A wearable device including a body made of an elastic material having a polymeric backbone where a portion of the polymeric backbone is unsaturated. The body has an outer surface that is oxidized on at least one part with at least one functional group where the at least one part of the outer surface is more oleophobic than the body.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a polymer film with a low glass transition temperature. In one embodiment, when in contact with a metal substrate, the polymer film adheres to the metal substrate under heating and/or mechanical pressure. In one embodiment, the polymer film comprises a butadiene copolymer and a butylene polymer. In another aspect, the present disclosure further provides a method of masking a metal substrate using the polymer film. In yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of chemically or electrochemically processing a metal substrate that is masked with the polymer film.

A thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by dynamically crosslinking an ethylene/-olefin/non-conjugated polymer copolymer (A), a polyolefin resin (B), a softener (C) in an amount of 1 to 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the total of the copolymer (A) and the resin (B), and a crosslinking agent (D) by the use of a batch mixer under the conditions satisfying the requirements (1) to (4).

The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer. In particular the present invention it relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer that can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation and for the preparation of for reinforcing the impact strength of a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the syrup. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a syrup. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibers with said viscous liquid syrup. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate preimpregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing composite parts. More particularly the present invention relates also to a process for preparing a liquid composition comprising a (meth)acrylic monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer.

Provided is a method for dyeing a polymer material with an aqueous pigment composition containing at least one pigment dispersed therein, wherein the polymer material is a blend including a first polymer composition and a second polymer composition which is compatible with the first polymer composition, which second polymer composition includes a binding agent for the at least one pigment. The method includes the steps of heating the polymer material to an activation temperature below the softening temperature of the polymer material,contacting the polymer material with the aqueous pigment composition at a contact temperature for a period of time sufficient to form a pigmented polymer material,subjecting the pigmented polymer material to a fixation step to fixate the at least one pigment therein by cooling the pigmented polymer material to a fixation temperature which is lower than the temperature at which contacting of the polymer material with the aqueous pigment composition is carried out.

A resin composition is provided, which includes a novel low-dielectric resin, a cross-linking agent, a polyphenylene ether resin, a halogen-free flame retardant, a spherical silica, and a siloxane coupling agent. The novel low-dielectric resin has a styrene proportion of 10% to 40%, a divinylbenzene proportion of 10% to 40%, and an ethylene proportion of 10% to 20%, which may effectively reduce the dissipation factor of the resin composition, and achieve the electrical specification of low dielectric.

The invention relates to an elastomeric film-forming composition comprising (a) a copolymer formed from monomers consisting of chlorobutadiene and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, and (b) one or more cross-linking agents. The invention also relates to dipped articles, gloves, methods of manufacture and uses involving the composition.

The present invention relates to a composite preform comprising a multistage polymer. The present invention further relates to a method for making a composite preform comprising a fibrous material and a multistage polymer and its use in making composite articles. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing a composite preform comprising a fibrous material and a multistage polymer and its use for producing fibre reinforced impact modified composites.

The present invention relates to a polymer preparation method for preparing water-soluble cationic polymers P1 wherein the halides content is reduced, as well as to the use of these polymers as additives in compositions that are based on inorganic mineral binders or in the treatment of aqueous open, semi-closed, or closed circuits.

The present invention relates to sizing compositions, to glass fibers at least partially coated with such sizing compositions, to a variety of fiber glass products at least partially coated with such sizing compositions, and to composites formed from cycloolefins and reinforced with glass fibers at least partially coated with sizing compositions of the present invention. In one non-limiting embodiment, a sizing composition for glass fibers comprises a film-former comprising a polymer, wherein the repeating unit of the polymer comprises at least four carbon atoms and at least one carbon-carbon double bond, and a silane.