Abstract: The present invention relates to organic anti-reflective coating polymers suitable for use in a semiconductor device during a photolithograhy process for forming ultrafine patterns using 193 nm ArF beam radiation, and preparation method therefor. Anti-reflective coating polymers of the present invention contain a monomer having a pendant phenyl group having high absorbency at the 193 nm wavelength. When the polymers of the present invention are used in an anti-reflective coating in a photolithography process for forming ultrafine patterns, the polymers eliminate the standing waves caused by changes in the thickness of the overlying photosensitive film, by the spectroscopic property of lower layers on wafer and by changes in CD due to diffractive and reflective light originating from the lower layers.

Abstract: The invention concerns a copolymer of ethylene oxide and at least one substituted oxirane carrying a cross-linkable function. The copolymer comprises ethylene oxide, —O—CH2—CHR— units in which R is a substituent containing a reactive function which is cross-linkable by free radical process, R may be different from one unit to the other, and possibly —O—CH2—CHR?— units in which R? is a substituent containing no reactive function which is cross-linkable by means of a free radical process, R? may be different from one unit to the other. It is characterized by an excellent polymolecularity index I=Mw/Mn and a statistical distribution of the different monomer units. The copolymer is prepared by an anionic copolymerization process. The copolymer is useful for preparing a solid electrolyte having good mechanical properties, a good cationic conductivity and a good chemical compatibility with the electrodes of a generator operating with alkali metals such as lithium and sodium.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition suitable for forming a film of excellent water repellency which comprises an epoxy resin having one or more water repellent groups and two or more cyclic aliphatic epoxy groups per molecule, a triazine-base catalyst for cationic polymerization and a non-polar solvent.

Abstract: The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

Abstract: The invention concerns a copolymer of ethylene oxide and at least one substituted oxirane carrying a cross-linkable function. The copolymer comprises ethylene oxide, —O—CH2—CHR— units in which R is a substituent containing a reactive function which is cross-linkable by free radical process, and possibly —O—CH2—CHR?— units in which R? is a substituent containing no reactive function which is cross-linkable by means of a free radical process, It is characterized by an excellent polydispersity index I=Mw/Mn and a random distribution of the different monomer units. The copolymer is prepared by an anionic copolymerization process. The copolymer is useful for preparing a solid electrolyte having good mechanical properties, a good cationic conductivity and a good chemical compatibility with the electrodes of a generator operating with alkali metals such as lithium and sodium.

Abstract: The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

Abstract: Polymer composites comprising a water-insoluble polymer and a water-sensitive polymer are disclosed. The water-sensitive polymer is a copolymer polymerized from one or more alkylene oxide monomers and one or more epoxy-functional monomers. The polymer composites can be used in the manufacture of articles having enhanced lubricious-when-wet properties, e.g., wet-shaving devices, and medical devices, e.g., catheters. The articles can provide enhanced retention of lubricity after repeated uses.

Abstract: A golf ball comprising a core, a cover, and an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a glycidyl homo-polymer having the formula: wherein R1 is hydrogen, CH3, linear or branched alkyl group having the formula CxH2x+1 where x is an integer from 1 to about 8, aromatic, or alicyclic; R2 is hydrogen, CH3, linear or branched alkyl group having the formula CyH2y+1 where y is an integer from 1 to about 20, aromatic, or alicyclic; and n is an integer ranging from 1 to about 6; or a glydidyl co-polymer having the formula: wherein R3, R4, and R5 are hydrogen, CH3, linear or branched alkyl group having the formula CxH2x+1, where x is an integer from 1 to about 8, aromatic, or alicyclic; R6 is hydrogen, CH3, linear or branched alkyl group having the formula CyH2y+1 where y is an integer from 1 to about 20, aromatic, or alicyclic; o ranges from about 1 to about 99 weight percent of the total polymer; p ran

Abstract: A method of preparing a (meth)acrylate functionalised polymer comprising the steps of mixing together a monofunctional vinylic monomer with from 0.3-100% w/w (based on monofunctional monomer) of a polyfunctional vinylic monomer and from 0.0001-50% w/w of a chain transfer agent, reacting said mixture to form a polymer and terminating the polymerisation reaction before 99% conversion. The resulting polymers are useful as components of surface coatings and inks, as moulding resins or in curable compounds, e.g. curable moulding resins or photoresists.

