Abstract: Provided is a macromolecular material that has self-healing properties, excellent stretchability, and a high degree of freedom in the design of stretchability, strength, and hardness, and that can be produced by a simple method; and also provided is a method for producing the same. The macromolecular material of the present invention comprises a polymer having a host group and a guest group. The host group is a monovalent group formed by removing one hydrogen atom or hydroxy group from a cyclodextrin derivative. The polymer is a polymer of a monomer mixture containing a host group-containing polymerizable monomer, a guest group-containing polymerizable monomer, and a third polymerizable monomer, and the third polymerizable monomer contains a (meth)acrylic ester compound. The host group-containing polymerizable monomer and the guest group-containing polymerizable monomer have a property of being dissolved in the third polymerizable monomer.

Abstract: Described herein is a dicarboxylic acid compound of formula (I): Wherein: R3 comprises an aryl group, R2 is an alkylene group comprising 1 to 6 carbon atoms, n is 0 or 1, R1 is H or CH3, and X is S or NZ, wherein Z is H, an alkyl group comprising 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group. Such compounds can be used to modify the surface of inorganic particles. These modified inorganic particles may then be advantageously used in polymerizable resins to increase the refractive index of the resulting composite, while enabling good flow properties of the polymerizable composition.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polypropylene composition (C) comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO), comprising a matrix being a propylene polymer (PP1), an elastomeric propylene copolymer (EPR) being dispersed in said matrix and a nucleating agent (NU). The polypropylene composition (C) further comprises polymeric fibers (PE). The present invention is also directed to a foamed article comprising the polypropylene composition (C) and the use of polymeric fibers (PE) as an impact modifier for a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO).

Abstract: A curable composition is provided which includes a liquid first agent and microcapsules dispersed in the first agent. Each of the microcapsules includes a coating film and a second liquid agent encapsulated inside the coating film. A strength of each of the microcapsules is 15 N or less. The curable composition is configured to be cured by contact between the first agent and the second agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vinyl acetate-silicone copolymer resin obtained by graft polymerization of vinyl acetate (B) onto an organopolysiloxane (A) represented by a specific general formula, wherein a weight ratio of the organopolysiloxane (A) to the vinyl acetate (B) is (A):(B)=10:90 to 95:5, a method for producing the same, and a vinyl acetate-silicone copolymer resin composition. The vinyl acetate-silicone copolymer resin of the present invention has slidability, substrate adhesiveness, and organic solvent solubility, and is suitably used for coating agents for various substrates, adhesive agents, exterior and interior paints for structures and building materials and the like, and cosmetics and the like.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical lens that can provide small-sized imaging modules. The optical lens of the invention comprises a thermoplastic resin having a refractive index (nD) and Abbe number (?) satisfying the following mathematical formula (A): nD??0.02×?+2.040??(A) (where 1.660<nD).

Abstract: Provided is a water-based epoxy resin composition and a cured product thereof, the water-based epoxy resin composition obtained by blending a water-based epoxy resin (A) and a curing agent composition (B) containing a reaction product (b1) of epichlorohydrin and an amine compound represented by the following formula (1), the water-based epoxy resin composition having a content ratio of the component (A) and the component (B) defined as [number of epoxy groups in component (A)/number of active amine hydrogens in component (B)] of 1/1.1 to 1/0.3: H2N—CH2—A—CH2—NH2 ??(1) wherein A is a 1,2-phenylene group, a 1,3-phenylene group, or a 1,4-phenylene group.

Abstract: Amorphous silica-titania composite oxide powder is powder untreated with a surface treatment agent and consisting of amorphous silica-titania composite oxide particles, wherein: a refractive index at a measurement wavelength of 589 nm is not less than 1.46; a volume-based cumulative 50% diameter is 0.1 ?m to 2.0 ?m; and a content of particles having a particle size of not less than 5.0 ?m is not more than 10 ppm, and wherein, in a case where the powder is dried in an atmospheric air at 110° C. for 12 hours, and powder thus dried is stored for 24 hours at a temperature of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 85% so as to absorb moisture, a water absorption rate is not more than 0.8% by mass as calculated from a mass X before moisture absorption and a mass Y after the moisture absorption in accordance with the formula: (Y?X)/X×100.

Abstract: A hardenable (e.g. dental) compositions is described comprising an encapsulated material. The encapsulated material comprises a basic core material and an inorganic shell material having certain viscosity criteria. Also described are dispensing devices and kits are described comprising a hardenable (e.g. dental) composition comprising a liquid material and an encapsulated material wherein the encapsulated material comprises a basic core material and an inorganic shell material comprising a metal oxide surrounding the core. The dispensing devices and kits can facilitate the methods of applying the hardenable composition. The hardenable or hardened (e.g. cured) composition can provide various technical effects such as a delayed release of a basic core material, a delayed increase in basicity, promoting remineralization of a tooth or bone structure, and increasing the average alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of pulp cells. In some embodiments, the composition is a dental (e.g.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide rubber compositions and tires which provide improved overall performance in terms of wet grip performance and dry grip performance. The present invention relates to a rubber composition having a dynamic modulus E* that reversibly changes with water and satisfying the following relationship (1): Dynamic modulus E*when water-wet/Dynamic modulus E*when dry×100%?90%??(1).

