1028 results about "Core Particle" patented technology

A method of consolidating particulate materials into articles having combinations of properties not available by conventional processes by liquid phase sintering. These particulate materials are comprised of core particles individually coated with layers of a metal compound having a relatively higher fracture toughness than the core, such as WC or TaC. These coated particles include an outer layer comprised a metal, such as Co or Ni. The particles with these coatings are pressed to form an article and the article densified at pressures and temperatures where full density is achieved without the degradation of the material forming the core particle.

An anode active material comprises graphite core particles, and a first coating layer and a second coating layer formed on the surface of the graphite core particles. The first coating layer comprises silicon microparticles and the second coating layer comprises carbon fiber.

The invention provides compositions and processes for the production of ordered and repetitive antigen or antigenic determinant arrays. The compositions of the invention are useful for the production of vaccines for the prevention of infectious diseases, the treatment of allergies and the treatment of cancers. Various embodiments of the invention provide for a core particle that is coated with any desired antigen in a highly ordered and repetitive fashion as the result of specific interactions.

A monomer for a shell or a mixture of at least two monomers for a shell was suspension polymerized in the presence of core particles and a polymerization initiator to obtain polymer particles, wherein said core particles are formed of a polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer for a core or a mixture of at least two monomers for a core and containing a colorant, wherein said monomer for a shell or mixture of monomers for a shell is one which gives upon polymerization a polymer having a glass transition temperature higher than that of the polymer forming the core particle, and wherein said polymerization initiator is represented by the following formula 1: wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 independently represent oxygen atom, sulfur atom, >NR (wherein R is hydrogen atom, alkyl group, or group); R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently represent alkyl group, aryl group, or alkyl or aryl group having at least one substituent which is -OR, -OH, -NHR, or -NR2(wherein R is alkyl group or aryl group), and n and m independently represent an integer of 1 to 10. An outer additive was applied on the polymer particle to obtain a polymerized toner. This polymerized toner has low fixing temperature, excellent overhead projector transparency, good shelf stability, and exhibiting a less pronounced reduction in electric charge under conditions of high humidity and high temperature.

The present invention relates to metallic sheets having an improved antimicrobial property and also related to a method of manufacturing such sheets. More particularly, it relates to the continuous coating on metallic sheets with a resin composition containing antimicrobial additives. The surface of the metallic article is afforded antimicrobial properties by coating a liquid dispersion or solution of fine particles made of an antimicrobial ingredient on the surface of the metallic sheet dispersed in a uniform layer and cured or dried to affix to the metallic surface. The inorganic antibacterial particles are metal component-supporting oxides and zeolite powders. The inorganic antibacterial core particles have at least a primary surface coating of at least one metal or metal compound having antimicrobial properties. Roll coaters apply the coating. The metallic article generally includes sheet articles made of metals, for example, metallic sheets made of stainless steel, conventional steel sheets and aluminum sheets or plate.

A conductive electrolessly plated powder used, for example, for bonding a small electrode of an electronic device, its producing method, and a conductive material containing the plated powder. Conventionally, there has been known, as conductive powders, metallic powders such as of nickel, carbon powders, and conductive plating powders the resin core particles of which are coated with a metal, e.g., nickel. However, there has been no conductive electrolessly plated powders having a good conductivity with respect to connection between conductive patterns having an oxide coating thereon or between electrodes and no methods for producing such powders industrially. The conductive electrolessly plated powder of the present invention consists of resin spherical core particles the average size of which is 1 to 20 mum and each of which has a nickel or nickel alloy coating formed by electroless plating. The coating includes small projections of 0.05 to 4 mum on its outermost layer and the coating is substantially continuous with the small projections. A method of producing such a powder is also disclosed.

Raspberry-type coated particles comprising a core selected from the group consisting of metal oxides of Si, Ti, Zr, Al, Zn and mixtures thereof with a core size of from 20 to 100 nm wherein the core is coated with CeCO2 particles having a particle size below 10 nm; process for preparing raspberry type coated particles comprising the steps of i) providing a mixture containing: a) core particles selected from the group of metal oxides of Si, Ti, Zr, Al, Zn and mixtures thereof, with a particle size of from 20 to 100 nm; b) a water soluble Ce-salt and c) water; ii) adding an organic or inorganic base to the mixture of step i) at temperatures of from 10 to 90° C. and iii) aging the mixture at temperatures of from 10 to 90° C.; and polishing agents containing the particles and their use for polishing surfaces.

