Disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing a functionally graded polymer material. A method comprises preparing a melted polymer mixture comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a magnetic filler; molding the melted polymer mixture; and applying a magnetic field to a portion of the melted polymer mixture to form the functionally graded article, wherein as the melted polymer mixture flows into the mold, the melted polymer mixture comes into contact with the magnet field. Another method comprises molding the melted polymer mixture; and applying a magnetic field from a first magnet to a first portion of the melted polymer mixture and applying a magnetic field from a second magnet to a second portion of the melted polymer mixture to form the functionally graded article, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are positioned in a manner such that the magnetic field produced by each are nonoverlapping.

The present invention relates to the use of hydrophopic polyols for producing fiber composite components on the basis of a polyurethane/polyisocyanurate reaction mixture, to a method for producing composite components and to the composite components as such. The method according to the invention is particularly economical in terms of saving material and time costs and the composite components obtained are characterized by excellent visual and material properties.

Biodegradable printed circuit boards, or PCBs, may be produced from substrate sheets that include at least one biodegradable polymer. In addition, the electrical traces used on the PCBs, may also include a biodegradable polymer incorporated with an electrically conductive material. The PCBs may be composted to degrade the PCBs, and the

The invention relates to a rubber composition based on at least one functionalized elastomer comprising polar functional groups, a reinforcing filler and a specific phenolic compound.

Provided is a metal-glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composite material in which productivity of glass fiber, and mechanical strength of a glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin material are high, and excellent heat cycle resistance is provided between a metal material and the glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin material. The metal-glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composite material includes a metal material, and a glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin material, wherein a difference T between a 500 poise temperature T1 and a 10000 poise temperature T2 of glass fiber included in the glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin material is 162 to 181 C., a glass filament has a ratio (long diameter/short diameter) A of a long diameter to a short diameter thereof of 1.5 to 4.5, and a glass content C of the glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin material is 20.0 to 65.0% by mass.

The present application relates to a self-healing, electrically conducting elastomer, comprising an electrically conducting phase comprising PEDOT:PSS nanofibrils, and an electrically insulating phase comprising a polyborosiloxane-based polymer. The present application also related to a method for manufacturing the self-healing, electrically conducting elastomer.

A method of forming a composite includes providing a plurality of metallic particles having a nano-crystalline microstructure. The method includes selecting an internal microstructure of the metallic particles to be present in the composite and determining a processing temperature in response to the selected internal microstructure. The method includes heating an amalgamation of the metallic particles and a polymer to the processing temperature and extruding the heated amalgamation through a printer nozzle to form the composite.