Abstract: Polymer polyols and dispersions are prepared by polymerizing certain starting materials in a continuous phase. The continuous phase includes a polyol containing hydroxylmethyl groups, which is derived from a fatty acid. The dispersed phase may be, for example, a vinyl polymer, a polyurea or a polyurethane-urea.

Abstract: Embodiment of the invention provide for compositions having at least one crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule. The crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer may include a reaction product of at least a polyol having a nominal functionality of at least 2 and a isocyanate capped hydrosilylated polymer. The isocyanate capped hydrosilylated polymer may include a reaction product of at least one isocyanate and a hydrosilylated polymer. The hydrosilylated polymer may include a reaction product of a the reaction of at least a) a polymer having at least one unsaturated group and at least one alcoholic hydroxyl group in each molecule and having a number average molecular weight of between about 100 and about 5000 and b) a compound having a hydrogen-silicon bond and a crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule.

Abstract: A composition for forming a chemical mechanical polishing pad having polishing characteristics such as a high polishing rate, an excellent planarity of the polished object, and less scratches of the polished object. The composition includes (A) a polyurethane having a carbon-carbon double bond on a side chain and (B) a cross-linking agent. The polyurethane (A) is preferably a thermoplastic polyurethane (A?) obtained by mixing at least components (a11) to (a13) and component (a2) in a proportion satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2) and reacting them.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to impact strength modifiers, the derivative products thereof, and the use thereof in producing two-component epoxy resin compositions. The disclosure in particular relates to amino group terminated impact strength modifiers prepared by reacting a polyurethane prepolymer having isocyanate groups, a primary diamine, and optionally at least one Michael acceptor. The two-component epoxy resin compositions thus formulated are characterized by a great increase in impact strength while retaining an acceptable tensile shear strength. The impact strength modifiers according to the disclosure and the epoxy resin compositions comprising same are in particular suitable for vehicle manufacturing.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-soluble or water-dispersible, hydrophilic polyisocyanates and polyisocyanate mixtures, to a process for preparing them, and to their use as a starting component in the production of polyurethane polymers, more particularly as crosslinkers for water-soluble or water-dispersible film-forming binders, adhesives binders, or sealant binders or binder components with or without groups which are reactive towards isocyanate groups.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a non-solvent type polyurethane resin which may be preferably used for a curing composition having physical properties after curing of low modulus and high elongation and which is excellent in adhesion, physical properties, handling property and storage stability and a process for producing the polyurethane resin without difficulty and at low cost. The polyurethane resin is obtained by reacting a urethane prepolymer obtained by reacting a mixture of a monool and a polyol, having on average 1.3 to 2.1 of terminal hydroxyl groups, and a polyisocyanate, and a compound having a crosslinkable silyl group, an imino group and an amino group in a molecule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide urethane polymer comprising structural units of a polyalkylene glycol, an alkoxylated polyol having 50 to 250 repeating alkylene oxide units, an aliphatic diisocyanate, and a capping agent, and a process for preparing the polymer. The composition of the present invention is useful as a rheology modifier for coating compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane prepared from a mixture comprising: (a) at least one polyethylene glycol; (b) at least one di-isocyanate; (c) at least one polydialkyl siloxane diol; and (d) at least one diol of formula (I) wherein n is an integer from 1 to 25; wherein the polyethylene glycol, di-isocyanate, polydialkyl siloxane diol and diol are reacted under substantially anhydrous conditions. Further aspects of the invention relate to a process for preparing a polyurethane.

Abstract: The invention relates to surface modifying macromolecules (SMMs) having high degradation temperatures and their use in the manufacture of articles made from base polymers which require high temperature processing. The surface modifier is admixed with the base polymer to impart alcohol and water repellency properties.

Abstract: A composition useful for imparting durable stain repellence and soil release properties to textile substrates, a method for treating textile substrates using such composition, and the textile substrates obtained therefrom. The composition comprises: (A) at least one fluorinated ionisable polyurethane polymer (PUR) being free from perfluoroalkyl chains and comprising at least one fluorinated block comprising a fluoropolyoxyalkene chain, and at least one functional block comprising an hydrocarbon chain (RHC) having from 2 to 14 carbon atoms, said chain (RHC) comprising at least one ionisable group, said blocks being linked by urethane moieties of formula (I), wherein E is a divalent hydrocarbon carbon group; (B) at least one fluorocarbon polymer (F) comprising at least one perfluoroalkyl chain (Rf) linked by one or more ester moiety of formula (II) and/or urethane moiety of formula (III) and/or urea moiety of formula (IV); and (C) at least one crosslinking agent.

