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A barrier film composition can comprise a thermoplastic web comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a dispersed cyclodextrin composition having substituents that compatibilize the cyclodextrin in the film. The thermoplastic / cyclodextrin film obtains substantial barrier properties from the interaction between the substituted cyclodextrin in the film material with a permeant. The substituents on the cyclodextrin molecule causes the cyclodextrin to be dispersible and stable in the film material resulting in an extrudable thermoplastic. Such materials can be used as a single layer film material, a multilayer film material which can be coated or uncoated and can be used in structural materials wherein the thermoplastic is of substantial thickness resulting in structural stiffness. The cooperation between the cyclodextrin and the thermoplastic polymer provides barrier properties to a web wherein a permeant can be complexed or entrapped by the cyclodextrin compound and held within the film preventing the permeant from passing through the film into the interior of a film, an enclosure or container. The permeant can comprise a variety of well known materials such as moisture, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons, monomer materials, off flavors, toxic compounds etc.

Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by heating the aerosol to a relatively low temperature, such as not greater than about 400° C.

Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by heating the aerosol to a relatively low temperature, such as not greater than about 400° C.

Energy devices such as batteries and methods for fabricating the energy devices. The devices are small, thin and lightweight, yet provide sufficient power for many handheld electronics.

This invention relates to aliphatic polyesters having a controlled thermal decomposition, hydrolizability, and biodegradability, in which OH terminals and COOH terminals are decreased through a ring-opening polymerization of a lactone and lactide by a mono alcohol or a metal alkoxide, or by decreasing both terminals through combining polymer terminals with diisocyanate. From a composition containing the polyesters, this invention provides a controlled release composition for agriculture. From a resin primarily containing fatty acid cellulose ester derivatives, this invention provides a base film for a marking film without volatilization and plasticizer migration problems; a picture image formable heat-sensitive transfer recording material with excellent strippability, coloring concentration, and brightness; a conductive coating composition with excellent storage stability, adhesion, and conductivity; a single-liquid type coating for a moisture-curable graft copolymer, and a non-toxic and non-irritating coating composition with excellent dryability. The copolymers of this invention also have excellent heat and impact resistance.

A method for producing a low oxygen content activated carbon material includes heating a natural, non-lignocellulosic carbon precursor in an inert or reducing atmosphere to form a first carbon material, mixing the first carbon material with an inorganic compound to form an aqueous mixture, heating the aqueous mixture in an inert or reducing atmosphere to incorporate the inorganic compound into the first carbon material, removing the inorganic compound from the first carbon material to produce a second carbon material, and heating the second carbon material in an inert or reducing atmosphere to form the low oxygen content activated carbon material. The activated carbon material is suitable to form improved carbon-based electrodes for use in high energy density devices.