A microencapsulated curing agent for use in curing a thermosetting resin is provided. The microencapsulated curing agent includes an organic peroxide curing agent and a polyurethane resin encapsulating the organic peroxide curing agent. The microencapsulated curing agent, when heated to 100° C. for 30 minutes, exhibits a loss of weight of no greater than 10 wt. %. Additionally, when heated to 140° C. for 5 minutes, the microencapsulated curing agent exhibits a loss of weight of at least 4 wt. %.

A material comprising an encapsulated component within a shell, a rupture initiator associated with the encapsulated component, and a polymeric matrix material, wherein the encapsulation is adapted to fail upon activation of the rupture initiator allowing the encapsulated component to be liberated to initiate a reaction or increase the reactivity of the material.

An additive masterbatch composition comprising a semi-crystalline polyolefin carrier resin and an additive package comprising a product of a reaction of an acidic condensation catalyst and a secondary diarylamine. A moisture-curable polyolefin composition comprising the additive masterbatch composition and a (hydrolyzable silyl group)-functional polyolefin prepolymer. A method of making the compositions; a moisture-cured polyolefin composition prepared therefrom; a manufactured article comprising or made from the formulation; and a method of using the manufactured article.

Provided is a thermally conductive silicone gel composition having high thermal conductivity, excellent extrudability and mixing stability, resistance to separation of each liquid even in a two-component package, stable storage, and superior gap fill properties for heat dissipating components, and the like. A multi-component thermally conductive silicone gel composition comprises: (A-1) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having a degree of polymerization of 5 to 100; (A-2) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having a degree of polymerization of 400 or more; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; (C) a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction; (D) a thermally conductive filler; (E) a silane coupling agent, and the like; and (F) an organopolysiloxane having a hydrolyzable silyl group at the end of the molecular chain. A mixture viscosity of component (A-1) and component (A-2) is within a range of 1.15 to 5.50 times the viscosity of the component (A-1) at 25° C.

The present invention relates to the formation of gels. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method of forming a cross-linked polymer hydrogel using competitive ligand exchange.

The invention pertains to compositions comprising an elastomer and a plurality of microcapsules having a cross-linked polymeric shell and a core containing at least one (per)fuoropolyether compound comprising a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene chain being a sequence of recurring units having at least one catenary ether bond and at least one fluorocarbon moiety.

This invention relates to a composition which is suitable for use in the vulcanization of the rubber. The composition is a non-aqueous water soluble polymer based composition comprising a cationic silicate component. The composition may further include a second cationic additive component which is desirable in a rubber vulcanization process. The invention further relates to a method for preparing these compositions.

The present invention is generally directed to beads, methods of making said beads, and methods of functionalizing said beads with one or more functional groups to form functionalized beads, such as universal functionalized beads, wherein the functional group can be a chemical group. In some embodiments, the beads can be gel beads.

The present invention relates to the formation of gels. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method of forming a cross-linked polymer hydrogel using competitive ligand exchange.

A sheetlike semifinished product comprising a matrix having at least one latent reactive plastics composition which is curable to afford an elastomer, in particular a thermoplastic elastomer, and fibers embedded in the matrix. A process for producing sheetlike semifinished products is further disclosed.