Abstract: Compositions (e.g., composites) containing processed solid waste, products made from the compositions, and systems and methods for making the compositions and products, are provided herein. For example, composites containing solid waste compositions and one or more added polymers, fillers, or other compounds are provided herein.

Abstract: A dental filling material comprising bioactive borate glass particles, wherein the particles are at a concentration of 40-60 wt %, a co-monomer resin blend, a photoinitiator, and a co-initiator is provided. Method for applying the dental filling material to a tooth structure are also provided. The temporary filling material re-mineralizes the tooth structure and is removed after 1-7 days for the placement of a permanent filling material.

Abstract: Disclosed pressure sensitive adhesive compositions, having enhanced heat resistance, obtained by the emulsion polymerization of (a) one or more acrylic acid ester or (meth)acrylate acid ester(s), (b) one or more hydroxyl functional (meth)acrylic monomer and (c) one or more ureido substituted (meth)acrylate monomers(s).

Abstract: A support material for use in an additive manufacturing system includes a copolymer of vinyl pyrrolidone (VP) monomers and elastomeric monomers. The elastomeric monomers and the VP monomers are covalently bonded and copolymerized. The support material is thermally stable even at temperatures above 80° C. and is disintegrable in aqueous solutions such as tap water.

Abstract: An encapsulation structure, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus are provided in the field of display device encapsulation. The encapsulation structure includes a plurality of film layers coated on the outside of a display device and the plurality of film layers include an inorganic layer and an organic layer that are laminated. The organic layer includes a polymer matrix and a repairing microstructure.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a water absorbent resin which attains high liquid permeability and water absorbing speed, and which does not have problems of coloring and odor. The water absorbent resin includes: (A) a water absorbent resin particle having a carboxyl group; (B) a covalent surface crosslinking agent in which the number of carbons is not more than 10; (C) 0.001 mass % to 0.2 mass % of a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer whose Log P is not less than 1.0; and (D) 0.001 mass % to 1 mass % of a water-soluble polyvalent cation. The water absorbent resin has not less than 20 g/g of a fixed height absorption (FHA) at a height of 20 cm.

Abstract: Deoxybenzoin compounds including unsaturation are disclosed. The unsaturated deoxybenxoin compounds have the structure (I), (II), or (III) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are polyesters including repeating units having the structure (IV), (V), or a combination thereof wherein Ar1, R7, and m are defined herein. The polyesters can be further functionalized, for example by various phosphorous-containing compounds. The polyesters described herein can be useful for the preparation of various articles having reduced flammability.

Abstract: A water soluble adhesive for use in assembling toy interlocking plastic building blocks is disclosed which add strength to assembled structures yet enables easy disassembly and reuse.

Abstract: Guanidinyl ligand-functionalized polymers, methods of making the same, and substrates bearing a grafted coating of the ligand-functional polymers are described. The grafted polymer has the requisite affinity for binding neutral or negatively charged biomaterials, such as cells, cell debris, bacteria, spores, viruses, nucleic acids, endotoxins and proteins, at pH's near or below the pI's of the biomaterials.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a binder for a mat of fibers, especially mineral fibers, which comprises: at least one monosaccharide and/or at least one polysaccharide; at least one polycarboxylic organic acid with a molar mass of 1000 or less; and at least one vinyl acetate homopolymer or copolymer. It also concerns the products resulting from treatment of the fibers, especially mineral, with said binder.

Abstract: An adhesive material includes a vinyl polymer and a solvent that includes xylene and toluene. The adhesive material has a viscosity in the range from about 1.0 cP to about 20.0 cP such that the adhesive material can be applied to a surface using an ink jet print head.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a vinyl resin which, with a polyurethane resin, is capable of providing a film excellent in mechanical strength, weather resistance, solvent resistance, and water resistance.

Abstract: Provided is an antifoaming agent for a coating agent, which suppresses foaming of a coating agent by being blended into a nonaqueous agent in a small amount, thereby improving pinhole preventing performance, and which may form a thermo-setting coating film or a thermo-drying coating film having an excellent aesthetic appearance by suppressing the generation of pinholes without deteriorating smoothing performance of the coating film even under conditions where pinholes are easily generated.

