Polymer compositions may include a matrix phase comprising a polypropylene-based polymer; and an elastomeric rubber phase; wherein the polymer composition has melt flow rate (MFR) according to ASTM D1238 at 230° C./2.16 kg equal to or greater than 90 g/10 min and at least one feature selected from (I) an Izod impact resistance according to ASTM D256A at 23° C. equal to or greater than 400 J/m; (II) an instrumented drop impact at −30° C., average total energy, equal to or greater than 17 J; or (III) an instrumented drop impact at −30° C., average percent ductility, equal to or greater than 60%.

A processing aid for foam molding comprising a copolymer obtained by the polymerization of from 50% to 100% by weight total of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of ethyl methacrylate and propyl methacrylate, and 0 to 50% by weight of other copolymerizable monomers, the copolymer having the following properties: (a) a reduced viscosity measured according to ASTM D2857 at 1 mg/mL in chloroform at 25° C. of greater than 8 dL/g and (b) a Tg equal to or less than 77° C. is provided.

The production method includes: a gel-crushing step of grinding a crosslinked hydrogel polymer to obtain a particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer; a heating drying step of obtaining dried particles from the particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer by using a continuous stirring drying machine; a post-crosslinking step of post-crosslinking the particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer or the dried particles; and a sizing step of adjusting a particle size of the dried particles or the post-crosslinked dried particles to obtain water-absorbent resin powder. The particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer contains a gel fluidizer. A gel temperature of the particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer containing the gel fluidizer, the gel temperature being measured by a contact thermometer, is not lower than 50° C. In the production method, the dried particles or the post-crosslinked dried particles is forcedly cooled before the sizing step.

A porous membrane includes a triblock copolymer of the formula ABC. B is a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic block present in a range from 30 to 90 weight percent, based on the total weight of the copolymer and has a T.sub.g of ≥110° C. C is a rubbery block present in a range from 10 to 70 weight percent, based on the total weight of the copolymer and has a T.sub.g≤25° C. A is substantially incompatible with both the B and C blocks and is derived from ring-opening polymerization. B+C is present in a range from 70 to 95 weight percent, based on the total weight of the copolymer.

Pellet-stable olefinic copolymer bimodal rubber is made using parallel reactors, with one reactor synthesizing higher molecular weight (MW) rubber with dual catalysts, with an improved molecular weight split ratio and an improved composition distribution of the moderate and ultra-high MW components, while another reactor synthesizes random isotactic polypropylene copolymer (RCP). The effluents are reactor-blended and result in pellet-stable bimodal rubber (P-SBR), which may be pelletized. When making thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) with P-SBR, the need to granulate rubber bales and subsequently use talc, clay, or other anti-agglomeration agents to prevent granulated rubber crumbs from agglomerating are eliminated. TPVs made with P-SBR have vulcanized rubber particles that are smaller and more uniform in size, resulting in TPVs with higher particle counts and more thermoplastic “ligaments” between the particles, with such ligaments being made stronger by the added RCP. Such thus-produced TPVs have a lower hysteresis and flexural modulus, and better elastic properties.

The present invention discloses a process for providing a cross-linked composition, the process comprising the steps of (a) providing an ethylene-α-olefin plastomer having—a density of from 850 kg/m.sup.3 to 900 kg/m.sup.3; and—an melt flow rate (ISO 1133, 2.16 kg, 190° C.) of 0.3 to 50 g/10 min; (b) grafting the ethylene-α-olefin plastomer with silane crosslinker such that the content of silane crosslinker is in the range of 0.1 to 10.0 wt.-% with respect to the grafted ethylene-α-olefin plastomer; (c) contacting said grafted ethylene-α-olefin plastomer with 2 to 8 wt.-% of a tin-free silane crosslinking catalyst with respect to the resulting mixture of grafted ethylene-α-olefin plastomer and tin-freesilane crosslinking catalyst, wherein said tin-free catalyst comprises a Brönsted acid at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity for at least 15 minutes thus forming a cross-linked composition, wherein gel content of said cross-linked composition after 15 min is at least 60%.

