Abstract: The invention is directed to polyimide based adhesives having a coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”) equal to or below 50 ppm/° C. The adhesives of the present invention contain a polyimide base polymer present in the overall adhesive in an amount from 25 to 95 weight percent. The polyimide base polymer has a glass transition temperature (“Tg”) in a range of from about 150 to about 300° C. and typically has a coefficient of thermal expansion above 50 ppm/° C. The polyimide based adhesives of the invention also contain an aramid micro fiber filler in an amount from 5 to 75 weight percent, based upon the total weight of the polyimide based adhesive. The fiber filler can be used to lower CTE of the overall adhesive to match (or nearly match) the CTE of other materials like metal, silicon wafers, other polymers (including polyimide) and the like.

Abstract: This invention is based upon the discovery that elongated silica has superior characteristics for reinforcing rubbery elastomers as compared to conventional silica. More specifically, elongated silica provides a higher level of reinforcement for elastomers at the same level of loading. Accordingly, elongated silica can be employed to attain an equivalent level of reinforcement at a lower level of loading. This results in lower weight compositions and potential cost savings. Rubber compounds that are reinforced with elongated silica offer significant advantages in tires including reduced rolling resistance, increased tread life, and, of course, reduced weight.

Abstract: This invention relates to an oil-extended natural rubber capable of improving a tensile strength and a wear resistance of a rubber composition, and more particularly to an oil-extended natural rubber formed by adding an emulsified extension oil to a natural rubber latex and further coagulating and drying them. An amount of the extension oil added is preferable to be within a range of 5-80% by mass based on a rubber component in the natural rubber latex and the oil-extended natural rubber is preferable to have a weight average molecular weight as converted to polystyrene of a rubber component of not less than 1,500,000.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toughened film forming agent for use in a fiber sizing, a finish coating or a binder composition, where the toughened film forming agent includes a film fowling polymer and a toughening agent both dispersed in water. The toughening agent may be core shell polymers, rubber, thermoplastic materials, nanomaterials, nanofibers, including any combination or subset thereof. The film forming polymer may be epoxy resins, polyurethane resins, epoxy-polyurethane resins, polyester resins, epoxy-polyester resins, polyvinylacetate resins, polypropylene resins, including any combination or subset thereof.

Abstract: This invention provides a rubber composition capable of improving a durability to heat buildup of a heavy duty pneumatic radial tire by applying to a cushion rubber of the tire to lower heat buildup of the cushion rubber without lowering a fracture strength of the cushion rubber as well as a tire using such a rubber composition and being excellent in the durability to heat buildup. The rubber composition is characterized in that 25-45 parts by mass of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N2SA) of not less than 60 m2/g as a filler is compounded based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising at least one of natural rubber and synthetic isoprene rubber, and a modulus at 50% elongation is not less than 1.1 MPa, and a loss tangent (tan ?) at 25° C. and 2% strain and an amount of carbon black compounded based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component satisfy a relation of the following equation (I): tan ?/amount of carbon black compounded?0.0015??(I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of producing composite materials by a sol/gel-process, comprising carbon nanoparticles and organic polymer material. The invention further relates to composite materials, which are manufactured with the use of said sol/gel technology.

Abstract: A polymer composition which includes carbon nanotubes in a resin matrix such as cyclic butylene terephthalate where the resin matrix is compounded into a polymer matrix. The carbon nanotube resin matrix is compatible in a wide variety of polymer matrixes having many end uses. The resin matrix provides good compatibility with many polymer systems, e.g., polyamides, polyesters, acrylics and is easy to use exhibiting a low melting point and low viscosity in melt and provides for a polymer matrix having good properties, including a higher electrical conductivity and/or increased mechanical properties.

Abstract: There is provided a rubber composition in which strength and weather resistance are improved and the use of petroleum resource is suppressed as much as possible, and a tire comprising thereof. A rubber composition comprising 3 to 12 parts by weight of a pigment derived from resources other than petroleum, 10 parts by weight or less of carbon black and 30 parts by weight or more of silica based on 100 parts by weight of rubber components comprising an epoxidized natural rubber and/or a natural rubber.

