Abstract: A biocomposite of algae and a plant material is provided. The biocomposite of algae comprises glycerol and a plant material including at least one of Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra), and Lepidium sativum (Cress). The biocomposite may optionally include a plasticizer. The algae may be green marine algae (Codium sp). The biocomposite is biodegradable and moldable into any suitable shape. Thus, the biocomposite may be used to form containers, such as for potting plants or seedlings, as a mulching or fertilizing material, or for any applications where a moldable, biodegradable material is desired.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material capable of electrochemically absorbing and releasing lithium, and a binder. The negative electrode active material includes a Si-containing material, and the binder includes at least one cellulose compound selected from the group consisting of a carboxyalkyl cellulose and a salt thereof. The electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent, and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent. The lithium salt includes lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide: LFSI.

Abstract: The invention discloses a preparation method of highly transparent self-adhesive PBAT cling film. The raw materials include PBAT, ACR, glycerin, and glycerin fatty acid ester; the preparation methods include mixing, preparing pellets, film blowing, and film winding. In the invention, ACR is added into PBAT resin, which increases the ductility, shrinkage property and flatness of winding of PBAT cling films; glycerin can improve the extrusion stability, softness and adhesion properties of PBAT cling films; glycerin fatty acid ester can improve the anti-fog property of PBAT cling films; meanwhile, glycerin and glycerin fatty acid can play a synergistic role to further enhance the anti-fog property of PBAT cling films. The PBAT cling film prepared by the invention has superior physical property, high transparency, high adhesion property, high shrinkage property, smooth flatness of winding free of wrinkles and good air permeability.

Abstract: A binder comprising a polymeric binder comprising the products of a carbohydrate reactant and nucleophile is disclosed. The binder is useful for consolidating loosely assembled matter, such as fibers. Fibrous products comprising fibers in contact with a carbohydrate reactant and a nucleophile are also disclosed. The binder composition may be cured to yield a fibrous product comprising fibers bound by a cross-linked polymer. Further disclosed are methods for binding fibers with the carbohydrate reactant and polyamine based binder.

Abstract: A coated foodstuff is made using two starch components. One is a spray cooked agglomerated waxy corn starch as having a peak time to hydration viscosity of between about 5.5 and about 7.5 minutes. The snack has unique expansion and hardness properties compared to coatings made from other corn starches, in embodiments the snack has a coating that expands to between about 1.7 and about 2.6 mm, a hardness of between about 3000 and about 3750 grams, or a hardness-to-expansion ratio of about 1200:1 to about 2200:1 g/mm.

Abstract: A powder coating material includes powder particles that include a binder resin, have an average circularity of 0.97 or greater, and have a coloring pigment provided on a surface of the powder particles.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a resin composition that comprises polyalkylene carbonate, polylactide, polyalkyl(meth)acrylate, and cellulose, and has excellent biodegradability and mechanical properties, and yet, exhibits excellent thermal stability. Thus, the resin composition according to the present invention may be used in various application fields such as various films, sheets, disposable products, electronic goods, and interior material for automobiles.

Abstract: A binder comprising the products of a carbohydrate reactant and polyamine is disclosed. The binder is useful for consolidating loosely assembled matter, such as fibers. Uncured fibrous products comprising fibers in contact with a carbohydrate reactant and a polyamine are also disclosed. The binder composition may be cured to yield a fibrous product comprising fibers bound by a cross-linked polymer. Further disclosed are methods for binding fibers with the carbohydrate reactant and polyamine based binder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of thermoplastic starch in the manufacture of an adhesive and ultrathin waterproof-breathable film, said thermoplastic starch being provided in the form of an alloy with at least one hydrophilic functionalized polyolefin obtained either by copolymerization or by grafting of a polyolefin backbone with an unsaturated monomer, said unsaturated monomer being grafted by PEGs and/or forming a metal salt. This film can be used in a textile product in the medical field, hygiene, luggage, the clothing industry, the garment industry, domestic or household equipment, furniture, fitted carpets, the automobile industry, industry, in particular industrial filtration, agriculture and/or the construction industry.

