The present invention provides a white pigment comprising a ZIF-based (zeolitic imidazolate framework) powder having a structure in which zinc (Zn) and an imidazole-based organic substance are bonded, a polymer resin film comprising the white pigment and a method for changing a color of a medium using the white pigment.

Disclosed here are systems and methods for collecting and/or screening of a pancreatic secretion, using a capsule endoscope comprising an imaging system and a trypsin sensor, and a tether coupled to the capsule endoscope.

The packaged 3-dimensional modeling powder material, including 3-dimensional modeling powder material including plural types of particles, and a storage container configured to contain the modeling powder material in an inside of the storage container in a pressured state.

Porous polymeric materials having a very high content of thermally conductive and/or electrically conductive fillers. Process for the preparation of the porous composite material including at least one binder-forming polymeric phase and one or more fillers, this process including the stages of hot mixing, by the molten route, the polymeric phase, the fillers and a sacrificial polymeric phase, so as to obtain a mixture, of shaping the mixture and of removing the sacrificial polymeric phase.

The present invention provides a composite resin composition capable of forming a film in which a cellulose nanofiber is dispersed uniformly in the resin. The present invention provides a composite resin composition containing an aqueous dispersion medium, a resin particle emulsified in the aqueous dispersion medium, and a cellulose nanofiber dispersed in the aqueous dispersion medium, wherein the resin particle contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylic resin particle, a styrene-based resin particle, and a (meth)acrylonitrile-based resin particle, and when a sample obtained in such a way that a liquid obtained by diluting the composite resin composition with water in an amount that allows a non-volatile content of the composite resin composition to fall within a range of 0.01 to 0.1% by mass is dropped onto a base material for measurement and is dried is observed with an atomic force microscope, a structure such that the cellulose nanofiber is dispersed, and the resin particles cling in the form of particles to the cellulose nanofiber is observed.

A porous membrane includes a modacrylic copolymer. The modacrylic copolymer includes, with respect to 100 parts by mass of all structural units constituting the modacrylic copolymer, 15 to 85 parts by mass of a structural unit derived from acrylonitrile, 15 to 85 parts by mass of a structural unit derived from at least one halogen-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl halide and vinylidene halide, and 0 to 10 parts by mass of a structural unit derived from a vinyl monomer having an ionic substituent. The porous membrane can be produced by preparing a modacrylic copolymer solution by dissolving the modacrylic copolymer in a solvent, and bringing the modacrylic copolymer solution into contact with a non-solvent for the modacrylic copolymer such that the modacrylic copolymer solution is solidified.

The present invention provides a method to prepare polymer materials with interlocked porous structures by freezing and demulsification, which includes: (1) Preparing an emulsion containing uncrosslinked polymers and crosslinking agents. The uncrosslinked polymers are presented in the organic phase, and the crosslinking agents are presented in the organic phase or water phase. Under freezing, the demulsification is occurred which leads to the interaction between polymers and crosslinking agents, and the crosslinked materials are obtained. (2) After removing the ice crystals, polymer materials with interlocked porous structures are synthesized. The method provided by the present invention is simple to operate, and can well adjust the porous structures of obtained porous polymer materials. In addition, it is suitable for large scale manufacturing. At the same time, this process can form different functional porous polymer materials by simply changing the used monomers. Particularly, it can prepare melt-blown fabrics with antibacterial property, high-throughput vertical porous structures and high-temperature sterilizable feature, therefore, it can be used to manufacture medical products such as masks.

Described herein are solvents and co-solvents comprising anhydromevalonolactone (aMVL) and various industrial applications for such solvents. aMVL has a number of advantageous properties for use in solvent, including high boiling point, low melting point, low viscosity, non-flammability, water solubility, exceptionally low volatility, and excellent solvation capability. Exemplary industrial applications for solvents comprising aMVL include polymer manufacturing, polymer recycling, mold production, fiber production, membrane manufacturing, thermosetting paint manufacturing, coating manufacturing, coating removal, paint strippers, cleaning products, degreasing products, nitrile synthesis, alkylation, production of syngas, carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions, metal organic framework synthesis, halogenation reactions, formation of pharmaceuticals, formation of fungicides and/or herbicides, seed treatment products, bioregulators, and electrolytes in batteries or capacitors.

A method is designed to prepare foamed, opacifying elements each having a target light blocking value (LBV.sub.T) of at least 3, using a textile fabric substrate with a light blocking value (LBV.sub.S). The LBV.sub.T-S difference is calculated; a foamable aqueous composition is chosen; a dry coating weight for the foamable aqueous composition (when foamed) is determined to form a single dry opacifying layer that is foamed, dried, and densified to provide a dry thickness at least 20% less than the original dry thickness. The single dry opacifying layer a has light blocking value that is equal to LBV.sub.T-S, ±15%. The desired foamable aqueous composition can be chosen from a set of similar compositions to achieve the desired LBV.sub.T with the noted textile fabric substrate using suitable mathematical formula relating dry coating weight to light blocking value and a suitable data processor.

The present invention provides a method for preparing a polyion thin film (in particular a polyion thin film with different surface morphologies) and the polyion thin film prepared by the method. The method comprises: providing a substrate, and coating a first lubricant on a surface of the substrate or on a surface of a tinfoil covered on the surface of the substrate; covering a film-forming liquid of the polyion thin film on the surface of the substrate with the first lubricant, and after coating uniformly, covering a cover plate coated with a second lubricant on the film-forming liquid; performing a polymerization reaction of ionic liquid monomers in the film-forming liquid to form a polyion thin film; and separating the polyion thin film and cleaning it to obtain the polyion thin film. The polyion thin films with different surface morphology can be prepared. The present invention further provides a detection kit.