613 results about "Amorphous silica" patented technology

A method of improving the stability of organic light emitting diode (OLED) display devices driven by amorphous silicon thin-film transistors, in which the driving circuitry within each sub-pixel includes a driving transistor for driving organic light emitting diode (OLED), a scanning transistor and a storage capacitance. An end of the capacitance is connected to the signal resetting line, which a resetting time pulse of high potential and low potential are supplied. Since the resetting signals within the sub-pixels are synchronized, a single voltage of the resetting signal can control the positive and negative stresses for each transistor in the sub-pixels on the panel.

An acidic amorphous silica-amumina has a large specific surface area and a large pore volume. A carrier complex and a hydrotreating catalyst containing acidic amorphous silica-alumina, in particular a hydrocracking catalyst containing acidic amorphous silica-alumina in combination with a modified zeolite-Y, treats petroleum hydrocarbon materials to produce middle distillates. The amorphous silica-alumina has a SiO2 content of 10-50 wt. %, a specific surface area of 300-600 m2 / g, a pore volume of 0.8-1.5 ml / g and an IR acidity of 0.25-0.60 mmol / g. The catalyst shows a relatively high activity and mid-distillate selectivity and can be particularly used in hydrocracking process for producing mid-distillates with a higher yield.

The portable essence vaporizer according to the present invention comprises a heat source for heating up an air flow which is passed through a substance from which the essence is to be extracted and is supplied to the user, and it comprises a heat exchanger which provides heat generated by the heat source to the air flow, and a thermal insulation which insulates the exterior from the heat source and the exchanger, said insulation being preferably microporous and having monolithic structures of metal oxides, amorphous silica or glass filaments, and the heat exchanger comprising an open cell foam structure; the vaporizer provides a satisfactory extraction and at the same time is of reduced size and has reduced electrical consumption.

A maximum hydrogen catalyst of diesel oil and its production are disclosed. The catalyst consists of amorphous silica aluminum, modified beta molecular sieve, aluminum oxide, VIB family and VIII family metals. Modified beta molecular sieve has high silicon and crystallinity, small crystal grain and acidity. It has good cyclanes selective loop open and alkane isomerization. Its advantages include higher heavy oil hydrogen crack activity and middle oil selectivity, better diesel oil absorption and lower filtering point, and it improves density, colloidal matter, iodine value and color.

The process for process for production of high purity amorphous silica from biogenic matter having a content of amorphous silica, particularly rice hulls, is characterized by use of a solution having an oxidizing solute to reduce the long-chain organic compounds of the biogenic matter prior to volatile removal of the organic compounds by heated oxidation. Prior to reduction of the hydrocarbons the biogenic matter may be finely divided, screened, subjected to surfactant wash, rinsed and soaked in water to accelerate and enhance penetration of the oxidizing solution. Following removal of the volatile impurities by heated oxidation the remaining silica may be rinsed with water, acid solution or other solutions to remove even trace impurities. At the end of the process herein disclosed a fine white amorphous silica of extreme purity can be produced.

A flame retardant or flame resistant (FR) fiber blend is provided that comprises amorphous silica fibers and at least one FR fiber. A flame retardant fabric, manufactured from a blend of fibers comprises amorphous silica fibers and at least one FR fiber. Barrier fabrics, manufactured from a blend of fibers, are provided comprising amorphous silica fibers and at least one FR fiber.

The invention discloses a hydrocracking catalyst and a preparation method thereof. The catalyst is prepared by a carbonization method and is amorphous silica aluminum subject to hydro-thermal treatment. The amorphous silica aluminum prepared by the method has the characteristics of large specific surface, large pore volume, centralized pore distribution and appropriate acidity; an enough channel is provided for reactants, the reactants and products are convenient to enter / exit, the active ingredients of the carrier are greatly increased, and the distribution uniformity of the acid centre in the pore channel is improved; and moreover, as a larger space and a specific surface are provided for loading metal, the hydrogenated metal has higher dispersibility, the metal utilization rate is improved, and the catalyst provided by the invention has appropriate cracking activity as well as high hydrogenation activity and medium oil selectivity. The catalyst provided by the invention is particularly suitable for finishing the single-stage hydrocracking process once.

The invention relates to the preparation of a partially vulcanized, pre-shaped rubber composition and use thereof as a component of an article of manufacture. In practice, the partially vulcanized rubber composition is adhered to an unvulcanized rubber substrate to form a composite thereof and the resulting composite vulcanized to create an article of manufacture. Such pre-vulcanized rubber composition is a composite comprised of at least one diene-based elastomer, amorphous silica, coupling agent and liquid diene-based polymer. Such partially vulcanized, pre-shaped rubber composition may be a component of a tire such as, for example, an apex, sidewall insert or tread. It may also be a component of an industrial rubber product such as, for example, a component of a conveyor belt, power transmission belt or a hose.

