National Taiwan University

The United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of

King-Fu Lin

Wei-Fang Su

Wen-Chang Chen

Man-Kit Leung

Kuo-Huang Hsieh

Wen-Yen Chiu

Francis W Wang

Chao-Hui Kuo

Chi-An Dai

Lee-Yih Wang

Hung-Chun Chang

Robert E Lowry

Chia-Hsin Lee

Chi-Shin Lee

Jun-Ming Huang

Keng-Jen Lin

Cheng-Yuan Shih

Ken-Yen Liu

Wen-Bin Liau

Hung-Ren Wang

This invention relates to a method for making an electrolyte composition of a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising utilizing exfoliated clay nanoplatelets and the method for rapidly encapsulating cations. The electrolyte composition mainly includes exfoliated clay nanoplatelets, an ionic liquid and iodine. The method for rapidly encapsulating cation comprises adding the exfoliated clay nanoplatelets into a cationic solution, wherein the exfoliated clay nanoplatelets encapsulates cations and recovers into a layered structure such that phase separation of the solution occurs; and filtrating the solution to separate the clay nanoplatelets encapsulating the cations. The exfoliated clay nanoplatelets have a unique property of encapsulation for the cations, is suitable for use in an electrolyte composition for dye-sensitized solar cells, cationic drug encapsulation and environmental protection.

Use of exfoliated clay nanoplatelets and method for encapsulating cations

The present invention discloses a method by utilizing chemical reaction or specific attractive forces (complexation or hydrogen bonding) for forming self-synthesizing conductive or conjugated polymer film and its application. First of all, at least one photoresist layer with a first functional group and a specific pattern is formed, so that the first functional group can bond a second functional group of a conductive or conjugated polymer unit, whereby a conductive or conjugated polymer film with specific pattern is formed. Furthermore, this invention can be applied for forming emitting films, especially for forming emitting layers of OLED/PLED elements.

Method for forming self-synthesizing conductive or conjugated polymer film and application

The change in the peak fluorescence wavelength of a small amount of a fluorescent compound, i.e., a fluorophore, which has been dissolved in a polymerizing material or a thermoplastic polymer is used to determine the extent of cure or solidification, respectively. The measured wavelength-shift can either be compared with a previously determined correlation to obtain an absolute value for the extent of cure, or can be utilized to compare or maintain an acceptable extent of cure throughout a manufacturing or a clinical process. Similarly, in the processing of a thermoplastic polymer by injection molding, the measured wavelength shift can either be compared with a previously determined correlation to obtain an absolute value for the temperature of the polymer, or can be utilized to adjust the injection molding cycle so that the mold is opened at the optimum times. The fluorophores used in the method are preferably selected from a class of fluorophores comprising alpha, omega substituted linear alkenes having an electron accepting group attached at the alpha position and an electron donating group attached at the omega position.

Non-destructive method for determining the extent of cure of a

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