A process of bonding different constituent materials of different tensile strengths in a single step in an isostatic high pressure reactor in order to produce a composite material.

A method for welding aramid fibers, wherein a) at least one area of an aramid fiber is treated with an ionic liquid so that the aramid is partially dissolved, b) the aramid fiber is contacted via the dissolved area with another aramid fiber area with pressure being applied to the contact area, and subsequently c) the partially dissolved area of the aramid is re-coagulated.

The present invention relates to a diamine, and a polymer and film produced using the same. Specifically, the diamine may be significantly effectively used as a monomer for producing a polyimide-based film that is colorless and transparent and has improved mechanical strength.

A method for preparing an aramid nanofiber dispersion includes dissolving an aromatic polyamide-based polymer in a solution including a basic material and an aprotic polar solvent, while performing stirring so that a nanofiber is produced, wherein the aromatic polyamide-based polymer is a polymer in a form of a solid which is not spun into a fiber form, the stirring is performed at a temperature of 50 C. or lower and at a speed of 10-1000 rpm so that a time taken for the aromatic polyamide-based polymer to be dissolved and formed into an aramid nano-fiber dispersion is 80 hours or less, an aramid nanofiber in the aramid nanofiber dispersion has an average diameter of 1 to 100 nm and an average length of 0.1 to 100 m, and the basic material includes potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.

Colloids include a polyaramide and conductive materials, wavelength-converting materials, and/or light diffusing material. The colloid can be coated and optionally aligned on a substrate to form a film, and the film can be removed from the substrate to form a standalone film.

A process for a composite material, including an assembly of one or more reinforcing fibers, impregnated with at least one thermoplastic polymer with a glass transition temperature Tg of less than or equal to 75 C. and a melting point of from 150 C. to less than 250 C. or a Tg of greater than 75 C., the process including: i) a step of impregnating said assembly in bulk melt form with at least one thermoplastic polymer, which is the product of polymerization by polyaddition reaction of a reactive precursor composition including: a) at least one prepolymer P(X)n of said thermoplastic polymer, and b) at least one chain extender, represented by Y-A-Y, ii) a step of cooling and obtaining a fibrous preimpregnate, and iii) a step of processing and final forming of said composite material.

The present invention is directed toward transparent films prepared from soluble aromatic copolyamides with glass transition temperatures greater than 300 C. The copolyamides, which contain pendant carboxylic groups are solution cast into films using N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), or other polar solvents. The films are thermally cured at temperatures near the copolymer glass transition temperature. After curing, the polymer films display transmittances >80% from 400 to 750 nm, have coefficients of thermal expansion of less than 20 ppm, and are solvent resistant. The films are useful as flexible substrates for microelectronic devices.

A preparation method for an internal laser-induced carbonization layer of aramid fiber resin matrix composite material is provided. The surface of sample of aramid fiber resin matrix composite material is wiped with anhydrous ethanol; the sample of aramid fiber resin matrix composite material was placed on the laser sample platform, and the defocusing amount between the laser focus and the upper surface of the sample was negative. Infrared picosecond laser was used to scan the sample of aramid fiber resin matrix composite material for several times. Since the laser absorption rate of the surface epoxy resin was very low, most of the laser energy passed through the epoxy resin layer and directly acted on the internal aramid fiber. The laser carbonized the internal aramid fiber without damaging the surface resin, and formed a carbonized line along the laser scanning path to realize the conductivity of aramid fiber resin matrix composite.

The present invention pertains to a continuous or semi-continuous process for producing a pre-activated organogelator paste, wherein the process comprises: (1) mixing at least one amide compound with at least one liquid carrier so as to provide a mixture, wherein the mixing is carried out at a temperature T1 which is below the activation temperature of the amide compound, (2) continuously flowing said mixture through a heat exchanger to increase its temperature to a temperature T2 that is at least equal to the activation temperature of said amide compound, so as to obtain a paste, (3) filling said paste into containers maintained at or above said activation temperature, and (4) retrieving and cooling said containers.

A composition comprising a) 3 to 20 parts by weight particles comprising aramid copolymer including an imidazole group, and b) 80 to 97 parts by weight of polyether ether ketone polymer; based on the total weight of a) and b) in the composition, and a process for making same, wherein the particles have either a particle size that will pass through a mesh screen having square openings, wherein each side of the square opening is nominally 354 micrometers, but the particles are retained on a square mesh screen wherein each side of the square opening is nominally 125 micrometers; or a particle size that will pass through a mesh screen having square openings, wherein each side of the square opening is nominally 125 micrometers. The composition is suitable for use in additive printing and manufacturing.