Abstract: A compound represented by formula (1), a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal display device are described. In formula (1), for example, the ring A1 and the ring A4 are phenylene or cyclohexylene; Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 6 carbons; L1 is a single bond; s and t are 0; and P1, P2, P3 and P4 are a polymerizable group.

Abstract: Compositions characterized by the presence of an aqueous base-soluble polymer having aromatic moieties and aliphatic alcohol moieties have been found which are especially useful as developable bottom antireflective coatings in 193 nm lithographic processes. The compositions enable improved lithographic processes which are especially useful in the context of subsequent ion implantation or other similar processes where avoidance of aggressive antireflective coating removal techniques is desired.

Abstract: To provide an antifouling composition which is a fluorine-type antifouling composition using a short chain perfluoroalkyl group and which is excellent in antifouling properties and water/oil repellency and presents good durability against washing. An antifouling composition comprising a fluorocopolymer which comprises from 30 to 65 mass % of polymerized units (a) having a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group, from 1 to 67 mass % of polymerized units (b1) having —(C2H4O)— and from 3 to 34 mass % of polymerized units (b2) having —(C4H8O)—, wherein the content of —(C2H4O)— is from 20 to 65 mass %, and the content of —(C4H8O)— is from 2 to 13 mass %.

Abstract: A curable composition and a process for using the curable composition within a grating-coupled waveguide (GCW) sensor are disclosed. The composition can be used for facile replication of optical components, specifically those used in a label-independent detection system where operation of the waveguide is dependent on the detailed formation of micro and nano size patterns. The photo or electron beam curable composition has low viscosity (?500 cPs) and cures to an optically clear material with high glass transition temperature (?70° C.), low shrinkage on cure, low outgassing, and low extractables.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which can form a pressure-sensitive sheet excellent in adhesive properties (adherability, easy peeling property at the time of high speed peeling, and re-peeling property) and the antistatic property and which has long pot life. The pressure-sensitive composition of the present invention is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a (meth)acryl-based polymer composed of, as raw material monomers, a (meth)acryl-based monomer having an alkyl group of 1 to 14 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acryl-based monomer, an alkali metal salt, and a catalyst having iron as an active center, wherein the hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acryl-based monomer is contained in an amount of 6 parts by weight or more to 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acryl-based monomer having an alkyl group of 1 to 14 carbon atoms.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a process for preparing a particulate solid comprising the steps i) to iv): i) providing a dispersion of polymer particles in a liquid medium, said polymer being obtained or obtainable by the copolymerisation of at least the monomers in components a) to d): a) 45 to 90 parts of one of more hydrocarbyl (meth) acrylates each having a homopolymer Tg of from 90 to 130° C. and having no hydrophilic groups; b) 10 to 55 parts of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers each having homopolymer Tg of below 90° C. and having no hydrophilic groups; c) 0 to 40 parts of one or more styrenic monomers having a homopolymer Tg of at least 90° C.

Abstract: A method for reducing colored foreign substances in a water absorbent resin by a convenient and simple technique in the production of a water absorbent resin, without requiring any modification of raw materials or high capital investment, is provided. The method for producing a particulate water absorbent resin includes a step of polymerizing an aqueous solution of an unsaturated monomer; and a step of drying a particulate water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer having a solids concentration of 30% by weight or greater that is obtainable in a gel grain refining step during polymerization or after polymerization, with one or more apparatuses for aerating a water absorbent resin with a high temperature gas stream being installed in the drying step and/or in at least one of the subsequent steps, while in the aerating apparatus, the high temperature gas stream is passed through a filter and then is reused in the same step as the step where the aerating apparatus is installed, or in a different step.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive of the invention includes a (meth)acryl-based polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer component including: an alkyl(meth)acrylate (a1) having a branched alkyl group of 8 to 24 carbon atoms at an ester end; and an alkyl(meth)acrylate (a2) having a linear alkyl group of 8 to 24 carbon atoms at an ester end. The pressure-sensitive adhesive can has a satisfactory level of adhesive performance and can form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer with a lower dielectric constant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers comprising ester groups and having at least one nonpolar segment P and at least one polar segment D, the polar segment D having at least 8 repeat units and the proportion by weight of dispersing repeat units in the polar segment D being at least 30%, based on the weight of the polar segment D, wherein the copolymer comprising ester groups is obtainable by NMP (nitroxide mediated polymerization). The invention further relates to lubricant oils having improved friction properties and comprising said copolymers.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a novel epoxy group-containing copolymer, including a production process thereof, and an epoxy (meth)acrylate copolymer starting from the epoxy group-containing copolymer, including a production process thereof are provided. The epoxy group-containing copolymer of the present invention contains a specific epoxy group-containing repeating unit and an olefin-based repeating unit. A novel epoxy (meth)acrylate copolymer of the present invention is produced by reacting the epoxy group-containing copolymer with (meth)acrylic acid.