Abstract: As a manufacturing method of a stable coumarone-indene resin water-dispersed composition which does not use an organic solvent, can be applied to various resin compositions, enhance sticky and adhesive properties, water resistance, heat resistance, and compatibility, and achieve consideration of health and safety of operators, arrangement of a work environment, and cost reduction relating to exhaust gas treatment, a manufacturing method which includes a process of dispersing a coumarone-indene resin which contains 50% by weight or more of coumarone and indene in total as monomer-constituents and is in a solid form at an ordinary temperature in the presence of a surfactant by a wet milling and dispersing method is used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive using wire pigments and a manufacturing method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an adhesive using wire pigments, which includes an adhesive resin composition including a photocurable adhesive material; and wire pigments formed in a nano-sized wire structure to be immersed in the adhesive resin composition and having light shielding properties, is provided. Further, a manufacturing method of an adhesive using wire pigments is provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing an organic-inorganic hybrid material film. The method mainly comprises hybridization of polymaleic anhydride-polyimide and silica by sol-gel route and by using a silane coupling agent to produce a structure of polymaleic anhydride-polyimide having silane, then casting and curing to form a material film. Also, the invention provides a polymaleic anhydride-polyimide-silica organic-inorganic hybrid material film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substrates comprising a crosslinked network of covalently attached antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers. The crosslinked network of antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers acts highly efficiently against pathogens, e.g. bacteria and fungi. Both the antimicrobial and the antibiofouling cross-linked polymer networks are preferably better resistant to mechanical damage than simple surface-immobilized polymer monolayers. The antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers of the crosslinked network are preferably obtained by ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and exhibit a molecular weight of preferably more than 30,000 or even 100,000 g mol?1. The crosslinked network of antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers is preferably covalently attached to the surface of a substrate, e.g. an implant, a medical device, medical equipment or a (tissue-supporting) biomaterial, etc.

Abstract: There is described a block copolymer comprising at least a block [A] and a block [B], where: (a) (i) block [A] comprises from 5 to 95 mole-% per mole-% of the block [A] of itaconate functional moieties; (b) (i) block [B] is substantially free of itaconate functional moieties. Preferably the block copolymer is made by a controlled radical polymerisation (CRP) such as reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT).

Abstract: There is described a method of preparing a post-modified polymer the method comprising the steps of: (1) polymerising a monomer composition comprising from 2.5 to 75% by weight of the total monomer composition of at least one itaconic anhydride, precursor thereof and/or derivative thereof in a polymerisation method to obtain an itaconate Polymer A; (2) reacting in a post modification step at least 10 mole-% of the anhydride groups, anhydride precursor groups and/or anhydride derived groups of the Polymer A obtained from step (1) with a Nucleophile B to form a post-modified Polymer C, and optionally using said polymer C as seed or stabiliser in a further step (3) to form a sequential Polymer D.

Abstract: A composition that includes at least one crosslinkable monomer; at least one hydrophobic monomer; and at least one dielectric constant enhancing agent selected from dielectric enhancing monomers, ferroelectric particulates, and electroactive polymers. Coatings including the polymer of compositions, and articles including electrically isolating layers are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an economical route to environmentally friendly polymeric coatings with a high content of raw materials from renewable resources. These polymeric coatings offer performance characteristics that are competitive with conventional coating systems. The unique polymers on which this invention is based are copolymers of triglyceride oils, such as soybean oil, linseed oil, or another natural oil, with a vinyl compound, such as an acrylate or methacrylate, or a vinyl aromatic monomer. The present invention more specifically discloses a water dispersible, self-crosslinkable prepolymer composition which is comprised of a triglyceride oil having appended thereto (1) hydroxyl groups, (2) epoxy groups, (3) moieties which contain at least one aldehyde group or at least one ketone group, and (4) moieties which contain at least one vinyl and/or substituted vinyl group. In one embodiment of this invention the moiety which contains at least one vinyl group is derived from maleic anhydride.

