Embodiments of the present disclosure include organic polymeric particles, paper coating compositions, coated paper, and methods of forming coated paper with the paper coating compositions. The embodiments of the organic polymeric particle include an organic hydrophilic polymer with a unit for hydrogen bonding, and a hollow porous structure that comprises an organic polymer that at least partially surrounds the organic hydrophilic polymer, where the hollow porous structure has a pore surface area greater than 1 percent of a total theoretical exterior surface area of the hollow porous structure and the organic hydrophilic polymer and the hollow porous structure give the organic polymeric particle a void volume fraction of 40 percent to 85 percent.

According to the present invention, there is provided a coated film that is excellent in not only antistatic properties, but also persistency of the antistatic properties. The present invention relates to a coated film comprising a polyester film and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polyester film which is prepared from a coating solution comprising a polystyrenesulfonic acid or a derivative thereof, and a binder resin or a crosslinking agent.

A method of forming an organic polymeric particle, comprising (i) forming a core of an organic hydrophilic polymer with monomers that contains an acid group, a latent acid group, or a combination thereof; (ii) forming a shell that comprises an organic polymer with monomers that contains an acid group, a latent acid group, or a combination thereof to encapsulate the core, where the shell has an initial size; expanding the core to form a hollow porous structure from the shell, where the hollow porous structure has an expanded size larger than an initial size of the shell; and (iii) hydrolyzing the acid group, the latent acid group or the combination thereof of the hollow porous structure and the organic hydrophilic polymer to give the organic polymeric particle a void volume fraction of 40 percent to 85 percent.

A resin composition is disclosed. The resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of vinyl group-containing polyphenylene ether, 20 parts by weight to 60 parts by weight of ethylene-styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer, and 5 parts by weight to 15 parts by weight of a compound represented by the Formula (1). An article made from the composition is also disclosed, and the article includes prepreg, resin film, laminate, or printed circuit board.

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Methods for treating post-consumer and/or post-industrial waste containing impact modified polymers of monovinylidene aromatic monomers are disclosed. The methods may include forming a solution comprising a solvent and at least one post-consumer and/or post-industrial waste comprising an impact modified polymer wherein the polymer is based on monovinylidene aromatic monomers and an impact modifier having a specific particle size and morphology; separating and removing undissolved and/or undispersed material in the solution from the solution; and separating and removing the solvent from dissolved and/or dispersed material to recover the impact modified polymer; wherein the solvent dissolves and/or disperses the impact modified polymer, and wherein the recovered impact modified polymer maintains the impact modifier particle size and morphology.