Abstract: A resin particle includes a fluorescent colorant and a binder resin. The fluorescent colorant is bound to the binder resin by a chemical bond.

Abstract: An epoxy-based adhesive composition and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The adhesive composition provides excellent adhesion strength, peel strength and impact-resistant strength uniformly over a wide temperature range.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube-blended aggregate of the present invention includes the steps of: (1) providing an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer having a concentration of 0.005 to 3.0% by mass; (2) impregnating carbon nanotubes with the aqueous solution of the water-soluble polymer in a proportion of 400 to 1,000 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the carbon nanotubes to prepare a wet aggregate; (3) shear-crushing the wet aggregate to obtain an aggregate of crushed products and (4) drying the aggregate of the crushed products to obtain a carbon nanotube-blended aggregate containing the water-soluble polymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a particle showing a small non-specific adsorption, having a reactive functional group for chemically bonding a ligand thereto, and being suitable for an agglutination method; a particle for the agglutination method having a ligand chemically bonded to the particle; a reagent, a kit and a method for detecting a target substance, each for in vitro diagnosis, each of which contains the particle. The particle includes a polymer having a unit having a linker A in a side chain, wherein when both terminals of the linker A are represented by X1 and X2, the linker A has a reactive functional group for chemically bonding a ligand thereto in one of X1 and X2; one of X1 and X2 includes an ester structure; and a sum of bonds between atoms linearly connecting X1 and X2 is 18 to 24 and the X1 and X2 contain CH2 or CH.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tie resin formulation for use as a tie layer in a multilayer structure. The resin includes a first polyolefin grafted with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, an ethylenically unsaturated acid derivative or a combination thereof, and having a density of 0.857 to 0.885 g/cm3, and 0.001 to 0.20 weight percent (wt. %) of a catalyst comprising at least one Lewis acid, where the resin includes the catalyst and up to 99.999 wt. % of the first polyolefin, where the wt. % is based on a total weight of the resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures of specific styrene derivatives and their use in the production of an elastomeric copolymer. The styrene derivatives are of the following formula.

Abstract: A reinforced polyolefin composite is provided. The reinforced polyolefin composite comprises a polyolefin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, a rigid fibre micro filler such as glass fiber, carbon or cellulosic fibers, and at least one nano filler such as clay. The reinforced polyolefin composite may also comprise a modified polyolefin, which has a polar functional group such as maleate monoester, an acid anhydride or an acrylate grafted thereon. The clay nano filler may also be modified with an organosilane. The reinforced polyolefin composite may also comprise a stabilizer or other additives. A method of producing the reinforced polyolefin composite is also provided, comprising mixing a polyolefin, a rigid micro filler and at least one nano filler to form a mixture, melting the mixture and kneading the melted mixture. The obtained reinforced polyolefin composite is used in transportation, infrastructure, consumer goods and construction.

Abstract: A condensation cure organosiloxane composition is disclosed. The composition may be used as an electrically insulating sealant and/or adhesive. The composition is a silicone elastomer composition comprising: (a) a polydiorganosiloxane having at least two —OH or hydrolysable groups per molecule; (b) a cross-linker which will cross-link polydiorganosiloxane (a); (c) a filler component comprising (i) a maximum of 25% by weight of the composition of calcium carbonate and/or silica, and (ii) an amount of one or more fibrous fillers selected from mineral fibers, bulk fibers, refractory fibers, basalt fibers, or mixtures thereof; (d) a condensation curing catalyst; and optionally (e) one or more additives. Upon cure, the composition provides a silicone elastomer having a volume resistivity which is ?2×1015 ?·cm.

Abstract: A resin composition for casting, containing a curable component and expandable graphite. A molded body including an element and a sealing portion that seals the element, in which the sealing portion contains the resin composition or a cured product thereof.

Abstract: A biodegradable polymeric composition for food contact applications is disclosed. This polymeric composition includes at least (1) from about 5 weight percent to about 95 weight percent poly(hydroxyalkanoates); (2) from about 5 weight percent to about 95 weight percent of at least one biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(butylene succinate), poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate), poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate, poly(caprolactone), poly(lactic acid), cellulose esters (such as cellulose acetate) thermoplastic starch, and mixtures thereof; and (3) from about 0.1 weight percent to about 5 weight percent of a nucleating agent.