Provided is a process for producing a part made of a thermoplastic composite material by molding in a closed mold, where the material includes reinforcing fibers and a polyamide thermoplastic matrix impregnating the fibers. Also provided is a reactive prepolymer precursor composition for use in the process.

A method of forming lightweight structures from particle networks includes functionalizing edges of particles of an anisotropic material, exfoliating of the particles to form sheets of the material, aligning the sheets of material to form a network of multi-layered and aligned particles, and forming a structure out of the network of particles. One example uses graphite powder mixed into 4-aminobenzoic acid for edge functionalization, and exfoliation occurs with sonication in a solvent. The resulting particles undergo alignment with an aligning nozzle that also dispenses the aligned particles to form a structure.

A method of forming lightweight structures from particle networks includes functionalizing edges of particles of an anisotropic material, exfoliating of the particles to form sheets of the material, aligning the sheets of material to form a network of multi-layered and aligned particles, and forming a structure out of the network of particles. One example uses graphite powder mixed into 4-aminobenzoic acid for edge functionalization, and exfoliation occurs with sonication in a solvent. The resulting particles undergo alignment with an aligning nozzle that also dispenses the aligned particles to form a structure.

The invention relates to a flame-resistant polyamide as a product of the condensation of dicarboxylic acids with diamines and with a flame-retardant phosphorus compound, which flame-resistant polyamide is characterized in that the flame-resistant polyamide FR contains, in the main chain thereof phosphinic acid amide structural units of formula (II) PO(R.sup.1)NH (II) in addition to the amide structural units of formula (I) CONH (I), in which formula (II) RI means hydrogen or an organic group and can differ in the individual phosphinic acid amide structural units within the main chain and that the polyamide FR achieves a relative viscosity, measured as a 1% solution in 96% sulfuric acid at 25 C., of at least 2.0 (in accordance with DIN 51562). The invention further relates to a method for producing said flame-resistant polyamide FR. In said method, one or more diamines are polycondensed with one or more dicarboxylic acids under pressure and at elevated temperature in the presence of water and with one or more diphosphinic acids and/or one or more phosphino-carboxylic acids by means of a polyamide synthesis. After the polycondensation, the pressure in the reaction chamber is reduced to less than 1 bar. The flame-resistant polyamide can be advantageously used to produce molded bodies, in particular films, components, and filaments or filament yarns.

Provided is a medical multilayer vessel with gas barrier performance and transparency suitable enough for medical packaging materials which are subject to heat sterilization. The medical multilayer vessel containing layer (X) contains a water vapor barrier polymer that contains polyolefin resin(s), and a gas barrier layer (Y) composed of a polyamide resin composition (P), the polyamide resin composition (P) contains 10 to 45% by mass of polyamide resin (A) that contains a diamine unit with a content of a structural unit derived from xylylenediamine of 70 mol % or more, and a dicarboxylic acid unit with a content of a structural unit derived from a straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 18 carbon atoms of 70 mol % or more; and, 90 to 55% by mass of a poly(hexamethylene isophthalamide)/poly(hexamethylene terephthalamide) copolymer (B).

Thermally conductive polymer (TCP) resin composition (i) or (ii) are described, comprising components (I) and (II): (i) 40 to 72% by volume of at least one matrix polymer (I); 28 to 60% by volume of a thermally conductive filler material (II) (D.sub.50 0.1 to 200 m) consisting of aluminosilicate (II-1) in combination with a further component (II-2) selected from: multi wall carbon nanotubes, graphite and and boron nitride, wherein the volume ratio (ll-1)/(ll-2) is 30:1 to 0.1:1; or (ii) 40 to 65% by volume of at least one matrix polymer (I); 35 to 60% by volume of aluminosilicate (II) (D.sub.50 0.1 to 200 m); wherein the matrix polymer (I) comprises styrenic polymers (I) selected from: ABS resins, ASA resins, and elastomeric block copolymers. Shaped articles made thereof can be used as Cool Touch surfaces for automobile interior, motor housings, lamp housings and electrical and electronic housings and as heat sinks for high performance electronics or LED sockets.

Provided is a polymer composition, wherein the polymer composition has a refractive index difference (BA) of 0.04 or greater but 0.1 or less between a minimum refractive index A of the polymer composition in a temperature range of 5 degrees C. or higher but lower than 30 degrees C. and a maximum refractive index B of the polymer composition in a temperature range of 30 degrees C. or higher but lower than 50 degrees C.

Provided is a polymer composition, wherein the polymer composition has a refractive index difference (BA) of 0.04 or greater but 0.1 or less between a minimum refractive index A of the polymer composition in a temperature range of 5 degrees C. or higher but lower than 30 degrees C. and a maximum refractive index B of the polymer composition in a temperature range of 30 degrees C. or higher but lower than 50 degrees C.

There is provided a novel polymer including a repeating unit expressed as a following formula 1: ##STR00001## where each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represents an alkylene group with 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and each of n and m independently represents 10 to 10,000.

The present specification provides a composition for interfacial polymerization of polyamide including at least one of an amine compound and an acyl halide compound; a surfactant; and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a method for preparing a reverse osmosis membrane using the same.