Abstract: A composition for image recording includes a curable material that is curable by an external stimulus, and an oil absorbing material.

Abstract: A method of controlling gloss of an image includes forming an image over a substrate by applying a colored or colorless composition, included a colored ink and/or a colorless overcoat composition, over one or more portions of the substrate, wherein the colored or colorless composition includes at least one gellant, at least one curable monomer, at least one curable wax and optionally at least one photoinitiator, wherein the colored or colorless composition is curable upon exposure to radiation, and curing the colored or colorless composition following application by applying radiation to the colored or colorless composition and, during the curing, controlling an amount of oxygen present in an atmosphere around the image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable N-substituted acrylamide phosphorus-containing monomers, organic polymers formed from the same. Incorporation of said monomers into adhesives, pigment dispersants, coatings or films for polar surfaces or particles gives improved adhesive, anti-corrosive, and flame retardant properties.

Abstract: A multilayer body 20 formed by applying a layer between sheet-like bases 2 and 3 using an application portion 5 is conveyed at a predetermined speed by a conveying roll 11, and a polymerization reaction is induced in the layer of photoreactive product 8 by irradiating the multilayer body 20 that has been conveyed in an irradiation chamber 10 with ultraviolet rays emitted from ultraviolet ray emitting LEDs 25, and furthermore, low temperature air is blown out from cooling apparatuses 17, and thus, the multilayer body 20, which becomes of a high temperature state as a result of the polymerization reaction of the layer of photoreactive product 8, is cooled in the configuration.

Abstract: An ink composition containing at least a polymerizable composition, a pigment, and a polymer represented by General Formula (1): where R1 represents an (m+n)-valent organic linking group, R2 represents a single bond or divalent organic linking group; A1 represents a monovalent organic group having a pigment adsorption structure that contains at least one selected from organic pigment structure, heterocyclic structure, acidic group, group having a basic nitrogen atom, urea group, urethane group, group having a coordinating oxygen atom, hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbon atoms, alkoxysilyl group, epoxy group, isocyanate group, and hydroxyl group; the n groups A1 and bonds or groups R2 may independently be the same or different; “m” is 1 to 8, “n” is 2 to 9, and m+n is 3 to 10; P1 represents a polymer skeleton; and the m skeletons P1 may be the same or different.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a material for use in imprint lithography that features a composition having a viscosity associated therewith and including a surfactant, a polymerizable component, and an initiator responsive to a stimuli to vary the viscosity in response thereto, with the composition, in a liquid state, having the viscosity being lower than about 100 centipoises, a vapor pressure of less than about 20 Torr, and in a solid cured state a tensile modulus of greater than about 100 MPa, a break stress of greater than about 3 MPa and an elongation at break of greater than about 2%.

Abstract: An ink composition includes (A) at least one polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer having an aliphatic cyclic structure, an N-vinyllactam, and an aromatic monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer, (B) a radical polymerization initiator, (C) a pigment, and (D) a graft copolymer having a repeating unit represented by the formula below in a graft chain: wherein R denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X denotes a single bond, —O—, —CO—, —COO—, —CONR1—, —OCO—, or a phenylene group, R1 denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, L denotes a single bond or a divalent linking group, Z denotes —NR2R3, R2 and R3 independently denote a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and R2 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.

Abstract: Hydrophobic coating compositions are provided as are processes to coat articles with the compositions. Extremely hydrophobic coatings are provided by the compositions. Durable, weatherable and scratch-resistant coatings are provided by compositions comprising a trifluoromethyl-containing component and a hardenable material. Weatherable coatings are also provided by compositions comprising a mobile non-volatile fluorinated component and a hardenable material. Processes are also provided for forming hydrophobic coatings on articles.

Abstract: the invention provides a composition having laser engraving properties, comprising a host material and a laser enhancing additive. The host material comprises a material, such as a polymer, modified by a first process, whereby the host material as modified by the first process has increased thermal conductivity as compared to the host material before the first process. The laser enhancing additive comprises a first quantity of at least one of copper potassium iodide (CuKI3), Copper Iodide (CuI), potassium iodide (KI), sodium iodide (NaI), and aluminum iodide (AlI), and a second quantity of at least one substance selected from the group consisting of zinc sulfide (ZnS), barium sulfide (BaS), alkyl sulfonate, and thioester.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for inducing reversible chain cleavage of polymer chains in a crosslinked polymeric material. Reversible cleavage of the polymer backbone is capable of relieving stress in the polymeric material as the bonds reform in a less stressed state. The invention also provides methods for making polymeric materials capable of reversible chain cleavage, materials made by the methods of the invention, and linear monomers containing reversible chain cleavage groups which are useful in the materials and methods of the invention.