Abstract: Polyester compositions are disclosed that include polyester polymers or copolymers having incorporated therein titanium nitride particles and carbon-coated iron particles to improve the reheat properties of the compositions. The compositions may also exhibit reduced yellowness, and improved resistance to the effects of UV light. Processes for making such compositions are also disclosed. The particles may be incorporated in the polyester by melt compounding, or may be added at any stage of the polymerization, such as during the melt-phase of the polymerization. A range of particle sizes may be used, as well as a range of particle size distributions. The polyester compositions are suitable for use in packaging made from processes in which a reheat step is desirable, or decreased yellowness is desired, or increased resistance to the effects of ultraviolet light is desired, or any combination of the foregoing.

Abstract: Provided is a resin molding material having a remarkably excellent abrasion resistance while maintaining a favorable mechanical strength. The resin molding material is improved in deterioration of the abrasion resistance caused by an abrasive powder generated from an inorganic substance, particularly from a glass fiber or the like. The resin molding material contains a resin, a carbon substance and an inorganic substance. The carbon substance contains an adhesive carbon substance.

Abstract: Bridged graphite oxide material comprising graphite sheets bridged by at least one diamine bridging group. The bridged graphite oxide material may be incorporated in polymer composites or used in adsorption media.

Abstract: An insulation shield material is provided having improved performance without the need for expensive additives, complex polymer formulations, or specially prepared carbon black. The semiconductive composition used to make the strippable semiconductive insulation shield layer in contact with the outer surface of a wire and cable insulation layer has a base polymer having a weight average molecular weight of not more than 200,000, an adhesion modifying additive system having at least two components and a conductive carbon black. Each of the adhesion modifying additive system components is different from the base polymer. The first component of the adhesion modifying additive system contains a hydrocarbon wax or ethylene vinyl acetate wax and the second component of the adhesion modifying additive system contains an amide wax.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink containing a carbon nanotube with low viscosity and high dispersibility of the carbon nanotube. The present invention provides an ink containing a carbon nanotube, an organic solvent, a binder, and a dispersant, wherein the dispersant is at least one dispersant selected from the group consisting of a polyalkylol amine salt dispersant, and a polyether-modified polyalkylsiloxane dispersant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material including nanotubes of a chemical element selected from the compounds of the elements of columns IIIa, IVa and Va of the periodic table, dispersed in a polymer matrix including (a) at least one fluorinated homo- or copolymer and (b) at least one fluorinated homo- or copolymer grafted with at least one carboxylic polar function. The invention also relates to the use of the composite material and to the use of at least one fluorinated homo- or copolymer grafted with at least one carboxylic polar function for increasing the tensile strength of a composite material containing the above nanotubes dispersed in a fluorinated polymer matrix.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of dispersing discrete fillers in a polymer matrix to form a composite. Also disclosed are composites having discrete fillers dispersed in a polymer matrix.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resin polymer blend comprising at least two dry blended, non-melt processible resin polyimide particulates, wherein the non-melt processible resin polyimide articulates are molded by compression molding.

Abstract: A process for producing a filmy graphite includes the steps of forming a polyimide film having a birefringence of 0.12 or more and heat-treating the polyimide film at 2,400° C. or higher.

Abstract: The invention relates to lamp blacks having a DBP value of less than 100 ml/100 g. The invention also relates to a method for producing said lamp black, wherein lamp black is mechanically size-reduced in a rotary ball mill. The lamp blacks according to the invention can be used in carbon black dispersions, paint systems, printing inks, plastic mixtures and rubber mixtures.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a bead, which has excellent processability and is capable of decreasing heat generation while maintaining rubber hardness, and a pneumatic tire having improved balance in fuel efficiency and steering stability. Specifically, the present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire bead comprising (B) 10 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black having nitrogen-adsorbing specific surface area of 30 to 100 m2/g and dibutyl phthalate adsorption of 40 to 200 ml/100 g, and (C) 5 to 120 parts by weight of a think plate-like natural mineral having aspect ratio of 3 to 30 and average particle size of 2 to 30 ?m, based on (A) 100 parts by weight of a rubber component.

Abstract: Polymer/carbon nanotube composites including single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes incorporated into the matrix of a polymer are provided. These composites can be used in environments exposed to galactic cosmic radiation. Accordingly, the composites are useful in deep space applications like space vehicles, space stations, personal equipment as well as applications in the biomedical arts and atom splitting research. The composites can be modified with organic dyes containing at least one phenyl ring and the resulting doped composite is useful as a radiation detector. The preferred polymer is poly(4-methyl-1-pentene). At low nanotube concentrations (i.e., about 0.5 wt % or less), the composites exhibit transparent optical qualities. At higher nanotube concentrations (i.e., about 0.6 wt % or more), the composites are non-transparent.

Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions prepared by combining nanomaterials with a halide-containing polymer, thereby forming a combined polymer matrix having dispersed nanomaterials within the matrix. The nanomaterials may be carbon-based nanotubes, in some applications. A halide-containing monomer is combined with nanotubes, and then polymerized in some compositions. In other applications, a halide-containing polymer is solution processed with nanotubes to form useful compositions in the invention. Also disclosed are probes for near field detection of radiation.

Abstract: Abrasion resistance can be improved without impairing tip cut resistance by using polybutadiene comprising specific syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene in a tread rubber. Namely, the present invention provides a rubber composition for a tread which comprises a rubber component comprising 10 to 30% by weight of a butadiene rubber in which syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene having an average primary particle diameter of not more than 100 nm is dispersed in the butadiene rubber.

Abstract: Polyester compositions are disclosed that include polyester polymers or copolymers having incorporated therein carbon-coated iron particles that improve the reheat properties of the compositions. Processes for making such compositions are also disclosed. The carbon-coated iron particles may be incorporated in the polyester by melt compounding, or may be added at any stage of the polymerization, such as during the melt-phase of the polymerization. A range of particle sizes may be used, as well as a range of particle size distributions. The polyester compositions are suitable for use in packaging made from processes in which a reheat step is desirable.

Abstract: A polymer composition, containing a polymer matrix which contains an elastomer; and a functional graphene which displays no signature of graphite and/or graphite oxide, as determined by X-ray diffraction, exhibits excellent strength, toughness, modulus, thermal stability and electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A molding compound comprising a resin, a filler, and a carbon nano-tube dispersion is disclosed. The carbon nano-tube dispersion achieves a low average agglomeration size in the molding compound thereby providing desirable electromechanical properties and laser marking compatibility. A shallow laser mark may be formed in a mold cap with a maximum depth of less than 10 microns.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprises 10 to 70 parts by mass of carbon black having 20 to 100 m2/g of the specific surface area by nitrogen adsorption per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising 20 to 80 parts by mass of a modified polybutadiene rubber and 80 to 20 parts by mass of natural rubber and/or at least one other diene-based synthetic rubber, wherein the modified polybutadiene is obtained by polymerizing 1,3-butadiene in an organic solvent using a compound having a rare earth element of the lanthanoid series, followed by modifying the obtained polybutadiene, and has a content of the cis-1,4-bond of 92% or greater, a content of vinyl bond of 1.5% or smaller and a fraction of the modified chain end of 20% or greater; and a tire using the rubber composition for a sidewall. The rubber composition exhibits excellent low heat buildup property and resistance to fracture.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber composition having excellent low loss characteristics and capable of imparting a tire with wear resistance and fracture resistance. The rubber composition is obtained by blending a carbon black, which has a toluene coloring transmittance of not less than 90% while satisfying the following relation between the hydrogen emission rate (mass %) and the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption specific surface area (CTAB) (m2/g): the hydrogen emission rate >0.260?6.25×10?4×CTAB, into a modified natural rubber which is obtained by adding a polar group-containing monomer into a natural rubber latex for graft-polymerizing the polar group-containing monomer to a natural rubber molecule in the natural rubber latex, and then solidifying and drying the resulting product.

Abstract: Reduced hysteresis silica-containing black sidewall compounds having increased toughness properties are provided, as are methods for preparing the same. Tires comprising the black sidewall compounds prepared according to the present embodiments are also provided.

Abstract: Laser ray transmitting colored polyolefin resin composition containing an anthraquinone salt forming dye below; and method of laser welding wherein welding a portion of contact of a laser ray transmitting material of said resin composition and a laser ray absorbing material by irradiating laser ray so that the laser ray transmitting material transmits the laser ray and the laser ray is absorbed in the laser ray absorbing material with the laser ray transmitting material and the laser ray absorbing material in contact with each other: A, B: —NH— or —O—; R1-R3: hydrogen, amino, hydroxy, halogen; R4-R13: hydrogen, alkyl, nitro, sulfonic group; Kin+: organic ammonium ion; m: 1 or 2; n: 1 or 2; the sulfonic group is —SO3 or SO3M, the number of —SO3 being m, M representing hydrogen or an alkali metal.

Abstract: Field of Invention The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity containing a closed cellular rubber which contains a dispersion of at least two diverse carbon blacks to promote an improved path for thermal conductivity with suitable physical properties for the closed cellular foam rubber.

