Abstract: Provided are methods for preparing dynamic cross-linked polymer compositions derived from 1,4-butane diol, a terephthalic acid and a chain extender combined via continuous polymerization.

Abstract: A fiber powder having a 50% particle diameter (d50) of 6 to 60 ?m, characterized in that the fiber powder has a maximum particle diameter (d100) of 1,000 ?m or less. It is preferred that a value ((d10·d90)/d100) obtained by dividing by the maximum particle diameter (d100) a value which is obtained by multiplying a 10% particle diameter (d10) by a 90% particle diameter (d90) is 0.3 to 5.0, that the fiber powder has an extractable component content of 0.2 to 3.0% by weight based on the fiber weight, and that the fiber powder has a water content of 0.2 to 50% by weight. Further, it is preferred that the fiber powder is an organic material, or comprises a thermoplastic resin, and that the thermoplastic resin is a polyester resin or a polyamide resin.

Abstract: Copolyesters having improved properties based on 1,4 cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) or neopentyl glycol (NPG), and a diacid component containing a combination of two diacids selected from 4,4?-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid, 3,4?-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid, and terephthalic acid; methods of making the copolyesters; and shaped articles made of the copolyesters.

Abstract: Provided herein is a powder composition comprising a silica-infused crystalline polyester particle for laser sintering comprising at least one crystalline polyester resin and silica nanoparticles present in the particle an amount ranging from about 10 wt % to about 60 wt % relative to the total weight of the particle. Further provided herein are methods of preparing silica-infused crystalline polyester particles.

Abstract: Polyester compositions are disclosed herein, as well as methods of making and using such polyesters. In some embodiments, the polyesters are formed from monomers derived from natural oils.

Abstract: A polycarbonate diol is provided, including three kinds of repeating diol units, wherein one of the repeating diol units is chosen from an alkoxylated diol monomer.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an optical use polycarbonate resin composition which exhibits good fluidity, has a high refractive index, is inexpensive and exhibits impact resistance. This problem can be solved by an optical use polycarbonate resin composition that contains a polycarbonate resin (A) which contains a constituent unit represented by formula (1) and has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.320-0.630 dL/g, and polycarbonate resin (B) which contains a constituent unit represented by formula (2) and has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.320-0.600 dL/g, wherein the polycarbonate resin that contains a constituent unit represented by formula (2) is contained at a proportion of 45-75 mass %.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a composition A based on aromatic polycarbonate, containing a) aromatic polycarbonate, wherein the polycarbonate has an average weight-average molecular weight Mw of 22000 g/mol to 27000 g/mol, determined by means of gel permeation chromatography according to DIN 55672-1:2007-08, and calibrated in relation to bisphenol A-polycarbonate standards using dichloromethane as an eluent, and wherein the polycarbonate has 0 to max. 19 mol % carbonate units of formula (1) where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 independently represent H or C1- to C6-alkyl, and b) 0 to less than 0.2 wt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier for bio-related molecule immobilization, which comprises a resin substrate, an amino group-containing compound layer that is formed on the resin substrate, and a polyvalent carboxylic acid layer that is formed on the amino group-containing compound layer. The carboxyl groups in the polyvalent carboxylic acid layer are actively esterified; and the (COO peak intensity)/(C—C peak intensity) ratio of the C1s spectrum is from 0.064 to 0.12 (inclusive) if the carrier surface before the active esterification is measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: Disclosed are a preparation method of a phosphorus-nitrogen-silicon-containing polymeric flame retardant and application thereof. The chemical structure of the polymeric flame retardant is wherein m=10˜100, n=10˜100. The synergistic flame-retardant effect between the phosphorus, nitrogen, and silicon in the phosphorus-nitrogen-silicon-containing polymeric flame retardant increases the flame retardancy of epoxy resin.

Abstract: A polyether polymer composition containing 50 parts by weight or more of a filler per 100 parts by weight of a polyether polymer composed of 10 to 200 oxirane monomer units is provided. The present invention can provide a polyether polymer composition that is capable of appropriately showing various properties of the filler such as high heat conductivity and high electrical conductivity and that also has excellent long-term stability.

Abstract: A polyether polymer composition containing 200 parts by weight or more of a metal-containing powder per a total of 100 parts by weight of a cationic group-containing low molecular weight polyether polymer composed of 10 to 200 oxirane monomer units, wherein at least a part of the oxirane monomer units is an oxirane monomer unit having a cationic group, and a high molecular weight polyether polymer composed of more than 200 oxirane monomer units is provided.