Abstract: A molding composition formulation includes a thermoset cross-linkable 12 to 45 micron polymeric resin. Hollow glass microspheroids are present from 2 to 12 total weight percent. An article formed from such a composition is further strengthened by the addition of a surface activating agent bonded to the surface of the glass microspheroids. Conventional particulate fillers when added to an inventive formulation provide enhanced performance when the filler particle has a size sufficiently small to insert within adjacent microspheroid interstitial voids. An unsaturated polyester resin so formed is particularly well suited for the formation of sheet molding compound formulations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid curing agent composition comprising at least 50% by weight of a polyamine and 0.2% to 10% by weight of dicyandiamide, the amine/epoxy composition and the product from the cured amine/epoxy composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing cellulose nanofibers, the method including fibrillating cellulose in a modified epoxy resin (A) having a hydroxyl value of 100 mgKOH/g or more. Also, the present invention provides cellulose nanofibers produced by the production method and a master batch containing the cellulose nanofibers and the modified epoxy resin (A). Further, present invention provides a resin composition containing the master batch and a curing agent (D), and provides a molded product produced by molding the resin composition.

Abstract: A method for preparing poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) copolymer includes reacting (i) poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) oligomers, wherein the oligomers comprise at least one polymer residue derived from a polyethylene terephthalate component and a quencher, with (ii) a chain extender under conditions sufficient to form the poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) copolymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to encapsulant materials, a method of making thereof and the use thereof for maintaining the electrical and mechanical integrity of solder connections between electronic devices and substrates. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to reflow encapsulant materials with fluxing properties and a method of making thereof. The present disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing flip-chip assemblies using the reflow encapsulant materials of the present disclosure wherein only one heating cycle is utilized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced resin composite as a fiber-reinforced resin composite (E) including a fiber-reinforced resin (C), which contains a reinforcing fiber (A) and a matrix resin (B), and a reinforcing material (D), in which the reinforcing material (D) contains a cellulose nanofiber (F), and the cellulose nanofiber (F) is obtained by micronizing cellulose in a fibrillated resin (G), and provides a reinforced matrix resin for the fiber-reinforced resin. The present invention also provides a fiber-reinforced resin composite in which the cellulose nanofiber (F) is a modified cellulose nanofiber (F1) that is obtained by micronizing cellulose in the fibrillated resin (G) and then reacting the cellulose with a cyclic polybasic acid anhydride (J).

Abstract: Provided are mixtures of biodegradable polyesters comprising at least one polymer of natural origin and at least two aliphatic-aromatic polyesters of the diacid-diol type of which at least one with a high content of long chain aliphatic diacids of renewable origin showing excellent mechanical properties, sufficiently high melting temperatures, adequate crystallization rates, improved biodegradability properties as well as stability of physical properties over time.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a reduced crystallinity cellulose comprising mixing cellulose with a fluid and a proppant; partially solvating the cellulose with the fluid to form a partially solvated cellulose; mixing the partially solvated cellulose with a supercritical fluid under conditions effective to maintain the supercritical fluid in a supercritical state; where the supercritical fluid is immiscible with the fluid; and changing the pressure so that the supercritical fluid is no longer in the supercritical state.

