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.

A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a styrene-acrylic resin, the toner being characterized in that the styrene-acrylic resin is a graft polymer having an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound segment and a styrene-acrylic segment, the styrene-acrylic segment has a specific monomer unit, the melting point of the styrene-acrylic segment is from 30° C. to 80° C., and when the toner is measured using a FT-IR ATR method, the intensity assigned to the styrene-acrylic resin and the intensity assigned to the binder resin satisfy a specific relationship.

The object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous coating composition which exhibits a small viscosity change and can form a coating film having a superior coating film appearance even when the amount of the solvent contained in the aqueous coating composition is reduced due to changes in the coating environment.

The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition comprising an acrylic resin dispersion (A) and a melamine resin (B), wherein the acrylic resin dispersion (A) has a core/shell structure, the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is a dispersion of a solution-polymerization product of a core part preparation monomer (a-1) and a shell part preparation monomer (a-2), wherein the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) comprises an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer, the mass ratio of the core part to the shell part of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of core part/shell part=30/70 to 70/30, the shell part of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) has an acid group, and the neutralization rate of the acid groups in the shell part is 50% or more, the weight-average molecular weight of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of 10,000 to 70,000, the core part preparation monomer (a-1) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or less, and the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or more and 70 mg KOH/g or less, the whole monomer mixture comprising the core part preparation monomer (a-1) and the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or more and 30 mg KOH/g or less, the glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of −10 to 60° C., and the melamine resin (B) comprises a hydrophobic melamine resin.

The object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous coating composition which exhibits a small viscosity change and can form a coating film having a superior coating film appearance even when the amount of the solvent contained in the aqueous coating composition is reduced due to changes in the coating environment.

The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition comprising an acrylic resin dispersion (A) and a melamine resin (B), wherein the acrylic resin dispersion (A) has a core/shell structure, the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is a dispersion of a solution-polymerization product of a core part preparation monomer (a-1) and a shell part preparation monomer (a-2), wherein the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) comprises an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer, the mass ratio of the core part to the shell part of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of core part/shell part=30/70 to 70/30, the shell part of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) has an acid group, and the neutralization rate of the acid groups in the shell part is 50% or more, the weight-average molecular weight of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of 10,000 to 70,000, the core part preparation monomer (a-1) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or less, and the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or more and 70 mg KOH/g or less, the whole monomer mixture comprising the core part preparation monomer (a-1) and the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or more and 30 mg KOH/g or less, the glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of −10 to 60° C., and the melamine resin (B) comprises a hydrophobic melamine resin.

This invention provides a paint formulation that is used as a primer of a polypropylene substrate for automotive exterior parts etc., that has better chemical resistance and high-pressure car washing resistance than in the past, and that has good storage stability of the paint. Specifically, provided is a paint formulation comprising a modified polyolefin (A) having a glass transition temperature of −30° C. or more and a (meth)acrylic resin (B) having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or more, and having a hydroxy value of 5 to 100 mgKOH/g and an acid value of 0 to 30 mgKOH/g, wherein a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer constituting the (meth)acrylic resin (B) comprises at least one member selected from methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, cyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, and an OH group-containing (meth)acrylate.

A thermoplastic resin composition including a graft copolymer (B) produced by graft polymerization of a vinyl monomer mixture (m1) including an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester, a vinyl cyanide compound, and an aromatic vinyl compound onto a copolymer (A) produced by copolymerizing an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (a) and a (meth)acrylate ester (b) including an aromatic hydrocarbon group at a specific ratio and a copolymer (C) that is a product of a polymerization reaction of a vinyl monomer mixture (m2) including an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester. The graft copolymer (B) includes at least a graft copolymer (B) having a specific volume-average particle size. The copolymer (A) has a specific volume-average particle size and a specific particle size distribution.

A thermoplastic resin composition including a graft copolymer (B) produced by graft polymerization of a vinyl monomer mixture (m1) including an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester, a vinyl cyanide compound, and an aromatic vinyl compound onto a copolymer (A) produced by copolymerizing an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (a) and a (meth)acrylate ester (b) including an aromatic hydrocarbon group at a specific ratio and a copolymer (C) that is a product of a polymerization reaction of a vinyl monomer mixture (m2) including an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester. The graft copolymer (B) includes at least a graft copolymer (B) having a specific volume-average particle size. The copolymer (A) has a specific volume-average particle size and a specific particle size distribution.

The present invention relates to a shielding filler, a shielding coating comprising the same, a preparation method and a use thereof. The shielding filler adopts melamine sponge as a carrier and surfaces thereof are covered with FeO.sub.x/graphene. The electromagnetic shielding coating is formed by mixing a component A and a component B in a molar ratio of (—OH).sub.A:(—NCO).sub.B=1:1, in which component A comprises fluorocarbon resin, elastic polyester resin, an electromagnetic filler, an auxiliary agent and a mixing solvent, and component B is isocyanate. The shielding filler of the present invention has a sponge-like macroporous structure, the pore wall surfaces of which are covered with ferrite and graphene, and the shielding filler has excellent electromagnetic shielding performance due to the electrical loss and magnetic loss. The obtained electromagnetic shielding coating layer is electrically conductive and magnetically inductive and has a broad electromagnetic shielding response frequency band. The obtained electromagnetic shielding coating layer has a low density, which is in line with the development trend of lightweight. The coating is convenient to use, and can be applied by brush coating, spray coating, or roller coating.

The present invention relates to a shielding filler, a shielding coating comprising the same, a preparation method and a use thereof. The shielding filler adopts melamine sponge as a carrier and surfaces thereof are covered with FeO.sub.x/graphene. The electromagnetic shielding coating is formed by mixing a component A and a component B in a molar ratio of (—OH).sub.A:(—NCO).sub.B=1:1, in which component A comprises fluorocarbon resin, elastic polyester resin, an electromagnetic filler, an auxiliary agent and a mixing solvent, and component B is isocyanate. The shielding filler of the present invention has a sponge-like macroporous structure, the pore wall surfaces of which are covered with ferrite and graphene, and the shielding filler has excellent electromagnetic shielding performance due to the electrical loss and magnetic loss. The obtained electromagnetic shielding coating layer is electrically conductive and magnetically inductive and has a broad electromagnetic shielding response frequency band. The obtained electromagnetic shielding coating layer has a low density, which is in line with the development trend of lightweight. The coating is convenient to use, and can be applied by brush coating, spray coating, or roller coating.

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.