Abstract: A surface-protective coating forming composition exhibiting excellent shelf life (storage stability) and cured coating performance is derived from trialkoxysilane and metal oxide powder.

Abstract: A compact camera module that contains a generally planar base on which is mounted a lens barrel is provided. The base, barrel, or both are molded from a polymer composition that includes a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer and a plurality of mineral fibers (also known as “whisker”). The mineral fibers have a median width of from about 1 to about 35 micrometers and constitute from about 5 wt % to about 60 wt % of the polymer composition.

Abstract: This invention refers to an addition-type organosilicon sealant for halogen-free conductive and flame-resistant electric products, which consists of: A) vinyl silicone oil; B) silicon dioxide treated by silane or aluminum oxide treated by silane; C) a compound in which every molecule contains H—Si functional group, the mass content of H is 0.1-1.2%; D) hydrolysis product from hydrolysis reaction between Vinyl trimethoxy(triethoxy) silane and ?-(2,3-epoxy propoxy) propyl trimethoxy(triethoxy) silane; E) chloroplatinic acid or 1,3-divinyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethyl disiloxane platinum complex; F) any one or combination of carbon black, iron black, titanium dioxide, cerium oxide, benzotriazole, zinc carbonate and magnesium carbonate. The substance provided by this invention, which is halogen-free and flame-resistant with certain heat conductivity and viscosity, is quite applicable to sealing of electric products.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a polystyrene based nanocomposite by combining a monomer with a nanoparticle to form a mixture and subjecting the mixture to polymerization conditions to produce a polymeric composite. In an embodiment the nanoparticle has been treated with an additive prior to combining with the monomer and the additive contains a silane moiety.

Abstract: A tire dressing composition is provided that includes at least one silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature. An amine functionalized silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature is also present. A thickener is present to yield a coating from the composition has limited sag, low tack upon coating formation, and desirable durability properties. An organic solvent is present in which the at least one silicone fluid and the amine functionalized silicone fluid are soluble or suspended. A process is provided for dressing a tire having a previous silicone coating thereon, the process including applying the tire dressing composition and allowing a solvent to evaporate from the composition to form a tire dressing coating. The coating producing an initial gloss of great than 200 units.

Abstract: A composite material comprises a reinforcing material carried in a polymer matrix material which is the polymerization product of a polymerizable composition comprising a di-activated vinyl compound, with the proviso that the di-activated vinyl compound is not a cyanoacrylate. The reinforcing materials may be a wide variety of substrates including thermally sensitive materials. Exemplary composites can be molded and cured at ambient temperatures. Also disclosed are laminate materials having layered materials adhered by curing a di-activated vinyl polymerizable composition.

Abstract: The subject disclosure presents systems and methods for manufacturing a non-porous thermoformable polyurethane solid by combining an uncured polyurethane resin with Aluminum Trihydrate (ATH), a plurality of particulates, molecular sieves, and color particulates. This combination is mixed in a vacuum for a time period sufficient to initiate an exothermic reaction within the mixture. After the time period, the exothermically reacting mixture is allowed to cure to form the polyurethane solid. The curing may occur in a mold, i.e. by pouring or injecting the mixture into the mold. Alternatively, the mixture may be sprayed on to a surface and allowed to cure.

Abstract: A binder composition for a rechargeable battery, including a binder polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 20° C. or less, and having a storage modulus (60° C.) of 50-150 MPa. The binder composition according to an embodiment can improve life characteristics of the rechargeable battery by efficiently controlling expansion of a negative electrode plate.

Abstract: This invention refers to an addition-type organosilicon sealant for halogen-free conductive and flame-resistant electric products, which consists of: A) vinyl silicone oil; B) silicon dioxide treated by silane or aluminium oxide treated by silane; C) a compound in which every molecule contains H—Si functional group, the mass content of H is 0.1-1.2%; D) hydrolysis product from hydrolysis reaction between Vinyl trimethoxy (triethoxy) silane and ?-(2,3-epoxy propoxy) propyl trimethoxy (triethoxy) silane; E) chloroplatinic acid or 1,3-divinyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethyl disiloxane platinum complex; F) any one or combination of carbon black, iron black, titanium dioxide, cerium oxide, benzotriazole, zinc carbonate and magnesium carbonate. The substance provided by this invention, which is halogen-free and flame-resistant with certain heat conductivity and viscosity, is quite applicable to sealing of electric products.