Abstract: A gypsum composition for making lightweight blocks, panels, boards, coatings or other user defined shapes that are specially beneficial to the building construction industry. The novel gypsum composition comprises one to five volume percent starch; one to five volume percent crystalline silica; one to ten volume percent cellulose; ten to eighty volume percent gypsum; and ten to eighty volume percent Styrofoam particles, hard plastic particles, rubber particles or a combination thereof, wherein the particles have an average particle size in a range of about 15 to about 150 mesh. The particles can be from a virgin source, a recycled source or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to composites comprising inorganic micro pigments and/or fillers in the form of surface-phosphated microparticles, whose surface is at least partially coated with finely divided with alkaline earth carbonate nanoparticles by means of binders based on copolymers comprising as the monomers one or more dicarboxylic acids and one or more monomers from the group of diamines, triamines, dialkanolamines or trialkanolamines and epichlorohydrin, a method for producing such composites, aqueous slurries thereof and the use thereof in papermaking or in the field of production of paints and plastics as well as the use of the binders for the coating of microparticles with nano alkaline earth carbonate.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition having a curing component and an epoxy component is disclosed. The curing component includes an amount of about 8% to about 70% by weight of the composition of a primary curing agent and about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of the composition of a secondary curing agent. The present disclosure includes the use of solid secondary curing agents, in particular solvated secondary curing agents, and methods to formulate such a solvated solid to result in a liquid curing component. The epoxy composition also includes about 30% to about 92% by weight of the composition of the epoxy component. A number of equivalents of reactive curative groups in the curing component is from about 0.50 to 0.98 times the number of epoxide equivalents present in the epoxy component. An epoxy product formed from the epoxy resin composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: Lignin compositions, lignin particles, products containing them, viscous paste containing lignin, lignin formulations, spinning methods, fibers, products produced from the fibers, methods to produce processed products from lignin, methods to produce downstream products, manufacturing processes and related products are described.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to flame retardants that are useful for epoxy resin systems. Coating compositions and methods are provided the include an epoxy resin and a phosphate-containing flame retardant wherein the phosphate-containing flame retardant is selected from Group 1 metallic salts of a phosphate of a saccharide, Group 2 salts of a glycerophosphate, and Group 1 metallic salts of a polyphosphate. The provided flame retardants have low toxicity and are friendly to the environment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a resin composition for insulation, and an insulating film, a prepreg, and a printed circuit board, manufactured using the same, the resin composition including: a cellulose nanoparticle or a cellulose nanofiber; a liquid crystalline oligomer or a soluble liquid crystalline thermohardenable oligomer; an epoxy resin; and an inorganic filler, so that the resin composition, the insulating film, and the prepreg can have a low coefficient of thermal expansion, a high glass transition temperature, and high rigidity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to separation of biomolecules. More closely, the invention relates to a method for production of a separation medium comprising hybrid particles of inorganic and organic material as well as the hybrid particles produced by this method. Finally, the invention relates to use of the hybrid particles for separation of biomolecules, preferably phosphoproteins. The method comprises the following steps: addition of inorganic metal oxide particles to an organic solution to form a mixture; and emulsification of the mixture to form porous hybrid particles, wherein the density of the porous hybrid particles is between 1.0 and 1.5 g/ml, and wherein the inorganic particles have a shape and size that maximizes their active surface area enabling the inorganic particles to interact with biomolecules.

Abstract: A simultaneous interpenetrating polymer network—geopolymer epoxy composition includes a first component comprised of a waterborne epoxy curing agent and an alkaline silicate solution, and a second component comprised of an epoxy resin and an aluminosilicate. The two components are mixed to produce a SIN-GE composition that cures at ambient temperatures. The SIN-GE composition may be a low-viscosity, sprayable composition, or may be a higher-viscosity composition. The compositions may be used as coatings, adhesives, mortars, casting materials, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a film suitable for applications requiring high water vapor transmission rates. The film comprises a polyolefin polymer together with from 1 to 30 percent by weight of the film of a hydrophilic polymer and from 30 to 75 percent by weight of the film of a filler having a hydrophilic surface functionality.

Abstract: A battery electrode or separator surface protective agent composition having fluidity and being capable of being solidified by hot melt, and comprising at least two types of organic particles comprising organic materials, wherein the organic particles of types different from each other are substantially incompatible with each other, wherein when the composition is solidified by hot melt, the organic particles of the same type thermally fuse with one another to form a continuous phase.