Abstract: The invention comprises methods for the photolithographic patterning of features in a photo-curable polymer composition coated onto a plastic substrate. In one embodiment of this invention, the plastic substrate is coated with a reflective film such as a metallic barrier. In another embodiment, the plastic substrate is coated or co-extruded with a polymer barrier layer containing an additive that absorbs the photo-curing radiation. In yet another embodiment the plastic substrate contains an intrinsic additive that absorbs the photo-curing radiation. Combinations of these embodiments are also within the scope of this invention. The methods of the present invention may be advantageously applied to the fabrication of optical waveguides comprising a photo-curable polymer supported on a plastic substrate, but are applicable to the fabrication of any device or object comprising a photo-curable polymer supported on a plastic substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of surface cross-linking superabsorbent polymer particles using UV irradiation. The superabsorbent polymer particles for use in the method of the present invention have a relatively high degree of neutralization. Bronsted acids are selectively applied onto the surface of the superabsorbent polymer particles to selectively facilitate a relatively high number of protonated carboxyl groups at the surface of the superabsorbent polymer particles while the relatively high degree of neutralization in the core of the superabsorbent polymer particles remains substantially unaffected.

Abstract: A process for preparing functionalised microporous polymers (which are also known as micro-cellular polymers or polyHIPE polymers (PHPs)) using intensified internal heating (for example by microwave irradiation).

Abstract: The invention provides a dental coating kit with high adhesiveness to teeth that contains a primer composition including an acidic group-containing polymeric monomer (a), water (b) and a water-soluble solvent (c) and a surface smoothing composition including a polyfunctional polymeric monomer (f), a volatile solvent (g) and a photopolymerization initiator (h); and a dental coating kit with high adhesiveness to teeth and minimally suffering from chipping and peeling off that contains a primer composition including an acidic group-containing polymeric monomer (a), water (b) and a water-soluble solvent (c), a coating composition including a polymeric monomer (d) and a photopolymerization initiator (e), and a surface smoothing composition including a polyfunctional polymeric monomer (f), a volatile solvent (g) and a photopolymerization initiator (h). Either dental coating kit is particularly useful as a kit for preventing stain and color return of a bleached tooth.

Abstract: A system for energy upconversion and/or down conversion and a system for producing a photostimulated reaction in a medium. These systems include 1) a nanoparticle configured, upon exposure to a first wavelength ?1 of radiation, to generate a second wavelength ?2 of radiation having a higher energy than the first wavelength ?1 and 2) a metallic structure disposed in relation to the nanoparticle. A physical characteristic of the metallic structure is set to a value where a surface plasmon resonance in the metallic structure resonates at a frequency which provides a spectral overlap with either the first wavelength ?1 or the second wavelength ?2, or with both ?1 and ?2. The system for producing a photostimulated reaction in a medium includes a receptor disposed in the medium in proximity to the nanoparticle which, upon activation by the second wavelength ?2, generates the photostimulated reaction.

Abstract: An ink includes a solvent, a colorant, an initiator or dispersant, and a mixture of polymerizable high-viscosity component and polymerizable low-viscosity component polymerizable low-viscosity component.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid coating material curable with actinic radiation, substantially or entirely free from organic solvents, comprising (A) at least two compounds of general formula X—O—Y(—OH)—Z-Gr wherein X is a C6-C14 aromatic radical, C5-C20 heterocyclic aromatic radical or C6-C30 alkyl radical, Y is a trivalent organic radical, Z is a linking functional group, and Gr is an organic radical comprising one group which can be activated with actinic radiation; with the proviso that at least one of the two compounds (A) comprises aromatic or heterocyclic aromatic radical X and at least one comprises alkyl radical X; (B) oligo- and polyurethanes and/or oligo- and polyesters comprising two or three groups which can be activated with actinic radiation; (C) color and/or effect pigments; (D) waxes; (E) matting agents; and (F) polysiloxane additives comprising groups which can be activated with actinic radiation, a process for preparing it, and use thereof.

