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Methods and apparatuses for thermally treating flowable materials using electromagnetic radiation, and foods and materials obtained thereby. Also provided are methods of continuous flow thermal treatment of biomaterials, apparatuses for performing the same, and products prepared using the methods and / or apparatuses.

Provided are bone conducting hearing devices having a normal force that secures the device to a user. A removable adhesive anchor secures an external component of the bone conducting hearing device to the user and provides reliable connecting that is comfortable, such as by a substantially uniform force generation over the contact area between the device and the user. Because the adhesive anchor is removable, a user can readily and reliably remove the device or connect the device, as desired. Also provide are methods of connecting any of the bone conducting hearing devices provided herein to a user, including the mastoid process of the user.

The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for delivering substances, e.g., therapeutic substances, into openings on or near a skin surface, such as hair follicles, pores and / or into sebaceous glands. This can be achieved by using an apparatus to direct a substance into the openings under pressure via one or more nozzles or slits. A portion of the sebum present in the hair follicle is optionally heated and / or removed, e.g. using low-pressure conduit located on the lower surface of the apparatus, before introducing the therapeutic substance.

An electronic device cooling assembly and fabrication method are provided which include a manifold with an orifice for injecting a cooling liquid onto a surface to be cooled, and an elastic pin support material with an opening aligned to the orifice of the manifold. Multiple thermally conductive pins are mounted within the support material, extending therefrom, and are sized to physically contact the surface to be cooled. The support material has a thickness and compliance which facilitates thermal interfacing of the pins to the surface by allowing second ends thereof to move vertically and tilt. The second end of each pin has a planar surface which is normal to an axis of the pin, and the support material facilitates the planar surfaces of the second pin ends establishing planar contact with the surface to be cooled, notwithstanding that the surface may be other than planar.

A ferrule assembly comprising: (a) an array of optical fibers each having a mating end face; and (b) a ferrule with the fibers disposed therein, the ferrule having a front and rear orientation and a front surface, the front surface having at least a mating surface and a non-mating surface, the mating surface extending forward beyond the non-mating surface and presenting the mating end face of at least one of the fibers.

An electrolyte solution, methods, and systems for selectively removing a conductive metal from a substrate are provided. The electrolyte solution comprising nanoparticles that are more noble than the conductive metal being removed, is applied to a substrate to remove the conductive metal selectively relative to a dielectric material without application of an external potential or contact of a processing pad with the surface of the substrate. The solutions and methods can be applied, for example, to remove a conductive metal layer (e.g., barrier metal) selectively relative to dielectric material and to a materially different conductive metal (e.g., copper interconnect) without application of an external potential or contact of a processing pad with the surface of the substrate.

The sports bag assembly, which can accommodate the transportation and storage of sports equipment, entails a fully and permanently assembled integral transportation system comprising two or more wheels. The wheels can be deployed and retracted with a single mechanical movement, and may be stowed within the geometry of a traditional golf bag. The golf bag assembly will fit within the recessed areas of platforms attached to the rear of motorized carts; within conventional storage racks, lockers, and auto trunks typically found around golf courses and in residences; and within traditional golf travel cover containers or systems. The golf bag assembly also includes a ventilated club storage compartment, to facilitate the drying of grips, and drainage in the event of inclement weather. The golf bag assembly includes a support and suspension system that restrains the grip ends of clubs, thereby stabilizing and enhancing the protection of clubs during transport and play.

A sexual aid device formed of a substantially U-shaped, member having a proximal end adapted for engagement within the vagina of a user distal end positioned to oppose the proximal end in a biased engagement with intra vaginal and external sexually sensitive surfaces of the user's body. A skeletal member running axially within said U-shaped member may be employed to vary the force of the biased engagement and reshape the U-shaped member. A projecting elongated member adjacent to the distal end of the U-shaped member is engageable by the user or body contact with a second user to impart force to the U-shaped member for sexual stimulation.

A biometric sensor device, such as a fingerprint sensor, comprises a substrate to which is mounted a die on which is formed a sensor array and at least one conductive bezel. The die and the bezel are encased in a unitary encapsulation structure to protect those elements from mechanical, electrical, and environmental damage, yet with a portion of the sensor array and the bezel exposed or at most thinly covered by the encapsulation or other coating material structure.

