Abstract: A rubber composition is based on at least one elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and an optionally hydrogenated hydrocarbon-based resin, predominantly composed of units selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene, methylcyclopentadiene and mixtures thereof, said hydrocarbon-based resin having an average molecular weight Mz of less than 2000 g/mol and a glass transition temperature Tg, expressed in ° C., such that: Tg?80?2*(% HA), wherein % HA represents the content of aromatic protons of said resin, the content of said hydrocarbon-based resin being within a range extending from 15 to 150 phr.

Abstract: The present invention provides a buffer sheet composition including a thermosetting compound, which buffer sheet composition is used for producing a buffer sheet to be interposed between a heating member and an electronic component, when the electronic component is heated by the heating member so as to mount the electronic component on a substrate, as well as a buffer sheet including a thermosetting composition layer obtained by forming the buffer sheet composition into the form of a sheet.

Abstract: Polymer compositions containing a titanated chromium-based ethylene polymer, 150-350 ppm of zinc stearate and/or calcium stearate, 50-5000 ppm of a phenolic antioxidant, 200-3000 ppm of a diphosphite antioxidant, and optionally, 200-3000 ppm of a monophosphite antioxidant, are described. These polymer compositions have improved long-term color stability, as well as lower levels of color formation after aging.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising: a first polypropylene homopolymer or random copolymer (PPR1) having a comonomer content lower than the comonomer content of the second polypropylene, a second polypropylene (PPR2) which is a random copolymer of propylene and of the comonomer; said comonomer being an alpha-olefin different from propylene, the melting temperature of the polypropylene composition (Tm(PPR)) being defined as Tm(PPR)>165?6.9*[total comonomer content]?8.4*[comonomer content of the first polypropylene], the difference between the melting temperature and the crystallization temperature of the polypropylene composition ranges from 27 and 33, and a xylene soluble fraction (XS) at 23° C. of not more than 1.5 wt. %. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said polypropylene composition. The present invention further relates to the use of said polypropylene composition for producing films or moulded articles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a propylene-based elastomer, an ethylene-based polymer, a filler, and a polar component. The polar polymer can comprise one or more of a tackifier, a grafted propylene-based elastomer, and an ethylene copolymer having polar comonomers, as well as a composite material comprising a first layer made from such composition and a second layer that can be made from polar material and is well bonded onto the first layer.

Abstract: An object is to provide a crosslinkable resin composition capable of forming a crosslinked product that has excellent hot water resistance and bending resistance. The present invention provides a resin composition containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), a flexible resin (B), and a crosslinking agent (C) having two or more polymerizable groups, with the crosslinking agent (C) in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass relative to a total 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and the flexible resin (B), the flexible resin (B) being a styrene thermoplastic elastomer or an ?-olefin polymer, and the resin composition having a mass ratio [(A)/(B)] between the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and the flexible resin (B) of 90/10 to 65/35.

Abstract: Problems to be solved by this invention This invention proposes a conductive material and multilayered structure having an excellent conductivity, an excellent durable conductivity and also strength. Further, this invention proposes a multilayered structure having an excellent conductivity, an excellent durable conductivity and also strength comprising laminating the conductive material to one side surface or both surfaces of the non-conductive material layer. The above purpose is accomplished by providing a conductive material comprising a polymer electrolyte composition (X1) obtained by graft polymerizing 2 to 90 mol. % of a molten salt monomer having a polymerizable functional group and having an onium cation and anion containing a fluorine with a fluorine containing polymer and a fluoropolymer (X2) wherein X1 contains 0.1 to 95A wt. % to X2.

Abstract: Described herein are polymer compositions including at least one semi-crystalline, semi-aromatic polyester polymer and at least one impact modifier. The blends have excellent impact resistance and excellent dimensional stability. The blends also have excellent chemical resistance, whiteness, colorability and anodization resistance. The polymer compositions can optionally include at least one amorphous polymer. The at least one amorphous polymer can bean amorphous polycarbonate polymer or an amorphous polyester polymer or a polyester-carbonate. In some embodiments, the polymer composition can optionally include one or more additives. The polyester compositions described herein can be desirably incorporated into mobile electronic device components.