A flexible composite multiple layer fire-resistant insulation structure has a primary facing surface and a secondary facing surface. There is at least one dimensionally stable membrane having a primary membrane surface and a secondary membrane surface. At least a portion of the secondary facing surface is attached to the primary membrane surface. There is also at least one lofted insulative layer having a primary insulative surface and a secondary insulative surface. The at least one woven fabric facing layer may be formed of various materials, including amorphous silica glass and S-glass fiberglass. Different weaving patterns may be used to weave the facing layer. The facing layer may include a fire resistive treatment, which may in turn include a phosphate containing compound, and more particularly, may include dicalcium phosphate. In certain embodiments, multiple layers of the above are provided, and the structure may be enclosed in an abrasion resisting sheath.

A biofuel production method, catalyst and system. The method may include combining a feedstock comprising a carbonaceous material with a consumable catalyst to produce a feedstock / catalyst mixture, and subjecting the feedstock / catalyst mixture to a vacuum pyrolytic gasification and liquefaction process to produce one or more biofuels. The catalyst includes effective amounts of various catalyst constituents, which may include some or all of kaolin, zeolite, amorphous silica, alumina aluminum phosphate and rare earth elements. The system may include apparatus for heating the feedstock / catalyst mixture under selected temperature and vacuum pressure conditions to produce a gaseous effluent comprising one or more hydrocarbon fractions, and additional distillation and condensation apparatus to produce one or more liquid and gaseous fuels.

A photovoltaic device and method of manufacture provides a P-N junction formed between doped semiconductor materials and adapted to produce photovoltaic current in response to radiant energy reaching the P-N junction, and a silicon dioxide protective window layer located in proximity to doped semiconductor material and adapted to allow radiant energy to pass therethrough en route to the P-N junction, the protective layer including a high optical transparency layer of amorphous silica, having a silicon dioxide chemistry greater than 75 molar percent (75 mol %). A photovoltaic window provides a planar photovoltaic device being at least semi-transparent; and a pair of protective window layers sandwiched around the planar photovoltaic device and adapted to allow radiant energy to reach the photovoltaic device through both protective window layers, wherein at least one protective window layer is a high optical transparency layer of amorphous silica, having a silicon dioxide chemistry greater than 75 molar percent (75 mol %).

The invention relates to a composition comprising a binder, filler particles and water, wherein the binder comprises amorphous silica and a vinyl-functional silicone polymer. The invention also relates to a method of making this composition as well as to a method of coating a substrate comprising applying the composition onto the substrate.

The invention belongs to the technical field of the advanced nanometre composite material, particularly to magnetic inorganic nano-particle / zeolite putamen compound microsphere and the preparation method. The invention first adopts the collosol-gel chemical synthesis, wraps a layer of amorphous silica on the external surface of the magnetic inorganic nano-particle, then uses the layer by layer self-assembly technology to adsorb the polyelectrolyte with positive charge and the zeolite nano-particle with negtive charge on the magnetic microsphere surface with negtive charge, finally wraps a layer of zeolite materials on the exterior of the magnetic microsphere through the air-solid phase crystal transformation technology, thereby obtaining the magnetic zeolite compound microsphere with the putamen structure. The compound microsphere has strong magnetic responsibility, and the surface can adsorb a great deal of polypeptide, thereby having wide application foreground on the aspect of bioseparation and high efficiency proteid enzymolysis. The invention has simple method, easy obtaining of the raw materials, which is suitable for the enlarged production.

A toner which combines excellent cleaning ability, image quality and durability, as well as a developer and an image forming method using the toner are provided. A toner comprising a toner base particle which comprises at least a binding resin and a colorant, and an external additive, wherein an external additive is a non-spherical amorphous silica particle and a major axis of the silica particle is 40 nm to 180 nm. An aspect wherein the non-spherical amorphous silica particle has a true specific gravity of 1.8 to 2.3 and the silica particle is hydrophobilized and a hydrophobilization degree is 40 or more, and an aspect wherein the non-spherical amorphous silica particle is produced by a dry system and a mass reduction rate is 5% by mass or less when the silica particle is heated from 30° C. up to 250° C. are preferable.

