A method for producing a composite material, includes: immersing a carbon fiber bundle, including continuous carbon fibers, in a dispersion in which carbon nanotubes are dispersed in water, alcohol, or organic solvent; applying a tensile force to the carbon fibers, which are linearly arranged, using flat rollers; moving the carbon fibers linearly, under the tensile force by the flat rollers, at a constant depth inside the dispersion at a traveling speed of 1 to 20 m/min, such that the carbon nanotubes in the dispersion are adhered to respective surfaces of the carbon fibers; and applying a sizing agent to cover at least a part of the respective surfaces.

A nonlimiting example method for synthesizing a pigment-pendent polyamide (PP-polyamide) may comprise: functionalizing metal oxide particles bound to a pigment particle with a compound having an epoxy to produce a surface treated pigment having a pendent epoxy; and reacting the pendent epoxy with a polyamide to yield the PP-polyamide. Another nonlimiting example method for synthesizing a PP-polyamide may comprise: functionalizing metal oxide particles bound to a pigment particle with a silica particle having a carboxylic acid surface treatment to produce a surface treated pigment having a pendent carboxylic acid; converting the pendent carboxylic acid to a pendent acid chloride; and reacting the pendent acid chloride with a polyamide to yield the PP-polyamide. Said PP-polyamide may be useful in producing objects by methods that include melt extrusion, injection molding, compression molding, melt spinning, melt emulsification, spray drying, cryogenic milling, freeze drying polymer dispersions, and precipitation of polymer dispersions.

The present disclosure includes a three-dimensional printed object comprising a fusing agent, a polymeric build material and a treatment agent further comprising water or an aqueous solution of methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate. It further includes a method of enhancing mechanical properties of said three-dimensional printed article as well as a method of creating a treated three-dimensional printed object.

The present invention relates to a process for treating a polyamide-based composition which is intended to be recycled. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for treating a composition, typically a powder based on untransformed polyamides during the manufacture of an object in 3D printing. The invention also relates to the use of the recycled composition.

A polyamide-based composite film with curl characteristics, mechanical characteristics, and optical characteristics, as well as a wide angle of view provided by securing at least a certain level of luminance at various angles, and a display device comprising the same. The polyamide-based composite film comprises a base film comprising a polyamide-based polymer and a functional layer disposed on the base film. When the polyamide-based composite film is placed on a surface light source such that the base film is in contact with the surface light source, light is irradiated from the surface light source, a luminance value (L.sub.0) measured in the normal direction of the surface light source is 100%, and a luminance value (L.sub.50) measured in the direction of 50° from the normal direction of the surface light source is 25% or more.

The embodiments provide a polyamide-based film, which comprises a polyamide-based polymer and has an RSR.sub.A value of 3.4 m/N to 5.0 m/N as represented by the following Equation 1 based on the thickness of the film of 50 μm, and which is excellent in loop stiffness, static flexural characteristics, and folding characteristics while securing mechanical and optical properties at least a certain level, a process for preparing the same, and a cover window and a display device comprising the same. <Equation 1> RSR.sub.A=(RSR.sub.MD+RSR.sub.TD)/2 In Equation 1, RSR.sub.MD is the loop stiffness value measured with the MD direction of the film as the longitudinal direction at room temperature, and RSR.sub.TD is the loop stiffness value measured with the TD direction of the film as the longitudinal direction at room temperature.

The polymer composition containing a polyamide resin, a metallic pigment, and a carrier is disclosed that exhibits a metallic appearance.

The present invention relates to a process comprising the step of melt-mixing a semi-aromatic polyamide (A) having a melting point on second heating of 295° C. or less comprising terephthalamide repeat units and a polyamide oligomer (B) comprising terephthalamide repeat units and having an amine end group concentration of less than 2000 me q/Kg and an inherent viscosity of at least 0.10, at a temperature which is greater than the melting point on first heating of both semi-aromatic polyamide (A) and polyamide oligomer (B) for a time period sufficient to produce semi-aromatic polyamide (C) having a melting point on second heating which is greater than or equal to 300° C.

The use of a composition including a mixture of at least one non-reactive thermoplastic polymer of Tg >40° C., especially >100° C., in particular >120° C., and at least one reactive thermoplastic prepolymer, with a fibrous material, for the preparation of a fibrous material impregnated with the composition, the composition having an initial melt viscosity during the impregnation, as measured in plate-plate rheology under 1 Hz and 2% strain, at a temperature of 300° C., of less than the viscosity of the same composition devoid of reactive prepolymer, measured under the same conditions, and/or a ductility, after in situ polymerization of the reactive thermoplastic prepolymer in the composition during the impregnation and after the impregnation, that is at least equivalent to the ductility of the same composition devoid of non-reactive thermoplastic polymer, and of which said reactive thermoplastic prepolymer is polymerized to the same number-average molecular mass (Mn).

The present disclosure provides a fabric, a preparation method thereof and clothing formed therefrom. The preparation method includes the following steps: obtaining bio-based synthetic fiber chips from textile waste materials; obtaining extruded filaments from the bio-based synthetic fiber chips by adopting a spinning solution; and weaving and interlocking the extruded filaments with bio-based elastic fibers to obtain the fabric. The prepared fabric is obtained from the textile waste materials, so that waste recycling is realized, and the pollution of the textile wastes to the environment is avoided. The spinning solution is adopted in the preparation process of the fabric, so that the opacity and hydrophilicity of the fabric can be enhanced.