The present invention relates to a prepreg which contains an oriented liquid crystal polymer and a base that uses a continuous carbon fiber bundle as a forming material. The liquid crystal polymer is a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer and the base is included in an amount of at least 25 parts by mass but not more than 550 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the liquid crystal polymer.

A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal polymer film, which includes the following operations: providing a liquid crystal polymer powder; uniformly dispersing the liquid crystal polymer powder in a solvent to form a mixed solution; coating the mixed solution on a carrier board to form a coating layer; heating the coating layer to a first temperature to remove the solvent in the coating layer; heating the liquid crystal polymer powder to a second temperature after the solvent is removed, such that the liquid crystal polymer powder is melted, thereby forming the liquid crystal polymer film.

The present invention provides a composite molded article in which aliphatic polyester-based resin expanded beads and a thermosetting resin cured product containing a reinforcing fiber, which is formed between the expanded beads, are integrally fixed, wherein the aliphatic polyester-based resin is a polylactic acid-based resin, and a flexural modulus E (MPa) of the composite molded article and a density (kg/m.sup.3) of the composite molded article satisfy Expression (1): E.sup.1/3/0.02 [(MPa).sup.1/3(kg/m.sup.3).sup.1], and a composite molded article and a laminate having more improved strength.

A conductive polymer dispersion for capacitors and a capacitor package structure is provided. The conductive polymer dispersion includes a conductive polymer, a dispersing agent and an additive. The conductive polymer has a transmittance spectrum obtained by a UV-visible spectrometry, and the transmittance spectrum includes a first peak located between 350 nm and 450 nm and a second peak located between 300 nm and 400 nm.

A gel composition comprises hydrophilic monomers, a cross-linking agent, an initiator, and astaxanthin-modified cyclodextrin complexes. The astaxanthin-modified cyclodextrin complexes comprise astaxanthin and modified cyclodextrin. The modified cyclodextrin has a chemical structure of

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with a hollow cavity, wherein R represents a chemical group having carbon-carbon double bond. The astaxanthin is embedded in the hollow cavity. The disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing a gel composition, and a method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens using the gel composition.

The present disclosure relates to compositions containing a) at least one thermoplastic polymer, b) at least one small molecule organic salt, and c) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer, including processes for the use thereof for the production of polymer particles of sub-micron size.

This provides a flexible, porous, dissolvable solid sheet article having large pores on its top surface as well as a method of making the same.

A circuit board, in particular for a control device of a vehicle, includes a core made of at least two layers of resin impregnated glass textile and two conductor planes of the circuit board. The glass textile layers are disposed between the conductor planes and the conductor planes are on opposite sides of the core. The glass textile layers are each between 50 micrometers and 150 micrometers thick and have a resin content of between 58 percent by volume and 74 percent by volume. The conductor planes are each between 20 micrometers and 50 micrometers thick.

Disclosed are liquid crystal polymer particles capable of reducing dielectric loss tangent while suppressing surface roughness of the resin film, when added to a resin film. The liquid crystal polymer particles have a melting point of 270? C. or higher, wherein cumulative distribution 50% diametre D.sub.50 in the particle size distribution is 20 ?m or less, and cumulative distribution 90% diametre D.sub.90 is 2.5 times or less of D.sub.50.

A thermally conductive sheet including: an acrylic polymer; a high-soda alumina in an amount of 70 to 75% by volume; and a magnesium hydroxide having a particle size smaller than a particle size of the high-soda alumina in an amount of 2.7 to 5.3% by volume, the magnesium hydroxide is coated with a higher fatty acid. The thermally conductive sheet has a compressive force required in a deformation with a compressibility of 20% or less of 200 N or less, and has a thermal resistance of 0.45C./W or less.