The present invention relates to a process for producing a thermoplastic moulding composition comprising a thermoplastic copolymer A, a graft copolymer B and optionally a further polymer component C as well as optional further additives K, wherein the preparation of the graft copolymer B is carried out via emulsion polymerization, and wherein at least one surfactant S2 is used in grafting step of emulsion polymerization in a volume concentration in the range of 0.46 to 0.75 mol/m.sup.3, based on the volume of the graft copolymer B latex particles obtained; and wherein the mean particle diameter D.sub.w of the latex particles of graft copolymer B is in the range of 60 to 800 nm.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a thermoplastic moulding composition comprising a thermoplastic copolymer A, a graft copolymer B and optionally a further polymer component C as well as optional further additives K, wherein the preparation of the graft copolymer B is carried out via emulsion polymerization, and wherein at least one surfactant S2 is used in grafting step of emulsion polymerization in a volume concentration in the range of 0.46 to 0.75 mol/m.sup.3, based on the volume of the graft copolymer B latex particles obtained; and wherein the mean particle diameter D.sub.w of the latex particles of graft copolymer B is in the range of 60 to 800 nm.

ABA type block copolymers as a new class of temperature sensing polymers with tunable, high temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR). A sensor includes a heater, a thermal insulator between two thermometer layers, the heater generating a thermal gradient within the thermal insulator. The thermometers give an indirect measurement of fluid flow around the sensor, based on their temperature readings. The thermometers are flexible layers including ABA block polymers.

ABA type block copolymers as a new class of temperature sensing polymers with tunable, high temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR). A sensor includes a heater, a thermal insulator between two thermometer layers, the heater generating a thermal gradient within the thermal insulator. The thermometers give an indirect measurement of fluid flow around the sensor, based on their temperature readings. The thermometers are flexible layers including ABA block polymers.

This invention relates to anti-microbial active particles, compositions and uses thereof for inhibiting bacterial growth on surfaces or devices. This invention further discloses methods of making such anti-microbial active particles.

This invention relates to anti-microbial active particles, compositions and uses thereof for inhibiting bacterial growth on surfaces or devices. This invention further discloses methods of making such anti-microbial active particles.

The present invention is a photosensitive resin composition including an alkali-soluble resin (A), a polymerizable compound (B), a photoradical polymerization initiator (C), and a solvent (D), in which the polymerizable compound (B) contains at least one kind (B1) selected from a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (3), having specific Rs, and a content ratio of the compound (B1) contained in the photosensitive resin composition is 15 to 50% by mass. The photosensitive resin composition of the present invention can form a thick-film resist pattern having excellent sensitivity and resolution, and by using the thick-film resist pattern, a plated formed product can be miniaturized.

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The present invention is a photosensitive resin composition including an alkali-soluble resin (A), a polymerizable compound (B), a photoradical polymerization initiator (C), and a solvent (D), in which the polymerizable compound (B) contains at least one kind (B1) selected from a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (3), having specific Rs, and a content ratio of the compound (B1) contained in the photosensitive resin composition is 15 to 50% by mass. The photosensitive resin composition of the present invention can form a thick-film resist pattern having excellent sensitivity and resolution, and by using the thick-film resist pattern, a plated formed product can be miniaturized.

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A method for making a monomer includes reacting an alkanol-substituted phenol with epihalohydrin in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst at a temperature of 50° C. or lower to produce a first intermediate product. The method further includes removing excess epihalohydrin, and after removing excess epihalohydrin, contacting the first intermediate product with a base to produce a second intermediate product, and forming an oxirane-functional vinyl monomer from the second intermediate product. The monomer includes an oxirane group, an unsaturated vinyl bond, and optionally an aromatic spacer between the two functional groups.

Polymerizable compositions comprising a radically polymerizable resin can be polymerized in the absence of a peroxide initiator and other undesirable components. The polymerizable compositions and methods employ a manganese- or iron-containing salt or organic complex and a 1,3-dioxo compound with one or more other components. The polymerizable compositions have better storage stability and reduced gel time-drift.