Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers and copolymer including a poly(phenylene) structure, as well as a long tether. In some embodiments, the long tether facilitates a reaction between the poly(phenylene) structure and another subunit of a second polymer. In some embodiments, the tether is flexible.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions of a therapeutic agent and a polymeric stabilizing agent for stabilizing the reservoir of an implantable drug delivery system. The present invention also includes an implantable drug delivery system incorporating the composition of the present invention, as well as methods of treating diabetes using the compositions and implantable drug delivery system of the present invention.

Abstract: Described herein are associative polymers capable of controlling a physical and/or chemical property of non-polar compositions and related compositions, methods and systems. Associative polymers herein described have a non-polar backbone and functional groups presented at ends of the non-polar backbone, with a number of the functional groups presented at the ends of the non-polar backbone formed by associative functional groups capable of undergoing an associative interaction with another associative functional group with an association constant (k) such that the strength of each associative interaction is less than the strength of a covalent bond between atoms and in particular less than the strength of a covalent bond between backbone atoms.

Abstract: Lignin having a plurality of functionalizations of the general formula I wherein R and R? are different from each other and selected between —OH and —OArLig and n is an integer between 1 and 6.

Abstract: An acidic water-based process was developed for the synthesis of anionic lignin copolymers with adjustable MW, thermal stability and solubility in water. The anionic lignin copolymer described herein comprises: a molecular weight of 5,000 to 7.4×105 g/mol; and a charge density of ?1 to ?7.2 meq/g. The anionic lignin copolymers described herein which have a molecular weight range of 000-50,000 g/mol can be used as dispersants of negatively charged molecules or particles in numerous process or wastewater streams (e.g. concrete admixtures, gypsum slurries, textile dye) while such copolymers in a molecular weight range of 90,000-740,000 g/mole can be used as flocculants of positively charged molecules or particles in numerous process and wastewater streams including industrial and municipal systems and sludge dewatering in the textile dye, pulp & paper, mining and oil industries.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a processing method for intelligent hydrogel from nano-scale starch particles, and belongs to the technical field of nutritional health food. The present disclosure uses dendritic water-soluble starch particles as a skeleton and utilizes a transglycosidation and chain extension-glycan entanglement reaction of glycosyltransferase to obtain an intelligent hydrogel having a spatial reticular structure. The product provided by the present disclosure is an intelligent starch-based hydrogel which has good rehydration capability, biocompatibility, strong gel strength, enzymatic response irreversibility, pH response reversibility, can carry multiple nutritional factors. The hydrogel provided by the present disclosure can protect and control the release of food functional factors, and can be applied to food, biological drug loading, functional materials and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric gel comprising crosslink points, which are dissociated in response to nitrogen monoxide, and to a method for preparing a hydrogel, the method comprising the steps of: a) polymerizing a mixture of monomers comprising a monofunctional hydrophilic monomer and a monomer comprising a plurality of functional groups comprising an o-phenylenediamine residue; and b) separating a hydrogel formed by the polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a benzoxazine-containing resin composition and a prepreg and a laminate made therefrom. The method for preparing a benzoxazine-containing resin composition is adding an acidic filler to a benzoxazine-containing resin composition. By adding an acidic filler to the benzoxazine-containing resin composition, the present invention promotes greatly the polymerization reaction of benzoxazine and epoxy resin, reduces the curing temperature required for polymerization of benzoxazine and epoxy resin. The laminate prepared from the benzoxazine-containing resin composition, to which an acidic filler is added, has high anti-stripping stability, high glass transition temperature, low water absorption, high heat resistance, high bending strength and good processability, and can achieve low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the differentiated sequestration of substances of different substance groups A and B in a sulfated and/or sulfonated hydrogel while simultaneously releasing substances of substance group A or B from the sulfated and/or sulfonated hydrogel into the biofluid. The sulfated and/or sulfonated hydrogel is selected from a group of hydrogels of Type 1, 2, 3, 4 and consist of uncharged and charged components. The charged components are characterized by calculating the number of sulfated or sulfonated groups per repeat unit divided by the molecular mass of the repeat unit, for each of Type 1 2 3 and 4. The swollen hydrogels have a concentration of sulfated or sulfonated groups in mmol/ml for Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 and Type 4. The concentration of substances of each substance group A and group B in the biofluid is influenced by the selection of the type of hydrogel.

