General Electric Company

Margaret Louise Blohm

James Anthony Ruud

Mohan Manoharan

Molly Maureen Gentleman

Sterling B Brown

James Edward Pickett

Kripa K Varanasi

Yuk-Chiu Lau

Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian

Timothy Edward Banach

Tao Deng

Nitin Bhate

Paul C VanDort

Ming Feng Hsu

Daniel Joseph Brunelle

Paul Dean Sybert

Wayne Charles Hasz

Dwain M White

Slawomir Rubinsztajn

Jimmy Lynn Webb

Judith Stein

Dennis Michael Gray

Hongyi Zhou

David Winfield Woodruff

Tiberiu Mircea Siclovan

Joseph Anthony Suriano

Patricia P Anderson

Dalong Zhong

Gregory Allen O'Neil

Donald Joseph Buckley

Brian James Grimmond

Kevin M Snow

Christian M Bailly

Michael Todd Luttrell

George T Seeger

David G Hawron

Todd Charles Curtis

David Cheney deMoulpied

Dean S Matsumoto

Zhebo Ding

Georgia Dris Fishburn

Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain one or more of ytterbia (YbO) and europia (EuO). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to the ytterbia and/or europia, further comprises lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).

Wetting resistant materials and articles made therewith

Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain europia (EuO). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to europia, further comprises ytterbia (YbO), lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).

Provided herein are chelator-functionalized nanoparticles comprising a passive core; and an active coating that demonstrate T1 magnetic resonance pattern upon exposure to a magnetic field. Also provided are methods of making such chelator-functionalized nanoparticles as well as imaging methods using the nanoparticles.

Chelator-functionalized nanoparticles

The present invention provides methods for manufacturing an article having a wetting-resistant surface. The method includes providing a substrate. The method further includes disposing a coating mixture on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating mixture comprises a braze material and a texture-providing material. The method further includes heating the braze material to bond the texture-providing material to the surface of the substrate to form the article having the wetting-resistant surface.

Methods of preparing wetting-resistant surfaces and articles incorporating the same

The present invention provides methods for manufacturing an article having a wetting-resistant surface. The method includes providing a mixture comprising a plurality of micron-sized first particles and a plurality of nano-sized second particles, and a binder; depositing the mixture onto a substrate to form a wetting-resistant surface via a thermal spray process. The mixture is deposited without substantial melting of the first and second particles. The wetting-resistant surface has wettability sufficient to generate, with a reference fluid, a static contact angle of greater than about 90 degrees.

Method of preparing wetting-resistant surfaces and articles incorporating the same

Block copolyestercarbonates may be prepared by first conducting a reaction between at least one of resorcinol or an alkyl- or haloresorcinol and at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid dichloride, preferably isophthaloyl dichloride, terephthaloyl dichloride or a mixture thereof, to produce a hydroxy-terminated polyester intermediate, and then conducting a reaction of the intermediate with a carbonate precursor, preferably in the presence of a dihydroxy compound such as bisphenol A. The products have excellent physical properties, including a high degree of weatherability. They may be blended with other polymers such as polycarbonates, poly(alkylene carboxylates), polyarylates, polyetherimides, and addition polymers to improve the weatherability thereof.

Weatherable block copolyestercarbonates and blends containing them, and method

A method for making polyarylene ethers comprises the step of melt polymerizing phenolic monomers in the presence of oxygen and oxidative coupling catalysts without employing environmentally unfriendly solvents.

Solventless method for making polyarylene ethers

A process for making polyarylene ether-siloxane copolymers is described and the process comprises the step of contacting polyarylene ethers with a hydroxyaromatic or aromatic ether terminated siloxane reagent in the presence of an oxidant.

Method for making copolymers of polyarylene ethers and siloxanes

Thermoplastic resin sheets, particularly in the form of fiber-reinforced composites, have adherent cap layers, at least one of which comprises an intumescent polydiorganosiloxane-containing barrier material which forms upon ignition a thermally stable foamed char layer. Such articles have improved fire resistance in comparison with similar articles having no cap layer or non-intumescent cap layers.

Resinous construction material having fire-resistant intumescent cap

Polyarylene ether-organopolysiloxane copolymers are provided having amine, or ester connecting linkages between blocks resulting from the melt extrusion of epoxy, carboxy or amine functionalized polyarylene ether with epoxy, carboxy or amine functionalized organopolysiloxane.

Polyarylene ether-organopolysiloxane copolymers

An oxidative coupling method is provided using a diorganophenol such as 2,6-xylenol and a silicone macromer having terminal phenol groups such as the hydrosilylation reaction product of eugenol. Thermoplastic polymeric products such as silicone-polyphenylene ether block copolymers, which can be flame retardant, as well as blends thereof with thermoplastic polymers, such as polyphenylene ether, also are provided.

Method for making thermoplastic silicone-polyphenylene ether block

A method is provided for making silicone-polyphenylene ether graft copolymers by oxidatively coupling a 2,6-dialkylphenol to a monophenol substituted organopolysiloxane macromer which can be prepared by the hydrosilylation of a phenol having a nuclear bound aliphatically unsaturated radical and a monohydrogen organosiloxane.

Method for making silicone-polyphenylene ether graft copolymers and

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