Abstract: A curable composition useful as a thermosetting binder, comprising a polycarboxy polymer or copolymer, a polyol, and, optionally, a phosphorous containing compound.

Abstract: A method of improving the wet tensile strength of a cellulose-containing web includes applying to the web an aqueous binder emulsion and subsequently drying and curing the binder emulsion. The aqueous binder emulsion is prepared by emulsion-polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising vinyl acetate, ethylene, and an olefinically unsaturated crosslinking monomer in the presence of a phosphate ester surfactant wherein the at least one crosslinking monomer comprises a (meth)acrylamide moiety and a cellulose-reactive moiety. The binder emulsion may be applied to a cellulose-containing web to increase wet strength, aid in creping, or both.

Abstract: An ink-jet ink is provided. The ink-jet ink includes a compound of formula (1) to form a cured film with high-flame retardancy.

Abstract: A method for preparing polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl acetate latex by use of a kettle bottom residue from vinyl acetate production process includes: distilling a kettle bottom residue of vinyl acetate to obtain a crude acetic acid and a distillation residue; multiple washing the distillation residue with water under boiling condition to obtain a washing residue containing polyvinyl acetate; dissolving a first portion of the washing residue into a first solvent to obtain a first polyvinyl acetate solution; subjecting the first polyvinyl acetate solution to saponification with an alkali aqueous solution; dissolving a second portion of the washing residue into a second solvent; and dispersing the second polyvinyl acetate solution into the polyvinyl alcohol solution, and optionally recovering the solvent to obtain a polyvinyl acetate latex; or adding the second polyvinyl acetate solution into an emulsion reaction system and optionally recovering vinyl acetate, to obtain a polyvinyl acetate latex.

Abstract: A color filter or solid state imaging device comprising a colored pattern formed from a curable composition which includes (A) a pigment, (B) a compound having a defined cyclic urea structure and having an acid group or a basic group, (C) a dispersant, (D) a solvent, (E) a radical polymerizable compound, and (F) a photopolymerization initiator. The pigment may be a pigment having a urea structure or an imide structure. The pigment may also be a pigment having a barbituric skeleton.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention has high impact resistance, not lowering the weather resistance thereof, even though the amount of an impact resistance improver added thereto is small. The thermoplastic resin composition contains 100 parts by weight of (A) a thermoplastic resin and from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of (B) a graft copolymer, wherein the graft copolymer (B) contains from 70% to 99% by weight of a crosslinked core (b2) prepared through polymerization of a monomer for the core (b2), containing 70% by weight or more of an acrylate, in the presence of from 0.5% to 20% by weight of a non-crosslinked seed (b1) having a weight-average molecular weight of 40,000 or less, and from 0.5% to 10% by weight of a shell (b3) prepared through polymerization of a monomer for the shell (b3) containing 50% by weight or more of a methacrylate, and the thermoplastic composition further contains from 0.01 to 3.

Abstract: A composition comprising a pH indicator, a polymerizable group, and a spacer therebetween. The polymerizable group can be acrylate or methacrylate and the spacer can be an oxyalkayl group, an oxypropyl group, or an oxybenzoyl group. The composition can be polymerized to copolymers to form indicating polymers and optodes.

Abstract: An eye lens material preventing protein adsorption is manufactured by reacting in a reaction medium of either water, an organic solvent, or a water/organic solvent mixture an eye lens material having OH groups with a phosphorylcholine group-containing compound of formula (1), thereby forming an acetal bond according to formula (2) which covalently bonds the phosphorylcholine group-containing compound to a surface of the eye lens material.

Abstract: A curable composition is described, including a gel material derived from the curable composition, and medical articles including such material, wherein the transparent gel material includes a polymerized monofunctional poly(alkylene oxide) macromonomer component and a surface modified nanoparticle component.

Abstract: Thermoplastically processable PVC mixtures having enhanced stability are prepared by incorporating at least one stabilizer containing metal ions and a modified polyvinyl alcohol co-stabilizer.

Abstract: A cyanoacrylate-based adhesive composition is disclosed. The cyanoacrylate-based adhesive composition includes a cyanoacrylate monomer, and a bleachable dye including a Michler's hydrol cation or derivatized Michler's hydrol cation, paired with a non-nucleophilic anion that provides a stable color to the cyanoacrylate-based adhesive.

Abstract: The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of negatively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one basic group and having an overall basicity and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The invention also provides a coating composition containing the dispersant, an inkjet recording element containing the dispersant and methods of coating or reducing viscosity using the dispersant.

Abstract: Process for preparing an aqueous polymer composition using water-soluble free radical chain regulators.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modifying acetalated polyvinyl alcohols comprising reacting a melt acetalated polyvinyl alcohols with epoxides. The invention also relates to uses of the resultant modifying acetalated polyvinyl alcohols, including uses in ceramic applications.

Abstract: A curable binder composition comprising an emulsion polymer and a natural binder.

Abstract: A polyolefin wax-containing aqueous resin composition that can provide excellent properties without the use of a surfactant is provided. The aqueous resin composition is obtained by heating and dissolving 100 parts by mass of a carboxyl group-containing polyolefin wax in the presence of 15 to 67 parts by mass of a compound that satisfies formula (1) shown below, and 90 to 380 parts by mass of water, and then dispersing this with a basic compound that has been added at a ratio of 1 to 4 chemical equivalents per carboxyl group of the carboxyl group-containing polyolefin wax. CmH2m+1—(OCH2CH2)n—OH Formula (1) m: an integer from 4 to 6, n: an integer from 1 to 4.

Abstract: The invention is to provide: an aqueous emulsion which is excellent in emulsion polymerization stability when produced, and is excellent in mechanical stability, freezing stability, stability to long-term standing at high temperatures, water resistance adhesive property, and redispersibility; and a redispersible resin and adhesive where the aqueous emulsion is used. The invention relates to an aqueous emulsion comprising a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (A) comprising a 1,2-diol component in a side chain and having an average degree of polymerization of 50 to 2,500 and a polymer (B) comprising at least one unsaturated monomer selected from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a diene-based monomer.

Abstract: An adhesive composition which is reduced in gas generation upon heating (has low hygroscopicity), has high alkali resistance, has heat resistance of 200° C. or higher, and can be easily removed with a stripping liquid; and an adhesive film made with the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition is prepared using, at least as a major ingredient, an acrylic polymer produced from (a) styrene, (b) a (meth)acrylic ester monomer containing a cyclic skeleton, and (c) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer. The adhesive film has an adhesive composition layer formed from this adhesive composition.

Abstract: Polyvinyl acetals which contain acetal moieties derived by acetalizing polyvinyl alcohol with both aliphatic aldehydes or their derivatives and with amino- and/or ammonium-substituted aldehydes display exceptional substrate adhesion when used in printing ink as binders, allowing inks without adhesion promoters to be produced.

Abstract: The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of positively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one acid and/or hydroxy group and having an overall acidity or neutrality and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The anchoring moiety preferably contains at least two acid groups, preferably carboxylic acid groups, attached either in a [1,1], [1,2] or [1,3] relationship and is linked to the polymeric moiety, which is preferably derived from acrylamide or methacrylamide monomer units, preferably by a sulfur atom. The dispersant can reduce the viscosity of an aqueous dispersion of positively charged or chargeable solid particulates and can reduce the tendency of the resulting dispersion to form a gel or a yield stress material.