Abstract: Crosslinked biodegradable block polyurethane copolymers prepared from a plurality of biodegradable polymers or oligomers linked together via urethane bonds and crosslinked via a citrate ester are disclosed. Such copolymers can include folic acid and fabricated into medical devices such as a nerve growth conduit and locally deliver folic acid to a site of injury such as a PNS injury site.

Abstract: Provided is a polyurethane foam having excellent heat resistance and the like. The polyurethane foam is obtained from a material that contains a polyol and a polyisocyanate, in which the polyol contains a polyester polyol, the polyisocyanate contains a diphenylmethane diisocyanate-based isocyanate, it is preferable that the polyester polyol has one or more side chains composed of an alkyl group, and the polyurethane foam may be used as a soundproof material for vehicles.

Abstract: Described herein are polymerblends having improved impact performance and outstanding chemical resistance. The polymerblends include at least one semi-aromatic polyester polymer, at least one poly(phenyl sulfone) polymer, and at least one impact modifier. In some embodiments, the polymerblends can optionally include one or more aromatic polycarbonate polymers, one or more poly(aryl ether sulfone) polymers and one or more additives. In some embodiments, the polymerblends can be desirably incorporated mobile electronic device components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer compositions including at least one poly(aryl ether sulfone) (PAES) polymer, at least one poly(aryletherketone) (PAEK)polymer, and at least one impact modifier (IM). The polymer composition may optionally include at least one aromatic polycarbonate (PC) and/or titanium dioxide (TiO2). The polymer composition is particularly suitable for use in mobile electronic devices.

Abstract: Vegetable oil compositions, as an example, corn oil, having an elevated lower alkyl ester content above about 7% weight percent of the total weight of the oil composition, and uses thereof are provided.

Abstract: Vegetable oil compositions having an ethyl ester content of from 0 to 18 weight percent of the total weight of the oil composition, and uses thereof are provided.

Abstract: A process for the reuse of oilfield drilling waste with an natural affinity for oil which has had at least a portion of the contaminants removed using a remediation technology. The drilling waste can be further refined to ensure the waste meets a desired particle size distribution and thereafter sent for reuse by mixing the drilling waste with hot bituminous tar and thereafter using the liquids phase in roofing materials. A method of mixing the drilling waste with conventional fillers is also described to create a blended mixture of drilling waste and conventional fillers to create a new hybrid filler which is mixed with hot bituminous tar for use in roofing materials.

Abstract: Provided are a film having excellent heat resistance and a film forming method. In addition, provided are an optical filter, a laminate, a solid image pickup element, an image display device, and an infrared sensor. The film includes an aggregate of a dye and a resin, in which an average particle size of the aggregate of the dye is 30 to 450 nm.

Abstract: A composition can exhibit improved ion resistance and color stability. The composition includes a pigment made of bismuth vanadate (BiVO4). The pigment is in the form of particles coated with at least one O-functionalized carbohydrate, where the O-functionalized carbohydrate is at least one of an ether of a carbohydrate and an ester of a carbohydrate. The carbohydrate is at least one of a monosaccharide and an oligosaccharide. The oligosaccharide is at least one of an oligosaccharide having two to ten monosaccharides, a sugar alcohol, a sugar acid, and a lactone of the sugar acid.

Abstract: A mineral filler composition for use in covering products may include first and second inorganic particulate material fillers having respective first and second average particle sizes, wherein the first average particle size is larger than the second average particle size, and wherein at least one of the first and second inorganic particulate material fillers is hydrophobic. A covering product may include a resin and the mineral filler composition. A method for at least one of improving filler loading and water resistance in a covering product including resin, may include providing the mineral filler composition including blended first and second inorganic particulate material fillers, and adding the blended first and second inorganic particulate material fillers to the resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to composite particles, comprising a carrier particle and an at least partial surface coating, the carrier particle comprising a quartz and a layered silicate and the surface of the composite particle having at least one hydrophilic region and at least one hydrophobic region. The invention also relates to a method for producing composite particles, comprising the steps: a) providing carrier particles, comprising a quartz and a layered silicate, b) introducing the carrier particles into a mixing device, c) charging the carrier particles with a coating composition, d) coating the carrier particles with the coating composition by mixing the carrier particles with the coating composition, with the introduction of shear energy, e) subjecting the coated carrier particles to temperature. In addition, the invention relates to a mineral cast part or to a composite workpiece which comprises the above-described composite particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate carbon material that can be produced from renewable raw materials, in particular from biomass containing lignin, comprising: a 14C content that corresponds to that of the renewable raw materials, said content being preferably greater than 0.20 Bq/g carbon, especially preferably greater than 0.23 Bq/g carbon, but preferably less than 0.45 Bq/g carbon in each case; a carbon content in relation to the ash-free dry substance of between 60 ma. % and 80 ma. %; an STSA surface area of the primary particles of at least 5 m2/g and at most 200 m2/g; and an oil absorption value (OAN) of between 50 ml/100 g and 150 ml/100 g. The present invention also relates to a method for producing said carbon material and to the use thereof.

