Abstract: An organoelectroluminescent element which can satisfy both a high external quantum efficiency and high power efficiency at the same time, which has on a substrate an anode, a first intermediate organic layer composed of at least one organic layer, a light-emitting layer, a second intermediate organic layer composed of at least one organic layer, and a cathode in this order, and in which light is extracted from the aforementioned anode side, wherein the aforementioned light-emitting layer contains a light-emitting material that is oriented in the horizontal direction with the substrate, the order parameter of the aforementioned light-emitting material in the aforementioned light-emitting layer is at least 0.7, and the relationship between the thickness T1 (nm) of the aforementioned first intermediate organic layer and the thickness T2 (nm) of the aforementioned second intermediate organic layer is such that 1.1<T1/T2<4.0 and also such that 20 nm<T2<80 nm.

Abstract: A molded foam that can be easily taken out of split mold blocks is provided. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a molded foam is obtained by clamping, with split mold blocks, foamed resin obtained by melting and kneading a polyethylene-based resin, wherein the molded foam has a MFR (190° C., g/10 min) of less than 0.8, or the polyethylene-based resin has a MFR (190° C., g/10 min) of not more than 1.0.

Abstract: A superabsorbent polymer according to the present invention has excellent initial absorption properties, and thus it may be used in sanitary materials such as diapers, etc., thereby exhibiting excellent performances.

Abstract: A cured product that is reduced in warping and has high hardness can be obtained from an active energy ray-curable resin composition which uses a methacrylic acid ester polymer that has an acid value of 50 mg KOH/g or less and a transition metal content of 1 ppm or less, while containing 80% by mole or more of a polymer that has a double bond-terminated structure represented by formula (1). (In formula (1), R represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group.

Abstract: Process for cleaning soiled metal surfaces characterized in such cleaning is carried out using a composition that comprises at least one alkoxylated polyethylenimine (B) with a polydispersity Q=Mw/Mn of at least 3.5 and an average molecular weight Mw in the range of from 2,500 to 1,500,000 g/mol.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes an emission layer, and the emission layer includes at least one light-emitting material represented by one of Formulas 1 and 2. The organic layer further includes at least one hole-transporting material represented by one of Formulas 2(1) and 2(2).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to antistatic elastomeric articles and methods of making the same. The articles can be single layered or multilayered. The single layered articles possess desirable antistatic properties and desirable properties of comfort and feel. The multilayered articles have an outermost layer/surface that possesses desirable antistatic properties and an innermost layer/surface that exhibits desirable properties of comfort and feel. In preferred embodiments, the elastomeric articles are made form a nitrile/natural rubber blend. Articles of the present invention have antistatic properties measured as having a surface resistivity below about 1014 ?/sq and a static decay time of less than about 60 seconds.

Abstract: A MOF production system and method of making are detailed for continuous and controlled synthesis of MOFs and MOF composites. The system can provide optimized yields of MOFs and MOF composites greater than or equal to 95%.

Abstract: A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer thermal insulation panel for construction (100) and manufacturing method thereof. Such panel comprises: —a main layer (1) in thermally insulating material which comprises a first surface (10) and a second surface (20); —a first backing layer (2) of the main layer connected to the main layer along the first surface (10); a second backing layer (5) of the main layer connected to the main layer along the second surface (20). At least one of such first (2) and second (5) backing layers comprises: —a reinforcement layer (3) in fibrous material, a fire-resistant (4) and thermally insulating layer, —a cladding layer (6) of the reinforcement layer (3); —a binding layer (7) positioned on a surface (8) of the fire-resistant layer (4) in such a way that the fire-resistant layer is sandwiched between the cladding layer (6) and the binding layer. The panel is characterised in that the binding layer (7) is manufactured by means of.

Abstract: The present invention provides expanded polylactic acid resin beads, in which each bead is composed of a core layer that is in an expanded state and contains a crystalline polylactic acid resin, and a coating layer that coats the core layer and contains a mixed resin of an amorphous polylactic acid resin and a crystalline polyolefin resin, wherein the content of the crystalline polyolefin resin in the coating layer is 3% by weight or more and less than 50% by weight. The expanded polylactic acid resin beads can stably produce a molded article of expanded polylactic acid resin beads excellent in fusibility of the expanded polylactic acid resin beads therein and also excellent in solvent resistance.