Abstract: A (meth)allylsilane compound that a functional group of a (meth)allylsilyl group or a halogenosilyl group bonded to the (meth)allylsilyl group via a spacer group is bonded directly or through a divergent spacer group to a dehydrogenated residue of an amino group of an amino group-containing compound; a carbaminic acid ester group or an amide group derived from a dehydrogenated residue of the amino group; an aromatic compound; a polymerizable unsaturated groups; perfluoro group; a dehydrogenated residue of saccharide or a carbohydrate polyol (excluding when the divergent spacer group is an alkylene group, or an alkylene group and an arylene group); a dehydrogenated residue of an amino acid; a halogenosilyl group; or a substituted silyl group in which a halogen of the halogenosilyl group is substituted.

Abstract: The subject disclosure presents systems and methods for manufacturing a non-porous thermoformable polyurethane solid by combining an uncured polyurethane resin with Aluminum Trihydrate (ATH), a plurality of particulates, molecular sieves, and color particulates. This combination is mixed in a vacuum for a time period sufficient to initiate an exothermic reaction within the mixture. After the time period, the exothermically reacting mixture is allowed to cure to form the polyurethane solid. The curing may occur in a mold, i.e. by pouring or injecting the mixture into the mold. Alternatively, the mixture may be sprayed on to a surface and allowed to cure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a polystyrene based nanocomposite by combining a monomer with a nanoparticle to form a mixture and subjecting the mixture to polymerization conditions to produce a polymeric composite. In an embodiment the nanoparticle has been treated with an additive prior to combining with the monomer and the additive contains a silane moiety.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a polystyrene based nanocomposite by combining a monomer with a nanoparticle to form a mixture and subjecting the mixture to polymerization conditions to produce a polymeric composite. In an embodiment the nanoparticle has been treated with an additive prior to combining with the monomer and the additive contains a silane moiety.

Abstract: A tire dressing composition is provided that includes at least one silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature. An amine functionalized silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature is also present. A thickener is present to yield a coating from the composition has limited sag, low tack upon coating formation, and desirable durability properties. An organic solvent is present in which the at least one silicone fluid and the amine functionalized silicone fluid are soluble or suspended. A process is provided for dressing a tire having a previous silicone coating thereon, the process including applying the tire dressing composition and allowing a solvent to evaporate from the composition to form a tire dressing coating. The coating producing an initial gloss of great than 200 units.

Abstract: A nanoparticle composition comprising a substrate comprising aluminum nanoparticles, an Al2O3 component coating said aluminum nanoparticles, and a metallocene catalyst component coupled to the Al2O3 component; and a polyolefin component coupled to said substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the milling-drying of a raw mixture containing aluminum trihydroxide having an average particle size D50 in the range from 50 to 130 ?m and a specific BET surface area in the range from 0.01 to 0.5 m2/g and containing from 0.1 to 20% by weight of water, based on the raw mixture, which comprises the steps i) introduction of the raw mixture into a milling-drying apparatus, ii) introduction of a hot air stream having a temperature in the range from 20 to 100° C. into the milling-drying apparatus so as to flow through the milling-drying apparatus and iii) comminution of the aluminum trihydroxide present in the raw mixture in the milling-drying apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a member which is excellent in transparency and flexibility, and can impart a resistance to cigarette burns to various adherends by being attached to the various adherends. Specifically provided is a polymer member with a resistance to cigarette burns, including a polymer layer, in which: the polymer layer contains a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer (X); and the polymer (X) contains a cross-linked polymer.

Abstract: A resin-coated metallic pigment in which a coating layer constituted of a single layer or a plurality of layers is formed on a surface of a base particle, an outermost layer of the coating layer being composed of a resin which is a polymer containing one or more compounds selected from a monomer and an oligomer having two or more polymerizable double bonds as a constituent unit, and a surface portion of the outermost layer being treated with a surface modifier which is a compound having one polymerizable double bond.

