Abstract: Monodisperse silica spheres containing polyamine, which comprise a polymer (A) having a linear polyethyleneimine chain, a compound (B) having an acidic group, and silica (C).

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising an emulsion polymer which comprises a (meth)acrylate copolymer and silica nanoparticles is described. The addition of the nanoparticles results in a significant increase in the overlap shear properties of the adhesive while maintaining the peel adhesion.

Abstract: Coating compositions for producing hydrophobic or super-hydrophobic surfaces and olephobic or super-olephobic surfaces, and to processes for producing such surfaces. In particular, the present invention relates to hydrophobic or olephobic powder coatings and their use for transforming surfaces of articles into hard-to-wet and self-cleaning surfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a silica having a BET specific surface of at least 60 m2/g for increasing the rigidity of a thermoplastic polymeric material while maintaining i.e. improving its impact resistance. The silica used is of the type obtained according to a method involving the drying of a silica suspension obtained by reacting a silicate with an acidulant according to the following successive steps: (i) forming an aqueous starter having a pH between 2 and 5; (ii) simultaneously adding silicate and the acidulant while keeping the pH between 2 and 5; (iii) continuing with only the addition of silicate until a pH between 7 and 10 has been reached; (iv) simultaneously adding silicate and acidulant while keeping the pH of the reaction medium between 7 and 10, and; (v) continuing with only the addition of the acidulant until a pH value lower than 6 has been obtained. The invention also relates to the materials obtained within this scope.

Abstract: There is provided a varnish of a low dielectric loss tangent resin composition which is low in viscosity and excellent in storage stability. The varnish of a low dielectric loss tangent resin composition contains a thermosetting monomer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of not more than 1,000, a high polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight of not less than 5,000, a halogen flame-retardant agent (C), a silicon dioxide filler (D), and an organic solvent (E). The average particle diameter of each the components (C) and (D) is in the range of 0.2 to 3 ?m.

Abstract: Use of aqueous composite particle dispersions as binders in wood coatings.

Abstract: A hardcoat agent composition comprising a fluorine-containing polyether compound (A) having a perfluoropolyether unit, urethane bond and active energy ray reactive group and a curable compound (B) having equal to or more than 2 active energy ray polymerizing groups in the molecule. An optical information medium having a film substance composed of single or multiple layers containing at least the recording layer 4 or the reflecting layer on the supporting substrate 20, the optical information medium wherein at least either the surface of the supporting substrate 20 or that of the above-mentioned film substance is formed by the hardcoat layer 8 containing a curable substance of the above-mentioned hardcoat agent composition.

Abstract: Combining nanosized particles of a source of desired dental restorative, repair or therapeutic materials with strengthening agents in various generally nanosized form such as whiskers, fibers, particles and the like in a resin matrix provides a highly strain resistant composite which more effectively releases the therapeutic agents. The utilization of nano sized particles of the therapeutic agent in the combination enables observation of significantly improved therapeutic results.

Abstract: The present invention herein provides ceramic powder which is to be incorporated into rubber or a resin and which can be used as, for instance, a semiconductor-sealing material and for the preparation of a composition excellent in the narrow interstice-filling up property and moldability. The ceramic powder has a multiple peak-frequency type particle size distribution which has at least two peaks, as determined according to the laser diffraction-scattering type particle size distribution analyzer, wherein the maximum particle size observed for the first peak falls within the range of from 12 to 30 ?m; that observed for the second peak falls within the range of from 2 to 7 ?m; the content of the particles having a particle size of greater than 7 ?m and less than 12 ?m is not more than 18% (including 0%); and wherein the ratio (F2/F1) of the frequency value F2 of the maximum particle size for the second peak to that F1 of the maximum particle size for the first peak ranges from 0.5 to 1.3.