Abstract: A vinyloxy group-containing vinyl polymer, useful as a heat or light curing reactive prepolymer, containing at least a constituent unit expressed by the following formula (I):

Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer formed from at least the following: ethylene and a “monomeric chain transfer agent (monomeric CTA),” comprising a “copolymerization end” and a “chain transfer end.

Abstract: A photochromic cured product exhibiting favorable photochromic properties such as a high color density and a large fading rate, and excellent base member properties such as a high hardness, a high heat resistance and a high impact resistance. A curable composition contains a polymerizable monomer which exhibits the L-scale Rockwell hardness of not larger than 40, a bifunctional polymerizable monomer which exhibits the L-scale Rockwell hardness of not smaller than 60, a polyfunctional polymerizable monomer which exhibits the L-scale Rockwell hardness of not smaller than 60, and a photochromic compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a branched vinyl polymer carrying dendrons made from monofunctional vinyl monomers and branched by virtue of difunctional vinyl monomers so that there is on average one branch or fewer per polymer chain to avoid gelation. The polymer may be made by chain-growth polymerization of predominantly monofunctional vinyl monomers in the presence of difunctional vinyl monomers and dendron units.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antibiofouling composition, an antibiofouling membrane and a method for forming the same. The antibiofouling composition comprises a copolymer and at least one solvent. The copolymer comprises at least one hydrophobic segment and at least one antibiofouling segment where the hydrophobic segment comprises a plurality of hydrophobic moieties and the antibiofouling segment comprises a plurality of antibiofouling moieties. The molar ratio of the total of hydrophobic moieties to the total of the antibiofouling moieties is 0.5˜6.0.

Abstract: Radiopaque polymer compositions and methods for making the compositions are provided. These radiopaque polymer compositions include shape memory polymer compositions comprising a crosslinked polymer network, the network comprising a first repeating unit derived from a monofunctional iodinated monomer and a second repeating unit derived from a multifunctional non-iodinated monomer wherein neither of the two monomers is fluorinated. Devices formed from radiopaque polymer compositions are also provided.

Abstract: A copolymer defines interconnected pores and comprises polymerized monomers. The monomers comprise a first monomer more hydrophilic than 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), and a second monomer as hydrophilic as, or less hydrophilic than, HEMA. In a method of forming a polymer, a bicontinuous microemulsion comprising water, a surfactant, and a combination of monomers copolymerizable for forming a porous copolymer is provided. The combination of monomers comprises the first and second monomers. The monomers in the bicontinuous microemulsion are polymerized to form the porous copolymer. The first monomer may comprise N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) or methacrylic acid (MAA). The second monomer may comprise HEMA or methyl methacrylate (MMA).

Abstract: An acrylate-based optical coating composition containing a blend of monomers, a metal salt, a Hindered Amine Light Stabilizer (HALS), an antioxidant (AO), an initiator and a photochromic dye. The initiator has a range of free radical energy that is below a predetermined level. The cure process is controlled by the catalyst and initiator in combination with the HALS and AO to avoid deleterious reactions that can increase yellowness. The composition is well suited to be applied to a lens and cured in the mold to form a coating with reduced yellowness having high adhesion and abrasion-resistant properties. A photochromic segmented bifocal lens is produced with low photochromic fatigue and favorable % T values.

Abstract: A monomer compound that contains at least one polymerizable functional group per molecule, and at least one bicycloheptyl-, bicycloheptenyl-, or branched (C5-C42)alkyl-polyether radical per molecule, wherein the bicycloheptyl- or bicycloheptenyl-polyether radical may optionally be substituted on one or more of the ring carbon atoms by one or two (C1-C6)alkyl groups per ring carbon atom is useful in making polymers, particularly pH responsive polymers.

