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.

Provided is a composition capable of forming an optically anisotropic film exhibiting reverse wavelength dispersibility and an Nz factor of about 0.50 (0.40 to 0.60); as well as an optically anisotropic, a circularly polarizing plate, and a display device. The composition includes a non-colorable rod-like compound having an acid group or a salt thereof, a non-colorable plate-like compound having an acid group or a salt thereof, and a salt consisting of a cation and an anion, and exhibiting lyotropic liquid crystallinity, in which a ratio W obtained by Expression (W) is 0.25 to 1.75, and a maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 230 to 400 nm of the rod-like compound is smaller than a maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 230 to 400 nm of the plate-like compound.

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}\mathrm{Ratio}W=\frac{\left(C1+C2+C3\right)-\left(A1+A2\right)}{A2}& \left(W\right)\end{array}$

Provided are a liquid crystal polymer particle in which a difference in contact angle of the liquid crystal polymer particle with water due to a water droplet in air at 25° C. and 50% RH between inside the particle and a surface of the particle is 7° or greater, a liquid crystal polymer particle in which a difference in atomic ratio of an oxygen atom to a carbon atom measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy between inside a particle and a surface of the particle is 0.02 or greater, a method of producing the liquid crystal polymer particle, and a composite material formed of the liquid crystal polymer particle.

Provided are a polymer film including a particle-containing layer that contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a liquid crystal polymer, a polysulfone resin, a polyethersulfone resin, and a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and liquid crystal polymer particles, in which a content of the liquid crystal polymer particles in the particle-containing layer is 40% by volume or greater, and a method of producing the same, and a laminate formed of the polymer film and a method of producing the same.

An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal polymer film having a low dielectric loss tangent. In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a laminate having the liquid crystal polymer film.

The liquid crystal polymer film includes a liquid crystal polymer and a filler, in which, in a case where the liquid crystal polymer film includes one kind of the filler, a dielectric loss tangent of the filler under conditions of 25° C. and a frequency of 10 GHz is 0.0020 or less, and in a case where the liquid crystal polymer film includes two or more kinds of the fillers, a mass average value of dielectric loss tangents of the two or more kinds of the fillers under the conditions of 25° C. and a frequency of 10 GHz is 0.0020 or less, and a ratio of a volume occupied by the filler is 10% by volume or more with respect to a total volume of the liquid crystal polymer film.

A liquid crystal polymer film that includes: a benzene ring; a naphthalene ring; and a carboxymethyl group, wherein, in a .sup.13C-NMR spectrum of a liquid crystal polymer film decomposed with supercritical methanol, an integral value CA of a peak derived from the benzene ring, an integral value CB of a peak derived from the naphthalene ring, and an integral value CC of a peak derived from the carboxymethyl group satisfy (CA+CB)/CC of 1.35 to 1.65.

An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer film having a small anisotropy of linear expansion factor. Another object of the present invention is to provide a substrate for communication including the polymer film.

The polymer film of the present invention is a polymer film including a liquid crystal polymer, in which, in a case of observing a surface of the polymer film under a crossed nicol environment with a polarization microscope, a plurality of bright portions are observed in an observation region, and in the plurality of bright portions, an equivalent circle diameter of a bright portion having a maximum equivalent circle diameter is 10 μm or less.

The disclosure discloses a high-frequency transmission LCP film and preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) separately performing acetylation on monomers to obtain acetylated monomers; (2) performing high-temperature polymerization on the acetylated monomers, phenolic resin, acetic anhydride and zinc acetate, and performing pulverization to obtain liquid crystal copolyester; (3) ball milling the liquid crystal copolyester, an inorganic filler, a silane coupling agent and a glass fiber and mixing to obtain a mixture; and melt-plasticizing the mixture to form a film after cooling, performing longitudinal and transverse synchronous stretching, then winding and slitting the film to obtain a high-frequency transmission LCP film. In the disclosure, by adjusting the type and ratio of acetylated monomers and adding phenolic resin, a regular fibrous structure is obtained; and by adding an inorganic filler, a silane coupling agent and glass fibers, its mechanical properties are enhanced and dielectric loss is reduced, thereby obtaining an LCP film with low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss factor which can be applied to the fields of electronics, electricity, optical fiber, 5G communication and the like.

A polymer composition comprising carbon nanostructures dispersed within a polymer matrix that includes a thermoplastic polymer having a deflection temperature under load of about 40° C. or more as determined in accordance with ISO 75:2013 at a load of 1.8 MPa and a melting temperature of about 140° C. or more is provided. The carbon nanostructures include carbon nanotubes that are arranged in a network having a web-like morphology and optionally disposed on a substrate.

The present invention features a pouch comprising a single layer of polymer material having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is disposed to define an interior space surrounded by the second surface of the pouch, and wherein the first surface is disposed to define the exterior of the pouch, wherein the single layer has a uniform thickness between the first surface and second surface, wherein the polymer material comprises a liquid crystal polymer, and wherein the pouch has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 0.1 g/m2/day between the interior space and the first surface of the pouch.