This invention provides a graphite or graphite-carbon particulate for use as a lithium secondary battery anode material having a high-rate capability. The particulate is formed of a core carbon or graphite particle and a plurality of satellite carbon or graphite particles that are each separately bonded to the core particle wherein the core particle is spherical in shape, slightly elongate in shape with a major axis-to-minor axis ratio less than 2, or fibril in shape, and wherein the satellite particles are disc-, platelet-, or flake-like particles each containing a graphite crystallite with a crystallographic c-axis dimension Lc and a lateral dimension. Preferably, Lc is less than 100 nm and the flake / platelet lateral dimension is less than 1 μm. The core particle may be selected from natural graphite, artificial graphite, spherical graphite, graphitic coke, meso-carbon micro-bead, soft carbon, hard carbon, graphitic fibril, carbon nano-fiber, carbon fiber, or graphite fiber. Preferably, the flat-shaped particles are randomly oriented with respect to one another.

There is disclosed a method of making a metallic or ceramic component, such as a cutting or forming tool, from at least two distinct powder precursors. In one embodiment, the method comprising forming a first mixture comprised of a plurality of coated particles, such as Tough-Coated Hard Powder (TCHP) composite particles created by encapsulating extremely hard core particles with very tough binder and structural materials, and at least one support powder, such as a carbide, typically WC—Co. The mixture is formed into a green body and sintered to form a functionally graded or multicomponent article. Non-limiting examples of the articles made from the disclosed methods are also disclosed and include drills, mills, cutting tools, forming tools, wires dies and mechanical components.

The present invention describes a synthetic turf having super absorbent materials in order to keep the synthetic turf cooler than conventional synthetic turfs. The present invention also provides for synthetic turf infill cooling particles comprising a layer of water-absorbing material coating a foundation comprising a core substrate. In one embodiment, the cooling particle is comprised of a core particle or substrate, which is coated with a water-absorbing material. In one embodiment, the water-absorbing material is a super absorbent polymer.

The present invention relates to intraocular drug delivery for treating ocular diseases. Particularly, the invention relates to particles useful for the delivery of certain pharmacologically active agents to treat ocular diseases. The particles contain calcium phosphate core particles, particularly nanoparticles, as delivery agents and adjuvants. The invention also relates to methods of making such particles and to methods of treating ocular disease by delivery of a therapeutic drug to an ocular surface using the particles of this invention. The invention further relates to methods of regulating ocular pressure using certain formulations according to the present invention.

The invention provides a process for forming a layered nanoparticle, comprising providing a suspension comprising a core particle in a first liquid, adding a second liquid to the suspension, and adding a reagent, or a precursor for the reagent, to the suspension. The second liquid is immiscible with the first liquid. If the reagent is added to the suspension, the reagent reacts to form a layer on the core particle to form the layered nanoparticle. If a precursor for the reagent is added to the suspension, the precursor is converted to the reagent, and the reagent reacts to form a layer on the core particle to form the layered nanoparticle.

An electrostatic latent-image developing toner comprising: a core particle and a shell layer formed on an outer portion thereof, wherein the shell layer comprises a crystalline polyester resin having a softening point from 60 to 120° C. at 70 to 100% by weight of the entire shell-layer constituent resin, and an image-forming method using the toner.

The present invention relates to a doped multi-layer core-shell silicon-based composite material for a lithium ion battery, and a preparation method thereof. Other than being doped with a necessary lithium element, the material is also doped with at least a non-metallic element and a metal element; the material has a structure in which a silicon oxide particle doped with elements is taken as a core, and a multilayer composite film which is tightly coated on the surface of the core particle is taken as a shell; the core particle contains uniformly dispersed monoplasmatic silicon nanoparticles,the content of doping elements gradually decreases from the outside to the inside without a clear interface, and a dense lithium silicate compound is formed on the surface of the core particle by embedding and doping the lithium element; and the multilayer composite film is a carbon film layer and a doped composite film layer composed of the carbon film layer and other elemental components. The doped multi-layer core-shell silicon-based composite material provided by the present invention has a high capacity, good rate performance, high coulombic efficiency, good cycle performance, a low expansion rate, and other electrochemical characteristics when the material is used for the negative electrode of lithium ion battery.

The invention provides compositions and processes for the production of ordered and repetitive antigen or antigenic determinant arrays. The compositions of the invention are useful for the production of vaccines for the prevention of infectious diseases, the treatment of allergies and the treatment of cancers. Various embodiments of the invention provide for a core particle that is coated with any desired antigen in a highly ordered and repetitive fashion as the result of specific interactions.

