Abstract: UV curable coatings containing dual phase filler-polymer compositions with high resistivity, low dielectric constant, good optical density, and controlled electrical resistivity are described, and cured coatings or films formed thereof, along with their use in black matrix, black column spacers, and other light shielding coating elements in LCD. Devices having these black matrices, black column spacers, and/or other light shielding coating elements, and methods of preparing and making these various materials and products are also described.

Abstract: Provided are methods for surface-modifying a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, which can cost-effectively provide a variety of functions, e.g. sliding properties or liquid leakage resistance.

Abstract: Described are: an active-energy-ray-curable composition (38) containing a phosphate ester compound of which an aqueous solution prepared by extracting with 50 mL of water per 1 g of the phosphate ester compound has a pH value of 6.5 to 7.5 at 25° C., wherein the value of (the concentration of phosphoric acid in the aqueous solution, expressed in mass ppm)×(the content of the phosphate ester compound in the active-energy-ray-curable composition, expressed in mass %) is 50 or less; and a process for producing a transparent film (40) which includes the active-energy-ray-curable composition (38) and in which a cured resin layer (44) having a fine uneven structure is formed on the surface of a base film (42).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for polymerization of hydrocarbons. In accordance with the process of the present disclosure, a hydrocarbon and a photo-initiator is introduced in a reaction vessel and then agitated for a predetermined time period. In the next step, the reaction vessel containing the agitating hydrocarbon and the photo-initiator is irradiated with visible light to obtain a polymerized hydrocarbon. The process of present disclosure is carried out in an atmosphere containing oxygen less than 0.65% in the reaction vessel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for making cross-linked oxidation-resistant polymeric materials and preventing or minimizing in vivo elution of antioxidant from the antioxidant-containing polymeric materials. The invention also provides methods of doping polymeric materials with a spatial control of cross-linking and antioxidant distribution, for example, vitamin E (?-Tocopherol), and methods for extraction/elution of antioxidants, for example, vitamin E (?-tocopherol), from surface regions of antioxidant-containing polymeric materials, and materials used therewith also are provided.

Abstract: A mill base composition includes a compound comprising a divinyl ester of a dicarboxylic acid, a dispersing agent, and a pigment. The divinyl ester of the carboxylic acid includes from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms. The mill base composition is subjected to milling with milling beads to produce a milled mill base composition that functions as a pigment concentrate that may be added to an ink vehicle to form an ink composition suitable for use in inkjet ink devices. The milled mill base composition is particularly suited for UV curable ink compositions. A UV curable ink composition includes the pigment concentrate, one or more UV curable monomers, and one or more UV initiators.

Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable composition including: a cyan pigment; and a polymerizable compound, wherein a ratio of absorbance at a wavelength of 385 nm to absorbance at a wavelength of 620 nm is 0.65 or less.

Abstract: A photocationically curable ink jet ink includes: a photoacid generator; a pigment; a monofunctional epoxy compound; a bifunctional epoxy compound; a monofunctional oxetane compound; and a bifunctional oxetane compound. In the photocationically curable ink jet ink, a concentration of the monofunctional epoxy compound is 20 wt % to 50 wt %, a concentration of the bifunctional epoxy compound is 20 wt % to 50 wt %, a concentration of the monofunctional oxetane compound is 5 wt % to 20 wt %, and a concentration of the bifunctional oxetane compound is 5 wt % to 20 wt %.

Abstract: Provided are methods for surface-modifying a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, which enable surfaces with a chemically fixed lubricant to be produced instead of a resin coating which has drawbacks, such as that lubricity is reduced due to separation, peeling or the like of the coating during the movement within a vessel or tract. The present invention relates to a method for surface-modifying an object made of a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, the method including step 1 of forming polymerization initiation points on a surface of the object, and step 2 of radically polymerizing a halogen-containing deliquescent monomer, starting from the polymerization initiation points, by irradiation with ultraviolet light having a wavelength within the range of 300 to 400 nm to grow polymer chains on the surface of the object.

Abstract: A heat-resistant adhesive sheet for semiconductor testing, used in a performance test while semiconductor chips are heated includes: a base material; and an adhesive layer provided on the base material, the base material having a thermal shrinkage of lower than 1% when being heated at 150 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes and a linear expansion coefficient of equal to or lower than 5.0×10?5 at 60 to 150 degrees Celsius, and the adhesive layer containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer, a photopolymerizable compound, a polyfunctional isocyanate curing agent, and photoinitiator. The adhesive layer contains 5 to 200 parts by mass of the photopolymerizable compound, 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of the polyfunctional isocyanate curing agent, and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of the photoinitiator, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the(meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer. The adhesive layer is free of tackifying resin.