Abstract: A polymeric coating composition comprising a polymeric binder composition, a plurality of nanoparticles, a solvent and a polymeric evaporative droplet templating agent that is different from the polymeric binder is provided. The coating composition can be spray applied to a wide variety of substrates and the as-applied coating composition is then dried and cured into a coating that exhibits a droplet-shaped morphology. The coating provides a highly effective anti-fingerprinting coating with a unique droplet-shaped morphology that can be seen using scanning electron microscopy and provides a cost-effective means to coat substrates having many different surface contours to hide fingerprints.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed relating to the delivery of primer compounds in liquid form to substrates from a hand-held device. Apparatuses are disclosed that, in a single barrel device, store primer components, mix primer components to achieve an activated primer, and deliver the activated primer to a substrate surface.

Abstract: A shelf-stable aqueous binder composition, a process of preparing the binder composition, and a coating composition comprising the binder composition and having fast drying properties and developing good early resistance to water washout.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a curable, matte, preferably dull-matte, powder coating composition, accommodating superior chemical resistance through a complex of cross linkable fluoro containing organic compounds (A), preferably fluoro containing oligomers and/or polymers, and one or more cross linker(s) (B) able to react with (A), wherein the powder coating formulation additionally comprises one or more compound(s) (C) able to react with (A) and/or (B).

Abstract: The instant invention provides an aqueous dispersion, a coating composition, coating layers and coated article made therefrom.

Abstract: A novel solution of an amine carboxylate. type of vapor phase migratory corrosion inhibitor (VCI), suitable for use as part of a corrosion resistant coating for metal surfaces. The solution contains a high concentration of the amine carboxylate VCI, thus facilitating, on application of the coating, a dry film coat containing an effective corrosion-inhibiting amount of the amine carboxylate VCI.

Abstract: A hydrophilic coating for use with a heat exchanger includes an insolubilizer configured to provide structure or support for the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes a wetting agent configured to provide wettability for the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes an antibacterial agent configured to eliminate at least a portion of bacteria that contacts the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes an antifungal agent configured to eliminate at least a portion of fungi that contacts the hydrophilic coating, the antifungal agent being different than the antibacterial agent and the insolubilizer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cesium tungsten bronze-based self-cleaning nano heat-insulation coating material, and method of preparing the same. Cesium tungsten bronze nanoparticles are prepared by hydrothermal method using WCl6 and CsOH.5H2O as raw materials, PVP as a surfactant and acetic acid as an acid catalyst. TiO2 nanoparticles are prepared from TiCl4. Subsequently ball milling and dispersing of the cesium tungsten bronze nanoparticles, the TiO2 nanoparticles, and a silane coupling agent with water to obtain an aqueous slurry containing cesium tungsten bronze/TiO2 composite particles is performed. The concentration of the aqueous slurry containing cesium tungsten bronze/TiO2 composite particles is adjusted to obtain a self-cleaning nano heat-insulation coating material.