The present invention relates to the use of calcium phosphate particles in formulation with allergens for allergic desensitization. Particularly, the invention relates to novel calcium phosphate core particles, particularly nano- and micron-sized particles, as allergen adjuvants and in compositions for inducing allergic desensitization. Methods of making such particles and to methods of inducing a specific immune response using the particles of this invention are also provided.

This invention relates to complex lithium metal oxides, which are cathode active materials of a lithium or lithium ion secondary battery with enhanced cycle life and safety, and a process for preparation thereof. The core particles are complex lithium metal oxides capable of absorbing, storing and emitting lithium ions, and a coating layer comprised of amorphous complex lithium cobalt oxides that are formed on the surface of the core particle, which is structurally stable and inactive with electrolytes. Because the amorphous complex lithium cobalt oxides are inactive with electrolytes, the oxides stabilize the surface structure of the complex lithium metal oxide and improve on high temperature storage properties, as well as safety and cycle life.

This invention discloses a process for synthesizing a hairy polymer particle which comprises the steps of (1) polymerizing a vinyl aromatic monomer by emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium to produce core particles, (2) recovering the core particles from the aqueous medium, (3) dispersing the core particles in an organic solvent, (4) adding an organo-lithium compound to the dried core particles in the organic solvent to produce the hairless core initiator, and (5) utilizing the hairless core initiator to initiate the anionic polymerization of a conjugated diolefin monomer in an organic solvent to produce a solution of the hairy polymer particles. The hairy polymer nanoparticles can then be recovered from the organic solvent. These hairy polymer particles are comprised of (1) a core which is comprised of a polymer of a vinyl aromatic monomer and (2) hairs which are polymer chains of a conjugated diolefin monomer, wherein the hairs are covalently bonded to the core. The core is typically spherical in shape, has a diameter of less than 1000 nm, and is comprised of a crosslinked polymer of a vinyl aromatic monomer. The hairy polymer particles of this invention are useful as fillers in rubber compositions used in making articles of manufacture, such as tires, hoses, power transmission belts, windshield wiper blades, and the like.

A magnetic coated carrier suitable for constituting a two-component type developer for use in electrophotography is composed of magnetic coated carrier particles comprising magnetic coated carrier particles comprising magnetic carrier core particles each comprising a binder resin and metal oxide particles, and a coating layer surface-coating each carrier core particle. The metal oxide particles have been subjected to a surface lipophilicity-imparting treatment. The magnetic carrier core particles have a resistivity of at least 1x1010 ohm.cm, and the magnetic coated carrier has a resistivity of at least 1x1012 ohm.cm. The magnetic coated carrier has a particle size distribution such that (i) it has a number-average particle size Dn of 5-100 mu m, (ii) it satisfies a relationship of Dn / sigma > / =3.5, wherein sigma denotes a standard deviation of number-basis particle size distribution of the carrier, and (iii) it contains at most 25% by number of particles having particle sizes of at most Dnx+E,fra 2 / 3+EE .

Disclosed herein are a polymerized toner of core-shell structure, comprising core particles composed of colored polymer particles having a volume average particle diameter (dv) of 0.5-20 mu m and a ratio (dv / dp) of the volume average particle diameter (dv) to a number average particle diameter (dp) of at most 1.7, and shell which is formed of a polymer layer having an average film thickness of 0.001-0.1 mu m and covers each of the core particles, and a production process thereof.

Provided is a two-component developer having excellent developing performance and little change in image concentration, and achieving long-term suppression of image defects such as transfer failure and fogging.Provided is a two-component developer containing a magnetic carrier and a toner, wherein the magnetic carrier has magnetic carrier particles comprising a silicone resin B coated on the surfaces of filled core particles in which pores of porous magnetic core particles are filled with a silicone resin A, the silicone resin A is a silicone resin cured in the presence of a non-metal catalyst or without a catalyst, while the silicone resin B is a silicone resin cured in the presence of a metal catalyst having titanium or zirconium, and the toner contains a binder resin, a release agent and a colorant, and has an average circularity of 0.940 or more.

An active material comprises a core particle containing LiCo(1−x)MxO2 and / or Li(Mn(1−y)My)2O4, and a coating part covering at least part of a surface of the core particle, while the coating part contains LiVOPO4. Here, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, and transition elements, 0.95≧x≧0, 0.2≧y≧0, and V in LiVOPO4 may partly be substituted by at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ni, Co, Mn, Fe, Zr, Cu, Zn, and Yb.

A controlled release delivery device for controlled release of an active ingredient comprising: (i) a core particle comprising the active ingredient homogenously dispersed or dissolved therein; and (ii) an organosol polymeric coat comprising a homogenous mixture of, (a) a water soluble gel forming polymer and a water insoluble organosoluble polymer in a dry weight ratio of from about 20:80 to about 50:50, (b) an organosolvent, and (c) an anti-tacking agent; the organosol polymeric coal being applied directly to and substantially enveloping the core particle.