Abstract: A polymer suitable for use in a thin film hinge (living hinge) comprising from about 0.1 to about 5 weight % of a C4-8 comonomer and the balance ethylene, said composition having a density as determined according to ASTM D 792 from about 0.945 to about 0.965 g/cm3; a melt index as determined according to ASTM D1238 (2.16 kg/190° C.) from about 10 to about 20 g/10 min; a weight average molecular weight (Mw) from about 45,000 to about 55,000 g/mol; a polydispersity from about 2.5 to about 3.1 and when molded into a strip having a length of about 13 cm and gross thickness from about 50 to about 70 mil (about 1 to about 2 mm) and completely bent over end to end four times to create a thinned region or crease having a thickness from about 15 to about 30 mil (about 0.3 to about 0.7 mm) tested by bending and releasing the deformed thinned region of the strip through a radius of curvature from about 180 to about 190° about a rounded plate goes through not less than 500 cycles without breaking.

Abstract: A method of making an aerogel is described. The method can include obtaining a solution comprising polyamic acid and an imidazole, adding a dehydrating agent to the solution in an amount where the molar ratio of the imidazole to the dehydrating agent is 0.17:1 to 2.8:1 and reacting the solution at room temperature to 100° C. to produce a polymer matrix gel comprising a polyamic amide, and drying the polymer matrix gel to form an aerogel comprising an open-cell structured polymer matrix that includes 5 wt. % to 50 wt. % of the polyamic amide based on the total weight of the polymer aerogel.

Abstract: An aerogel comprising an open-cell structured polymer matrix that includes a polyamic amide polymer is described.

Abstract: Methods for synthesizing a polymer functionalized nanoparticle are provided. The method can include attaching a polymeric chain to a nanoparticle, wherein the polymeric chain comprises a plurality monomers, wherein the plurality of monomers comprise alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers. Polymer functionalized nanoparticles are also provided that comprise a nanoparticle defining a surface, and a polymeric chain covalently bonded to the surface of the nanoparticle, wherein the polymeric chain comprises a poly alkyl (meth)acrylate. Nanocomposites are also provided that include a plurality of these polymer functionalized nanoparticles dispersed within a polymeric matrix (e.g., a polyolefin matrix).

Abstract: A method comprising introducing a polymerization feed comprising an ?-olefin, a diluent, and a diene to a polymerization system, under polymerization conditions, whereby a polymer product is produced, wherein the diene is present at a level in the range of from about 1 ppm to about 1000 ppm based on the diluent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nontacky film-forming polymer composition (cover material), and tacky hot melt adhesives in the form of pellets which are coated with the polymer composition and producible by coextruding the hot melt adhesive and the cover material. The film-forming composition comprises 5 to 40% by weight of at least one Fischer-Tropsch wax having a melting point of >95° C. and 30 to 70% by weight of at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyolefin having a softening point of >95° C. and a melt flow index (MFI) (230° C., 2.16 kg) of ?1000 and ?300 g/10 minutes. The invention further relates to suitable uses for such hot melt adhesives, methods for their use, and products containing these adhesives.

Abstract: Provided is a gelled carbon-based composition forming an organic polymeric monolithic gel capable of forming a porous carbon monolith by pyrolysis, a use thereof and a process for preparing this composition. A composition according to the invention is based on a resin derived at least partly from polyhydroxybenzene(s) R and formaldehyde(s) F, has a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 40 mW·m?1·K?1, and includes at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte P. A process for preparing this composition comprises: a) polymerization, in an aqueous solvent, of the polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s), in the presence of at least one cationic polyelectrolyte dissolved in this solvent and of a catalyst, in order to obtain a solution based on the resin, b) gelling of the solution in order to obtain a gel, and c) drying in order to obtain the organic polymeric monolithic gel.

Abstract: Provided is a biaxially-stretched film wherein the biaxial stretching is possible in a broader temperature range and which is excellent in thickness accuracy, and an ethylene polymer composition serving as a raw material of the film. The biaxially-stretched film of the present invention is obtained from an ethylene polymer composition (E) including a specific ethylene polymer component (A) containing 20 to 100 wt % of an ethylene polymer (a) being a copolymer of ethylene and a C4-10 ?-olefin and having specific melt flow rate and density, and an ethylene polymer component (B) being another copolymer of ethylene and a C4-10 ?-olefin, wherein a weight fraction [WA] of the ethylene polymer component (A) is 0.50 or more and 0.92 or less, and a weight fraction [WE] of the ethylene polymer component (B) is 0.08 or more and 0.50 or less provided that WA and WB total 1.0.

Abstract: A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer beads by polymerizing droplets comprising at least one monomer in a gas phase surrounding the droplets, the droplets being obtained by enveloping a first monomer solution with a second monomer solution and polymerizing the second monomer solution and polymerizing to give a more highly crosslinked polymer than the first monomer solution.