A prepreg is provided. The prepreg is prepared by impregnating a liquid crystal polymer non-woven fabric with a thermal-curable resin composition or by coating a thermal-curable resin composition onto a liquid crystal polymer non-woven fabric and drying the impregnated or coated liquid crystal polymer non-woven fabric, wherein the thermal-curable resin composition includes: (A) an unsaturated monomer; and (B) a cyclic olefin copolymer including the following repeating units: (B-1) a repeating unit of formula (I), ##STR00001## (B-2) a repeating unit of formula (II), ##STR00002##
and (B-3) a repeating unit of formula (III), ##STR00003## R.sup.1 to R.sup.22, m, n, o, and p in formulas (I) to (III) are as defined in the specification, wherein based on the total moles of the repeating units (B-1) to (B-3), the content of the repeating unit (B-2) is 19 mol % to 36 mol %, and wherein the weight ratio of the cyclic olefin copolymer (B) to the unsaturated monomer (A) is 0.5 to 7.

The present invention relates to a curable composition comprising: at least one polymer comprising cure sites [polymer (E)], at least one thermoplastic polymer [thermoplastic (P)] different from said polymer (E) and at least one 1,5 enediyne curing agent [agent (C)], and to a blend obtained by dynamic vulcanization of said composition.

A tire which has improved mechanical properties comprises a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, at least one thermoplastic polyurethane, and a crosslinking system; the composition does not comprise any reinforcing filler or comprises less than 25 parts by weight thereof per hundred parts by weight of elastomer, phr, the carbon black content in the composition being less than 20 phr.

A conjugated diene polymer containing at least conjugated diene monomer units, wherein the conjugated diene polymer contains 95 weight ppm or more of silicon and has an ionic strength index of 75% or less.

A resin composition includes: (A) a polyphenylene ether resin of Formula (1) and (B) a compound of Formula (3), and/or a compound of Formula (4), and/or a compound of Formula (5). An article is made from the resin composition. The article made from the resin composition may include a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and one or more properties including resin filling void, glass transition temperature, Z-axis ratio of thermal expansion, dielectric constant, dissipation factor, and warpage may be improved. ##STR00001##

A polymer composition that operates as a polymer compatibilizer is provided. The polymer composition includes a plurality of polymer backbones cross-linked by cross-links that are Diels-Alder reaction products of at least one dienophile-containing moiety and at least one diene-containing moiety.

An aqueous resin dispersion with which excellent adhesiveness to a polyolefin base material such as a polypropylene base material can be easily obtained, which can be baked at low temperature, and which is for producing an aqueous coating material; and an aqueous coating material and an adhesive which contain the aqueous resin dispersion, are provided. In an aqueous resin dispersion (C) of the present invention, an olefin polymer (A) and a polymer (B) containing a constitutional unit derived from a radically polymerizable monomer (b1) having a reactive functional group are dispersed in an aqueous medium, a median diameter of the aqueous resin dispersion (C) measured by a dynamic light scattering method is 300 nm or less, and a dry product of the aqueous resin dispersion (C) contains 1 mass % or more of an insoluble component (D) that is insoluble in tetrahydrofuran.

Provided is a polymer composition having satisfactory processability and suitable for producing tires having a highly excellent balance among low loss characteristics, wet gripping, and ozone resistance. This polymer composition comprises: (A) a conjugated diene-based polymer which is either a polymer of a conjugated diene compound or a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound, the conjugated diene-based polymer being a reaction product between an active polymerization terminal and a compound represented by any of general formulas (1) to (4); and (B) a halogenated butyl elastomer.

Disclosed are ethylenically unsaturated macromers produced using a residue of an isocyanate manufacturing process. Also disclosed are preformed stabilizers produced using such macromers, polymer polyols produced using such preformed stabilizers, foam-forming compositions produced using such polymer polyols, and foam produced using such compositions.

Disclosed are a coupling agent for a rubber composition and a rubber composition for a tire containing the same. The rubber composition according to the present disclosure contains a coupling agent that may induce interactions between a rubber as a raw material and carbon black, thereby improving dispersibility of the carbon black in the rubber composition. Thus, a tire with low rolling-resistance and excellent wear resistance may be realized.