Abstract: The present invention relates in general terms to a process for preparing acetone cyanohydrin, comprising as steps: A. contacting acetone and hydrocyanic acid in a reactor to give a reaction mixture, the reaction mixture being circulated, to obtain acetone cyanohydrin; B. cooling at least some of the reaction mixture; C. discharging at least a portion of the acetone cyanohydrin obtained from the reactor; D. continuously distilling the discharged acetone cyanohydrin obtained to obtain an acetone cyanohydrin bottom product and an acetone top product in a distillation column; E. recycling at least a portion of the acetone top product into step A, the acetone top product being kept at less than 60° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkyl methacrylates and their conversion products which can be used in a multitude of chemical synthesis processes which can lead to a wide variety of different further processing products, and to an apparatus for performing this process.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I (variables defined herein) and processes for making compounds including 2,6 -naphthyl radicals are provided. Polymerizable or nonpolymerizable liquid-crystalline compositions including one or more compounds including 2,6 -naphthyl radicals, and products and processes employing such compositions, are also provided.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable and photocleavable (P&P) resin monomer is derived from a reactive photoresponsible moiety via various linkages to form photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers.

Abstract: The present invention describes linear or star block copolymers, their process of preparation and their use in adhesive compositions, in particular as pressure-sensitive adhesive. The copolymers of the invention are prepared by controlled radical polymerization by nitroxides; they exhibit at least one soft block with a Tg of less than 0° C. and at least one hard block with a Tg of greater than ambient temperature.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is disclosed which includes a polymer prepared by copolymerizing a monomer containing a polymerizable group, the polymer including a low-molecular-weight component having a molecular weight equivalent to 1% or less of the weight-average molecular weight of the polymer, the low-molecular-weight component is contained in a range of not less than 0 weight % to less than 0.3 weight % of the total weight of the polymer. This allows provision of an adhesive composition having great adhesive strength in a high-temperature environment, especially at temperatures from 140° C. to 200° C., as well as high heat resistance and favorable crack resistance.

Abstract: Polymeric reaction products derived from a substituted aminosiloxane and a fluorosubstituted alkyl ester of an ethylenically carboxylic acid are disclosed. The polymeric reaction products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to textiles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel flame retardant monomers and polymers, wherein the flame retardant properties of the polymers are provided by functionality in pendant groups attached to a polymer backbone (as opposed to the polymer backbone itself possessing flame retardant properties. The present invention is also directed to methods of making such polymers and monomers, and articles of manufacture incorporating such monomers and polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a molding compound comprising UV absorbers, to a method for producing the same and to uses thereof.

Abstract: Homogeneously dispersed solid reaction promoters having an average particle size from 0.01 ?m to 500 ?m are disclosed for preparing curable mixtures of at least one Michael donor and at least one Michael acceptor. The resulting curable mixtures are useful as coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers.

Abstract: There is provided a toner having favourable development characteristics and favourable stability and a method for production thereof. The toner comprises at least a graft copolymer and a coloring material, wherein the graft copolymer is formed by graft polymerization of a polymerizable monomer with a block copolymer having a polymerizable functional group on a side chain. The method for producing the toner has a step of subjecting a reaction mixture comprising at least a block copolymer having a polymerizable functional group in a side chain and having a polyalkenyl ether repeating unit structure, a polymerizable monomer, and a coloring material to suspension polymerization or emulsion polymerization, to produce a graft copolymer in which a polymer of the polymerizable monomer is grafted to the side chain of the block copolymer.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a synthetic polymer binder, wherein the polymer has been synthesized from 10% to 100% by weight of a C10 alkyl (meth)acrylate and the alkyl group of the C10 alkyl (meth)acrylate has a propyl group as substituent (referred to subsequently as C10 alkyl (meth)acrylate).

Abstract: Disclosed are copolymers derived from copolymerization of from about 50 to about 70 weight % of methyl acrylate; from about 0.5 to about 5 weight % of 1,4-butene-dioic acid moieties, or anhydrides or monoalkyl esters thereof; the remainder being ethylene, wherein the copolymer has a number average molecular weight from about 40,000 to about 65,000 and a melt index from about 1 to about 6 g/10 minutes. Also disclosed are compounded compositions comprising these copolymers, and cured compositions (i.e., vulcanizates) as well as rubber articles formed from these compounded compositions, such as hoses, dampers, boots, seals, and gaskets for automotive and nonautomotive applications. Blends of other polymers with these copolymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing actinic-radiation-curable and/or dual-cure poly(meth)acrylates by preparing a poly(meth)acrylate containing hydroxy-functional side chains and transesterifying or esterifying the poly(meth)acrylate containing hydroxy-functional side chains with a (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylic acid. The present invention further relates to the actinic-radiation-curable and/or dual-cure poly(meth)acrylates themselves and to the use of the actinic-radiation-curable and/or dual-cure poly(meth)acrylates in the preparation of dispersions or as a component in coating formulations and topcoats comprising at least one actinic-radiation-curable and/or dual-cure poly(meth)acrylate.