Abstract: A bioplastic composition may contain certain biodegradable and renewable components. In some examples, the bioplastic composition includes at least one kind of aquatic macrophyte biomass, which may contain a native composition of protein and carbohydrates, in a blend with one or more types of biodegradable or durable thermoplastic polymers. The aquatic macrophyte composition may provide a balance of both polymeric and reinforcing properties to the blended bioplastic not typically exhibited by terrestrial feedstock such as soy meal or corn starch. Such a bioplastic composition may be formed into molded articles using extrusion, injection molding, compression molding, or the like.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new warp sizing and fixing agent comprising a combination of modified cationic starch and cationic fixing agent. Such new warp sizing and fixing agent is suitable to be used in fully continuous dyeing processes, if desired in combination with additional sizing additives.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a microfibrillated cellulose fiber dispersion containing microfibrillated cellulose fibers, at least one of a resin and a resin precursor, and an organic solvent, and the method comprises a fibrillation step of fibrillating cellulose fibers in a starting material dispersion containing cellulose fibers, at least one of a resin and a resin precursor, and an organic solvent, to obtain microfibrillated cellulose fibers.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition having a curing component and an epoxy component is disclosed. The curing component includes an amount of about 8% to about 70% by weight of the composition of a primary curing agent and about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of the composition of a secondary curing agent. The epoxy composition also includes about 30% to about 92% by weight of the composition of the epoxy component. A number of equivalents of reactive curative groups in the curing component is from about 0.50 to 0.98 times the number of epoxide equivalents present in the epoxy component. An epoxy product formed from the epoxy resin composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to composites comprising inorganic micro pigments and/or fillers in the form of surface-phosphated microparticles, whose surface is at least partially coated with finely divided with alkaline earth carbonate nanoparticles by means of binders based on copolymers comprising as the monomers one or more dicarboxylic acids and one or more monomers from the group of diamines, triamines, dialkanolamines or trialkanolamines and epichlorohydrin, a method for producing such composites, aqueous slurries thereof and the use thereof in papermaking or in the field of production of paints and plastics as well as the use of the binders for the coating of microparticles with nano alkaline earth carbonate.

Abstract: A polymer adhesive includes a polymeric binder, optional reinforcing fibers dispersed through the polymer binder and solids dispersed in the polymeric binder. The solids are effective to cause decomposition of the polymer adhesive at a temperature between 200° F. and 500° F. with a generation of gaseous products at a predetermined temperature. One suitable composition includes siloxirane, graphite, glass beads, potassium nitrate, silver nitrate and lactose and decomposes at a temperature of about 318° F. The polymer adhesive may be used in the assembly of a housing for rocket motor or a warhead. Decomposition of the polymer adhesive when the housing is exposed to sufficient external heat to cause a rocket propellant or warhead explosive to decompose, referred to as cook-off, enables venting of the rocket propellant or warhead without uncontrolled destructive rupture of the housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biodegradable polymer composition comprising the following components (a)-(d) and/or a reaction product(s) derived from melt mixing the components: (a) polyalkylene carbonate; (b) thermoplastic starch (TPS) and/or its constituent components; (c) polymer having pendant carboxylic acid groups; and (d) transesterification catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive system comprising a protein; a polymer comprising at least one carboxylic group or at least one carboxylic anhydride group, or a combination thereof, with the proviso that said polymer does not contain 5 to 90 wt-% of vinyl pivalate units in combination with 0.2 to 15 wt-% of primary hydroxyl group-containing vinyl compound units, and a polyamine-epihalohydrin. The invention further relates to the use of the adhesive system, an adhesive composition, a method of producing a wood based product and a wood based product.

Abstract: The invention relates to asphalt emulsions comprising an asphalt component selected from the group consisting of a solvent extracted asphalt, an oxidized asphalt, and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to products made therefrom, including fibrous mats comprising a fiber component, such as glass fibers, and a binder component comprising an asphalt emulsion. The invention further relates to wet-laid processes for manufacturing fibrous mats and that employ the use of an amphoteric surfactant, which is applied to a wet fiber web prepared from a dispersion of fiber components, such as glass fibers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) as an air release agent in viscous compositions that are subjected to a hardening step. The air release agent according to the invention is added prior to or during said hardening step, in particular drying, cooling and/or curing process. The present invention also relates to such viscous compositions in an article comprising the MFC as further specified in the description as an air release agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biodegradable polymer composition comprising the following components (a)-(f) and/or product(s) formed from a reaction between the components: (a) one or more biodegradable polyesters; (b) polysaccharide; (c) polymer having pendant carboxylic acid groups; (d) transesterification catalyst; (e) polyepoxide; and (f) fatty acid sodium salt.

