A method of activating a surface of a plastics substrate formed from: (a) polyaryletherketone such as polyether ether ketone (PEEK) polyether ketone ketone (PEKK), polyether ketone (PEK); polyether ether ketone ketone (PEEKK); or polyether ketone ether ketone ketone (PEKEKK); (b) a polymer containing a phenyl group directly attached to a carbonyl group, for example polybutadiene terephthalate (PBT) optionally wherein the carbonyl group is part of an amide group, such as polyarylamide (PARA); (c) polyphenylene sulfide (PPS); or (d) polyetherimide (PEI); for subsequent bonding, the method comprising the step of exposing the surface to actinic radiation wherein the actinic radiation: includes radiation with wavelength in the range from about 10 nm to about 1000 nm; the energy of the actinic radiation to which the surface is exposed is in the range from about 0.5 J/cm.sup.2 to about 300 J/cm.sup.2. Hard to bond substrates are then more easily subsequently bonded for example using acrylic, epoxy or anaerobic adhesive.

The present invention relates to a self-adhesive article comprising a non-random fabric of bundles of carbon fibres and a thermosetting epoxy resin composition. The self-adhesive article exhibits high surface adhesion and excellent dimensional stability at room temperature. The self-adhesive article is ideally suited to reinforce structural components, particularly vehicles or ancillary vehicle components. The structural components reinforced by the self-adhesive article exhibit improved impact and torsional strength.

The present invention relates to a polymer latex comprising: (A) particles of a latex polymer (A) obtainable by free-radical emulsion polymerization of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers the latex polymer comprising a plurality of functional groups (x); and (B) a compound bearing a beta-hydroxy ester linkage and at least one additional functional group (y) reactive with the functional groups (x) on latex polymer (A),to a method for preparation of said polymer latex, to its use, to a method for dip-molding and to articles obtained from the latex.

A filtering device is for obtaining a chemical liquid by purifying a liquid to be purified and has an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a filter A, a filter B different from the filter A, and a flow path extending from the inlet portion to the outlet portion, in which the filter A and the filter B are arranged in series between the inlet portion and the outlet portion and have, and the filter A is selected from the group consisting of predetermined filters A1, A2, and A3.

Provided is a heat-curable resin composition capable of yielding a cured product that has a superior dielectric property and heat resistance and is thus useful for high-frequency purposes. Particularly, there are provided a composition containing the following components (A), (C) and (D); and a composition containing the following components (A) and (B). The components (A), (B), (C) and (D) are: (A) a cyclopentadiene compound represented by the following formula (1) and/or an oligomer(s) of the cyclopentadiene compound ##STR00001## wherein R represents a group selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group and an aryl group, n represents an integer of 1 to 4, each of x1 and x2 independently represents 0, 1 or 2, provided that when R represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, x1 represents 1 or 2, and x1 and x2 satisfy 1≤x1+x2≤4; (B) a cyclic imide compound; (C) a curing accelerator; and (D) an inorganic filler.

A filtering device is for obtaining a chemical liquid by purifying a liquid to be purified and has an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a filter A, a filter B different from the filter A, and a flow path extending from the inlet portion to the outlet portion, in which the filter A and the filter B are arranged in series between the inlet portion and the outlet portion and have, and the filter A is selected from the group consisting of predetermined filters A1, A2, and A3.

Methods for recycling oligomeric units derived from a first polymer into a second polymer are provided herein. Methods of preparing oligomeric macromonomers from oligomeric units are further provided. Methods of polymerizing oligomeric macromonomers are further provided.

A topochemical approach for creating elongated C—C bonds with a bond length of 1.57˜1.70 Å between monomers in the solid state; and topochemically prepared highly crystalline polymers.

Provided are a thermally conductive composition that exhibits high adhesive force to an adherend such as a heat-generating element or a heat-dissipating element after curing, and a thermally conductive member in which a cured product of the thermally conductive composition and the adherend are integrated with each other. The thermally conductive composition includes a mixture containing an addition-reaction-type silicone, a thermally conductive filler that includes a metal hydroxide in an amount of 80% by volume or more in terms of volume ratio, and an acryloyl-group-containing silane coupling agent. A thermally conductive member 21 includes a cured body 12 of the thermally conductive composition and an adherend 13 fixed to the cured body 12.

The present invention relates to a polymer latex obtained from the emulsion polymerization in aqueous medium of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising:

(a) more than 60 wt. % to 75 wt. % of at least one aliphatic conjugated diene
(b) 10 wt. % to 30 wt. % of at least one vinyl aromatic compound; and
(c) 0.5 to 5 wt. % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated silane bearing at least one silicon bonded hydrolysable group;
(d) 0.1 to 8 wt. % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid; and
(e) 0 to 20 wt. % of at least one further ethylenically unsaturated compound different from any of compounds (a) to (d),
the weight percentages being based on the total amount of monomers and add up to 100 wt. %, to a binder comprising said polymer latex and to a fiber structure fortified by said binder.