An unvulcanized liquid or solid silicone rubber containing a proportion of a filler material that expands at an increased temperature.

The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive strip comprising at least one layer SK1, preferably exactly one layer SK1, of a self-adhesive composition based on a vinylaromatic block copolymer composition foamed with microballoons, where the mean diameter of the voids formed by the microballoons in the self-adhesive composition layer SK1 is 45 to 110 m.

The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive strip, for the residue-free and non-destructive removal by which by substantially expanding it in the plane of adhesion, comprising an adhesive compound layer, said adhesive compound layer consisting of a pressure-sensitive adhesive compound, constituted by vinyl aromatic block copolymers and adhesive resins, at least 75 wt.-% (relative to the total amount of resin) of a resin being selected that has a DACP (diacetone alcohol cloud point) of greater than 20 C., preferably greater than 0 C., and a softening point (ring & ball) of greater than or equal to 70 C., preferably greater than or equal to 100 C., and the pressure-sensitive adhesive compound being foamed.

The present invention relates to a stopper made entirely or at least in part of plastic material, wherein the plastic material is a thermoplastic elastomeric polymer and includes a dispersion of activated carbon particles. The present invention also relates to a method to manufacture a stopper for a container by means of injection molding comprising: heating granules or pellets of plastic material until the granules or pellets become soft and flexible; adding activated carbon particles to the soft and flexible granules or pellets of plastic material; injecting the softened plastic into a mold, thereby obtaining a desired shape for the stopper; leaving the plastic material to cool until hardening; and opening the mold and removing the stopper.

Provided is a resin composition configured to show a small change in the void ratio of hollow resin particles during mold processing and configured to stably mold a lightweight molded product. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising 50 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass of a thermoplastic plastomer and 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of hollow resin particles, wherein the hollow resin particles have a void ratio of from 50% to 85%; wherein the hollow resin particles have a shell containing a resin; and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of repeating units constituting the resin, 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 part by mass to 70 parts by mass of a non-crosslinkable monomer unit are contained as a polymerizable monomer unit.

Recorded matter includes a recording medium and an image on the recording medium. The image comprises a hollow resin including a copolymer of the structure unit represented by the following chemical formula 1 and the structure unit represented by the following chemical formula 2. Also, in an IR spectrum of the image, the image satisfies the following ratio: 3.0Y/X6.0, where X represents the absorbance of the image at the maximum absorption wavelength in a range of from 1,590 to 1,610 cm.sup.1 and Y represents the absorbance of the image at the maximum absorption wavelength in a range of from 1,720 to 1,740 cm.sup.1.

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A thermally insulating article is provided which includes a subdivided, non-periodically arranged, amorphous-array-structured polymer particle assembly, wherein the article has a thermal conductivity of less than about 0.10 watt/m.Math.K. The article can be used for many purposes, including attaching to an exterior window to reduce energy loss through the window.

Methods for preparing porous carbon hollow spheres are disclosed. The method includes contacting one or more polymer hollow spheres with a SiO.sub.2 precursor to form one or more SiO.sub.2-containing polymer hollow spheres; carbonizing the one or more SiO.sub.2-containing polymer hollow spheres to form one or more SiO.sub.2-containing carbon hollow spheres; and removing SiO.sub.2 from the one or more SiO.sub.2-containing carbon hollow spheres to form one or more porous carbon hollow spheres. The prepared porous carbon hollow spheres may be filled with liquid metal salts and treated at elevated temperatures to form filled porous carbon spheres. Methods of filling the porous carbon hollow spheres and compositions that include the filled porous carbon spheres are also disclosed.

Provided are heat-expandable microspheres in which the water content can be adjusted easily and quickly by efficiently dehydrating the water present in the heat-expandable microspheres.

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Heat-expandable microspheres having a structure in which a foaming agent is encapsulated inside an outer shell formed from a polymer, the average value of the degrees of circularity, calculated based on a parameter indicating a particle diameter of each particle of the heat-expandable microspheres and a parameter indicating the circumference, being 0.985 or less are provided.

A method for producing hollow resin particles, the method comprising a mixture liquid preparation step, a suspension preparation step, a polymerization step, and a solvent removal step; wherein a content of a saturated hydrocarbon solvent is 50% by mass or more with respect to 100% by mass of a total amount of a hydrocarbon solvent; wherein a polymerization initiator is an oil-soluble polymerization initiator; and wherein, in the mixture liquid, a crosslinkable monomer contains a tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer, and with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polymerizable monomer, a total content of the crosslinkable monomer is 80 to 98 parts by mass, a content of the tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer is from 10 parts by mass to 98 parts by mass, and a content of the hydrocarbon solvent is from 300 parts by mass to 1500 parts by mass.