Abstract: Thermoset polymer particles are used in many applications requiring lightweight particles possessing high stiffness, strength, temperature resistance, and/or resistance to aggressive environments. The present invention relates to the use of two different methods, either each by itself or in combination, to enhance the stiffness, strength, maximum possible use temperature, and environmental resistance of such particles. One method is the application of post-polymerization process steps (and especially heat treatment) to advance the curing reaction and to thus obtain a more densely crosslinked polymer network. In general, its main benefits are the enhancement of the maximum possible use temperature and the environmental resistance. The other method is the incorporation of nanofillers, resulting in a heterogeneous “nanocomposite” morphology. In general, its main benefits are increased stiffness and strength.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a rubber component including (A) 100 parts by weight (phr) of a rubber containing olefinic unsaturation; (B) from 50 to 100 phr of silica; (C) from 1 to 40 phr of a polyoctenamer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing an organosol of inorganic particles, comprising mixing an aqueous dispersion or sol of inorganic particles with an organic liquid and a polymer or oligomer having functionality that adsorbs onto the inorganic particles; and allowing the mixture to separate into an aqueous layer and an organic layer, the organic layer comprising the inorganic particles. The invention also provides a polymer composition or coating composition made by this method. A coating composition is applied to a substrate and cured to provide a coating layer on the substrate. A polymer composition containing the inorganic particles is molded into an article.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber composition having improved vulcanisation kinetics, which can be used in particular for manufacturing tyres or semi-finished products for tyres, based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler and a coupling agent providing the bond between filler and elastomer, characterized in that said reinforcing filler comprises synthetic magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2 wafers, covered with silica. The invention also relates to the use of such a composition for manufacturing rubber articles, in particular tyres or semi-finished products made of rubber intended for these tyres, especially treads. The invention also relates, per se, to this synthetic magnesium hydroxide in the form of silica-covered wafers, and also to its use as a reinforcing filler, especially in a diene elastomer matrix.

Abstract: The invention provides a polymeric composition comprising: a) at least one resin selected from the group consisting of vinyl ester resins, unsaturated polyester resins, acrylates and methacrylates, b) at least one copolymer having resin-reactive groups and a glass transition temperature Tg of ?20° C. or less, c) nanoparticles having an average particle size dmax as measured by means of small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) of 5 to 150 nm. The compilation according to the invention allows the production of composite materials, coatings, casting compositions, adhesives, and dental materials which have enhanced mechanical properties, particularly enhanced impact strength.

Abstract: A curable composition contains: a) functionalized colloidal silica obtained from the reaction of surface hydroxyl groups of colloidal silica with at least one functionalizing silane of the general formula: (Rl)aSi(OR2)4?a wherein each R1 is, independently, a monovalent alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl group of up to 18 carbon atoms, optionally possessing at least one chemically reactive functionality selected from the group consisting of alkenyl, acrylate and epoxy; b) at least one first curable monomer possessing at least one of alkenyl and acrylate functionality; c) at least one second curable monomer possessing epoxy functionality; d) at least one third curable monomer possessing at least one of alkenyl and acrylate functionality together with epoxy functionality, the third curable monomer replacing or supplementing the first and/or second curable monomer, provided, that when the third curable monomer replaces both the first and second curable monomers, the functionalized colloidal silica po

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a diene rubber composition and a cross-linked diene rubber thereof excellent in tensile strength, wear resistance and processability, keeping compatibility of both good fuel efficiency and high gripping property, and a production method thereof. What is characterized in the composition is that the composition is comprised of 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber having a molecular weight distribution expressed in terms of the ratio of the weight-average molecular weight to the number-average molecular weight of 1.1 to 30, 20 to 200 parts by weight of silica and a cationic polymer, and that a toluene-insoluble rubber content per gram of the silica within the range from 0.2 to 1 g, and diene cross-linked rubber thereof.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprises a diene rubber component, a filler and a softening agent, in which a given amount of a filler is compounded based on 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber component, and a softening agent is included in a given amount per the filler, and not less than 60% by mass of the diene rubber component is a solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having a mass average molecular weight of not less than 1,000,000, and the filler is selected from the group consisting of carbon black, silica and an inorganic agent of a formula (I): mM.xSiOy.zH2O (wherein M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, titanium and calcium, or an oxide of such a metal or a hydroxide of such a metal, m is a number of 1-5, x is a number of 0-10, y is a number of 2-5 and z is a number of 0-10), wherein each of the filler and the softening agent is charged in at least two fractions.

Abstract: An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a powder (A) having a particle size of from 22 to 850 ?m of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (a) which has an ethylene content of from 2 to 60 mol % and has a degree of saponification greater than 95%, and from 0.0001 to 2 parts by weight of inorganic particles (B) having primary particles with a mean particle size of from 1 to 100 nm. The EVOH powder coating composition of the present invention forms a coating film having good uniformity when applied to a substrate as powder coating, even when it contains 1 part by weight or more water relative to 100 parts by weight of EVOH resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to surface-modified silica gels, to a process for preparing them, and to their use as matting agents in coating materials. As a result of the nature of the surface modification, the viscosity of 2-component coating materials is increased only slightly, or not at all, after the matting agent has been added.