Abstract: A resin to be added to a resist composition and locally distributed on a resist film surface to hydrophobitize the resist film surface includes a residual monomer in an amount of 1 mass % or less to the resin as a whole in terms of solid content.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of acrylic polymers and in particular to their modification with the purpose of the formation of compounds of still higher molecular masses. Plastic materials of the type of acrylic universal polymer (PAU), e.g. sold under the tradename “POLYGOR”, can be used as starting material. The acrylic starting material is then modified by appropriate modifier compounds. In this way modified polymers can have molecular weights in the range between 2×105 and 15×107 a.u. and are water-soluble. This allows to use them as flocculation, coagulation, ion-exchange means and as additives to surface active agents for raising their washing and foaming capabilities.

Abstract: Finely divided, amphoteric, aqueous polymer dispersions which are obtainable by a two-stage polymerization, a prepolymer being prepared in the first polymerization stage from a monomer mixture comprising (a) from 15 to 40% by weight of at least one (meth)acrylate and/or (meth)acrylamide having in each case a free amino group, protonated amino group and/or quaternized amino group, (b) from 40 to 70% by weight of at least one optionally substituted styrene, (c) from 0 to 25% by weight of acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile, (d) from 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing super-absorbent polymers, comprising providing a reaction mixture which comprises at least a first monomer and a second monomer and a radical-forming polymerization initiator, and subsequently causing the monomers to polymerize under the influence of an energy source, wherein radical formation occurs and the polymerization is started, wherein the first monomer is neutralized with an inorganic base before polymerization, in addition to the manufactured super-absorbent polymers. The invention further relates to a method for applying a coating of super-absorbent polymers to a carrier.

Abstract: Nanostructured chemicals such as polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes, polyhedral oligomeric silicates, and polyhedral oligomeric metallasesquioxanes are attached to living and nonliving systems as biomaterials to provide a nanoscopic topology that favors biomimetic function and cellular modulation. The resulting surface is nanoscopically thin, nanoscopically dispersed, provides systematic chemistry, surface area, surface volume, surface topology, and is essentially free of impurities, and has controllable properties through selection of composition, R groups, nanostructure size and topology. Highly shape specific and chemically tailorable nanostructured molecules are sized to biological material dimensions and are compatible with all sterilization methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selected 1-alkoxy-2,2,6,6 tetramethyl piperidine, 1-alkoxy-2,2 diethyl-6,6 dimethyl piperidine and 1-alkoxy-2,6 diethyl-2,3,6 dimethyl piperidine derivatives which are substituted in the 4 position by two oxygen atoms forming an open chain or cyclic ketal structure, a polymerizable composition comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and b) said piperidine derivatives. Further aspects of the present invention are a process for polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and the use of 1-alkoxy-2,2,6,6 tetramethyl piperidine, 1-alkoxy-2,2 diethyl-6,6 dimethyl piperidine and 1-alkoxy-2,6 diethyl-2,3,6 dimethyl piperidine derivatives which are substituted in the 4 position by two oxygen atoms forming an open chain or cyclic ketal structure for controlled polymerization.

Abstract: A latex particle for use in ink-jet inks can comprise a latex polymer core and a latex polymer shell such that the latex polymer shell has a Tg that is at least 10° C. greater than the Tg of the latex polymer core. The latex polymer core can comprise at least one polymerized core monomer. The latex polymer shell can comprise at least two polymerized shell monomers including a urethane acrylate monomer.