The invention relates to a method for preparing multifunctional titanium dioxide pigment with a chlorination method, which comprises the following steps of: blending a titanium dioxide primary product into titanium dioxide slurry by adopting a chlorination method and adjusting a pH value between 9.0 and 11.0; adding a phosphate dispersing agent and carrying out grinding treatment; removing a grinding medium from the slurry and heating; adding a water-soluble silicate solution for curing; adjusting the pH value of the slurry for forming amorphous silica and curing for forming a first coating layer; cooling the slurry to 50-70 DEG C; adding a sodium metaaluminate solution and curing; adjusting the pH value of the slurry between 8.0 and 9.0, curing and forming an amorphous alumina coating layer on the first coating layer; adding an aluminum salt solution, maintaining the pH of the slurry between 7.0 and 9.0 and curing; adjusting the pH value of the slurry between 6.0 and 7.0 and curing; and washing the slurry with deionized water till the conductivity of a filter cake is larger than 15,000 ohm.cm, and carrying out drying and steaming pulverizing treatment to obtain a finished product. The multifunctional titanium dioxide pigment prepared with the method has higher weather resistance, whiteness, covering capability, opacity and dispersibility and excellent processing performance in the fields of coating, plastics, papermaking, and the like.

The reduction of hysteresis in a silica-filled, vulcanized elastomeric compound is produced by mixing diene monomer and optionally monovinyl aromatic monomer with an initiator and a coordinator; effecting polymerization conditions; terminating polymerization with a terminator containing an organo-tin group to form a tin-coupled diene elastomer; compounding the tin-coupled diene elastomer with an amorphous silica filler and a vulcanization agent; and, effecting vulcanization. A pneumatic tire tread stock incorporating the vulcanized elastomer compound exhibits decreased rolling resistance in the tire.

A coating liquid for forming a low dielectric constant amorphous silica-based coating film with a dielectric constant of 3.0 or below and a film strength (Young's modulus) of 3.0 GPa or more, and also having a smooth surface with an excellent hydrophobicity. The coating liquid contains (1) a silicon compound obtained by hydrolyzing bis(trialcoxysilyl)alkane (BTASA) and alcoxysilane (AS) in the presence of tetraalkylammoniumhydroxide (TAAOH), or (2) a silicon compound obtained by hydrolyzing bis(trialcoxysilyl)alkane (BTASA), alcoxysilane (AS) and tetraalkylorthosilicate (TAOS) in the presence of tetraalkylammoniumhydroxide (TAAOH).

The present invention relates to a tire with a colored sidewall joined with a plurality of colored grooves in its tread. In particular, the present invention relates to a tire of a black-colored rubber composition having a non-black colored sidewall portion which is integral with a plurality of non-black colored grooves of a tread of lug and groove configuration. For said tread, at least a portion of the visible surface of a plurality of tread grooves, exclusive of the outer surface portion of said carbon black reinforced rubber lugs intended to be ground-contacting, is of a non-black colored, synthetic amorphous silica reinforced rubber composition exclusive of carbon black. For said colored sidewall and plurality of connecting tread groove combination, said tread groove and sidewall may be of the same or different non-black color(s). In one aspect, said non-black visible surface of said tread grooves and connecting sidewall contains an elastomeric brominated copolymer of isobutylene and p-methyl styrene in combination with an organo phosphite compound.

The present invention is directed to the synthesis of novel delaminated layered zeolite precursor materials prepared by fluoride / chloride anion-promoted exfoliation. The method comprises, for example, using a combination of fluoride and chloride anions at a mild pH in aqueous solution to affect delamination of a layered zeolite precursor. The method can also comprise using a combination of fluoride and chloride anions in a non-aqueous solution comprising an organic solvent. The method may be used in conjunction with either acidification or sonication, or both. The resulting delaminated zeolite precursors are then isolated. Precursors that are then isolated lack amorphous silica content. The UCB-1 product is an example of such a novel oxide material and is obtained in yields in excess of 90% without the need for sonication.

The invention relates to titanium dioxide paint and the method to manufacture that belongs to the improvement of durability and optical properties for titanium dioxide. The titanium dioxide paint includes rutile type or anatase type titanium dioxide particle that includes zirconia, amorphous silica and hydrated alumina coating. Moreover, it has organic coating absorbed or bonding on it.

The present invention provides an olefin epoxidation catalyst and a preparation method thereof. The catalyst comprises titanium-silicon molecular sieve, a binder and a metal oxide, wherein the binder is amorphous silica, and the metal oxide is an alkaline earth metal oxide. The preparation method comprises: preparing a mixture containing the titanium-silicon molecular sieve, the binder source, the alkaline earth metal oxide and the water; carrying out forming for mixture to obtain a formed body; drying and baking the formed body. The binder source is at least one selected from silica sol, silicane with at least two hydrolyzable groups, and siloxane with at least two hydrolyzable groups. The present invention further provides a method for epoxidation of the olefin. The method comprises that: the olefin contacts hydrogen peroxide in a solvent in the presence of the catalyst of the present invention. According to the present invention, the olefin epoxidation catalyst of the present invention provides high hydrogen peroxide conversion rate and high epoxide selectivity in the olefin epoxidation reaction.

