An organic solvent-free phase-inversion emulsification process for a low molecular weight amorphous polyester resin includes forming a mixture by adding to the amorphous polyester resin: i. a surfactant; ii. an aqueous solution of a neutralizing agent; and iii. a portion of water that is about 40% or less of a total amount of water used to form a phase-inversion emulsion, heating the mixture to dissolve the amorphous polyester resin to provide a dissolved amorphous polyester and adding water up to the total amount of water to the dissolved amorphous polyester to form a latex of the amorphous polyester resin. The resultant latex is used in processes of making a toner composition. A latex of an amorphous polyester resins is made by such processes have latex particles that are unimodal.

A release layer of a release film for producing a membrane electrode assembly of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprises a cyclic olefin polymer comprising an olefin unit having a C.sub.3-10alkyl group as a side chain thereof. The release layer may have a glass transition temperature of about 210 to 350 C. The release layer may have a transition point of a dynamic storage modulus E in a range from 50 to 100 C. An ion exchange layer comprising an ion exchange polymer may be laminated on the release layer of the release film by a roll-to-roll processing to produce a laminate. The release film may be separated from the laminate to give the membrane electrode assembly. The release film achieves improved production of a membrane electrode assembly (an electrolyte membrane and/or an electrode membrane) of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell.

A thermal process for carbonizing hemp and reducing particle size, mechanically, by grinding or milling said carbonized hemp materials to generate a precise particle size hemp char and combining the hemp char particles with a polymer into a master batch.

The invention relates to a process for the production of a foam having low organic compounds emissions, to polypropylene foamed products obtainable by the process, and to a process for the manufacture of low organic compounds emission articles comprising a foam for use in cars and food packaging. The process comprises the steps of: a) providing a foam comprising a propylene composition comprising a high melt strength propylene (HMS-PP) homopolymer or copolymer or combinations thereof, said HMS-PP foam having a melt strength of at least 25 cN at a maximum speed of at least 200 mm/s and a melting temperature of at least 135 C. and b) subjecting the HMS-PP foam to a thermal treatment at a temperature Tt which is preferably between 5 and 15 C. below the melting temperature Tm of the HMS-PP for a duration between preferably 1 and 10 minutes.

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of films of conductive polymers, by the technique so-called roll-to-roll, which allows to obtain freestanding films having advantageous features such as toughness, flexibility, ability to adhere to different substrates, a submicron thickness and a very high ratio surface area/thickness; the present films are suitable for use in several technological applications, in particular for the development of biosensors, and in the production of flexible electronic components with large surface, suitable for wearable devices and also intended for contacting skin.

An article including a substrate; a diffuser polymer; and a thin layer of optical material 14 that conforms to a surface of the diffuser polymer is disclosed. A method of making the article is also disclosed.

Fiber-reinforced organic polymer aerogels, articles of manufacture and uses thereof are described. The reinforced aerogels include a fiber-reinforced organic polymer matrix having an at least bimodal pore size distribution with a first mode of pores having an average pore size of less than or equal to 50 nanometers (nm) and a second mode of pores having an average pore size of greater than 50 nm and a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 30 mW/m.Math.K at a temperature of 20 C.

[Problem] To provide a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin having an excellent heat resistance and processability while having an extremely low dielectric tangent

[Solving means] A wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin according to the present invention comprises, structural unit (I) derived from p-hydroxybenzoic acid, structural unit (II) derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, structural unit (III) derived from an aromatic diol compound, structural unit (IV) derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the composition ratio (mol %) of said structural units (I) to (IV) satisfies the following conditions: 2 mol %structural unit (I)9 mol % 40 mol %structural unit (II)75 mol % 9 mol %structural unit (III)24 mol % 9 mol %structural unit (IV) 24 mol %.

A liquid crystal polymer powder that includes a fiber portion having fibrous liquid crystal polymer particles with an aspect ratio of a length in a longitudinal direction thereof to a fiber diameter of 10 times or more. In the liquid crystal polymer powder, an average diameter of the fiber portion is 1 ?m or less, and a content of a substantially unfiberized lump portion is 20% or less.

A plant fiber-containing composite resin molded article contains a base resin, plant fibers, and, a dispersant, in which each of the plant fibers contains an aroma component, the base resin is a crystalline resin, and in a case where a total content of the base resin, the plant fibers, and the dispersant is 100% by mass, a content of the plant fibers is more than or equal to 50% by mass and less than or equal to 90% by mass.