Abstract: Water-based compositions that are resistant to dirt pickup, efflorescence, tannin bleed-through and surfactant leaching are described. The water-based composition includes a latex or water-dispersible polymer and a non-VOC UV-VIS (preferably, ultraviolet) absorber as a dirt pickup resistance additive. Methods of making water-based compositions including a non-VOC UV-VIS absorber as an additive are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fragrant material containing aromatic essential oil for improving the retention of the smell and intensity of aroma of aromatic essential oil, and to a method for preparing the same. The fragrant material having long-lasting fragrance according to an embodiment of the present invention contains aromatic essential oil and porous silica loading the aromatic essential oil and having controlled hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity of a surface thereof, wherein the required hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (rHLB) of the aromatic essential oil and the O/C ratio in the porous silica satisfy 0.9?required hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (rHLB) of aromatic essential oil/(O/C ratio of porous silica)?2.9.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is described comprising a tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth)acrylate copolymer; an epoxy resin; a polyether polyol; and a hydroxy-functional film-forming polymer. The adhesive may be used in structural and semi-structural bonding applications.

Abstract: In one aspect, inks for use with a three-dimensional (3D) printing system are described herein. In some embodiments, an ink described herein comprises 20-60 wt. % oligomeric curable material; 10-50 wt. % cyclocarbonate (meth)acrylate monomer; and 0.1-5 wt. % photoinitiator, based on the total weight of the ink. Additionally, in some cases, the ink further comprises one or more additional curable materials differing from the oligomeric curable material and the cyclocarbonate (meth)acrylate monomer. An ink described herein, in some embodiments, also comprises one or more additional component that are non-curable.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for producing hydrogel matrix constructs. Methods of using hydrogel matrix constructs for tissue repair and regeneration and for the oxygenation of red blood cells are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present application relates to fragrance compositions comprising perfume raw materials that resist fragrance habituation, and methods for making and using the fragrance compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photocurable resin composition that has good fabricability, and that exhibits superior flexibility, fracture resistance, and water resistance in the form of a cured product.

Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable ink composition for offset printing capable of achieving superior gloss of printed matter. The ink composition comprises a compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a group of materials having no ethylenically unsaturated bonds, having a specified SP value, and exhibiting a liquid state at room temperature is added to the ink composition up to the upper limit depending on the SP value. Examples of such a group of materials include castor oil, hardened castor oil, polymerized castor oil, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, epoxidized fats and oils, alkylphenols having C15-C18 alkyl groups, cashew nut shell liquid, polymers of cashew nut shell, and modified derivatives of cashew nut shell liquid.

Abstract: A liquid crystal aligning agent composition for forming a liquid crystal alignment film having improved electrical characteristics and high reliability while exhibiting excellent alignment properties and durability, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal alignment film.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to UV-curable ink and coating compositions comprising cleavage type photoinitiators and acids. The acids may be inorganic or organic acids, or acids generated by a photoacid generator during UV-cure. Incorporation of the acids into the UV-curable ink and coating compositions results in a reduction of migratable photodecomposition products that are produced by cleavage type photoinitiators during UV-cure. The ink and coating compositions are particularly useful for use in applications that require low migration of low molecular weight materials, such as, for example, food packaging.

Abstract: An inkjet composition for additive manufacturing includes at least one photocurable compound, at least one thermocurable compound and a photoinitiator, wherein the at least one photocurable compound and the at least one thermocurable compound are different compounds. A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object includes dispensing and curing an inkjet composition.

Abstract: Photo-responsive shape changing polymer compositions including photoinitiators that absorb light in the range about 400 nm to about 700 nm, a cross-linked polymer matrix and a polymerizable composition. Photopolymerization of the polymerizable composition sorbed in the cross-linked polymer matrix results in the shape change which manifests in the change in the refractive properties of the composition. The light dose required to effect the shape change; lock-in dose and the photobleaching dose are determined by the choice of the photoinitiator, electron donor and the hydrogen donor. These compositions are useful in the fabrication of coloured lenses, especially intraocular lenses.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a surface modifier composition that is capable of performing surface modification of various types of hardly adhesive materials, and of improving adhesion with respect to various types of hardly adhesive materials, and an adhesion method using the same. The present invention relates to a surface modifier composition, containing: an (A) component: a hydrogen abstraction type radical initiator; a (B) component: a silane compound having a hydrolyzable silyl group, and one or more functional groups which are at least one type of functional group selected from the group consisting of radical polymerizable functional groups and mercapto groups; and a (C) component: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a (C1) specific silane compound and a (C2) condensation reaction catalyst, in which the surface modifier composition is used in surface modification of an adherend containing a resin having a hydrocarbon bond.

