The present disclosure provides a PVC or CPVC solvent cement and a composition for forming a PVC or CPVC coating on an object. The solvent cement and the coating composition each include one or more caprolactam-derived solvents and a polymer selected from the group of polyvinyl chloride and chlorinated polyvinyl chloride. The one or more caprolactam-derived solvents include a linear alkyl group of 1, 2 or 4 unsubstituted carbons or an alkoxymethyl group of 2 or 3 unsubstituted carbons bonded to a nitrogen heteroatom.

A porous polybenzimidazole (PBI) particulate resin is disclosed. This resin is easily dissolved at ambient temperatures and pressures. The resin is made by: dissolving a virgin PBI resin in a highly polar solvent; precipitating the dissolved PBI in a bath; and drying the precipitated PBI, the dried precipitated PBI being porous. The porous PBI resin may be dissolved by: mixing a porous PBI resin with a highly polar solvent at ambient temperatures and pressures to form a solution.

The present disclosure relates to a polysulfide copolymer particle and a method of preparing the polysulfide copolymer particle.

A method is provided for producing solid cellulose filaments or films from a solution of cellulose, NMMO (N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide) and water, including pressure-extruding the solution by one or more extrusion openings and by solidifying the filaments or films in a precipitation bath. The solution is guided between the extrusion opening and the precipitation bath by an air gap, the temperature of the solution on the extrusion opening being lower than 105 C. and the pressure difference in the air gap between the pressure of the solution immediately prior to extrusion and after extrusion is between 8 and 40 bar.

Solutions of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or copolymers of 1,1-difluoroethylene in a solvent which comprises N-formylmorpholine (NFM), N-acetylmorpholine (NAM) or mixtures thereof and additionally a cosolvent selected from alkylene carbonate, mono-, di- or polyalkylene glycol dialkyl ethers or mixtures thereof.

A process for dissolving modified cellulose is disclosed. The process includes contacting modified cellulose with a solvent in a mixture to form swelled modified cellulose and then contacting the mixture with a salt to dissolve the swelled modified cellulose.

The present invention includes a method for dissolving cellulose comprising dissolving cellulose in an ionic liquid and a co-solvent, wherein the ionic liquid is an imidazolium-based ionic liquid with, e.g., a halide or acetate as the anion.

A process for dissolving modified cellulose includes contacting modified cellulose solution with at least one multivalent cation to form a plurality of modified cellulose particles.

A method of manufacturing a high-performance polymer-ceramic composite includes: mixing a high-temperature polymer with a solvent to obtain a first mixture; adding a high-energy-density ceramic material to the first mixture to obtain a second mixture; mixing a dispersant with the second mixture to obtain a slurry composition; tape-casting the slurry composition on a substrate at an elevated temperature of greater than or equal to 25 C.; drying the casted slurry composition to obtain a polymer-ceramic dielectric film; and annealing the polymer-ceramic dielectric film. The high-temperature polymer may be polyimide, the high-energy-density ceramic material may be calcium copper titanate. The solvent may be N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. The dispersant may be an alkylol ammonium salt of an acidic copolymer having pendant amine and acid groups. A high-performance polymer-ceramic composite dielectric material and a high-temperature capacitor including the high-performance polymer-ceramic composite dielectric material manufactured by the method are also provided.

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing biopolymer particles, said method comprising a membrane emulsification of a dispersed phase into a continuous phase wherein the dispersed phase comprises the biopolymer in a solvent, and wherein passing the dispersed phase through the membrane forms an emulsion of the biopolymer in the continuous phase; and a phase inversion with an anti-solvent to form particles of the biopolymer; wherein prior to (b), the emulsion is cooled to a temperature, T1. Also provided are biopolymer particles obtained from the method.