Abstract: Disclosed herein are integrated processes for preparing useful materials from renewable biomass feedstocks. The materials include nanocellulose and bio-based carbon black. The processes are characterized by low energy input requirements. The nanocellulose and bio-based carbon black produced according to the disclosed processes have improved properties relative to nanocellulose and bio-based carbon black produced by more energy intensive processes.

Abstract: A high temperature heat integration method of making carbon black. A method of making carbon black is described, including reacting a carbon black forming feedstock with hydrogen gas in a plasma reactor to produce effluent gas containing carbon black and unused hydrogen, cooling the effluent gas for further processing, and recycling the unused hydrogen back into the carbon black forming process, where the unused hydrogen gas is pre-heated in a heat exchanger to a temperature up to the reaction temperature in the reactor before being recycled into the carbon black forming process. The heat exchanger for use in such process is also described.

Abstract: Described herewith is a hard-coating layer comprising a binder; and a silicon compound dispersed in the binder and including a disulfide group conncecting adjacent siloxane groups, a method of manufacturing the hard-coating layer, and a display device included the same.

Abstract: Compositions and processes are disclosed for forming hydrophobic coatings and lubricant-infused surface coatings. Coatings may be applied to various substrates without prior chemical or temperature treatment of the substrates and over large and irregular surfaces. Coatings are self-healing, anti-fouling, and have enhanced lifetimes.

Abstract: A superhydrophobic ceramic coating that is transparent and durable includes a dispersion of a multiplicity of silica nanoparticles stacked to form a topography that is rough that is infused with and conformally coated with a sol-gel glass matrix that has a fluoroalkyl silane or an alkyl silane monolayer on the surface of the coating. The silica nanoparticles do not scatter light to a large extent as they are sufficiently small and free of aggregation. The sol-gel glass is formed from a trialkoxysilane precursor and applied to the stacked silica nanoparticles to retain the rough topography of the deposited nanoparticles.

Abstract: The instant invention is a fire protectant composition comprising water, a surfactant, a water-soluble polymer, casein, and a calcium salt. The compositions can be applied to materials such as wood in advance of a fire, and after application, the compositions are capable of retaining their fire protectant capacities for days, weeks or even months. This fire protectant composition is also biodegradable and nontoxic. It is also easily removed from the combustible material by a water wash once the fire danger is passes. If burned, the composition forms a “skin” which can be peeled off or removed by some other method such as pressure water spray or mechanical brushing.

Abstract: A mixed material for vapor deposition of lithium contains lithium oxide M1 in an amount of 90% or more, sodium chloride (at least one material selected from oxides, sulfides, chlorides, and fluorides of alkali metals) M2 having a melting point lower than the melting point of lithium oxide M1, and magnesium oxide (at least one material selected from oxides and sulfides of alkaline-earth metals) M3 having a melting point higher than the melting point of lithium oxide M1.

Abstract: Shown is an actinic ray-curable offset ink composition for foodstuff and pharmaceutical packaging which maintains superior curability without using a photosensitizer, which despite contributing to better curability (high productivity) tends to suffer from significant outward migration. The ink composition also suppresses outward migration of the monomers and photopolymerization initiators, and exhibits favorable adhesion to substrates.

Abstract: An active energy ray curable composition including a polymerizable compound is provided. When a three-layer cured product of the active energy ray composition is obtained by a specific procedure, the three-layer cured product has (1) a stretchability of 1.1 or more and (2) a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or more. The stretchability is defined by a ratio L2/L1, wherein L1 represents a first length of the cured product before a tensile test and L2 represents a second length of the cured product after the tensile test. The tensile test includes stretching the cured product along with the substrate with a tensile tester at a stretching speed of 20 mm/min and a temperature of 180° C.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous writing tool for a food product packaging material, which can provide written products having high color developability and fixing properties upon writing on food product packaging materials. [Solution] An aqueous writing tool for a food product packaging material comprising an ink comprising two or more pigments and one or more dispersants, wherein at least one of the pigments being a white pigment, the total content of the pigments being 10 to 25% by mass based on the total amount of the ink, and the total content of the dispersants being 1 to 5% by mass based on the total amount of the ink.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] An aqueous writing tool for a food product packaging material, comprising an ink with which writing can be done on food product packaging materials without being repelled can be provided. [Solution] An aqueous writing tool for a food product packaging material comprising an ink comprising a pigment, wherein the ink has a contact angle with a food product packaging material of 30 to 46°.

Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a surface-treated metal powder, wherein a dissolved oxygen reduction rate is 2.0 kPa/h or more and 20.0 kPa/h or less in an environment of 25° C. and 1.0 atm.

Abstract: Reversible thermochromic and photochromic ink compositions and markers, pens or writing instruments that use them are herein disclosed.

Abstract: An ink according to an embodiment includes a functional layer forming material, wherein the ejection amount of a droplet ejected from a nozzle of an inkjet head is 9.5 ng or more and 11 ng or less, and the length of the droplet when the droplet is ejected from the nozzle at an ejection velocity of 6 m/sec or more and 9 m/sec or less is 250 ?m or less.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method of forming a metal matrix composite including introducing a plurality of nanoparticles into a flow of metal material, and mixing of at least a partial portion of the flow of metal material with at least some of the plurality of nanoparticles to form a mixture of the metal material and at least some of the nanoparticles. The method further includes forming a metal matrix composite from the mixture, where the metal matrix composite includes a bulk region and an outer surface including a plurality of hydrophobic regions dispersed within a hydrophilic surface region. Further, the plurality of hydrophobic regions is formed or derived from the plurality of nanoparticles, and the hydrophobic regions have a first diameter, and an average spacing between the hydrophobic regions is a second diameter, where the first and second diameters are about 100 nm to 400 nm.

Abstract: Water soluble films and coatings herein address the problem of water insolubility, color formation, and brittleness upon exposure to oxidizing chemicals, including strong or aggressive oxidizing chemicals. The water soluble films or coatings may include a water soluble polymer and a reactive precursor, such as an alkanolamine or an alkyl alkanolamine. The reactive precursor is water soluble and reactive with oxidizing compounds. Water soluble films or coatings herein may also include a water soluble polymer and an additive mixture including an alkanolamine or an alkyl alkanolamine. The films or coatings, upon exposure to an oxidizing chemical for 8 weeks at 40° C. and ambient humidity, may dissolve fully or achieve 90% dissolution at times of less than 10 minutes. The water soluble films and coatings may advantageously be used with oxidizing chemicals while maintaining water solubility, acceptable color, and flexibility, such as in unit dose packaging, even over extended exposure periods.

Abstract: A coated floor comprising (1) a flooring substrate, and (2) a solid SCC polymer coating which is adjacent to the substrate and which comprises a sidechain crystalline polymer (SCC polymer) which has now an onset of melting temperature, T0, of at least 27° C. and a peak melting temperature (Tp) of at most 120° C. The SCC polymer coating can be an exterior coating or can be covered by one or more exterior coatings, for example of a commercial flooring finish.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer composite including: (A) a ?-conjugated polymer, and (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit “a” shown by the following general formula (1) and having a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000. There can be provided a conductive polymer composite which has excellent filterability and film-formability by spin coating, and can form a conductive film having high transparency and excellent flatness. wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents any of a single bond, an ester group, and a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon group optionally containing an ether group, an ester group, or both; “Z” represents any of a single bond, a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, an ether group, and an ester group; and “a” is a number satisfying 0<a?1.0.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions encompassing components A and B which respectively contain a procatalyst and an activator along with one or more monomers which undergo vinyl addition polymerization when both components are mixed together to form a substantially transparent film. The monomers employed therein have a range of refractive index from 1.4 to 1.8 and thus these compositions can be tailored to form transparent films of varied refractive indices. Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful in various opto-electronic applications, including as coatings, encapsulants, fillers, leveling agents, among others.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coating composition, a method for coating of a metallic substrate as well as the use of a chain-extended aspartate prepolymer for improving the early hardness of the coating composition and in a two-component coating composition.