Abstract: Composition obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate which is a diphenylmethane diisocyanate, optionally comprising a homologue comprising 3 or more isocyanate groups, and/or a variant of such diisocyanate with a monoalkylether of a polyoxyalkylene monoamine having an average molecular weight of 550-3000 and an oxyethylene content of more than 50% by weight, calculated on the weight of the monoamine, and the alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms at index of 100-250. It is used as plasticizer, particularly in polyurethane and/or polyurea materials.

Abstract: A moisture-curable resin composition comprising (a) at least one moisture-curable polymer having at least one hydrolysable silyl group; (b) at least one hydrocarbylalkoxysilane; and (c) at least one silane adhesion promoter containing a glycidoxy group. The composition may also contain additives including a catalyst for catalyzing the reaction between the moisture-curable polymer having at least one hydrolysable silyl group (a) with water under curing conditions, a filler, a plasticizer, and combinations thereof. The moisture-curable resin composition is useful in the production of adhesives, sealants and coatings for use in primerless concrete applications.

Abstract: Solvent free, moisture curable reactive hot melt adhesives are prepared using an oxazolidine functional prepolymer and a polyfunctional isocyanate.

Abstract: The invention relates to alkoxysilane groups comprising prepolymers and the use thereof as binding agents for sealants.

Abstract: A silylated polyurethane composition containing polyester based polyurethane prepolymer. The silylated polyurethane composition when partially silylated is especially useful for pressure sensitive adhesives where it imparts superior adhesive and cohesive performance thereto.

Abstract: A novel method of preparing an aqueous dispersion of non-uniform polyurethane particles which comprises (a) preparing at least two isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymers having different hydrophilicities; (b) preparing a uniform mixture of said prepolymers, and (c) dispersing the mixed prepolymers in an aqueous medium. The resulting dispersion of the prepolymers may optionally be chain extended. This method enables the preparation of core-shell particles as well as particles of other morphologies, including “raspberry”, interpenetrating network, “salt-and-pepper”, “ice-cream cone” and particles of gradient composition. Similarly, an aqueous dispersion of two different polyurethane polymers may be obtained by first preparing at least two different isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymers, preparing a uniform mixture of such prepolymers and thereafter dispersing the mixture in an aqueous medium.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a thermoplastic polyurethane which is comprised of the reaction product of (1) a hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, and (3) a glycol chain extender selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol; wherein the hydroxyl terminated intermediate is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl terminated polyether intermediates and hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediates; wherein the hydroxyl terminated intermediate is comprised of repeat units that are derived from a branched glycol or is comprised of at least 2 different repeating units; wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane has a weight average molecular weight of at least 100,000 Daltons; wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane includes hard segments that are the reaction product of the polyisocyanate and the glycol chain extender; and wherein the hard segments represent from 10 to 40 weight percent of the total weight of the thermoplastic polyurethane.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-dispersible composite of metallic nanoparticles and a method for synthesizing the same. The composite primarily includes metallic nanoparticles and an oily polymeric polymer such as polyurethane (PU). The oily polymeric polymer serves as a carrier of the metallic nanoparticles by chelating therewith so that the metallic nanoparticles are dispersed uniformly. In the method of the present invention, the metallic ions are first chelated by the oily polymeric polymer and then reduced into nanoparticles. The composite of the present invention is about 5 to 100 nm in particle size.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a thermosetting resin composition which can provide a cured material which is excellent in heat resistance, electrical properties, and flexibility, and has storage stability before curing, and in order to achieve the object, the present invention provide a thermosetting resin composition containing a polyurethane resin (A) which has the structure represented by the following general formula (1) and/or the general formula (2), and an epoxy resin (B). (In the chemical formulae, X represents a residue in which two phenolic hydroxyl groups are excluded from a phenol compound having two or more phenolic hydroxyl groups in the molecule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide polyurethane characterized by having a M, of from 50,000 to about 150,000 Daltons and a polydispersity of 2.5 to about 5.0. The present invention further relates to a multi-step process for the preparation of the hydrophobically modified polymer.

Abstract: Materials and Methods are provided for fabricating microfluidic devices. The materials include low surface energy fluoropolymer compositions having multiple cure functional groups. The materials can include multiple photocurable and/or thermal-curable functional groups such that laminate devices can be fabricated. The materials also substantially do not swell in the presence of hydrocarbon solvents.