Abstract: Novel fluorine-containing paper sizes which impart oil and grease resistance to paper and soil-release properties to textile products are described which are the copolymerization products of (a) a perfluoroalkyl-substituted (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide, (b) a secondary- or tertiary-amino or quaternary ammonium group-containing (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide, (c) vinylidene chloride and, optionally, d) other copolymerizable nonfluorinated vinyl monomers.

Abstract: The present invention provides new coordinative catalysts for the polymerization of alkylene oxides.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin of the formula: where R1, R2, R3, x and y are those defined herein. The present invention also provides methods for using the above described resin to inhibit reflection of light from the lower layer of a wafer substrate during a photoresist pattern formation process.

Abstract: Organic polymers having water contact angles of 20° or smaller, preferably 7° or smaller and equipped with both high wettability and high transparency. The organic polymers may contain as partial structures polar structures of about 3 debyes or higher in dipole moment and are available especially from polymerization of polymerizable compounds having alkylene(thio)urea structures.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing copolymer of the following formula. A film-forming composition containing the copolymer. An anti-reflection film having a low-refractive-index layer containing the copolymer. An anti-reflection film having the above anti-reflection film on a transparent support. An image display device having the anti-reflection film.

Abstract: An epoxy group-containing acrylic resin for a powder coating is prepared by suspension polymerization at a temperature of at least 80° C. and a pressure of at least 2 kg/cm2 with a vinyl monomer mixture comprising from 10-60% by weight of epoxy group-containing vinyl monomers, from 10-60% by weight of alkyl (meth)acrylate(s), and other vinyl monomer(s). The epoxy group-containing acrylic resin particles possess the following characteristics: i) a weight average molecular weight of from 3000-20,000; ii) an epoxy equivalent of from 350-1200 g/eq; iii) 1000 ppm or less of volatile components; iv) a mean particle diameter of from 80-800 &mgr;m; v) at least 95% by weight of the particles having a long diameter R:short diameter r ratio within the parameters 1<R/r<1.2; and vi) 5% by weight or less of the particles having a long diameter R of less than 62 &mgr;m and 5% by weight or less of particles having a short diameter r of more than 1000 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer is produced by continuously polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer with a catalyst consisting essentially of specified components (a) to (c) and reacting with at least one of specified components (d) and (e) and has a content of cis-1,4-bond of not less than 85%, a content of 1,2-vinyl bond of not more than 2.0% and a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn) of not more than 5, and contains at least one functional group selected from epoxy group and hydroxyl group in its molecule. And also, a rubber composition comprises 10-200 parts by weight of silica based on 100 parts by weight of rubber ingredient consisting of 10-100% by weight of the above conjugated diene polymer and 90-0% by weight of the other diene polymer or natural rubber.

Abstract: A polymer used for a negative type resist composition having a first repeating unit of a Si-containing monomer unit, a second repeating unit having a hydroxy group or an epoxy ring and copolymerized with the first repeating unit is provided.

Abstract: Viscosity index improvers, are disclosed, comprising oil-soluble copolymer (A) comprising units of 5-90% by weight of a monomer (a) represented by the general formula:

Abstract: The invention concerns an optically active polymer obtainable by free radical or anionic polymerisation of an optically active ethylene monomer with epoxide function bearing at least a chiral centre with a copolymerisable ethylene monomer. An example of such a polymer is an optically active copolymer consisting of two types of repeat units A and B of formula: (A), (B), wherein R0 to R12, X, Y1 and Y2, B, * and n are such as defined in claim 1. Another example is an optically active monomer consisting of two types of repeat units A and C, A being as defined above and C corresponding to formula (C). Said polymers are useful, optionally after the epoxide functions are opened, for immobilising enzymes, as polymeric matrix for chiral chromatography, as polymeric support for solid phase synthesis, as ligand for preparing transition metal complexes in regioselective catalysis or as chiral inducer in regioselective catalyst.