Abstract: A tire dressing composition is provided that includes at least one silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature. An amine functionalized silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature is also present. A thickener is present to yield a coating from the composition has limited sag, low tack upon coating formation, and desirable durability properties. An organic solvent is present in which the at least one silicone fluid and the amine functionalized silicone fluid are soluble or suspended. A process is provided for dressing a tire having a previous silicone coating thereon, the process including applying the tire dressing composition and allowing a solvent to evaporate from the composition to form a tire dressing coating. The coating producing an initial gloss of great than 200 units.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for coatings which include the reaction product of a reaction system, where the reaction system encompasses at least one prepolymer having isocyanate functional groups, where the prepolymer includes the reaction product of at least one isocyanate and at least one polyol having an hydroxyl functionality of between about 2 and about 6. a sodium silicate solution, at least one isocyanate reactive component having at least one of a hydroxyl and an amine functionality of between about 2 and about 4, at least one intumescent filler, at least one filler, and optionally a suspension agent.

Abstract: Porous materials are fabricated using interpenetrating inorganic-organic composite gels. A mixture or precursor solution including an inorganic gel precursor, an organic polymer gel precursor, and a solvent is treated to form an inorganic wet gel including the organic polymer gel precursor and the solvent. The inorganic wet gel is then treated to form a composite wet gel including an organic polymer network in the body of the inorganic wet gel, producing an interpenetrating inorganic-organic composite gel. The composite wet gel is dried to form a composite material including the organic polymer network and an inorganic network component. The composite material can be treated further to form a porous composite material, a porous polymer or polymer composite, a porous metal oxide, and other porous materials.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a curable composition to be prepared by mixing a base paste and a catalyst paste, the base paste comprising (A) a hardenable compound comprising at least two aziridine moieties, and (B) a metal containing component containing anions and/or ligands, the metal containing component being present in an amount of about 0.1 to about 5 wt.-%, the metal being selected from Zn, Cu, Co, Ni, Ag and combinations thereof, the anions or ligands being selected from oxide, hydroxyl, (hydro)carbonate, sulphate, nitrate, halide, lactate, benzoate, wolframate, linear or branched aliphatic carboxylic acid anions, ligands having not more than two coordinating moieties and combinations thereof, the catalyst paste comprising (C) a Lewis acid, the composition optionally further comprising (D) a retarder, (E) filler and (F) additive(s).

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition for coating electrically conductive wires. The coating composition comprising 0.1 to 60 wt % of reactive particles, based on an element-oxygen network and further having reactive functional groups chemically bound to the surface of the element-oxygen network. At least one of the reactive functional groups is an isocyanate group that is bound to the reactive particle via a carbamate group. The coating composition can further contain one or more conventional binders and other additives.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a polystyrene based nanocomposite by combining a monomer with a nanoparticle to form a mixture and subjecting the mixture to polymerization conditions to produce a polymeric composite. In an embodiment the nanoparticle has been treated with an additive prior to combining with the monomer and the additive contains a silane moiety.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component set for producing a polyurethane coating agent that can be cured by a chemical isocyanate reaction, at least comprising (A) a liquid reaction component A containing the polyhydroxyl compound of the polyurethane binder, (B) a liquid reaction component B containing the polyisocyanate for cross-linking the polyhydroxyl compound, wherein an inorganic filler is contained in components A and/or B, and wherein the reaction components A and/or B contain a volatile compound of formula (I), where R2, R3, R4=the methyl or ethyl group, and (C) component C as a separately provided flow agent and catalyst, said component C containing a titanium compound of formula Ti (OR)x(OCOR1)y, where R1=Cl to C8 hydrocarbon group; R1=C10-C18 hydrocarbon group; x=1 or 2; y=2 or 3; x+y=4. The invention further relates to a method for producing a polyurethane coating agent and to the use of the set of components to produce a polyurethane coating agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin paste composition including an organic compound, and a granular aluminum powder having an average particle diameter of from 2 to 10 ?m and a flake-shaped silver powder having an average particle diameter of from 1 to 5 ?m which are uniformly dispersed in the organic compound, and a semiconductor device manufactured by bonding a semiconductor element onto a supporting member through the resin paste composition and then encapsulating the resulting bonded product. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a resin paste composition used for bonding an element such as semiconductor chips onto a lead frame which is excellent in not only electrical conductivity and bonding property but also working efficiency without using a large amount of rare and expensive silver, and a semiconductor device having a high productivity and a high reliability.

