A fiber can be made having a structure with an axial core and a coating layer. The fiber can have a polymer core and one or two layers surrounding the core. The fine fiber can be made from a polymer material and a resinous aldehyde composition such that the general structure of the fiber has a polymer core surrounded by at least a layer of the resinous aldehyde composition.

A polybutadiene composition that is excellent in hardness of a rubber composition, in processability and extrusion dimensional stability, and in physical properties. The polybutadiene composition includes polybutadiene rubber and syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene, and the polybutadiene composition has an interfacial component between the polybutadiene rubber and the syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene, and the interfacial component has a thickness of 40 to 55 nm as measured by an atomic force microscope.

A polybutadiene composition that is excellent in hardness of a rubber composition, in processability and extrusion dimensional stability, and in physical properties. The polybutadiene composition includes polybutadiene rubber and syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene, and the polybutadiene composition has an interfacial component between the polybutadiene rubber and the syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene, and the interfacial component has a thickness of 40 to 55 nm as measured by an atomic force microscope.

A polymer composition comprising a first poly(vinyl butyral) resin having a first residual hydroxyl content; a second poly(vinyl butyral) resin having a second residual hydroxyl content; a plasticizer; and at least one compatibilizer, such as an anhydride compatibilizer; wherein the difference between the first and second residual hydroxyl contents is at least 2 wt. %, and wherein the polymer composition has a percent haze of less than 5%. The use of a compatibilizer reduces or minimizes the optical defects, such as haze and color, without sacrificing other characteristics of the composition. The composition may be used in an interlayer.

The present invention relates to a composition for an insulator of a thin film transistor, an insulator and an organic thin film transistor comprising the same. The insulator of a thin film transistor prepared with the composition of the present invention displays an excellent permittivity along with a low surface energy, and the organic thin film transistor comprising the same displays an improved organic semiconductor morphology formed on the top surface of the insulator, so that it can bring the effect of reducing leakage current density, improving charge carrier mobility, and improving current on/off ratio.

The present invention relates to a composition for an insulator of a thin film transistor, an insulator and an organic thin film transistor comprising the same. The insulator of a thin film transistor prepared with the composition of the present invention displays an excellent permittivity along with a low surface energy, and the organic thin film transistor comprising the same displays an improved organic semiconductor morphology formed on the top surface of the insulator, so that it can bring the effect of reducing leakage current density, improving charge carrier mobility, and improving current on/off ratio.

An example of a flow cell includes a substrate, a plurality of chambers defined on or in the substrate, and a plurality of depressions defined in the substrate and within a perimeter of each of the plurality of chambers. The depressions are separated by interstitial regions. Primers are attached within each of the plurality of depressions, and a capture site is located within each of the plurality of chambers.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a fluorine-containing polymer and a composition containing the fluorine-containing polymer.

The present disclosure provides a composition comprising (A) a fluorine-containing polymer comprising as a main component a structural unit containing a fluorine-containing aliphatic ring, and (B) an aprotic solvent, wherein the fluorine-containing aliphatic ring of the fluorine-containing polymer (A) contains one, two, or three etheric oxygen atoms as a ring-constituting atom; when the fluorine-containing aliphatic ring contains a plurality of etheric oxygen atoms, the etheric oxygen atoms are not adjacent to each other; and the fluorine-containing polymer (A) is present in an amount of 20 mass % or more based on the mass of the composition.

A rubbery polymer comprising: (a) butyl acrylate or a mixture of butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, and ethyl acrylate, (c) acrylonitrile, (d) styrene, (e) a half ester maleate soap, and (f) a crosslinking agent selected from allyl methacrylate, and mixtures of allyl methacrylate with glycidyl methacrylate, trimethylolpropanetrimethyl acrylate, dicyclopentenyloxyethyl methacrylate and divinylbenzene.

A rubbery polymer comprising: (a) butyl acrylate or a mixture of butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, and ethyl acrylate, (c) acrylonitrile, (d) styrene, (e) a half ester maleate soap, and (f) a crosslinking agent selected from allyl methacrylate, and mixtures of allyl methacrylate with glycidyl methacrylate, trimethylolpropanetrimethyl acrylate, dicyclopentenyloxyethyl methacrylate and divinylbenzene.