The present invention provides a water absorption treatment material that has a structure suitable for obtaining a high level of water disintegrability. A water absorption treatment material is a water absorption treatment material that absorbs a liquid, and includes a granular core portion and a coating layer portion. The granular core portion has a granular shape. The granular core portion contains a first water-absorbent polymer. The coating layer portion covers the granular core portion. The coating layer portion contains a second water-absorbent polymer. The second water-absorbent polymer has a mean particle size smaller than the mean particle size of the first water-absorbent polymer.

The present disclosure relates to polymer coatings covalently attached to the surface of a substrate and the preparation of the polymer coatings, such as poly(N-(5-azidoacetamidylpentyl)acrylamide-co-acrylamide) (PAZAM), in the formation and manipulation of substrates, such as molecular arrays and flow cells. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing a substrate surface by using beads coated with a covalently attached polymer, such as PAZAM, and the method of determining a nucleotide sequence of a polynucleotide attached to a substrate surface described herein.

An artificial turf includes an artificial turf infill. The artificial turf infill includes natural fiber mixed with rubber granulate. The artificial turf infill includes between 10% and 40% of the natural fiber by weight. The natural fiber includes any one of hemp fiber, cotton fiber, burlap fiber, sisal fiber, elephant grass fiber, or combinations thereof.

Provided are resin particles which have excellent thermal bondability, excellent low-temperature fixability, excellent heat resistant storage stability and high bonding strength, and which provide a coating film that has high gloss and excellent water resistance. The resin particles are composed of resin particles (X), each of which has a shell layer (S) containing a crystalline polyurethane resin (B) on the surface of a core layer (Q) containing a crystalline resin (A). The maximum peak temperature (Ta) of the heat of fusion of the crystalline resin (A) is 40 to 70 C. and the maximum peak temperature (Tu) of the heat of fusion of the crystalline polyurethane resin (B) is 50 to 90 C.

The present invention relates to a piece, in particular for jewellery or timepieces, made of a material comprising a synthetic matrix (2) loaded with particles (3) of a precious or semi-precious stone, said particles (3) having a particle size d90 comprised between 50 m and 2 mm, preferably between 100 m and 1 mm, and, more preferably between 150 m and 500 m.

A thermosensitive recording material comprising a support; an insulating layer that includes a porous polymeric pigment; and an image-forming layer.

Disclosed are particles that have an exterior surface coated with a thin polymeric coating, such as a coating that includes a sulfur-containing polymer. Also disclosed are compositions, such as fuel-resistant sealant and coating compositions, which include such particles. Aerospace vehicles having an aperture at least partially sealed with a sealant deposited from such a sealant composition are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to an equipment and method for producing polymer pellets which comprise one or more polymer components and one or more further components, wherein in said process at least one of said one or more further components is incorporated into pellets by applying a liquid, which comprises said at least one component, onto said pellets.

Organic-inorganic composite particles including: inorganic particles; and an organic polymer, wherein the inorganic particles have surfaces on which no modification treatment for introducing a polymerizable reactive group is conducted, the organic polymer comprises a hydrophilic block arranged on the surfaces of the inorganic particles and made of a first polymer, and a hydrophobic block stacked on an outside of the hydrophilic block and made of a second polymer, and the inorganic particles, the first polymer, and the second polymer have surface free energies satisfying a condition expressed by the following formula:
E.sub.NP>E.sub.A>E.sub.B
[in the formula, E.sub.NP represents the surface free energy of the inorganic particles, E.sub.A represents the surface free energy of the first polymer, and E.sub.B represents the surface free energy of the second polymer].

Low density particles that have an exterior surface coated with a thin polymeric coating of an aminoplast can be used in aerospace sealants to reduce the specific gravity of a sealant.