Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture (M) which can be used as curing agent and as adhesion promoter and which comprises at least two components (M1) and (M2), which are different from one another and have in each case independently of one another free and/or blocked isocyanate groups, and which optionally comprises a further component (M3) different from (M1) and (M2); component (M1) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate, and component (M2) comprises at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate having polyether units, wherein the relative weight ratio of (M1) and (M2) in (M) to one another is in a range from 25:1 to 3:1, based in each case on the solids content of (M1) and (M2), and at least one of the components (M1), (M2), and optionally (M3) present in (M) has hydrolyzable silane groups, to a use of (M) as curing agent and adhesion promoter in a coating composition, to such a coating composition, and to methods for at least partly coating a substrate with a surfacer coat and for at least partly co

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product which is preparable by reacting (a) dimer fatty acids with (b) at least one dimer diol, where components (a) and (b) are used in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.3/1.7 and the resulting dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product possesses a number-average molecular weight of 1200 to 5000 g/mol and an acid number <10 mg KOH/g. The invention further relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material which comprises this dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product, and also to the use of said dimer fatty acid/dimer diol reaction product in pigmented aqueous basecoat materials. It relates, further, to a method for producing multicast paint systems, and also to the multicoat paint systems producible by means of said method. The present invention relates, furthermore, to the refinishing of defects on multicoat paint systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) having polyurethane-polyurea particles, present in the dispersion, having an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm, and having a gel fraction of at least 50%, obtainable by (I) preparing a composition (Z) comprising, based in each case on the total amount of the composition (Z), (Z.1) 15 to 65 wt % of at least one intermediate containing isocyanate groups and having blocked primary amino groups, its preparation comprising the reaction (Z.1.1) of at least one polyurethane prepolymer containing isocyanate groups and comprising anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, with (Z.1.2) at least one polyamine comprising at least two blocked primary amino groups and at least one free secondary amino group, by addition reaction of isocyanate groups from (Z.1.1) with free secondary amino groups from (Z.1.2), (Z.

Abstract: Described herein is a sensor for a virtually simultaneous measurement of transmission and/or forward scattering and/or remission and for a simultaneous measurement of the transmission and forward scattering or the transmission and remission of a liquid sample. Further described herein is a method for a virtually simultaneous measurement of transmission and/or forward scattering and/or remission and for a simultaneous measurement of the transmission and forward scattering or the transmission and remission of a liquid sample using a sensor according to the invention. Further described herein is a method for using the sensor according to the invention in order to determine the color properties of painting agents such as lacquers, dyes, pastes, and pigments or dilutions thereof.

Abstract: An aqueous basecoat material with improved circulation line stability is disclosed. The aqueous basecoat material includes at least one hydroxyl-functional polymer as a binder component and at least one binder component which is different from the hydroxyl-functional polymer. The aqueous basecoat material also includes at least one carbonyl group-containing polyurethane poly(meth)acrylate and also at least one organic compound having at least two hydrazine, hydrazide and/or hydrazone groups. The aqueous basecoat material also includes at least one branched and/or secondary aliphatic monoalcohol having at least four carbon atoms.

