Composite honeycomb that may be contoured to form composite honeycomb structures, which have tight radii of curvatures and/or compound curvatures, and which are suitable for use in high temperature environments. The method for making the composite honeycomb involves using high temperature prepreg to make a flexible composite honeycomb that is formed into a composite honeycomb precursor. A high temperature coating resin is applied to the composite honeycomb precursor to form the high temperature composite honeycomb.

Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition exhibiting excellent heat resistance and superior impregnability into a reinforcing-fiber substrate, and being used in fiber-reinforced-plastic molding materials. The thermoplastic resin composition, which is used as a matrix resin of a fiber-reinforced-plastic molding material, contains a phenoxy resin (A) and a polyamide resin (B). The mass ratio (A)/(B) of the phenoxy resin (A) and the polyamide resin (B) is 10/90 to 90/10. The melt viscosity of the resin composition in any temperature range from 160 C. to 280 C. is from 300 Pa.Math.s to 3,000 Pa.Math.s. A fiber-reinforced-plastic molding material has a reinforcing-fiber substrate, the surface of which is at least partially coated with the above thermoplastic resin composition and an interfacial shear strength of 30 MPa or higher at an interface with reinforcing fibers, as measured by a micro-droplet method.

Methods of providing sustained sterilization of thermoplastics; providing thermoplastics that have the capacity to dispense sodium fluoride, and, a method of providing sustained sterilization of thermoplastics and providing thermoplastics that have the capacity to dispense sodium fluoride, both from the same thermoplastic article.

A fiber-reinforced resin composition containing a polyolefin resin; one or more resins selected from a polyamide resin and a polyester resin; a fiber; and a modified polyolefin resin, in a specific proportion, wherein the ratio N/B of a melt viscosity A of the polyolefin resin at 250 C. and a shear rate of 120/sec to a melt viscosity B of the resin at 250 C. and a shear rate of 120/sec is in a range of 0.3 to 1.3. The fiber-reinforced resin composition has excellent heat distortion resistance under high load, and has an excellent balance between heat distortion resistance and tensile creep resistance while containing a compatibilizer. In addition, the fiber-reinforced resin composition having excellent impregnation properties into long glass fibers improves the interaction between the fiber and the resin composition, and contributes to the improvement of mechanical properties.

Provided herein are compositions, compounds, processes, and methods of use of 3D porous coating(s) on or near a nanopore(s) for analysis or detection of charged polymers such as nucleic acids, proteins, protein-nucleic acid complexes, small molecule-biological complexes, polymer-biological complexes, and/or polyelectrolytes.

Disclosed is a method for adjusting a dispersion diameter to control the dispersion diameter of a dispersed phase in a thermoplastic resin composition having a multiphase structure, and a thermoplastic resin composition obtained by the method. The method includes mixing a polyolefin resin, a polyamide resin, and a compatibilizer and has a continuous phase composed of the polyolefin resin and a dispersed phase dispersed in the continuous phase and composed of the polyamide resin where the compatibilizer is a polymer having a reactive group that reacts with the polyamide resin, and that an amount of the polymer to be mixed based on a total of the polyolefin resin and the polyamide resin is varied to adjust a dispersion diameter of the dispersed phase. This composition has 50 or more but 450 or less the dispersed phase per 10 micrometers square.

A process of forming a fiber comprised of a plurality of bio-char particles, comprising: combining a portion of a polymer with a hemp derivative, said hemp derivative selected form a hemp carbon made by pyrolyzing a quantity of hemp stalk at between 1100-1500 C. to create a char; adding the char to a milling vessel and milling the char for a period of between 1 to 16 hours, and a full spectrum hemp extract, or combinations thereof, wherein the polymer and hemp derivative are extruded to form a fiber.

A polymer-based substrate is proposed, which in particular is electrostatically coatable, wherein the substrate comprises a substrate base body made using a polymeric material and a coating applied to a surface region of the substrate base body, wherein the polymeric material comprises a first polymer, wherein the coating comprises a matrix polymer and an additive which is dispersed in the matrix polymer and reduces the surface resistance of the coating, said additive having a proportion that is selected such that the specific surface resistance of the coating is about 10.sup.10 Ohm or less, and wherein the matrix polymer is selected such that it is compatible with the first polymer.

A concentrate carrier system for adding colorants and/or other additives to resin formulations over a broad range of processing temperatures is described. The carrier system includes at least 20 wt. % of a base acrylate copolymer, such as ethyl-methyl acrylate, provided in combination with less than 30 wt. % of polycarpolactone, or a similar ring-opened cyclic ester or ether derivatives. The remainder, which may include an optional organic plasticizer such as epoxidized soybean oil, is dedicated to an additive package that may include colorants, property enhancers, and/or non-property fillers.

Disclosed herein are a fiber-reinforced material and an article made of the same. The fiber-reinforced material includes a fiber assembly and a matrix material coating the fiber assembly, the matrix material is a thermoplastic resin composition obtained by blending a polyolefin resin, a polyamide resin, and a modified elastomer that reacts with the polyamide resin. When a puncture test is performed at a striker speed of 1-4 msec and when a maximum impact force is applied is defined as P.sub.M and a deflection at break is defined as P.sub.B, P.sub.B/P.sub.M4. When the amount of energy absorbed before a maximum impact force is applied is E.sub.1, the amount of energy absorbed after a maximum impact force is applied and before break is E.sub.2, and a total amount of absorbed energy of E.sub.1 and E.sub.2 is E.sub.T, the ratio of E.sub.2:E.sub.T is 70% or more.