A homogeneous, amorphous catalyst support comprising a modifying-metal-oxide and a base-metal oxide, the catalyst support having a Surface to Bulk modifying-metal / base-metal atomic ratio of from about 0.6 to about 1.3 and exhibiting an X-ray diffraction having broader line width and lower intensity than is exhibited by the base-metal oxide is disclosed. More specifically, a homogeneous, amorphous silica-modified-alumina catalyst support useful in the Fischer-Tropsch process is disclosed. A silica-modified-Alumina catalyst support of the present invention maintains the desirable properties of alumina and exhibits higher resistance to acid than unmodified alumina.

PCT No. PCT / EP96 / 03246 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 12, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 12, 1999 PCT Filed Jul. 20, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97 / 08250 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 6, 1997Wax coated silica matting agent wherein the silica is an amorphous silica having a pore volume of at least 1.5 cm3 / g, preferably at least 1.8 cm3 / g. The wax coating is present in the range from 6% to 15% by weight of the matting agent and comprises a synthetic polyethylene wax.

Crystallization-inducing metal elements are introduced onto an amorphous silicon thin film. A first, low-temperature, heat-treatment induces nucleation of metal-induced crystallization (MIC), resulting in the formation of small polycrystalline silicon “islands”. A metal-gettering layer is formed on the resulting partially crystallized thin film. A second, low-temperature, heat-treatment completes the MIC process, whilst gettering metal elements from the partially crystallized thin film. The process results in the desired polycrystalline silicon thin film.

A thermoelectric module and methods for making and applying same provide an integrated, layered structure comprising first and second, thermally conductive, surface volumes, each in thermal communication with a separate respective first and second electrically conductive patterned trace layers, and an array of n-type and p-type semiconducting elements embedded in amorphous silica dielectric and electrically connected between the first and second patterned trace layers forming a thermoelectric circuit.

The invention relates to the technical field of ordered porous materials, in particular to a highly ordered porous silica and a porous silicon carbonitride material and a preparation method and application thereof. Under a certain temperature, egg white adopted as template and structure-directing agent is stirred and then hydrolytically polycondensed through oil-soluble silicon source capable of controlling hydrolysis, and the template is removed from the obtained mixture under different roasting conditions, so that the ordered porous silica and the ordered porous silicon carbonitride material can be respectively obtained. The two materials have the unique ordered structure of the egg white, and have a specific surface area and good heat stability. Compared with the conventional method, the invention has the advantages of low cost, simple preparation technique, environment-friendliness and the like, and the obtained materials have a broad application prospect in fields such as the controlled release, separation, adsorption and catalysis of large biological molecules and proteins.

The present invention relates to an amorphous silica-based coating film with a low specific dielectric constant of 2.5 or below and the Young's modulus of 6.0 GPa or more and having excellent hydrophobic property, and to a method of forming the same. A liquid composition containing a silicon compound obtained by hydrolyzing tetraalkyl ortho silicate (TAOS) and specific alkoxysilane (AS) in the presence of tetraalkyl ammonium hydroxide (TAAOH) is prepared. The liquid composition is then applied on a substrate, heated and cured to obtain a coating film. The coating film obtained as described has a smooth surface and also has specific micropores therein.

The invention relates to a method for comprehensively utilizing serendipities, which comprises: magnetically separating the serpentinites in a strong magnetic field, obtaining amorphous silica powder which contains silicon dioxide more than 90% through filtering acid dipping solution, dissolving the amorphous silica powder through using caustic soda under high temperature, which is used for manufacturing soluble glass with medium high modulus or taken as raw materials for producing white carbon black, then, mixing sulphuric acid and hydrochloric acid or nitric acid or mixing the sulphuric acid, the hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, adding acid dipping additive to carry out compound alternative and circulating acid dipping for ore powder which is magnetically separated and processed, fractionally depositing, filtering, and removing impurity for magnesium sulfate solution which is filtered through the acid dipping and contains the impurity, through adjusting the pH value, obtaining inorganic industrial dyes which mainly contain iron oxide yellow, ferric hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide, enriching the nickel, which is convenient for abstracting the nickel from the serpentinites, finally obtaining high purity magnesium oxide through refining refined magnesium sulfate solution whose impurity is removed after ammonium hydrogen carbonate and ammonial solution or sodium sulfide is used to deposit, and also obtaining ammonium sulfate or sodium sulfate which contains magnesium and calcium after liquid which is filtered is evaporated.

Small amorphous silica particles are used to provide a relatively large surface area upon which silica will preferentially adsorb, thereby preventing or substantially reducing scaling caused by deposition of silica on evaporative cooling tower components, especially heat exchange surfaces. The silica spheres are contacted by the cooling tower water in a sidestream reactor, then separated using gravity separation, microfiltration, vacuum filtration, or other suitable separation technology. Cooling tower modifications for implementing the invention process have been designed.