Abstract: Polymerization process control methods for making polyethylene are provided. The process control methods include performing a polymerization reaction in a polymerization reactor to produce the polyethylene, where ethylene, and optionally one or more comonomers, in the polymerization reaction is catalyzed by an electron donor-free Ziegler-Natta catalyst and an alkyl aluminum co-catalyst. A melt flow ratio (I21/I2) of the polyethylene removed from the polymerization reactor is measured and an amount of long chain branching (LCB) of the polyethylene from the polymerization reactor is controlled by adjusting a weight concentration of the alkyl aluminum co-catalyst present in the polymerization reactor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions containing boron bridged, bis-indenyl metallocene compounds with an alkenyl substituent. These catalyst compositions can be used for the polymerization of olefins. For example, ethylene copolymers produced using these catalyst compositions can be characterized by a density less than 0.92 g/cm3 and a melt index greater than 25 g/10 min.

Abstract: The provided is an olefin (co)polymerization catalyst with an excellent catalyst activity, wherein the catalyst component is prepared by using a metallocene compound and titanocene compound or a half-titanocene compound so as to provide polyolefins having a high molecular weight and a low melt index, and also a method for olefin (co)polymerization using said catalyst.

Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a vinylidene fluoride copolymer. Same is acquired via a polymerization reaction taking place at conditions of 30-100° C. and 2-7 MPa with vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoroethylene, and perfluorinated dioxole or C1-4 alkoxy-substituted perfluorinated dioxole as raw materials, with an initiator added into an emulsion consisting of water, fluorinated emulsifier, a chain transfer agent, a pH regulator, and an antifouling agent, and then via steps of separation, purification, refinement, condensation, washing, drying, and granulation, where the molar ratio of vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoroethylene, and perfluorinated dioxole or C1-4 alkoxy-substituted perfluorinated dioxole is 13-17:2-4:1-3.

Abstract: The vinylidene fluoride copolymer of the present invention is a polymer obtained by copolymerizing at least one type of fluorine-based monomer selected from hexafluoropropylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene, vinylidene fluoride, and a compound represented by formula (1) (wherein X is an atomic group having a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group and having a molecular weight of not greater than 517 with a main chain having from 1 to 19 atoms) and is obtained by adding the compound represented by formula (1) to the fluorine-based monomer and vinylidene fluoride in divided portions or continuously during copolymerization. The gel electrolyte of the present invention contains the vinylidene fluoride copolymer and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, and the gel electrolyte has an excellent balance of ionic conductivity and gel strength.

Abstract: A nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber containing ?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in 10 to 60 wt % and having a weight average radius of gyration of 10 to 100 nm in range is provided. According to the present invention, a nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber excellent in processability and able to give cross-linked rubber excellent in normal physical properties can be provided.

Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable resin composition with which it is possible to form a cured film, having outstanding scratch resistance, hardness, and weather resistance, on the surface of a molded resin article for an automobile headlamp lens. The active energy ray-curable resin composition is used to form a cured film on the surface of a molded resin article for an automobile headlamp lens and comprises (A) 10-70% by mass of a mono- or poly-pentaerythritol poly(meth)acrylate compound having a specific structure, (B) 10-50% by mass of a urethane(meth)acrylate compound having at least two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, at least one amido group, and at least two urethane bonds, and (C) 20-80% by mass of a poly[(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl]isocyanurate compound having a specific structure.

Abstract: Dimethoxyphenol-based monomers containing polymerizable functional groups such as [meth]acrylate groups are useful for the preparation of polymers, wherein one or more dimethoxyphenyl moieties are part of side chains pendant to the backbones of the polymers. The polymers thereby obtained may have different, improved properties, such as higher glass transition temperatures, thermal stability and solvent resistance, as compared to polymers based on other types of lignin-derived monomers.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention includes polyisocyanate (a) including aliphatic polyisocyanate (a1) and a modified aliphatic polyisocyanate (a2), an episulfide (b), and a polythiol (c).