Abstract: A synthetic cell culture surface, prepared from a polymerized blend of at least two (meth)acrylate monomers is provided, which supports the growth of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells in defined media augmented with fetal bovine serum. The cell culture surface forms a uniform layer over the growth area of a typical cell culture vessel.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to cross-linked latex particulates. The latex particulates include a plurality of polymerized monomers and cross-linking agent. The cross-linking agents are of particular structures and include at least one Cl or Br. From about 0.05 wt % to about 15 wt % of the latex particulate is cross-linked with the cross-linking agent. Such latex particulates can be used in latex suspensions and inks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pH-sensitive polymer which is a (meth)acrylate copolymer composed of 20 to 65% by weight acrylic and/or methacrylic acid units and 80 to 35% by weight units of C1- to C18-alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid, characterized in that it has a molecular weight in the range from 1 000 to 50 000 g/mol, and brings about at least 60% haemolysis at pH 5.5, and less than 5% haemolysis at pH 7.4, in a concentration of 150 ?g/ml in a cytotoxicity test with human red blood cells. The invention further relates to the use of the pH-sensitive polymer as carrier for pharmaceutically effective biomolecules or active pharmaceutical ingredients and as ingredient of corresponding dosage forms.

Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the invention, methods of forming medical articles are provided, which comprise (a) preparing a melt phase that comprises a molten polymer and a supercritical fluid, (b) forming a polymeric region from the melt phase, and (c) cooling the polymeric region. In certain embodiments, the supercritical fluid is formed from chemical species (e.g., CO2, propane, etc.) that are gases at room temperature (25° C.) and atmospheric pressure (1 atm). According to another aspect of the present invention, medical articles are provided which comprise melt-processed polymeric materials. The polymeric materials have a composition that cannot be melt processed without the use of melt-viscosity reducing additives due to thermal degradation, and yet the polymeric material does not contain such additives.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive for an optical film of the present invention comprises a (meth)acrylic polymer comprising 50 to 99.99% by weight of alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and 0.01 to 30% by weight of a photocrosslinkable monomer unit having an unsaturated double bond-containing polymerizable functional group and a photocrosslinkable moiety different from the functional group. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed from the pressure-sensitive adhesive on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the photocrosslinkable moiety of the (meth)acrylic polymer in the pressure-sensitive adhesive is crosslinked by active energy ray irradiation. The pressure-sensitive adhesive can form the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer with a high level of durability and preferable workability.

Abstract: The invention is a two part polymerizable composition comprising in one part an organoboron compound capable of forming free radical generating species and in the second part one or more compounds capable of free radical polymerization and from about 20 to about 30 parts by weight based on the weight of the second part of i) a halogenated polyolefin having halosulfonyl groups or ii) a mixture of a halogenated polyolefin and an organic sulfonyl halide. The second part may further contain a compound capable of causing the organoboron compound to form free radical generating species upon contacting the two parts. The first part may further comprise one or more compounds capable of free radical polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar module containing at least one layer made up of at least one ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymer which has a vinyl acetate content of ?40% by weight, based on the total weight of the ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymer, and has been prepared by a solution polymerization process at a pressure of from 100 to 700 bar, the use of the ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymer mentioned in solar modules, the use of the solar module of the invention for stationary or mobile power generation and also a solar power plant containing at least one solar module according to the invention.

Abstract: Disclosed are copolymers derived from ethylene and at least two different alkyl acrylate comonomers, with or without an acid cure site-containing comonomer. The copolymers can be derived from (a) from 10 to 50 weight % of ethylene; (b) 20 to 30 weight % of a first alkyl acrylate having from 1 to 4 carbons in the alkyl group; from 35 to 45 weight % of a second different alkyl acrylate having from 1 to 4 carbons in the alkyl group; and (d) from 0 to 5 weight % of a 1,4-butene-dioic acid moiety, or anhydride or monoalkyl ester thereof; the remainder being ethylene: wherein the copolymer has a number average molecular weight (Mn) above 40,000. Also disclosed are compounded compositions comprising these copolymers and cured compositions (i.e., vulcanizates) as well as rubber articles formed from these compounded compositions, such as constant velocity joint boots and shaft boots, hoses, dampers, seals and gaskets.

Abstract: A polymer including a monomer represented by the following Formula and a photoresist composition including the same are disclosed. The polymer and photoresist composition can improve the resolution and the process margin due to the low activation energy of the deprotection reaction of the alcohol ester group including saturated cyclic hydrocarbyl group, and also can produce fine photoresist patterns because they have a stable PEB(Post Exposure Baking) temperature sensitivity, and further, can improve the focus depth margin and the line edge roughness of the resist layer. In the above Formula, R* is a hydrogen or methyl group, R1 is saturated hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R is mono-cyclic or multi-cyclic homo or hetero saturated hydrocarbyl group of 3 to 50 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of at least 2.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a class of membrane active polymers useful for cellular delivery of compounds. Conjugation of the described membrane active polymers to targeting, anti-opsonization, and anti-aggregation agents provides polymers suitable for in vivo delivery. The use of multiple reversible linkages connecting component parts provides for physiologically responsive activity modulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process comprising polymerizing via irradiation from a light source, a reaction mixture comprising at least one monomer and at least one photoinitiator wherein at least about 90% of incident light emitted by the light source is filtered to produce a soluble, high molecular weight polymer.

