Fluorescent material composite particles include translucent inorganic particles having a volume average particle diameter in a range of 30 nm or more and 500 nm or less, fluorescent nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range of 5 nm or more and 25 nm or less, and a first resin. At least a part of each of the translucent inorganic particles are embedded in the first resin. The translucent inorganic particles are unevenly distributed to a surface of the fluorescent material composite particles. The fluorescent material composite particles have a volume average particle diameter in a range of 0.5 μm or more and 50 μm or less.

The present invention discloses a polylactic acid composite and use thereof. The polylactic acid composite includes the following components: (A) 89 to 98 parts by weight of polylactic acid; (B) 1 to 4 parts by weight of talcum powder; and (C) 1 to 7 parts by weight of a plasticizer. In the component (A), the polylactic acid has a polydispersity index P satisfying the following relationship: 1.55≤P≤2.02. In the component (B), the talcum powder has a particle size D.sub.(50) satisfying: 1 μm≤D.sub.(50)≤2.6 μm. In the component (C), the plasticizer has a relative molecular weight M satisfying: 180≤M≤670. Through research, the present invention has unexpectedly discovered that by using the polylactic acid having the polydispersity index P satisfying the relationship 1.55≤P≤2.02 as a matrix, adding a specific range of content of ultrafine talcum powder as a nucleating agent, and selecting the plasticizer of a specific molecular weight as a crystallization promotion agent, the prepared polylactic acid composite has a light transmittance T≥80%, a haze H≤40%, and a heat deflection temperature HDT≥90° C., having significantly improved heat resistance and transparency.

Coating compositions comprising a polymer binder and a sphere selected from porous metal oxide spheres formed from metal oxide particles and having, e.g., an average porosity of from 0.10 to 0.90; polymer spheres formed from a multimodal distribution of polymer particles; or mixtures thereof, are described herein. The sphere enhances the reflective characteristics of the coating compositions with respect to electromagnetic radiation. In particular, the coating compositions when dried, can exhibit UV reflectance, visible light reflectance, IR reflectance, or a combination thereof.

An adhesion structure and an electronic device are provided. The adhesion structure includes a substrate and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is disposed on the substrate, and the adhesive layer includes a plurality of graphene microplates. A part of the graphene microplates protrude from two opposite surfaces of the adhesive layer. The thickness of the graphene microplates is greater than or equal to 0.3 nanometers and is less than or equal to 3 nanometers. The flake diameter of the graphene microplates is greater than or equal to 1 micrometer and is less than or equal to 30 micrometers. The adhesion structure can not only provide the adhesive function, but also improve the heat dissipation efficiency of electronic device.

One aspect of the present invention provides a boron nitride powder that contains aggregated particles formed through aggregation of primary particles of boron nitride. The cumulative pore volume of the boron nitride powder within a fine pore radius of 0.02-1.2 μm as measured by a mercury porosimeter is 0.65 mL/g or less.

There is provided a resin composition exhibiting excellent dielectric properties, high adhesion to a low-roughness surface, heat resistance, and excellent water resistance. This resin composition includes (a) a polymer having a polyphenylene ether backbone and a butadiene backbone in one molecule and having at least one selected from the group consisting of a vinyl group, a styryl group, an allyl group, an ethynyl group and a (meth)acryloyl group and at least any one of (b) a polymer including a styrene butadiene backbone and (c) a polymer including a cycloolefin backbone, wherein the content is the component (a) of 15 to 60 parts by weight and the total content of the component (b) and the component (c) is 40 to 85 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the total content of the component (a), the component (b), and the component (c).

Composite materials are described herein. The composite materials include a polymer matrix comprising at least one fluorinated homo- or copolymer and continuous fibers dispersed within the polymer matrix. The continuous fibers are present within the composite material in an amount between about 10 wt % and about 90 wt % of a weight of the composite material. The composite materials also include a filler dispersed within the polymer matrix. The filler is present within the composite material in an amount between about 5 wt % and about 25 wt % of an amount of the polymer matrix.

This disclosure generally relates to compositions with omniphobic properties, and methods of preparing the compositions thereof. The omniphobic compositions can be used as coatings to make omniphobic materials, which can be used to manufacture a variety of apparatuses such as wearable devices, e.g., hearing aids.

The present invention provides a resin composition used for producing an acoustic member, the resin composition comprising: a thermosetting resin; and two or more types of particles dispersed in the thermosetting resin, the two or more types of particles comprising: heavy particles that have a higher density than the thermosetting resin and are particles other than metal particles; and light particles that have a lower density than the thermosetting resin, and the total content of the heavy particles and the light particles relative to the entire volume of a cured product of the resin composition being 10 vol % or more.

A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film. The present invention relates to a water-based coating composition comprising a coating film-forming resin (i) and a coloring pigment dispersion (ii), wherein the coating film-forming resin (i) comprises: an acrylic resin emulsion (A) having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less in an amount of 10 to 60% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i), a water-soluble acrylic resin (B) in an amount of 5 to 40% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i), and a melamine resin (C) in an amount of 20 to 40% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i); and the coloring pigment dispersion (ii) comprises a coloring pigment (D) having a 90%-volume particle diameter (D90) of 100 nm or less.