Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a polymer best suited for use as a medical adhesive excellent in wet adhesion strength (water-resistant adhesive strength). In the present invention, a polymer capable of forming a cured film and useful as a medical adhesive, which has a viscosity at 37° C. of 0.5 to 2,000 Pa·s and shows a saturated water absorption of 0.2 to 5 ml/g, is used. The above-mentioned polymer preferably shows an initial water absorption rate of 0.01 to 0.5 ml/g·min, the wet elongation percentage of the cured film is preferably 100 to 1,500%, and the wet 100% modulus of the cured film is preferably 0.01 to 10 MPa. Additionally, it is preferable that the above-mentioned polymer contains oxyethylene groups and in which the oxyethylene group content is 30 to 100% by weight based on the weight of the polymer.

Abstract: A thermoreversibly thickening binder composition, comprises a resin latex wherein the amount of an emulsifier in the aqueous phase is smaller than 0.01 mmol/g, and a vinyl polymer having reversibility of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity at a certain transition temperature. The resin latex is preferably prepared by using an emulsifier having a radically polymerizable group, and preferable as said vinyl polymer is a polymer having a cation-forming group. The binder composition exhibits an excellent chemical stability to factors other than heat without causing migration of the latex resin particles onto the surface of the coated layer even during the time of heat-drying, and thermoreversible thickening effects caused by a sharp heat-sensitive gelling properties. When applied to preparation of coated paper and pressure-sensitive recording sheet, the binder composition provides products excellent in gloss, printability and color producing properties.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water-based ink for ink-jet, comprising a liquid composition containing a coloring material and a liquid medium, wherein the ink comprises a heat-reversible type thickening polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of a polymer composition comprising (A) a copolymer which comprises (a.sub.1) a unit derived from a vinyl monomer having a hydrolyzable silyl group and (a.sub.2) a unit derived from another vinyl monomer copolymerizable with (a.sub.1), and (B) a water-soluble polymer having an amineimide group. The aqueous dispersion of the present invention has good polymerization stability, mechanical stability and storage stability, and is useful in various applications such as coating materials, paints, adhesives, primers and binders.

Abstract: A thermoreversible thickener comprising a water-soluble copolymer containing as constituent monomer at least 50% by weight of a vinyl carboxylic ester of a cylic amine or a non-cyclic amine with at least 5 carbons with an alkylene oxide added thereto. The thickener, with a transition temperature which can be easily controlled according to the purpose of application such as coating, rolling oil, adhesives or inks, has a characteristic such that heating the aqueous solution thereof up to a temperature above the transition temperature causes rapid thickening of the solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a viscosity index improver in the form of a high-concentration non-aqueous dispersion of a low-viscosity olefinic polymer and a method of preparing the same.