Abstract: It is disclosed an over-coating agent for forming fine-line patterns which is applied to cover a substrate having thereon photoresist patterns and allowed to shrink under heat so that the spacing between adjacent photoresist patterns is lessened, with the applied film of the over-coating agent being removed substantially completely to form or define fine trace patterns, further characterized by containing a copolymer or a mixture of polyvinyl alcohol with a water-soluble polymer other than polyvinyl alcohol. Also disclosed is a method of forming fine-line patterns using the over-coating agent. According to the invention, one can effectively increase the shrinkage amount (the amount of heat shrinking) of the agent, thereby achieving a remarkably improved effect of forming or defining fine-line patterns and which also present satisfactory profiles and meet the characteristics required of today's semiconductor devices.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the use, in the surface treatment of waterproofed wood, of an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one latex obtained by emulsion polymerization of a mixture of monomers comprising at least one acrylic monomer B comprising at least one ureido function.

Abstract: Copolymers including structural units derived from ?-methylene-?-butyrolactone, styrene, methyl methacrylate and, optionally, acrylonitrile, may be used as protective layers in multilayer articles that include UV sensitive substrate materials. The multilayer articles may also include a silicone hardcoat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of poly-C2-C4-alkylene glycol monoacrylic acid esters and monomethacrylic acid esters, and a process for the preparation of copolymers of such poly-C2-C4-alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic acid esters with acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and the use of the polymers as a plasticizing additive in cement-containing preparations. The preparation of the poly-C2-C4-alkylene glycol monoacrylic acid esters and monomethacrylic acid esters is effected by reacting acrylic anhydride or methacrylic anhydride ((meth)acrylic anhydride A below) with a poly-C2-C4-alkylene glycol compound P carrying at least one OH group in the presence of a base, the base being selected from basic compounds which have a solubility in the poly-C2-C4-alkylene glycol compound P of not more than 10 g/l at 90° C., and the molar ratio of (meth)acrylic anhydride A to compound P (molar ratio A:P) being in the range from 1:1 to 1.095:1, preferably in the range from 1.005:1 to 1.

Abstract: Small particles of polymeric material are produced by expansion of a mixture of monomers and a propellant. The size and shape of the particles can be precisely tailored by materials selection and expansion conditions. Particles of 10 nanometers to 100 microns can be produced. If monomers exhibiting solid state reactivity are utilized, the particles thus formed can be polymerized at any time after formation. The particles produced by this method can be molecularly imprinted by incorporating a template into the particle prior to fully curing the particle, in a manner which allows selective extraction of the template from the cured particle after formation without deformation of the imprint site. A two step polymerization process allows the particles to be deposited on and adhered to a wide variety of substrates without additional agents.

Abstract: A touch panel having excellent durability, in which depression is scarcely generated on the surface of the touch panel by pushing the surface with a pen, and a transparent conductive film and plate useful in the touch panel are provided. The transparent conductive film comprises a first polymer film having a transparent conductive thin layer thereon and a second polymer film having a hardcoat layer thereon, the first and second polymer films being bonded each other through an adhesive layer such that a surface having no transparent conductive thin layer of the first polymer film faces a surface having no hardcoat layer of the second polymer film, wherein work of the adhesive layer in elastic deformation is not less than 60%. The transparent conductive plate is provided with the adhesive layer, the touch panel is provided with the transparent conductive film or plate as an upper or lower electrode.

Abstract: Small particles of polymeric material are produced by expansion of a mixture of monomers and a propellant. The size and shape of the particles can be precisely tailored by materials selection and expansion conditions. Particles of 10 nanometers to 100 microns can be produced. If monomers exhibiting solid state reactivity are utilized, the particles thus formed can be polymerized at any time after formation. The particles produced by this method can be molecularly imprinted by incorporating a template into the particle prior to fully curing the particle, in a manner which allows selective extraction of the template from the cured particle after formation without deformation of the imprint site. A two step polymerization process allows the particles to be deposited on and adhered to a wide variety of substrates without additional agents.