Abstract: A plant fiber foam board contains: plant fibers, Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) copolymer, calcium carbonate, blowing agent, and cross-linking agent which are mixed and molded in a high temperature and a high pressure. The plant fiber foam board includes multiple air holes foamed thereon, and the multiple air holes do not communicate with one another. A method of making the plant fiber foam board contains steps of: putting and mixing plant fibers, Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) copolymer, calcium carbonate, blowing agent, and cross-linking agent in a mixing machine so as to produce a semi-finished product; and putting the semi-finished product into a mold of a foaming machine so as to be heated and pressurized, such that multiple air holes are foamed on the semi-finished product, and the multiple air holes do not communicate with one another.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer-ceramic hybrid film and a method for manufacturing same. The polymer-ceramic hybrid material according to the present invention, which is an elastic polymer-ceramic hybrid film, can maintain a film form for a long time while realizing excellent elasticity and mechanical properties at the same time, and thus can be applied as a medical material such as a patch. Also, a hydrogel used in the manufacturing process of the film can be very usefully utilized as a material for 3D printing. The mechanical strength and elasticity of the polymer-ceramic hybrid film according to the present invention can be improved by varying the arrangement of ceramic particles within the hybrid material by varying the processing process of a hybrid solution.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a structure comprising a biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film having at least one layer comprising a homopolymer of propylene which layer is in contact with an oil phase, the homopolymer of propylene has a) a content of isotactic pentads in the range from 95% to 98%, and b) a content of ash of not more than 30 ppm, based on the total weight of the homopolymer of propylene, characterized in that the oil phase has an absorbance value of ?0.1, relative to the pure oil, as determined spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 860 nm by the reduction of transmitted light intensity. The present invention further refers to the use of a biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film for making capacitors comprising said structure, wherein the oil phase has an absorbance value of ?0.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a chemically modified anion exchange membrane and a method of preparing the same and, more particularly, an anion exchange membrane in which sulfonic acid groups in a perfluorinated sulfonic acid electrolyte membrane are substituted with anion conductive groups such as ammonium group, phosphonium group, imidazolium group, pyridinium group and sulfonium group, and a method of preparing an anion exchange membrane by chemically modifying sulfonic acid groups in a perfluorinated sulfonic acid electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminated film roll body, around which a laminated film is wound, the laminated film including: a first polyimide film; and a second polyimide film laminated on the first polyimide film and made of a fluorine-based, siloxane-based, or amine-based polyamic acid, wherein the second polyimide film has a glass transition temperature of 350° C. or higher when measured by a temperature elevation rate of 20° C./min. The laminated film roll body can be used in a continuous manufacturing process of a flexible device to improve process yield and efficiency.

Abstract: A method of recycling polyurethane foam scrap by recovering polyols from the polyurethane foam scrap using a glycolysis/transesterification process, reacting methylene diphenyl isocyanate (MDI) with virgin polyol and recycled polyol to make a prepolymer with recycled content, and mixing the prepolymer with recycled content with 4,4?-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate, isocyanic acid, polymethylenepolyphenylene ester, and di-phenylnethane-2,4?-diisocyanate to form a MDI prepolymer blend with recycled content, and using the MDI prepolymer blend with recycled content for production of polyurethane foam components having an amount of recycled polyurethane content. Optionally, the MDI prepolymer with recycled content is used during the same foam production process that generated the foam scrap used to recover the recycled polyol.

Abstract: Thermoplastic polymers, for example fluoropolymers, are foamed by use of a solid formulation comprising thermoplastic polymer and manganese oxalate.

Abstract: Methods and systems that include introducing blowing agent into a hopper of a polymeric foam processing system.

Abstract: Provided is polypropylene-based resin expanded particles which make it possible to obtain a gray in-mold foamed molded product whose color is uniform and excellent in color tone.

Abstract: Provided is a nanosubstance-containing composition which exhibits excellent heat resistance in cases where a thermoplastic resin or a rubber is contained therein, while exhibiting high toughness in cases where a thermosetting resin is contained therein. A nanosubstance-containing composition according to the present invention contains (a) at least one component selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic resins, thermosetting resins and rubbers, (b) a compound having a reactive functional group and (c) a nanosubstance.

