Methods of making prepregs are described. The methods include the steps of forming a fiber-containing substrate, and contacting the fiber-containing substrate with a resin mixture. The resin mixture may include polymer particles mixed in a liquid medium, and the polymer particles may be coated on the fiber-containing substrate to form a coated substrate. The liquid medium may be removed from the coated substrate to form the prepreg. The prepregs may be used to make fiber-reinforced articles.

Methods of making prepregs are described. The methods include the steps of forming a fiber-containing substrate, and contacting the fiber-containing substrate with a resin mixture. The resin mixture may include polymer particles mixed in a liquid medium, and the polymer particles may be coated on the fiber-containing substrate to form a coated substrate. The liquid medium may be removed from the coated substrate to form the prepreg. The prepregs may be used to make fiber-reinforced articles.

A polylactic acid resin composition according to an embodiment of the invention includes a polylactic acid resin, an aliphatic polyester resin, a carbodiimide compound and a metal hydrate, in which the metal hydrate is surface-treated with a specific silane coupling agent; and the carbodiimide compound includes an aliphatic carbodiimide compound.

According to embodiments of the present invention, a method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor device includes forming a first organic semiconductor layer on a substrate, and forming a self-assembled monolayer by providing a self-assembly precursor onto the first organic semiconductor layer. The first organic semiconductor layer has a reactive group on a top surface of the first organic semiconductor layer. The forming of the self-assembled monolayer includes forming a chemical bond between the self-assembly precursor and the reactive group of the first organic semiconductor layer.

When a composition including (A) an organosilicon compound represented by formula 1 and (B) when an organosilicon compound having at least one group selected from a polysulfide group, a thioester group, and a mercapto group and having an alkoxysilyl group is added to a rubber composition, a rubber composition is imparted that can achieve low fuel consumption and wear resistance while the workability of the composition and the hardness and tensile properties of cured products thereof are maintained.

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(R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, R.sup.4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group that may have a substituent other than a sulfur atom-containing group and may include a heteroatom other than a sulfur atom (adjacent R.sup.4 may crosslink with one another to form a ring), Z represents a divalent group not having a polysulfide group, a thioester group, or a mercapto group, and n represents an integer of 1-3.)

When a composition including (A) an organosilicon compound represented by formula 1 and (B) when an organosilicon compound having at least one group selected from a polysulfide group, a thioester group, and a mercapto group and having an alkoxysilyl group is added to a rubber composition, a rubber composition is imparted that can achieve low fuel consumption and wear resistance while the workability of the composition and the hardness and tensile properties of cured products thereof are maintained.

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(R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, R.sup.4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group that may have a substituent other than a sulfur atom-containing group and may include a heteroatom other than a sulfur atom (adjacent R.sup.4 may crosslink with one another to form a ring), Z represents a divalent group not having a polysulfide group, a thioester group, or a mercapto group, and n represents an integer of 1-3.)

A powder coating composition comprising a specific organosilicon compound forms a coating which exhibits satisfactory water-loading resistant performance.

The present disclosure provides a composite structure and associated method for preparing a composite substrate comprising an inorganic coating that is adhered to an organic-based substrate via an adhesion promoting agent comprising a molecule having a urea moiety at one end of the molecule and an alkoxysilane moiety at the other end of the molecule. The use of adhesion promoting agent having at least one of an amine or imine moiety and an alkoxysilane moiety promotes tight adhesion of the inorganic coating to the substrate.

A cosmetic preparation containing a crosslinkable silicone rubber emulsion comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a straight chain or branched organopolysiloxane containing at least two hydroxyl groups bonded to the silicon atom per molecule prepared by ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic organosiloxane in the presence of an alkoxysilane or its partial hydrolytic condensate or an ,-dihydroxy or dialkoxy siloxane oligomer by using a catalyst selected from citric, lactic, and ascorbic acids and an anionic surfactant emulsifier; and (B) 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a reaction product of an amino group-containing organoxysilane and an acid anhydride.

A cosmetic preparation containing a crosslinkable silicone rubber emulsion comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a straight chain or branched organopolysiloxane containing at least two hydroxyl groups bonded to the silicon atom per molecule prepared by ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic organosiloxane in the presence of an alkoxysilane or its partial hydrolytic condensate or an ,-dihydroxy or dialkoxy siloxane oligomer by using a catalyst selected from citric, lactic, and ascorbic acids and an anionic surfactant emulsifier; and (B) 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a reaction product of an amino group-containing organoxysilane and an acid anhydride.