The disclosure relates to thermosetting reinforced resin compositions and methods of forming boards, sheets and/or films using of porous particulates impregnated with embedded live monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer configured to partially leach out a functional terminal end of the live monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer and react with a cross-linking agent and photoinitiated polymer radicals to form a reinforced board, sheet and/or film of hybrid interpenetrating networks.

The disclosure relates to thermosetting reinforced resin compositions and methods of forming boards, sheets and/or films using of porous particulates impregnated with embedded live monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer configured to partially leach out a functional terminal end of the live monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer and react with a cross-linking agent and photoinitiated polymer radicals to form a reinforced board, sheet and/or film of hybrid interpenetrating networks.

The object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a crosslinked polymer by radical polymerization of a monomer composition, by which method a desired crosslinked polymer can be produced in a high solid content with good productivity (also at a low production cost), and a crosslinked polymer obtained by the production method and a coating composition containing the same. A method for producing a crosslinked polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 15000 to 200000, the method comprising step [I] of obtaining a crosslinked polymer (A) by conducting polymerization of a monomer composition comprising 2 to 30% by weight of a polyfunctional methacrylate having 2 to 4 functional groups (a) and 98 to 70% by weight of one or more polymerizable monomers selected from the group consisting of monofunctional (meth)acrylates, (meth)acrylic acid, and monofunctional vinyl aromatic compounds (b) in an organic solvent in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator in a temperature region where the radical polymerization initiator comes to have a half-life of 4 to 18 minutes.

Provided is a maleimide resin film highly filled with inorganic particles and having a superior adhesion force. The maleimide resin film contains: (a) a maleimide represented by the following formula (1):

##STR00001## wherein A independently represents a tetravalent organic group having a cyclic structure(s); B independently represents an alkylene group that has not less than 6 carbon atoms and at least one aliphatic ring having not less than 5 carbon atoms, and may contain a hetero atom; Q independently represents an arylene group that has not less than 6 carbon atoms, and may contain a hetero atom; W represents a group represented by B or Q; n represents a number of 0 to 100, m represents a number of 0 to 100, provided that at least one of n or m is a positive number; (b) a (meth)acrylate; (c) inorganic particles; and (d) a curing catalyst.

Provided is a maleimide resin film highly filled with inorganic particles and having a superior adhesion force. The maleimide resin film contains: (a) a maleimide represented by the following formula (1):

##STR00001## wherein A independently represents a tetravalent organic group having a cyclic structure(s); B independently represents an alkylene group that has not less than 6 carbon atoms and at least one aliphatic ring having not less than 5 carbon atoms, and may contain a hetero atom; Q independently represents an arylene group that has not less than 6 carbon atoms, and may contain a hetero atom; W represents a group represented by B or Q; n represents a number of 0 to 100, m represents a number of 0 to 100, provided that at least one of n or m is a positive number; (b) a (meth)acrylate; (c) inorganic particles; and (d) a curing catalyst.

A polymer latex composition for fibre binding includes: a) 50 to 98 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of first latex particles having a volume average particle size of 80 to 1000 nm, wherein the first latex particles optionally bear functional groups and if functional groups are present they are selected from functional groups consisting of acid functional groups and salts, amides or anhydrides thereof, silane functional groups, and combinations thereof; b) 2 to 50 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of second latex particles having a volume average particle size of 5 to 70 nm bearing epoxy functional groups, to the use of that composition for fibre binding, to a fibre structure including the dried residue of that composition and to a method for increasing the strength of a fibre structure.

A polymer latex composition for fibre binding includes: a) 50 to 98 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of first latex particles having a volume average particle size of 80 to 1000 nm, wherein the first latex particles optionally bear functional groups and if functional groups are present they are selected from functional groups consisting of acid functional groups and salts, amides or anhydrides thereof, silane functional groups, and combinations thereof; b) 2 to 50 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of second latex particles having a volume average particle size of 5 to 70 nm bearing epoxy functional groups, to the use of that composition for fibre binding, to a fibre structure including the dried residue of that composition and to a method for increasing the strength of a fibre structure.

To provide a laminate excellent in alkali resistance and interlaminar strength at high temperature, and a process for producing the laminate. A process for producing a laminate, comprising producing a non-crosslinked laminate having a layer of a first composition containing a copolymer having fluorine atoms and a layer of a second composition containing a non-fluorinated elastic polymer, and crosslinking the first composition and the second composition to produce a laminate having a first layer formed of a crosslinked product of the first composition and a second layer formed of a crosslinked product of the second composition, wherein when the first composition and the second composition contains a common crosslinking aid, the absolute value of the crosslinking rate difference between the first composition and the second composition is at most 0.30.

The present invention relates to polymer latex composition for fibre binding comprising: a) 50 to 98 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of first latex particles having a volume average particle size of 80 to 1000 nm, wherein the first latex particles optionally bear functional groups and if functional groups are present they are selected from functional groups consisting of acid functional groups and salts, amides or anhydrides thereof, silane functional groups, and combinations thereof; b) 2 to 50 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of second latex particles having a volume average particle size of 5 to 70 nm bearing epoxy functional groups, to the use of that composition for fibre binding, to a fibre structure comprising the dried residue of that composition and to a method for increasing the strength of a fibre structure.

The present invention relates to polymer latex composition for fibre binding comprising: a) 50 to 98 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of first latex particles having a volume average particle size of 80 to 1000 nm, wherein the first latex particles optionally bear functional groups and if functional groups are present they are selected from functional groups consisting of acid functional groups and salts, amides or anhydrides thereof, silane functional groups, and combinations thereof; b) 2 to 50 wt.-% based on the total weight of latex particles in the composition of second latex particles having a volume average particle size of 5 to 70 nm bearing epoxy functional groups, to the use of that composition for fibre binding, to a fibre structure comprising the dried residue of that composition and to a method for increasing the strength of a fibre structure.