Provided is a polymer particle comprising (a) a core polymer comprising (i) polymerized units of one or more Si-containing monomers; (ii) polymerized units of one or more monovinyl acrylic monomers (ii); and (iii) polymerized units of one or more graftlinkers that have no silicon atoms; (b) a shell polymer comprising polymerized units of one or more acrylic monomers. Also provided is a composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and a plurality of the polyer particles.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing spherical cured polymer particles from a curable composition. The method comprises the steps of: dropping a curable composition onto a substrate having a water contact angle of 150° to 170° at 25° C. to form droplets of the curable composition; and curing the droplets to form the polymer particles.

The present invention is a composite stretchable film including: a surface film which is a cured product of a polyurethane 1 containing a copolymer of one or more of units “a1” to “a4” and silicone-pendant type urethane units “b1” and/or “b2” represented by the following general formula (1); and an inner film which is a cured product of a polyurethane 2 containing a unit “c” having polyether and urethane bonds represented by the following general formula (2), on which the surface film is laminated. The present invention provides a stretchable film that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, and a method for forming the same. ##STR00001##

The present application relates to a surface protective film, a method for preparing a surface protective film, and a method for manufacturing an organic light emitting electronic device.

A composite particulate for a lithium battery, wherein the composite particulate has a diameter from 10 nm to 50 μm and comprises one or more than one anode active material particles that are dispersed in a high-elasticity polymer matrix or encapsulated by a high-elasticity polymer shell, wherein the high-elasticity polymer matrix or shell has a recoverable elastic tensile strain no less than 5%, when measured without an additive or reinforcement dispersed therein, and a lithium ion conductivity no less than 10.sup.−8 S/cm at room temperature and wherein the high-elasticity polymer comprises a polymer derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl sulfite, ethylene carbonate, methyl methacrylate, vinyl acetate, fluorinated monomers having unsaturation for polymerization, sulfones, sulfides, nitriles, sulfates, siloxanes, silanes, and combinations thereof.

The present disclosure relates a low-toxicity flame-retardant polyolefin-based insulating resin composition, a low-toxicity flame-retardant polyolefin-based insulated electric cable, and a method of manufacturing the insulated electric cable. The low-toxicity flame-retardant polyolefin-based insulating resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a base resin and 120 to 140 parts by weight of a flame retardant. The base resin includes 20% to 40% by weight of polyethylene ethyl acrylate, 20% to 40% by weight of polyolefin elastomer, and 30% to 40% by weight of a linear low-density polyethylene resin grafted with maleic anhydride. The flame retardant is magnesium hydroxide that is surface-treated with a silane coupling agent. With the use of the composition, the low-toxicity flame-retardant insulated wire exhibiting good electrical insulation and anti-scratch characteristics and having good appearance can be obtained.

Provided is a polymer particle comprising (a) a core polymer comprising (i) polymerized units of one or more Si-containing monomers; (ii) polymerized units of one or more monovinyl acrylic monomers (ii); and (iii) polymerized units of one or more graftlinkers that have no silicon atoms; (b) a shell polymer comprising polymerized units of one or more acrylic monomers.

Also provided is a composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and a plurality of the polyer particles.

The present invention relates to non-isocyanate polyurethane thermoreversible hydrogel comprising poloxamers, aliphatic di-urethanes, aliphatic di-esters and polyethylene glycol and to a method for their preparation.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing spherical cured polymer particles from a curable composition. The method comprises the steps of: dropping a curable composition onto a substrate having a water contact angle of 150° to 170° at 25° C. to form droplets of the curable composition; and curing the droplets to form the polymer particles.

A polyphenylene ether resin composition includes a modified polyphenylene ether copolymer, a high-molecular-weight compound, and a crosslinking agent for the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer. The modified polyphenylene ether copolymer includes a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at a molecular chain end of the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer. The high-molecular-weight compound has a glass transition temperature (Tg) measured by differential scanning calorimetry of 20° C. or lower and has a number-average molecular weight Mn ranging from 1000 to 10000, inclusive. The crosslinking agent includes at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated double bonds per molecule, and includes at least one of dicyclopentadiene acrylate and dicyclopentadiene methacrylate. In a cured state of the polyphenylene ether resin composition, the modified polyphenylene ether copolymer is phase separated from the high-molecular-weight compound.