Abstract: The invention relates to metal dispersions comprising 50 to 80 wt % of silver nanoparticles, 15 to 45 wt % of water and a dispersant, wherein the dispersant comprises copolymers comprising 1-99 wt % of structural units of formula (1), where R is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, A is C2-C4 alkylene group and B is C2-C4 alkylene group with the proviso that A and B are different and m, n are each independently an integer of 1-200, and 1-99 wt % of structural units of formula (2), where Xa is an aromatic or aliphatic radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms which optionally comprises one or more, for example 1, 2, or 3, heteroatoms N, O and S, Za is H or (C1-C4)-alkyl, Zb is H or (C1-C4)-alkyl and Zc is H or (C1-C4)-alkyl.

Abstract: An electrophoretic medium including a mixture of charge control agents, for example quaternary amine salts of polyisobutylene combined with quaternary amine salts of unsaturated monomers. The described electrophoretic medium exhibits improved color saturation as compared to similar electrophoretic media having only one of the charge control agents.

Abstract: Provided are a coloring composition including a compound represented by Formula (1) shown in this specification and a compound represented by Formula (D) shown in this specification, an ink jet recording ink including the coloring composition, an ink jet recording method using the ink jet recording ink, and an ink jet printer cartridge that is filled with the ink jet recording ink.

Abstract: A 3D printing ink comprising a radio-opaque additive and a polymer ink and a method for 3D printing of anatomic replicas using the 3D printing ink are described. The radio-opaque additive is bismuth neodecanoate, and the amount of bismuth neodecanoate in the printing ink may range from about 6% to about 20% by weight. The polymer ink may be transparent or opaque. X-rays of anatomic replicas created with the 3D printing ink appear very similar to x-rays of organic hard tissues, thereby enhancing procedural training for health care professionals.

Abstract: A water-based achromatic ink for ink-jet recording includes: a dye; benzotriazole; a water-soluble polymer having an acid value of equal to or more than 70 mgKOH/g of which blending amount in the water-based achromatic ink is equal to or less than 2% by weight; and water.

Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink can be provided that prevents adhesion of the ink to the nozzle plate, thereby preventing ink misfires and discharge defects from the inkjet nozzles. The oil-based inkjet ink contains a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, and a compound represented by general formula (1) shown below. (In general formula (1), m represents 1 or 2, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a single bond or a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group, and R4 represents a monovalent or divalent saturated hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A rapid, scalable methodology for graphene dispersion with a polymer-organic solvent solution and subsequent solvent exchange, as can be utilized without centrifugation, to enhance graphene concentration.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coating composition or paint comprising a polymer system including one or more latex polymers, wherein the acid content and molecular weight of the latex polymers are balanced to provide a coating composition that demonstrates optimal performance characteristics of washability or stain resistance, especially when used in a flat finish paint.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxidatively curable coating formulation made from an oxidatively curable alkyd-based resin, a complex comprising one or more manganese ions and one or more triazacyclononane-based ligands; and to the use of triazacyclononane-based ligands for accelerating the rate of curing of an alkyd-based resin formulation by such complexes. The formulations may be paints or other oxidatively curable coating compositions.

Abstract: Described in preferred embodiments are UV curable coating compositions including a unique blend of aliphatic urethane acrylate resins. Also described are coated articles and methods for their production involving the use of the coating compositions.

Abstract: A slurry that polishes surfaces or substrates which includes cobalt. The slurry further comprises an anionic and/or cationic surfactant, each of which has a phosphate group, a long chain alkyl group, or both. The slurry also includes a corrosion inhibitor, abrasives, removal rate enhancers, solvents, pH adjustors, and chelating agents. The pH of the slurry is preferably 8 or higher.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a fluid composition that can be used in chemical-mechanical polishing processes of inorganic material. The fluid composition can include at least one oxidizing agent and a multivalent cation component. Using the fluid composition during a chemical-mechanical polishing process can facilitate a relatively defect free material surface after polishing while achieving a suitable material removal rate.

