Molding composition, including by weight: (A) from 38 to 79.5% of at least one semi-crystalline aliphatic polyamide with the exclusion of PA6 and PA66, (B) from 10 to 20% of carbon fibres, (C) from 10 to 20% of hollow glass beads, (D) from 5.5 to 10% of at least one impact modifier having a flexural modulus of less than 200 MPa, in particular less than 100 MPa, as measured according to standard ISO 178: 2010, at 23° C., and (E) from 0.1 to 1% by weight of at least one additive, the sum of the proportions of each constituent (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) of the composition being equal to 100%.

An object of the present invention is to provide an antistatic agent which imparts excellent antistatic properties to thermoplastic resins. The antistatic agent of the present invention contains a block polymer (A) having a block of a polyamide (a) and a block of a hydrophilic polymer (b) as structure units; and an amide-forming monomer (c), wherein a weight ratio of the amide-forming monomer (c) to the block polymer (A), i.e., amide-forming monomer (c)/block polymer (A), is 2/98 to 12/88.

Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article including the same. Also disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition including 100 parts by weight of a base resin consisting of a graft copolymer and a non-graft copolymer, 6 to 15 parts by weight of a polyether-amide block copolymer, 0.2 to 0.9 parts by weight of a metal stearate, and 0.001 to 0.006 parts by weight of an organic pigment; a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition; and a molded article including the thermoplastic resin composition.

Also disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent transparency, colorability, color stability, chemical resistance, and antistatic properties, thus being suitable for use in the manufacture of medical products; a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition; and a molded article including the thermoplastic resin composition.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal alignment agent having high thermal stability and high solvent solubility, and a liquid crystal panel in which occurrence of ghosting and stain and a decrease in contrast are suppressed even under environments at high temperatures long period of time. The present invention is a liquid crystal alignment agent including a copolymer including a structure represented by a chemical formula (1) below, and a solvent. In the formula, X is a specified structure including a cyclic hydrocarbon group, Y.sup.1 is a specified structure including a cyclic hydrocarbon group, R.sup.1 represents a homogeneous alignment group, a homeotropic alignment group, or a photoreactive functional group, and Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are the same or different, and represent an —NH— group, an —O— group, or a —S— group. ##STR00001##

A thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention comprises: a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; an aliphatic polyamide resin; a poly(ether ester amide) block copolymer; a modified polyolefin resin; and a heat resistant vinyl-based copolymer resin. The thermoplastic resin composition exhibits excellent anti-static properties, heat resistance and mechanical properties.

Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent compatibility between a base resin and additives that may prevent aggregation of a metal pigment, and a molded article including the same. Also disclosed is a molded article manufactured using the thermoplastic resin composition, which may reduce flow marks on a metallic surface, and thus appearance and gloss may be excellent, injection quality and antistatic properties may be excellent, and the molded article may be widely used in various fields such as electronics.

The invention relates to a composition for the layer-by-layer building of a three-dimensional article by sintering of the composition brought about by electromagnetic radiation, the composition comprising a semicrystalline thermoplastic polymer powder and at least one wax, the wax having a dropping point which is greater than the crystallization temperature of the semicrystalline thermoplastic polymer, said composition in addition optionally comprising a flow agent.

The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said composition and also to its use for the layer-by-layer building of a three-dimensional article.

In order to provide a resin composition excellent in pattern processability and film strength, a resin composition film, and a semiconductor device using these, there is provided a resin composition including (A) a polymer compound, (B) a cationic polymerizable compound, and (C) a cationic polymerization initiator, in which (A) the polymer compound has a carboxylic acid residue at a molecular chain terminal.

A polymer blend membrane includes a polyether-based copolymer and a polyether polymerized in situ and has high permeability and high selectivity for carbon dioxide. In the polymer blend membrane, the free volume of the polyether-based copolymer is greatly increased, and the adsorption capacity for carbon dioxide is enhanced. Thus, it can have excellent mechanical properties and excellent permeability and selectivity for carbon dioxide.

A composition that toughens and impact modifies epoxy resin based compositions comprising one or more co-polyamides and one or more block copolymers with polyamide and polyether blocks. The disclosure also relates to epoxy resin compositions containing the composition comprising one or more co-polyamides and one or more block copolymers with polyamide and polyether blocks and films, adhesives, foamable compositions and foamed compositions containing such a composition.