Abstract: A polysiloxane copolymer that is useful for forming biomedical devices comprises blocks (I) and (II) and is terminated at each end with an ethylenically unsaturated radical: (*Dii*Diol*Dii*PS)x ??(I) (*Dii*PS)y ??(II) wherein: each Dii is independently a diradical residue of a diisocyanate; each Diol is independently a diradical residue of a diol having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; each PS is independently a diradical residue of a polysiloxane-containing diol or diamine; each * is independently —NH—CO—NH—, —NH—COO— or —OCO—NH—: x represents the number of blocks (I) and is at least 2, and y represents the number of blocks (II) and is at least 1.

Abstract: To provide a waterborne curable resin composition that is advantageous for environmental protection measures, can be applied without use of a film-forming assistant and can improve the dispersion stability of the emulsion, and also improve physical properties of the coat such as curability, durability, and stain resistance. A waterborne curable resin composition having an acrylic emulsion produced by emulsion polymerization, wherein the acrylic emulsion contains a curable monomer and/or oligomer in emulsion particles.

Abstract: A modified diene-?-olefin copolymer which is represented by the formula (1) below and has H2C?C(R5)—COO— in at least a part of the ends. wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydroxyl group or H2C?C(R5)—COO—, R3s, R5s, and R6s are independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R4s independently represent a phenyl group, a pyridyl group, a chlorine atom, a cyclohexyl group, or a carbonyloxyalkyl group, and l, m, and n represent the number of repetition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel (meth)acrylic esters of polyalkoxylated glycols of the formula where AO is independently at each instance is —O—CHR3-CHR4- or —CHR3-CHR4-O— where R3 and R4 are independently H, linear or branched C1-C8-alkyl, p1 is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, or 35, p2 is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, or 35, n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 447, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, R1 and R2 are independently H or CH3, wherein there is at least one AO in (AO)p1 and also at

Abstract: Method for increasing the molecular weight of polyacrylates, in which polyacrylates, functionalized at least in part of their chain ends by functional groups X, are reacted with a compound having at least functional groups Y capable of linking reactions with functional groups X.

Abstract: An energy-curable polymer-forming composition for making a pressure sensitive adhesive includes an unsaturated oligomer resin and an adhesive promoter which increases the peel strength of the adhesive without reducing its tack. The composition also includes a tackifier and various other optional components such as photoinitiator, chain extender, reactive diluent and the like.

Abstract: This invention relates to a silicone resin composition which exhibits high heat resistance, high transparency and high dimensional stability and thus can be suitably used for optical applications such as a lens, an optical disc, an optical fiber, a substrate for a plat panel display, a window material for an automobile, and the like.

Abstract: A curable resin composition which exhibits excellent hardness of their curing products as well as storage stability is provided, and a simple method to obtain acrylated resins is provided. The composition comprises a curable oligomer which has an acryloyl group and a substituted methacrylate group represented by the following structure The process comprises a reaction step of reacting at least one monomeric multifunctional acrylate in the presence of a tertiary organic phosphine.

Abstract: Silicone-containing addition polymers having numerous uses are prepared by polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers in the presence of a silicone-containing polyvinyl alcohol, and/or by adding a silicone-containing polyvinyl alcohol to an aqueous addition polymer dispersion prior to spray drying, the silicone-containing polyvinyl alcohol containing at least one polymerizable group.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making an environmentally durable material, the method requiring providing a material comprising at least one functional group Fc, and subjecting the material to a free radical source such that substantially all functional groups Fc are eliminated but the material is not polymerized. In one embodiment, the functional group Fc is at least one of a nonaromatic carbon-carbon double bond, a hydrogen atom alpha to an aromatic ring, a hydrogen atom alpha to a carbon-carbon double bond, or a hydrogen atom attached to a tertiary substituted carbon. In another embodiment, functional group Fc is present in the material as a contaminant. In one exemplary embodiment, the material comprises from 0.05 to less than 15% by weight of functional group Fc, based on the total weight of the material.

Abstract: A light management film includes a first layer with a thermoplastic resin and a particular phosphonium sulfonate salt, and a second layer formed from a curable composition and having a refractive index of at least 1.5. The light management film exhibits reduced static electricity build-up and reduced dust attraction, making it easier to handle during fabrication of display devices such as the flat panel displays of laptop computers.