The present invention is directed to polyamides that are crosslinkable in the presence of water having desirable properties including long open time, good adhesion and cold flexibility. Notably, the polyamides of the present invention are suitable for structural and semi-structural bonding applications utilizing a hot melt process, roll coater or bead extrusion process.

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing an aerogel or a foam, the method comprising: forming a reaction mixture comprising a cellulose nanofibril gel, a first solvent, and one or more crosslinking agents under conditions sufficient to crosslink the gel; and contacting the crosslinked gel with a second solvent under conditions sufficient to dry the crosslinked gel, thereby forming an aerogel or foam.

A method for forming an inorganic passivation material is provided. The method includes mixing about 5 to 80 parts by weight of trialkoxysilane, about 10 to 80 parts by weight of tetraalkoxysilane, and about 1 to 30 parts by weight of catalyst to perform a reaction at pH of about 0.05 to 4 to form an inorganic resin material. The inorganic resin material is modified by phosphate ester to form an inorganic passivation material, wherein phosphate ester is about 0.1-10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the inorganic resin material. An inorganic passivation material and a passivation protective film produced therefrom are also provided.

A method for forming an inorganic passivation material is provided. The method includes mixing about 5 to 80 parts by weight of trialkoxysilane, about 10 to 80 parts by weight of tetraalkoxysilane, and about 1 to 30 parts by weight of catalyst to perform a reaction at pH of about 0.05 to 4 to form an inorganic resin material. The inorganic resin material is modified by phosphate ester to form an inorganic passivation material, wherein phosphate ester is about 0.1-10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the inorganic resin material. An inorganic passivation material and a passivation protective film produced therefrom are also provided.

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing an aerogel or a foam, the method comprising: forming a reaction mixture comprising a cellulose nanofibril gel, a first solvent, and one or more crosslinking agents under conditions sufficient to crosslink the gel; and contacting the crosslinked gel with a second solvent under conditions sufficient to dry the crosslinked gel, thereby forming an aerogel or foam.

The copolymer contains an aromatic vinyl monomer unit, and structural units represented by the following formulas (1) to (4), and, based on 100% by mass of a total amount of these structural units, a content C1 of the formula (1) is 0% by mass or more and 3% by mass or less; a content C2 of the formula (2) is 2% by mass or more and less than 20% by mass; a content C3 of the formula (3) is 4% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less; a content C4 of the formula (4) is 2% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less; and a total of the contents C1 and C2 is 3% by mass or more and less than 20% by mass:

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An example of a flow cell includes a substrate, which includes nano-depressions defined in a surface of the substrate, and interstitial regions separating the nano-depressions. A hydrophobic material layer has a surface that is at least substantially co-planar with the interstitial regions and is positioned to define a hydrophobic barrier around respective sub-sets of the nano-depressions.

Provided is a silicone gel composition that provides a silicone gel cured product having excellent storage stability as well as heat resistance and transparency at high temperatures, being capable of maintaining low elastic modulus, low stress, and high transparency even when used for long periods of time, particularly under conditions where only one direction of a member is exposed to high temperatures, and having resistance to cracking, peeling, and the like. The silicone gel composition comprises (A) a branched organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom, (B-1) a branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane having three or more silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule, and containing at least 20 mol % or more of T units and Q units of all siloxane units, (B-2) a chain organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in one molecule, (C) a platinum-based addition reaction catalyst, and (D) a reaction product of ceric salt.

Provided is a silicone gel composition that provides a silicone gel cured product having excellent storage stability as well as heat resistance and transparency at high temperatures, being capable of maintaining low elastic modulus, low stress, and high transparency even when used for long periods of time, particularly under conditions where only one direction of a member is exposed to high temperatures, and having resistance to cracking, peeling, and the like. The silicone gel composition comprises (A) a branched organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom, (B-1) a branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane having three or more silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule, and containing at least 20 mol % or more of T units and Q units of all siloxane units, (B-2) a chain organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in one molecule, (C) a platinum-based addition reaction catalyst, and (D) a reaction product of ceric salt.

A polysiloxazane compound having an alkoxysilyl group having an average composition of formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group. R.sup.2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.3 represents an unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.4 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, X represents a methyl group, Y represents a group of formula (2) or (3) below: ##STR00002##
(R.sup.2 is same as above. R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, Z represents a divalent hydrocarbon group and the like, p is an integer of 0 to 9, and q is 0, 1, or 2.), n is an integer of 11 to 500, m is 0, 1, or 2, r is 0 or 1, and a, b, and c are numbers that satisfy 0<a<1, 0≤b<1, 0<c<1, and a+2b+2c=1.