Abstract: Provided is a Michael addition product prepared from a multifunctional acryl monomer having multiple hydroxyl groups allowing introduction of acryl functional groups, as a Michael acceptor, and a Michael donor. The Michael addition product is a novel multifunctional compound having an oligomer and a photoinitiator moiety in the molecule. Since it can be cured under a standard UV curing condition without having to add a photoinitiator, it is reduced to air pollution or health problem. Therefore the superior physical properties were obtained by cured coatings without surface tackiness. In addition, its hydroxyl groups allow, through isocyanate bonding or introduction of acryl groups, 3-dimensional crosslinking and molecular and compositional design for improving expandability, friction, and reactivity and hydrophilicity for self-adhesion, hardness of cured film, or the like. Consequently, a very useful, multifunctional or water-dispersible coating composition may be prepared.

Abstract: An acrylic composition, which has excellent flexibility at low temperature and can form a formed body whose adhesion at room temperature is suppressed, the formed body of the acrylic composition, a key sheet of a mobile telephone, and a light guide obtained from the formed body are provided. The acrylic composition contains specific long chain di(meth)acrylate (A) and mono(meth)acrylate (B), and the glass-transformation temperature (TgDMS) of the polymer of the acrylic composition is 40° C. or less. The formed body is obtained by polymerization of the acrylic composition, and the key sheet of the mobile telephone and the light guide are obtained from the formed body.

Abstract: A polymer obtainable by free-radical polymerization of one or more oxetane-based macromonomers and optionally one or more further, free-radically polymerizable comonomers, the oxetane-based macromonomer(s) being obtainable by cationic ring-opening polymerization of at least one hydroxyoxetane with a terminally ethylenically unsaturated starter molecule free of allyl groups in a molar ratio (hydroxyoxetane(s):starter molecule) of (100:1) to (1:1) in the presence of at least one suitable catalyst. Processes for preparing the polymer and the use thereof as an additive in coating compositions and plastics.

Abstract: The claimed invention provides a novel compound not having been studied before, that is, a diene carboxylate anion that contains a specific structure, and a salt thereof. The claimed invention further provides a diene carboxylate anion and a salt thereof, especially a metal salt thereof, which are easily soluble in general organic solvents, reactive diluents, and resins, may be in a liquid state at normal temperature depending on the structure, and have high polymerizability. Polymerization/curing of these produces a resin to which many ionic bonds and a metal are introduced, providing various properties such as hardness, scratch resistance, anti-fingerprint property, gas-barrier property, water vapor barrier property, oxygen absorption property, ultraviolet protection, infrared protection, color development and coloring, high refractive index, adhesion, various catalytic abilities, fluorescence ability and light-emitting ability, optical amplification, dispersibility, and antistatic properties.

Abstract: A surface conditioner for a coating agent is provided. The surface conditioner for the coating agent comprises: a copolymer composed of 1 to 40 parts by weight of an acrylate monomer (A) having a siloxy group, 2 to 80 parts by weight of an N-vinyllactam monomer (B), and 10 to 97 parts by weight of an alkyl(meth)acrylate monomer (C) of which an alkyl group has 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is 1000 to 120000. It is another object of the present invention to provide a coating agent to which said surface conditioner is blended.

Abstract: The present invention provides: resins which can be used for various applications such as radical curable resin compositions, colorant-dispersed compositions, and photosensitive resin compositions; resin compositions; and means for producing the resins. Specifically, the present invention provides an ?-allyloxymethylacrylic copolymer having in its main chain a structural unit represented by formula (1): wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C30 organic group.

Abstract: The present invention provides optic portions, intraocular lenses, and polymers for use in manufacturing optic portions and intraocular lenses. The optic portions include a polymer that comprises (a) one or more alkoxyalkyl methacrylate monomers and/or one or more alkoxyalkyl acrylate monomers that are incorporated in the polymer; (b) one or more hydroxyalkyl methacrylate monomers and/or one or more hydroxyalkyl acrylate monomers that are incorporated in the polymer; and (c) optionally, one or more crosslinking agents that are incorporated in the polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cure accelerators useful for anaerobic curable compositions, such as adhesives and sealants.