Abstract: A film suitable for use as the light-modulating element of an SPD light valve. The film comprises a cross-linked polymer matrix and has droplets of a liquid light valve suspension distributed in the cross-linked polymer matrix.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition of adhering together first and second materials. The composition features a multi-functional reactive compound that includes a backbone group and first and second functional groups; a cross-linker, and a catalyst. The first functional group is responsive to a first actinic energy to form cross-linked molecules and to adhere a subset of the cross-linked molecules to the first material. The second functional group is responsive to a second actinic energy, differing from the first actinic energy to adhere to the second material.

Abstract: In various aspects provided are methods for producing a nanoparticle within a cross-linked, collapsed polymeric material. In various embodiments, the methods comprise (a) providing a polymeric solution comprising a polymeric material; (b) collapsing at least a portion of the polymeric material about one or more precursor moieties; (c) cross-linking the polymeric material; (d) modifying at least a portion of said precursor moieties to form one or more nanoparticles and thereby forming a composite nanoparticle.

Abstract: Pigments for inkjet inks are controllably functionalised to improve water-dispersibility, ozone resistance, etc., by irradiation of the pigment particle with high energy radiation, such as gamma radiation in air or by plasma activation, to form a stable functionalisable intermediate pigment particle, then activating the stable functionalisable intermediate, e.g. by heating, in the presence of a functionalising precursor (e.g. a polymer or polymerisable monomer) to form a modified pigment particle having one or more functionalising group grafted onto the pigment particle.

Abstract: In a method for synthesizing polymeric microstructures, a monomer stream is flowed, at a selected flow rate, through a fluidic channel. At least one shaped pulse of illumination is projected to the monomer stream, defining in the monomer stream a shape of at least one microstructure corresponding to the illumination pulse shape while polymerizing that microstructure shape in the monomer stream by the illumination pulse.

Abstract: Systems and methods that provide multi-attribute light effects, including one or more channels for each light effect, preferably both channels being provided in an array of solid state light emitters.

Abstract: Vehicles for ink compositions are disclosed. The described ink vehicles include at least one curable component, and optionally include initiating agents, colorants, non-curable components and other additives. Processes for preparing the ink vehicles and ink compositions containing the ink vehicles are also described.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a polyanhydride by irradiating one or more diacids with microwave radiation in the presence of a carboxylic anhydride so as to acylate the one or more diacids to yield at least one prepolymer, and irradiating the prepolymer with microwave radiation so as to polymerize said prepolymer to yield the polyanhydride, as a homopolymer or a copolymer. High purity polyanhydrides can be prepared by this method. Reaction times compared to conventional melt polycondensations can be significantly reduced. Copolymer polyanhydrides can also be prepared by the microware radiation techniques described herein.

Abstract: A curable composition for imprints, comprising at least one polymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the content of a polymerizable monomer having a viscosity at 25° C. of 7 mPa·s or more is 80% by mass or more, relative to all the polymerizable monomers contained in the composition. The curable composition for imprints has low volatility of the components even in a thin film coating on a substrate and is thus capable of forming a good pattern.

Abstract: Processes and systems for producing biodiesel or fatty acid esters from multiple triglyceride feedstocks are described herein.

Abstract: Adhesive compositions comprising a high molecular weight acrylic copolymer and a low molecular weight copolymer are disclosed. Adhesive articles and methods of making adhesive compositions and articles are also described.

Abstract: A method of forming a golf ball is disclosed herein. The method includes placing a golf ball precursor product comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane cover further comprising an isocyante or hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene in an isocyanate solution. The precursor product is then removed and heated to remove solvent. The precursor product may then be subjected to gamma or electron beam irradiation.

Abstract: In order to provide a method of manufacturing a polymer containing an extremely small amount of residual unreacted monomer component, and a material using the polymer, megasonic is directly radiated to a polymer containing a residual unreacted monomer under an atmosphere free of oxygen and moisture to thereby perfectly complete polymerization.