Abstract: A cationic-stabilized dispersion for use in fabricating an in-mold coated article including at least one of a cationic-stabilized polyurethane dispersion, a cationic-stabilized acrylic dispersion, a cationic-stabilized polyacrylamide dispersion, a cationic-stabilized polyallylamine dispersion, a cationic-stabilized polyetheramine dispersion, and a cationic-stabilized chitosan dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention is a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that is formed of a resin composition [F], and has a storage modulus at 25° C. of 1×106 to 1×108 Pa, the resin composition [F] comprising a modified hydrogenated block copolymer [E] as a main component, the modified hydrogenated block copolymer [E] being obtained by introducing an alkoxysilyl group into a hydrogenated block copolymer [D], the hydrogenated block copolymer [D] being obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer [C] that comprises at least two polymer blocks [A] comprising a specific compound and at least one polymer block [B] comprising a specific compound, and a ratio (wA:wB) of a total weight fraction wA of the polymer block [A] in the block copolymer [C] to a total weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] in the block copolymer [C] being 20:80 to 60:40.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a foam tape product that does not require a release paper or other release material to prevent sticking on or within itself upon rolling. A method of manufacturing the foam tape product and kit are also provided.

Abstract: An attachment system for attaching a first component and a second component includes a dual sided tape assembly having a dual sided tape, a release liner having a pull-down peel tab and a base release liner releasably attached to the dual sided tape, and a retainer for holding the pull-down peel tab to the base. The retainer may be either a sleeve or an adhesive pad. If the retainer is a sleeve, the release liner includes an intermediate portion between the pull-down peel tab and the base. Folded areas exist between the pull-down peel tab, the intermediate area, and the base. A portion of the intermediate portion passes through the sleeve. If retainer is an adhesive pad, the adhesive pad is attached to the base. The pull-down peel tab is temporarily attached to the adhesive pad when initially installed on a substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layered film for the application to a metal or plastic surface, comprising a protective layer (A) as a first layer, which is a poly(alkyl methacrylate) film comprising at least one hindered amine light stabilizer and at least two different ortho-hydroxy tris-aryl triazine UV absorbers selected from compounds of formulae (7) and (8); a barrier layer (B), a base layer (C), an adhesive layer (D) as last layer, and wherein barrier layer (B) and/or base layer (C) comprise at least one pigment. The multi-layered films are especially suitable for the application to the surface of automobiles.

Abstract: Oxidation-resistant electrically-conductive metal particles (ORCMP) are disclosed. ORCMPs are comprised of a base-metal core, an oxidation-resistant first shell, and an optional conductive second shell. ORCMPs are low cost alternatives to silver particles in metal fillers for low-temperature, electrically-conductive adhesives. Adhesives including ORCMPs, organic vehicles, and optional conductive metal particles such as silver were formulated to yield conductive films upon curing at low temperatures. Such films can be used in many electronic devices where low-temperature, low cost films are needed.

Abstract: A method of preparing a hot melt adhesive composition, comprising (A) feeding a polymer blend into an extruder; wherein the polymer blend comprises (a) a first propylene-based polymer, wherein the first propylene-based polymer is a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4-C10 alpha-olefin; and (b) a second propylene-based polymer, wherein the second propylene-based polymer is a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4-C10 alpha-olefin; wherein the second propylene-based polymer is different than the first propylene-based polymer and wherein the polymer blend has a melt viscosity of 1,000 cP to 20,000 cP at 190° C.; (B) feeding one or more adhesive components, selected from at least one of a tackifier, wax, antioxidant, functionalized polyolefin, oil, and combinations thereof, into the extruder; and (C) recovering an extrudate from the extruder, wherein the extrudate is a hot melt adhesive composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing a low molecular weight polyolefin adhesive component, the process including the steps of (a) cooling a polymer solution to a temperature less than or equal to about its cloud point to form a cooled polymer solution; (2) filtering the cooled polymer solution using a filter, wherein the polymer solution includes a low molecular weight polyolefin adhesive component and a solvent; and (b) recovering the solvent and the polyolefin.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a polymer blend, having a melt viscosity at 190° C. of 3,000 cP to 12,000 cP, and one or more tackifiers, having a softening point of 80° C. to 145° C., an aromaticity of 3 mol % to 11 mol % aromatic protons, and a Cloud Point of ?10° C. to 15° C. for use in an adhesive composition. The polymer blend includes a first propylene-based polymer and a different second propylene-based polymer, both selected from a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4 to C10 alpha-olefin.

Abstract: The present invention is related to adhesive compositions comprising a polymer blend of at least two different propylene-based polymers and one or more syndiotactic-rich polyolefins. The syndiotactic-rich polyolefin comprises greater than about 50 wt % of a C3-C40 alpha olefins and having about 50% to less than about 80% r dyads, based on the total number of r and m dyads present in the polymer.