Abstract: This invention discloses a process for manufacturing an elastomeric article by liquid injection molding, said process comprising the steps of: (I) heating a curable composition comprised of (1) a liquid polymer comprised of repeat units that are derived from a conjugated diolefin monomer, wherein said liquid polymer has a weight average molecular weight which is within the range of 5,000 to 100,000, and wherein the liquid polymer is functionalized with an amine moiety, (2) a carbonyl inhibited platinum catalyst, and (3) a tetrakis(dialkyl siloxy) silane crosslinking agent, to a temperature which is within the range of 30° C. to 100° C.; (II) injecting the heated curable composition into a mold at a temperature which is within the range of 100° C. to 210° C. to produce the elastomeric article; and (III) removing the elastomeric article from the mold.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid silicone rubber coating agent composition, including: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least two silicon atom-bonded alkenyl groups within each molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms within each molecule, (C) an addition reaction catalyst, (D) a gelled silica with a BET specific surface area within a range from 260 to 500 m2/g and an average particle size within a range from 0.5 to 20 ?m, and (E) an adhesion improver. Also provided is an air bag with a rubber coating layer including a cured product of the above composition. The liquid silicone rubber coating agent composition yields a cured product with excellent properties of adhesion to fiber, rubber strength, and blocking resistance.

Abstract: A coating composition comprises a resin, an antistatic agent and an antistatic aid, wherein the antistatic aid is selected from a group consisting of a siloxane compound, a fluoro-compound and a combination thereof. The antistatic aid can generate a synergy effect with the antistatic agent, and carry the antistatic agent out of the coating surface, thus can obviously reduce the amount of antistatic agent to achieve the desired antistatic effect by using a small amount of antistatic aid. The coating composition can be applied to various products with antistatic needs.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a rubber sidewall including (A) 30 to 80 phr of natural rubber; (B) 20 to 70 phr of cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber; (C) from 10 to 100 phr of silica; and (D) from 1 to 30 phr of a particulate rubber gel filler selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene gel, styrene butadiene gel, acrylonitrile-butadiene gel, chloroprene gel, natural rubber gel, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous compositions, particularly aqueous dispersions based on silicon dioxide, and to a method for the production and usage thereof as a component in the production of adhesive layers and for the bonding of the substrates coated on one side or both sides by spray application using the compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a a polymer composition, comprising: (i) at least one thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of at least about 220°C.; (ii) at least one phenylalkoxysilane, biphenol, trisilanolphenyl polyhedral oligomeric silesquioxane, or mixture of two or more thereof; (iii) inorganic particulates having an average particle size in the range up to about 100 nanometers dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, the inorganic particulates having an index of refraction in the range from about 1.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aqueous coating composition for plastic automotive interiors, including 1) a component selected from the group consisting of aqueous polyurethane resins, aqueous acrylic resins, and mixtures thereof, 2) an aqueous polyurethane resin having a hydroxyl group, 3) a micronized silica dispersant having an average particle size of 10˜30 ?m, 4) a polyethylene paraffin wax dispersant having an average particle size of 30˜100 nm, 5) a polysiloxane surface controlling agent, 6) a polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate stabilizer, 7) capsulated aromatic particles, and 8) a trifunctional hexamethlylenediisocyanate curing agent having a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: For composite materials having a total filler content of 80 to 95% by weight, containing A) 0.5 to 10% by weight of non-agglomerated nanofillers having particle sizes of 1 to 50 nm in the filler component, B) at least 60% by weight of a filler mixture of 50 to 90% coarse-particle and 10 to 50% fine-particle dental glass in the filler component, having a size ratio, relative to the average particle size (d50 value), of coarse to fine particles of >1:4 to 1:30, C) as monomer component, a monomer mixture of i. 60 to 80% bis-GMA or TCD-di-HEMA or TCD-di-HEA, ii. 10 to 18% UDMA, iii. Residual TEDMA and/or multifunctional crosslinkers, D) up to 1% photoinitiator(s); and E) optionally, at least one additional dental glass in the filler component having a different particle size than the coarse- and fine-particle dental glass, the polymerization shrinkage may be reduced to <1.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a fire retardant resin composition which is not only halogen-free and, hence, eliminating the adverse effect to the environment and human physiology but also reflecting an excellent fire retardancy imparted to a polyphenol having inherently favorable physical properties and heat resistance. The present invention is a fire retardant resin composition comprising a polyphenol compound and an inorganic microfine particle, wherein said polyphenol compound has such a structure that aromatic units each having at least one phenolic hydroxyl group are connected to one another through an organic unit containing two or more carbon atoms, and said inorganic microfine particle is a product of hydrolysis and condensation of an alkoxide compound and/or a carboxylic acid salt compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dew resistant coatings and articles having the dew resistant coating adhered thereto. The dew resistant coatings comprise elongate silica particles. These coatings are useful on articles or surfaces used in outdoor applications and articles and surfaces used in moist indoor environments.

