization enhancement layer), and a second magnetic layer are stacked in order. The intermediate layer is made of an insulating material or a nonmagnetic material. The second magnetic layer is composed of a ternary alloy of gadolinium, iron and cobalt, a binary alloy of gadolinium and cobalt, or a binary alloy of terbium and cobalt. Alternatively, the first magnetic layer is composed of a ternary alloy of terbium, iron and cobalt, or a binary alloy of terbium and cobalt.

The invention described in the present specification relates to a color conversion film including a resin matrix; and an organic fluorescent substance dispersed in the resin matrix, and absorbing blue or green light and emitting light having a wavelength different from the absorbing light, wherein the resin matrix includes a thermoplastic resin, and the color conversion film has a light emission peak with a FWHM of 60 nm or less, quantum efficiency of 80% or greater and an absorption coefficient of 30,000 M⁻¹cm⁻¹ or greater at a maximum absorption wavelength when irradiating light having a light emission peak at 450 nm, a FWHM of 40 nm or less and monomodal light emission intensity distribution, a method for preparing the same, and a backlight unit including the color conversion film.

A device is provided to lock the residual limb of an amputee into a prosthesis. The device is comprised of rolling elements within a tapered housing which accepts a smooth plunger, such as a wire, cable, or rod connected to a suspension sleeve, with minimal resistance while opposing removal of the plunger from the locking device until the rolling elements have been retracted with a release mechanism. The nature of this device allows it to compensate for irregularities or wear in the plunger while continuing to securely lock the prosthesis to the sleeve. This locking device will function properly with a certain amount of misalignment between the lock and the plunger.

A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate, and a NiSi layer provided on the silicon substrate aiming to suppress oxidation of the surface of a NiSi layer and the resistivity increase. The NiSi layer includes a bottom NiSi region and a top NiSi region. The bottom NiSi region provided in contact with silicon surface, and containing substantially no nitrogen. The top NiSi region is a nitrided NiSi region provided in contact with the bottom NiSi region, and containing nitrogen. The NiSi layer has a total thickness of 50 nm or below.

In an investment casting process, a composite core is formed as a combination of ceramic casting core element and a non-ceramic casting core element. The core is heated in an oxidative atmosphere and then heated in a non-oxidative atmosphere.

In a first embodiment a system, including a gas turbine combustor, including an inner wall disposed about a combustion chamber, and an outer wall disposed about the inner wall, wherein a coolant flow path extends between the inner and outer walls, wherein the inner wall comprises a material blocking a plurality of openings, and the plurality of openings are configured to open after the material is consumed or depleted to define a plurality of coolant passages through the inner wall.

A method of fabricating a rare-earth based sintered magnet having improved magnetic and mechanical characteristics is offered. Also, a method of fabricating a rare-earth bonded magnet having improved magnetic and mechanical characteristics is offered. The method of fabricating the rare-earth based sintered magnet is started with preparing powder of an alloy including a rare-earth element and a transition metal. The powder of the alloy is mixed with an additive. The mixture is compression molded and irradiated with microwaves to cause the powder to self-heat. As a result, the mixture is sintered.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for water removal in multi-phase reactors operating at Fischer-Tropsch conditions. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method of reducing the concentration of water in a multi-phase reactor for Fisher-Tropsch synthesis containing an expanded slurry bed and a water-rich slurry region includes removing a portion of water from the water-rich slurry from a predetermined region in the reactor, removing the water from the water-rich slurry to form a water-reduced slurry, and returning the water-reduced slurry back to the reactor. Preferably the water-rich slurry region is located between ½ H to H and ½ R to R, where H is the height of the expanded slurry bed and R is the radius of the expanded slurry bed.

Disclosed are a method of preparing metal nanoparticles for solar cells, an ink composition including the metal nanoparticles, and a method of preparing a thin film using the same. More particularly, there are provided a method of preparing metal nanoparticles for forming a light absorption layer of a solar cell, including preparing a first solution including a reducing agent, preparing a second solution including at least two salts selected from the group consisting of a copper (Cu) salt, a zinc (Zn) salt, and a tin (Sn) salt, preparing a mixture by mixing the first solution and the second solution, and synthesizing at least one kind of metal nanoparticles by reaction of the mixture and purifying the synthesized metal nanoparticles, an ink composition including the metal nanoparticles, and a method of preparing a thin film using the same.

Electrodes for electrolysis of water, for encouraging growth of algae and aerobic bacteria, for removing suspended solids from wastewater during treatment, or for rendering water sterile and potable have a concrete coating over a metallic or carbon fibre core. The coating is from 2 to 50 mm thick; preferably 5 to 25 mm thick. Preferably, a DC current passed between the immersed electrodes periodically reversed but there is no visible “rusting” at the anode if the DC current is steady. The resistive nature of the concrete tends to suppress concentrations of current upon the electrode surface.

It is intended to highly efficiently produce a high-density brush shaped carbon nanostructure useful in the production of CNT assembly, such as rope-shaped CNTs, and provide a catalyst body for production of brush-shaped carbon nanostructure that enables the production. The catalyst body for production of brush-shaped carbon nanostructure is one comprising a substrate (32), an aggregation suppressive layer (34) superimposed on a surface thereof and a catalyst layer superimposed on the aggregation suppressive layer (34). The catalyst layer is a catalyst particle layer (44) consisting of metallic catalyst particles (42) composed mainly of a catalytic metal. The metallic catalyst particles (42) have an average particle diameter, D, satisfying the relationship 0.5 nm≦D≦80 nm, and individual particles of the metallic catalyst particles (42) have a diameter, d, falling within the range of the above average particle diameter (D). Further, there are disclosed a process for producing the catalyst body, a brush-shaped carbon nanostructure and a process for producing the same.

A method for recovery of metals from essentially metallic fines comprises the following steps: supplying said essentially metallic fines to a flame of a burner (20), bringing said fines to agglomerate by means of heat from the flame without essentially changing the chemical composition thereof, thereby providing an essentially metallic agglomerated product. The agglomerated product is subsequently recovered, preferably in a furnace (30). By means of the method, the recovery of metals is facilitated. An apparatus for performing the method is also provided.

Compounds with unique liphagane meroterpenoid scaffold having boronic acid functionality in the skeleton are described (formula 1) together with pharmacological potential of these compounds as anticancer agents. A method of preparation and inhibiting the activity of phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K-alpha and beta) has been presented. In particular, the invention describes a method of inhibiting PI3K isoforms, wherein the compounds are novel structures based on liphagane scaffold with unique boronic acid functionality. The methods and uses thereof are described herein this invention.

A liquid composition includes copper particles, an organic acid, and a solvent. The copper particle has a particle size of 0.5 μm˜30 μm which falls in a micron scale. The liquid composition performs reaction sintering by redox reactions taken place between the copper particles and an organic acid solution at a low temperature of 150° C. in order to produce a dense copper layer and improve the conventional micron-scale copper particles that requires a protective atmosphere for the high-temperature sintering before achieving the required densification. This liquid composition also prevents an excessive oxidation of the nano copper particles during the low-temperature sintering process and a failure of the dense sintering. Due to the agglomeration of nano copper particles, some areas have to be sintered first, so that the sintered products have a good uniformity of tissue and a low resistance below 0.04 ohm per square (Ω/□).