Abstract: Disclosed is a powder coating method and paint thereof. First, a metal object is applied a voltage. Second, paint is rubbed to carry a static charge, wherein the static charge is opposite to the voltage applied to the metal object. The statically charged paint is then sprayed from a nozzle to the metal object to form a coating covering the metal object surface. The paint composition includes 90 to 99.9 parts by weight of a resin matrix, and 10 to 0.1 parts by weight of a carbon nanocapsule evenly dispersed in the resin matrix.

Abstract: A polymer-chain-grafted carbon nanocapsule. The polymer-chain-grafted carbon nanocapsule includes a carbon nanocapsule and at least one kind of polymer chain grafted thereon, forming a polymer-chain-grafted carbon nanocapsule in which the carbon nanocapsule is the core thereof. The polymer-chain-grafted carbon nanocapsules have the following formula: F(-P)m, in which F is the carbon nanocapsule, P is the polymer chain, and m is the number of the polymer chain. By grafting high-purity carbon nanocapsules with polymer chains, the application thereof is expanded.

Abstract: A method of preparing thickened compositions which can be molded under low pressures and temperatures to provide thermoset articles, wherein liquid reactive components are slowly absorbed in solid thermoplastic elastomer thickeners such as thermoplastic ionomers and acrylic block copolymers. The thickener delays the viscosity build, allowing fiber reinforcement and other fillers to be incorporated, if desired, before molding. The molding composition is well suited for use in dentistry and other fields where small amounts or molding composition are used occasionally.

Abstract: Composite materials are disclosed having low filler percolation thresholds for filler materials into the composite matrix material along with methods of controlling filler interconnectivity within the composite matrix material. Methods are, thus, disclosed that provide the ability to control the desired properties of the composites. The composites of the present disclosure are characterized by a “pseudo-crystalline” microstructure formed of matrix particles and filler particles where the matrix particles are faceted and substantially retain their individual particle boundaries and where the filler particles are interspersed between the matrix particles at the individual matrix particle boundaries such that the filler particles form a substantially interconnected network that substantially surrounds the individual faceted matrix particles.

Abstract: This specification discloses a conductive composition relying upon spherical boron nitride particles and thermally expanded graphite to impart high through-plane thermal conductivity in thermoplastics for use in hot environments, including the electronics industry.

Abstract: Carbon blacks which are useful in a variety of polymer compounds including ABS compounds are described, as well as methods of making the carbon blacks and polymer compounds. The carbon blacks provide desirable jetness and impact strength, as well as good dispersion in a polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a long-fiber reinforced and colored molded article having desirable physical properties such as superior impact strength, tensile strength, and flexural strength as well as superior heat-resistance, a long-fiber reinforced polyolefin composition for producing the article, and method for producing the article. The long-fiber reinforced polyolefin composition comprises long-fiber reinforced polyolefin pellets including 35 to 90 weight % of a long-fiber reinforcing agent and 5 to 60 weight % of polyolefin wherein the impregnation degree of the long-fiber reinforced polyolefin pellet is preferably more than 80%; and colored polyolefin pellets having the length of 5 to 500 mm, and including 0.01 to 15 weight % of a coloring agent for the total amount of the coloring agent and polyolefin, wherein the amount of the colored polyolefin pellets is 5 to 80 weight % for the total amount of the colored polyolefin pellets and the long-fiber reinforced polyolefin pellets.

Abstract: A cleaning blade, for use in an image-forming apparatus, formed by a molded resin composition containing a rubber component consisting of a thermosetting elastomer containing acrylonitrile as a constituent monomer thereof and having a bound acrylonitrile amount of 15 to 50%.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a pneumatic tire containing 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber and 5 to 120 parts by weight of carbon black having a particle size of 15 to 40 nm, a nitrogen absorption specific surface area N2SA of 60 to 200 m2/g, and a pH of 1 to 5 or 8.5 to 13, which can improve wet performance of a tire without causing problems in productivity and conductivity.

Abstract: Pneumatic rubber tire having at least one component of a polybutadiene-rich rubber composition comprised of a blend of a continuous phase of a specialized cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber and a dispersed phase comprised of a composite of styrene/butadiene elastomer which contains a dispersion of at least partially exfoliated, intercalated, clay platelets, wherein said cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber and styrene/butadiene elastomer have spatially defined glass transition temperatures, wherein said blend contains amorphous silica and carbon black reinforcement. Such tire component may be, for example, a circumferential tread having a running surface intended to be ground-contacting or a sidewall insert.