Abstract: A method for synthesizing concrete polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent at room temperature under non-stirring situation is disclosed, which comprises dissolving reactive materials, initiator, chain transfer agent and promoter into a solvent, reacting on standing at 0-50° C.; then adding neutralizing agent at the end of reaction. The method makes use of oxidation-reduction system reacting at low temperature, and can adapt to a variety of reactive material monomers. It does not need to control feeding speed or provide extra heating, does not need to stir during the reaction, and remarkably simplifies operation steps in traditional process, which makes it possible to not only produce in large scale, but also produce in small scale in concrete construction site at any moment.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel calamitic mesogenic compounds which are especially suitable for use in birefringent films with negative optical dispersion, to novel liquid crystal (LC) formulations and polymer films comprising them, and to the use of the compounds, formulations and films in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which can control the change in capacitance, which cause malfunction, when the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is applied to an optical member. The present invention provides an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a relative dielectric constant at a frequency of 1 MHz is 2 to 8, and a dielectric tangent at a frequency of 1 MHz is more than 0 and 0.2 or less.

Abstract: An interpenetrating polymer network includes ?CH2—CH2—O?n segments, and is formed by polymerizing a first monomer R1—O?CH2—CH2—O?nR2 with a second monomer R3—O?CH2—CH2—O?mR4 under an initiator. Each “R1”, “R2” and “R3” includes —C?C— group or —C?C— group. The “R4” includes an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom. The “m” and “n” are integer. Molecular weights of the first monomer and the second monomer are more than or equal to 100, and less than or equal to 800. The first monomer is less than or equal to 50% of the second monomer by weight. A method for making the interpenetrating polymer network is also provided.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an extreme pressure agent which does not contain any metal element or the like and is highly safe but which exhibits performance equivalent to those of conventional extreme pressure agents each containing a metal element or the like when used in lubrication purposes. This extreme pressure agent comprises a copolymer (A) which comprises an alkyl acrylate (a) represented by general formula (1) and a hydroxyalkyl acrylate (b) represented by general formula (2) as the essential constituent monomers, and is characterized in that the reaction ratio of the component (a) to the component (b) (i.e., (a)/(b)) is 50/50 to 80/20 (by mole) and the copolymer (A) has a weight average molecular weight of 40,000-150,000. (In formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 10-18 carbon atoms.) (In formula (2), R2 represents an alkylene group having 2-4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The instant disclosure describes methods for preparing latex resins for coated carriers using surfactant partitioning, which resins exhibit both lower ? potential and greater latex stability, while not adversely affecting particle size, toner charge or other metrics.

Abstract: Provided is a functional styrene-butadiene copolymer having superior silica affinity. The copolymer is prepared by radical polymerizing a styrene monomer, a butadiene monomer and a reactive polyol monomer in emulsion state in order to maximize the mixing effect when compounding with silica. When mixed with silica, the disclosed styrene-butadiene copolymer provides excellent wet traction and superior abrasion resistance, and is suitable to be used for an industrial material of snow tires, belts, hoses, etc.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound having two polymerizable groups, wherein one is bonded directly to the ring and the other is bonded to the ring through a spacer, as a compound in which the polymerizability is not decreased and the solubility is high in a liquid crystal composition. A compound represented by formula (1), wherein in formula (1), for example, A1 and A2 are 1,4-phenylene in which at least one hydrogen has been replaced by fluorine; Z1 is alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons; Z2 is alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons; X1 is hydrogen, fluorine, methyl or trifluoromethyl; P1 is a polymerizable group; and a is an integer from 0 to 3.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition for laser engraving, comprising: (Component A) a polymer having a constituent unit derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and having at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of an ethylenically unsaturated group, a hydroxyl group, and an alkoxysilyl group at the main chain ends.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having satisfactory tackiness at room temperature and superior reworkability at a low temperature. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes an acrylic polymer formed from a monomer component through polymerization, or a partial polymer of the monomer component. The monomer component includes a (meth)acrylic alkyl ester whose alkyl moiety being a linear or branched-chain alkyl group having 10 to 13 carbon atoms and includes substantially no carboxyl-containing monomer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet excellent in anti-white turbidity and anti-foaming release property under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment and corrosion resistance. The invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which includes an acrylic polymer (A) and has a gel fraction of 70 to 100 wt %, wherein the acrylic polymer (A) is formed from a component including, as an essential monomer component, methyl methacrylate and a hydroxyl group-containing monomer in an amount of 10 to 40 wt % based on a total amount (100 wt %) of the monomer component, the component forming the acrylic polymer (A) substantially does not contain a carboxyl group-containing monomer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a methacrylic copolymer which is a polymer of a monomer mixture comprising about 20 to about 99.9% by weight of a C6-20 aromatic methacrylate, an aliphatic methacrylate, or a combination thereof, and about 0.1 to about 80% by weight of a mono-functional unsaturated monomer. The methacrylic copolymer can have a high refractive index of about 1.495 to about 1.59, and thus when it is blended with polycarbonate resin, it is possible to obtain a methacrylic resin composition having improved compatibility without any other compatibilizer.

