Hollow beads having a skin of thermoplastic elastomer and a gas-filled cell are useful in the manufacture of shaped porous articles by thermally bonding or adhering the hollow beads together.

A phase difference film solely consisting essentially of a single species of copolymer P containing a polymerization unit A and a polymerization unit B, the phase difference film having a phase separation structure that exhibits a structural birefringence, and the phase difference film having an NZ factor of greater than 0 and smaller than 1; and the production method therefor. Preferably, the phase separation structure has a form of any of lamella, cylinder and spheroid, and the distance between phases in the phase separation structure is 200 nm or less.

A thermosetting resin composition, a prepreg, a laminate, and a printed circuit board are provided. The thermosetting resin composition has a thermosetting polyphenylene ether resin, an unsaturated polyolefin resin, a curing agent, and hollow borosilicate microspheres with surfaces treated with a bromine-containing silane coupling agent. The laminate produced from the thermosetting resin composition satisfies the requirements for overall properties such as low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, low water absorption rate, high peeling strength, and the like for a high-frequency electronic circuit substrate.

The present disclosure aims to provide a resin reinforcing fiberglass, which has a high adhesiveness with a thermoplastic resin for enhancing the mechanical strength and the anti-mold fouling property of a thermoplastic resin composition, and a thermoplastic resin composition including such a fiberglass. A resin reinforcing fiberglass comprises (a) a fiberglass, and (b) a silane coupling agent and (c) a maleic anhydride grafted polymer, which are adhered to a surface of the (a) fiberglass.

The present invention relates to a composite film comprising a styrene copolymer layer (a), a metal layer (b), optionally a coloured layer (c), and a transparent polymer layer (d), wherein (b) is located between (a) and (d) and optionally (c) is located between (b) and (d). Moreover, the present invention refers to a method for producing a composite film and to the use of such composite film for laminating a surface or a part thereof. Finally, the present invention further relates to a product that is at least partly laminated by a composite film according to the present invention.

A wearable device including a body made of an elastic material having a polymeric backbone where a portion of the polymeric backbone is unsaturated. The body has an outer surface that is oxidized on at least one part with at least one functional group where the at least one part of the outer surface is more oleophobic than the body.

Provided is a carbon black master batch pellet for black coloring comprising a high concentration of carbon black, having an excellent dispersibility of the carbon black, and which can express a stable black coloring concentration with hardly any classification occurring even when mixed in the various raw materials of a thermoplastic resin composition. A pellet comprising 35 to 55 mass % of carbon black (A), 65 to 45 mass % of a thermoplastic resin (B), and 0 to 10 mass % of a dispersant assistant (C), wherein a diameter (D) in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction is 2 to 5 mm, and a ratio (D/L) of the diameter (D) to a length (L (mm)) in the axial direction is 3.0 to 1.5.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a molding made from blowing agent-containing foam comprising at least one fiber (F), wherein the at least one fiber (F) is partially introduced into the blowing agent-containing foam. The two ends of the respective fiber (F) that are not surrounded by the blowing agent-containing foam thus project from one side of the corresponding molding. The present invention also provides the molding as such. The present invention further provides a panel comprising at least one such molding, produced by the process according to the invention, and at least one further layer (S1). The present invention also provides for the production of the panels of the invention and for the use thereof, for example as a rotor blade in wind turbines.

An object of the present invention is to provide a porous sheet capable of satisfy both the properties of fitting, preventing tightening, and providing comfort immediately after wearing or at a standstill/at rest and the properties of tightening, fixation stability, and providing comfort during exercise such as sports at the same time, as well as a porous composite comprising the porous sheet, or particularly, a porous sheet and a porous composite for clothing, health products, medical supplies, and sporting goods. The present invention relates to a porous sheet made of a thermoplastic elastomer composition (A), having a plurality of slits and/or pores, and having a porosity of 5 to 50%, an anisotropy of 10% or more, and a stretching stress relaxation rate of 40% or less after being stretched by 500% and held for 60 seconds.

The present invention relates to a composition for producing a polymer, comprising: a) from 20 to 60% by weight, based on the entire composition, of at least one monomer; and b) from 30 to 60% by weight, based on the entire composition, of at least one branched pre-polymer, wherein the composition is liquid at room temperature and under normal pressure; use of the composition, a method for producing a polymer using the composition, as well as an electrically dimmable glazing that encloses the polymer.