Abstract: The invention relates to the continuous production of prepolymers (A) having end groups of the general formula (1): (R1)a(R2)3-aSi—X-A, wherein the end groups (1) can be identical or different, A is a two-band link group selected from —(R3)N—CO—NH—, —HN—CO—N(R3)—, —O—CO—HN—, —HN—CO—O—, S—CO—HN—, —HN—CO—S—, X is a two-band, linear or branched alkyl group, optionally substituted with halogen atoms, having 1-10 carbon atoms, R1 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or aryl residue, optionally substituted with halogen, having 1-10 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkoxy residue —OR3, an acetoxy residue —O—CO—R3, an oxime radical —O—N?C(R3)2 or an amine residue —NHR3 or —NR32R3 is hydrogen, a linear, cyclical or branched radical, substituted with heteroatoms, having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R4 is a linear, branched or cross-linked polymer radical, a is 0, 1 or 2, and n is a whole number that is at least 1, wherein the prepolymers (A) are produced by a continuous method comprising at least one reaction of an isocyanate group (—N?C?O

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inexpensive adhesive resin composition which is applicable even to a base material having a poor bonding property. The adhesive resin composition comprises (A) a polymer having no radical-polymerizable double bond and (B) a radical generating agent in which the radical generating agent (B) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer (A). In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the adhesive resin composition further comprises (C) a radical-polymerizable monomer wherein the monomer (C) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer (A). The radical-polymerizable monomer (C) is a glycidyl group-containing monomer, and the glycidyl group-containing monomer is 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate glycidyl ether.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel, high molecular weight surfactants based on polyurethanes for use in coatings, adhesives or sealants, for example.

Abstract: An ambient temperature curable hydrophilic PU oligomer includes a PU pre-polymer having a hydrophilic center group and a curable terminated group. The ambient temperature curable hydrophilic PU oligomer includes the moisture-curable hydrophilic PU oligomer such as isocyanate-terminated PU pre-polymer and free-radical curable hydrophlic PU oligomer. The isocyanate-terminated PU pre-polymer is synthesized by mixing at least one multi-isocyanate, at least one polyol and one or more diol monomer with hydrophilic group. The acrylate-terminated PU oligomer is synthesized by adding 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) into the isocyanate-terminated hydrophilic PU pre-polymer. Either acrylate- or isocyanate-terminated PU oligomer can be applied on a textile or a glass surface with a thin-layer coating technology. The curing reactions of these hydrophilic thin-layer coatings are carried out with moisture or UV-radiation, respectively, at ambient temperature.

Abstract: An open-pore formed body based on inorganic, partially open-pore light granulates is based on at least one material from the group of alkali silicates, alkali-alkali earth silicates, aluminosilicates, borosilicates, and variants in the three material system CaO—SiO2—Al2O3 in combination with additional metal oxides such as TiO2 FeO3 Mn2O3. It has a bulk density of 0.10 to 0.60 kg/dm3 measured according to DIN EN 1097-3, wherein the light granulate is provided with a hydrophobised surface and is bound with an organic binding agent to form the formed body.

Abstract: A composition that includes aldimines of Formula (I). The composition can be a two-component polyurethane composition. The composition can have a long open time, but build up an early strength quickly, and in the cured state can have high tensile strength and a high modulus of elasticity. The composition can be odorless or at least low-odor before, during and after curing.

Abstract: A single-component, moisture-curing composition, including at least one polyisocyanate, a polyaldimine, an organomethoxysilane, an acid as well as a tin catalyst in special proportions that can be matched to one another. An exemplary composition cures by moisture as much as possible without forming bubbles. In the curing of the composition by atmospheric humidity, an anisotropic material is produced with a predominantly elastic sheath that is virtually tack-free on the surface and a predominantly plastic core. An exemplary composition can be especially well suited as a flexible sealant.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having a polyurethane cover, which is in excellent in abrasion resistance and durability without lowering the productivity. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition containing a thermoplastic polyurethane containing a polyol having an unsaturated carbon-carbon bond as a constituent, and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to curable compositions comprising (a) at least one benzoxazine component selected from the group consisting of N-alkyl and N-alkenyl benzoxazines, and (b) a prepolymer produced from a diisocyanate. The compositions are particularly suitable in the production of adhesives and sealants, prepregs and towpregs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polyurethanes and to mixtures of such polyurethanes, to processes for their preparation, to their use for producing preparations comprising water and to preparations which comprise the polyurethanes.