A resin molded product whose main component consists of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin and carbon black. The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin has an MFR of 0.5 g/10 min or more and 20 g/10 min or less. The carbon black has an average primary particle diameter of 55 nm or more and 100 nm or less and a DBP oil absorption amount of 100 mL/100 g or more and 300 mL/100 g or less. The content of vinyl acetate is 2.9 parts by mass or more and 12.3 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the main component. The resin molded product has a surface resistivity of 720 Ω/□ or less.

An infrared cut filter including a film that includes a cyanine dye including a cation having a polymethine and a nitrogen-containing heterocycle at each end of the polymethine, and a tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate anion, and a copolymer including a first repeating unit from a first monomer that is an acrylic monomer having a cyclic ether group, and a second repeating unit from a second monomer that is a monomer having a functional group that reacts with the cyclic ether group.

A copolymer including a monomer A with a molar ratio a varying between around 0.01 and around 0.20, a monomer B with a molar ratio b varying between around 0.2 and around 0.4, and a monomer C with a molar ratio c varying between around 0.50 and around 0.70, the monomer A being a hydrophilic monomer including a pendant chain of poly(ethylene oxide) (POE) with low molar weight, the monomer B being a hydrophobic monomer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of around −30° C. or less, the monomer C being a monomer that is more hydrophobic than the monomer Band having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of around 80° C. or more, said monomers being organised in a hydrophilic segment, a hydrophobic segment and an intermediate segment located between the hydrophilic segment and the hydrophobic segment.

The present invention generally relates to the field of cross-linkable aqueous vinyl polymer dispersions, to a coating composition comprising said cross-linkable aqueous vinyl polymer dispersions; to a paint formulation comprising said cross-linkable aqueous vinyl polymer dispersions; and to an article coated with the coating composition or the paint formulation. In particular, the present invention provides an aqueous vinyl polymer dispersion PD which comprises the following polymers: —1) an aqueous dispersion of a vinyl polymer P1 obtainable by free radical emulsion polymerization of a monomers mixture comprising: a) 5 to 20 wt % acid functional ethylenically unsaturated monomers M1 or precursors thereof; b) 5 to 25 wt % ethylenically unsaturated monomers M2 containing a polyethylene glycol or monoalkoxy polyethylene glycol moiety; c) up to 90 wt % of non-ionic ethylenically unsaturated monomers M3 other than M1 or M2; d) 0 to 10 wt % ethylenically unsaturated monomers M4 with a functional group for cross-linking after film-formation; e) 0 to 10 wt % of at least one chain transfer agent CTA; where the sum of the wt. % of M1+M2+M3+M4+CTA=100 wt %; —2) an aqueous dispersion or solution of a vinyl polymer P2 obtainable by free radical copolymerization of: a) from 25 to 95 wt % of a ethylenically unsaturated monomers M5 selected from the group of N-vinyl amides with general structure (I) where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are alkyl from C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 and may be connected to form a ring-structure, preferably N-vinyl pyrrolidone or N-vinyl caprolactam; b) from 5 to 75 wt % of non-ionic ethylenically unsaturated monomers M3′ other than M5; c) from 0 to 5 wt % of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M4′ with a functional group for cross-linking after film-formation; d) from 0 to 10 wt % acid functional ethylenically unsaturated monomers M1′ or precursors thereof; e) from 0 to 5 wt % of at least one chain transfer agent CTA′; where the sum of the wt. % of: M5+M3′+M4′+M1′+CTA′=100 wt %; —3) a film-forming vinyl polymer P3 under the form of an aqueous dispersion comprising: i) from 20 to 60 wt % of a water-soluble or water dispersible crosslinkable vinyl oligomer OL obtained by emulsion polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising: 1) at least one acid functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer M1″; 2) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer M4″ with functionality for crosslinking upon film-formation, other than M1″; 3) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer M3″ other than M1″ and M2″, and 5) optionally, at least one chain transfer agent CTA″, and ii) from 40 to 80 wt % of a high molecular weight vinyl polymer P4 prepared