Abstract: A process for producing an episulfide compound for an optical material of the present invention includes a step of chlorinating glycerin to obtain dichloropropanol; a step of epoxidizing the dichloropropanol to obtain epichlorohydrin; a step of reacting the epichlorohydrin with a sulfating agent to obtain a bis(chlorohydrin) (di)sulfide compound thought a thiol compound; a step of epoxidizing the bis(chlorohydrin) (di)sulfide compound under basic conditions to obtain an epoxy compound; and a step of reacting the epoxy compound with a sulfating agent to obtain an episulfide compound represented by following General Formula (1): wherein, in the formula, n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: Embodiments include oxazolidone ring containing adducts obtainable by combining an aliphatic epoxy compound, an aromatic epoxy compound, and a diisocyanate. Embodiments further include a curable powder coating composition including a resin component and a hardener component, where the resin component includes the oxazolidone ring containing adduct.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer used for a manufacturing process of a semiconductor and a display, a resist underlayer film composition containing the polymer for a manufacturing process of a semiconductor and a display, and a method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the composition, and more specifically, the polymer of the present disclosure simultaneously has optimized etching selectivity, planarization characteristic, and excellent thermal resistance, such that the resist underlayer film composition containing the polymer is usable as a hard mask for a multilayer semiconductor lithography process.

Abstract: A polyester, including ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylateunits, also includes diethylene glycol residues, the content of which is less than 0.045, in moles per mole of 2,5-furandicarboxylate moieties. The polyester composition can be prepared with a method where a starting mixture is subjected to esterification of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid or transesterification of an ester thereof with ethylene glycol in the presence of a basic compound and/or an ammonium compound capable of suppressing the formation of diethylene glycol.

Abstract: The molecular weight of a semi-crystalline starting polyester comprising ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate units is enhanced by heating the semi-crystalline starting polyester, having a melting point Tm, at a temperature in the range of (Tm-40° C.) to Tm to obtain a solid stated polyester, where the semi-crystalline starting polyester has an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.45 dL/g, and an amount of carboxylic acid end groups in the range of 15 to 122 meq/kg.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin, including, as a dihydric phenol serving as a raw material, a bisphenol A having an isopropenylphenol concentration of 150 ppm by mass or less within 1 hour after granulation and under an ambient temperature condition of from 10° C. to 50° C.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polycarbonate fibers and fibrous substrates, such as papers, containing such fibers. The polycarbonate fibers are produced from a polymeric composition comprising a cross-linkable polycarbonate containing endgroups derived from a monofunctional benzophenone or containing repeating units derived from a difunctional benzophenone. The polycarbonate fibers can be combined with other fibers to form the fibrous substrate. Upon exposure to ultraviolet light, crosslinking of the polycarbonate fibers will occur, improving various properties of the fibrous substrate.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a melt polymerization process comprises melt polymerizing a carbonate compound and dihydroxy compound in the presence of a catalyst composition to form a polymerized polycarbonate, wherein the catalyst composition comprises an alkali catalyst and/or a quaternary catalyst; after a final polymerization, adding a chain scission agent to the polymerized polycarbonate to reduce a molecular weight of the polymerized polycarbonate to form a modified polycarbonate having a molecular weight that is less than the molecular weight of the polymerized polycarbonate.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer used for a manufacturing process of a semiconductor and a display, a resist underlayer film composition containing the polymer for a manufacturing process of a semiconductor and a display, and a method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the composition, and more specifically, the polymer of the present disclosure simultaneously has optimized etching selectivity and planarization characteristics, such that the resist underlayer film composition containing the polymer is usable as a hard mask for a multilayer semiconductor lithography process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide and a process for the preparation thereof, and to compositions containing it. It relates more particularly to a polyamide obtained by polymerization of diacid and diamine monomers in the presence of multifunctional and monofunctional compounds capable of forming an amide function by reaction with either an aminated function or an acid function. This polyamide can in particular be used for the preparation of compositions intended, for example, to be moulded.

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: A zwitterionic monomer and corresponding cyclopolymerized polyzwitterion (±) (PZ) (i.e. poly(Z-alt-SO2). Phosophonate ester hydroloysis in PZ gave a pH-responsive polyzwitterionic acid (±) (PZA). The PZA under pH-induced transformation was converted into polyzwitterion/anion (±?) (PZAN) and polyzwitterion/dianion (±=) (PZDAN).

Abstract: This invention provides a method for preparing a polycarbosilane by decomposition and rearrangement a cyclic silane compound or chain polysilane under the catalysis of a boron-containing catalyst in a trace amount (less than 1 wt %). In the method, poly(dimethylsilane) (denoted as PDMS) or a thermal decomposition product thereof, i.e., a liquid silane-carbosilane compound (denoted as LPS), is used as the raw material, less than 1 wt % of the boron-containing catalyst (with respect to the amount of the raw material) is added, and then the temperature is gradually increased to the reaction temperature under atmospheric pressure or high pressure to perform the thermal decomposition/rearrangement reaction so as to obtain solid polycarbosilane (PCS) with a higher ceramic yield.

