Provided is a laminate that has excellent moldability and excellent wear resistance, and that contains an acrylic-based resin film. Excellent mouldability and wear resistance can be attained by providing a laminate including a specific acrylic-based resin film, and a specific ultraviolet-curable hard coat layer that is laminated on at least one side of the acrylic-based resin film. The laminate has a specific crack elongation and exhibits a Δhaze of not more than 1.0% in a steel wool wear test at 50 g/cm.sup.2 and 5 reciprocating motions.

The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least two initiators. In particular the present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least two initiators that have a different half life time. That liquid composition can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation of fibres or fibrous material. Also concerned is a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a liquid composition. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibres with said liquid composition. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate impregnated with said liquid composition which is useful for manufacturing composite parts. The present invention also relates to a process for manufacturing mechanical parts or structural elements made of composite material and to mechanical parts or structural elements made of composite material obtained via a process using such a liquid composition.

A block copolymer contains at least a block (P1) and a block (P2). The block (P1) is obtained or obtainable by reaction of a triblock copolymer having the structure A-B-A′, where block B is selected from polyethers or polyesters and blocks A and A′ are identical or different, and at least one polymer (PM) selected from polyesters and polyethers. The block (P2) is selected from polyamides and polyesters. A process can be used for producing the inventive block copolymer, a shaped article can be made containing the inventive block copolymer, and the inventive block copolymer can be used for producing a shaped article.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of first polymer particles functionalized with structural units of t-butyl methacrylate or t-butyl acrylate, and imbibed with a catalyst of Structure (I), where R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined herein, and a process for making the composition. The present invention also relates to an aqueous dispersion of core-shell polymer particles, wherein the first polymer particles are encapsulated in a shell having a high T.sub.g. The imbibed first polymer particles and the core-shell polymer particles can be expanded in the dry state at significantly lower temperatures than reported in the prior art. ##STR00001##

To provide a laminate having a surface layer with a small water sliding angle. A laminate comprising a substrate, an interlayer formed on the substrate, and a surface layer formed on the interlayer, wherein the interlayer is a layer formed by using a triazine compound having at least one of a M-OH group (wherein M is a metal atom or a silicon atom) and a group capable of forming the M-OH group, at least one of an amino group and a mercapto group, and a triazine ring, and the surface layer is a layer formed by using a fluorinated ether compound having a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain, and at least one of a hydrolyzable group bonded to a silicon atom and a hydroxy group bonded to a silicon atom.

The present invention relates to an anisotropic conductive film and a method for manufacturing same, and a bonding structure and an ultrasonic biometric identification apparatus. The anisotropic conductive film comprises first conductive particles and second conductive particles, wherein the particle size of the first conductive particles is less than the particle size of the second conductive particles, and the ratio of the number of the first conductive particles to the number of the second conductive particles is (3-8):1. The anisotropic conductive film is applicable to pins made of different materials, and is particularly applicable to a bonding structure where a pin made of a relatively hard material and a pin made of a relatively loose material exist at the same time, thereby ensuring that the anisotropic conductive film has a relatively low conduction impedance and excellent conduction stability on both of the two materials.

A microparticle comprised of dried cellulose nanocrystals agglomerated together and forming said microparticle is provided, wherein the CNCs are surfaced-reduced carboxylated CNCs, and wherein the microparticle is nanoredispersible into its constituting cellulose nanocrystals in both aqueous and non-aqueous solvents. A method for producing nanoredispersible microparticles comprised of dried CNCs is also provided.

A composition including a collapsed, polymer nanoparticle and at least one organic, neutral compound associated with the nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle is less than 100 nm in diameter, and the polymer comprises a water-soluble polyelectrolyte, has a molecular weight of at least about 100,000 Dalton and is cross-linked. The organic, neutral compound is selected from the group consisting of dyes, pigments, colorants, oils, UV-light absorbing molecules, fragrances, flavoring molecules, preservatives, electro-conductive compounds, thermoplastic compounds, adhesion promoters, penetration enhancers, anti-corrosive agents, and combinations thereof.

Disclosed herein is a prepreg including a woven fabric base and a semi-cured product of a resin composition impregnated into the woven fabric base. The resin composition contains a maleimide resin as Component (A), an acrylic resin as Component (B), and a phenol resin as Component (C). The Component (B) has a weight average molecular weight falling within the range from 200,000 to 850,000.

The present application relates to a thermally expandable preparation containing at least one binder, at least one physical blowing agent, at least two polysaccharides and water, to a method for soundproofing using such preparations, and to the corresponding use of these preparations.