A functionalized microporous, mesoporous, or nanoporous membrane, material, textile, composite, laminate, or the like, and/or a method of making or using such functionalized membranes. The functionalized porous membrane may be a functionalized microporous, mesoporous, or nanoporous membrane that has a functional molecule attached, such as a functional polymer, to the surface and/or internal fibrillar structure of the membrane.

The present invention relates to an inflation film and a method for manufacturing the inflation film, wherein the inflation film includes a base film, including: a polyamide-based resin; a copolymer containing polyamide-based segments and poly-ether-based segments; and an olefin-based polymer compound, and has a small variation in physical properties between a machine direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD) of the film.

The present invention relates to maleic acid derivatives polar group-containing polypropylene, the process to making the same by reactive extrusion in presence of a grafting agent, a polypropylene co- and/or homopolymer is put in contact with a Diels-Alder adduct which is the reaction product of a diene and a dienophile belonging to the group of maleic acid derivatives.

Provided is a resin composition including a resin containing a polymer, a hygroscopic particle, and an organic solvent-soluble dispersant. Preferably the ratio of the dispersant relative to 100 parts by weight of the hygroscopic particle is 0.1 part by weight or more and 1000 parts by weight or less, and the absolute value of the difference in refractive index between the resin and the hygroscopic particle is 0.05 or less. Also provided are a resin film formed by molding the resin composition into a film shape, and an organic electroluminescent device including the resin film.

One aspect of the present invention is a puncture healing polymer blend comprising a self-healing first polymer material having sufficient melt elasticity to snap back and close a hole formed by a projectile passing through the material at a velocity sufficient to produce a local melt state in the first polymer material. The puncture healing polymer blend further includes a non-self-healing second material that is blended with the first polymer material. The blend of self-healing first polymer material and second material is capable of self-healing, and may have improved material properties relative to known self-healing polymers.

A circuit board includes an insulating made by a low dielectric resin composition includes a low dielectric resin containing acid anhydride, an epoxy resin, polyphenylene ether resin with vinyl and active esters, maleic acid liquid polybutadiene, and an accelerator. Such low dielectric resin can be dissolved in organic solvent more easily than a low dielectric resin without acid anhydride, and the low dielectric resin containing acid anhydride has a better compatibility with other organic components than a low dielectric resin without acid anhydride. A low dielectric resin composition with lower dielectric constant and better properties can thus be obtained.

The present disclosure relates to a high light transmittance photovoltaic encapsulating material, which is prepared by the following process: subjecting 100 mass parts of a photovoltaic encapsulating material matrix resin or a graft-modified matrix resin, 0.001 to 5 mass parts of an oxygen- or sulfur-containing compound, 0.01 to 10 mass parts of a reactive plasticizer, 0.01 to 1.5 mass parts of an initiator, 0.01 to 10 mass parts of an assistant cross-linker, 0.1 to 3.0 mass parts of a silane coupling agent, 0.1 to 0.4 mass parts of an ultraviolet light absorber, and 0.1 to 1.0 mass part of light stabilizer to pre-mixing, melt extrusion, film casting, cooling, slitting, and coiling. According to the present disclosure, the light transmittance of the photovoltaic encapsulating material is improved, and thus the refractive indexes of glass/front-layer encapsulating material/cell match each other, thereby increasing the sunlight utilization ratio of a module, and optimizing the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the module.

The present disclosure provides a foam bead. The foam bead is formed from a composition containing (A) a silane-functionalized ethylene/α-olefin multi-block interpolymer. The present disclosure also provides a sintered foam structure. The sintered foam structure is formed from foam beads that are formed from a composition containing (A) a silane-functionalized ethylene/α-olefin multi-block interpolymer.

A polypropylene-based graft polymer is prepared by graft polymerization of a vinyl monomer onto polypropylene-based resin particles containing 100 parts by mass of a polypropylene resin and 5 to 25 parts by mass of an acid-modified olefin resin and having a volume-average particle size of 50 to 850 nm. A thermoplastic resin composition includes the polypropylene-based graft polymer. A molded article is obtained by molding the thermoplastic resin composition.

The present invention provides a methacrylic resin composition comprising 75 to 99.8 mass % of a methacrylic resin [A], 0.1 to 15 mass % of a UV absorber [B], and 0.1 to 10 mass % of a polymer [C] having an SP value of 6.0 to 9.7 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2 calculated by the Fedors method.