Abstract: A nanoporous film formed from a series of vinyl addition block polymers derived from functionalized norbornene monomers are disclosed and claimed. The nanoporous films as disclosed herein are useful as pervaporation membranes and antireflective coatings among various other uses. Also disclosed herein are the fabrication of nanoporous films into pervaporation membranes which exhibit unique separation properties, and their use in the separation of organic volatiles from biomass and/or organic waste, including butanol, phenol, and the like. The fabrication of nanoporous films into antireflective coatings are also disclosed.

Abstract: Concentrates containing specific functionalised diblock copolymers serve as effective additives for improving the cold flow behaviour of fuels and oils, the copolymers being derived from a terminally-unsaturated intermediate polymer obtained via a metallocene process involving hydrogen.

Abstract: A method of extracting lignin from an aqueous composition by either treating the composition with a solvent and heat, or by acidifying the composition in order to induce phase separation.

Abstract: A colored resin particle dispersion and an inkjet ink are provided which preferably exhibit excellent rub fastness and alcohol resistance, and yield printed items having high image density. Specifically, a colored resin particle dispersion includes colored resin particles, a basic dispersant and a non-aqueous solvent. The colored resin particles include a colorant, a thermoplastic solid resin and a liquid organic compound having an acidic group, and the thermoplastic solid resin has a polar parameter ?p and a hydrogen bonding parameter ?h from the Hansen solubility parameters that satisfy ?p=2.5 to 11.0 and ?h=5.0 to 12.0 respectively is provided.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to melt-stabilized materials including ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), methods of making the same, and medical implants including the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of melt-stabilizing a material including UHMWPE. The method includes obtaining or providing a solid material including UHMWPE including a first concentration of free-radicals. The method includes coating at least part of the solid material with a liquid composition including at least one antioxidant, to provide a coated solid material. The method includes heating the coated solid material in an environment including oxygen, the heating being sufficient to melt at least part of the UHMWPE, to provide a heated material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing a masterbatch, comprising the following steps a1) providing one or more siloxane compounds, terminated with at least one or with two or more amino-, hydroxy-, carboxy-, carboxylate-, carboxylic acid ester or carboxylic acid anhydride groups with the general formula (component A1): a2) providing one or more at least bifunctional compounds (component A2), which comprises two or more, groups that can be linked to X and Y; a3) providing one or more dyes (component A3) and/or a4) providing one or more functional additives (component A4); b) mixing the components according to a1), a2) and a3) or according to a1), a2) and a4), or according to a1), a2), a3) and a4); c) polymer formation of the mixture according to b), and d) melting and/or retaining the molten liquid state of the polymerisate formed in step c) in the extruder or in the discontinuous internal mixer, and e) transferring the polymerisate in according to step d) into a solid aggregate s

Abstract: The invention relates to a vulcanizable polymer composition comprising a) an polymer having an iodine value of lower than 400 g/100 g polymer, whereby the polymer is an elastomeric polymer that is a copolymer of ethylene, one or more C3 to C23 ?-olefins and a polyene monomer, preferably a copolymer of ethylene, propylene and a polyene monomer are b) an organic peroxide having aromatic groups and c) a zeolite having a pore size of 3 to 6 ?.

Abstract: A cross-linked rubber is excellent in both fuel oil resistance and cold resistance. A cross-linkable rubber composition contains: a nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber [A] including less than 30 wt % ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units (a1), conjugated diene monomer units (b1), and ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer units (d1), wherein at least part of the conjugated diene monomer units (b1) is hydrogenated; a nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber [B] including not less than 30 wt % ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units (a2) and conjugated diene monomer units (b2), wherein at least part of the conjugated diene monomer units (b2) may be hydrogenated; and an amine-based cross-linking agent.