Abstract: Fine dry silica particles are produced by combustion by using a burner of a multiple-pipe structure, feeding a mixed gas of a gas of a siloxane compound without containing halogen in the molecules thereof and an oxygen gas at a ratio of 0.3 to 1.5 into the center pipe of a burner, and feeding a combustible gas into the first annular pipe on the outer side of the center pipe of the burner. The fine dry silica particles has a BET specific surface area of 20 to 55 m2/g, and wherein the water suspension containing the fine silica particles at a concentration of 1.5% by weight has an optical absorbance ? for the light of a wavelength of 700 nm satisfying the following formula (1): ??240S?1.4?0.07??(1) wherein S is the BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the fine dry silica particles.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of nanoparticle/polyurethane composites is made by forming a mixture of nanoparticles and a continuous mass of a polyurethane prepolymer in the substantial absence of water and dispersing the mixture so made in aqueous medium. Alternatively, a polyurethane prepolymer or a mixture of nanoparticles and a continuous mass of a polyurethane prepolymer is dispersed into an aqueous dispersion of nanoparticles.

Abstract: A coating composition according to the present invention includes silica microparticles and fluorine resin particles. The coating film formed on a surface of an article includes a silica film composed of the silica microparticles, in which the fluorine resin particles are dotted so as to partially expose from a surface of the silica film, an exposed area of the silica film is larger than an exposed area of the fluorine resin particles, and amount of natrium contained in the coating composition is made equal to or less than 0.5% in a ratio by weight to contained amount of the silica microparticles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber composition comprised of diene based elastomer, precipitated silica, particulate low molecular weight alcohol-adsorbing (e.g. alkanol-adsorbing) activated carbon and coupling agent comprised of at least one of organopolyalkoxysilane polysulfide (e.g organopolyalkoxysilyl polysulfide such as a bis(3-trialkoxysilylalkyl polysulfide) and organoalkoxymercaptosilane. The invention further relates to a tire having a component of such rubber composition.

Abstract: Addition curable elastomer compositions whose cured products exhibit high elongation at break and high tear propagation resistance are prepared from specific molecular weight ranges of alkenyl-terminal, alkenyl-pendant, and substantially non-functional organopolysiloxanes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high melt flow thermoplastic resin filled with long fibers, such as long glass fibers, stainless steel fibers, carbon fibers, aramid fibers, or other like fibers, and having high melt flow properties. The high melt flow properties of the thermoplastic resin contribute to its ease of production, allowing for the production of long fiber-reinforced thermoplastic compositions having good dispersion and wet-out in the pellet and molded article, and characterized by low levels of loose fiber in the pellet and/or compound. Although any concentration of fibers may be present in the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composition, the high melt flow thermoplastic resins are especially suitable for high concentrate long glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic compositions.

Abstract: The adhesive bonding of matted PMMA with customary polymerization adhesives leads to very shiny bond seams, since the cured polymerization adhesives have a shiny surface. This emphasizes the very joining zones which it is intended that the viewer of bonded products should not perceive. The adhesive should therefore be matted after curing. The adhesive has for its basis a polymerization adhesive, preferably a (meth)acrylate-based adhesive. Two different kinds of silica are added as disperse powder to the polymerization adhesive, namely a silica powder having an average particle size of from 1 ?m to 10 ?m (matting agent) and a silica powder having an average particle size of more than 10 ?m up to 200 ?m (texturing agent).

