The present invention provides resin beads that can provide various types of products such as cosmetics which are unlikely to generate an odor and have superior tactile impression and spreadability on the skin and that can be substituted for resin particles composed of a synthetic material derived from petroleum, and the present invention also provides various types of products such as cosmetics using the resin beads. The resin beads are formed with a resin containing a cellulose derivative as a main component. In the resin beads, the cellulose derivative is at least one selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate propionate, ethyl cellulose, and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, the volume average particle diameter is 50 ?m or smaller, the degree of sphericity is 0.7 to 1.0, the degree of surface smoothness is 80 to 100%, the acetyl group content ratio is 15% by mass or less, and the propionyl group content ratio is 10% by mass or more. In addition, the present invention provides a product of any one of a cosmetic, a dermatological preparation, a paint, a shaped article, a film, a coating agent, and a resin composition, which contain the resin beads.

Disclosed is a resilient foam and methods of making the foam. The resilient foam includes a derivatized polyanionic polysaccharide and has an open-cell structure. When the resilient foam is contacted with water, the foam forms a thixotropic hydrogel.

A pasty composition for the manufacture of three-dimensional structures or structural elements on the surface of a substrate is formed together with a polymer as an organic component B1, and a powdery material that makes up a proportion of solid in the range of 60 mass % to 95 mass % in the composition, and

at least two mutually different solvents C1 and C2 that form a solvent mixture. A first solvent C1 has a boiling temperature here that is lower than the boiling temperature of the further solvent or solvents C2.

A flavoring sheet with improved physical properties, a smoking article including the same, and methods of producing the flavoring sheet and the smoking article are provided. The flavoring sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a hydrocolloid material configured to form a sheet, a flavoring, and a plasticizer. The plasticizer can improve physical properties of the flavoring sheet and thus enhance workability of a process of cutting the flavoring sheet.

Disclosed is a resilient foam and methods of making the foam. The resilient foam includes a derivatized polyanionic polysaccharide and has an open-cell structure. When the resilient foam is contacted with water, the foam forms a thixotropic hydrogel.

The present invention aims to provide a gas-selective permeable membrane that has gas permeability and gas selectivity capable of highly separating a target gas from other gases, is less likely to be influenced by the temperature condition employed, and is excellent in strength and handleability. The invention uses at least one or more polymerizable compounds to provide a gas-selective permeable film that contains a polymer having an optically uniaxial or multiaxial molecular alignment and to provide a laminate including a gas-permeable substrate and the permeable membrane laminated thereon.

A process for producing structural colours from smectite or vermiculite clay mineral comprising: (i) intercalating cations in every second layer of said clay mineral; and (ii) dispersion of the intercalated clay mineral in water to form an aqueous suspension.

A hydrogel including phenol derivative-modified cellulose, a use thereof, and a preparation method therefor are described. Physical properties of the hydrogel can be modulated by adjusting concentrations of and oxidation conditions for the phenol derivative-modified cellulose. In addition, the hydrogel of the present invention can find applications in various fields due to its properties, such as hemostasis, blood coagulation acceleration, tissue adhesion, cell culture, cell transplantation, drug delivery, etc.

A particulate cellulose derivative is obtained in a process of grinding and drying a moist cellulose derivative which comprises the steps of A) providing a cellulose derivative having a moisture content of from 60 to 95 percent, based on the total weight of the moist cellulose derivative, B) grinding and partially drying the moist cellulose derivative in a gas-swept impact mill; C) contacting the ground and partially dried cellulose derivative with an additional amount of a drying gas outside the gas-swept impact mill; and D) subjecting the cellulose derivative to partial depolymerization after having contacted the cellulose derivative with a drying gas in step C). The obtained particulate cellulose derivative has a high untapped bulk density, a good flowability and a low color intensity.

A triazole compound having a structure represented by the following Formula (1.2):

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wherein Z represents a structure represented by the following Formula (1.2a), q is 2 or 3, and at least two structures Z bonded to the benzene ring of Formula (1.2) and are located in the ortho- or meta-position relative to each other:

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wherein R.sup.10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, p represents an integer of 1 to 5, and * represents a position at which the structure is bonded to the benzene ring.