Abstract: Provided is a white resin composition that can maintain a high degree of whiteness even after undergoing a thermal resistance test. A white resin composition contains: a white pigment; a surface-treated calcium carbonate in which particle surfaces of a synthetic calcium carbonate with an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 1 ?m are subjected to surface treatment with a condensed phosphoric acid and an organic modified silicone oil; and a resin, wherein a content ratio between the white pigment and the surface-treated calcium carbonate is, in mass ratio (white pigment to surface-treated calcium carbonate), within a range of 90:10 to 60:40, and a total content of the white pigment and the surface-treated calcium carbonate in the resin composition is within a range of 5 to 70% mass.

Abstract: A polyvinyl halide compound, alone or alloyed with thermoplastic polyurethane, is used as a flexible layer for over-molding a rigid polymer substrate. Selection of types and amounts of calcium carbonate for the overmolding layer improves peel strength to achieve cohesive failure of the flexible overmolding layer rather than adhesive failure of the interface between the flexible overmolding layer and the rigid polymer substrate.

Abstract: A plasticized PVC composition free of phthalate and having low color is disclosed. The composition comprises a morpholide plasticizer prepared from a fatty acid selected from a tall oil fatty acid, a tall oil fatty acid monomer derived therefrom, and mixtures thereof. The fatty acid has a total carbon footprint of <95% of the total carbon footprint of a fatty acid obtained from a vegetable oil. The morpholide is prepared from the reaction of a tall oil fatty acid with morpholine in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: A UV-IR-absorbing composition according to the present invention includes: an absorber formed by a phosphonic acid represented by the following formula (a) and copper ion, the absorber being dispersed in the UV-IR-absorbing composition; a phosphoric acid ester allowing the absorber to be dispersed; a matrix resin; and an alkoxysilane monomer.

Abstract: A filler for resinous composition is contained and used in resinous composition, and includes: a crystalline siliceous particulate material with a crystal structure made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of type FAU, type FER, type LTA and type MFI, and type MWW; and a surface treatment agent including an organic silica compound reacted with or adhered to a surface of the crystalline siliceous particulate material; the filler including the surface treatment agent in an amount falling in a range allowing the filler to exhibit a negative thermal expansion coefficient.

Abstract: The present invention related to a thermoplastic composition, suitable to be submitted to common methods of heat forming, or thermoforming, of thermoplastic materials, as well as the thermoformed composite material which is obtained/can be obtained from said thermoplastic composition, said thermoplastic composition and said thermoformed composite material derived therefrom comprising the combination of cellulose with a thermoplastic material comprising a hydrolysable or hydrosoluble polyhydroxylated polymer, such as starch or a polymer based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), wherein cellulose is available in an amount ranging from 30 to 60% by Weight, preferably from 40 to 60% by weight, said percentages being calculated on 100 parts by weight of the combination of cellulose with the thermoplastic material comprising a hydrolysable or hydrosoluble polyhydroxylated polymer.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a tire puncture sealant having excellent sealing property, storage property, and injection property. The tire puncture sealant of the present invention contains a rubber latex and/or a resin emulsion and a cellulose fiber having a maximum fiber diameter of less than 1,000 nm, the cellulose fiber containing cellulose that optionally has a functional group.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides an way to modify the isoprene unit using an alder-ene reaction to form thermoset compounds comprising the resultant electron-deficient, readily crosslinkable polyisobutylene-based rubber that avoids the use of corrosive bromine or chlorine to make the activated butyl rubber, is easier to crosslink than the halobutyls, allows crosslinking with a simple organic base or a peroxide, and has mechanical properties as good as or better than sulfur crosslinked butyl rubbers.

