Embossing resins, methods of manufacturing such resins, and electrokinetic display system, which includes display cells containing such resins. The resins include a fluoropolymer in weight percentage 5%-60%, a difunctional diluent in weight percentage 0-30%, a monofunctional diluent in weight percentage 0-40%, a urethane diacrylate or functionalized nanoscale material, e.g., a functionalized urethane material, in weight percentage 5-50%, a photoinitiator in weight percentage 0.5-5%, and a surfactant in weight percentage less than 0.5%. The difunctional diluent may be Hexanediol Diacrylate, and the monofunctional diluent may be a monofunctional hydrocarbon. The resins are made by identifying a target index of refraction for a cured state thereof, and combining together, by weight percentage, the constituent components to produce the liquid state version of the embossing resin having a desired composite index of refraction.

A method of forming a barrier to overcome lost circulation in a subterranean formation. The method includes injecting a polymer-sand nanocomposite into one or more lost circulation zones in the subterranean formation where the polymer-sand nanocomposite is formed from sand mixed with a polymer hydrogel. Further, the polymer hydrogel includes a hydrogel polymer, an organic cross-linker, and a salt. The sand additionally comprises a surface modification. The associated method of preparing a polymer-sand nanocomposite lost circulation material for utilization in forming the barrier is provided.

A rubber protective wax, comprising hydrocarbon compounds, a polyethylene wax and an antidegradant. The rubber protective wax of the present invention can render rubber good thermal oxidative aging resistance, static ozone aging resistance, dynamic ozone aging resistance, flex cracking resistance and tensile fatigue resistance, and has good protection effects in both static environment and dynamic load environment.

A porous filler for reducing the gas permeability of an elastomer composition, a process for producing the elastomer composition comprising the porous filler, and the elastomer composition itself. The porous filler is selected from surface-reacted calcium carbonate, precipitated hydromagnesite and mixtures thereof. The addition of the porous filler to the elastomer composition allows for reducing the gas permeability of the elastomer composition while retaining or improving the mechanical properties of the elastomer composition.

The present invention relates to a particulate filler which has a coating on support particles in each case surrounding the latter, which comprises a titanium dioxide doped with niobium and at least one further element, to a process for the preparation of a particulate filler of this type and to the use thereof, in particular as varistor filler having nonlinear electrical properties in coating compositions and moulding compounds.

An earth plant-based compostable biodegradable composition for the formation of a bioplastic and method of producing said resin, the composition comprising: about 17.5 to 45% ethanol-based green polyethylene by weight, about 20 to 25% calcium carbonate by weight, about 2 to 12% hemp hurd or soy protein by weight, about 32 to 45% starch by weight, and about 0.5 to 1% biodegradation additive by weight to enable biodegradation and composting of the bioplastic; wherein the composition is produced by first mill grinding the ethanol-based green polyethylene, calcium carbonate, hemp hurd or soy protein, starch and the biodegradation additive into fine powders, then mechanically mixing the fine powders one by one into a final mixture for about 5-25 minutes at a time, dry and without heat, and then heating the final mixture to about 220 to 430 degrees Fahrenheit.

A vulcanizing agent-modified graphene prepared through an in-situ chemical deposition process and a controllable crosslinked natural rubber composite containing the same. In the preparation of the vulcanizing agent-modified graphene, graphene oxide is coated on a spherical thermal-conductive functional particle through the chemical bonding to obtain a 3D graphene particle; and a vulcanizing agent is adsorbed on the 3D graphene particle through π-π conjugation by an in-situ chemical deposition process to obtain a vulcanizing agent-modified graphene particle. Further, the vulcanizing agent-modified graphene particle is mixed with natural rubber latex, and undergoes synergistic coagulation in water to form a graphene masterbatch, which is further processed into the controllable crosslinked natural rubber composite by adding a certain amount of natural rubber block, rubber additive and reinforcing filler.

A composition for fused filament fabrication may include polylactic acid resin and talc. The composition may range from 50% by weight to 99% by weight polylactic acid resin, and from 7% by weight to 40% by weight talc. The composition may be configured as filaments or pellets adapted to be used in a fused filament fabrication process. A method for generating a resin-based structure may include providing a resin source that may include polylactic acid resin and talc. The resin source may include from 50% by weight to 99% by weight polylactic acid resin, and from 7% by weight to 40% by weight talc. The method may also include heating the resin source to a temperature greater than the melting temperature for semi-crystalline resins or significantly greater than glass transition temperature for amorphous resins, and depositing the heated resin source in a layered manner to form the resin-based structure.

The present application relates to electro-polarizable particle, a preparation method thereof and an electro-polarizable allochroic optical film, belonging to the technical field of electro-polarizable allochroic optical film devices. The present application discloses electro-polarizable particle, whose raw materials include a metal iodide, a carboxylic acid nitrogenous organic molecule, iodine and a cellulose suspending agent; the electro-polarizable particle have a rod-shaped structure, a length of 100-2000 nm, and a width of 10-200 nm. The present application further discloses a preparation method for electro-polarizable particle, and also discloses an electro-polarizable allochroic optical film containing the electro-polarizable particle.

A liquid applied, silicone-based air and water barrier coating composition and its use as a silicone-based air and water barrier is provided. The barrier is generally vapour permeable and suitable for the construction industry. The liquid coating composition generally has a shelf-life of at least 15 months. The liquid coating composition comprises: (i) a crosslinked polysiloxane dispersion comprising (c) a surfactant and (d) water; (ii) one or more rheology modifiers in an amount of from 0.25 to 5 wt. % of the composition; and (iii) an acidic pH stable colloidal silica in an amount of from 15 to 30 wt. % of the composition; and optionally (iv) one or more stabilizers.