Abstract: To provide an adherence substance which has a low viscosity and good coatability, can be made solvent free, has a low adhesive strength, of which increase with time is small, has good adhesion to a substrate, has excellent adhesion to an adherend and excellent removability, and has a good wettability. An adherence substance which is obtained by curing a curable composition comprising a silyl group-containing polymer (S) obtained by introducing a hydrolyzable silyl group to a molecular terminal of a polyurethane prepolymer obtained by reacting a polyol compound with a polyisocyanate compound, and which has a peel adhesive strength of at most 8N/25 mm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of silylated polyurethanes and/or polyureas, comprising the steps: a) application of a component ?) containing isocyanate and of a component ?) containing polyol and/or polyamine to at least one surface of body A, which surface rotates about an axis of rotation and has a temperature between 60 and 400° C., and b) reaction of the reaction product of ?) isocyanate and ?) polyol and/or polyamine with a silylating agent.

Abstract: The invention provides novel flame-retardant polymers and materials, their synthesis and use. More particularly, the flame-retardant polymers are deoxybenzoin-derived polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation curable and developable polyurethane which is characterized by having a carboxy group in its main chain and a acryloyl group in its side chain and comprising the following repeat units (I), (II), and (II) in a random arrangement: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and T are defined in the specification. The polyurethane has a weight molecular weight measured by GPC in a range of from 3,000 to 400,000; an acid value in a range of from 5 to 120 mgKOH/g. The present invention also relates to a radiation curable and developable composition containing the polyurethane.

Abstract: Provided is a process which can be carried out upon the production of a polyurethane/thiourethane-based resin with the use of a polyisocyanate compound, a polyol compound, and a polythiol compound, without causing abrupt heat generation or viscosity increase. At least one polyol compound having at least one ether bond and two or more hydroxy groups in a molecule is used as the polyol compound, whereby a large heat generation or an abrupt viscosity increase are prevented from occurring upon blending monomer.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical controlled release composition in solid dosage form is provided which comprises (I) a water-swellable linear polymer obtainable by reacting together: (a) a dried polyethylene oxide; (b) a dried C5 to C20 diol; and (c) a Bifunctional diisocyanate; and (II) a releasable pharmaceutically active agent.

Abstract: The invention describes amphiphilic polymer compounds which are prepared by a) reacting a di-, tri- or tetraglycidyl compound (A) with an optionally unsaturated reactive component (B) consisting of C8-C28-fatty acid, a C8-C28-alcohol or a secondary C8-C28-amine, and allowing b1) the reaction product from stage a) to react further first with b1?) an aliphatic or aromatic polyisocyanate compound (C) b1?) and optionally then with a polyalkylene oxide compound (D), and b1?) reacting the reaction product from stage b1?) or optionally b1?) with a component (E) which is reactive towards isocyanates and has at least one OH, NH2, NH or SH group, or b2) allowing the reaction product from stage a) to react to completion with the reaction product of component (C) with component (E) and optionally (D) and (C), or b3) allowing the reaction product from stage a) to react to completion with the reaction product from component (C) and component (D) and optionally (C) and optionally the reaction product of component (C) and

Abstract: The invention relates to a silylated polyurethane that is manufactured by reacting at least one polyether compound having an OH number per DIN 53783 between 3 and 20 mg KOH/g, made up of at least two polyoxyalkylene blocks A and B, the number of carbon atoms in the alkylene units of blocks A and B differing by at least 1, with one or more isocyanatosilanes of formula (I): OCN—R—Si—(R1)m(—OR2)3-m, in which m is 0, 1, or 2, each R2 is an alkyl residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, each R1 is an alkyl residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R is a difunctional organic group, in order to cap the hydroxyl groups of the prepolymer with the isocyanatosilane, thereby forming a silylated polyurethane that comprises alkoxysilyl groups as reactive end groups. The silylated polyurethanes that are described are suitable for the manufacture of adhesive, sealant, or coating-agent preparations having good mechanical properties.

Abstract: Polymers whose surfaces are modified by endgroups that include amphipathic surface-modifying moieties. An amphipathic endgroup of a polymer molecule is an endgroup that contains at least two moieties of significantly differing composition, such that the amphipathic endgroup spontaneously rearranges its positioning in a polymer body to position the moiety on the surface of the body, depending upon the composition of the medium with which the body is in contact, when that re-positioning causes a reduction in interfacial energy. An example of an amphipathic surface-modifying endgroup is one that has both a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic moiety in a single endgroup. For instance, a hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) terminated with a hydrophilic hydroxyl group is not surface active in air when the surface-modifying endgroup is bonded to a more hydrophobic base polymer.