Abstract: A copolymer is provided which is capable of providing an article surface with sufficient oil repellency against oils having low surface tensions and which places little burden on the environment. Further, a method for producing such a copolymer, an oil repellent composition containing such a copolymer as an effective component, and an article which is excellent in oil repellency against oils having low surface tensions and which contains no material having high environmental burden, are provided. A copolymer comprising the following polymerized units (a), polymerized units (b), polymerized units (c1) and polymerized units (c2), and an oil repellent composition and article containing it.

Abstract: Biocompatible terpolymers are manufactured to include a zwitterionic monomer, an alkoxy acrylate monomer, and a hydrophobic monomer.

Abstract: An adhesive composition of the present invention includes, as a main component, a polymer produced by copolymerization of a monomer composition including: styrene; a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having a chain structure; a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an aliphatic ring; and a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an aromatic ring, wherein: the styrene is contained in a range of 40 to 69 parts by mass; the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having the chain structure is contained in a range of 20 to 30 parts by mass; the (meth)acrylic acid ester having the aliphatic ring is contained in a range of 10 to 25 parts by mass; and the (meth)acrylic acid ester having the aromatic ring is contained in a range of 1 to 5 parts by mass, where the total amount of the above components is 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel equipped with a front plate and a display device, in each of which streak unevenness is sufficiently resolved in the periphery of a display area. The display panel equipped with a front plate of the present invention comprises: a display panel; a front plate; and a cured resin composition layer disposed between the display panel and the front plate, wherein the cured resin composition layer has a loss tangent of 2 or less at 0 to 70° C.

Abstract: A copolymer that includes for 100 mol %: a) more than 70 mol % and up to 99.9 mol % of hydrophobic monomer units (A) from stearyl methacrylate; and b) 0.1 mol % to 30 mol % of monomer units (B) from at least one monomer of a compound of formula (I) where R1 is a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising 12 to 22 carbon atoms, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and lower than or equal to 30, wherein it is understood that said compound of formula (I) is not stearyl methacrylate. The invention also relates to a method for preparing and using same as a modifier of the rheology of the oil phase of a topical cosmetic, dermopharmaceutical, or pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing nanoparticles comprising at least one polymer and/or copolymer by providing an aerosol comprising droplets of at least one monomer and at least one photoinitiator in a gas stream, irradiating this aerosol stream with light such that the monomers present polymerize, and removing the nanoparticles formed from the gas stream, to nanoparticles producible by this process and to the use of these inventive nanoparticles in optical, electronic, chemical or biotechnological systems, or for active ingredient administration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of perfumery. More particularly, it concerns polyethylene or polypropylene based polymers that have at least one ?-oxy or ?-thio carbonyl moiety capable of liberating a perfuming molecule such as, for example, an ?,?-unsaturated ketone, aldehyde or carboxylic ester. The present invention concerns also the use of such compounds in perfumery as well as the perfuming compositions or perfumed articles that include such compounds.

Abstract: A method of making a styrenic composition having a high melt strength including combining a styrenic monomer and a second monomer to form a combined mixture and subjecting the combined mixture to polymerization to obtain a styrenic co-polymer, wherein the second monomer comprises a hydroxyl functional group and wherein the styrenic composition has a greater melt strength than that of general purpose polystyrene.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment preparation containing (i) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (ii) a dispersant that can be obtained by the polmerization of monomers [A], [B], [C] and [D], where [A] is a monomer of formula (I) wherein A is C2-C4 alkylene and B is a C2-C4 alkylene different from A, and R is hydrogen or methyl, [B] is a monomer of formula (II) wherein D is C3 alkylene, R is hydrogen or methyl, and o is a number between 2 and 500, [C] is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an aromatic group; and [D] is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an alkyl radical.

Abstract: The present invention provides pressure-sensitive adhesives having a refractive index of at least 1.50. The pressure-sensitive adhesives comprise at least one monomer containing a substituted or an unsubstituted biphenyl group.

Abstract: There is provided a material which is free from fading into white due to surface scattering and is useful as a laminated article having excellent adhesion and practical low reflection.