Abstract: Two-part polyurea-urethane adhesive compositions comprising a Part A prepolymer component having an isocyanate component comprising polymeric isocyanate and an oligomer content greater than 15 weight percent, polyol having a molecular weight of about 5,000 to about 12,000 and about 20 weight percent to about 44 percent weight percent filler; and a Part B curative component comprising polyol having molecular weight of about 5,000 to about 12,000, aromatic amine, about 20 weight percent to about 44 percent weight percent filler and catalyst wherein the adhesive has an 85° C. storage modulus greater than about 20 MPa. The two-part polyurea-urethane adhesive composition can be applied to bond various substrates including composite materials and metal, including making parts for the transportation and assembly markets.

Abstract: An alumina particle composite (1) includes an alumina particle (2) and an organic acid (3) chemically bonded to a surface of the alumina particle (2). Further, the alumina particle (2) has a short axis length of 1 to 10 nm, a long axis length of 20 to 400 nm, and an aspect ratio of 5 to 80, and is represented by Formula I, Al2O3.nH2O??Formula I where n is 0 or more.

Abstract: The subject disclosure presents systems and methods for manufacturing a non-porous thermoformable polyurethane solid by combining an uncured polyurethane resin with Aluminum Trihydrate (ATH), a plurality of particulates, molecular sieves, and color particulates. This combination is mixed in a vacuum for a time period sufficient to initiate an exothermic reaction within the mixture. After the time period, the exothermically reacting mixture is allowed to cure to form the polyurethane solid. The curing may occur in a mold, i.e. by pouring or injecting the mixture into the mold. Alternatively, the mixture may be sprayed on to a surface and allowed to cure.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a method for making a polymer that has nanostructures incorporated into the matrix of the polymer. The method of the present invention involves mixing a precursor solution for the polymer with a precursor for the nanostructures to form a mixture. Nanostructures are formed in the mixture from the precursor of the nanostructures, such that the nanostructures are surrounded by the precursor solution for the polymer. The polymer is formed from the precursor solution of the polymer, which results in the nanostructures being incorporated into the matrix of the polymer.

Abstract: A moisture-curable polyurethane formulation is provided capable of curing to form a reaction product, having high green strength and being dispensable from a caulking gun. The polyurethane formulation comprises at least one isocyanate-terminated prepolymer, at least one rheology modifier or filler, optionally monomeric/polymeric isocyanate, and at least one urea-based thixotropic additive added to the formulation or formed in situ, to provide greater than 1% of urea groups in the reaction product. A method for making a moisture-curable polyurethane formulation capable of curing to form a reaction product and methods of bonding materials together using the formulation are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a die bonding material for an optical semiconductor device which has high thermal conductivity and can prevent cracking in an optical semiconductor device including the die bonding material. The die bonding material for an optical semiconductor device includes: a first silicone resin containing a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom, a second silicone resin not containing a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom, but containing an alkenyl group, a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of anhydrous magnesium carbonate represented by chemical formula MgCO3 not containing crystal water and coated bodies including the anhydrous magnesium carbonate and an organic resin, a silicone resin, or silica coated on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A curable resin composition containing: (A) an organic compound containing in a molecule at least two carbon-carbon double-bonds having reactivity with a SiH group; (B) a compound containing in a molecule at least two SiH groups; and (C) a heat-conductive filler, which is at least one species selected from the group consisting of a-alumina, hexagonal boron nitride, aluminum nitride and zinc oxide, and is a particle wherein a primary particle has a number average particle diameter of at least 0.10 ?m, wherein heat conductivity after curing is at least 0.8 W/mK.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing super absorbent polymers, and more specifically to a process for preparing super absorbent polymers comprising the steps of: forming a monomer composition comprising water-soluble, ethylenic unsaturated monomers and non-reactive fine particles having a diameter of 20 nm to 1 mm; and subjecting the monomer composition to a thermal polymerization or a UV-induced polymerization. In the present invention, introducing fine particles into the monomer composition can provide paths for effectively discharging moisture or heat from the super absorbent polymers during or after a polymerization, thereby making it possible to obtain high quality super absorbent polymers showing a low water content and a low temperature and thus having excellent properties and enabling one to expect an energy-saving effect in a drying process.

