US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

University of Massachusetts

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Zhiyu Xia

Jayant Kumar

Ramaswamy Nagarajan

Ravi Mosurkal

Weeradech Kiratitanavit

Alexandra Catherine McDougall

Daniel Desai

Shiran Yu

A synergistic flame retardant composition comprising a phenolic compound comprising condensed tannin, hydrolysable tannin, lignin, cardanol, quercetin, catechin, epicatechin, anthocyanidin, catechol, dopamine, hydroxytyrosol, adrenaline, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, gallic acid, digallic acid, methyl gallate, ellagic acid, phloroglucinol, hexahydroxydiphenic acid, luteic acid, casuarictin, or a combination thereof; and a phosphorus-containing compound comprising a Ccarbocyclic polyol substituted with at least one phosphate group.

Synergistic flame retardant compositions and fiber blends including the same

A thermal decoy system contains electro-resistive fabric which warms the air within a polymer envelope transmissive to infrared radiation. The thermal decoy system thereby produces a thermal signature comparable to that of a human, which will preemptively trigger passive-infrared sensors, thereby neutralizing such sensors' capability to detect nearby persons.

System for preemptively defeating passive-infrared sensors

A method of forming a crosslinked polyphenol, the method comprising: reacting a bio-based phenolic compound comprising at least one phenolic hydroxyl group, with a crosslinking agent comprising at least two functional groups reactive with the phenolic hydroxyl group, wherein the at least two functional groups are each independently a halogen group, acid halide group, sulfonyl halide group, glycidyl group, anhydride group, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, to provide the crosslinked polyphenol.

Crosslinked phenolic compound, method of forming, and polymer composition containing the same

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