A soluble composite powder comprising homogenous composite particles, the homogenous composite particles comprising at least one soluble thermoplastic material and at least one submicron nanoparticle material. The at least one soluble thermoplastic material comprises from about 50 to 99 weight percent of the powder, and the at least one submicron nanoparticle material comprises from about 1 to 50 weight percent of the powder. The powder is soluble.

A thermally conductive filler capable of exhibiting high thermal conductive properties with its specific gravity being reduced, a thermally conductive composite material and a wire harness that contains such a thermally conductive filler, and a method for forming a thermally conductive filler that can be used to form such a thermally conductive filler. A thermally conductive filler includes a hollow particle having a polar group on its surface, and a thermally conductive layer containing an inorganic compound that covers the surface of the hollow particle. Also, a thermally conductive composite material contains the thermally conductive filler and a matrix material, the thermally conductive filler being dispersed in the matrix material. Furthermore, a wire harness contains the thermally conductive composite material.

The present invention provides a fire extinguishing sheet suitable for productivity, mass production, and large-scale production, wherein the fire extinguishing sheet can be used in places, facilities, structures, etc., where a fire may occur, and has an initial fire extinguishing function. The fire extinguishing sheet according to the present invention contains a fire extinguishing agent that when a predetermined temperature is reached, thermally decomposes to generate a fire extinguishing component.

The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising, among others, (i) microfibrillated cellulose and (ii) a metal in oxidation state of II or greater. The present invention further relates to uses of such an adhesive composition and to products prepared with such an adhesive composition. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for making corrugated paperboards or cardboards, or solid paperboards or cardboards by using such an adhesive composition.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a thermally conductive silicone resin composition which has good thermal conductivity, a light weight (namely, a light weight per unit volume), and good reliability in high humidity, and a molded body thereof. The present invention provides a thermally conductive silicone resin composition comprising the following components (A) to (E): (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups each bonded to a silicon atom in an amount of 100 parts by mass, (B) an organohydrogen polysiloxane having at least two hydrogen atoms each bonded to a silicon atom in an amount such that a ratio of the number of the hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom relative to the number of the alkenyl group in component (A) is 0.1 to 2, (C) a thermally conductive filler in an amount of 2500 to 6000 parts by mass, (D) a catalytic amount of an addition reaction catalyst, and (E) an addition-reaction controlling agent in an amount of 0.01 to 1 part by mass, wherein the thermally conductive filler (C) comprises magnesium oxide having a specific surface area of 0.4 m.sup.2/g or less in an amount of 20 to 50 wt % and aluminum hydroxide in an amount of 10 to 30 wt %, relative to a total weight of component (C).

A heat dissipation sheet containing a silicone resin and a thermally conductive filler, wherein with respect to the cross-sectional shape of the thermally conductive filler, the average value of an aspect ratio of the 1st to 24th particles from the largest of biaxial average diameters, is in a range of 0.4 or more and 1.4 or less. In addition, an area ratio (Sr) of a total area S of cross-sectional shapes of the particles to a whole area of the cross-sectional view may be in a range of 20% or more and 80% or less, and the particle number ratio may be less than 1. Further, a thermal resistance ratio of a thermal resistance value when a pressure of 0.4 MPa is applied to a thermal resistance value when a pressure of 1.0 MPa is applied may be 1 or more.

The present disclosure relates to a hard coating film capable of providing excellent durability, elastic recovery rate, and abrasion resistance, by including a base layer; a first hard coating layer formed on at least one surface of the base layer and including a fluorine-based UV-curable functional group-containing compound; and a second hard coating layer formed between the base layer and the first hard coating layer and including inorganic particles; and an image display device including the hard coating film.

A polymer composition comprising at least one liquid crystalline polymer and an ultrahigh molecular weight siloxane polymer in an amount from about 0.1 to about 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystalline polymer is provided. The siloxane polymer has a number average molecular weight of about 100,000 grams per mole or more.

A water based paint that can be used to form a superhydrophobic coating includes a fluorinated particulate filler, a water soluble or water suspendable resin, and an aqueous solvent. The superhydrophobic paint can be applied to a surface where the loss of the solvent results in a superhydrophobic coating.

An additive layer manufacturing method, preferably using selective laser sintering, for manufacturing a solid article, the method including applying a layer of a powder, the powder including at least one powdered (co)polymer, onto a solid substrate in a processing chamber; fusing the powder layer onto the solid substrate; subsequently depositing successive layers of the powder, wherein each successive layer is selectively fused prior to deposition of the subsequent layer of powder so as to form the article. In some embodiments, the powder further includes abrasive particles having a hardness greater than or equal to that of aluminum oxide.