Abstract: The present invention provides as steam barrier resin, a steam barrier coating agent, a steam barrier film, and a steam barrier laminate that exhibit an improved steam barrier property. The steam barrier resin of the present invention is obtained by reacting a carboxylic acid group and/or an acid anhydride group of a copolymer (C) with an organometallic complex (D). The copolymer (C) is obtained by polymerizing an unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer (A) and an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or an unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride (B). Further, the steam barrier resin includes metal bridging between the copolymers (C). The steam barrier coating agent of the present invention contains the steam barrier resin and a solvent (B). The steam barrier film of the present invention is a film containing the steam barrier resin of the present invention. The steam barrier laminate is obtained by laminating the steam barrier film of the present invention on at least one surface of a substrate film.

Abstract: A composition includes a reversible polymer material, which can reversibly transition between a liquid state and a solid state by reversible cycloaddition reactions, wherein upon cooling, the reversible polymer material transitions from a liquid state to a solid state by reversible cycloaddition reactions within a time period of less than about 10 seconds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biocidal composition comprising a carboxyl functional polymer and biocidal quaternary ammonium ions. The polymer is a copolymer comprising maleic acid monomer units and/or anions thereof and vinyl ether comonomer units. The composition may be in the form of a film on a surface or in the form of a solution.

Abstract: Branched polymers are prepared from at least (A) at least one monomer having an electron donor moiety, (B) at least one monomer having an electron acceptor moiety, and (C) at least one multifunctional branching agent comprising a urea moiety and at least two N-vinyl groups. The branched polymers are least 20% (by weight) soluble in a solvent for which the corresponding polymer of equal molecular weight made without said multifunctional branching agent is at least 20% (by weight) soluble. Due in part to the wide range of chemistries and solubility and rheological properties, the branched polymers find application in personal care, pharmaceutical/nutritional, and performance chemicals compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition including (Component A) a compound having two or more groups represented by Structural Formula (1), (Component B) a compound represented by Formula (2), (Component C) a coloring material, and (Component D) water: wherein in Structural Formula (1), Ra and Rb represent alkyl groups, and Ra and Rb may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and in Formula (2), Rb1 and Rb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or the like; Yb1 and Yb2 each represent —O—, —S—, —NRb3—, or the like; Gb1 and Gb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, an amide group, or the like; Rb1 and Rb2, and Gb1 and Gb2 may be respectively bonded to each other to form a ring; and at least one of Rb1, Rb2, Yb1, Yb2, Gb1 and Gb2 is substituted with a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: The present invention provides methylene beta-ketoester monomers, methods for producing the same, and compositions and products formed therefrom. In the method for producing the methylene beta-ketoesters of the invention, a beta-ketoester is reacted with a source of formaldehyde in a modified Knoevenagel reaction optionally in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst, and optionally in the presence of an acidic or non-acidic solvent, to form reaction complex. The reaction complex may be an oligomeric complex. The reaction complex is subjected to further processing, which may be vaporization by contact with an energy transfer means in order to isolate the beta-ketoester monomer. The present invention further compositions and products formed from methylene beta-ketoester monomers of the invention, including monomer-based products (e.g., inks, adhesives, coatings, sealants or reactive molding) and polymer-based products (e.g., fibers, films, sheets, medical polymers, composite polymers and surfactants).

Abstract: There is provided a carbon nanofiber aggregate capable of suppressing scatter and having excellent dispersibility and filling property in a thermoplastic resin. A carbon nanofiber aggregate has a maximum void volume P1 (cm3/g) at a pore diameter of 2,500 nm or more and 100,000 nm or less and a maximum void volume P2 (cm3/g) at a pore diameter of 6 nm or more and less than 2,500 nm in pore distribution data measured by mercury porosimetry. The maximum void volume P1 and the maximum void volume P2 satisfy a specific relationship.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include color change compositions having a color former and color developer composition that transitions from a first color state to a second color state upon application of an applied stimulus and an amount of a copolymer sufficient to eliminate background color of the color former and color developer composition during transition from the first color state to the second color state. Methods for preparing and devices employing the color change compositions of the invention are also described.