Abstract: Aromatic polymers exhibiting thermal stability and conductivity upon imbibement into an acid are disclosed for electrochemical gas sensor applications. Membrane electrode assemblies for electrochemical gas sensors are also provided, comprising a sensing electrode, a counter electrode, and a polymer membrane comprising the polymers of the present invention, disposed between the sensing electrode and the counter electrode.

Abstract: A sulfonyl-substituted polyphenylene-ether polymer having improved dielectric properties and methods for making the same. The sulfonyl-substituted PPE include sulfone-containing polyphenylene oxides (“PPO”) polymers having repeating units of the formulas: wherein each of R1 and R2 is H or an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkylene group containing from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, R4 is selected from a group consisting of an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an aryl group, and CF3, and X is a halogen atom. The subscript n is 0 or 1; the subscript m is 1 or 2, provided that when m is 2, R2 is H. A degree of polymerization ranges from about 5 to about 1,000, and a ratio of units having formula (1) to units having formula (2) of the sulfone-containing PPO polymer ranges from about 10:90 to about 90:10.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel synthesis route that can be used to access novel statistical, aliphatic-aromatic copolyamides, by means of ring-opening polymerisation and chain-growth polycondensation, as well as to the resulting copolymers.

Abstract: The polymerizable composition of the present application may exhibit a wide process window to have excellent workability, and may form a phthalonitrile resin having excellent heat resistance or a prepolymer thereof.

Abstract: One-pot synthetic methods are disclosed for synthesizing curable, antimicrobial silsesquioxane-silica hybrids by hydrolytically co-condensing a tetraalkoxysilane with two different trialkoxysilanes. Particles are also disclosed that are substantially spherical and have an ordered lamellar internal structure. In addition, polymers prepared from the curable, antimicrobial silsesquioxane-silica hybrids and co-monomers are disclosed.

Abstract: The present application relates to a gel polymer electrolyte, a method for producing a gel polymer electrolyte, and an electrochromic device comprising the same. As the gel polymer electrolyte comprises a block copolymer, the present application can simultaneously satisfy high ionic conductivity, low turbidity and adhesiveness.

Abstract: A process for producing superabsorbents, comprising polymerization, drying, crushing, pneumatic conveying, comminuting and classifying, wherein the gas temperature at the end of the pneumatic conveying is from 50 to 95° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a superabsorbent polymer that not only has excellent basic absorption performance, but also exhibits more improved absorption speed, permeability, etc., and a method for preparing the same. The superabsorbent polymer includes a base polymer powder including: a first crosslinked polymer of water soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers having acid groups of which at least a part are neutralized; and a surface crosslink layer that is formed on the base polymer powder, and further includes a second crosslinked polymer in which the first crosslinked polymer is additionally crosslinked by a C2-5 alkylene carbonate, wherein an absorption degree, SFC, an absorption speed, and a porosity fulfill specific ranges.

Abstract: Provided is a composite resin material that enables formation of a shaped product having excellent mechanical strength and sufficiently low surface resistivity. A method of producing the composite resin material includes a step of removing a dispersion medium from a slurry that contains fluororesin particles, fibrous carbon nanostructures, and the dispersion medium, that contains 0.01-0.5 parts by mass of the fibrous carbon nanostructures per 100 parts by mass of the fluororesin particles, and for which an area fraction S (%) of fibrous carbon nanostructure aggregates when the slurry is loaded into a glass slide including an indentation of 0.5 mm in depth and inside of the indentation is observed over a range of 3 mm×2 mm using an optical microscope and a volume percentage V (volume %) of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in solid content of the slurry satisfy a relationship: 3?S/V?30.

Abstract: Generally spherical resin particles formed of a thermoplastic resin, having a sphericity of 0.90 to 1.00, a light scattering index of 0.5 to 1.0 and a linseed oil absorption of 30 to 150 mL/100 g.

