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.

A thermosetting resin composition contains at least: [A] a thermosetting resin; [B] a curing agent; and [C] polyamide particles satisfying following (c1) to (c6): (c1) a melting point of polyamide resin constituting the polyamide particles is 200 to 300° C.; (c2) a crystallization temperature of the polyamide resin constituting the polyamide particles is 150° C. to 250° C.; (c3) a number average particle size of the polyamide particles is 1 to 100 μm; (c4) a sphericity of the polyamide particles is 80 to 100; and (c5) the linseed oil absorption of the polyamide particles is 10 to 100 mL/100 g. A thermosetting resin composition of the present invention enables suitable production of a fiber-reinforced composite material having sufficient compressive strength after impact and wet heat compression performance.

A thermosetting resin composition contains at least: [A] a thermosetting resin; [B] a curing agent; and [C] polyamide particles satisfying following (c1) to (c6): (c1) a melting point of polyamide resin constituting the polyamide particles is 200 to 300° C.; (c2) a crystallization temperature of the polyamide resin constituting the polyamide particles is 150° C. to 250° C.; (c3) a number average particle size of the polyamide particles is 1 to 100 μm; (c4) a sphericity of the polyamide particles is 80 to 100; and (c5) the linseed oil absorption of the polyamide particles is 10 to 100 mL/100 g. A thermosetting resin composition of the present invention enables suitable production of a fiber-reinforced composite material having sufficient compressive strength after impact and wet heat compression performance.

Provided are a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded product produced therefrom, and the thermoplastic resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a base resin including (A) 65 to 85 wt % of a polycarbonate resin, (B) 7 to 20 wt % of an acrylic rubber-modified aromatic vinyl-based graft copolymer, and (C) 7 to 20 wt % of an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer; (D) 0.7 to 5 parts by weight of zinc oxide (ZnO); and (E) 7 to 15 parts by weight of a block copolymer including a polyether segment and a polyamide segment, wherein the (D) zinc oxide has an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 3 μm, a peak position 2 θ value obtained by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of 35 to 37°, and a crystallite size according to Equation 1 of 1,000 to 2,000 Å. Equation 1 is the same as disclosed in the specification.

A mixture contains at least one polyether block amide (PEBA) and at least one poly(meth)acrylate, selected from poly(meth)acrylimides, poly-alkyl(meth)acrylates, and mixtures thereof. The mass ratio of PEBA to poly(meth)acrylate is 95:5 to 60:40. The polyalkyl(meth)acrylate contains 80% by weight to 99% by weight of methyl methacrylate (MMA) units and 1% by weight to 20% by weight of C1-C10-alkyl acrylate units, based on the total weight of polyalkyl(meth)acrylate. The mixture can be processed to give foamed mouldings. The mouldings can he used in footwear soles, stud material, insulation or insulating material, damping components, lightweight components, or in a sandwich structure.

A moulding composition contains polyetheramide (PEA) based on a subunit 1, made of at least one linear aliphatic diamine having 15 C atoms and at least one linear aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 14 C atoms. Furthermore, the PEA also contains a subunit 2, made of at least one polyether diamine having at least 2.3 C-5 atoms per ether oxygen and NH.sub.2 groups at the chain ends. The moulding composition contains a maximum of 2.5% by weight of a rubber containing functional groups. The number of C atoms of at least one component of subunit 1 selected from diamine and dicarboxylic acid is at least 13, and the average molar mass number of subunit 2 is between 200 to 900 g/mol. A moulded object can be created from the moulding compound. The object can be a moulded part, a film, a bristle, a fiber, or a foam.

A moulding composition contains polyetheramide (PEA) based on a subunit 1, made of at least one linear aliphatic diamine having 15 C atoms and at least one linear aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 14 C atoms. Furthermore, the PEA also contains a subunit 2, made of at least one polyether diamine having at least 2.3 C-5 atoms per ether oxygen and NH.sub.2 groups at the chain ends. The moulding composition contains a maximum of 2.5% by weight of a rubber containing functional groups. The number of C atoms of at least one component of subunit 1 selected from diamine and dicarboxylic acid is at least 13, and the average molar mass number of subunit 2 is between 200 to 900 g/mol. A moulded object can be created from the moulding compound. The object can be a moulded part, a film, a bristle, a fiber, or a foam.

A nonlimiting example method of forming highly spherical carbon nanomaterial-graft-polyamide (CNM-g-polyamide) polymer particles may comprising: mixing a mixture comprising: (a) carbon nanomaterial-graft-polyamide (CNM-g-polyamide), wherein the CNM-g-polyamide particles comprises: a polyamide grafted to a carbon nanomaterial, (b) a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the polyamide of the CNM-g-polyamide, optionally (c) a thermoplastic polymer not grafted to a CNM, and optionally (d) an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the polyamide of the CNM-g-polyamide and the thermoplastic polymer, when included, and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the CNM-g-polyamide in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature to form CNM-g-polyamide particles; and separating the CNM-g-polyamide particles from the carrier fluid.

A PEGylated polymer is disclosed according to Formula 1 wherein n is any integer from 4 to 200 monomers, and R is a polymer chain comprising a 4 to 200-monomer moiety.

A part material for printing three-dimensional parts with a selective deposition-based additive manufacturing system has a composition having a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) polymer and a surface modifier. The TPE polymer is polyether block amide (PEBA). The part material is provided in a powder form having a D90/D50 particle size distribution and a D50/D10 particle size distribution each ranging from about 1.00 to about 2.0, wherein the part material is configured for use in the selective deposition-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the three-dimensional parts in a layer-by-layer manner.