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is the use of cohesive, low-hysteresis compositions comprising small amounts of reinforcing fillers to produce profiled filing members arranged in the bottom zone of tires in order to improve the life thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an effective amount of a coupling system (A) as an inorganic filler/elastomer coupling agent in rubber compositions comprising: (B) at least one natural or synthetic rubber elastomer, (C) an inorganic filler as reinforcing filler, (D) all or part of the other constituents or additives normally used particularly comprising (a) vulcanisation agent(s) the use being characterised in that: the coupling system (A) is a particular mixture of the following combination of ingredients (A1) and (A2): (A1) is at least one coupling agent selected from the following functionalised organosilicon compounds of formula (I): [(G0)3SiO1/2]m[(G0)2SiO2/2]n[G0SiO3/2]o[SiO4/2]p[(G2)a(G1)a(Z-CO—N?N—CO-A)SiO(3-a-a?)/2]g where the symbols Z, A, G0, G1, G2, a, a?, m, n, o, p and q have the definitions given in claim 1, (A2) is at least one coating agent for the reinforcing filler comprising one compound with the single function Y in the structure thereof which is capable of bonding physically and chem

Abstract: A silicone rubber adhesive film comprising a composition formed from; (A) organopolysiloxane gum that has at least two alkenyl groups in each molecule; (B) wet-method hydrophobic reinforcing silica that has a specific surface area of at least 200 m2/g; (C) organohydrogenpolysiloxane that contains at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecule; (D) mixture or reaction mixture from: (a) organopolysiloxane that has a branched molecular chain structure and that contains at least one silicon-bonded alkenyl group in each molecule and at least one silicon-bonded hydrolyzable group in each molecule, and (b) a silicon-containing compound that contains at least one silicon-bonded epoxy-functional hydrocarbon group and at least one silicon-bonded hydrolyzable group; and (E) curing accelerator.

Abstract: Elastomeric isoprene rubber compositions contain an effective amount of a coupling agent (A) comprising an organosilicon compound with coupling agent functions for inorganic/elastomeric fillers and include (B) at least one natural or synthetic rubber elastomer, (C) an inorganic filler as reinforcement filler, (D) other conventional constituents or additives comprising vulcanization agents; the coupling agent (A) being a functionalized organosilicon compound, including the following two compounds (i) and (2i), (i) being at least one functionalized siloxane corresponding to the formula (I): [(G0)3SiO1/2]m[(G0)2SiO2/2]n[G0SiO3/2]o[SiO4/2]p[(G2)a(G1)a?(Z-CO N?N—CO-A)SiO(3-a-a?)/2]q and (2i) being a mixture of at least one functionalized siloxane (i) with (3i) at least one functionalized organosilane also corresponding to formula (I) where m=n=o=p=0 (zero), q=1, a=0, 1, 2 or 3 and the sum a+a?=3.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing wholly aromatic polyester including: mixing monomers, introducing the mixed monomers into a reactor having a rectangular or trapezoidal plate type stirring impeller, and polymerizing the introduced monomers through esterification with a power per unit volume of 10˜60 kW/m3, a length (L) to diameter (D) ratio of the stirring impeller is 1˜3:1, and a distance between the bottom of the reactor and a lower portion of the stirring impeller is 1/100˜ 1/15 times of the diameter (D); b) pulverizing the obtained polymer; and c) solid state polymerizing the pulverized polymer.

Abstract: A nanofiller masterbatch comprising a nanofiller and an ethylene/ester copolymer having copolymerized units of ethylene and a comonomer selected from monoesters of C4-C8 unsaturated acids having at least two carboxylic acid groups, diesters of C4-C8 unsaturated acids having at least two carboxylic acid groups, and mixtures of two or more thereof; and a nanocomposite comprising a polyolefin and the nanofiller masterbatch are disclosed. Processes for preparing the nanofiller masterbatch and the nanocomposite are also disclosed.

Abstract: A wood substrate is coated by spray-applying onto the substrate a 100% solids transparent coating composition containing sufficient silica-containing semithixotropic particulate having an average particle size of about 1 to about 20 micrometers to provide improved coating holdout, and curing the thus-applied coating. The coating may be applied at lower wet coating weights (thinner wet coating thicknesses) than a coating that does not employ silica-containing semithixotropic particulate. On variable grain density wood substrates such as cherry, the coating exhibits less localized soak in (better holdout) and provides a cured finish with a more uniform appearance over high and low grain density regions.