Abstract: To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive which has sufficient adhesive strength under a variety of conditions to a base material having a low surface energy. Resolution Means: A pressure-sensitive adhesive that contains a tacky adhesive polymer and a chlorinated polyolefin, wherein a heat of fusion of the chlorinated polyolefin is 0 to 5 J/g, and a content of chlorine in the chlorinated polyolefin is 16 to 25 mass %.

Abstract: This invention provides a sealant, a method of curing the sealant, and an article comprising the cured sealant. The sealant comprises a (meth)acrylate, an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and a microwave initiator comprising benzoyl peroxide (BPO) and/or its derivative. In the sealants according to the invention, BPO and its derivatives are each relatively sensitive to microwave energy. When a microwave environment is provided, the activity of BPO or its derivative will be initiated by the microwave energy and the temperature of the sealant will increase, so as to initiate the polymerization of the (meth)acrylate with the curing agent and the polymerization of the epoxy resin with the curing agent to form a solidified sealant.

Abstract: Provided are functionalized polypropylene adhesive compositions having a desirable range of melt flow rate. These compositions are obtained by grafting at least one impact polypropylene copolymer or by co-grafting a blend containing at least one impact polypropylene copolymer and at least one random polypropylene copolymer. The polypropylene copolymer(s) are grafted with one or more ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or derivatives of these acids, such as anhydrides. Maleic anhydride is a preferred grafting monomer. Also provided is a multilayer film or sheet structure containing at least one barrier layer and at least one adhesive layer produced from the functionalized polypropylene adhesive composition. The multilayer film or sheet structure may also contain at least one predominantly polypropylene-based layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including a particular liquid crystal composition and a cured product of a particular curable resin composition serving as a sealant. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that does not suffer from a decrease in the voltage holding ratio (VHR) or increase in the ion density (ID) of the liquid crystal layer or the problem of display defects such as white spots, alignment unevenness, and image-sticking.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are adhesives, wood-based composites incorporating the adhesives, and methods of forming wood-based composites using the adhesives. Wood-based composites formed using the adhesives demonstrate an optimal combination of characteristics desirable to the wood products industry. Specifically, the wood products formed using the adhesive demonstrate (1) a light appearance when wet; (2) relatively low moisture content after soaking in water; (3) relatively little thickness swelling after soaking in water; and (4) minimal adhesion to metal press platens during press-forming of the wood products.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hot melt adhesive composition comprising two thermoplastic polyurethane copolymers (A) and (B), wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer (A) comprises a reaction product of at least one polyester polyol; and at least one polyisocyanate; and has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of at least 25,000 g/mol; the thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer (B) comprises a reaction product of at least one polyester polyol; and at least one polyisocyanate; and has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of less than 25,000 g/mol; and wherein the hot melt adhesive composition has a melt viscosity of 1,000 to 100,000 mPas at 160° C.

Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer, wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer comprises a reaction product of at least one polyester polyol; and at least one polyisocyanate; wherein the molar ratio of the NCO groups of the polyisocyanate to the OH groups of the polyester polyol is less than 0.95:1; wherein the viscosity of the thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer is 1,000 to 100,000 mPas at 160° C.; wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer is thermally stable; and wherein the thermal stability is defined as a viscosity change of less than ±10% compared to the initial viscosity of the thermoplastic polyurethane copolymer after 6 hours at 160° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane, wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane is obtainable by a method comprising the steps of a) reacting a mixture comprising at least one polyester polyol and at least one polyisocyanate; and b) reacting the reaction product of step a) with at least one substituted or unsubstituted diol which contains at least a primary and a secondary OH group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-adhesive article comprising a support layer of foam or similar type and an adhesive layer obtained by cross-linking an adhesive composition. The present invention also relates to a mixture of at least two polymers suitable for use for the manufacture of the self-adhesive article as well as an adhesive composition comprising said mixture of at least two polymers according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-adhesive article comprising a support layer of foam or similar type and an adhesive layer obtained by cross-linking an adhesive composition. The present invention also relates to a mixture of at least two polymers suitable for use for the manufacture of the self-adhesive article as well as an adhesive composition comprising said mixture of at least two polymers according to the invention.

