An object of the present invention is to provide a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer powder capable of providing a resin composition and a molded article which are excellent in balance between colorability and mechanical properties such as impact resistance. The polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer powder according to the present invention is a graft copolymer powder obtained by graft-polymerizing a mixture (B) of a vinyl monomer (b1) having an epoxy group and another vinyl monomer (b2) to a rubber (A) containing a polyorganosiloxane, wherein the content of the polyorganosiloxane (A1) contained in the rubber (A) is 12 to 50% by mass, the mass average particle diameter of the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer powder is 300 to 2000 nm, and the epoxy equivalent of the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer powder is 2500 to 7800 g/eq.

A lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and a coating comprising a polymerisable compound, optionally a sensitizer, a photoinitiator and discrete particles is disclosed wherein the discrete particles comprise a crosslinked hydrophobic polymer backbone and a plurality of hydrophobic pendant grafts.

A lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and a coating comprising a polymerisable compound, optionally a sensitizer, a photoinitiator and discrete particles is disclosed wherein the discrete particles comprise a crosslinked hydrophobic polymer backbone and a plurality of hydrophobic pendant grafts.

Disclosed here are polymer particles comprising a plurality of polymeric stabilizing components, each polymeric stabilizing component comprising one or more hydrophilic polymer chains; and a plurality of hydrophobic polymer chains, each hydrophobic polymer chain covalently bonded to one or more of the polymeric stabilizing components, wherein the polymer particles are monodisperse and have a coefficient of variation based on their diameter of less than 20%. Also disclosed herein is a method of generating polymer particles.

Disclosed here are polymer particles comprising a plurality of polymeric stabilizing components, each polymeric stabilizing component comprising one or more hydrophilic polymer chains; and a plurality of hydrophobic polymer chains, each hydrophobic polymer chain covalently bonded to one or more of the polymeric stabilizing components, wherein the polymer particles are monodisperse and have a coefficient of variation based on their diameter of less than 20%. Also disclosed herein is a method of generating polymer particles.

The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin having excellent impact strength, gloss, fluidity, and non-whitening properties and a method of preparing the same. The thermoplastic resin including an alkyl acrylate-alkyl methacrylate graft copolymer (A), or an alkyl acrylate-alkyl methacrylate graft copolymer (A) and a matrix resin (B) including one or more selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl compound, a vinyl cyanide compound, an alkyl methacrylate, and an alkyl acrylate, wherein a total content of the alkyl acrylate is 20 to 50% by weight, and a butyl acrylate coverage value (X) as calculated by Equation 1 below is 50 or more.

X={(G−Y)/Y}×100  [Equation 1]

In Equation 1, G represents the total gel content (%) of the thermoplastic resin, and Y represents the content (% by weight) of butyl acrylate in the gel of the thermoplastic resin.

The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin having excellent impact strength, gloss, fluidity, and non-whitening properties and a method of preparing the same. The thermoplastic resin including an alkyl acrylate-alkyl methacrylate graft copolymer (A), or an alkyl acrylate-alkyl methacrylate graft copolymer (A) and a matrix resin (B) including one or more selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl compound, a vinyl cyanide compound, an alkyl methacrylate, and an alkyl acrylate, wherein a total content of the alkyl acrylate is 20 to 50% by weight, and a butyl acrylate coverage value (X) as calculated by Equation 1 below is 50 or more.

X={(G−Y)/Y}×100  [Equation 1]

In Equation 1, G represents the total gel content (%) of the thermoplastic resin, and Y represents the content (% by weight) of butyl acrylate in the gel of the thermoplastic resin.

An object is to provide a resin composition having excellent performance as a binder such as adhesiveness and, at the same time, retaining solution properties favorably even after a solution is stored for a long period of time. A modified polyolefin resin composition includes a modified polyolefin resin (C), in which the modified polyolefin resin (C) is a resin made by modifying a polymer (A) that is a polymer (a) of a polyolefin resin or a chlorinated polyolefin resin and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a structure derived from at least one carboxy group or a chlorinated product (b) thereof with a modification component including an alcohol (B); and a residual ratio of the structure derived from at least one carboxy group in the modified polyolefin resin (C) is 50% or more and 80% or less.

An object is to provide a resin composition having excellent performance as a binder such as adhesiveness and, at the same time, retaining solution properties favorably even after a solution is stored for a long period of time. A modified polyolefin resin composition includes a modified polyolefin resin (C), in which the modified polyolefin resin (C) is a resin made by modifying a polymer (A) that is a polymer (a) of a polyolefin resin or a chlorinated polyolefin resin and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a structure derived from at least one carboxy group or a chlorinated product (b) thereof with a modification component including an alcohol (B); and a residual ratio of the structure derived from at least one carboxy group in the modified polyolefin resin (C) is 50% or more and 80% or less.

A resin film comprising a multilayer structure acrylic polymer and the film having an acid value of not more than 0.018 mmol/g in an acetone insoluble matter, an acid value of not more than 0.012 mmol/g in an acetone soluble matter, a glass transition temperature of not less than 80° C. and a thickness of 5 to 300 μm is obtained by a method comprising emulsion polymerization for producing a latex comprising multilayer structure acrylic polymer, coagulating the latex comprising the multilayer structure acrylic polymer to obtain a slurry, washing and dehydrating the slurry, drying the dehydrated slurry to remove the multilayer structure acrylic polymer, mixing 0 to 35% by mass of an acrylic resin and 65 to 100% by mass of the removed multilayer structure acrylic polymer and subjecting the resultant mixture melted to an extrusion molding.