The invention provides a buffer layer for a sulfide solid-state battery. The buffer layer comprises a polymer material and ethylene carbonate, and is formed in situ on an electrode plate through a buffer layer solution; and due to the existence of a polymer, poor physical contact between an electrode and an electrolyte caused by volume deformation of a positive electrode material in a charging / discharging process can be improved. The buffer layer is existent between the positive electrode and the solid electrolyte of the solid-state battery and between the negative electrode and the solid-state electrolyte, so that the solid-solid interface impedance can be reduced; and meanwhile, good ionic conductivity of the buffer layer can improve the lithium ion transmission capacity. The sulfide composite positive electrode in the solid-state battery provided by the invention contains the polymer material, and the existence of the polymer can improve the poor physical contact between the electrode and the electrolyte caused by the volume deformation of the positive electrode material in the charging / discharging process; and meanwhile, the solid-state battery contains the buffer layer, so that the solid-state battery has low interface resistance and high ionic conductivity, and is excellent in capacity and cycling performance.

A ferrule assembly (10) comprising: (a) an array of optical fibers (15,15a) each having a mating end face and (b) a ferrule (11) with the fibers (15,15a) disposed therein, the ferrule (11) having a front and rear orientation and a front surface (13), the front surface (13) having at least a mating surface (43) and a non-mating surface (44), the mating surface (43) extending forward beyound the non-mating surface (44) and presenting the mating end face of at least one of the fibers.

A biometric sensor device, such as a fingerprint sensor, comprises a substrate to which is mounted a die on which is formed a sensor array and at least one conductive bezel. The die and the bezel are encased in a unitary encapsulation structure to protect those elements from mechanical, electrical, and environmental damage, yet with a portion of the sensor array and the bezel exposed or at most thinly covered by the encapsulation or other coating material structure.

A multilayer capable electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) mixture for connecting multilevel Z-axis interconnects and a method of forming the ECA for connecting multilevel Z-axis interconnects. The multilayer capable ECA contains a mixture of constituent components that allow the paste to be adapted to specific requirements wherein the method of making a circuitized substrate assembly in which two or more subassemblies having potentially disparate coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) are aligned and Z-axis interconnection are created during bonding. The metallurgies of the conductors, and those of a multilayer capable conductive paste, are effectively mixed and the flowable interim dielectric used between the mating subassemblies flows to engage and surround the conductor coupling.

A ferrule assembly comprising: (a) an array of optical fibers each having a mating end face; and (b) a ferrule with the fibers disposed therein, the ferrule having a front and rear orientation and a front surface, the front surface having at least a mating surface and a non-mating surface, the mating surface extending forward beyond the non-mating surface and presenting the mating end face of at least one of the fibers.

An electrolyte solution, methods, and systems for selectively removing a conductive metal from a substrate are provided. The electrolyte solution comprising nanoparticles that are more noble than the conductive metal being removed, is applied to a substrate to remove the conductive metal selectively relative to a dielectric material without application of an external potential or contact of a processing pad with the surface of the substrate. The solutions and methods can be applied, for example, to remove a conductive metal layer (e.g., barrier metal) selectively relative to dielectric material and to a materially different conductive metal (e.g., copper interconnect) without application of an external potential or contact of a processing pad with the surface of the substrate.

Aluminum electrolysis cells and associated system and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an aluminum electrolysis cell includes an outer shell, a bottom, a plurality of bath resistant blocks defining a surrounding wall, and at least one spring member coupled to at least one of the plurality of bath resistant blocks and the outer shell, where the at least one spring member is configured to maintain the plurality of bath resistant blocks in a substantially leak-tight configuration.

Provided are an anode active material including silicon oxide particles (SiOx, where x satisfies 0<x<2), fiber-type carbon grown on the silicon oxide particles, and a carbon coating layer formed on surfaces of the silicon oxide particles and the fiber-type carbon, and a method of preparing the anode active material.Since the anode active material of the present invention is used in an anode of a lithium secondary battery, conductivity may not only be improved but the physical bonding force between the silicon oxide particles and the fiber-type carbon may also be increased. Thus, the performance of the battery may be improved by addressing limitations related to the exfoliation of the fiber-type carbon which may occur due to the volume change of silicon oxide.

A connector is attachable to an extending transformer stud. The connector includes a single hole or bore within the body of a connector to accept threaded transformer studs of different thread sizes. The connector can accommodate different size studs while still providing a compact design. The connector provides increased physical contact with the stud. The connector can be easily installed and removed from a stud without undue effort on the part of the installer. The stud connector includes an elongated passageway with three bore centers, wherein the thread center is slightly offset from the elongated passageway center and the elongated passageway having a diameter just slightly larger than the stud to be received. The elongated passageway includes more than one thread size milled or tapped into the bore circumference.