Abstract: An insulating resin for switch gears on the basis of glycidyl ester contains methyl nadic anhydride/hydrogenated methyl nadic anhydride as hardener and an N-substituted imidazole as accelerator. Furthermore, platelet-shaped alumina is added as a filler. The resin has a substantially elevated glass transition temperature, while at the same time having a high mechanical level and being very tracking resistant. It is suitable as a casting resin in gas-insulated transmission line systems.

Abstract: The invention is directed to putty compositions curable by means of high energy radiation, comprising A) at least one compound capable of free-radical polymerization having at least one olefinic unsaturated group and B) at least one filler, the at least one filler or a mixture of fillers having a particle size distribution such that at most 8% by volume of the filler particles in relation to the total volume of fillers have a particle size of less than or equal to 1.9 ?m and can be used particularly in repair coating vehicle bodies and parts thereof.

Abstract: A sol to form an inorganic-organic hybrid coating having a thick highly transparent hard coating is described. The hybrid coating is formed from a combined aqueous sol with least one hydrolyzable silane and at least one hydrolyzable metal oxide precursor where the only organic solvents present are those liberated upon hydrolysis of the silanes and metal oxide precursors. In one embodiment an inorganic-organic hybrid coating is formed by combination of a sol, prepared by the hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane and ?-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane with an excess of water, and a sol, prepared by the hydrolysis of titanium tetrabutoxide and ?-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane with a deficiency of water. A plastic substrate can be coated with the combined sol and the combined sol gelled to a thickness of at least 5 ?m with heating to less than 150° C.

Abstract: A curable reaction resin system can be used for example as a casting compound, molding compound, or high-temperature resin, and is to be processed as a two-component compound. The system has a first reaction resin component and a second reaction resin component, the first reaction resin component being epoxy-free and realized on the basis of a cyanate ester.

Abstract: Sprayable polyurethane compositions contain particulate filler in both polyol and isocyanate components for a total content of minimally 20 weight percent of particulate filler. The isocyanate component is stable with respect to storage, and composite structures prepared therefrom exhibit high modulus and can be used as replacements for unsaturated polyester systems.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for the dispersion of reactive monomers, wherein a monomer emulsion (8) is fed at a first pressure through a dispersion jet (7) and a second dispersion (9) is fed laterally behind the dispersion jet at a second pressure that is less than the first pressure, both the emulsion and the dispersion being dispersed with one another in a mixing chamber. Using the method, nanoparticle-laden monomer emulsions may be produced that, after polymerization, produce polymer-coated nanoparticles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of high-molecular homo- and Copolyesters of L-, D- and D,L-lactic acids that comprises the process steps of i) the polycondensation of a lactic acid or polytransesterification of esters thereof to a polymeric lactic acid, ii) the cyclizing depolymerization of the polymeric lactic acid to dilactides, and iii) the ring-opening polymerization of the dilactides or mixtures thereof with suitable comonomers, characterized in that in at least one of the process steps i) to iii), a particulate catalyst and/or a particulate stabilizer, each having an average particle diameter of 1 to 100 nm, is/are used in a heterogeneous reaction mixture.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for antireflection that includes a) a low refractive material having a refractive index of 1.2 to 1.45, b) a high refractive material having a refractive index of 1.55 to 2.2 and comprising high refractive fine particles and an organic substituent, in which the difference in the surface energy between two materials is 5 mN/m or more; an antireflection film manufactured using the coating composition for antireflection; and a method of manufacturing the antireflection film. According to the present invention, the antireflection film having excellent antireflection characteristic can be manufactured by one coating process, thereby reducing manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A process of repairing a plasma etched low-k dielectric material having surface-bound silanol groups includes exposing at least one surface of the dielectric material to (a) a catalyst so as to form hydrogen bonds between the catalyst and the surface-bound silanol groups obtaining a catalytic intermediary that reacts with the silane capping agent so as to form surface-bound silane compounds, or (b) a solution comprising a supercritical solvent, a catalyst, and a silane capping agent so as to form hydrogen bonds between a catalyst and the surface-bound silanol groups obtaining a catalytic intermediary that reacts with the silane capping agent so as to form surface-bound silane compounds. Horizontal networks can be formed between adjacent surface-bound silane compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are a cycloolefin resin molded product having excellent flame retardance and a polymerizable composition used for producing such a molded product. A polymerizable composition comprising the cycloolefin monomer, a flame retardant and a metathesis polymerization catalyst is characterized in that a monomer having a condensed ring formed of an aliphatic ring having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds and a ring with aromatic characteristics is used as the cycloolefin monomer. A molded product can be produced through bulk polymerization of this polymerizable composition.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy compound, a low-molecular-weight phenol-modified polyphenylene ether and a cyanate compound as essential components, the epoxy resin composition having excellent dielectric characteristics and exhibiting high heat resistance while maintaining flame retardancy. To achieve this object, the epoxy resin composition of the present invention is a thermosetting resin composition composed of a resin varnish containing (A) an epoxy compound having a number-average molecular weight of 1000 or less and containing at least two epoxy groups in the molecule without containing any halogen atoms, (B) a polyphenylene ether having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 or less, (C) a cyanate ester compound, (D) a curing catalyst and (E) a halogen flame retardant, wherein all of the components (A) to (C) are dissolved in the resin varnish, while the component (E) is dispersed without being dissolved in the resin varnish.