Abstract: A method of preparing a (meth)acrylate functionalised polymer comprising the steps of mixing together a monofunctional vinylic monomer with from 0.3-100% w/w (based on monofunctional monomer) of a polyfunctional vinylic monomer and from 0.0001-50% w/w of a chain transfer agent, reacting said mixture to form a polymer and terminating the polymerisation reaction before 99% conversion. The resulting polymers are useful as components of surface coatings and inks, as moulding resins or in curable compounds, e.g. curable moulding resins or photoresists.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer material of low relative permittivity obtained through copolymerization of a monomer composition that contains, as monomers, a fumaric diester and an epoxy group-having (meth)acrylate. The polymer material bonds or adheres well to metal conductor layers, and, after crosslinked, it is patternable. In addition, it has good electric properties of low relative permittivity, low dielectric loss tangent and good electric insulation, and has good heat resistance.

Abstract: The invention concerns a copolymer of ethylene oxide and at least one substituted oxirane carrying a cross-linkable function. The copolymer comprises ethylene oxide, —O—CH2—CHR— units in which R is a substituent containing a reactive function which is cross-linkable by free radical process, R may be different from one unit to the other, and possibly —O—CH2—CHR′— units in which R′ is a substituent containing no reactive function which is cross-linkable by means of a free radical process, R′ may be different from one unit to the other. It is characterized by an excellent polymolecularity index I=Mp/Mn and a statistical distribution of the different monomer units. The copolymer is prepared by an anionic copolymerization process.

Abstract: The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

Abstract: The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

Abstract: A multifunctional polymer comprising a polymeric chain having chromophore groups and cross-linking sites is suitable as a resist material and especially as the underlayer for bilayer and top surface imaging strategies. The multifunctional polymer can function as an antireflective coating, planarizing layer or etch resistant hard mask.

Abstract: A high Tg acrylic polymer is provided as well as an epoxy-blend thereof for use as a pressure sensitive adhesive. The high Tg acrylic polymer comprises a copolymer of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer whose homopolymer has a Tg>20° C., optionally a C1-30 (meth)acrylate monomer, an nitrogen-containing polar monomer, and a polymerizable epoxy-containing monomer, with the monomers being present in an amount such that the copolymer has a Tg>50° C. When blended with at least one liquid epoxy resin, the resulting mixture exhibits desirable pressure sensitive adhesive properties and may be cured.

Abstract: A method for the production of glass or plastic laminates is provided comprising applying between opposing faces of glass or plastic substrates a pressure sensitive adhesive comprised of a curable blend of an epoxy resin and a polymer comprised of the polymerization reaction product of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer whose homopolymer has a Tg>20° C., optionally a C1-30 (meth)acrylate monomer, a nitrogen-containing polar monomer, and a polymerizable epoxy-containing monomer, with the monomers being present in an amount such that the copolymer has a Tg>50° C., and curing the adhesive.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for a continuous, high temperature polymerization process for preparing a free radically polymerized epoxy-functional polymeric product. The process comprises continuously charging into a reactor at least one epoxy-functional acrylic monomer, and optionally at least one non-functional free radical polymerizable monomer. An optional free radical polymerization initiator may also be added. The reactor is maintained at an effective temperature for an effective period of time to cause polymerization of the monomers into a polymeric product, such that the polymeric product is formed substantially free of gel particles. A clear coating is also disclosed incorporating polymers of the present invention, such that the clear coating has a low Delta b value at standard conditions.

Abstract: The invention provides functionalized copolymers in the form of their aqueous dispersions or water-redispersible powders, based on a) one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, methacrylic esters and acrylic esters of alcohols having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, vinyl aromatics, olefins, dienes, and vinyl halides, b) from 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of one or more hydrolyzable silane monomers from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated, hydrolyzable silicon compounds and hydrolyzable silicon compounds from the group consisting of epoxysilanes, aminosilanes, and mercaptosilanes, c) from 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of one or more monomers from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated epoxide compounds, d) from 0 to 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyether polyols by the reaction of alkylene oxides and compounds containing active hydrogens, in the presence of specific Lewis acid metal compounds as catalysts, novel bis(perfluoroalkylsulfonic acid) compounds of Group 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and to a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof as catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic ethers.

