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 resin powder for three-dimensional laminated modeling contains an aggregate of resin particles. A volume average particle size MV of the resin particles is in the range of 1 to 200 μm. A value of a ratio (MV/MN) of the volume average particle size MV and a number average particle size MN of the resin particles is 2.5 or more. A static bulk density is 0.30 g/cm3 or more. The resin particles contain a crystalline thermoplastic resin.

A particle and a method for producing the same is disclosed. For example, the particle includes a polymer resin that is compatible with a three-dimensional (3D) printing process to print a three-dimensional (3D) object and a marking additive that allows selective portions of the 3D object to change color when exposed to a light, wherein the marking additive is added to approximately 0.01 to 25.00 weight percent (wt %).

A fluid system component can include a body that includes a multidimensional shape defined in orthogonal directions and layers stacked along one of the orthogonal directions, where at least one of the layers includes polymeric material and graphene nanoplatelets formed in situ from the polymeric material, and where the graphene nanoplatelets increase stiffness of the polymeric material.

Powder particulates comprising a water-soluble polymer may be formed by melt emulsification. Compositions comprising powder particulates may comprise a plurality of particulates comprising a water-soluble polymer and a plurality of nanoparticles, the water-soluble polymer defining at least an outer surface of the particulates and at least a majority of the plurality of nanoparticles being disposed upon the outer surface.

A superhydrophobic coating having a three-dimensional porous nanocomposite structure, includes: a constructing unit and a bonding unit; the constructing unit comprises inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles, the bonding unit comprises hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres, and the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles and the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres are interconnected to form uniform pores. A method for preparation of the superhydrophobic coating includes: mixing the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles with the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres in a dispersant to form a coating solution; and coating the coating solution on the surface of a substrate using a dip coating, roll coating or spray coating process, and drying to form the superhydrophobic coating of a three-dimensional porous nanocomposite structure.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide polymer having a hydrophobic portion characterized by the following group: ##STR00001##
where R.sup.1 and x are as defined herein; and a) an aqueous dispersion of thermoplastic polymer particles imbibed with a thermosettable compound functionalized with structural units of an anti-agglomerating monomer; and/or b) a curing agent. The composition of the present invention is useful for improving Brookfield viscosity and sag resistance in coatings arising from, for example, 2-component acrylic-epoxy hybrid systems cured with a curing agent.

A light-emitting device according to an embodiment is provided with: a light-emitting panel including a first board that is light transmissive and flexible, a plurality of conductor patterns formed on a surface of the first board, a plurality of light-emitting elements connected to one of the conductor patterns, and a second board that is light transmissive and flexible and that holds the light-emitting elements relative to the first board; and a flexible wiring board including a circuit pattern that is electrically connected via an anisotropic conductive layer to an exposed part of the conductor patterns formed on the first board, the exposed part being exposed by the end of the second board.

A polymer powder having a surface energy of less than 35 mN/m is suitable for melting/sintering powder particles for layer-by-layer production of three-dimensional objects.

A composite material comprises a polymer matrix having microstructure filler materials that comprise a plurality of interconnected units wherein the units are formed of connected tubes. The tubes may be formed by photo-initiating the polymerization of a monomer in a pattern of interconnected units to form a polymer microlattice, removing unpolymerized monomer, coating the polymer microlattice with a metal, removing the polymer microlattice to leave a metal microlattice, growing or depositing a material on the metal microlattice such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride or other ceramic, and subsequently removing the metal microlattice.