Abstract: A tire with improved wear resistance, rolling resistance and cohesion, comprises a rubber composition based on at least one elastomeric matrix comprising predominantly a random copolymer comprising ethylene units and conjugated diene units, the mole fraction of ethylene units in the copolymer being within a range extending from 50% to 95%; a peroxide; and a zinc diacrylate derivative in the form of a specific zinc salt; in which composition the contents of zinc diacrylate derivative and of peroxide being such that the ratio of the peroxide content to the zinc diacrylate derivative content is greater than or equal to 0.08; said composition comprising from 5 to less than 65 phr of reinforcing filler; the ratio of the filler content to the zinc diacrylate derivative content being greater than or equal to 1.25.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising a rubber component, a tetrazine compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein X1 and X2 each represent an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, and a processing aid, wherein the rubber component contains a diene rubber obtained by polymerization of monomers including 1,3-butadiene monomer, the diene rubber being present in an amount of 40 parts by mass or more, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and wherein the tetrazine compound or a salt thereof is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: Provided are a tread rubber composition which provides a balanced improvement in wet grip performance and resistance to low-temperature brittleness, and a pneumatic tire including a tread at least partially containing the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a tread rubber composition containing a styrene-butadiene rubber and having a tan ? peak temperature of ?10° C. or higher and a brittleness temperature of ?40° C. or lower.

Abstract: A film having low pressure values is provided. The film may have from about 20 wt. % to about 75 wt. % of a polyolefin component, from about 5 wt. % to about 35 wt. % of an elastomeric resin, and from about 20 wt. % to about 45 wt. % of a particle component. The film may have a basis weight of from about 5 gsm to about 25 gsm. The film may have a predicted sound pressure level over the frequency octave range of 2000 Hz-6300 Hz of less than about 43 dB.

Abstract: A rubber composition based at least on an elastomer matrix, on a reinforcing filler and on a vulcanization system is provided. The elastomer matrix comprises a highly saturated elastomer and from 0 to less than 30 phr of natural rubber. The highly saturated diene elastomer contains 1,3-diene units and more than 50 mol % of ethylene units. The vulcanization system comprises a dithiosulfate salt of formula MO3S—S-A-S—SO3M in which the symbol A represents an alkanediyl group or a group comprising two or more alkanediyl units, which units are connected in pairs via an oxygen or sulfur atom, via a group of formula —SO2—, —NH—, —NH2+—, —N(C1-C16 alkyl)- or —COO—, or via an arylene or cycloalkylene group, and the symbol M represents a metal atom. The invention makes it possible to achieve an improved compromise between bubble formation in the rubber composition on exiting from the curing presses and its hysteresis.

Abstract: A non-crosslinked rubber laminate which is a rubber laminate includes a butyl rubber-containing layer stacked with an ethylene propylene diene rubber and/or ethylene propylene rubber-containing layer, wherein such non-crosslinked rubber laminate is characterized in that the ethylene propylene diene rubber and/or ethylene propylene rubber-containing layer is a rubber-containing layer that contains a low-molecular-weight polyolefin, a phenolic resin, and a crosslinking agent, where: the low-molecular-weight polyolefin is contained by 40 to 70 parts by weight, the phenolic resin is contained by 1 to 4 parts by weight, and the crosslinking agent is contained by at least 1 part by weight, relative to the ethylene propylene diene rubber and/or ethylene propylene rubber constituting a total of 100 parts by weight. An air conditioning hose made of the rubber laminate, for example, can accommodate POE-based lubricating oils and retain vibration absorption characteristics.

Abstract: A plasticized PVC formulation for foam extrusion including polyvinyl chloride, at least one plasticizer, at least one nucleating agent and a chemical blowing agent, wherein the plasticized PVC formulation is a dry blend containing 0.5 to 5% by weight of one or more nucleating agents and 0.1 to 3% by weight of the chemical blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent is sodium bicarbonate and the nucleating agent is talcum, and a foam extrusion method using said formulation. The extruded plasticized PVC foam is particularly suitable for rock shield pads used for pipeline protection. The foams are lightweight and require less consumption of materials with comparable properties to corresponding solid articles.

Abstract: A fluorinated copolymer composition includes a thermoplastic resin A and a fluorinated elastomer B dispersed within thermoplastic resin A. Thermoplastic resin A has a shear stress (?A) of greater than 0.11 MPa when measured with a capillary rheometer at a shear rate of 243 sec?1 and at 360° C. in accordance with ASTM D3835. Fluorinated elastomer B dispersed within thermoplastic resin A has an average dispersed particle size of less than 50 ?m.

