Provided is a heat ray shielding resin sheet material including: near infrared absorbing material particles; and a resin, wherein the near infrared absorbing material particles contain particles of a complex tungsten oxide represented by General Formula: M.sub.xW.sub.yO.sub.z (where an element M is one or more elements selected from H, He, alkali metals, alkaline-earth metals, rare-earth elements, Mg, Zr, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, B, F, P, S, Se, Br, Te, Ti, Nb, V, Mo, Ta, Re, Be, Hf, Os, Bi, and I, 0.001x/y1, and 3.0<z/y).

A composition, made from recycled solid surface material or articles, that is suitable for making solid surface materials or articles, and a solid surface material or article made therefrom, the composition comprising a matrix resin of unsaturated polyester resin, inorganic filler particles, ground solid surface primary particles, ground solid surface secondary particles, and, optionally, solid surface dust particles. The composition is especially useful in making three-dimensional, rigid-surface, polymeric solid surface material and articles that are free of objectionable surface voids and have a smooth and stable continuous surface.

A functionalized carbon fiber having covalently bound on its surface a partially cured epoxy or amine-containing sizing agent, wherein at least a portion of epoxide or amine groups in the sizing agent are available as uncrosslinked epoxide or amine groups, which corresponds to a curing degree of epoxide or amine groups of no more than about 0.6. Composites comprised of these functionalized carbon fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix are also described. Methods for producing the functionalized carbon fibers and composites thereof are also described.

The present invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition and application thereof, said thermosetting resin composition comprising: A: a styrene-butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer having a star-shaped structure; B: a linear olefin resin containing 1,2-ethylene, and a modifier thereof, C: at least one resin or small molecule compound substituted with an acrylic group; taking the total mass of component A, component B, and component C as 100%, the added amount of said component A is 3%-85%, the added amount of said component B is 10%-95%, and the added amount of said component C is 1%-70%. The resin composition provided by the present invention does not undergo phase separation under initiator conditions, and has high heat resistance and a relatively low dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent value, and is capable of providing the desired dielectric properties and thermal reliability of a copper-clad plate.

The invention pertains to a biodegradable coating composition, comprising a crosslinked starch and a filler, and optionally a polyol plasticizer, as well as to outside structures such as greenhouses, comprising a coating layer obtained by drying the said coating composition. The invention furthermore pertains to removal of the coating layer using a targeted cleaning composition.

A polyester film comprising a polymeric phosphonate flame retardant in an amount of from about 1.0 to about 25.0 wt % by total weight of the film and further comprising at least one metal cation selected from the group consisting of Group I and Group II metal cations.

A method of making a solid composite containing carbon fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix, the method comprising admixing carbon fibers with a polymer precursor resin, and curing the polymer precursor resin to form a cured polymeric matrix that contains said carbon fibers embedded therein, wherein said carbon fibers have covalently bonded on their surfaces a partially cured epoxy-containing or amine-containing sizing agent, wherein at least a portion of epoxide groups or amine groups in the sizing agent are available as uncrosslinked epoxide groups or amine groups, which corresponds to a curing degree of epoxide groups or amine groups of no more than about 0.6.

Provided is a method for producing a self-adhesive to be arranged on a package comprising a space to store contents and an opening by which the space and an outside communicate, wherein the opening is repeatedly openable and sealable by the self-adhesive that consists of a cross-linking material of a resin composition containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer resin having a glass transition temperature of 22.8 C. or more, and a crosslinking agent. The method comprises making the resin composition that contains the (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer resin, and the crosslinking agent, the resin composition being either emulsion or dispersion; and cross-linking the resin composition.

A partially separated fiber bundle includes separation-processed sections, each divided into a plurality of bundles of at least three bundles, and not-separation-processed sections, that are alternately formed along the lengthwise direction of a fiber bundle that comprises a plurality of single fibers. The partially separated fiber bundle is characterized in that, at any width-direction cross-section taken along the lengthwise direction thereof, a rate of single fibers contained in a region at which adjacent divided fiber bundles are joined by a not-separation-processed part is 67% or less relative to the total single fibers in the width-direction cross-section.

Compositions are provided including a free-radically reactive component, a photoradical generator, and either a crosslinker having a photodegradable linkage or a chemical blowing agent, an epoxy component, and a photoacid generator. Polymeric films including reaction products of the compositions are also provided. A debondable article including a polymeric film containing a crosslinker having a photodegradable linkage is further provided, as well as a method of debonding the article. Foam compositions are also provided, including foamed matrices including the reaction products of the compositions. Further, articles and foam adhesives are provided including a substrate and a composition or foam composition disposed on the substrate. A method is additionally provided, including dispensing a composition onto a substrate; subjecting the composition to light radiation having a wavelength band of 50 nanometers or less to initiate polymerization of the composition; and subjecting the composition to light and/or heat radiation, wherein the light radiation has at least one wavelength that is outside the wavelength band of the light radiation of step b) to initiate foaming of the composition. A crosslinker is further provided, including a photodegradable linkage.