The invention provides (meth)acrylic oligomers prepared from C1-C20 alkyl and C5-C20 cycloalkyl (meth)acrylates, wherein said oligomers have a Mn of about 300 g/mole to about 3,000 g/mole; a Mw of about 700 g/mole to about 6,000 g/mole; a Mz of about 900 g/mole to about 10,000 g/mole. The oligomers may have a Yellowness Index, according to ASTM E313 of less than 2. The oligomers of the invention are useful as tackifiers in adhesive compositions, but also are believed to be useful also in general polymer modification as plasticizers, leveling agents, viscosity reducers (i.e., rheology modifiers), and for increasing solids content in solvent-borne applications of all types with little detrimental impact on viscosity. The invention also provides adhesive compositions and laminate articles coated on at least one side with the adhesive compositions of the invention.

A latex composition includes a latex of a conjugated diene polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or less and a latex of a polymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of more than 10° C., wherein the value of (CS(B)−CS(A)) is more than 0% by weight, where a chemical stability of the latex of the conjugated diene polymer (A) to CaCl.sub.2, when the solids concentration of the latex is 20% by weight, is defined as CS(A) (% by weight), and a chemical stability of the latex of the polymer (B) to CaCl.sub.2, when the solids concentration of the latex is 20% by weight, is defined as CS(B) (% by weight).

Disclosed are a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article manufactured using the same. The thermoplastic resin composition includes 3 to 22% by weight of a graft copolymer (A-1) including an acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 200 to 400 nm, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound; 17 to 40% by weight of a graft copolymer (A-2) including an acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 50 to 199 nm, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound; 30 to 57% by weight of a copolymer (B) including a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester compound, an α-methyl styrene-based compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound; and 6 to 30% by weight of a polymethacrylate resin (C) (except for α-methyl styrene), wherein an average multi-axial impact strength is 22 J/mm or more.

Disclosed are a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article manufactured using the same. The thermoplastic resin composition includes 3 to 22% by weight of a graft copolymer (A-1) including an acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 200 to 400 nm, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound; 17 to 40% by weight of a graft copolymer (A-2) including an acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 50 to 199 nm, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound; 30 to 57% by weight of a copolymer (B) including a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester compound, an α-methyl styrene-based compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound; and 6 to 30% by weight of a polymethacrylate resin (C) (except for α-methyl styrene), wherein an average multi-axial impact strength is 22 J/mm or more.

A methacrylic resin having a cyclic structure in a main chain thereof, a shaped article, and an optical component or automotive part, in which the glass transition temperature is higher than 120° C. and 160° C. or lower, and the sign of the orientational birefringence when being oriented so as to have a degree of orientation of 0.03 is different from the sign of the orientational birefringence when being oriented so as to have a degree of orientation of 0.08.

A methacrylic resin having a cyclic structure in a main chain thereof, a shaped article, and an optical component or automotive part, in which the glass transition temperature is higher than 120° C. and 160° C. or lower, and the sign of the orientational birefringence when being oriented so as to have a degree of orientation of 0.03 is different from the sign of the orientational birefringence when being oriented so as to have a degree of orientation of 0.08.

A method for continuously preparing graphene powder directly dispersed in an organic system, including: mixing an aqueous graphene oxide dispersion, an emulsifier and an oil-soluble monomer followed by pH adjustment and dispersing to obtain a pre-emulsified dispersion; subjecting the pre-emulsified dispersion to an emulsion polymerization reaction in the presence of an initiator; introducing a reducing agent to reduce graphene oxide; and subjecting the reaction mixture after emulsion polymerization to spray drying to obtain the graphene powder. Equipment used in the preparation method is also provided herein.

A method for continuously preparing graphene powder directly dispersed in an organic system, including: mixing an aqueous graphene oxide dispersion, an emulsifier and an oil-soluble monomer followed by pH adjustment and dispersing to obtain a pre-emulsified dispersion; subjecting the pre-emulsified dispersion to an emulsion polymerization reaction in the presence of an initiator; introducing a reducing agent to reduce graphene oxide; and subjecting the reaction mixture after emulsion polymerization to spray drying to obtain the graphene powder. Equipment used in the preparation method is also provided herein.

A method of polymerizing a first, and a second class of monomers to form product polymer. The first class of monomers polymerize via a radical pathway in the presence of light, and the second class of monomers polymerize via an insertion pathway in the absence of light.

The present disclosure provides the synthesis of an imidazolium-based functional ionic liquid copolymer (PMMA-b-PIL-R*) and a preparation method of an alloy ultra-filtration membrane. Firstly, PMMA-b-PIL-R* is prepared from methyl methacrylate (MMA) and polymerizable imidazolium-based functional ionic liquid (IL-R*) containing double bonding as the reactive monomers through sequential radical polymerization. With the use of a non-solvent induced phase separation method, PMMA-b-PIL-R* is introduced into the body of a polymeric membrane material, so as to prepare an alloy ultra-filtration membrane. A hydrogen-bond interaction is generated between the carbonyl in the molecular chain of PMMA-b-PIL-R* and the H . . . C—Cl structure in the molecular chain of the polymeric membrane material, which enhances the compatibility between the molecular chains of PMMA-b-PIL-R* and the polymeric membrane material, so that it can be stable in the ultra-filtration membrane; the imidazole groups and functional groups in the molecular chain of PMMA-b-PIL-R* can provide a good hydrophilicity.