Abstract: A metallic microcapsule containing a polymeric microcapsule having one or more polymeric precursors encapsulated therein; and a metallic shell enclosing a volume containing the polymeric microcapsule is disclosed. Also disclosed is a self-healing coating composition comprising (a) a film-forming binder; and (b) metallic microcapsules, the metallic microcapsules being the same or different and containing a polymeric microcapsule containing one or more polymeric precursors encapsulated therein; and a metallic shell enclosing a volume containing the polymeric microcapsule.

Abstract: The invention relates to watery resin dispersions, a process for their manufacture, and a product. To make available resin dispersions that do not pollute the environment during their processing, while simultaneously generating products that have a high glass transition temperature, it is suggested that the watery resin dispersion contain at least components (I), (II) and (III), whereby R1: unsubstituted single or polynuclear aromatic rest or with amino groups and/or cyano groups and/or nitrile groups and/or with saturated and/or unsaturated aliphatic C2 to C12 carbon chains substituted single or polynuclear aromatic rests R2, R3 and R4: hydrogen, alkyl residue group with up to 15 C atoms or aromatic rest whereby R2, R3 and R4 can be equal to or different from each other, (II) is a co-dispersion agent based on epoxide resins and/or novolak resins and (II) one surfactant.

Abstract: An ink, which contains DNA and is hardly decomposed by an external stimulus such as ultraviolet light, heat, an acid or an alkali, is provided. A method of easily analyzing a DNA in an ink composition is also provided. An ink composition containing a DNA and having a water-tolerance at a certain level or higher is prepared. The DNA in a print that is produced by using the above ink composition is quickly extracted with water or an aqueous solution and analyzed. Furthermore, a DNA in a print that is produced by using an oil- and water-based ink composition containing the DNA is quickly extracted with water or an aqueous solution and analyzed.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to flame retardants that are useful for epoxy resin systems. Coating compositions and methods are provided the include an epoxy resin and a phosphate-containing flame retardant wherein the phosphate-containing flame retardant is selected from Group 1 metallic salts of a phosphate of a saccharide, Group 2 salts of a glycerophosphate, and Group 1 metallic salts of a polyphosphate. The provided flame retardants have low toxicity and are friendly to the environment.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aliphatic aromatic polyester comprising: i) 40 to 60 mol %, based on components i to ii, of one or more dicarboxylic acid derivatives selected from the group consisting of: sebacic acid, azelaic acid and brassylic acid; ii) 60 to 40 mol %, based on components i to ii, of a terephthalic acid derivative; iii) 98 to 102 mol %, based on components i to ii, of 1,3-propanediol or 1,4-butanediol, and iv) 0.01% to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to iii, of a chain extender and/or crosslinker selected from the group consisting of a polyfunctional isocyanate, isocyanurate, oxazoline, carboxylic anhydride, epoxide and/or an at least trihydric alcohol or an at least tribasic carboxylic acid. The present invention further provides a process for producing the polyesters, polyester blends comprising these polyesters and also for the use of these polyesters and polyester blends.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biodegradable polymer mixtures comprising i) 40% to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of at least one polyester based on aliphatic or aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic dihydroxy compounds; ii) 5% to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to ii, of polyalkylene carbonate, particularly polypropylene carbonate; iii) 0% to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to iii, of at least one biodegradable homo- or copolyester selected from the group consisting of polylactic acid, polycaprolactone and polyhydroxyalkanoate, and/or of an inorganic or organic filler; iv) 0% to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to ii, of an epoxy-containing copolymer based on styrene, acrylic ester and/or methacrylic ester, and v) 0% to 15% by weight of an additive selected from the group consisting of lubricant, antiblocking agent, antistat, UV absorber, UV stabilizer, thermal stabil