Abstract: A curable adhesive composition kit and method of adhering substrates is provided having three basic adhesives and up to three additional optional adhesives. The basic adhesives include: at least one curable silicone end group-containing adhesive; at least one curable cyanoacrylate adhesive, and at least one curable epoxy adhesive. The optional adhesives can be one or more of the following: contact adhesive, urethane adhesive, polyvinylacetate adhesive, and pressure sensitive adhesive. The kit system also can have a selection guide for the adhesives in the system based on substrate types or substrate types and use conditions. Optionally a guide for using the adhesives in repairing adherends can be included in the kit. Also optionally the selection guide and/or the repair guide can be in an interactive program on a web site on a computer network such as the internet.

Abstract: A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene sulfide resin (A) and, compounded therewith, 1 to 100 parts by weight of glass fibers (B) having a single-fiber diameter of 12 ?m or lager and has a crystallization temperature during cooling of 205° C. or lower. Also provided is a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene sulfide resin (A) and, compounded therewith, 1 to 100 parts by weight of glass fibers (B) having a single-fiber diameter of 10 to 12 ?m, excluding 12 ?m, has a crystallization temperature during cooling of 205° C. or lower and a chloroform-extractable content of 0.5 wt. % or lower, and gives a 2 mm-thick molded product which has a transmittance of 15% or higher for laser beam having a wavelength of 940 nm and a heat distortion temperature of 230° C. or higher under a load of 1.82 MPa.

Abstract: The disclosed is a silica-polymeric resin composite of blending the silicon dioxide nanoparticles in thermoplastic polymer and method for manufacturing the same, thereby improving its scratch-resistance. A thermoplastic polymer is dissolved in solvent to form a thermoplastic polymer solution. The polymer solution is evenly mixed with a silicon dioxide sol, and the solvent is then removed to complete the silica-polymeric resin composite. In the silica-polymeric resin composite, the silicon dioxide nanoparticles and the thermoplastic polymer have no chemical bonding therebetween, and the silicon dioxide nanoparticles are evenly dispersed in the thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing material for liquid crystals having high adhesion strength and excellent gap-forming power at bonding of panels. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a sealing material and a method for producing a liquid crystal display cell which is improved in productivity, high-speed response and reliability. The sealing material for liquid crystals is produced through a step wherein fine particles (D) having an average particle size of not more than 3 ?m are dispersed, using a wet dispersion unit (A), in a reactive resin (C) having an epoxy group and/or a (meth)acryloyl group which resin has been dissolved in a solvent (B) and a following step wherein the solvent (B) is removed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing film excellent in filling properties and adhesiveness as a sealing film which comprises a resin layer containing the following (A), (B) and (C) and having a flow within the range of 150 to 1800 ?m at 80° C.: (A) a resin component containing (a1) a high-molecular-weight component comprising crosslinking functional groups and having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and a Tg within the range of ?50 to 50° C. and (a2) a thermoplastic component comprising an epoxy resin as main component, (B) a filler having an average particle size within the range of 1 to 30 ?m, and (C) a colorant, as well as a method for manufacturing the same and a semiconductor device using the same.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing extrudable/melt spinnable concentrate pellets which contain phase change materials (PCMs), whether the PCMs are micro-encapsulated absorbed into carrier polymers, or non-micro-encapsulated within the concentrate pellets. The polymer matrix within the concentrate pellets can be any thermoplastic polymer or combination of thermoplastic polymers, and the concentrate pellets can then be blended into similar thermoplastic polymers to form mono-filament melt spun fibers, extruded films, injection molded products, etc., or the concentrate pellets can be blended with other thermoplastic polymers to form bi-component or multi-component melt spun fibers, extruded films, injection molded products, etc.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inkjet-recording element comprising a support and at least one coated ink-receiving layer, wherein the ink-receiving layer comprises silica particles, optional hydrophilic polymeric binder, and a combination of surfactants, including a fluorosurfactant and a non-fluorine-containing non-ionic surfactant. Also disclosed is a coating composition for such an inkjet recording element. The invention can provide improved image quality (reduced coalescence) of the inkjet recording element or increased stability of the coating composition.