TL;DR: This work compared the atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry, reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy, and contact angle results collected from substrates treated by two different application processes and found that the vapor-phase process was superior.
Abstract: Resist adhesion to the mold is one of the challenges for nanoimprint lithography. The main approach to overcoming it is to apply a self-assembled monolayer of an organosilane release agent to the mold surface, either in the solution phase or vapor phase. We compared the atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry, reflection−absorption infrared spectroscopy, and contact angle results collected from substrates treated by two different application processes and found that the vapor-phase process was superior. The vapor-treated substrates had fewer aggregates of the silane molecules on the surface, because the lower density of the agent in the vapor phase was not conducive to aggregation formation, and received a superior coating of the releasing agent, because the vapor was more effective than the solution in penetrating into the nanoscale gaps of the mold. A pattern transfer of 20 parallel nanowires with a line width of 40 nm at 100 nm pitch-size was performed faithfully with the vapor-treated mold without any r...
TL;DR: In this study, gelatin blended with arabic gum microcapsules containing camphor oil with added polystyrene were fabricated by a compound coacervation method and the parameters of oil/wall volume ratio, emulsification stirring speed, concentration of cross-linking agent, treated time and oil release properties were investigated.
TL;DR: A release agent donor member for a toner fixing system where a polymeric release agent having functional groups is applied to the surface of a fuser member has a base member, an intermediate conformable silicone elastomer layer and an elastoom donor layer comprising poly(vinylidenefluoride-hexafluoropropylenetetetrafluoroethylene) as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A release agent donor member for a toner fixing system wherein a polymeric release agent having functional groups is applied to the surface of a fuser member has a base member, an intermediate conformable silicone elastomer layer and an elastomer release agent donor layer comprising poly(vinylidenefluoride-hexafluoropropylenetetrafluoroethylene) where the vinylidenefluoride is present in an amount less than 40 mole percent, a metal oxide present in an amount sufficient to interact with the polymeric release agent having functional groups to transport a sufficient amount of the polymeric release agent to provide an interfacial barrier layer between the fusing surface and the toner and being substantially unreactive with said elastomer, the elastomer release agent donor layer having been cured from a solvent solution thereof with a nucleophilic curing agent and in the presence of less than 4 parts by weight of inorganic base per 100 parts of polymer, the inorganic base being effective to at least partially dehydrofluorinate the vinylidenefluoride.
TL;DR: A cleaning composition loaded on a cleaning wipe having improved biocidal release from the cleaning wipe is described in this paper, where the cleaning composition includes a cationic biocide, a Cationic Biocide Release Agent and water.
Abstract: A cleaning composition loaded on a cleaning wipe having improved biocidal release from the cleaning wipe. The cleaning composition includes a cationic biocide, a cationic biocide release agent and water. The cationic biocide release agent has an ionic strength in the cleaning composition of at least about 5 x 10-3 mol/l.
TL;DR: A laminating film product for applying a sealed protective cover to a document such as an identification card has a cover film of an unoriented polyester resin extruded onto a surface of a transfer film of oriented thermoset polyester resins that has been coated with a release agent such as soap as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: A laminating film product for applying a sealed protective cover to a document such as an identification card has a cover film of an unoriented polyester resin extruded onto a surface of a transfer film of an oriented thermoset polyester resin that has been coated with a release agent such as a soap; a film of a thermoplastic adhesive resin may be extruded onto the exposed surface of the cover film. In use, the laminating film product is laminated to a document under heat and pressure, the transfer film is stripped away, and the exposed cover film is embossed. Magnetic strips, pigment strips, and the like may also be applied to the cover film by hot stamp transfer.