Thermoplastic polymer particles can be produced that comprise a thermoplastic polymer and an emulsion stabilizer (e.g., nanoparticles and/or surfactant) associated with an outer surface of the particles. The nanoparticles may be embedded in the outer surface of the particles. Melt emulsification can be used to produce said particles. For example, a method may include: mixing a mixture comprising a thermoplastic polymer, an carrier fluid that is immiscible with the thermoplastic polymer, and the emulsion stabilizer at a temperature greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the thermoplastic polymer in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer to form the thermoplastic polymer particles; and separating the thermoplastic polymer particles from the carrier fluid.

The present invention relates to a resin composition including a binder resin and an organic-inorganic composite filler, a prepreg including the same, a laminated plate including the same, and a resin-coated metal foil including the same.

Provided are composite particles including hydrophobic solid particle A and hydrophobic solid particle B over surface of hydrophobic solid particle A, wherein contact angle CAa of hydrophobic solid particle A with water is 110 degreesCAa180 degrees, contact angle CAb of hydrophobic solid particle B with water is 110 degreesCAb180 degrees, ratio (d50a/d50b) of number average particle diameter d50a of hydrophobic solid particle A to number average particle diameter d50b of hydrophobic solid particle B is 10(d50a/d50b)100, and coating ratio CR of composite particles expressed by Formula 1 is 50%CR500%,

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An apparatus for manufacturing a powder has: a chamber; a temperature control system for the chamber interior; and a conveyor within the chamber. First, second, and third powder sources supply respective first, second, and third powders along respective first, second, and third powder flowpaths. The second and third flowpaths merge with the first flowpath along the conveyor. The apparatus comprises a vaporizer for vaporizing a solvent to be delivered to the second and third powders along the second and third powder flowpaths.

Methods of providing sustained sterilization of thermoplastics; providing thermoplastics that have the capacity to dispense sodium fluoride, and, a method of providing sustained sterilization of thermoplastics and providing thermoplastics that have the capacity to dispense sodium fluoride, both from the same thermoplastic article.

Articles having improved properties are disclosed. The articles are formed from a composition obtained by dry blending: a) 70-95 wt. % of a polyolefin polymer selected from polypropylene homopolymers, polypropylene copolymers, polypropylene impact copolymers, and mixtures thereof; and b) 5 to 30 wt. % of a free-flowing styrenic block copolymer coated with a functional dusting agent having a maximum particle size of 100 microns. The free-flowing styrenic block copolymer requires less than 400 lbs/ft.sup.2 of force to break in a blocking test. The molded article has improved impact strength and haze.

Hybrid microparticle having a polymer core and a shell which surrounds the polymer core at least in sections and which has a silicon dioxide layer; characterized by an RF value, the RF value being defined as the ratio of an external surface area amenable to the adsorption of nitrogen to a surface area which is computable from an arithmetic mean diameter of the hybrid microparticle considered as an ideal sphere, where the shell has a structure selected from: closed and smooth, with the shell having an RF value of between 1 and 1.5; closed and hillocky, with the shell having an RF value of between 1.51 and 3; or open, with the shell having an RF value of greater than 3.01.

The present invention concerns a composition comprising at least one polymer, wherein the polymer is in the form of polymer particles, and wherein the composition contains at least one additive, wherein the additive is in a proportion of at most 2% by weight of the composition. Furthermore, the present invention concerns a method for the production of the composition in accordance with the invention, as well as a method for the production of an article comprising the composition in accordance with the invention. Finally, the present invention concerns the use of the composition in accordance with the invention.

A method for producing a treated or modified polymer, the method comprising: combining a first liquid and at least one additive material to produce a first liquid and additive material mixture; agitating the first liquid and additive material mixture to disperse the at least one additive material throughout the first liquid; combining a second liquid and a polymer to wet the polymer to produce a wetted polymer; and combining the agitated first liquid and additive material mixture with the wetted polymer to produce a treated or modified polymer.

The present invention provides non-spherical metal-coated irregularly-shaped resin particles that can improve characteristics, such as light diffusion characteristics and reflection characteristics, when used for optical applications, compared with spherical metal-coated resin particles. Specifically, the present invention provides metal-coated irregularly-shaped resin particles in which part of the surface of irregularly-shaped resin particles is coated with metal.