Abstract: A colored dispersion according to the present invention comprises a resin including monomers of Formulas 1 to 4, as a binder resin. Accordingly, a photoresist composition for a black matrix of a high light shielding property, which has the dispersion stability of the colored dispersion according to the present invention, could be provided, and a black matrix of high sensibility having an uniform process characteristic while maintaining a high light-shielding property could be produced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel support material for the fused deposition modelling process for producing three-dimensional objects. The invention relates more particularly to a 3D printing process involving support materials which are easier to remove than in the prior art. The support materials according to the invention are styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers for example.

Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for forming coatings on substrates. The coatings are durable and resistant to damage from environmental, chemical, thermal, and/or radiative sources. In some embodiments, the coatings comprise bilayers of electrostatically charged materials. The bilayers are created by alternately applying solutions comprising water-soluble, electrostatically charged materials. Durability is imparted to the coatings by the formation of crosslinks that are formed within and between layers after deposition of the coatings.

Abstract: A method of producing a structure containing a phase-separated structure, including forming, on a substrate, a layer containing a block copolymer having a block of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane structure-containing structural unit; forming a top coat film by applying, to the layer containing the block copolymer, a top coat material which undergoes a change in polarity upon heating, and controls a surface energy of the layer containing the block copolymer; and subjecting the layer containing the block copolymer on which the top coat film is formed to phase separation by thermal annealing.

Abstract: Slurry for secondary batteries used for manufacturing a porous membrane superior in a thermal shrinkage resistance. Said slurry for secondary batteries comprises non-conductive particles and a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a maleimide-maleic acid copolymer including a structural unit (a) shown by the below general formula (I) and a structural unit (b) shown by the below general formula (II); in which “R1” is hydrogen or a substitution group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 6, a cycloalkyl group having a carbon number of 3 to 12, a phenyl group and a hydroxyphenyl group, and “X” is a residual group of maleic acid which may be neutralized with an ion other than hydrogen ion, dehydrated or esterified.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the use of a homopolymer of acrylic acid or a copolymer of acrylic acid with a water-soluble monomer, as a dispersing agent or grinding aid agent in a method for manufacturing an aqueous suspension of mineral materials through dispersion and/or grinding, characterized in that the carboxylic groups of said agent are fully or partially neutralized by the lithium ion and in that it exhibits a viscosity index of between 0.01 and 0.08.

Abstract: A copolymer contains repeating units represented by the following chemical formulae 1 and 2: In the chemical formulae 1 and 2, R represents a hydrogen atom or a cation; X represents an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; Y represents a single bond, an oxycarbonyl group [(X)—O—CO—(Z)], a carbonyloxy group [(X)—CO—O—(Z)], an ether group (—O—), or an imido group [(X)—N—CO—(—CO—)(Z)]; and Z represents a biphenyl group or a naphthyl group).

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer product obtained by polymerization of i) at least one monomer selected from N-vinylformamide and vinyl acetate, and ii) maleic anhydride to give a copolymer comprising N-vinylformamide and/or vinyl acetate and maleic anhydride followed by hydrolyzing formamide groups originating from N-vinylformamide to amino groups and/or acetate groups originating from vinyl acetate to hydroxyl groups and acid anhydride to dicarboxylic acid groups to give a water-soluble copolymer comprising amine and/or hydroxyl and carboxyl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the N-vinylformamide and/or vinyl acetate monomer to the maleic anhydride monomer is from 70:30 to 30:70. The polymer product can be used as a dispersing agent or as a scale inhibiting agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to photoreactive compounds that are particularly useful in materials for the alignment of liquid crystals.