Abstract: The invention provides novel latexes of particles of vinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene copolymers possessing a more ordered ferroelectric crystalline phase, and hence improved ferro-, pyro-, and piezo-electric properties, and a method for manufacturing the same by emulsion polymerization in the presence of certain cyclic fluorosurfactants.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a ring-shaped sealing member having both the sealing property and slidability. [Solving Means] A sealing member is formed in a ring shape and has a sliding surface. The sealing member includes: 100 parts by weight of fluorine rubber; and 0.5 to 50 (inclusive) parts by weight of a particulate resin. The particulate resin includes a compatible portion and a lubrication portion, the compatible portion having compatibility with the fluorine rubber, the lubrication portion having lubricity with respect to the fluorine rubber. A Shore A hardness measured using the sliding surface as a pressing surface is not less than 80. In this sealing member, since rubber elasticity is achieved by the fluorine rubber, a favorable sealing property can be realized. Further, it is possible to impart high slidability to the sealing member by the action of the lubrication portion of the particulate resin. Therefore, this sealing member has both the sealing property and slidability.

Abstract: Provided are crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVPP) compositions and their use in beverage treatment. Provided is a dry, direct compressed tablet comprising at lease 70 wt % crosslinked PVPP. Also provided is the use of said tablet for the filtering and/or removing polyphenol of a liquid, preferable a beverage.

Abstract: It becomes possible to produce a thermoplastic resin composition having a sea-island structure by a kneading step of kneading a thermoplastic elastomer and/or rubber material having an alkoxysilyl group, in which the alkoxysilyl group is grafted to the thermoplastic elastomer and/or rubber material, and a thermoplastic resin in a melt state in a kneading machine and a dynamic crosslinking step of adding a water component into the kneading machine, forming a silanol group by a hydrolysis reaction of the alkoxysilyl group in the thermoplastic elastomer and/or rubber material having an alkoxysilyl group and the water component in the kneading machine, and subsequently forming a siloxane bond by a condensation reaction between the silanol groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) elastomer composition having excellent heat resistance, and more particularly to a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) elastomer composition comprising: a PBT resin; a vegetable oil or an environmentally friendly plasticizer, which serves to reduce the hardness of the PBT resin; a glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate (PET-G) resin and a thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) resin, which serve to improve physical properties and processability; and a core-shell type copolymer having excellent miscibility with the plasticizer. In a preferred embodiment, the PBT elastomer composition comprises: 100 parts by weight of a PBT resin; 10 to 120 parts by weight of an environmentally friendly plasticizer; and 10 to 120 parts by weight of a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer (TPEE) resin.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polyester resin composition including (A) about 100 parts by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin; (B) greater than or equal to about 0.01 parts by weight and less than about 0.1 parts by weight of a phenol-based antioxidant; (C) greater than or equal to about 0.01 parts by weight and less than about 0.1 parts by weight of a thioester-based antioxidant; (D) greater than or equal to about 0.01 parts by weight and less than 0.2 parts by weight of an ethylene acrylic acid-based copolymer; and (E) greater than or equal to about 0.01 parts by weight and less than 0.2 parts by weight of montan wax, and an article made using the same.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition containing a polycarbonate resin whose flowability during molding of the polycarbonate resin is enhanced, without loss of properties such as transparency, mechanical strength, and heat resistance, by adding, to the polycarbonate resin, a polycarbonate oligomer and a flowability enhancing agent which is obtained through polycondensation of a monomer mixture containing a bisphenol component and a dicarboxylic acid and, optionally, biphenol component. Further provided is a molded article obtained from the polycarbonate resin composition.