Abstract: A method of surface cross-linking superabsorbent polymer particles using UV irradiation is provided. The superabsorbent polymer particles for use in the method have a relatively high degree of neutralization. Brønsted acids are selectively applied onto the surface of the superabsorbent polymer particles to selectively facilitate a relatively high number of protonated carboxyl groups at the surface of the superabsorbent polymer particles while the relatively high degree of neutralization in the core of the superabsorbent polymer particles remains substantially unaffected.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides an integrated circuit having an organic field effect transistor (OFET) with a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is prepared from a polymer formulation comprising: about 100 parts of at least one crosslinkable base polymer, from about 10 to about 20 parts of at least one di- or tribenzyl alcohol compound as an electrophilic crosslinking component, from about 0.2 to about 10 parts of at least one photo acid generator, and at least one solvent. Another embodiment provides a semiconductor fabrication method. The method comprises applying the polymer formulation to a surface of a substrate, drying the polymer formulation, crosslinking the polymer formulation after drying, and baking the polymer formulation after crosslinking.

Abstract: Aqueous radiation curable binders comprising non-ionically stabilized epoxy resins ABC. Resins ABC are an adduct mixture of: adducts formed by the reaction of polyethylene glycol-modified epoxy resins A with olefinically unsaturated acids C, and adducts formed by the reaction of epoxy resins B, that are free from polyethylene glycol derived groups, with olefinically unsaturated acids C. A process for preparing aqueous radiation curable binders comprising non-ionically stabilized epoxy resins ABC, and a process of coating a substrate with aqueous radiation curable binders comprising non-ionically stabilized epoxy resins ABC.

Abstract: The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems.

Abstract: A dental adhesive composition comprising (i) at least one non-acidic polymerizable monomer having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, (ii) optionally one or more acidic compounds, (iii) at least one photoinitiator, (iv) at least one solvent, and (v) about 0-40% by weight of one or more fillers; wherein the weight ratio of non-acidic polymerizable monomers/acidic compounds in the adhesive composition is more than about 4.5; the viscosity of the adhesive composition is less than about 350 centipoise (cP) at 25° C.; and the adhesive composition excluding solvent and filler has an acid number of less than about 0.75 mmol NaOH/g. The dental adhesive composition is used with a dental primer composition, which may be provided together in a kit.

Abstract: A method of making a crosslinked polymer is provided as well as the polymer so made, the method comprising the steps of: providing a highly fluorinated fluoropolymer, typically a perfluorinated fluoropolymer, comprising pendent groups which include a group according to the formula —SO2X, where X is F, Cl, Br, OH, or —O?M+, where M+ is a monovalent cation, and exposing said fluoropolymer to electron beam radiation so as to result in the formation of crosslinks. Typically, the method according to the present invention additionally comprises the step of: forming said fluoropolymer into a membrane, typically having a thickness of 90 microns or less, more typically 60 microns or less, and most typically 30 microns or less.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising polymers and/or copolymers based at least predominantly on (meth)acrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof, wherein said composition possesses an outgassing level of not more than 50 ?g/g in total, preferably less than 10 ?g/g, when said composition is measured by the tesa method.

Abstract: UV photoresist materials are disclosed, based on EPON 154 or EPON 165. Preferred embodiments, based on a composite of EPON 154 and EPON 165, spread evenly into a flat, uniform layer, even without spin-coating. The preferred embodiments bond strongly to all substrates, and are resistant to cracking and debonding following exposure and development. The preferred embodiments have high UV transmittance, which promotes uniform photopolymerization throughout a thick layer. Structures may be produced by UV lithography that have a sidewall quality that has previously been attainable only by photolithography with a collimated x-ray source.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel aminium, diimonium, and polymethine borate dyes that have at least one absorption maximum in the infrared spectral region between about 700 and 2000 nm and that are useful as infrared absorbers, the anionic borate moiety having the formula: [BXaYb]?, in which a and b are integers with a ranging from 0 to 3 and b ranging from 1 to 4 and a+b=4; X, which may be identical or different, are each a halogen atom, an OH functional group, or a C1 to C20 alkyl or alicyclic radical, and Y, which may be identical or different, are each a phenyl radical, at least one Y substituted by at least one element or electron-withdrawing substituent such as a perfluoroalkyl group, or by one or more halogen atoms, or an aryl radical containing at least two aromatic ring members, which may also be further substituted. Such dyes may be incorporated into films or bulk materials to form light filters for electromagnetic radiation, including laser radiation.

Abstract: The invention relates to cross-link-resistant injectable hydrogel formulations and methods of partially or practically wholly inhibiting injectable hydrogel formulations from cross-linking, for example, during irradiation, using anti-cross-linking agents, which facilitates injectability of the hydrogel formulation. The invention also relates to methods of making the cross-link-resistant, for example, irradiation cross-link resistant, injectable hydrogel formulations, and methods of administering the same in treating a subject in need.