Abstract: Provided is a thin film having self-supporting properties and having excellent strength, durability and flexibility and a method for manufacturing the thin film. A thin film having an interpenetrating net-work layer and having a film thickness of 500 nm or less, the interpenetrating net-work layer being constituted of at least a metal oxide and an organic polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal conductive silicone composition containing a siloxane which contains a hydrolytic group represented by the formula (1): where R1 is a group containing an alkoxysilyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 is a siloxy represented by the following formula (2) or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, X is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a and b are integers of 1 or more, c is an integer of 0 or more, the sum of a+b+c is an integer of 4 or more, R3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, provided that R3s may be the same as or different from each other; R4 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, Y is a group selected from a methyl group, a vinyl group and R1, and d is an integer of 2 to 500.

Abstract: A process is proposed for preparing polymers filled with nanoscale metal oxides and comprises the following steps: a) preparing a nanosuspension of one or more crystalline metal oxides, hydroxides or oxide hydroxides by heating a suspension of one or more compounds comprising the corresponding metals in a first polymerizable compound to a temperature greater than the boiling point of water under process pressure and less than the boiling temperature of the first polymerizable compound and also less than the temperature at which the polymerization of the first polymerizable compound commences, ?in the presence of water in an amount corresponding to 1 to 10 oxygen atoms per metal atom of the compound or compounds comprising the corresponding metals, and b) polymerizing the first polymerizable compound under pressure and temperature conditions typical for the first polymerizable compound.

Abstract: A silicone resin composition comprising fine inorganic particles, wherein the silicone resin composition is obtained by a step comprising reacting (A) a bifunctional alkoxysilane and/or a dual end-disilanol, and (B) a compound having an alkoxysilyl group at an end of a molecule, in the presence of a dispersion of said fine inorganic particles. The silicone resin composition of the present invention can be suitably used for, for example, encapsulating materials, coating materials, molding materials, surface-protecting materials, adhesive agents, bonding agents, and the like.

Abstract: To provide (i) a water-absorbing agent, having a water-absorbent resin as a main component, whose absorbency is high and liquid permeability is enhanced and (ii) a production method thereof. The water-absorbing agent of the present invention includes a water-absorbent resin obtained by polymerizing an unsaturated monomer having a carboxyl group and included in an aqueous monomer solution in the presence of at least a non high molecular compound having four or more functional groups each capable of forming a covalent bond with a carboxyl group.