Abstract: A soluble plant fiber product and method of making the same, wherein the product comprises, by weight, the following ingredients: plant fiber power 40-80%, bonding agent 2-40%, demoulding agent 5-15%, starch 5-40%, and preferably further comprises 0.1-2% dye powder. This technology reduces the environmental pollution while improving the utility value of the raw material. The resultant product is fully degradable, nontoxic and has a low cost. The present invention provides a better processability by essentially and structurally changing the configuration of the plant fiber. The resultant product conforms to the relevant international test standards, such as U.S.A./Europe food testing standard, and can pass the microwave oven and dishwasher tests and is suitable for automatic production.

Abstract: The present invention is a continuous high thermal conductivity resin featuring high thermal conductivity (HTC) materials 30 and a host resin matrix 32. The HTC materials 30 form a continuous organic-inorganic composite with the host resin matrix 32 via surface functional groups that are grafted to the HTC materials 30 and form covalent linkages with the host resin matrix 32. Phonons 34 tend to pass along the HTC materials 30 as they travel through the host resin matrix 32, and phonons 36 pass to the next HTC material if the distance between these materials is less than n.

Abstract: A molding composition formulation includes a thermoset cross-linkable polymeric resin. Glass microspheroids are present such that upon cure of the resin the resulting article has a linear shrinkage of less than ±0.06% and a density of less than 1.65. An article formed from such a composition is further strengthened by the addition of a surface activating agent bonded to the surface of the glass microspheroids. Conventional particulate fillers when added to an inventive formulation provide enhanced performance when the filler particle has a size sufficiently small to insert within adjacent microspheroid interstitial voids. An unsaturated polyester resin so formed is particularly well suited for the formation of sheet molding compound formulations.

Abstract: A first objective of the present invention is a method for dry milling material which contains carbonate ore, characterized in that the said method comprises the following steps: a) dry milling of the said material in at least one milling unit: (i) in the presence of at least one polyalkylene glycol polymer where at least 90% but preferably 95% at least, and very preferably 98% at least of the monomer units forming the backbone of the said polymer are constituted by ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or their mixtures, and where the molecular weight is at least equal to 400 g/mole, (ii) such that the quantity of water in the said milling until is less than 10% in dry weight of the said material in the said milling unit; b) the milled material may then be classified according to step a) with at least one classification unit; c) the steps a) and/or b) may be repeated with all or part of the milled material from step a) and/or step b).

Abstract: The invention relates to watery resin dispersions, a process for their manufacture, and a product. To make available resin dispersions that do not pollute the environment during their processing, while simultaneously generating products that have a high glass transition temperature, it is suggested that the watery resin dispersion contain at least components (I), (II) and (III), whereby R1: unsubstituted single or polynuclear aromatic rest or with amino groups and/or cyano groups and/or nitrile groups and/or with saturated and/or unsaturated aliphatic C2 to C12 carbon chains substituted single or polynuclear aromatic rests R2, R3 and R4: hydrogen, alkyl residue group with up to 15 C atoms or aromatic rest whereby R2, R3 and R4 can be equal to or different from each other, (II) is a co-dispersion agent based on epoxide resins and/or novolak resins and (II) one surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention is a surface-modified base matrix comprised of a porous polymeric base matrix onto which branched hydrophilic polyhydroxy-functional polymers have been covalently attached, wherein the polyhydroxy-functional polymers are hyperbranched polymers presenting a degree of branching (DB) of at least about 0.2 and each polymer is tethered to the base matrix at two or more points. The present matrix can for example be a cross-linked carbohydrate material, such as agarose, and the hyperbranched hydrophilic polymer can e.g. be a copolymer of epichiorohydrin and a sugar. The invention also relates to a method of surface-modification of a porous base matrix by activating functional hydroxy groups thereon and contacting the activated matrix with a hydrophilic hyperbranched hydroxy-functional polymer.