Abstract: A method for producing aluminum oxide is provided. The method uses an aluminum-oxide-forming agent containing a partially hydrolyzed aluminum alkyl compound containing an aluminum trialkyl or a mixture thereof, and a solvent. It is thus possible to produce an aluminum oxide thin film or aluminum oxide particles on or in a substrate that is not resistant to polar solvents. A method of producing a polyolefin-based polymer nanocomposite containing zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles using a solution containing a partially hydrolyzed zinc alkyl or a solution containing a partially hydrolyzed aluminum alkyl is also provided. The polyolefin-based polymer nanocomposite contains a polyolefin substrate and zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles, and does not contain a dispersant. The zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles have an average particle size of less than 100 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a slurry that enables simple production of a slurry in which fibrous carbon nanostructures are favorably dispersed. The method of producing a slurry includes: a mixing step of mixing resin particles having an average particle diameter of at least 1 ?m and not more than 700 ?m, fibrous carbon nanostructures, and a dispersion medium to obtain a mixed liquid; and a dispersing step of subjecting the mixed liquid to dispersion treatment using a wet medialess disperser under conditions in which pressure acting on the mixed liquid (gauge pressure) is 5 MPa or less to obtain a slurry. The fibrous carbon nanostructures preferably include carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: Peroxide masterbatch comprising:—15-55 wt % of one or more organic peroxides,—15-45 wt % of at least one copolymer of (i) ethylene or propylene and (ii) 1-butene and/or 1-octene, and 13-45 wt % of at least two types of fillers—filler type 1 and filler type 2—each having a different BET surface area: (i) filler type 1 being present in the masterbatch in a concentration of 3-15 wt % and having a BET surface area of more than 100 m2/g; (ii) filler type 2 being present in the masterbatch in a concentration of 10-30 wt % and having a BET surface area of 100 m2/g or less.

Abstract: Provided is a resin for foam molding excellent in foam molding property and low-temperature impact resistance. According to the present invention, provided is a resin for foam molding including a component A, a component B and a component C. The component A is a long-chain branched homopolypropylene, the component B is a long-chain branched block polypropylene, the component C is a polyethylene-based elastomer, and when a total of the components A to C is 100 parts by mass, content of the component A is 20 to 70 parts by mass, content of the component B is 20 to 70 parts by mass, and content of the component C is 1 to 20 parts by mass.

Abstract: Presented are fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sandwich structures, methods for making/using such FRP sandwich structures, and motor vehicles with a vehicle component fabricated from a compression molded thermoset or thermoplastic FRP sandwich structure. A multidimensional composite sandwich structure includes first and second (skin) layers formed from a thermoset of thermoplastic polymer matrix, such as resin or nylon, filled with a fiber reinforcing material, such as chopped carbon fibers. A third (core) layer, which is encased between the first and second skin layers, is formed from a thermoset/thermoplastic polymer matrix filled with a fiber reinforcing material and a filler material, such as hollow glass microspheres. The first, second and third layers have respective rheological flow properties that are substantially similar such that all three layers flow in unison at a predetermined compression molding pressure.

Abstract: Presented are fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sandwich structures, methods for making/using such FRP sandwich structures, and motor vehicles with a vehicle component fabricated from a compression molded thermoset or thermoplastic FRP sandwich structure. A multidimensional composite sandwich structure includes first and second (skin) layers formed from a thermoset of thermoplastic polymer matrix, such as resin or nylon, filled with a fiber reinforcing material, such as chopped carbon fibers. A third (core) layer, which is encased between the first and second skin layers, is formed from a thermoset/thermoplastic polymer matrix filled with a fiber reinforcing material and a filler material, such as hollow glass microspheres. The first, second and third layers have respective rheological flow properties that are substantially similar such that all three layers flow in unison at a predetermined compression molding pressure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyimide film forming composition which comprises a polyamic acid or a polyimide in an oligomer form or in a low-molecular weight form, the polyamic acid or the polyimide being prepared from a diamine containing an intramolecular imide group, and thus can provide a polyimide film having improved heat resistance while retaining optical properties thereof. In addition, the polyimide film according to the present invention can reduce not only a laser energy density (E/D) required in the laser exfoliation process but also remarkably decrease an amount of ash generated by an exfoliation process, thereby further improving the reliability of a device in a display manufacturing process.

Abstract: A method of forming a film comprising nanocellulose having an Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR) value in the range of 0.1 to 300 cc/m2/24 h at 38° C. and 85% relative humidity (RH), and having a basis weight in the range of in the range of 0.1 to 45 g/m2 wherein the method comprises the steps of; providing a suspension comprising nanocellulose, forming at least one layer of a web or a film from said suspension; drying said formed web or film to a dry content of at least 65 weight-%, wherein said method further comprises the steps of; treating at least one side of said dewatered and dried web or film with ultra violet (UV) or electron beam (EB) irradiation; and wherein at least one cooling step is provided in connection with or after the UV or EB treatment step.