Abstract: Aqueous coating compositions include dispersed polyurethane-vinyl polymer hybrid particles obtained by free-radical polymerization of at least one vinyl monomer in the presence of a polyurethane. The polyurethane and the vinyl polymer in the hybrid particles are present in a weight ratio of polyurethane to vinyl polymer ranging from 1:1 to 20:1, and the polyurethane is the reaction product of at least the following components: (a) from 5 to 40 wt. % of at least one organic difunctional isocyanate, (b) from 0.5 to 4 wt. % of an isocyanate-reactive compound containing ionic or potentially ionic water-dispersing groups having a molecular weight of from 100 to 500 g/mol, (c) from 40 to 80 wt. % of at least one diol having a molecular weight from 500 to 5000, (d) from 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one active-hydrogen chain extending compound with a functionality of at least 2 other than water, (e) from 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one diol having a molecular weight below 500 g/mol.

Abstract: Compositions for forming polymer layers useful in the manufacture of display devices, particularly flexible display, and methods of forming such devices are provided.

Abstract: A curable clear ink composition is provided. The curable clear ink composition comprises a surfactant, a monofunctional polymerizable compound having a static surface tension of 33 mN/m or less at 25 degrees C. in an amount of 10% by mass or more but 30% by mass or less, an oligomer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 or more, and an acylphosphine oxide polymerization initiator in an amount of 8% by mass or more but 12% by mass or less.

Abstract: Radiation curable compositions for additive fabrication are described and claimed. Such compositions are particularly suited for investment casting applications, and include a cationically polymerizable component, a radically polymerizable component, a certain type of prescribed antimony-free, sulfonium salt-based cationic photoinitiator, and a free-radical photoinitiator. In other embodiments, the composition may also include a photosensitizer and/or a UV/absorber. Also described and claimed is a method for using a liquid radiation curable resin for additive fabrication with a certain type of prescribed antimony-free, sulfonium salt-based cationic photoinitiator and a certain type of prescribed photosensitizer in an investment casting process.

Abstract: A UV-curable and recyclable thermoset shape memory polymer is provided. The polymer includes a vitrimer-based monomer and a photoinitiator. The vitrimer-based monomer includes a first unit rendering a high chain stiffness upon polymerization of the monomer, and a second photopolymerizable unit for photopolymerization of the monomer under a UV irradiation. The polymer has high strength, high stiffness, high recovery stress, high energy storage, reasonable recycling efficiency, and is printable using SLA with high resolution.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a UV-curable composition capable of producing a 3D-printed support sub-structure for photopolymer jetting, and to a 3D-printing processes using said support material composition, and to a 3D-printed articles obtainable with said 3D-printing processes. The composition comprises a N-acryloyl glycinamide type monomer, anoptional hydrophilic co-monomer, a hydrophilic dispersion medium or water, a photoinitiator, and an optional functional additive or combination thereof, at specific contents.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer having a first structural unit represented by formula (1), and a second structural unit represented by formula (2) and having an acid-labile group. A first acid, to be generated from the first acid generating agent, disassociates the acid labile group in the polymer upon heating under a condition involving a temperature of no less than 80° C. and no greater than 140° C. for a time period of 1 minute, and the second acid, to be generated from the second acid generating agent, does not substantially disassociate the acid-labile group under the condition. The polymer is synthesized by RAFT, ATRP, or NMP, and a RAFT agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of a mercaptocarboxylic acid ester, a disulfide, a dithioester, a xanthate, a dithiocarbamate, and a trithiocarbonate.