Abstract: A photocurable ink composition set includes ink composition A and ink composition B. Ink composition A contains a dendritic polymer and an monomer expressed by general formula (1): CH2?CR1—COO—R2—O—CH?CH—R3. Ink composition B contains a coloring agent and a monomer expressed by general formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents an organic moiety having a carbon number in the range of 2 to 20, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an organic moiety having a carbon number in the range of 1 to 11.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composition for dental, orthopedic and drug delivery purpose. Specifically, it relates to composition comprising an admixture of a resorbable bone substitute and a crosslinkable prepolymer. It also relates to the composition formed by crosslinking the admixture.

Abstract: Conventional curable polymers tend to shrink upon curing whilst low shrinkage ultraviolet light curing polymers have a problem with respect to curing below surface areas of a component. By providing light transmitting elements and/or local ultraviolet light source precursors, greater depth of ultraviolet curing can be achieved and therefore enhanced acceptability with regard to component manufacture. The light transmitting elements may be formed by optic fibers or coatings to existing reinforcing fibers or through consideration of the refractive index of the cured and uncured polymer to create light transmission paths through the component. Ultraviolet light source precursors can be activated by heat or a “seed” light exposure or vibration to create localised ultraviolet curing of the polymer thereabout.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymer-based microstructures, with outstanding shape accuracy and cost-effective processing. The novel polymers are based on hyperbranched macromolecules and enable remarkable property combination such as reduced shrinkage and associated low stress, high shape fidelity and high aspect ratio in patterned microstructures, with additional benefit of fast and low-cost production methods. The invention also relates to methods to produce these microstructures. The polymer-based microstructures are relevant for, but not limited to micro- and nano- technologies applications, including lab-on-a-chip devices, opto-electronic and micro- electromechanical devices, optical detection methods, in fields of use as diverse as automotive, aerospace, information technologies, medical and biotechnologies, and energy systems.

Abstract: Admixtures either of a plastic and an elastomer, a plurality of thermoplastics, or a plurality of elastomers are formed into a shaped item for an article (such as a dynamic seal, a static seal, a gasket, a pump diaphragm, a hose, or an o-ring), and the thermoplastic is then cross-linked (cured). Radiation (preferably, electron beam radiation) is used for the cross-linking and for generating bi-modal molecules from the elastomer and the thermoplastic when both a thermoplastic and an elastomer are in the admixture.

Abstract: Polymer particles are irradiated with radiation from a high energy source to increase the water or other fluid absorbency of the particles. Products manufactured using the activated particles include protective undergarments, bandages, kitty litter, and spill clean up materials.

Abstract: This invention provides novel methods for the formation of biocompatible membranes around biological materials using photopolymerization of water soluble molecules. The membranes can be used as a covering to encapsulate biological materials or biomedical devices, as a “glue” to cause more than one biological substance to adhere together, or as carriers for biologically active species. Several methods for forming these membranes are provided. Each of these methods utilizes a polymerization system containing water-soluble macromers, species, which are at once polymers and macromolecules capable of further polymerization. The macromers are polymerized using a photoinitiator (such as a dye), optionally a cocatalyst, optionally an accelerator, and radiation in the form of visible or long wavelength UV light. The reaction occurs either by suspension polymerization or by interfacial polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention provides partial and complete shielding approaches to alter the cross-linking characteristics of irradiated polymers, such as polyethylene. Irradiated polymers and fabricated articles, such as medical prosteses, comprising irradiated polymers also are provided.

Abstract: An ink set includes a metallic ink composition containing a metal pigment and at least one curable ink composition selected from the group consisting of a chromatic ink composition, a black ink composition, and a white ink composition.

Abstract: Methods for coating fibers and material to achieve particular properties such as water repellency, oil repellency and self-cleaning, are provided. These properties are achieved by pre-treating the fibers or material and subsequently coating with prepolymers and nanoparticles. The prepolymers are partly substituted with hydrocarbon groups or fluorocarbon groups. The nanoparticles may have surfaces treated with hydrocarbons or fluorocarbons. The prepolymers are fixed and hardened by irradiation with light of a wavelength in the UV or visible regions.