Provided are a dispersant for a separator of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, the dispersant including a cyanoethyl group-containing polymer, a separator of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery using the same, and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery.

Provided are a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex composition, a preparation method thereof, a latex composition for dip-molding including the same, and an article molded by the same, the carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex composition including: a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer, wherein the carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer includes a 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate monomer-derived repeating unit in an amount of more than 0.1 wt % to less than 12 wt %, and a coagulum in the carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex composition has an amount of less than 1 wt %.

Binder compositions that are formaldehyde free and include a latex emulsion, an epoxysilane, an epoxy dispersion, a polyol or a latex emulsion, a styrenic copolymer having carboxylic acid functionality, an epoxysilane or an epoxy dispersion or a mixture of both, a polyol and, optionally, an additive, wherein the composition does not comprise formaldehyde are described.

A carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber having an iodine value of 120 or less, wherein the content of sodium is 1500 ppm by weight or less, the total content of calcium, magnesium, and aluminum is 350 ppm by weight or less, and the storage elastic modulus at 140° C. is 350 kPa or more.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a surface treatment liquid that is capable of favorably hydrophilizing or hydrophobing surfaces of an object to be treated without having to include a film forming resin; and a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid. The present invention provides a surface treatment liquid which comprises (A) a resin and (C) a solvent, wherein as (A) the resin, a resin is used which has a weight average molecular weight of 100000 or more and contains a functional group I which comprises one group or more selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and a carboxyl group, and a functional group II which is a hydrophilic group or a hydrophobic group other than the functional group I.

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a copolymer composition comprising a polyether-based copolymer, wherein the copolymer dissolves in one or more of an alcohol and alcohol-water mixture. Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a thin-film composite membrane comprising a porous support and a selective layer comprising a polyether-based copolymer, wherein the polyether-based copolymer dissolves in one or more of an alcohol and alcohol-water mixture. Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of capturing one or more chemical species comprising contacting a thin-film composite membrane with a fluid composition, wherein the fluid composition includes at least CO.sub.2 and capturing CO.sub.2 from the fluid composition. Embodiments of the present disclosure also describe methods of synthesizing copolymer compositions and methods of fabricating composite membranes.

A toner including toner particles having a resin component containing a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, in which the resin component contains a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component, and the content of the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component with respect to the content of the resin component is 5.0% to 80.0% by mass, wherein a maximum endothermic peak temperature of the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component is 55.0 to 80.0° C., and the amount of heat absorption in the maximum endothermic peak of the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component is 10.0 to 80.0 Pa, and toner particles have a structure which comprises a matrix containing the crystalline resin and domains containing the amorphous resin.

Heat-expandable microspheres containing a thermoplastic resin shell and a thermally-vaporizable blowing agent encapsulated therein. The thermoplastic resin is a polymer of a polymerizable component containing acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and acrylate ester and which satisfies specific conditions 1 and 2, where Condition 1: the amount of the acrylonitrile (A)<the amount of the methacrylonitrile (B), and Condition 2: the total amount of the acrylonitrile (A), the methacrylonitrile (B) and the acrylate ester (C) in the polymerizable component ranges from 61 to 100 wt %. Also disclosed are hollow resin particles manufactured by expanding the heat-expandable microspheres, a composition containing a base component and at least one selected from the heat-expandable microspheres and the hollow resin particles, and a formed article manufactured by forming or molding the composition.

A toner comprising a toner particle including a crystalline resin, wherein where a complex modulus of elasticity at 30° C. is denoted by G*(30) and a complex modulus of elasticity at 50° C. is denoted by G*(50) in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the toner, and where a peak temperature of an exothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin in a temperature lowering process after a temperature is raised to 150° C., is denoted by Tc (° C.), a peak temperature of an endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin in a temperature raising process after the temperature lowering process, is denoted by Tm (° C.), and an endothermic quantity is denoted by ΔH (J/g) in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner, G*(30), G*(50), Tc, Tm and ΔH satisfy specific relationships.

There is provided a smart release potash fertilizer granule comprising a potash core; an extended release layer covering the potash core, wherein the extended release layer comprises water-swellable copolymeric nanoparticles and at least one water-soluble organic acid or water-soluble organic carboxylate salt; a controlled release layer covering the extended release layer, wherein the controlled release layer comprises water-swellable copolymeric nanoparticles; and an anticaking layer covering the controlled release layer, wherein the anticaking layer comprises water-insoluble copolymeric nanoparticles.