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Disclosed are branched polyphosphonates produced via a superior transesterification process, and methods related thereto. These branched polyphosphonates exhibit a unique and advantageous combination of properties, such as outstanding fire resistance, improved heat stability, improved toughness, and superior processing characteristics. Also disclosed are polymer compositions that comprise these branched polyphosphonates and at least one other polymer, wherein the resulting polymer compositions exhibit flame retardant properties. Further disclosed are articles of manufacture produced from these polymers, such as fibers, films, coated substrates, moldings, foams, fiber-reinforced articles, or any combination thereof; these articles may be coated with a moisture barrier to enhance their moisture resistance properties.

A PSA laminate is provided comprising at least one non-adhesive laminate and at least one tackifier layer; wherein the non-adhesive laminate comprises at least one facestock layer and at least one adhesive base layer; wherein the facestock layer comprises at least one facestock material; wherein the adhesive base layer comprises at least one adhesive base polymer; wherein the tackifier layer comprises at least one tackifier; wherein the tackifier composition is not a PSA; and wherein the tackifier layer is applied to the adhesive base layer side of the non-adhesive laminate to produce the PSA laminate. Processes for producing the PSA laminate are also provided as well as articles comprises the PSA laminates.

A low cost, high performance flexible, rodent resistant reinforcement member that can be used for both optical and copper communications cable. The reinforcement members made according to the preferred process are more rigid than known reinforcement members, but are less rigid than glass pultruded rods. Communications cables utilizing these members are lightweight and exhibit an improved combination of strength and flexibility compared to traditional communications cables. Further, these communication cables may then be installed into underground ducts using more economical and faster installation techniques.

Concentrates of a carbon-based filler—such as carbon nanotubes, exfoliated graphite, and the like—and a macrocyclic polyester oligomer (also referred to herein as macrocyclic oligoester or MPO) are presented. When mixed with polymer, the MPO can act as a flow modifier, as well as a carrier for the carbon-based filler, allowing enhanced processability of the polymer-filler composite without adversely affecting the properties of the composite.

The present invention is directed to a method of making an inclusion complex comprising an acylated cyclodextrin host molecule and a guest molecule, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a)contacting the acylated cyclodextrin host molecule and the guest molecule to form an inclusion complex; and b) precipitating the inclusion complex in an aqueous medium. The present invention is further directed to an inclusion complex comprising an acylated cyclodextrin host molecule and a guest molecule, wherein the guest molecule comprises from about 2% (wt.) to about 15% (wt.) of the inclusion complex. Moreover, the present invention relates to a composition comprising a polymer and an inclusion complex, wherein the inclusion complex comprises an acylated cyclodextrin host molecule and a guest molecule and medical devices and solid pharmaceutical compositions comprised thereof.

The thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention is obtained by graft polymerizing a monomer that composes a polymer that is compatible with or has affinity for polycarbonate resin in the presence of a polymer that is incompatible with polycarbonate resin; wherein, the weight average molecular weight of a soluble component that dissolves in chloroform is 10,000 to 100,000. In the case of using this thermoplastic resin composition in an engineering plastic, fluidity can be improved without impairing the characteristics of the engineering plastic. The engineering plastic composition of the present invention is preferably used in the field of housings and various parts of OA equipment, telecommunications equipment and home appliances such as photocopiers, facsimiles, televisions, radios, tape recorders, video decks, personal computers, printers, telephones, information terminals, refrigerators and microwave ovens, as well as in other fields such as automotive parts.

A PSA laminate is provided comprising: a) at least one outer filmic layer (A) comprising at least one filmic polymer; b) at least one adhesive base layer (B) comprising at least one adhesive base polymer; and c) at least one tackifier layer (C) comprising at least one tackifier and at least one polymer; wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive laminate is obtainable by co-extruding the outer filmic layer (A) with the adhesive base layer (B) to produce a non-adhesive laminate and applying the tackifier layer (C) to the adhesive base layer side of the non-adhesive laminate to produce the PSA laminate. Processes for producing the PSA laminate, and articles comprising the PSA laminate are also provided.

The invention provides a glaze for fast-fired crystal glaze ceramic tile and a preparation method and applications of ceramic tile. The glaze comprises basic crystal glaze and a color developing agent, wherein the basic crystal glaze comprises the following raw materials: zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, quartz, cryolite, zinc phosphate, kaolin, and lead frit. A proper amount of zinc phosphate is introduced into the glaze to avoid the raw material frit treatment, which is carried out to ensure the residual amount of nucleating agent, the requirements on the glaze granularity are reduced, the manufacture technologies of crystal glaze and ceramic tiles are simplified, and the technical difficulties that the crystal glaze sintering technology is complicated, the crystal patterns are difficult to control, and the production cost is high are solved. Moreover, the addition amount of quartz and lead frit is precisely controlled to obtain crystal glaze art ceramic tiles which have the advantages of good crystallization effect, strong three-dimensional effect, and good artistic effect. The provided preparation method has the advantages of simpleness, lower sintering temperature, shorter period, and suitability for massive industrial production.

Insoluble polyphosphonates produced via a transesterification process, methods for preparing such insoluble polyphosphonates and polymer compositions and articles of manufacture including such insoluble polyphosphonates are described herein.