Abstract: The coating composition of the present application has excellent antistatic properties and thus can be used as an antistatic hard coating film. The coating composition of the present application may comprise a salt based on a polyoxometalate anion and a radically polymerizable cation, and a radically polymerizable binder to form an antistatic hard coating film having excellent antistatic property, abrasion resistance and moist-heat resistance. Such a film can be used for an optical laminate and a display device, and the like.

Abstract: Method for making a film that comprises microfibrillated cellulose, wherein the film has low OTR values and especially suitable for a tropical environment. The method comprising the steps of providing a suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose (MFC), forming a film from said suspension, wherein the film having a solid content above 40%, preferably above 50%, treating the film with flame or plasma treatment, such that a surface activation takes place on the film, and cooling the film, wherein the surface of the film having a decreased OTR value and a high moisture resistance.

Abstract: A method of modifying the dispensing properties of a container, said method comprising the following steps: ?providing a container comprising a container wall having an inner surface and a dispensing opening, said inner surface being composed of hydrophobic polymer; ?subjecting the inner surface of the container to an oxidative surface treatment; ?applying a coating layer onto the inner surface of the container by coating said inner surface with a coating solution containing amide slip agent selected from optionally fluorinated fatty acid amide, polysiloxane amide and combinations thereof; and ?removing the solvent in the coating layer by evaporation.

Abstract: A process for producing a melamine-formaldehyde foam by heating and foaming an aqueous mixture M using microwave radiation, said mixture M comprising at least one melamine-formal-dehyde precondensate, at least one curative, at least one surfactant, at least one blowing agent and at least one linear polymer with a number average molecular weight Mn in the range from 500 to 10.000 g/mol and at least two functional groups selected from OH, NH2 or COOH as well as a melamine-formaldehyde foam obtainable by this process and its use.

Abstract: A thermally expandable composition, including at least one epoxy-functional polymer, at least one thermoplastic polymer, at least one chemical blowing agent, and at least one activator, wherein the epoxy-functional polymer is present in the composition before expansion with an amount of between 30 and 75 wt.-%, based on the total composition, and the epoxy-functional polymer includes at least 300 mmol epoxy groups per kg polymer, and wherein the chemical blowing agent is able to form at least one reaction product with at least two amino groups upon thermal decomposition, and the chemical blowing agent is in the composition before expansion with an amount of between 5 and 30 wt.-%, based on the total composition.

Abstract: In one aspect, a foamable composition is disclosed, which comprises a base polymer, talc and a citrate compound blended with the base polymer. In some embodiments, the concentration of the talc in the composition is in a range of about 0.05% to about 25% by weight, e.g., in a range of about 2% to about 20%, or in a range of about 3% to about 15%, or in a range of about 5% to about 10%. Further, the concentration of the citrate compound in the composition can be, for example, in a range of about 0.05% to about 3% by weight, or in a range of about 0.02% to about 0.9% by weight, or in a range of about 0.03% to about 0.8% by weight, or in a range of about 0.04% to about 0.7% by weight, or in a range of about 0.05% to about 0.

Abstract: A variety of foams and foam components are provided, including foam components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment. The articles include a composition having a foam structure, wherein the composition includes a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer comprising: (a) a plurality of first segments, each first segment derived from a dihydroxy-terminated polydiol; (b) a plurality of second segments, each second segment derived from a diol; and (c) a plurality of third segments, each third segment derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid. Methods of making the compositions and foams are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including at least one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by extrusion or injection molding to foam the polymeric composition, or extrusion or injection molding to foam the polymeric composition followed by compression molding of the foam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an in-mold expanded beads molded article of expanded beads of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer, a cushion for shoe sole, and a method of producing expanded beads provided with through-holes and composed of a block copolymer of a polyethylene block and an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer block, and with respect to the in-mold expanded beads molded article of expanded beads of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer, a voidage of the expanded beads molded article is 5 to 40%; a density of the expanded beads molded article is 30 to 150 g/L; and a flexural modulus of the olefin thermoplastic elastomer that constitutes the expanded beads molded article is 10 to 100 MPa.