The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for delivering substances, e.g., therapeutic substances, into openings on or near a skin surface, such as hair follicles, pores and / or into sebaceous glands. This can be achieved by using an apparatus to direct a substance into the openings under pressure via one or more nozzles or slits. A portion of the sebum present in the hair follicle is optionally heated and / or removed, e.g. using low-pressure conduit located on the lower surface of the apparatus, before introducing the therapeutic substance.

The invention provides a molten lithium battery negative electrode material, a preparation method and an all-solid-state lithium battery. A small amount of Si3N4 is added into molten Li to adjust the surface tension of the molten Li, and the molten Li-Si-N after reaction can change point contact of lithium and a garnet interface into surface contact, so that the wettability of a garnet electrolyte and metal lithium is improved, the interface impedance of the two is reduced, and a uniform electric field is provided for lithium deposition and stripping processes. After being assembled into a symmetrical battery, the material shows excellent cycling stability (stably cycling for 1500 hours under the current density of 0.2 mA cm <-2 > and stably cycling for 1000 hours under the current density of 0.4 mA cm <-2 >) and relatively high critical current density (1.8 mA cm <-2 >). The first specific discharge capacity of the assembled all-solid-state battery under the current density of 2C reaches up to 145mA h g <-1 >, and the capacity is kept at 97% after 100 cycles under the current density of 1C.

The invention discloses a decoloring treatment method of printing and dyeing wastewater. The decoloring treatment method of the printing and dyeing wastewater is characterized by comprising the following steps: placing the printing and dyeing wastewater into a container or a treatment pond; performing suspended substance filtering treatment on the printing and dyeing wastewater; adding 3 to 6 square meters of nano-titanium dioxide immobilized catalytic pieces into each cubic meter of printing and dyeing wastewater which is subjected to filtering treatment; adding hydrogen peroxide, wherein the volume of the hydrogen peroxide is 0.001 to 0.01 percent of that of the printing and dyeing wastewater which is subjected to filtering treatment; stirring completely; irradiating by using a mercury lamp. The nano-titanium dioxide immobilized catalytic pieces are prepared by fixing titanium dioxide on the surface of ceramic by a physical burning and solidifying manner, have a good physical contact effect, are difficult to separate and achieve a long-term effective catalytic effect; the spectral range of the mercury lamp is wide and close to a natural spectrum, so the safety is higher; the nano-titanium dioxide immobilized catalytic pieces and organic matters in the printing and dyeing wastewater generate chemical reaction, so the color organic matters in the printing and dyeing wastewater can be effectively decolored and the treated water is free from secondary pollution.

The invention provides a solar cell and a preparation method thereof. The solar cell comprises an electrode, an inorganic hole transport layer, a perovskite layer, an electron transport layer and a counter electrode, wherein a polymer modification layer is disposed between the inorganic hole transport layer and the perovskite layer; and the thickness of the polymer modification layer is 1 nm to 50nm. The invention also provides a method of preparing the above solar cell. The solar cell of the present invention has high photoelectric conversion efficiency.

A multilayer capable electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) mixture for connecting multilevel Z-axis interconnects and a method of forming the ECA for connecting multilevel Z-axis interconnects. The multilayer capable ECA contains a mixture of constituent components that allow the paste to be adapted to specific requirements wherein the method of making a circuitized substrate assembly in which two or more subassemblies having potentially disparate coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) are aligned and Z-axis interconnection are created during bonding. The metallurgies of the conductors, and those of a multilayer capable conductive paste, are effectively mixed and the flowable interim dielectric used between the mating subassemblies flows to engage and surround the conductor coupling.

The invention is directed to a vaporizer or ampoule assembly with improved heat transfer between a vaporizer vessel body and at least one support tray located therein. In particular, there is provided a heat transfer enhancing member that is disposed between a vessel body and support tray. In one example of a heat transfer enhancing member or assembly there is included a heat conductive mesh or liner around totally or partially around the support tray that is wedged in between the support tray and the interior diameter or wall of the vessel body. In a related embodiment, the heat transfer enhancing member includes an expandable support tray sidewall to increase physical contact between the support tray and the vessel body interior wall.

The invention provides an organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite surface interface treatment method, a material and application. The method comprises the following steps: 1) preparing an organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite thin film; (2) treating the surface of the organic hybrid perovskite thin film prepared in the step (1) by adopting an N-carbobenzoxy-D valine material; and 3) carrying out proper heat treatment on the organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite thin film treated by the N-carbobenzoxy-D-valine material obtained in the step 2). The effect of adjusting the quality of the whole perovskite thin film can be achieved through the simple and convenient surface treatment method, and the method is simple in process, low in cost, green, free of pollution and suitable for large-scale production and application.