A gas-barrier composition including nanocellulose containing at least one of a sulfuric acid group, a sulfo group, or a phosphoric acid group; and a reactive crosslinking agent.

Provided is novel porous cellulose having functionality that is not imparted to porous cellulose composed of unsubstituted cellulose, and a method for producing the same. Porous cellulose containing: unsubstituted cellulose; and a glucose unit-containing polymer excluding unsubstituted cellulose, wherein a content of the polymer is not more than 20 mass % in 100 mass % of a total of the polymer and the unsubstituted cellulose.

The present invention is intended to provide an ultrafine cellulose fiber-containing wet sheet, which is easily handled upon the use thereof and is excellent in terms of adhesiveness to the skin. The present invention relates to a sheet comprising cellulose fibers having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less and water, wherein the sheet is gelatinous, the cellulose fibers have ionic substituents, the water content percentage is 70% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the sheet, and the tensile strength is 0.08 MPa or more.

A packaging with anti-microbial properties has a substrate, and a coating having a first polymeric component selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic resins, polyvinyl butyral polyurethanes, polyesters, polyvinyl alcohols, cellulosic polymers and mixtures thereof, a low adhesion, slip or release agent selected from the group consisting of polysiloxanes, carnauba wax, lecithin, fatty acids, fatty acid amides, fatty acid esters, magnesium stearate, vegetable oils, and mixtures thereof, an anti-microbial agent, and optionally one or more functional agents selected from the group consisting of a defoaming agent, a coalescing agent, a wetting agent, a cross-linking agent, and mixtures thereof. The coating has from 50 to 99.49% by weight of the first polymeric component, from 0.5 to 35% by weight of the low adhesion, slip or release agent, from 0.01 to 15% by weight of the anti-microbial agent, and from 0 to 10% by weight of functional agents, the percentage

A gas-barrier composition including nanocellulose containing at least one of a sulfuric acid group, a sulfo group, or a phosphoric acid group; and a reactive crosslinking agent.

A rubber composition for pneumatic tires containing a rubber component containing a diene-based rubber and a modified diene-based rubber, carbon black, and phosphoric acid-modified cellulose nanofiber. It is preferred that the cellulose nanofiber is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of an entire amount of the rubber component. It is preferred that the carbon black is contained in an amount of 1 to 80 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of an entire amount of the rubber component. It is preferred that the modified diene-based rubber is contained in an amount of 1 to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of an entire amount of the rubber component. It is preferred that the modified diene-based rubber is a diene-based rubber having a polar group.

The present invention is related to a solvent-based composition for preparing an oxygen barrier coating, comprising a binder polymer containing polar functional groups that are capable of interacting with an acidic group; an acid containing at least two reactive acidic groups; and an organic solvent. The present invention is furthermore related to a coated product comprising said oxygen-barrier coating layer, and to a method for making a coated product.

One or more aspects of the present disclosure have an object to provide a novel solid water-disintegrable composite easily disintegrable in room temperature water while containing a polymer compound, such as a polyvinyl alcohol, poorly soluble or insoluble in room temperature water and soluble in hot water. One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to a solid water-disintegrable composite containing a polymer compound poorly soluble or insoluble in water at 25 C. and soluble in water at 80 C. or higher and a cellulose nanofiber with a sulfate ester group. Another one or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for producing the composite, and the method includes a step of preparing a dispersion liquid containing a solvent, and the polymer compound and the cellulose nanofiber dispersed in the solvent, and a step of removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid to obtain the composite.

This invention relates to improved cellulose nanocrystal fillers for rubber compositions and more specifically with the grafting of disulfide and thioesters onto cellulose nanocrystals for improved performance as a filler in rubber compositions. At least one embodiment describes a method to graft thiols or disulfides on CNC surfaces via esterification exemplified by 3-mercapto-propionic acid (MPA), 3-(acetylthio) propionic acid (APA), or dithiodipronanoic acid (DTDPA). The reaction may be carried out on CNCs highly dispersed in a suitable solvent and improved reaction conditions to achieve a favorable degree of substitution, DS. The embodiment further discloses how surface thiol groups can then be protected, in a second step, as thioesters or asymmetric disulfides to tune the hydrophobicity of CNCs to improve compatibility with styrene-butadiene, SBR, or natural rubbers.