A polymer composite includes a linear aliphatic semi-crystalline polyamide having on average 10 to 14 carbon atoms in the monomer units, or the compound thereof, an S glass fiber, and a core-shell impact modifier. The polymer composite can achieve higher stiffness and impact strength without impairing the transparency significantly. The polymer composite can be used as molding material.

Disclosed are multilayer film structures comprising a layer (B) that comprises a crystalline block copolymer composite (CBC) or a specified block copolymer composite (BC), comprising i) an ethylene polymer (EP) comprising at least 80 mol % polymerized ethylene; ii) an alpha-olefin-based crystalline polymer (CAOP) and iii) a block copolymer comprising (a) an ethylene polymer block comprising at least 80 mol % polymerized ethylene and (b) a crystalline alpha-olefin block (CAOB); and a layer C that comprises a polyolefin having at least one melting peak greater than 125 C., the top facial surface of layer C in adhering contact with the bottom facial surface of layer B. Such multilayer film structure preferably comprises (A) a seal layer A having a bottom facial surface in adhering contact with the top facial surface of layer B. Such films are suited for use in electronic device (ED) modules comprising an electronic device such as a PV cell. Also disclosed is a lamination process to construct a laminated PV module comprising such multilayer film structures.

A liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes a liquid crystal polyester (A) including repeating units represented by formulae (I) to (III),

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a liquid crystal polyester (B) including repeating units represented by formulae (IV) and (V),

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and surface-treated glass fibers (C) including an epoxy resin on the surface thereof, wherein the mass ratio of (A) to (B) [A/B] is from 90/10 to 45/55, the content of (C) is from 10 to 130 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of (A) and (B), and as measured in a bending test using a strip-like molded article (length: 127 mm, width: 12.7 mm, thickness: 0.5mm), the bending strength and the bending elastic modulus of the liquid crystal polyester resin composition are equal to or more than 330 MPa and equal to or more than 20 GPa, respectively.

A latent elastic film laminate is provided including a film predominantly comprising olefin elastomers. The film is stretched and maintained in a stretched state in order to impart the desired level of latent elasticity such that the conditioned film laminate will shrink upon activation, such as by heating. The latent elastic film laminate can be advantageously used in the manufacture of various elasticated articles, including absorbent personal care articles, by activating the latent elasticity after attachment to the article and thereby shirring and elasticizing components to which the film laminate is attached.

A polyolefin composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer and a polar modified -polyolefin.

A resin composition includes: a curable compound (); a curing agent (); a liquid crystal polymer () that forms a liquid crystal phase at 190 C. or lower; and a filler (). A liquid crystal polymer composition includes: (I) a compound having two or more epoxy groups in the molecule; (II) a curing agent; (III) a liquid crystal polymer that forms a liquid crystal phase at 190 C. or lower; (IV) a thermal conductive filler; and (V) a solvent. A curable resin composition includes: (A) a thermoplastic resin; (B) a curable resin; (C) a curing agent; (D) an elastomer; and (E) an inorganic filler.

A process for manufacturing particles including a stereocomplex of poly-D-lactide (PDLA) and poly-L-lactide (PLLA), including the steps of: extruding a melt including 30-70 wt. % of PDLA and 70-30 wt. % of PLLA through an sc-PLA formation zone in a twin-screw extruder, wherein the formation zone is operated at a barrel temperature above the melting temperature of the PDLA and PLLA and below 220? C.; wherein the sc-PLA formation zone is followed by a finishing zone which is operated at a barrel temperature below 160? C.; wherein the finishing zone is followed by the end of the extruder which has a die-head resistance of 0; and recovering solid stereocomplex particles from the end of the extruder. The stereocomplex particles find use in various applications, e.g., in fracking fluids, as filler, as nucleating agent, in particular in the molding of semi-crystalline PLA, or as a starting material for the manufacture of sc-PLA products.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition comprising as components at least one non-sulfonated polyarylene ether sulfone polymer (P), at least one sulfonated polyarylene ether sulfone polymer (sP) and at least one fibrous and/or particulate filler and at least one thermotropic polymer. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the manufacturing of a molded article using the thermoplastic molding composition and a molded article obtained by this process.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition comprising as components at least one non-sulfonated polyarylene ether sulfone polymer (P), at least one sulfonated polyarylene ether sulfone polymer (SP) and at least one fibrous and/or particulate filler and at least one polyphenylene sulfide. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the manufacturing of a molded article using the thermoplastic molding composition and a molded article obtained by this process.

A liquid crystal polyester pellet composition comprising a first pellet and a second pellet is employed as a molding material for an injection molded article. The first pellet is a pellet comprising a liquid crystal polyester; the second pellet is a pellet comprising an organic pigment, an organic dye or carbon black and a liquid crystal polyester, and the second pellet is a pellet different from the first pellet; and a melt viscosity ratio represented by melt viscosity of the second pellet/melt viscosity of the first pellet is less than 3.2.