Processes for making a fluid conduits and fluid conduits made thereby are disclosed. The fluid conduits include a mono-layer formed of at least 80 wt %, based on total weight of the mono-layer, of a thermoplastic elastomer in an amount of at least 80 wt % with respect to the total weight of the mono-layer. The thermoplastic elastomer is preferably a block copolymer elastomer formed of hard segments (e.g., polyesters, polyamides and/or polyurethanes) and soft segments (e.g., aliphatic polyethers, aliphatic polyesters and/or aliphatic polycarbonates) and exhibits a melt flow rate measured at 230° C. under a load of 10 kg (MFR 230° C./10 kg), according to ISO1133 (2011) of at most 40 g/10 min and having a heat resistance of at least 250 hours at 175° C. at which the elongation at break remains at least 100% as measured according to ISO 527 with a test speed of 50 mm/min.

A laminate, including a substrate having a microstructure on a surface thereof; and a coating layer formed on the substrate and encapsulating the microstructure of the substrate. A glass transition temperature T.sub.1 of the substrate is higher than a glass transition temperature T.sub.2 of the coating layer. A method of producing an ophthalmic lens, including deforming the laminate into a shape of the ophthalmic lens by applying heat and/or pressure at a temperature of lower than T.sub.1.

A resin composition of the present invention is used in an optical layer 10 provided with a first layer (base material layer 1) including a polycarbonate-based resin and a visible light absorber for forming the first layer. The visible light absorber includes a plurality of kinds of light absorbers, and a melting point of a first light absorber having the lowest melting point is equal to or higher than 200° C., in which a melting point of a second light absorber having the highest melting point is equal to or lower than 330° C. The resin composition is such that the viscosity at 260° C. obtainable when a shear rate is 243.2 [1/sec] is equal to or more than 400 Pa.Math.s and equal to or less than 3500 Pa.Math.s.

Molded polymer foam articles are described as having a novel a foam structure. The polymer foam articles include a continuous polymer matrix defining a plurality of pneumatoceles therein which is present throughout the entirety of the article, including in the surface region extending 500 microns beneath the surface of the article. The surface region is further characterized as having compressed pneumatoceles. The novel foam structure is achieved even when molding polymer foam articles comprising a thickness of more than 2 cm, a volume of more than 1000 cm.sup.3; or both a volume of more than 1000 cm.sup.3 and a thickness of more than 2 cm. Methods of making the molded polymer foam articles are also described.

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.

The present invention is a normal temperature-curable hard coat composition containing at least (A) a polysilazane compound having structures shown by the following formula (1) and (B) an alkoxysilane compound. The ratio of [a] the number of Si—H bonds in the polysilazane compound and [b] the number of alkoxy groups in the alkoxysilane compound is in a range of [b]/[a]=1.5 to 3. The present invention provides the normal temperature-curable hard coat composition which has excellent workability on outdoors, cures at normal temperature, improves surface hardness of plastic materials, and is used as an alternative material to glass. ##STR00001##

An object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial film having an antiglare function and excellent image visibility, a touch panel, and a manufacturing method for an antibacterial film.

An antibacterial film of the present invention contains a base material and at least one antibacterial layer disposed on the base material, in which the antibacterial layer contains a binder, a light diffusing particle, and an antibacterial agent particle and satisfies a specific condition 1.

A glass fiber reinforced polycarbonate composite material, a preparation method and an application thereof; the material includes the following components: component A: 40 parts to 90 parts of a polycarbonate; component B: 1.5 parts to 50 parts of a polysiloxane block copolymer; component C: 5 parts to 60 parts of a glass fiber; component D: 0.1 parts to 30 parts of a phosphorus-containing compound; and component E: 0.01 parts to 30 parts of a polyolefin compound.

Provided is a glass-fiber-reinforced resin plate excellent in dimensional stability, strength, surface smoothness, and productivity even if having a thickness of 0.5 mm or less. The present invention is a glass-fiber-reinforced resin plate having a thickness of 0.5 mm or less, comprising glass fiber that has a flat cross-sectional shape with a minor axis D.sub.s in the range of 4.5 to 12.0 .Math.m and a major axis D.sub.L in the range of 20.0 to 50.0 .Math.m, and an amorphous thermoplastic resin, wherein the number average fiber length L of the glass fiber is in the range of 50 to 400 .Math.m, the glass fiber content C is in the range of 25.0 to 55.0% by mass, and the D.sub.s, D.sub.L, L, and C satisfy the following formula (1): 0.32 ≤ 1000 × D.sub.s × D.sub.L.sup.3 × (C/100).sup.4/L.sup.3 ≤ 1.22 ...(1).

A transparent static-dissipative polycarbonate (PC) resin composition includes the following components: 70-95 parts by weight of PC resin, 5-30 parts by weight of antistatic agent masterbatch and 0.5-1.5 parts by weight of a transesterification inhibitor. The antistatic agent masterbatch includes the following components by mass percentage: 40-60% of an antistatic agent, 0.5-1.6% of a transesterification accelerator, 1-3% of an assistant cross-linkinger, and the balance of PC resin. A method for preparing the transparent static-dissipative PC resin composition includes the following steps: (I) preparing the components of the transparent static-dissipative PC resin composition according to the formulation, and mixing the components evenly to obtain a premix; and (II) adding the premix into a twin-screw extruder, melting, extruding, cooling and pelletizing, to obtain a target product.