Abstract: The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

Abstract: The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

Abstract: The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphate group-containing resin obtained by copolymerizing: (a) a polymerizable monomer having a phosphate group represented by a formula [—OPO(OR)(OH)] (wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms), (b) a polymerizable monomer having a phosphoric acid group represented by a formula [—OPO(OH)2] and (c) a (meth)acrylate base polymerizable monomer having two tertiary alkyl groups in a molecule and to a water based metallic coating material composition comprising the above phosphate group-containing resin and a metallic pigment.

Abstract: Organic polymers having water contact angles of 20° or smaller, preferably 7° or smaller and equipped with both high wettability and high transparency. The organic polymers may contain as partial structures polar structures of about 3 debyes or higher in dipole moment and are available especially from polymerization of polymerizable compounds having alkylene(thio)urea structures.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for a continuous, high temperature polymerization process for preparing a free radically polymerized epoxy-functional polymeric product. The process comprises continuously charging into a reactor at least one epoxy-functional acrylic monomer, and optionally at least one non-functional free radical polymerizable monomer. An optional free radical polymerization initiator may also be added. The reactor is maintained at an effective temperature for an effective period of time to cause polymerization of the monomers into a polymeric product, such that the polymeric product is formed substantially free of gel particles. A clear coating is also disclosed incorporating polymers of the present invention, such that the clear coating has a low Delta b value at standard conditions.

Abstract: An organic anti-reflective polymer having the following Formula 1, its preparation method, an anti-reflective coating composition comprising the said organic anti-reflective polymer and a preparation method of an anti-reflective coating made therefrom. The anti-reflective coating comprising the disclosed polymer eliminates standing waves caused by the optical properties of lower layers on the wafer and by the thickness changes of the photoresist, prevents back reflection and CD alteration caused by the diffracted and reflected light from such lower layers. Such advantages enable the formation of stable ultrafine patterns suitable for 64M, 256M, 1G, 4G, and 16G DRAM semiconductor devices and improve the production yields. Further, it is also possible to control the k value and the increased hydrophobicity facilitates EBR (Edge Bead Removal).

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and use of water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymers for oil field applications. Specifically, the present invention relates to polymers containing allyloxy linkage andits functional dervatives for use in oil field applications as fluid additives for drilling and cementing processes.

Abstract: An epoxy group-containing acrylic resin for a powder coating composition is here disclosed which is a copolymer, having a weight-average molecular weight of 3000 to 20000, of a vinyl monomer mixture comprising 10 to 60% by weight of alkyl ester(s) of (meth)acrylic acid, 10 to 60% by weight of epoxy group-containing vinyl monomer(s) and other vinyl monomer(s), said epoxy group-containing acrylic resin having a mean particle diameter in the range of 80 to 800 &mgr;m, including 95% by weight or more of particles satisfying the relation of 1≦R/r≦1.2 wherein R is a long diameter and r is a short diameter of each particle, and including 1000 ppm or less of volatile components, the amount of the particles having long diameters R of less than 62 &mgr;m being 5% by weight or less, that of the particles having short diameters r of more than 1000 &mgr;m being 5% by weight or less.

Abstract: Novel fluorine-containing paper sizes which impart oil and grease resistance to paper and soil-release properties to textile products are described which are the copolymerization products of (a) a perfluoroalkyl-substituted (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide, (b) a secondary- or tertiary-amino or quaternary ammonium group-containing (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide, (c) vinylidene chloride and, optionally, d) other copolymerizable nonfluorinated vinyl monomers.

Abstract: Described are chiral liquid crystalline polymer materials and polymerizable compounds used for preparing them. The polymer materials can serve as a carrier material or are coated onto a carrier material. Also described are methods of making such materials and using them to make pigment flakes used in paints, printing inks, spray paints, cosmetic products, colored plastics, optical elements and security applications.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for a continuous, high temperature polymerization process for preparing a gel free polymeric product. The process comprises continuously charging into a reactor at least one monomer such that the reactor is filled to 100 percent of its usable volume. The reactor is maintained at an effective temperature for an effective period of time to cause polymerization of the monomers into a polymeric product, such that the polymeric product is formed substantially free of gel particles.