Abstract: A tire composition with a Shore A hardness, according to DIN 53 505 and ASTM D2240, of not less than 40 and not greater than 95 and a glass-transition temperature Tg (E?max), according to DIN 53 513 with a specified temperature sweep of ?80° C. to +80° C. and a specified compression of 10+0.2% at 10 Hz, not less than ?80° C. and not greater than 0° C., with improved abrasion performance, in particular for pneumatic tires, has the following composition: at least one vulcanizable diene rubber selected from natural rubbers, synthetic polyisoprene rubbers, polyisobutylene rubbers, polybutadiene rubbers (BR), and random styrene-butadiene rubbers; from 35 to 300 phr of at least one active filler selected from carbon blacks, silicas, silicon based fillers, and metal oxides, of which at least 10 phr must be carbon blacks, silicas, or some combination thereof; from 0 to 250 phr of other or further additives; from 0.

Abstract: A composition, having an improved resistance to yellowing under heat aging, comprising at least 20 weight % of at least one polycondensation polymer having a heat deflection temperature of above 80° C. under a load of 1.82 MPa when measured according to ASTM D648, from 0 to 5 weight % of at least one polymer having a heat deflection temperature of at most 80° C. under a load of 1.82 MPa when measured according to ASTM D648, a white pigment; and a black pigment provides resistance to heat aging induced yellowing. The polycondensation polymers are advantageously selected from the group consisting of polyarylethersulfones, at least partially aromatic polyamides, polyamideimides, liquid crystalline polymers, polyimides, polyetherimides, polyaryletherketones, and polyphenylene sulfides. The polymer composition can be molded to form a variety of articles, including LED components, such as reflectors, reflector cups, and scramblers.

Abstract: A mixture for heat storage devices has a phase change material and particulate expanded graphite. The material mixtures are produced by mixing phase change material and expanded graphite as powders or in molten form, and shaping the mixtures into shaped bodies.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a base tread, which improves balance in low heat generating properties and steering stability, and a pneumatic tire using the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a rubber composition for a base tread of a tire comprising 5 to 120 parts by weight of a laminated natural mineral having aspect ratio of 3 to 30 and average particle size of 2 to 30 ?m, based on 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber component, and a pneumatic tire having a base tread comprising the rubber composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a conductive resin composition containing a polyamide, a polyphenylene ether, a polyester and a conductive carbon filler. The resin composition has attained excellent conductivity by being added with a small amount of the conductive carbon filler, while being excellent in fluidity and surface luster. Also disclosed is a molded body formed from such a resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a friction material having a fibrous base material as a primary layer and a secondary layer comprising a mixture of carbonaceous material and friction modifying particles on at least one surface of the primary layer for use as an anti-shudder friction material.

Abstract: A seal element (70) for providing a static or dynamic seal between two components (74, 78) in a downhole tool includes a polymer host material (212) and a plurality of nanostructures (220) forming a nanocomposite material (210). The polymer host material (212) has a plurality of regions of free volume (222) that receive the nanostructures (220). The nanostructures (220) and the polymer host material (212) form interfacial interactions that improve the useful life of the seal element (70) by minimizing seal failures associated with explosive decompression, extrusion, spiral failure, abrasion, temperature degradation and the like.

Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforced silicone resin film comprising impregnating a fiber reinforcement in a nano-material-filled silicone composition comprising a condensation-curable silicone composition and a carbon nanomaterial, and curing the silicone resin of the impregnated fiber reinforcement; and a reinforced silicone resin film prepared according to the preceding method.

Abstract: There are provided black iron-based particles comprising iron/titanium composite oxide particles having a titanium element content (A) of 5 to 35% by atom based on an iron element content contained in the black iron-based particles, and a ratio of a titanium element content (B) (based on an iron element content contained in the portion dissolved) in a portion of the black iron-based particles, which is dissolved therefrom at an iron element dissolution percentage of 1% by weight, to the titanium content (A) of not less than 1.0. The black iron-based particles of the present invention are not only excellent in dispersibility, acid resistance, tinting strength and blackness, but also exhibit a less magnetization value. Also, the black paint and the rubber or resin composition of the present invention are excellent in acid resistance and blackness.

Abstract: A rubber material, in particular for wiper blades of windshield wipers or for automotive tires, is described, containing at least one grade of rubber, at least one filler and processing adjuvants. Of at least one of the grades of rubber present, the rubber material contains a first and a second fraction which differ in viscosity in the unvulcanized state.