Abstract: Provided are a preparation method of a superabsorbent polymer, and a superabsorbent polymer prepared thereby. The preparation method of the superabsorbent polymer according to the present disclosure enables preparation of the superabsorbent polymer which is excellent in absorption properties such as centrifuge retention capacity and absorbency under pressure, and also has improved permeability. In addition, the preparation method exhibits excellent operability during the preparation (in particular, surface crosslinking of the polymer) and excellent productivity due to low production of coarse particles and fine particles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced resin composite as a fiber-reinforced resin composite (E) including a fiber-reinforced resin (C), which contains a reinforcing fiber (A) and a matrix resin (B), and a reinforcing material (D), in which the reinforcing material (D) contains a cellulose nanofiber (F), and the cellulose nanofiber (F) is obtained by micronizing cellulose in a fibrillated resin (G), and provides a reinforced matrix resin for the fiber-reinforced resin. The present invention also provides a fiber-reinforced resin composite in which the cellulose nanofiber (F) is a modified cellulose nanofiber (F1) that is obtained by micronizing cellulose in the fibrillated resin (G) and then reacting the cellulose with a cyclic polybasic acid anhydride (J).

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass having all of high rigidity, handleability, adhesiveness to glass, and high transparency. The present invention also relates to a laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass including: a polyvinyl acetal resin; a metal atom; and a plasticizer, the interlayer film for laminated glass having a ratio (B/A) between a work of rupture A at 23° C. and a work of rupture B at 40° C. of 0.55 or higher, the work of rupture A and the work of rupture B being obtained by measurement of tear strength in conformity with JIS K-7128-3.

Abstract: Films suitable for shrink film applications are disclosed comprising at least one heterogeneous ethylene interpolymer having a short chain branching distribution profile index, DPISCB, that satisfies the formula: ?1?DPISCB?1. The at least one heterogeneous ethylene interpolymer has a density from about 0.911 g/cm3 to about 0.942 g/cm3, a melt index from about 0.2 dg/min to about 3.5 dg/min and is produced using an in-line Ziegler-Natta catalyst. Additional embodiments include shrink films prepared from blends of at least one heterogeneous ethylene interpolymer and at least one high pressure ethylene polymer. The disclosed shrink films have improved puncture strength and machine direction shrink tunnel shrink force relative to control shrink films of the same composition but the control heterogeneous ethylene interpolymer, produced with a batch Ziegler-Natta catalyst, has a DPISCB greater than 1.0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to decorative coatings for plastic substrates, the decorative coatings ideally being stable and durable coatings that are spectrally tuneable to permit the selection of a variety of appearances, and ideally providing a decorative metal finish. More particularly the present invention provides for a plastic substrate having a decorative coating including a spectrally controlling system and a stress controlling system. The spectrally controlling system includes alternating absorbing layers and transparent layers, and the stress controlling system controls the overall residual stress of the decorative coating to within a desired range. Further provided are methods for applying to a plastic substrate a decorative coating having a spectrally controlling system and a stress controlling system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a material for thermal and/or acoustic insulation which consists of at least 300 phr, preferably at least 400 phr, but less than 1200 phr, preferably less than 1000 phr, especially preferred less than 800 phr ingredients in total, comprising 100 phr of at least one polymer, of which at least 60 phr, preferably at least 70 phr, especially preferred at least 80 phr is chlorinated polyethylene (CPE), the process of manufacturing such material, wherein the polymeric material is expanded by decomposition of a chemical blowing agent.

Abstract: Compositions of nanoparticles are stabilized by capping agents which are composed of methacrylic acid and n-butylmethacrylate random copolymers having hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties and low molecular weight.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an organic polymerizable composition for producing a molded polymeric article. The composition includes a mold release agent of ionic fluoride and/or ionic fluoride precursor present in an amount sufficient to effect at least partial demolding of the polymeric article from a mold. Molded articles also are provided.