Abstract: The present invention concerns polymers obtained by anionic initiation and bearing functions that can be activated by cationic initiations that are not reactive in the presence of anionic polymerization initiators. The presence of such cationic initiation functions allow an efficient cross-linking of the polymer after molding, particularly in the form of a thin film. It is thus possible to obtain polymers with well-defined properties in terms of molecular weight and cross-linking density. The polymers of the present invention are capable of dissolving ionic compounds inducing a conductivity for the preparation of solid electrolytes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the preparation of acrylate, alkacrylate, allyl, and polycarbonate derivatives of hydroxy ketal esters, and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an innovative (meth)acrylic reactive resin which cures with low odour or odourlessly. The present invention relates more particularly to reactive resins comprising high-boiling, reactive (meth)acrylic monomers from the group of the polar, cyclically substituted esters of (meth)acrylic acid, more particularly glycerol acetal, ketal or carbonate methacrylates. These new components are used as substitutes for MMA, which represents the major part of the odour nuisance in the existing, prior-art reactive resin systems. Using these new components it is possible to obtain resin formulations which have glass transition temperatures similar to, and properties comparable with, MMA-based resins. The innovative reactive resins are able in addition to exhibit more rapid curing than prior-art MMA-based systems. Reactive resins for the purposes of the invention are reactive monomer mixtures or mixtures of monomers and polymers that when used as a 2-component system can be readily cured.

Abstract: The invention relates to reaction products of amines with polymers containing dicarboxylic acids anhydride groups, method for the production thereof and use thereof as a dispersing additive for pigments. The invention also relates to solid pigment preparations containing said reaction products.

Abstract: An application to a resin material and a polymerization method of a polymerization agent having a polymerizable surface structure and a mechanism of supplying the polymerization agent, the polymerization agent exhibiting a polymerizing function in contact with the surface of the resin material. The resin material is obtained by living radical polymerization of a radical polymerization initiator exhibiting living property and an unsaturated monomer capable of radical polymerization with the polymerization initiator. The polymerization agent is brought into in contact with the surface of the resin material to induce radical re-polymerization of the polymerization agent. As a result, a damaged portion of the resin material can be repaired or the resin materials can be bonded to each other by way of the polymerization agent, which can suppress formation of the hetero-interface or improve the service life of the resin material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel support material for the fused deposition modelling process for producing three-dimensional objects. The invention relates more particularly to a 3D printing process involving support materials which are easier to remove than in the prior art. The support materials according to the invention are styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers for example.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel aqueous ink jet inks containing an aqueous vehicle, a colorant, a first organic co-solvent and a second organic co-solvent. Said ink jet inks demonstrate improved adhesion to print substrates.

Abstract: The present invention concerns polymers obtained by anionic initiation and bearing functions that can be activated by cationic initiations that are not reactive in the presence of anionic polymerization initiators. The presence of such cationic initiation functions allow an efficient cross-linking of the polymer after moulding, particularly in the form of a thin film. It is thus possible to obtain polymers with well-defined properties in terms of molecular weight and cross-linking density. The polymers of the present invention are capable of dissolving ionic compounds inducing a conductivity for the preparation of solid electrolytes.

Abstract: Alkyd resin compositions which comprise the monomer-grafting polymerization of a) an alkyd, which is an ester of a polyol having 4 or more hydroxyl groups and an unsaturated fatty acid, and b) an unsaturated monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond are disclosed. The alkyd may be a partially esterified polyol. Coating compositions of containing the alkyd resin compositions of the invention are also disclosed.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer component that includes one or more types of polymers, and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. At least one type of the polymer of the polymer component includes a first structural unit represented by a following formula (1). R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group. R2 represents a linear alkyl group having 5 to 21 carbon atoms. Z represents a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group or an aliphatic heterocyclic group having a ring skeleton which has 4 to 20 atoms. A part or all of hydrogen atoms included in the alicyclic hydrocarbon group and the aliphatic heterocyclic group represented by Z are not substituted or substituted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substantially alternating copolymer that is conformal, hard, flexible, and has low oxygen permeability. Also disclosed is an iCVD-based method of coating a substrate with the substantially alternating copolymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to reaction products of amines with polymers containing dicarboxylic acids anhydride groups, method for the production thereof and use thereof as a dispersing additive for pigments. The invention also relates to solid pigment preparations containing said reaction products.