Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polyamide, a polyamide material obtainable by the said process, a nylon salt to be used therein, and a process for making the nylon salt. The process for preparing the polyamide is a direct solid state polymerization process. The salt used herein is a granulate material, prepared by a process, comprising spraying an aqueous solution comprising a diamine and a dicarboxylic acid dissolved in an aqueous medium, or an aqueous slurry comprising a diammonium dicarboxylate salt dispersed in an aqueous medium directly obtained from such an aqueous solution, onto or in a fluidized bed of diammonium dicarboxylate salt particles, while evaporating the aqueous medium, thereby forming a granulate salt material.

Abstract: To provide a coating fluid for a gate insulating film, which can be baked at a low temperature of at most 180C; a gate insulating film having excellent solvent resistance and further having good characteristics in e.g. specific resistance or semiconductor mobility; and an organic transistor employing the gate insulating film. A coating fluid for a gate insulating film, which comprises a polyimide obtainable by cyclodehydration of a polyamic acid having repeating units of a specific structure, a gate insulating film employing the coating fluid, and the organic transistor employing the gate insulating film.

Abstract: Controlled biodegradable smart responsive scaffold (SRS) materials enhance attachment and viability of cells, i.e. actively guiding their expansion, proliferation and in some cases differentiation, while increasing their biomechanical functionality is an important key issue for tissue regeneration. Chemically build-in functionality in these biodegradable SRS materials is achieved by varying structural functionalization with biocompatible liquid crystal motifs and general polymer composition allowing for regulation and alteration of tensile strength, surface ordering, bioadhesion and biodegradability, bulk liquid crystal phase behavior, porosity, and cell response to external stimuli. Liquid crystal modification of such polymeric scaffolds is an ideal tool to induce macroscopic ordering events through external stimuli.

Abstract: A layered structure having a first layer including a polymerization product of a monomer combination including a first monomer having at least two thiol groups at its terminal end and a second monomer having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bond-containing groups at its terminal end, wherein the first monomer includes a first thiol compound represented by Chemical Formula 1-1 including a thioglycolate moiety and a second thiol represented by Chemical Formula 1-2, and wherein the second monomer includes an ene compound represented by Chemical Formula 2: wherein in Chemical Formulae 1-1, 1-2, and 2, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.

Abstract: Provided is an end modified polyamide resin containing 1 to 20% by mass of an end structure represented by the following general formula (I) and 0.1 to 5% by mass of an end structure represented by the following general formula (II): —X—(R1—O)m—R2??(I) wherein m represents 2 to 100; R1 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; —X— represents —NH—, —N(CH3)— or —(C?O)—; and m R1s in the general formula (I) may be the same or different, and —Y—R3??(II) wherein R3 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and —Y— in the general formula (II) represents —(C?O)— when X in the general formula (I) is —NH— or —N(CH3)—, Y in the general formula (II) represents —NH— or —N(CH3)— when X in the general formula (I) is —(C?O)—.

Abstract: A painted article includes a primer layer between a substrate and a paint layer, of which the substrate is the product of a substrate forming composition including an olefin block copolymer and a polypropylene polymer having a density from 0.89 g/cm3 and 0.92 g/cm3. The substrate is free of (1) phthalate-based plasticizer, (2) halogen-containing polymer, and (3) leachable, small polymeric units derived from styrene monomer.

Abstract: A semi-crystalline polyamide including at least one monomer resulting from the condensation of a diacid and of a diamine of formula AP.Y, the semi-crystalline polyamide having the following general formula (I): AP.Y/(A)m/(Pip.Y?)n/(B.Y?)q and the semi-crystalline polyamide having an Mp1 less than or equal to approximately 150° C., in particular less than or equal to approximately 130° C., in particular less than or equal to approximately 120° C. and/or a Tg less than or equal to approximately 60° C., in particular less than or equal to approximately 50° C., in particular less than or equal to approximately 40° C., as determined respectively by DSC according to standard ISO 11357-3 (2013) and ISO 11357-2 (2013).

Abstract: A preparation method of a superabsorbent polymer, and a superabsorbent polymer prepared thereby are provided. The preparation method of the superabsorbent polymer according to the present disclosure prevents polymer particles from being broken or the surface thereof from being damaged during preparation and handling of the superabsorbent polymer, thereby providing a superabsorbent polymer having excellent absorption properties and permeability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide having excellent heat resistance, water resistance, and impact resistance. The present invention relates to a polyamide including: structural units derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid; and structural units derived from an aliphatic diamine. This polyamide contains 0.40 to 0.70 mol % in total of hydroxyl groups and ester groups with respect to 100 mol % of structural units derived from dicarboxylic acids.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting oligomers or polymers containing alkylated dithieno[2,3-d:2?,3?-d?]-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b?]dithiophene units, methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the oligomers, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these oligomers, polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.