Abstract: A polylactic acid composition of a dispersion structure using, as a matrix, a lowly crystalline or amorphous polylactic acid having a crystallinity of not more than 40%, the matrix containing, as a pulverization promotor dispersed therein, an organically modified polysaccharide or a lamellar silicate that is swollen or that is treated to be swollen. The polylactic acid composition has excellent hydrolysable capability and property of being mechanically pulverized.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for preparing a precipitated silica, in which: a silicate is reacted with an acidifying agent, so as to obtain a suspension of precipitated silica, said suspension of precipitated silica is filtered, so as to obtain a filter cake, said filter cake is subjected to a liquefaction operation, after the liquefaction operation, a drying step is performed, characterized in that at least one polycarboxylic acid is added to the filter cake, during or after the liquefaction operation. The invention also relates to novel precipitated silicas and to uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a water-absorbing resin crosslinking agent which is excellent in safety and which can effectively crosslink a water-absorbing resin at low temperatures to produce a water-absorbing agent having a high water absorption capacity. The present invention also aims to provide a water-absorbing agent produced by crosslinking a water-absorbing resin with the water-absorbing resin crosslinking agent, and a method for producing the water-absorbing agent. The present invention may include a water-absorbing resin crosslinking agent containing a halohydrin compound having one halohydrin group represented by the following formula (1) in its molecule: wherein A represents a single bond or an alkylene group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and X represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous solution of a hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide urethane polymer (HEUR), a bismuth salt, and at least one sediment abating compound selected from the group consisting of citric acid or a salt thereof, gluconic acid or a salt thereof, and a salt of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid. The composition with the specific sediment abating compounds shows excellent abatement in sediment and color formation in heat age testing of the solution.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plasticizer for vinyl chloride-based resin superior in cold resistance and volatility resistance, and desirable in flexibility, fogging resistance, heat discoloration resistance, and weather resistance, and to also provide a vinyl chloride-based resin composition comprising the plasticizer. An ester obtained by reacting a specific carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof with a C9 saturated aliphatic alcohol at a specific proportion is superior in cold resistance and volatility resistance, and desirable in flexibility, fogging resistance, heat discoloration resistance, and weather resistance. Therefore, if becomes possible to obtain a vinyl chloride-based resin composition applicable to automobile parts, medical materials, or the like, as well as a molded article of the vinyl chloride-based resin composition.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a composition comprising asphalt and an amino acid metal chelate.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition for tires which can prevent discoloration and improve ozone resistance while maintaining or improving good elongation at break, and further can be produced with high efficiency. Also provided are a pneumatic tire formed from the same, and a method for producing the same. Included is a rubber composition for tires, including: a rubber component; a phenylenediamine antioxidant; and a masterbatch, the masterbatch containing a specific nonionic surfactant and a silica having a BET value of 40-250 m2/g at a mass ratio of 1:5 to 1:0.15, the rubber component containing a diene rubber in an amount of 70-100% by mass per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition including, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 1.0-10.0 parts by mass of the phenylenediamine antioxidant and 0.1-5.0 parts by mass of the nonionic surfactant introduced in the form of the masterbatch.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided which is excellent in adhesion rate on non-polar hard-to-bond materials and bond gap curability, and further is good in storage stability. It is a 2-cyanoacrylate-based adhesive composition which includes (a) a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester and (b) an onium salt represented by the following general formula (1): nC+A?n-X??(1) wherein, in formula (1), C+ represents an onium cation, A? represents at least one anion selected from the group consisting of —SO3?, —OSO3? and a specific imide anion, X represents a linking group which connects at least two anions together, and n is an integer of 2 or more.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided which exhibits an excellent adhesion rate on metals and low-polarity thermoplastic elastomers, and is excellent in appearance with no clouding of hardened bodies and is good in storage stability. It is a 2-cyanoacrylate-based adhesive composition which includes (a) a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester and (b) an onium salt represented by the general formula: C+A?(1) where, in formula (1), C+ represents an onium cation, and A? represents a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide anion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrostatic dissipative thermoplastic polyurethane composition made by reacting (a) at least one polyester polyol intermediate with (b) at least one diisocyanate and (c) at least one chain extender. The polyester polyol intermediate, may be derived from at least one dialkylene glycol and at least one dicarboxylic acid, or an ester or anhydride thereof. The invention further provides for methods of making said thermoplastic polyurethane composition, polymer blends containing said thermoplastic and polymer articles made from said thermoplastic.

Abstract: A processing stabilizer comprising a compound represented by formula (I), and a compound represented by formula (II), wherein the content of the compound represented by formula (II) is 0.005 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the compound represented by formula (I). [R1, R2, R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkylcycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group or a phenyl group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; X represents a single bond, a sulfur atom or a >CH—R6 group; A represents an alkylene group or a *—C(?O)—R7— group; one of Y and Z represents a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group or an aralkyloxy group, and the other represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A compound capable of increasing the scratch resistance of, for instance, a hard-coat agent and a resin composition for a coating agent containing the compound are shown. The silicon compound of the present application is a silicon compound (a) represented by formula (I), R1 is a C3 or C4 alkylene group, X is a group selected from the group consisting of formula (II) to formula (III) of the specification, n is an integer of 0 or 1, Y is a group having a (meth)acrylate group selected from the group consisting of formula (IV) to formula (VI) of the specification, and R2 is hydrogen or a methyl group. If the silicon compound (a) and a cured resin are used together, then scratch resistance thought to be obtained from stress relief can be significantly increased.