The invention provides a polylactic acid composition and a polylactic acid product. The polylactic acid composition comprises the following components by weight percent: 50 to 80 percent of polylactic acid, 0 to 35 percent of adipic acid-polybutylene terephthalate, 0 to 35 percent of poly(butylene succinate), 0.05 to 0.5 percent of peroxide, 0.05 to 0.5 percent of chain extendor and 3 to 15 percent of plasticizer, wherein the content of the adipic acid-polybutylene terephthalate and the content of the poly(butylene succinate) are not 0 percent. The mechanical properties such as melt strength, elongation at break, tenacity and anti-tear strength of the polylactic acid composition provided by the invention are improved, so that the polylactic acid composition with better comprehensive mechanical properties can be obtained, and the polylactic acid composition has more stable processability and better film forming stability.

The invention relates to a biodegradable branched aromatic polyester-aliphatic polyester multi-block polymer and a preparation method thereof. By combining excellent biological degradability of aliphatic polyester, excellent mechanical property, thermal performance and stability of aromatic polyester and improved physical and mechanical performances of branched aliphatic polyester, the invention provides the biodegradable branched aromatic polyester-aliphatic polyester multi-block polymer. The multi-block polymer is a branched multi-block copolymer comprising an chain segment I and a chain segment II, or a branched multi-block polymer comprising the chain segment I and a chain segment III, or a branched multi-block polymer comprising the chain segment I, the chain segment II and a chain segment III. According to the multi-block polymer, the defects of the aliphatic polyester in performance are overcome; and the multi-block polymer has the advantages of high viscosity of fused mass, high strength of the fused mass, excellent stability and the like.

A shred resistant, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, micromesh interproximal device produced by fibrillating and slitting stretched polyethylene film having a tensile-strength from between about 0.7 GPa and about 5 GPa, where said polyethylene has an intrinsic viscosity of from between about 5 and about 50 dl/g and wherein said resultant micromesh tape is coated with an oral care substance at from between about 10 and about 120 mg/yd.

A cap film is formed over semiconductor films formed over an insulating substrate; the semiconductor films are irradiated with a laser beam which is capable of completely melting the semiconductor film in a film-thickness direction to completely melt the semiconductor film. By controlling the laser beam, a crystalline semiconductor films are formed over the substrate, in each of which orientations of crystal planes are controlled. In addition, an n-channel thin film transistor is formed using a crystalline region in which crystal planes are oriented along {001} and a p-channel thin film transistor is formed using a crystalline region in which crystal planes are oriented along {211} or {101}.

The invention discloses a polyvinyl butyral foamed material, which belongs to the field of high molecular materials. Recycled waste and used polyvinyl butyral is taken as a main raw material; rubber or an elastomer is taken as a main auxiliary material; a foaming agent, a foaming auxiliary agent, a plasticizing agent, a foamed hole nucleating agent, a foamed hole regulating agent, a crosslinking agent, a filler and the like are taken as the auxiliary materials; all the materials are mixed in a high-speed mixing machine at high speed, melted and blended in an extruding machine or an enclosed mixing machine, and formed through compression molding foaming in a flat-plate vulcanizing machine to obtain a polymer foamed material. The foamed material has excellent performance of an elastomer foamed material, has excellent cohesive property, is easy to process, and can be changed from wastes to valuables.

The invention discloses a renewable polyurea-urethane based on dynamic covalent crosslinking of stable borate bonds, and a preparation method and an application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: dissolving an cyclic borate compound and an isocyanate compound which are coordinated in nitrogen and boron in an organic solvent according to a molar ratio of active hydrogento an isocyanate group: 1:(0.8-1.5), performing sufficient stirring to form a uniform solution, and completely reacting the uniform solution at a preset temperature to prepare a PUU resin gel, whereinthe isocyanate compound is one or a mixture of two or more of difunctional or/and trifunctional isocyanate compounds; the organic solvent is one or a mixture of two or more of strong polar solvents.The PUU of the present invention has the advantages of high strength, excellent mechanical properties, repairability and remoldability, and can be recycled many times.

Core/shell polymer is provided wherein the core comprises non-melt flowable PTFE and the shell comprises melt-fabricable perfluoropolymer, the core/shell polymer providing a thixotropic melt blend and improved physical properties as compared to the melt-fabricable perfluoropolymer by itself.

This invention provides a new through weld method to carry out welding of a base metal made of aluminum or that of aluminum alloy using high energy beams wherein a shield gas ambience (an inert gas ambience) to cover a welding site in a submerged-scar is formed, even a shield gas ambience (an inert gas ambience) to cover a welding site irradiated by the high energy beams. Since the former shield gas ambience to cover the submerged-scar pushes the keyhole against the gravity and/or the gas pressure force of the latter shield gas supplied to the laser irradiation side, then the forming of hang down of beads and the resultant projection of the welding base metal are prevented.

The invention discloses droplet-resistant flame-retardant polyester. The flame-retardant polyester is prepared by random copolymerization of a branched monomer, terephthalic acid or dimethyl terephthalate, ethylene glycol and flame-retardant monomer, wherein the branched monomer is an aliphatic compound or aromatic compound having three or more functional groups; and the flame-retardant monomers adopts any of the following structures. The invention also discloses a method for preparing the droplet-resistant flame-retardant polyester, a nanometer compound material containing the droplet-resistant flame-retardant polyester and a method for preparing the nanometer compound material. Because the droplet-resistant flame-retardant polyester provided by the invention simultaneously contains the branched monomer and the fire retardant having the droplet-resistant effect, the melt viscosity of the droplet-resistant flame-retardant polyester at the high temperature is greatly improved, the sensitivity of the droplet-resistant flame-retardant polyester to temperature is lowered, and the droplet-resistant effect is good; because of the nanometer effect and the blocking effect, the nanometer compound material shows better droplet-resistant effect; and the polyester and the nanometer compound material can be directly used as raw materials for preparing fibers, engineering plastics, films and the like.