Abstract: Compositions, such as aerospace sealant, coating, and/or potting compositions are disclosed. The compositions include a polythioether and, in at least some cases, can be sprayable and fuel resistant even when substantially free of volatile organic compounds.

Abstract: A hydroxy compound is provided whereby a polyurethane excellent in elongation property can be produced. A hydroxy compound represented by the formula B-Am, wherein A is a univalent group which has a terminal hydroxy group and a carbonate chain composed of an ether unit produced by ring-opening of a monoepoxide and a carbonyloxy unit [—OC(O)—] linked to each other, and B is a m-valent residue produced by removing all hydroxy groups from a polycarbonate having m hydroxy groups at the terminals, provided that —O—R— in the repeating unit [—OC(O)—O—R—] of the polycarbonate is an ether unit other than an ether unit produced by ring-opening of a monoepoxide.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a process for urethane resin production in which the molecular weight of the urethane resin can be easily controlled regardless of the kind of polyisocyanate compound and which can yield a urethane resin for use as a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive usable in extensive applications ranging from a strong-tack region to a slight-tack region.

Abstract: A process for adhesively bonding a substrate, using an adhesive comprising a polymer binder and a crosslinker compound I comprising carbodiimide groups, wherein the compound comprising carbodiimide groups is obtainable by reacting a) carbodiimides of 1,3-bis(1-methyl-1-isocyanatoethyl)benzene, 1,4-bis(1-methyl-1-isocyanatoethyl)benzene or a mixture thereof with b) polyalkylene oxides having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups, preferably at least two hydroxyl groups, and c) if appropriate, further compounds reactive with a) or b).

Abstract: Described are coating compositions for treating substrates such as hard and soft surfaces to render the surfaces oil and water repellent, as well as stain and dirt resistant. The compositions described include three component systems in an organic solvent, where the components include a hydrolyzable perfluoropolyetherisocyanate derived silane, and to non-fluorinated components such as alkoxy silanes, one optionally containing a reactive functional group.

Abstract: A crosslinker for polymerizing a film-forming material including an alkyl or aromatic compound comprising at least two functional groups reactive with a film-forming resin and at least one pendent group having a nonionic metal coordinating structure. Coating compositions can include a film-forming material and the crosslinker. The coating compositions can be used to coat a substrate, such as a metal substrate. Applied coating layers on substrates can be cured to form coating films.

Abstract: The invention provides a flame-retardant waterborne polyurethane dispersion. The dispersion includes: 1 to 15 parts by weight of a phosphorus flame retardant containing active hydrogen; 10 to 40 parts by weight of a diisocyanate; 30 to 80 parts by weight of a polyol; and 1 to 15 parts by weight of an active hydrogen-containing compound, which is capable of forming a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inexpensive adhesive resin composition which is applicable even to a base material having a poor bonding property. The adhesive resin composition comprises (A) a polymer having no radical-polymerizable double bond and (B) a radical generating agent in which the radical generating agent (B) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer (A). In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the adhesive resin composition further comprises (C) a radical-polymerizable monomer wherein the monomer (C) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer (A). The radical-polymerizable monomer (C) is a glycidyl group-containing monomer, and the glycidyl group-containing monomer is 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate glycidyl ether.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing low-viscosity, allophanate-containing and NCO-free polyurethane prepolymers curable by actinic radiation, and to the products obtainable by this process. The prepolymers have residual monomer contents of less than 0.5% by weight and an NCO content of less than 1% by weight, and are prepared by a process in which A) diisocyanates, B) hydroxy-functional compounds containing groups which react with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation, and C) polyester, polyether or polycarbonate polyols having a functionality of at least 1.

Abstract: Polymers whose surfaces are modified by endgroups that include amphipathic surface-modifying moieties. An amphipathic endgroup of a polymer molecule is an endgroup that contains at least two moieties of significantly differing composition, such that the amphipathic endgroup spontaneously rearranges its positioning in a polymer body to position the moiety on the surface of the body, depending upon the composition of the medium with which the body is in contact, when that re-positioning causes a reduction in interfacial energy. An example of an amphipathic surface-modifying endgroup is one that has both a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic moiety in a single endgroup. For instance, a hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) terminated with a hydrophilic hydroxyl group is not surface active in air when the surface-modifying endgroup is bonded to a more hydrophobic base polymer.