The present invention relates to a masterbatch composition comprising high concentration of biological entities having a polymer-degrading activity and uses thereof for manufacturing biodegradable plastic articles.

A process for producing an in-situ foam comprising the following mixing components: one or more inorganic fillers A) at from 50 to 98 wt %, one or more cationic or amphoteric polymers B) at from 1 to 48 wt %, one or more surfactants C) at from 0.5 to 48 wt %, one or more crosslinkers D) capable of reacting with said polymers B) at from 0.01 to 5 wt %, one or more cell regulators E), selected from silicones, siliconates and carbon, at from 0.5 to 10 wt %, one or more additives F) at from 0 to 20 wt %, wherein the weight percentages of said components A) to F) are based on the nonaqueous fractions and the sum total of A) to F) adds up to 100 wt %.

One embodiment is a hardcoat multilayer film which includes layers, namely, a first hardcoat, a second hardcoat and a transparent resin film sequentially from the surface layer side. The first hardcoat is formed from a coating material that does not contain inorganic particles, while containing 100 parts by mass of (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, 0.5-20 parts by mass of (B) a compound having two or more secondary thiol groups in each molecule, 0.01-7 parts by mass of (C) a water repellent agent and 0.01-10 parts by mass of (D) a silane coupling agent; and the second hardcoat is formed from a coating material that contains 100 parts by mass of (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate and 30-300 parts by mass of (F) inorganic fine particles having an average particle diameter of 1-300 nm. The polyfunctional (meth)acrylate (A) may contain 20% by mass or more of a tripentaerythritol acrylate. The coating material which forms the first hardcoat may additionally contain 0.1-5 parts by mass of (E) a thiophenyl-based photopolymerization initiator.

In one aspect, devices for collecting and enriching microbes are described herein. In some embodiments, such a device comprises a shape memory gel and a plurality of nanoantennas dispersed in the gel. The nanoantennas can be non-uniformly dispersed in the gel. Additionally, the nanoantennas are operable to receive an external signal and thereby induce a local change in state of the gel, such as a local change in thermodynamic state of the gel.

Embodiments relate to a hard coat laminated film having a first hard coat, a second hard coat, and a transparent resin film layer, where: the first hard coat is formed from paint which contains predetermined amounts of (A) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate, (B) a water repellent, and (C) a silane coupling agent, and which does not contain inorganic particles; and the second hard coat is formed from paint containing predetermined amounts of (D) a polymerizable compound and (E) inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of 1-300 nm. The (D) polymerizable compound contains: (d1) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate having three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule; (d2) a compound having two or more secondary thiol groups in one molecule; and optionally, (d3) at least one (meth)acrylate selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate having two (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule, a (meth)acrylate having one (meth)acryloyl group in one molecule, and a urethane(meth)acrylate.

The present invention relates to a masterbatch composition comprising high concentration of biological entities having a polymer-degrading activity and uses thereof for manufacturing biodegradable plastic articles.

The resin composition of the present invention comprises an alkenyl-substituted nadimide (A), a maleimide compound (B), and an amino-modified silicone (C).

A light control film to be bonded to a panel member for a vehicle includes film substrates, conductive layers, and a liquid crystal layer. The conductive layers are on surfaces of the film substrates opposed to each other, respectively. The liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between conductive layers. The light control film is switchable between a first state with a first haze percentage and a second state with a second haze percentage that is lower than the first haze percentage. Each film substrate includes at least an acrylic imide layer made of acrylic imide. Each conductive layer includes a thin silver film or a copper wire mesh.

A process for preparing an ion-exchange membrane having a textured surface profile comprising the steps (i) and (ii): (i) screen-printing a radiation-curable composition onto a membrane in a patterned manner; and (ii) irradiating and thereby curing the printed, radiation-curable composition; wherein the radiation-curable composition has a viscosity of at least 30 Pa.Math.s when measured at a shear rate of 0.1 s.sup.1 at 20 C.

The invention relates to the production of PMI foams, more particularly to their formulating ingredients, which lead to particular facility in adjusting the density at given foaming temperature.