A composite core material and methods for making same are disclosed herein. The composite core material comprises mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin. Further, the method for forming a composite core material comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising mineral filler, an encapsulating prepolymer, and a polymerization catalyst; disposing the mixture onto a moving belt; and polymerizing said encapsulating prepolymer to form a composite core material comprising mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin.

There is provided a molded article containing an amorphous resin, wherein a peak position change rate r (%) of the molded article defined by Equation: Peak position change rate r (%)=100×(Q1−Q2)/Q2 is 1 or more. In the equation, Q1 and Q2 are peak positions (nm.sup.−1) of the molded article and a predetermined reference molded article, respectively, the peak position being determined by a wide angle X-ray diffraction method. The peak position is a peak derived from the amorphous resin in a scattering vector magnitude Q-intensity profile calculated from a diffraction image obtained by a transmission method and measured by the wide angle X-ray diffraction method and obtained after background correction and transmittance correction, and the peak position is a value of Q at a peak at which Q is the smallest among peaks at which Q is in a range of 5 nm.sup.−1 to 25 nm.sup.−1.

A fibrillated liquid crystal polymer powder containing fibrillated liquid crystal polymer particles. A paste containing a dispersion medium and the fibrillated liquid crystal polymer powder. A method of producing the fibrillated liquid crystal polymer powder. A resin multilayer substrate obtained by laminating a plurality of resin sheets including at least one layer of a liquid crystal polymer sheet. On a surface of at least one layer of the liquid crystal polymer sheet, a thickness adjustment layer made of a fibrillated liquid crystal polymer powder containing fibrillated liquid crystal polymer particles is provided in a region insufficient in thickness when at least the plurality of resin sheets are laminated.

A core/shell polymer material suitable for three-dimensional printing is provided. The core/shell polymer material may include at least one amorphous polymer as a core particle and at least one semicrystalline polymer as a shell material surrounding the core particle.

The present invention provides a heat shrinkable film which is capable of replacing polyvinyl chloride-based heat shrinkable films, exhibits appropriate rigidity and appropriate shrinkage force, and is excellent in stability during storage, The heat shrinkable film including a polyester resin A having a glass transition temperature of 65° C. or higher, and a polyester resin B having a glass transition temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the polyester resin A by 10° C. or more, wherein a content of the polyester resin B is from 5 to 25% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of the heat shrinkable film, and a thickness is 25 μm or more and less than 80 μm.

A liquid crystal alignment agent and a preparation method thereof, a liquid crystal alignment film and a preparation method thereof, and a liquid crystal cell are provided. A piperazine monomer is added to a liquid crystal alignment agent, a bulk resistance value and a surface resistance value of a liquid crystal alignment agent material can be reduced, and the ability of the liquid crystal alignment agent material to release residual charges can be effectively improved, thereby increasing the reliability and stability of an electronic product. The liquid crystal cell using the liquid crystal alignment agent has advantages such as high voltage holding ratio (VHR) and low residual voltage.

A fiber-reinforced aerogel is disclosed. The aerogel can include a porous organic polymer matrix and fibers included in the porous organic polymer matrix. The aerogel can include a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 60 mWIm.Math.K at a temperature of 20° C., at least a 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 planar shape having a thickness of 5 millimeters (mm) or less and is capable of being rolled up into a roll, wherein the fibers form a woven fiber matrix.

A core/shell polymer material suitable for three-dimensional printing is provided. The core/shell polymer material may include at least one amorphous polymer as a core particle and at least one semicrystalline polymer as a shell material surrounding the core particle.

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 μm or less, and cumulative distribution 90% diametre D.sub.90 is 2.5 times or less of D.sub.50.

A hydrogel particle that has an average cross-sectional diameter in the range from 1 micrometer (μm) to 1000 μm, wherein the particle includes a first polymer network with an average mesh size that allows diffusion of a molecule with an hydrodynamic radius of 1000 nanometer (nm) or less into the first polymer network and which particle includes one or more binding molecules that are immobilized by the polymer network. The hydrogel particle preferably has wherein the first polymer network has an average mesh size that prevents diffusion of a molecule with an average hydrodynamic radius of more than 1000 nm to diffuse into the first polymer network, preferably the mesh size prevents diffusion of a molecule with an average hydrodynamic radius of more than 100 nm, and preferably more than 5 nm. Methods for reducing the bioavailability of one or more soluble biological molecules in a biological system by using the described hydrogel particle.