A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. In the composite material, a value P.sub.1 determined by the following equation (1) is 6 or more. In the equation (1), a heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D5470-01. P.sub.1=(the heat conductivity [W/(m.Math.K)] of the composite material/an amount[volume %] of the inorganic particles)×100 Equation (1).

A resin composition contains: a resin including one or more among a norbornene-based polymer, a monocyclic cycloolefin-based polymer, a cyclic conjugated diene-based polymer, a vinyl alicyclic hydrocarbon polymer, and hydrogenated products thereof; and a conductive fibrous filler having an aspect ratio of not less than 5 and not more than 500.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of functional film materials; disclosed are a wavelength-controllable cellulose iridescent film and a method for preparation thereof. The method is: (1) mixing well a cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) suspension with lactic acid solution and glucose solution to obtain a CNC/lactic acid/glucose mixed solution; said CNC suspension being a cellulose nanocrystal suspension; (2) drying the CNC/lactic acid/glucose mixed solution to form a film to obtain a cellulose iridescent film. The method of the present invention is simple and low in cost. In the present invention, by means of the addition of lactic acid and glucose, the prepared film has iridescent film characteristics; the wavelength of the iridescent film is within the range of visible light, and the wavelengths of different colors of iridescent film are controllable.

A metal adsorbent that includes silver-decorated graphene nano-platelets and a polymer matrix that comprises polyamide, wherein the metal adsorbent is a highly porous material with a specific surface area of 200 to 300 m.sup.2/g and an average pore size of 50 to 100 Å, which effective removes heavy metals and cations from a liquid. Various embodiments of the metal adsorbent and a method of making thereof are also provided.

A method of preparing a thermally conductive composite including: a) mixing 15% to 60% by weight of a polymer matrix with 0% to 85% by weight of a high-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of at least 5:1; and (b) mixing a polymer melt obtained from step (a) with 0% to 85% by weight of a low-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of 2:1 or less. By changing the weight ratio, the structure and mechanical properties of the low-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler and the high-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler, thermal conductivity anisotropy can be tuned. A thermally conductive composite having thermal conductivity anisotropy in the range from 1 to 4 is also disclosed.

The present disclosure provides a polymer blend that includes at least two polymers which are immiscible to one another and a carbon nanotube pulp comprising entangled carbon nanotubes as a compatibilizing agent and to a method of preparing the same.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a stretchable conductor sheet that exhibits isotropic conductivity when stretched in a predetermined direction or in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction, and a paste for forming a stretchable conductor sheet, which is used for the stretchable conductor sheet. A second object of the present invention is to provide a stretchable conductor sheet having a small change in specific resistance even when repeatedly twisted, and a paste for forming a stretchable conductor sheet, which is used for the stretchable conductor sheet. A third object of the present invention is to provide a stretchable conductor sheet having a small change in specific resistance even when repeatedly washed, and a paste for forming a stretchable conductor sheet, which is used for the stretchable conductor sheet. The first object of the present invention can accomplish a stretchable conductor sheet having a thickness of 3 to 800 μm, the stretchable conductor sheet comprising at least conductive particles, inorganic particles surface-treated with a hydroxide and/or an oxide of one or both of Al and Si, and a flexible resin having a tensile elastic modulus of 1 MPa or more and 1000 MPa or less, wherein in each of two orthogonal directions, a specific resistance change ratio of the sheet at a time of elongation by 40% with respect to an original length is less than ±10% in an elongation direction.

Provided is a method for producing a modeled object easily producible and capable of effectively increasing mechanical properties in modeling using a three-dimensional printer. The method for producing a modeled object includes the steps of: preparing a resin composition containing inorganic fibers with an average fiber length of 1 μm to 300 μm and an average aspect ratio of 3 to 200 and a thermoplastic resin; and modeling an object using the resin composition on a fused deposition modeling-based three-dimensional printer to produce a modeled object, wherein in modeling the object on the fused deposition modeling-based three-dimensional printer, a deposition pitch is less than 0.20 mm and a road width is less than 0.20 mm.

A thermoplastic acrylic resin composition is provided in which translucency properties are suitable for use as a top-sheet member of a photovoltaic cell, warping caused by temperature change is suppressed, and its weathering resistance is excellent; 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a glass is contained in 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic acrylic resin; an absolute value of a difference in refractive indices of the thermoplastic acrylic resin and the glass is 0.08 or lower; an average particle size of the glass is 100 to 2,000 μm; a softening temperature of the thermoplastic resin is 80° C. or higher; and the aspect ratio of the glass is 15 or greater. Also, a molded article which is obtained by molding the thermoplastic acrylic resin composition and has a YI value of 20 or lower after weathering-resistance testing. Further, a top-sheet member of a photovoltaic cell is made of the molded article.

A plateable polymer composition is provided. The polymer composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a polymer matrix that includes a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer, from about 10 parts to about 80 parts by weight of silicate fibers, and a noble metal catalyst.