Abstract: A pigmented aqueous basecoat material is disclosed. The pigmented aqueous basecoat material includes a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by a reaction of trimesic acid with at least one polyether of the general structural formula (I) R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the at least one polyether possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5000 g/mol. The trimesic acid and the at least one polyether are used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and the resulting reaction product possesses an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous two-component basecoat material (b) comprising (b.1) a base component comprising (1) at least one polyurethane resin having a hydroxyl number of 15 to 100 mg KOH/g and an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g, (2) at least one aqueous dispersion comprising water and a polyurethane resin fraction consisting of at least one polyurethane resin, the polyurethane resin fraction having a gel fraction of at least 50%, having its glass transition at a temperature of less than ?20° C. and having its melting transition at a temperature of less than 100° C., (3) at least one color and/or effect pigment, at least one pigment (3) being used in the form of at least one pigment paste comprising at least one polyurethane resin (1) as pasting resin, and (b.2) a curing component comprising (4) at least one hydrophilically modified polyisocyanate (4) having an isocyanate content of 8% to 18%.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coating material compositions containing (A) a polyhydroxyl group-containing component, (B) a component (B) having on average at least one isocyanate group and having on average at least one of: at least one hydrolyzable silane group of the formula (I): —NR—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x), and at least one hydrolyzable silane group of the formula (II): —N(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m, (D) a phosphorus and nitrogencontaining catalyst, and a catalyst (Z), wherein: the catalyst (Z) is selected from zinc and bismuth carboxylates, of aluminum, zirconium, titanium and/or boron chelates and/or of inorganic, tin-containing catalysts, and mixtures thereof; and the coating material composition comprises at least one reaction accelerator (R) which is selected from the group of inorganic acids and/or of organic acids and/or of partial esters of the inorganic acids and/or of partial esters of the organic acids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material including a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one carboxy-functional component which is preparable by esterification reaction of at least one dihydroxycarboxylic acid (a1) with at least one dicarboxylic acid (a2) and/or the anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid (a2), the components (a1) and (a2) being used in a molar ratio of 0.5/3.0 to 1.7/1.8, with (b) at least one polyether of a general structural formula (I) in which R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5000 g/mol, the components (a) and (b) being used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7, and the resulting reaction product possessing an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion (P) of at least two polymeric resins (P1) and (P2) which are different from one another, (P1) being a copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of at least one polyurethane resin having polymerizable carbon double bonds, and (P2) being a polyester having functional hydroxyl groups, which has an acid number of <25 mg of KOH per g of polyester, and (P) being obtainable by a process encompassing at least four steps (1), (2), (3), and (4), to an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous dispersion (P), to a process for at least partly coating at least one substrate metal surface, coated with at least one primer coat, with a topcoat, using the aqueous coating composition, and to an at least partly coated substrate obtainable by such a process.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of forming a multilayer coating film including coating, onto an object to be coated, a water-based primer coating composition, wet-on-wet coating a first water-based coloring coating composition, wet-on-wet coating a second water-based coloring coating composition, coating a clear coating composition, and simultaneous hardening of the formed multilayer coating film. The water-based primer coating composition contains a water-based polyolefin resin, a water-based polyurethane resin, a curing agent, and conductive carbon. The first and second water-based coloring coating compositions, each, as base resins, contain a core/shell-type emulsion including an acrylic resin core portion and a polyurethane resin shell portion. The clear coating composition contains a hydroxy-group-containing acrylic resin and a polyisocyanate compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a characteristic number for characterizing the quality of a shade setting of a paint in relation to a color reference, characterized in that colorimetric coordinates of the paint and of the color reference are determined with a spectrophotometer for a number of measurement geometries and wherein respective color differences are calculated and standardized from the colorimetric coordinates of the paint and of the color reference for each measurement geometry of the number of measurement geometries, and where a group of characteristic values calculated from the respective standardized color differences is assigned a scale value for determining the characteristic number by means of an assignment rule to be provided in advance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer (A) having a glass transition temperature Tg of at least ?30° C. obtainable by copolymerization of a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers (a) in at least one organic solvent and in the presence of at least one initiator, where the mixture of monomers (a) to be polymerized comprises (a1) 10 to 60 mol % of at least one monomer of the formula (I) below where R1=C1 to C4 alkoxy, R2=C1 to C4 alkyl, and m=0 to 2, and (a2) 40 to 90 mol % of at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of monomers of the formulae H2C?CH2—(C?O)—O—Rx, H2C?CH(CH3)—(C?O)—O—Rx, and H2C?CH2—O—(C?O)—Rx, where Rx is an alkyl radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and where the sum total of the molar fractions of the monomers (a1) and (a2), based on the total molar amount of monomers (a) used, is at least 90 mol %, and where the copolymerization is carried out at a temperature from 60 to 200° C. and at a pressure of at least 2 bar.

Abstract: Wax-modified hyperbranched polyols and wax-modified flexible hyperbranched polyols are described, as are coating compositions containing these polyols. These polyols provide excellent coatings, especially matte coatings, and allow for the exclusion of silica in coatings.

Abstract: A method for producing a coating on a substrate. The method includes producing a clearcoat directly on the substrate by applying an aqueous clearcoat material directly to the substrate. The method further includes curing the applied clearcoat material, the clearcoat material being a two-component coating composition. Also disclosed are coatings produced according to the method and their uses.

Abstract: The invention relates to encapsulation structures for OLED displays, wherein the structure provides sufficient barrier properties against oxygen and moisture as well as anti-reflection properties. The structure includes a layer comprising a photo-aligned substance which in a synergistic manner controls both barrier and anti-reflection properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation curable composition. In particular, the present invention relates to a radiation curable composition with hydrophilic nanoparticles for use in barrier stacks for protection of sensitive devices against moisture.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising multistage-prepared polymers, and also to coating material compositions comprising them, preparable by multistage polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers, using an emulsifier and a water-soluble initiator, under conditions of starved feed polymerization, and using particular monomer mixtures in the individual stages. The invention also relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising the aqueous dispersion of the invention, to the use of the aqueous dispersion of the invention in aqueous basecoat materials for improving adhesion, to a process for producing a multicoat paint system on a substrate, and to a multicoat paint system produced in accordance with the stated process.

Abstract: A radiation curable resin composition comprising: (A) metal oxide particles; (B) at least one photoinitiator, preferably a radical photoinitiator, or any mixture thereof; (C) at least one acrylate or methacrylate component with a ClogP higher than 2, preferably higher than 4, more preferably higher than 5, or any mixture thereof; (D) at least one monofunctional acrylate or methacrylate diluent component, preferably with a viscosity below 40 mPa·s at 20° C., or any mixture thereof; (E) at least one acrylate or methacrylate component with functionality equal or higher than 3, preferably 3 or 4, or any mixture thereof; can be advantageously used, for example, in multilayer barrier stacks for the production of organic opto-electric or opto-electronic device, such as Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solventborne, pigmented coating composition, which comprises, based on the total amount of the coating composition, 0.02 to 0.75 wt % of at least one copolymer (A), where the copolymer (A) is obtainable by copolymerization of a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers (a) in at least one organic solvent and the copolymer (A) possesses a glass transition temperature Tg of at least ?30° C.