Abstract: A die coater 10 as a coating member directly applies an adhesive resin G to a joining portion of a workpiece W by a predetermined width while a holding table 1 holding the workpiece W placed thereon moves. A reinforcing substrate T supplied from an original master roll is joined to the resin G applied to the workpiece W while being pressed by a joining roller 15, and the reinforcing substrate T is cut by a predetermined length. That is, an adhesive sheet is directly formed on the workpiece W.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reversibly bonding a first and a second substrate, wherein at least the first substrate is an electrically non-conductive substrate, the method comprising: coating the surface of the electrically non-conductive substrate(s) with a conductive ink; applying an electrically debondable hot melt adhesive composition to the conductive ink-coated surface of the first substrate and/or the second substrate; contacting the first and the second substrates such that the electrically debondable hot melt adhesive composition is interposed between the two substrates; allowing formation of an adhesive bond between the two substrates to provide bonded substrates; and optionally applying a voltage to the bonded substrates whereby adhesion at least one interface between the electrically debondable hot melt adhesive composition and a substrate surface is substantially weakened. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the bonded substrates thus obtained.

Abstract: This adhesive includes a copolymer that includes monomer units represented by (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), and (a-4) described below, and the following content is contained among all of the monomers which constitute the copolymer: (a-1) 5 to 45 wt % of an alkyl(meth)acrylate; (a-2) 0.01 to 10 wt % of a (meth)acrylate having a hydroxyl group or an allyl ether having a hydroxyl group; (a-3) 50 to 78 wt % of an alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate; (a-4) 1 to 25 wt % of an alkoxypolyalkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate or an alkoxypolyalkylene glycol allyl ether.

Abstract: [Object] An object of the present invention is to provide an easily peelable adhesive tape that has a good peel adhesive strength when attached to an adherend and that can be easily peeled after being irradiated with active energy rays. [Solution] The present invention is directed to an easily peelable adhesive tape that has, on at least one surface of a base material, an active energy ray-curable layer having a storage modulus (G?a25) of less than 1.0×106 Pa as measured at a temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 1.0 Hz and has an adhesive layer on the surface side of the active energy ray-curable layer.

Abstract: The present invention related to CNT filled polymer composite system possessing a high thermal conductivity and high temperature stability so that it is a highly thermally conductive for use in 3D and 4D integration for joining device sub-laminate layers. The CNT/polymer composite also has a CTE close to that of Si, enabling a reduced wafer structural warping during high temperature processing cycling. The composition is tailored to be suitable for coating, curing and patterning by means conventionally known in the art.

Abstract: A paste-like adhesive composition of the present invention contains metal particles (A) and a thermally polymerizable compound (B), in which the metal particles (A) form a particle coupling structure by causing sintering through a thermal treatment; when dynamic viscoelasticity of the composition is measured under a condition of a measurement frequency of 1 Hz, within a temperature region of 140° C. to 180° C., the composition has a temperature width of equal to or larger than 10° C. in which a shear modulus of elasticity is equal to or higher than 5,000 Pa and equal to or lower than 100,000 Pa; and an acetone insoluble fraction of a sample, which is obtained by removing the metal particles (A) and then heating the composition under conditions of 180° C. and 2 hours, is equal to or lower than 5% by weight.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel conductive adhesives and methods for the preparation thereof. In another aspect, the present invention provides novel conductive inks and methods for the preparation thereof. In yet another aspect, the present invention provides novel die attach films and methods for the preparation thereof. In still another aspect, the present invention provides novel die attach pastes and methods for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: A tackifying resin includes a farnesene-based polymer having monomeric units derived from a farnesene monomer and one or more optional comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics and has a softening point greater than or equal to 80 degrees Celsius. A method of making the farnesene-based polymer includes combining a farnesene monomer and a solvent and optionally adding one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics, to provide a monomer feed, and polymerizing the monomer feed by combining the monomer feed with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst in a vessel. The tackifying resin may be combined with an elastomer to form a hot melt adhesive composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly of matter comprising mineral fibers, synthetic fibers or natural fibers, cellulosic particle or sheet material, bonded together by a curable binder composition comprising a monosaccharide and/or polysaccharide and an azetidinium crosslinker and possibly reaction product resulting from the cross-linking between polysaccharide and azetidinium crosslinker, or by a binder obtained by subjecting to curing conditions an aqueous curable binder composition comprising a monosaccharide and/or polysaccharide and an azetidinium crosslinker and possibly reaction product resulting from the cross-linking between polysaccharide and azetidinium crosslinker. The binder composition may further comprise a crosslinker capable of undergoing radical polymerization. Binder compositions and a process for manufacturing said assembly of matter are also disclosed.