Abstract: This invention relates to a highly heat-resistant polyamic acid solution and a polyimide film having improved thermal dimensional stability, wherein the polyamic acid solution includes a polymer of a diamine compound, containing 1 to 10 mol % of a carboxylic acid functional group-containing diamine compound based on the total amount of diamine, and a dianhydride compound, and the polyimide film includes polyimide, which is an imidized product of the polyamic acid solution and is configured such that main chains thereof are crosslinked through an amide bond (—CONH—).

Abstract: A photo alignment including a copolymer of a diamine and a dianhydride, wherein the copolymer includes a repeating unit including a first group derived from the diamine and a second group derived from the dianhydride, and wherein any one of the first group and the second group includes a photoreactive group and the other one of the first group and the second group includes at least one selected from a tert-butyl group, a tert-butoxy group, a tert-butyloxycarbonyl group, and a di-tert-butyloxycarbonyl group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultra-thin black polyimide film and a method for preparing the same. The ultra-thin black polyimide film according to the present invention has a thickness of 8 ?m or less, and has not only an excellent gloss and a low light transmittance in the range of visible light, but also an excellent dimensional stability so as to be effectively used in products such as slim devices, coverlays, insulating films, or semiconductor devices, which need to have a good mechanical or thermal properties.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a foamable resin composition for a foam sheet including polylactic acid resin particles, each of the particles having a particle size of about 1 ?m to about 100 ?m. A process for preparing a particulate polylactic acid resin includes: introducing a polylactic acid resin and then forming a molten polylactic acid spray solution; and injecting the molten polylactic acid spray solution by a melt spray method and simultaneously cooling the molten polylactic acid spray solution to obtain a particulate polylactic acid. In addition, disclosed herein is a process for preparing a foam sheet using the foamable resin composition for a foam sheet including a polylactic acid resin.

Abstract: A method of producing lactic acid includes subjecting a lactic acid-containing solution to distillation to collect lactic acid from the vapor side (Step A); subjecting the lactic acid obtained in Step A to crystallization (Step B); subjecting the lactic acid slurry obtained in Step B to solid-liquid separation into lactic acid crystals and a mother liquor (Step C); and circulating the mother liquor obtained in Step C to Step B (Step D).

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to aziridinated triglycerides and polymers formed therefrom. In various embodiments, the present invention provides an aziridinated triglyceride having the structure described herein. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of making the aziridinated triglyceride, a method of crosslinking the aziridinated triglyceride to form a polymer, the polymer formed from the aziridinated triglyceride, a triglyceride with at least one pendent unsaturated group that can be used to form the aziridinated triglyceride, and a method of making the triglyceride having at least one pendent unsaturated group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing nylon salt, which comprises mixing 1,5-pentanediamine, water and dicarboxylic acid at a temperature of 65 to 120° C. to obtain a nylon salt, wherein the amount of the water is 2% to 12% by weight based on the total weight of the 1,5-pentanediamine and the dicarboxylic acid. The present invention also provides a nylon salt. According to the present method for preparing nylon salt, the incomplete reaction between the 1,5-pentanediamine and the dicarboxylic acid, which is caused by the nylon salt present during the preparation in a solid state, can be avoided; the reaction between the 1,5-pentanediamine and the dicarboxylic acid can be significantly speeded up, and the reaction time is accordingly shorten. Consequently, the content of diamine and dicarboxylic acid remained in the resulting nylon salt is very low. In addition, the final nylon salt product, which present in a solid state, makes it easier to be stored and transported.

Abstract: The process for synthesizing a poly(amic acid) polymer or a polyimide polymer is improved by using a solvent system consisting essentially of: (A) a first component consisting essentially of N,N-dimethyl propionamide (DMPA), and (B) optionally, a second component consisting essentially of at least one of a sulfoxide, e.g., DMSO, an alkyl phosphate, e.g., triethyl phosphate, and an aprotic glycol ether, e.g., propylene glycol methyl ether acetate.

Abstract: A flame retardant resin composition including a base resin including 18 to 85% by mass of a high density polyethylene, 9 to 69% by mass of a low density polyethylene, and 3 to 25% by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin compound, and 25 parts by mass to 110 parts by mass of calcium carbonate particles, more than 1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass of a silicone-based compound, and 2 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass of a fatty acid-containing compound, each on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the base resin.

Abstract: The present invention is a polyamide resin (A) that contains from 95 to 99.95% by mass of a polyamide (a-1) having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 or more and from 0.05 to 5% by mass of a polyamide oligomer (a-2) having a number-average molecular weight of from 500 to less than 2000, in which at least 25 mol % of all the monomer units constituting the polyamide (a-1) and the polyamide oligomer (a-2) are structural units derived from a specific alicyclic monomer, and the content ratio of the trans isomer structural units derived from the alicyclic monomer is from 50 to 85 mol %. The polyamide resin (A) is excellent in heat resistance, low water absorption, high-temperature rigidity, chemical resistance and flowability, and exhibits the effects of securing sufficient crystallization even when molded in a mold at 80° C. and causing minimal mold deposit during production.