The present invention addresses the problem of providing an electroconductive resin composition which combines high electrical conductivity with excellent processability. The electroconductive resin composition comprises a thermoplastic resin (A), carbon nanotubes (B) having an outer diameter of 100 nm or smaller, and an aromatic-monomer-modified polyolefin wax (C) obtained by modifying a polyolefin wax with an aromatic monomer. The composition comprises the thermoplastic resin (A), the carbon nanotubes (B), and the aromatic-monomer-modified polyolefin wax (C) in amounts of 74.9-99.4 parts by mass, 0.5-25 parts by mass, and 0.1-10 parts by mass, respectively, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the sum of the thermoplastic resin (A), the carbon nanotubes (B), and the aromatic-monomer-modified polyolefin wax (C).

The present invention is a molded article containing a polyarylene sulfide resin, a thermoplastic resin other than the polyarylene sulfide resin, and a metal oxide containing at least one of copper or chromium. The polyarylene sulfide resin forms a continuous phase, and a dispersed phase containing the thermoplastic resin and the metal oxide is present in the continuous phase. The present invention is also a polyarylene sulfide resin composition for providing it, a molded article having a roughened surface, a laminate of the molded article and metal, and methods for producing them. According to the present invention, there is provided a molded article that has superior heat resistance of a polyarylene sulfide resin, on which the speed of plating deposition is practical, and with which a laminate with potentially maintained adhesiveness of plating can be obtained and a method for producing it, as well as a polyarylene sulfide resin composition.

The present invention relates to curable compositions comprising at least one compound of the formula (1): ##STR00001## wherein R is C1-C10 alkyl, and R.sup.1-R.sup.10 each are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C10 alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of R.sup.1-R.sup.10 is alkyl, and wherein the substitution patterns formed by the residues R.sup.1-R.sup.5 and R.sup.6-R.sup.10 on each of the aromatic rings are different from each other, cured compositions obtained from such curable compositions, mixtures of compounds of the formula (I), the use of such compounds and mixtures of such compounds as a UV stabilizer in curable compositions, and a process for the manufacture of curable compositions comprising a UV stabilizer of the formula (1).

A sheet formed from carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin with high moldability, and a production method of said resin is provided. This sheet is formed from a carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin that contains carbon fibers, dichloromethane, and a thermoplastic resin containing at least one of a polycarbonate resin and a polyarylate resin. The aforementioned at least one of a polycarbonate resin and a polyarylate resin has a terminal structure derived from a monohydric phenol represented by formula (1) and a constituent unit derived from a dihydric phenol, and the content of the dichloromethane contained in the sheet is 10-10,000 ppm by mass. (In formula (1), R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group with 8-36 carbons, or an alkenyl group with 8-36 carbons, and R.sub.2-R.sub.5 independently represent a hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group with 1-20 carbons optionally having a substituent, or an aryl group with 6-12 carbons optionally having a substituent.) ##STR00001##

A resin composition is provided and includes (A) a modified polyphenylene ether compound terminal-modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, (B) a maleimide compound containing no phenylmaleimide group and having a hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms in the molecule thereof, and (C) at least one selected from a maleimide compound containing a phenylmaleimide group and a maleimide compound having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 9 or less carbon atoms in the molecule thereof, in which the content ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is (A):(B)=20:80 to 90:10 in mass ratio.

Ways of preparing a partially crystalline polycarbonate powder are provided that include dissolving an amorphous polycarbonate in a polar aprotic solvent to form a first solution of solubilized polycarbonate at a first temperature. The first solution is then cooled to a second temperature, the second temperature being lower than the first temperature, where a portion of the solubilized polycarbonate precipitates from the first solution to form a second solution including the partially crystalline polycarbonate powder. Certain partially crystalline polycarbonate powders resulting from such methods are particularly useful in additive manufacturing processes, including powder bed fusion processes.

A method for quenching a polymerisation process is described. The reaction of carbon dioxide with an epoxide in the presence of a bimetallic metal complex catalyst to produce a polymer comprises the quenching step of deactivation of the catalyst by contacting the catalyst with an acid effective to deactivate the catalyst. The deactivated catalyst may be removed from the polymer product by contacting the catalyst and polymer product with a solid phase and/or by precipitation; and the catalyst may also be optionally reactivated by contacting the deactivated catalyst with an anion. The acid may contain an anion effective to initiate the polymerisation process and effective to deactivate the catalyst and the molar ratio of acid to catalyst in the deactivation step may be less than or equal to 20:1 of the acid to catalyst mole ratio for the reaction.

A coated optical article includes: an optical substrate; a first coating layer applied directly over at least a portion of an optical substrate, the first coating layer formed from a first coating composition including an aqueous medium and keto and/or aldo functional polymeric materials that are dispersed in the aqueous medium; and a second coating layer applied directly over at least a portion of the first coating layer, the second coating layer including a sol-gel and which is formed from a second coating composition. The first coating composition and second coating composition are each independently substantially free of hydrazine and hydrazide functional components.

This resin composition contains a first resin and a second resin, and exhibits curability by thermal crosslinking, wherein the first resin is at least one selected from among a bifunctional epoxy resin having a weight average molecular weight of 4,000 or more, and a phenoxy resin, and the second resin is a polycarbonate resin. The content ratio, by weight, of the first resin to the second resin (the first resin:the second resin) is preferably in the range of 9:1 to 2:8. Both the first resin and the second resin preferably have a bisphenol skeleton in a molecule.

Provided is a film including a polycarbonate resin capable of achieving excellent drawdown resistance during thermoforming and excellent formability in processing a bent portion and the like thereof. The film contains a polycarbonate resin (a) which satisfies the following expression (i), when a viscosity at a shear rate of 6.080×10 [1/s] measured at 300° C. is X [Pa.Math.s] and a viscosity at a shear rate of 6.080×10.sup.3 [1/s] measured at 300° C. is Y [Pa.Math.s].

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}-0.69<\frac{\log Y-\log X}{2}<-0.41& \left(i\right)\end{array}$