One object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition comprising a silicone and an emulsion of a resin having a film forming property, which emulsion composition may provide a coating agent which effectively exhibits slidability of silicone on a substrate, while maintaining transparency. Another object of the present invention is to provide a laminate having a film made of the coating agent. The present invention provides an emulsion composition comprising (I) an emulsion of a resin having a film forming property in a solid content of 60 to 99.9 parts by mass and (II) an emulsion of a silicone-acrylic core-shell resin in solid content of 0.1 to 40 parts by mass, a total mass of the solid contents of components (I) and (II) being 100 parts by mass, wherein a core of the silicone-acrylic core-shell resin (II) is composed of an organopolysiloxane (A), a shell layer of the silicone-acrylic core-shell resin (II) is composed of a poly(meth)acrylate ester (B), a mass ratio of the organopolysiloxane (A) to the poly(meth)acrylate ester (B) is in a range of 40:60 to 95:5, and a covering ratio by the poly(meth)acrylate ester on a surface of the silicone-acrylic core-shell resin is at least 50%.

A method for manufacturing a crosslinked polyolefin separator and the crosslinked polyolefin separator obtained therefrom are provided. The method includes non-grafted polyolefin having a weight average molecular weight of 300,000 or more and silane-grafted polyolefin having a weight average molecular weight of 300,000 or more. The method minimizes gel formation, a side reaction occurring in an extruder during the manufacture of a-the separator, and provides a-the separator having a uniform surface.

The present invention provides a radome substrate and a preparation method thereof. The radome substrate includes: 5 to 10 parts of polyphenylene ether resin, 70 to 85 parts of ceramic masterbatch, 10 to 15 parts of hollow microbead masterbatch, 1 to 3 parts of a compatibilizer, and 0.1 to 0.3 parts of a lubricant. The radome substrate prepared according to the method provided in the present invention has a high dielectric constant and stress cracking resistance performance.

A block copolymer of the formula R.sub.f-PEG-PAA is disclosed, where R.sub.f comprises a perfluoroalkyl group having at least 3 carbon atoms, bound to an ether oxygen atom directly or through a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, PEG is a poly(alkylene glycol) unit having a weight average molecular weight or number average molecular weight of from 1 to 20 kDa, and PAA is one or more poly([meth]acrylic acid) units having a total weight average molecular weight or number average molecular weight of from 0.3 to 10 kDa. A polymer mixture including the block copolymer, a co-hydrogel and a drug delivery vehicle including the polymer mixture, and methods of synthesizing the block copolymer, forming a sol-gel two-phase co-hydrogel, forming a drug delivery vehicle, and delivering a drug to a patient in need thereof are also disclosed.

A footwear article is provided. The footwear article includes a shoe sole. The shoe sole includes a crosslinked foam polyolefin elastomer having a density less than 0.88 g/cm.sup.3, the crosslinked foam polyolefin elastomer including: a silane-grafted polyolefin elastomer, a silane-grafted olefin block copolymer, a polyolefin elastomer (POE), an olefin block copolymer (OBC), or a combination thereof; an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer; a crosslinker; a condensation catalyst; and a foaming agent. The shoe sole exhibits a compression set of from about 1.0% to about 50.0%, as measured according to ASTM D 395 (48 hrs @ 50 C.).

Disclosed are an optical film, including: a transparent film, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the transparent film, in which the coating layer is formed using a composition including a polymer resin, a dihydrazide-based crosslinking agent, and water-dispersible fine particles, and a polarizing plate including the same.

The present invention relates to a composition for forming a coating layer having a self-healing property which enables the provision of a film exhibiting further improved mechanical properties together with excellent self-healing properties by being applied to the exterior of various household appliances or display devices, etc., a coating layer and a film. The composition for forming a coating layer having a self-healing property comprises: a poly(C.sub.2-4 alkylene glycol)-modified polyfunctional urethane (meth)acrylate-based binder; a bifunctional or higher polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound; a UV initiator; and a silica nanoparticle, wherein the binder has a trifunctional or higher urethane bond and each poly(C.sub.2-4 alkylene glycol)-modified (meth)acrylate-based compound is bound to the urethane bond in the binder, and at least two poly(C.sub.2-4 alkylene glycol)-modified (meth)acrylate-based compounds bound to each urethane bond include poly(C.sub.2-4 alkylene glycol) repeating units whose numbers of repetitions are different from each other.

Provided is an antireflection film including: a substrate layer; and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate layer, in which the coating layer includes a cured material of a composition containing a photo-curable (meth)acrylic acid ester resin; inorganic nanoparticles; a silicone-acrylate graft polymer including a polyacrylate main chain and a silicone side chain; and a solvent.

The present invention relates to a polymer composition (C) comprising: a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), at least 3 wt. % of polyamide 6 (PA6), 25 to 60 wt. % of reinforcing agents, 3 to 8 wt. % of a functionalized, non-aromatic elastomer, wherein the weight ratio PPS/PA6 is at least 4 and wherein wt. % are based on the total weight of the composition. The present invention also relates to articles incorporating the polymer composition and the use of polyamide 6 (PA6) as a heat-aging stabilizer in a polymer composition.

The present disclosure relates to a conjugated polyelectrolyte-grafted membrane, which is obtained by fixing a conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) capable of generating active oxygen under visible light irradiation to a membrane through crosslinking, and can remove contaminants in water, while reducing bio-fouling on the surface of the membrane, by generating active oxygen through a photocatalytic reaction of the conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE), as well as to a method for manufacturing the same. The method for manufacturing a conjugated polyelectrolyte-grafted membrane includes the steps of: preparing a conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE); coating a conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) on the surface of a membrane; and carrying out crosslinking of the conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) with the surface of the membrane.