The present disclosure is directed to methods of forming polyimide gels. The methods generally include forming a polyamic acid and dehydrating the polyamic acid with a dehydrating agent in the presence of water. The resulting polyimide gels may be converted to polyimide or carbon xerogels or aerogels. The methods are advantageous in providing rapid or even instantaneous gelation, which may be particularly useful in formation of beads comprising the polyimide gels. Polyimide or carbon gel materials prepared according to the disclosed method are suitable for use in environments containing electrochemical reactions, for example as an electrode material within a lithium-ion battery.

A transparent polyamide moulding with high resistance to steam, containing at least one copolyamide with polyamide units AB/AC/D, wherein: (A) is selected as a cycloaliphatic diamine from the group: MACM and PACM; (B) is selected as an aromatic dicarboxylic acid from the group: isophthalic acid (I), naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, and terephthalic acid (T); (C) is selected as an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid from the group: decanedioic acid, undecanedioic acid, dodecanedioic acid, tridecanedioic acid, tetradecanedioic acid, pentadecanedioic acid, hexadecanedioic acid; and (D) is selected as at least one lactam or α,ω-aminocarboxylic acid from the group: laurolactam, undecanolactam, 12-aminododecanoic acid, and 11-aminoundecanoic acid, wherein: the proportions of polyamide units AB are from 30 to 45 mol %, the proportions of polyamide units AC are from 30 to 40 mol %, and the proportions of polyamide units D are from 20 to 32 mol %, and wherein the sum total of polyamide units AB, AC and D is 100 mol %.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a polymer film (P) comprising a polyamide composition (PC) by extruding the polyamide composition (PC) through an annular die and then stretching the tube thus obtained by blowing in air. The present invention further relates to the polymer film (P) obtainable by the process of the invention and to a process for packaging foodstuffs with the polymer film (P).

The present invention achieves higher performance (improvement in, for example, heat resistance, durability, and mechanical characteristics) of polyamide resin by a method which is not dependent on a combination with fibers. According to an embodiment of a polyamide resin member of the present invention, the polyamide resin member contains nano-oriented crystals of polyamide 66, and has a high heatproof temperature (T.sub.h≈278° C.) and a high melting point (T.sub.m≈282° C.).

A copolyamide including at least two distinct units A and X.sub.1Y of formula A/X.sub.1Y, wherein: A is a repeating unit obtained by polycondensation of: at least one C.sub.9 to C.sub.18 amino acid, or at least one C.sub.9 to C.sub.18 lactam, or at least one C.sub.4-C.sub.36 dicarboxylic acid Cb; X.sub.1Y is a repeating unit obtained from the polycondensation of at least one C.sub.9 to C.sub.18 linear aliphatic diamine (X.sub.1), and at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid (Y), to prepare a composition comprising between 35 and 65% of reinforcing fibers, relative to the total weight of the composition, and for which the flexural modulus or tensile modulus, measured after an identical conditioning, does not vary by more than 20% in the temperature range from 20° C. to 40° C.

Provided is a fiber-reinforced resin material in which is used a polyamide resin such as MXD6 that is appropriately impregnated into continuous reinforcing fibers and has suppressed perforations and deficits when formed into a film in a molten state. Also provided are a wound body, a molded article, and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced resin material. The film-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material has a polyamide resin composition that is impregnated into continuous reinforcing fibers arranged in parallel in at least one direction. The polyamide resin composition contains a polyamide resin (A) and a polyamide resin (B) other than the polyamide resin (A), and the polyamide resin (A) is constituted from a constituent unit derived from a diamine and a constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, 70 mol % or greater of the constituent units derived from a diamine are derived from meta-xylylenediamine, and 70 mol % or greater of the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid are derived from adipic acid. A melt tension of the polyamide resin composition is 1 mN or greater, and a melt viscosity is 250 Pa.Math.s or greater.

The embodiments relate to a polyamide-based film excellent in optical properties, mechanical properties, and processing suitability and to a cover window and a display device comprising the same. The polyamide-based film comprises a polyamide-base polymer, wherein a dipolar solvent compatibility represented by the following equation is 18.5 to 24: Dipolar solvent compatibility=√{square root over ((σ.sub.d−δ1.sub.d).sup.2+(σ.sub.p−δ1.sub.p).sup.2)}. In the equation, σ.sub.d is a value of a dispersible component in surface energy of the polyamide-based film, σ.sub.p is a value of a polar component in surface energy of the polyamide-based film, δ1.sub.d is a value of a dispersible component in Hansen solubility parameter of the dipolar solvent, and δ1.sub.p a value of a dipolar component in Hansen solubility parameter of the dipolar solvent.

The present disclosure relates to a porous polymer actuator which maintains the porous structure of the polymer actuator by forming a conductive polymer layer on a commercially available porous polymer separation membrane by vapor-phase polymerization and is capable of improving fast responsiveness to organic solvents and durability by ensuring structural anisotropy, and a method for fabricating the same. The porous polymer actuator according to the present disclosure includes: a porous polymer separation membrane having pores; and a conductive polymer layer coated on one surface and in the pores of the porous polymer separation membrane, wherein the porous polymer actuator has a gradient wherein the amount of the conductive polymer coated in the pores decreases from the one surface of the porous polymer separation membrane toward the other surface.

The present disclosure relates to fabrics and articles of clothing related thereto. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing the fabrics disclosed herein.

A water dispersible sulfo-polyamide is configured as a filament for use as an extrudable support material in the additive manufacture of a part comprising a non water dispersible polymer. The water dispersible sulfo-polyamide is a reaction product of a sulfo monomer, the water dispersible sulfo-polymer being dispersible in water resulting in separation of the water dispersible polymer from the part comprising the non water dispersible polymer.