Provided is a resin composition that is capable of producing a cured product having excellent environmental suitability, high strength, and excellent flame retardancy, and that is suitably usable as a matrix resin for fiber-reinforced plastics. A resin composition contains (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a cyanate resin, (C) an aromatic amine curing agent that is liquid at 25 C., and (D) a phosphorus-containing compound represented by formula (1). Preferably, in formula (1), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent an alkyl group or an aryl group, and X and Y are an oxygen atom.

A proton-exchange membrane includes a polymer matrix, polymer fibers, or a combination thereof. The proton-exchange membrane also includes a proton-conducting material distributed on the polymer matrix, on the polymer fibers, in the polymer fibers, or a combination thereof.

A polymer having a high refractive index and providing a molded product that has excellent solvent resistance; a triazine compound; a method for producing the triazine compound; a method for producing the polymer using the triazine compound; a non-photosensitive liquid composition including the polymer; a method for producing a molded product using the composition; a molded product of the composition; a film formed from the molded product; a microlens formed from the molded product; and an optical element including the microlens. A polymer including a unit having a specific structure in which an aromatic group having a hydroxy group protected with a tert-butoxycarbonyloxy group, a tert-butoxycarbonylamino group, or an acetal protecting group is linked to a triazine ring through a specific linking group.

Methods for creating nanostructured surface features on polymers and polymer composites involve application of low pressure during curing of solid polymer material from a solvent solution. The resulting nanoscale surface features significantly decrease bacterial growth on the surface. Polymer materials having the nanoscale structuring can be used in implantable medical devices to inhibit bacterial growth and infection.

Graphene fibers made from a graphene film formed into an elongated fiber-like shape and composite materials made from the graphene fibers. The elongated fiber-like shape may be the graphene film in a rolled spiral orientation or the graphene film in a twisted formation. The graphene film has imide groups formed on at least an outer surface of the graphene film. Methods of increasing strength of a composite material include combining a resin matrix with a plurality of the graphene fibers to form a prepreg material and curing the prepreg material to form the composite material.

The disclosure relates to the field of electronic materials, and in particular to a composite film of fluorinated polybenzoxazole (6FPBO) and triple-shelled mesoporous silica hollow spheres, and to its preparation and use. The composite film comprises fluorinated polybenzoxazole as a matrix and amino-functionalized triple-shelled mesoporous silica hollow spheres which are dispersed in the fluorinated polybenzoxazole matrix. A mass ratio of (amino-functionalized triple-shelled mesoporous silica hollow spheres)/(fluorinated polybenzoxazole) is 1/100 to 5/100. The composite film has excellent thermal stability and a lower dielectric constant.

In a method for producing a PBO fiber with increased resistance against UV-caused degradation, a coating is provided on the PBO fibers, wherein the coating comprises graphene oxide cross-linked by polymerization with glutaraldehyde and resorcinol. The fibers are useful for lighter than air vehicles.

A method for effectively removing minute impurities of 1 ?m or less in size that are present on a surface of an aluminum nitride single-crystal substrate without etching the surface includes scrubbing a surface of an aluminum nitride single-crystal substrate using a polymer compound material having lower hardness than an aluminum nitride single crystal, and an alkali aqueous solution having 0.01-1 mass % concentration of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide, the alkali aqueous solution being absorbed in the polymer compound material.

A material with significant protection properties from galactic cosmic radiation and solar energetic particles. Hydrogen-rich benzoxazines which are particularly effective for shielding against such radiation. Benzoxazine resin meets the processing requirements for use with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber as a hydrogen-rich reinforcement: cure of the resin at 120 C. This highly reactive benzoxazine resin also exhibits low viscosity and adequate shelf life.

In accordance with the present invention, compositions are described which are useful, for example, for the preparation of metal-clad laminate structures, methods for the preparation thereof, and various uses therefor. Invention metal-clad laminate structures are useful, for example, in the multi-layer board (MLB) industry, in the preparation of burn-in test boards and high reliability boards, in applications where low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is beneficial, in the preparation of boards used in down-hole drilling, and the like.