Abstract: Provided are: a porous polyether sulfone film having macrovoids and having excellent dimensional stability; and a production method therefor. Provided is a porous polyether sulfone film having a surface layer (a), a surface layer (b), and a macrovoid layer interposed between the surface layer (a) and the surface layer (b). The macrovoid layer has a partition wall joined to the surface layers (a) and (b) and a plurality of macrovoids surrounded by the partition wall and the surface layers (a) and (b). The surface layer (a) and the surface layer (b) have pores connected to the macrovoids.

Abstract: A method for producing a porous body includes: incorporating, into an aqueous urethane resin composition containing an aqueous urethane resin having an acid value of 0.01 mg KOH/g or more, a thickening agent having a carboxyl group and having an oxyethylene group content of 2×10?2 mol/g or less in an amount in the range of from 0.01 to 30 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the aqueous urethane resin, to thicken the composition; and then coagulating the thickened composition using a coagulant containing a metal salt. A porous body having vertically long cells can be produced using an aqueous urethane resin composition. The obtained porous body has excellent texture, elastic force, peel strength, and water vapor permeability, as compared to a porous body of a closed-cell type.

Abstract: The present invention relates polysiloxane based aerogels obtained by reacting a functionalised poly(dimethylsiloxane) oligomer and an aliphatic or aromatic isocyanate compound in a presence of a catalyst and a solvent. A polysiloxane based aerogels according to the present invention provide high thermal insulation material, while good mechanical properties and performance is maintained.

Abstract: Methods for recycling post-consume polyester-based fabric materials such as hospital linens. The methods include decontaminating a post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) product and polymerizing the decontaminated PET product via solid state polymerization to generate a polymerized PET product. The post-consumer PET product can comprise a polyester-based fabric.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to methods of degrading of polymers using compounds of Formula I, which can make a hydrophilic surface on the polymer, and bacteria that degrade the polymer:

Abstract: The invention relates to the recycling of used rubber products, more specifically to the recycling of Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) from cars and trucks. Provided is a method for reclaiming rubber, comprising the steps of (i) providing a starting material comprising a vulcanized rubber polymer; (ii) subjecting the starting material to mechanical stress and at a temperature of at least 200° C. to achieve at least a partial destruction of the cross-links and the backbone structure of the rubber polymer into fragments; and (iii) reconstituting at least part of the fragments in the presence of a branching/grafting agent to obtain a renewed rubber composition.

Abstract: Provided is an acrylic polymer composition comprising an acrylic polymer and a polyfunctional organic compound having a urea group, wherein the acrylic polymer composition has less than 50% decrease in molecular weight of the acrylic polymer when heated under conditions of 190° C. and 144 hours in air.

Abstract: Boron nitride nanotube (BNNT)-polyimide (PI) and poly-xylene (PX) nano-composites, in the form of thin films, powder, and mats may be useful as layers in electronic circuits, windows, membranes, and coatings. The processes described chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes for coating the BNNTs with polymeric material, specifically PI and PX. The processes rely on surface adsorption of polymeric material onto BNNTs as to modify their surface properties or create a uniform dispersion of polymer around nanotubes. The resulting functionalized BNNTs have numerous valuable applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of cellulose from coffee or cocoa husks. The cellulose extracted can be used to produce paper, card stock, and cardboard. In addition, a composite material also comprising a material that allows the release of aromas is manufactured using said cellulose. Said material is used to manufacture a laminated product for use in primary, secondary and tertiary packaging applications. Said type of article allows printing on the outer surface thereof, is biodegradable and biocompatible.

Abstract: A resin composition contains cellulose acylate (A), a polyester resin (B), an ester compound (C) having a molecular weight of about 250 or more and about 2000 or less, and a cellulose fiber (D).

Abstract: A resin composition containing a cellulose acylate (A) having, in a side chain, a group having a hydrocarbon chain with 5 or more carbon atoms; a polyester resin (B); and an ester compound (C) having a molecular weight of about 250 or more and about 2000 or less. The mass ratio ((B)/(A)) of the polyester resin (B) to the cellulose acylate (A) is about 0.05 or more and about 0.5 or less. The mass ratio ((C)/(A)) of the ester compound (C) to the cellulose acylate (A) is about 0.02 or more and about 0.15 or less.

Abstract: A resin composition contains a cellulose acylate (A) having an O—Si structure, a polyester resin (B), and an ester compound (C) having a molecular weight of 250 or more and 2000 or less.