3m Innovative Properties Company

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines

Matthew H Frey

George F Jambor

Michael J Robrecht

Steven Joseph Hamrock

Lijun Zu

Kenton D Budd

Mikhail L Pekurovsky

Gregory M Haugen

Phat Tan Pham

Cristin E Moran

Daniel M Pierpont

Matthew S Stay

Billy Lee Weaver

Stephen P Maki

Anatoly Z Rosenflanz

William M Lamanna

William Blake Kolb

Scott R Culler

Craig R Schardt

Ta-Hua Yu

Shawn C Dodds

James Michael Larson

Moses Mekala David

Brant Ulrick Kolb

Mark J Pellerite

Gary Timothy Boyd

John P Baetzold

Jonathan E Janoski

Brock A Hable

Roger W Barton

Robert R Kieschke

Mario Alberto Perez

Michael Andrew Yandrasits

Suresh Iyer

Jun-Ying Zhang

Stephen B Roscoe

Guanglei Du

Ross E Behling

Alexander J Kugel

Thomas Herdtle

Christoph H Thalacker

Joan M Noyola

Haiyan Zhang

Myungchan Kang

Brian L Linzie

Timothy D Dunbar

Robert A Sainati

Jacob D Young

Ann M Gilman

Chikafumi Yokoyama

Thomas Q Chastek

Bert T Chien

Mark E Napierala

Jonathan J O'Hare

Daniel P Meehan

Adam D Miller

Khanh P Nguyen

Craig W Lindsay

David C Kramlich

John L Vandenberg

Tracie J Berniard

Daniel E Isaacson

Kathleen M Schakel-Carlson

Jeffrey H Tokie

Tyler J Rattray

Edward S Hagermoser

Victor Ho

Richard W Greger

Lyudmila A Pekurovsky

Kari Ann McGee

Eric J Borchers

John E Bailey

Hui Luo

Matthew T Johnson

Benjamin R Coonce

Christopher K Haas

Jeremy K Larsen

Vivek Krishnan

William C Egbert

Paul S Lugg

Roxanne A Boehmer

Morgan A Priolo

Andrew Michael Herring

Swagata R Banerjee

Lance E Behymer

Henry Loll

Jun Ma

Jens Eichler

Megan A Creighton

Scott G Theirl

Charles J Studiner, Iii

Joseph A Dunbar

Daniel M Lentz

Catherine P Tarnowski

Shaun M West

Larry L Johnson

Tomoaki Uchiya

Joseph D Engebretson

Luke A Schroeder

Chi-fan Chen

The present disclosure provides an article including an organic layer having a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures defining nanorecesses and an opposing second surface; and a ceramic layer disposed on the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer and filling at least a portion of the nanorecesses. The ceramic layer has a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures and an opposing second surface, and the nanostructured first surface of the ceramic layer is interpenetrated with the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer. The present disclosure also provides a method of making the article. The method includes obtaining an organic layer having a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures defining nanorecesses and an opposing second surface; and filling at least a portion of the nanorecesses of the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer with a ceramic material to form the article. In addition, the present disclosure provides articles including interpenetrating layers having different elastic storage moduli, such as non-metallic layers, and methods of making the articles. The articles can exhibit high abrasion resistance.

Articles including nanostructured surfaces and interpenetrating layers, and methods of making same

A shaped thermal filler particle has an elongate shape defined by a substantially planar first smooth surface and a second smooth surface that contacts the substantially planar first smooth surface along a planar closed path. The planar closed path has a length to width ratio of at least 1.5. The shaped thermal filler particle has a maximum linear dimension normal to the planar first smooth surface that is less than or equal to one half of the length of the closed path. A thermally conductive composition comprises from 1 to 95 percent by volume of the shaped thermal filler particles dispersed in a binder. An assembly comprises a heat source, a heat sink, and the thermally conductive composition at least partially sandwiched between the heat source and the heat sink.

Thermal filler particle, thermally conductive composition, and assembly including the same

A touch screen sensor includes a visible light transparent substrate and an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate. The micropattern includes a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern. The first region micropattern has a first sheet resistance value in a first direction, is visible light transparent, and has at least 90% open area. The second region micropattern has a second sheet resistance value in the first direction. The first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value.

Touch screen sensor

The present disclosure provides a thermally conductive article including a pad having first and second opposed major surfaces and a thickness therebetween. The thickness is formed of entangled thermally conductive fibers and at least a portion of the entangled thermally conductive fibers have at least one terminal end at the first opposed major surface, the opposed second major surface, or both. The pad is at least partially impregnated with a polymer. Another thermally conductive article is provided including a) a pad having first and second opposed major surfaces and a thickness therebetween; b) a first thermally conductive skin layer; and c) a second thermally conductive skin layer. The thickness of the pad is formed of aligned thermally conductive fibers, and at least a portion of the thermally conductive fibers have a terminal end at the first opposed major surface and the opposed second major surface. The first and second thermally conductive skin layers each include a polymeric matrix at least partially embedded in the terminal end of at least a portion of the thermally conductive fibers at the first and second major surfaces of the pad, respectively. Methods of making the thermally conductive articles are also provided.

Thermally conductive articles including entangled or aligned fibers, methods of making same, and battery modules

An optical construction includes a reflective polarizer layer having a first pass axis and an absorptive polarizer layer having a second pass axis that is substantially aligned with the first pass axis. At least one electrically conductive light scattering layer is arranged between the reflective polarizer layer and the absorptive polarizer layer.

Optical constructions

Article () comprising a substrate () comprising a polymer and having first () and second () opposed major surfaces. The first major surface () has first surface regions () with first nanoparticles () partially embedded into the first major surface (), and one of &#x2022;(a) second surface regions () free of nanoparticles; or &#x2022;(b) second surface regions () with at least second nanoparticles () on the first major surface () or partially embedded into the first major surface (). The first surface regions () have a first average surface roughness, R, of at least 20 nm, wherein the second surface regions () have a second average surface roughness, R, of less than 100 nm, wherein the first average surface roughness, R, is greater than the second average surface roughness, R, and wherein there is an absolute difference between the first and second average surface roughness of at least 10 nm.

Article and methods of making the same

Articles comprising a substrate having a first major surface; an electrical conductor pattern on the first major surface of the substrate, the electrical conductor pattern comprising a plurality of separated pairs of separated first and second electrically conductive metallic traces. Optionally the articles further comprise a first electrically conductive layer. Embodiments of articles described herein are useful in, for example, displays, touch sensors, lighting elements, photovoltaic cells, electrochromic windows and displays, and electroluminescent lamps and displays.

Electrically conductive articles

Capacitive sensing devices are provided that include a sensing pattern of conductive traces disposed upon the surface of a substrate and a first passive circuit element that includes a metallic conductor disposed upon the same surface of the substrate. In some embodiments, the first passive circuit element is a component of an electronic circuit that can be, for example, a low pass filter. Provided capacitive sensing devices are useful, for example, when incorporated into projected touch screen display panels for use on electronic devices.

Integrated passive circuit elements for sensing devices

A method of patterning a conductive layer to form transparent electrical conductors that does not require etching is disclosed. The method includes peeling a strippable polymer layer from a substrate coated with the conductive layer to pattern the conductive layer. In some embodiments, a resist matrix material is patterned over the conductive layer to prevent removal of the conductive layer beneath the resist matrix material. In other embodiments, a liner having a pressure sensitive adhesive surface is brought into contact with the patterned strippable polymer material to remove both the patterned strippable polymer material and the conductive layer beneath it.

Method of making transparent conductors on a substrate

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Matthew H Frey