Disclosed are co-continuous immiscible polymer blends of a polysulfone and a polyaryletherketone optionally reinforced with carbon fiber. A method of preparing such a co-continuous immiscible polymer blend of a polysulfone and a polyaryletherketone reinforced with a carbon fiber is also disclosed.

A resin composition includes: (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin, which includes a vinyl-containing polyphenylene ether resin, a maleimide resin, or a combination thereof; (B) 15 parts by weight to 50 parts by weight of a sintered body formed by aluminum nitride and boron nitride; and (C) 180 parts by weight to 280 parts by weight of titanium dioxide. Moreover, an article may be made from the resin composition, including a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board.

Poly(aryl alkylene) polymers or poly(aryl-crown ether-alkylene) polymers with pendant cationic groups are provided which have an alkaline-stable cation, such as imidazolium, introduced into a rigid aromatic polymer backbone free of ether bonds. Hydroxide exchange membranes or hydroxide exchange ionomers formed from these polymers exhibit superior chemical stability, hydroxide conductivity, decreased water uptake, good solubility in selected solvents, and improved mechanical properties in an ambient dry state as compared to conventional hydroxide exchange membranes or ionomers. Hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells and hydroxide exchange membrane electrolyzers comprising the poly(aryl alkylene) polymers or poly(aryl-crown ether-alkylene) polymers with pendant cationic groups exhibit enhanced performance and durability at relatively high temperatures.

An ion exchange membrane is provided which includes an ion exchange polymer that is partially cross-linked. The partially cross-linked ion exchange polymer will be more stable and will not be washed out over time. The ion exchange polymer may be UV or chemically cross-linked, wherein a cross-linking compound is added to the ion exchange polymer either before or after coupling to a support material. A support material may be made of, or be coated with, a cross-linking compound and the support material may initiate cross-linking proximal to the support material. The support material may be made of a material that chemically bonds with the ionomer.

The use of a sulfonated polyaryl ether ketone or of a sulfonated non-polymeric aryl ether ketone as a dispersant for a polyaryl ether ketone resin powder in an aqueous solution, and also to a corresponding composition, and to a process for preparing a semifinished product comprising a polyaryl ether ketone resin and reinforcing fibers.

The present invention relates to a method of producing a prepreg, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet, where the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz, even at a high running speed, and where the sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. The prepreg is produced by a method which includes a step of allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass horizontally or slantingly through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet, where the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, where the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet, and wherein the narrowed section has a slit-like cross-section and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the largest cross-sectional area of the liquid pool.

The present application discloses a conductive membrane and a preparation method thereof, which belong to the field of membrane separation technology. The conductive membrane provided by the present application includes a porous base layer film, a porous intermediate layer film, and a porous conductive layer film which are disposed layer by layer in sequence; wherein at least some holes of the base layer film are communicated with holes of the conductive layer film through holes of the intermediate layer film, and material of the intermediate layer film is the same as material of the base layer film and of the conductive layer film. Regarding the conductive membrane provided by the present application, it can be coupled with electrochemical technology, so that the membrane exhibits new excellent properties at the same time of playing separating characteristic.

Devices and methods for making a polymer with a porous layer from a solid piece of polymer are disclosed. In various embodiments, the method includes heating a surface of a solid piece of polymer to a processing temperature and holding the processing temperature while displacing a porogen layer through the surface of the polymer to create a matrix layer of the solid polymer body comprising the polymer and the porogen layer. In at least one embodiment, the method also includes removing at least a portion of the layer of porogen from the matrix layer to create a porous layer of the solid piece of polymer.

Fine polymer particles are prepared by dissolving a polycarbonate, a poly(arylene ether), or a poly(arylene ether sulfone), each in a specific solvent, to form a slurry, heating the slurry to a temperature greater than the solvent boiling point to form a homogeneous solution, cooling the solution to form a dispersion of fine particles, and isolating the fine particles. A volume-based distribution of the isolated fine particles has a median equivalent spherical diameter less than or equal to 125 micrometers.

Embodiments relate to a hard coat laminated film having a first hard coat, a second hard coat, and a transparent resin film layer, where: the first hard coat is formed from paint which contains predetermined amounts of (A) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate, (B) a water repellent, and (C) a silane coupling agent, and which does not contain inorganic particles; and the second hard coat is formed from paint containing predetermined amounts of (D) a polymerizable compound and (E) inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of 1-300 nm. The (D) polymerizable compound contains: (d1) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate having three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule; (d2) a compound having two or more secondary thiol groups in one molecule; and optionally, (d3) at least one (meth)acrylate selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate having two (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule, a (meth)acrylate having one (meth)acryloyl group in one molecule, and a urethane(meth)acrylate.