Abstract: A compound and a method of forming a photopolymerizable acrylated glycidyl acrylic terpolymer resin compound is disclosed. The polymeric resin may be formed in a two-step process. A photopolymerizable acrylic hybrid polymer is suitable for forming films having glass transition temperatures from about −55 degrees C. to about 110 degrees C. A non-aromatic photopolymerizable acrylate polymer may be formed by combining, in a first step, a reactive source of epoxide ion groups. In a second step, the glycidyl acrylic terpolymer formed in the first step is reacted with a catalyst and a source of unsaturated acid or anhydride to form an acrylate polymer. A ring opening reaction is employed such that an acid or an anhydride containing a conjugated double bond forms an acrylated acrylic, an acrylated fluorinated acrylic, an acrylated silonted acrylic, or an acrylated halogenated grafted acrylic. The cure process is initiated with specific UV or visible light promotors and/or with a UV or visible light source.

Abstract: Polymers are disclosed having the following formula 1 or 2: Polymers of the present invention can be used as an ARC material useful for submicrolithography processes using 248 nm KrF, 193 nm ArF and 157 nm F2 lasers. The polymers contain a chromophore substituent that exhibits sufficient absorbance at the wavelengths useful for the submicrolithography process. The ARC prevents back reflection of light from lower layers and the alteration of the CD by diffracted and reflected light from the lower layers. The ARC also eliminates standing waves and reflective notching due to the optical properties of lower layers on the wafer and to changes in the thickness of the photosensitive film applied thereon, thereby resulting in the stable formation of ultrafine patterns suitable for 64M, 256M, 1 G, 4 G and 16 G DRAMs and a great improvement in the production yield.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to copolymers of norbornene and functional group containing norbornene comonomers and processes for the preparation thereof. These polymers may be random, alternating or block copolymers or terpolymers, etc. In general, the present invention describes a polymer composition of the formula: [A]S— and —[B]T wherein A is monomer repeat unit derived from one or more norbornene or substituted norbornene monomers and B is a monomer repeat unit derived from one or more functionalized norbornene compounds.

Abstract: The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

Abstract: A temperature sensor for prevention of an overcurrent condition in circuits of electronic equipment such as personal computers. The temperature sensor including a temperature sensitive layer provided on opposing electrodes on an insulating substrate and prepared by suspending an electrically conductive powder in a mixture of a resin obtained by copolymerizing a flexible monomer, a hydrophobic monomer, and a monomer having a glycidyl radical, and a hardening agent; and an electronic equipment employing the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A (meth)acrylate terpolymer comprising 1-30% of total terpolymer weight epoxy-functional (meth)acrylate monomer units, 1-98% of total terpolymer weight tackifier (meth)acrylate monomer units, and 1-98% of total terpolymer weight compatibilizing (meth)acrylate monomer units, wherein the compatibilizing (meth)acrylate monomer unit is a (meth)acrylic ester derived from an aromatic alcohol containing 6-14 carbon atoms. Also provided are self-fixturing adhesive compositions comprising the acrylate terpolymer of the present invention and methods of their use.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin of the formula: 1

Abstract: An epoxy group-containing acrylic resin for a powder coating composition is a copolymer, having a weight-average molecular weight of 3000 to 20000, of a vinyl monomer mixture comprising 10 to 60% by weight of alkyl ester(s) of (meth)acrylic acid, 10 to 60% by weight of epoxy group-containing vinyl monomer(s) and other vinyl monomer(s), said epoxy group-containing acrylic resin having a mean particle diameter in the range of 80 to 800 &mgr;m, including 95% by weight or more of particles satisfying the relation of 1≦R/r≦1.2 wherein R is a long diameter and r is a short diameter of each particle, and including 1000 ppm or less of volatile components, the amount of the particles having long diameters R of less than 62 &mgr;m being 5% by weight or less, that of the particles having short diameters r of more than 1000 &mgr;m being 5% by weight or less.