Two part sole structures are provided having a first foam component containing a polyolefin resin with a polyurethane resin component adhered to a surface of the first foam component. For example, in some aspects, a sole structure or a portion thereof is provided having a first sole component containing a foam composition and a second sole component adhered to a surface of the first sole component, where the second sole component includes a polyurethane resin. The second sole component is in some aspects printed or extruded onto the surface of the foam. In particular, midsoles including the foams and having an outsole component on the ground facing portion are provided for use in an article of footwear. Methods of making the sole structures are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including one of the sole structures.

A resin composition for a metal-clad laminate plate includes a block copolymer comprising a butadiene block having a molar ratio of a 1,2-bonding structure to a 1,4-bonding structure of 80:20 to 100:0 and a styrene block. Further, the resin composition for the metal-clad laminate plate includes polybutadiene having a molar ratio of a 1,2-bonding structure to a 1,4-bonding structure of 80:20 to 100:0.

Provided is a hydrogenated block copolymer composition comprising a hydrogenated block copolymer A represented by General Formula (A) and a hydrogenated block copolymer B represented by General Formula (B), wherein the weight ratio (A/B) of the hydrogenated block copolymer A to the hydrogenated block copolymer B is 10/90 to 80/20, and the hydrogenation ratio of olefins in the polymer components constituting the hydrogenated block copolymer composition is 10 to 100%:

Ar1.sup.a-HD.sup.a-Ar2.sup.a  (A)

Ar1.sup.b-HD.sup.b-A2.sup.b  (B)

wherein in General Formulae (A) and (B) above, Ar1.sup.a, Ar1.sup.b, Ar2.sup.a, and Ar2.sup.b are each an aromatic vinyl polymer block, HD.sup.a and HD.sup.b are each a hydrogenated polymer block of a conjugated diene polymer, and the ratio (Mw(Ar2.sup.a)/Mw(Ar1.sup.a)) of the weight average molecular weight of Ar2.sup.a (Mw(Ar2.sup.a)) to the weight average molecular weight of Ar1.sup.a (Mw(Ar1.sup.a)) is 2.6 to 66.

A method for preparing a bacteria repellant masterbatch, bacteria repellant polymer composites comprising the same, and compositions and articles prepared therefrom.

Disclosed are a mixture of a fused-ring aromatic pigment and a polymer material and its preparation method and downstream product. According to the method, different thermoplastic polymer materials can be selected and mixed with reactants for generating a fused-ring aromatic pigment; by adjusting the reaction molar ratio of the raw materials and the dosages of the raw materials in the whole reaction system, the mixture of the reactant and the polymer material can be extruded or kneaded to obtain a mixture of the fused-ring aromatic pigment and the polymer material in one step. Compared with the pigment, the raw material reactants of the pigment have better dispersity in the polymer material so that the pigment can be directly generated and uniformly dispersed in the polymer material through extruding or kneading.

Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that can form an electrode having excellent peel strength and heat resistance and that can reduce internal resistance of a non-aqueous secondary battery. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains water and a particulate polymer formed of a polymer that includes a block region formed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and that includes either or both of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit. The particulate polymer has a volume-average particle diameter of not less than 0.1 μm and less than 0.9 μm and has a particle size distribution of not less than 3 and not more than 10.

A polyphenylene ether resin composition includes (A) polyphenylene ether, and (B) a block copolymer including a butadiene block having a molar ratio of a 1,2-bonding structure to a 1,4-bonding structure of 80:20 to 100:0 and a styrene block. The number average molecular weight (Mn) of the component (A) may be 1,000 to 7,000, the weight ratio of the styrene block to the butadiene block in the component (B) may be 10:90 to 80:20, and the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the component (B) may be 2,000 to 100,000.

Proposed are a core-satellite micelle containing a tetra-block copolymer and a preparation method thereof. The core-satellite micelle includes a core, a shell surrounding the core, and a plurality of satellite domains positioned inside the shell. The core-satellite micelle contains a tetra-block copolymer represented by Structural Formula 1 below. The shell includes a first-monomer first block A1 and a first-monomer second block A2, and the satellite domain includes a second-monomer first block B1 and a second-monomer second block B2. The core-satellite micelle is foiled through self-assembly of the tetra-block copolymer, thereby having a larger interfacial contact area than existing block-copolymer micelles. Therefore, the core-satellite micelle can be used in next-generation nanotechnology applications such as drug delivery systems, porous catalyst materials, and sensors.

A1-B1-A2-B2   [Structural Formula 1]

In Structural Formula 1, A1 is a first-monomer first block, B1 is a second-monomer first block, A2 is a first-monomer second block, and B2 is a second-monomer second block.

The present invention provides a block copolymer composition comprising a block copolymer B formed by introducing a functional group capable of forming a non-covalent bond into a block copolymer A including at least one aromatic vinyl polymer block and at least one conjugated diene polymer block, wherein: the block copolymer B includes an ionic group as the functional group capable of forming a non-covalent bond.

Crumb rubber obtained from recycled tires is subjected to an interlinked substitution process. The process utilizes a reactive component that interferes with sulfur bonds. The resulting treated rubber exhibits properties similar to those of the virgin composite rubber structure prior to being granulated, and is suitable for use in fabricating new tires, engineered rubber articles, and asphalt rubber for use in waterproofing and paving applications.