Abstract: This thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises: approximately 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; approximately 1 to approximately 20 parts by weight of a rubber-modified vinyl-based copolymer resin; approximately 10 to approximately 30 parts by weight of a phosphorous-based flame retardant agent; approximately 3 to approximately 12 parts by weight of calcium carbonate; approximately 10 to approximately 40 parts by weight of talc; approximately 5 to approximately 11 parts by weight of wollastonite; and approximately 0.01 to approximately 5 parts by weight of a black pigment. The weight ratio of the calcium carbonate to the talc is approximately 1:1.5 to approximately 1:3.5, and the weight ratio of the talc to the wollastonite is approximately 1:0.3 to approximately 1:0.7.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer compound includes polyester-type thermoplastic polyurethane and no greater than about 30 weight percent of styrene-isobutylene-styrene block copolymer. The compound has good clarity, as exhibited by a haze of no greater than about 60%, or 50%, or 30%, according to ASTM D 1003. Additionally, the compound has good damping properties, as exhibited by a resilience or vertical rebound of less than about 25% according to ASTM D2632.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition may include at least one polyamide, at least one polyethylene, and at least one compatibilizer that is a copolymer of ethylene and one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of acrylic ester, glicidyl methacrylate, maleic anhydride, butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and functionalized polybutadiene; wherein the thermoplastic composition has an Izod Impact energy at 0° C., as measured by ASTM D256, that is greater than 6 ft-lb./inch, and wherein the thermoplastic composition has a bio-based carbon content of at least 50%. A thermoplastic composition may also include at least one polyamide, at least one polyethylene, and at least one compatibilizer that is a terpolymer of ethylene and two or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of acrylic ester, glicidyl methacrylate, maleic anhydride, butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and functionalized polybutadiene; wherein the thermoplastic composition has an Izod Impact energy at 0° C.

Abstract: A self-healing polymer composition includes a polymer backbone having at least one amine terminated end group. The polymer backbone is selected from the group consisting of a polymerized siloxane and an aliphatic polyether and preferably polydimethylsiloxane. A cross-linker is selected from the group consisting of a 1,3,5-triarylbenzene, a triaryl-amine and 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-benzenetricarbaldehyde, and preferably is 1,3,5-tris-(4-formylphenyl) benzene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive silicone composition including conductive rubber compositions containing 100 parts by weight of liquid silicone and 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight of carbon nanotubes, wherein the initial viscosity of the liquid silicone is 5,000 to 41,000 cP, the average viscosity of the conductive rubber compositions is 80,000 to 350,000 cP and the viscosity difference between the initial viscosity of the liquid silicone and the average viscosity of the conductive rubber compositions is 70,000 to 310,000 cP. The conductive silicone composition as described above is excellent in processibility when processed into a silicone composite material, and the volume resistance of a manufactured silicone composite material may be greatly improved.

Abstract: An asphalt concrete composition having improved waterproof performance, and a construction method using the composition. The composition includes 100 parts by weight of virgin asphalt, 5 to 25 parts by weight of styrene isoprene styrene, 5 to 15 parts by weight of petroleum resin, 250 to 1,000 parts by weight of reclaimed asphalt pavement, 1 to 10 parts by of a performance improving agent, 250 to 1,000 parts by weight of virgin aggregate, 30 to 150 parts by weight of fine powder aggregate, and 0.1 to 2 parts by weight of cellulose fiber. The composition's waterproof performance is due to its high cohesion and adhesion. The composition is durable and is not easily rutted, aged and/or stripped. In addition, the composition has a performance grade of PG 82-34, can prevent water penetration and potholes, and enables a placement process to be easily performed at low costs.

Abstract: Granules of material usable as a road binder or sealing binder, including a core and a coating layer, where: the core is made of a first composition including at least one material chosen from: a bitumen base, pitch, and clear binder, and the coating layer is made of a second composition including: at least one viscosifying compound, at least one first anticaking agent selected from alkali and alkaline-earth metal silicates, and at least one second anti-caking agent distinct from the silicates. Also, a method for producing granules of material that can be used as a road binder or sealing binder, and the use thereof as a road binder, in particular for the production of coated materials. Also, a method for producing coated materials from granules of material that can be used as a road binder or as a sealing binder and a method for transporting and/or storing and/or handling granules.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a method for preparing a colorant composition comprising dissolving a first xanthene-based dye having the same number of positive charges and negative charges and a second xanthene-based dye having more negative charges than positive charges by one or more in a first solvent; and precipitating the dissolved first xanthene-based dye and the dissolved second xanthene-based dye in a second solvent, and a colorant composition, a colorant dispersion, a photosensitive resin composition, a color filter and a liquid crystal display device.