The invention discloses a surface-modified lithium cobaltate material and a preparation method thereof. The lithium cobaltate material comprises a core particle and a surface-modified layer coating the core particle, wherein the core particle is a lithium cobaltate-based positive material with a structural formula as follows: LixCo(1-y)MyO2, wherein x is greater than 1 and not greater than 1.2, y is not less than 0 and not greater than 0.1, M is a doping element; the surface-modified layer comprises a Li<+1> conducting layer and an electrolyte isolating layer; the core particle is coated by the Li<+1> conducting layer and the electrolyte isolating layer in sequence. According to the invention, by sufficiently utilizing dynamic characteristic that different substances react with residual Li salt on the surface of the lithium cobaltate, and characteristic of final reaction product performance, the lithium cobaltate material with double coating layers is prepared. The material is high in comprehensive performances, has high discharge capacity, high cycling stability and the like. The preparation method disclosed by the invention is simple in process and easily realizes industrial production.

The invention relates to the battery field, and in particular relates to a silicon-carbon composite material and a preparation method thereof and application thereof in lithium ion battery. The following problems exist in the application of silicon-based materials in the lithium ion battery: 1. first coulombic efficiency of the lithium ion battery is low; 2, cycle life of the lithium ion battery is short; 3, the rate performance is poor; 4, the materials are low in production efficiency, and not conducive to large-scale industrial production. In order to solve the problems, the silicon-carbon composite material is provided, secondary-particles comprise a plurality of first particles containing core-shell structures, the core-shell structure comprises a carbon shell layer and silicon core particles which are completely wrapped by the carbon shell layer, and a gap is between the carbon shell layer and the silicon core particles. The preparation method of the silicon-carbon composite material and the application of the silicon-carbon composite material in the lithium ion battery are also provided.

A magnetocaloric effect heterostructure having a core layer of a magnetostructural material with a giant magnetocaloric effect having a magnetic transition temperature equal to or greater than 150 K, and a constricting material layer coated on at least one surface of the magnetocaloric material core layer. The constricting material layer may enhance the magnetocaloric effect by restriction of volume changes of the core layer during application of a magnetic field to the heterostructure. A magnetocaloric effect heterostructure powder comprising a plurality of core particles of a magnetostructural material with a giant magnetocaloric effect having a magnetic transition temperature equal to or greater than 150 K, wherein each of the core particles is encapsulated within a coating of a constricting material is also disclosed. A method for enhancing the magnetocaloric effect within a giant magnetocaloric material including the step of coating a surface of the magnetocaloric material with a constricting material is disclosed.

A magnetocaloric effect heterostructure having a core layer of a magnetostructural material with a giant magnetocaloric effect having a magnetic transition temperature equal to or greater than 150 K, and a constricting material layer coated on at least one surface of the magnetocaloric material core layer. The constricting material layer may enhance the magnetocaloric effect by restriction of volume changes of the core layer during application of a magnetic field to the heterostructure. A magnetocaloric effect heterostructure powder comprising a plurality of core particles of a magnetostructural material with a giant magnetocaloric effect having a magnetic transition temperature equal to or greater than 150 K, wherein each of the core particles is encapsulated within a coating of a constricting material is also disclosed. A method for enhancing the magnetocaloric effect within a giant magnetocaloric material including the step of coating a surface of the magnetocaloric material with a constricting material is disclosed.

The present invention concerns a new ferromagnetic powder composition comprising soft magnetic iron-based core particles wherein the surface of the core particles are surrounded by an insulating inorganic coating, and a lubricating amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of silanes, titanates, aluminates, zirconates, or mixtures thereof. The invention also concerns a process for the preparation of soft magnetic composite materials using the new powder composition.

An anode active material comprises metal core particles, metal nano wires formed on the metal core particles, pores between the metal core particles and the metal nano wires, and a carbon-based coating layer formed on a surface of the metal core particles and metal nano wires. In the anode active material according to the present invention, the metal core particles and metal nano wires are combined to form a single body, and a carbon-based coating layer is formed on the surface of the metal nano wires and metal core particles. Thus, volume changes in the pulverized metal core particles can be effectively buffered during charging and discharging, and the metal core particles are electrically connected through the metal nano wires. As a result, volume changes in the anode active material and degradation of the electrode can be prevented, thereby providing excellent initial charge / discharge efficiency and enhanced charge / discharge capacity.