A carbon fiber bundle for resin reinforcement, wherein there are adhered by 0.1-5.0 mass % to a carbon fiber bundle in which multiple lengths of filament are bundled, a mixture created by mixing an organic polymer (A) having a mass-average molecular weight of 10000 or more and an organic compound (B) the thermal reduction rate specified in claim 1 of which is 5 mass % or more or an organic compound (B) the thermal reduction rate specified in claim 2 of which is 0.8 mass % or more, the amount of the organic polymer (A) adhered being 0.1 mass % or more.

Provided herein is a composite material that includes at least one thermoresponsive polymer and at least one organic foam material. Further provided herein is a method for producing the composite material and also to the use of the composite material for cooling and for regulating temperature.

A resin composition includes a modified poly(phenylene ether) compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at a molecular end, a maleimide compound having two or more N-substituted maleimide groups in the molecule, and a styrene-based polymer having a weight-average molecular weight less than 10,000.

Zwitterionic double network hydrogels, methods for making zwitterionic double network hydrogels, methods for using zwitterionic double network hydrogels, and articles made from and coated with zwitterionic double network hydrogels.

A method of modifying the dispensing properties of a container, said method comprising the following steps: providing a container comprising a container wall having an inner surface and a dispensing opening, said inner surface being composed of hydrophobic polymer; subjecting the inner surface of the container to an oxidative surface treatment; applying a coating layer onto the inner surface of the container by coating said inner surface with a coating solution containing amide slip agent selected from optionally fluorinated fatty acid amide, polysiloxane amide and combinations thereof; and removing the solvent in the coating layer by evaporation.

Provided herein is a composite material that includes at least one thermoresponsive polymer and at least one organic foam material. Further provided herein is a method for producing the composite material and also to the use of the composite material for cooling and for regulating temperature.

A composite ion exchange membrane obtainable by a process comprising reacting an ionically-charged membrane with a composition comprising: (a) a monofunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer having an ionic charge opposite to the charge of the ionically-charged membrane; and (b) a crosslinking agent comprising two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups; wherein the molar ratio of (b):(a) is lower than 0.04 or is zero.

A composite ion exchange membrane comprising a cationically-charged membrane and an oppositely charged compound covalently bound thereto, the composite ion exchange membrane having: (i) a zeta-potential lower than 8 mV; and (ii) an effective charge lower than 20 mol/m.sup.2.

A carbon fiber bundle for resin reinforcement, wherein there are adhered by 0.1-5.0 mass % to a carbon fiber bundle in which multiple lengths of filament are bundled, a mixture created by mixing an organic polymer (A) having a mass-average molecular weight of 10000 or more and an organic compound (B) the thermal reduction rate specified in claim 1 of which is 5 mass % or more or an organic compound (B) the thermal reduction rate specified in claim 2 of which is 0.8 mass % or more, the amount of the organic polymer (A) adhered being 0.1 mass % or more.

A method of modifying the dispensing properties of a container, said method comprising the following steps: providing a container comprising a container wall having an inner surface and a dispensing opening, said inner surface being composed of hydrophobic polymer; subjecting the inner surface of the container to an oxidative surface treatment; applying a coating layer onto the inner surface of the container by coating said inner surface with a coating solution containing amide slip agent selected from optionally fluorinated fatty acid amide, polysiloxane amide and combinations thereof; and removing the solvent in the coating layer by evaporation.