Empire Technology Development LLC

L'oreal

Kymeta Corporation

Somogyi Agtech LLC

Casasanta Iii, Vincenzo

Carlson, William Brenden

Phelan, Gregory David

Gregory David Phelan

William Brenden Carlson

Vincenzo Casasanta, Iii

Philip A Sullivan

Feng Wan

Phillip A Sullivan

Nathan Kundtz

Ryan Allan Stevenson

Mohsen Sazegar

Timothy Martin Londergan

Walter Sadowski

Vincent Casasanta, Iii

W Brenden Carlson

Vincenzo Casasanta Iii

A device containing a radio-frequency (RF) liquid crystal (RFLC) mixture with improved performance is disclosed. In one embodiment, the improved performance includes high RF tuning, broad thermal operating ranges and low viscosity. In one embodiment, the device comprises an antenna comprising: an antenna element array having a plurality of antenna elements and each antenna element having a liquid crystal (LC) structure, wherein the LC structure comprises a mixture of one or more of the following: laterally functionalized with one or more of at least a proton, a hydrogen (H), or a heteroatom.

Antenna having radio frequency liquid crystal (RFLC) mixtures with high RF tuning, broad thermal operating ranges, and low viscosity

A composition that includes an activatable aggregate is described herein. The aggregate has a core and a shell. In some embodiments, when the aggregate is exposed to acoustic energy, the core of the aggregate includes a hydrogel that is capable of absorbing a relatively large amount of water. The core of the aggregate is covalently bound to a shell of linear aliphatic moieties. The aggregate is synthesized to minimize the amount of water in the core, prior to exposure to acoustic energy. Methods of hydrating using the compositions are also provided.

Acoustically-activated cosmetic hydrogels

Ice phobic coatings and substrates and methods of making and using them are described. Some embodiments provide for an ice-phobic coating including a hydrophobic entity bonded to a hydrophilic moiety, wherein the hydrophilic moiety is capable of lowering a freezing point of water. Some embodiments provide for an ice-phobic article including a substrate having the ice-phobic coating applied on the substrate. In some embodiments, a method of making an ice-phobic coating may include bonding the hydrophobic entity with the hydrophilic moiety. In some embodiments, a method of making an ice-phobic article includes applying the ice-phobic coating to a substrate. Some embodiments also provide for a kit for making an ice-phobic article. Such ice-phobic coatings may be used to coat or impregnate winter equipment, cloth, shoes, sporting equipment, road signs, traffic lights, sidewalks, aircrafts, vehicles, or the like.

Ice-phobic substrates and coatings and methods for their preparation and use

Methods and compositions pertaining to flame retardants using micronized rice husks are disclosed.

Flame retardants

Technologies are generally described for a method and compounds for managing dag on hair. The method of managing dag on hair includes applying a low energy compound including a silicone and a terminal reactive group to the hair and applying a hair binding moiety to the hair for functionalizing the low energy compound, at its terminal reactive group, to bind to the hair. The applied low energy compound enables ease of removal of dag from the hair or mitigation of dag formation on the hair. The functionalized low energy compound may be made prior to the application to the hair.

Method and composition for managing dag on hair

Functionalized microspheres for being dispersed in matrix materials to reduce the density and weight of the materials may be configured to include a covalently bound surface component which is configured to covalently bond with the matrix material so that when combined with the matrix material a strong, light-weight matrix material may be produced.

Light weight structural materials

Presented herein are compositions and articles including a crosslinkable polymer that produces a crosslinked polymer upon exposure to light and/or heat. In some embodiments, the compositions are used to fill fine lines and wrinkles to provide a cosmetic benefit. In other embodiments, the compositions and articles have desirable release properties for embedded materials.

Photo-activated hydrogels

Presented herein are compositions and articles including a crosslinkable polymer that produces a crosslinked polymer upon exposure to light and/or heat. In some embodiments, the compositions are used to fill fine lines and wrinkles to provide a cosmetic benefit. In certain embodiments, the compositions and articles have desirable release properties for embedded materials.

Hydrophilic coating compositions and methods to make and use the compositions are disclosed. The compositions include a polymer comprising one or more cyanate groups and a blocking agent contacting at least one of one or more cyanate groups. When exposed to atmospheric water, the blocked cyanate moieties at the surface may hydrolyze to expose hydrophilic groups. Thus, the hydrophobic polymeric surface may change to a hydrophilic surface upon reacting with atmospheric water and moisture.

Coatings that provide hydrophilic surface

Embodiments presented herein relate to acrylamide derivatives and uses thereof. Examples of such derivatives include acrylamide pyranose and other acrylamides that have other carbohydrate or 5 or 6 membered rings attached thereto. The compositions can be used for a variety of purposes, e.g., cosmetics, construction, scaffold materials, hydrogels, food additives, baby diapers, tubing sieves, etc.

Acrylamide derivatives

A method of preserving cellulosic material is provided. The method includes contacting the cellulosic material with a paraben-containing monomer and polymerizing the paraben-containing monomer to provide a polymer impregnated within the cellulosic material; or alternatively, first polymerizing the paraben-containing monomer to give a polymer comprising repeat units formed of the monomer and contacting the cellulosic material with the polymer under pressure to provide the polymer impregnated with the cellulosic material. Articles including the cellulosic material and at least one polymer which includes paraben moieties are also provided, such as a wooden plank, a utility pole, a railroad tie, a ship's hull, a wooden utensil, a toy, a model, a piece of furniture, a vehicle, or a serving dish.

Paraben derivatives for preserving cellulosic materials

Sugar-acrylic monomers are synthesized to have a carbohydrate moiety linked to an acrylate group. The sugar-acrylic monomers may be polymerized to form polymers, adhesives, hydrogels, and the like. The sugar-acrylic monomers and polymers may be used in tissue engineering, adhesives and sealers, wound healing, and the like.

Methods for making biocompatible polymerizable acrylate products

A dioxaborinane compound, or salt thereof, where boron has two oxy substituents, each independently substituted with H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, &#x2014;C(O)R, &#x2014;C(O)OR, &#x2014;C(O)NHR, or the two oxy substituents, together with the oxygen atoms to which they are bonded, join to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; and Ris H, alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl, where the alkyl and alkenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms; and where boron also has the substituent -L-X-PG; where L may be absent, or alkylenyl, alkenylenyl, or arylene, where the alkylenyl and alkenylenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms; Xis absent, or is amino, oxo, thio, or phosphino; and PGis a polymerizable group. The dioxaborinane compound can be used as a wood preservative.

Dioxaborinanes and uses thereof

A light-weight material and a method for producing a light-weight material use removable forms to produce an array of interconnected voids within the material. The forms include a plurality of spaced apart and adjoining blocks onto which the material is deposited, and the blocks are constructed of a material that may be desolidified, such as by vaporization, to remove the blocks from the material, leaving behind a network of interconnected voids.

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Cortland, NY, United States of America

Gregory David Phelan