Abstract: A method for producing an antistatic molded article according to the present invention includes: a conductive film preparation step to obtain a conductive film by coating, and drying, a conductive polymer dispersion liquid containing a conductive composite that contains a ?-conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion, a polyvinyl alcohol, a binder component, and a dispersion medium for dispersing the conductive composite on at least one surface of a film substrate; and a molding step for subjecting the conductive film to molding.

Abstract: Embodiments provide ice adhesion mitigating surface coatings and methods for generating the same. Embodiments may provide anti-icing coating with at least one monomeric species exhibiting molecular flexibility. The molecular flexibility in the monomeric species may be imparted through an aliphatic or heteroaliphatic chain that may exist as a portion of the monomer backbone, as a pendant group, or as both the portion of the monomer backbone and the pendant group. In various embodiments epoxy coatings including an epoxy resin and an amine-terminated hardener may be generated. At least a portion of the amine-terminated hardener may include at least a monomeric species that exhibits molecular flexibility arising from an aliphatic chain or heteroaliphatic chain that may be within the polymer backbone and/or may persist as a pendant group.

Abstract: A composition for capturing, removing, and in some cases recovering a pollutant or raw material wherein the composition includes a polymeric material, one or more metal or nonmetal materials in granular form, and preferably a small amount of a salt material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly stable haloolefin-based composition that inhibits decomposition or oxidization. The haloolefin-based composition comprising (a) a haloolefin; (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of HFC-1234ze, HFC-254eb, HFC-1243zf, HFC-245eb, HFC-245fa, HC-245cb, HFC-236ea, HFC236fa, HFC1225ye, 3,3,3-trifluoropropine, HFC-23, HFC-32, HFC-125, HFC-143a, HFC-134a, FC-1216, HCFO-1233xf, HCFO-1233zd, HCFO-1232xf, HCFO-1223xd, and chloromethane; and (c) water.

Abstract: To provide a working fluid for heat cycle which can be used as an alternative to R410A, which has a small composition change, which has a small temperature glide and which is excellent in the cycle performance (capacity), a composition for a heat cycle system, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A working fluid for heat cycle containing an azeotropic-like composition consisting of HFO-1132(E) and HFC-32 and/or HFC-125.

Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid for heat cycle containing 1,2-difluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil such as an oxygen-containing synthetic oil (such as an ester refrigerant oil or an ether refrigerant oil) or a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.

Abstract: To provide a working fluid for heat cycle containing 1,2-difluoroethylene, which has high stability, and which has cycle performance sufficient as an alternative to R410A (a pseudoazeotropic mixture refrigerant of difluoromethane and pentafluoroethane in a mass ratio of 1:1) or 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane while the influence over global warming is suppressed, a composition for a heat cycle system comprising it, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A working fluid for heat cycle, which contains at least two members selected from a saturated hydrofluorocarbon and a hydrofluorocarbon having a carbon-carbon double bond other than 1,2-difluoroethylene, and 1,2-difluoroethylene.

Abstract: To provide a composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and high stability, and which can replace R410A, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing 1,2-difluoroethylene, and a stabilizer for preventing deterioration of the working fluid for heat cycle, such as an oxidation resistance-improving agent, a heat resistance-improving agent or a metal deactivator, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.

Abstract: In an embodiment a method of making an article, comprises: forming the article comprising a first portion comprising a polymer composition and a second portion, wherein a composition of the first portion and of the second portion are different; and processing the article at a manufacturing temperature that is greater than a Temperature A, wherein Temperature A is at least one of the heat deflection temperature, the glass transition temperature, the melting temperature, and the degradation temperature; wherein the first portion comprises at least one of (a) the polymer composition in the form of a filled, channeled structure and (b) a phase change material; wherein during the processing, an average temperature of the polymer composition is maintained below Temperature B, wherein Temperature B is at least one of the heat deflection temperature, the melting temperature, the glass transition temperature, and the degradation temperature.

Abstract: A graphene sheet combining graphite flake structure includes a graphite nanoplatelet material and a graphene material. The graphene material is mixed in the graphite nanoplatelet material, and the content of the graphene material is between 1% and 80% of the graphite nanoplatelet material. A slurry for manufacturing the graphene sheet combining graphite flake structure and a manufacturing method for the graphene sheet combining graphite flake structure are also disclosed.