A resin composition for coating an optical fiber comprises: a base resin containing a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator; and hydrophobic inorganic oxide particles, wherein the photopolymerizable compound comprises urethane (meth)acrylate and aliphatic epoxy (meth)acrylate, and the content of the aliphatic epoxy (meth)acrylate is 1.0% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less based on the total amount of the photopolymerizable compound.

The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a surface layer in which an occurrence of the image deletion is suppressed; a process cartridge equipped with the electrophotographic photosensitive member; and an electrophotographic apparatus provided with the process cartridge. An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface layer that includes a copolymerized product of a composition including a metal oxide particle having a polymerizable functional group on a surface thereof and a polymerizable compound having a particular structure.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cured product which is suitable as a material for a layer of low refractive index in a multilayer diffractive optical element, can exhibit a desired chromatic aberration reducing effect over a near-infrared wavelength region to a shortwave infrared wavelength region in a case of being used in the multilayer diffractive optical element, and can exhibit high transmittance in this wavelength range; a curable resin composition suitable for obtaining this cured product; and a diffractive optical element and a multilayer diffractive optical element including this cured product. Provided are a curable resin composition which includes oxide nanoparticles including indium and cerium, a monofunctional or higher functional (meth)acrylate compound, and a dispersant; a cured product formed of the curable resin composition; a diffractive optical element and a multilayer diffractive optical element; and oxide nanoparticles used in this composition.

A particle and a method for producing the same is disclosed. For example, the particle includes a polymer resin that is compatible with a three-dimensional (3D) printing process to print a three-dimensional (3D) object and a marking additive that allows selective portions of the 3D object to change color when exposed to a light, wherein the marking additive is added to approximately 0.01 to 25.00 weight percent (wt %).

Disclosed is a composition comprising: from about 10 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin comprises a polyphenylene sulfide resin; from about 0.01 to 10 wt. % of a laser direct structuring additive; from about 0.01 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of laser breakable filler, wherein the composition exhibits a dissipation factor of less than 0.01 at frequencies of 1 GHz to 20 GHz frequencies when measured using a dielectric resonator, and wherein the combined weight percent value of all components does not exceed 100 wt. %, and all weight percent values are based on the total weight of the composition.

A multi-layered, transparent-conductive stack with improved mechanical robustness, and a method of making the same, is described. The multi-layered film includes a layer of a hybrid film and a layer of a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) coating that is sputter deposited and forms a contact with the hybrid film. The hybrid film includes an interconnected network of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles (MONs). The plurality of MONs are randomly distributed in the interconnected network of CNTs forming an electrical contact with the CNTs.

A system for and method of protecting a polymer from UV degradation includes impinging ultraviolet (“UV”) radiation from an artificial UV source onto an interior object, the interior object comprising: i) a polymer substrate; and ii) a continuous inorganic film on the polymer substrate. The continuous inorganic film protects the polymer substrate from the ultraviolet radiation.

The present disclosure relates to a composition for manufacturing a secondary battery separator having excellent electrical conductivity and capable of minimizing occurrence of black scum on an electrode and a secondary battery thereof. The composition for manufacturing a secondary battery separator according to the present disclosure includes a polyethylene resin and an ionic liquid lubricant composition. The ionic liquid lubricant composition includes a pore-controlling agent, an ionic liquid, and paraffinic oil.

A thermoplastic resin composition contains 10 to 90% by mass of (A) thermoplastic resin; 1 to 20% by mass of (B) laser direct structuring additive; and 0.3 to 7.0% by mass of (D) graphite, a total of the ingredient (A), the ingredient (B) and the ingredient (D) being always kept at 100% by mass or below, and a ratio by mass given by ingredient (B)/ingredient (D) being 1.0 to 20.

The present invention relates to a “safety-by-design” method for the preparation of nanoparticles, to a method for the preparation of a nanocomposite material, and to the use of a direct liquid injection device so as to prepare nanoparticles or nanocomposite materials in a “safety-by-design” process.