Abstract: Provided are a photocurable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including an acrylic polymer, an epoxy resin, a crosslinking agent and a photopolymerization initiator, an organic electronic device having an encapsulant including the composition using a film-state product, that is, a curable pressure-sensitive adhesive film, including the composition, and a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device using the curable pressure-sensitive adhesive film.

Abstract: An adhesive composition for bonding to bone and bone-like structures includes a polymerizable, multifunctional acidic monomer having a concentration ranging from about 5% to about 45% by weight of the adhesive composition, one or more multifunctional monomers with one or more ethylenically unsaturated groups having a concentration ranging from about 20% to about 60% by weight of the adhesive composition, an organically modified calcium phosphate salt with one or more pendant polymerizable groups having a concentration ranging from about 1% to about 50% by weight of the adhesive composition, and a polymerization initiator system. A method of forming the adhesive composition is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper rubber (10) for a windshield wiper, comprising a wiper rubber substructure (1) with a wiper lip section (2) and a reinforcement section (4), the wiper rubber substructure (1) being uncoated and being formed from ethylene-propylene-diene rubber and/or ethylene-propylene rubber. In order to improve the wear resistance, wiping characteristics and wiping quality of the wiper rubber (10), the surface of the wiper rubber substructure (1) at least in a partial region (2c, 2c?) of the wiper lip section (2) has been treated with ultraviolet radiation. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a wiper rubber, to a correspondingly produced wiper rubber and to a windshield wiper equipped therewith.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a superabsorbent polymer resin comprising agglomerated particles with a size of 450 ?m or less, and a method for preparing the same. The superabsorbent polymer resin exhibits significant improvement in absorption rate and permeability.

Abstract: A dental composite composition is disclosed that includes a polymerizable resin, filler particles, and at least one polymerizable stable radical. A variety of polymerizable stable radicals may be employed, including those that have a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl moiety. Compositions as described herein exhibit excellent mechanical strength, hardness, and flexural modulus, while also significantly decreasing shrinkage stress caused by polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition, comprising a polymerizable monomer of formula (I), a copolymerizable UV-initiator, at least one copolymerizable (meth)acrylic monomer: R1—(OCH2CH2)n-L-OC(O)—CR2?CH2??Formula (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C6 alkyl group, n is an integer from 1 to 100, L is a single bond or a divalent linking group, preferably a single bond or a C1-6 alkylene group, and R2 is hydrogen or a CH3 group; and optionally (d) at least one copolymerizable non-acrylate monomer; wherein the amount of the polymerizable monomer of formula (I) is between 2.5 and 40% by weight of the total of all polymerizable monomers (a), (b), (c) and (d). The invention also relates to a random copolymer obtained by reacting the polymerizable composition, a crosslinked product of the random copolymer and an adhesive composite material comprising the random copolymer or the crosslinked product on a substrate.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive holographic recording composition is described wherein the composition comprises diacetone acrylamide, glycerol and citric acid. The composition is capable of recording high diffraction efficiency reflection holograms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a modified effect pigment in a radiation-curable coating composition, wherein the modified effect pigment is an effect pigment that is coated with at least one metal oxide layer to which at least one organic compound having one or more functional groups with a carbon-carbon multiple bond is bound. The invention is particularly suitable for metallic effect pigments, in particular aluminum pigments. A further part of the invention is the use of a modified effect pigment in a radiation-curable coating composition, wherein the modified effect pigment is an effect pigment to which at least one organic compound having one or more functional groups with a carbon-carbon multiple bond is bound. The radiation-curable, preferably UV-curable, coating compositions can in particular be lacquers, paints, printing inks, nail varnish or plastics.

Abstract: A system and method for light stimulation within a medium. The system has a reduced-voltage x-ray source configured to generate x-rays from a peak applied cathode voltage at or below 105 kVp, and a plurality of energy-emitting particles in the medium which, upon radiation from the x-ray source, radiate at a first lower energy than the x-ray source to interact with at least one photoactivatable agent in the medium. The method introduces the plurality of energy-emitting particles into the medium, radiates the energy-emitting particles in the medium with x-rays generated from a peak applied cathode voltage at or below 105 kVp; and emits a lower energy than the x-ray source to interact with the medium or with at least one photoactivatable agent in the medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition which uses a polyimide precursor that has excellent solubility in organic solvents and is capable of reducing the viscosity of a resin composition obtained therefrom. The solution according to the present invention is a photosensitive resin composition which contains: an aromatic amide resin that has, as a main repeating unit, a specific structure having an amide group, a trifluoromethyl group and an aromatic ring; (b) a sensitizer; and (c) a solvent.