The present invention relates to an odor control material consisting of a water-insoluble particulate odor control agent and a thermoplastic water-soluble carrier matrix encapsulating the odor control agent. The carrier matrix dissolves when in contact with an aqueous solution, such as urine and the odor control material is obtained by means of thermoforming. The invention relates also to a method for the preparation of the odor control material and the use of the odor control material in absorbent products. The present odor control material minimizes dusting problems caused by particulate odor control agents in production processes.

A polyolefin material that comprises a thermoplastic composition is provided. The composition contains a continuous phase that includes a polyolefin matrix polymer and a nanoinclusion additive dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete domains. The composition further includes a butene polymer. A porous network is defined within the thermoplastic composition that includes a plurality of nanopores.

The present invention relates to a device for the reversible adsorption of carbon dioxide from a gas mixture, comprising at least one adsorbent vessel comprising one or a plurality of gas permeable cartridge vessels of an inert and dimensionally stable material, and each cartridge comprising a suitable polymeric particular adsorbent having a primary amino functionality; to an arrangement including the device, and to a method for adand desorption of carbon dioxide.

Provided is a method of preparing a superabsorbent polymer. In the method of preparing the superabsorbent polymer according to the present disclosure, a polymer resulting from polymerization of ethylene-based unsaturated monomers is subjected to a reassembling process by mixing with a compound of a particular Chemical Formula and water. According to the preparation method of the present disclosure, provided is a method of preparing a superabsorbent polymer having improved water holding capacity and a reduced content of residual monomers, thereby improving quality of final polymer products.

Described herein is a filtration medium comprising a carbon substrate having a surface of CO.sub.xE.sub.y, wherein E is selected from at least one of S, Se, and Te; and wherein x is no more than 0.1 and y is 0.005 to 0.3; a filtration device comprising the filtration medium; and methods of removing chloramines from aqueous solutions.

A filtration device selectively removes hydrophobic waste from wastewater while leaving other water and surfactant components, which may then be recycled to a point of use. The wastewater treatment system may comprise a filtration unit and filtration media. The filtration unit may comprise a housing having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of a point of use and configured to receive a wastewater stream from the point of use for treatment, and an outlet in fluid communication with an inlet of the point of use and configured to deliver filtrate to the point of use. The filtration media may be positioned within the housing. The filtration media may comprise an oleophilic foam substrate and a hydrophobic coating on the oleophilic foam substrate. The filtration media may be configured to separate a hydrophobic component from the wastewater stream to produce filtrate comprising water and surfactant.

Polymeric ionic liquids, methods of making and methods of using the same are disclosed.

A curable and hygroscopic resin composition for sealing electronic devices, having at least a (meth)acrylate oligomer (a) having the number-average molecular weight of 1,500 to 5,000, a low molecular weight (meth)acrylate (b) having an average molecular weight of 170 to 500, a moisture-reactive organometallic compound (c), and a polymerization initiator (d), wherein the (meth)acrylate oligomer (a) and the low molecular weight (meth)acrylate (b) are multifunctional (meth)acrylates in which the number of (meth)acryloyl groups is from 1.5 to 3 in one molecule of each of the (meth)acrylate oligomer (a) and the low molecular weight (meth)acrylate (b); a sealing resin; and an electronic device.

A sorbent material is disclosed for the one-step separation of bio-macromolecules in a single pass extraction of DNA from complex mixtures of molecules and chemicals. In one embodiment, the sorbent material comprises a silanized material at least partially coated or formed with a polymer selected from the group consisting of a poly(aryl methacrylate), a poly(aryl acrylate), a poly(heteroaryl methacrylate, a poly(heteroaryl acrylate) and a copolymer thereof.

Absorbent core and an absorbent article respectively with improved properties, especially rewet performance, are disclosed. The absorbent core contains at least two layers, wherein each layer has from 0 to 10% by weight fibrous material and from 90 to 100% by weight water-absorbent polymer particles, based on the sum of water-absorbent polymer particles and fibrous material. The surface crosslinked water absorbent polymer particles within the upper layer have a sphericity of at least 0.89 and the absorbent core shows a CRC.sub.AP/TAC.sub.AP ratio of at least 0.65.