Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprising: (i) an epoxy resin having a melt viscosity of from 0.1 dPa to 5 dPa at 150° C. and having two or more repeating units each comprising: a methylene bond substituted by at least an aromatic ring; and a benzene ring substituted by at least a glycidyloxy group, wherein said aromatic ring is at least one member selected from the group consisting of (a) condensed aromatic rings and (b) combinations of aromatic rings in which two or more aromatic monocycles or condensed aromatic rings are connected directly to each other via a single bond; and (ii) a curing agent.

Abstract: Disclosed are a coating composition comprising a polymer dispersed in an aqueous medium, the polymer containing (a) a hydrolysate of an organosilane and/or a condensation product thereof and (b) a vinyl polymer containing a silyl group having a silicon atom bound to a hydrolytic group and/or a hydroxyl group, and further comprising (c) an oxazoline derivative as a crosslinking agent and a hardened film obtained therefrom. The above coating composition completes the hardening reaction of a coating film at low temperature for a short period of time, high in hardness immediately after hardening, and having water resistance, weather resistance, organic chemical resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance, wear resistance and durable adhesion.

Abstract: An anti-reflection film which includes an inorganic anti-reflection layer including a silicon dioxide-based inorganic layer and having a monolayer structure or plural-layer structure, and a stain-resistant layer provided as a surface layer, is provided. The stain-resistant layer is composed of a cured product of a particular fluorine-containing silazane compound. An optical member having the anti-reflection film on a substrate, such as an optical element, is also provided. These have good stain resistance, wipe off cleanability, mar resistance and water and oil repellency, and these properties have good durability.

Abstract: Low surface energy functionalized surfaces on solid supports are provided by contacting a surface of a solid substrate having reactive moieties on the surface with a solution of an organic solvent and water. The surface of the solid substrate is then contacted with a derivatizing composition containing a mixture of silanes. A first silane provides the desired reduction in surface energy, while the second silane enables functionalization with molecular moieties of interest, such as small molecules. Molecular moieties of interest may be attached through cleavable sites. Derivatizing compositions for carrying out the surface functionalization process are provided as well.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic paint composition containing as resin component a polyol-modified amino group-containing epoxy resin obtained by reacting an epoxy resin with epoxy equivalent 180-2500 with a alkyl phenol and/or a carboxylic acid; a polyol obtained by adding a caprolactone to a compound containing a plurality of active hydrogen groups and an amino group-containing compound.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition including (A) an amino group-containing organopolysiloxane, (B) water and (C) at least one of a surface-active agent represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 to R4are a C1-C8 alkyl group, R5 and R6 are a C1-C6 alkylene group, R7 and R8 are selected from a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group and a C2-C6 acyl group, and m and n are an integer of 0 to 40, provided that m and n are not 0 at the same time and that of m+n ranges from 1 to 40 on the average; and a nonionic surface-active agent containing a perfluoroalkyl group and an alkylene oxide group. In the composition, (C) is present in a content of 0.01% to 5% by weight based on the total of (A), (B) and (C), and an alcohol is present in an amount not more than 10% by weight of the composition. The aqueous coating composition has superior uniform-coating properties and storage stability.

Abstract: This invention relates to use of copolymers which are obtained through copolymerization, in the presence of a radical-polymerization initiator, of monomeric mixtures comprising: macromonomers obtained by (co)polymerizing, in the presence of a metal complex which is a catalytic chain transfer agent or an addition-cleavage-type chain transfer agent, and optionally a radical-polymerization initiator, at least one polymerizable monomer selected from methacrylic acid esters and styrene and if necessary methacrylic acid, or the macromonomers into which polymerizable unsaturated groups are further introduced; polymerizable unsaturated monomers containing at least one ionic functional group selected from amino, quaternary ammonium salt and sulfonic acid groups; polyoxyalkylene chain-containing nonionic polymerizable unsaturated monomers; and other ethylenically unsaturated monomers (D); and also such copolymers into which long chain alkyl groups are further introduced, as pigment-dispersing resins to be used in w

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive based on block copolymers which have at least one unit composed of a series of three alternating polymer blocks P(A) and P(B), wherein P(A) represents a homopolymer or copolymer block formed from a component A which itself comprises at least one acrylated macromonomer of general formula CH2═CH(RI)(COORII)  (I) in which RI′=H or CH3 and R″ is an aliphatic linear, branched or cyclic, unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated, alkyl radical having more than 30 carbon atoms, and the average molecular weight Mn of said at least one macromonomer being between 492 g/mol and 30 000 g/mol, P(B) represents a homopolymer or copolymer block formed from a monomeric component B which itself comprises at least one monomer B1, the polymer block P(B) having a softening temperature of from −80° C. to +20° C., and the polymer blocks P(A) being immiscible with the polymer blocks P(B).

Abstract: Water dilutable amine curing agents for aqueous epoxy resin dispersions, comprising a combination of an epoxide-amine adduct with an emulsifier, the epoxide-amine adduct being obtainable by reacting a polyepoxide with a reaction product of an amine and an epoxide component or an amine and subsequent reaction with an epoxide component, the amount of amine being chosen such that the number of nitrogen-attached hydrogen atoms the number of epoxide groups by a factor of from 2 to 10, and the emulsifier being obtainable by reacting diepoxides or polyepoxides with compounds that are at least difunctional with respect to epoxides, optionally with compounds D that are monofunctional with respect to epoxides, and with amines G which contain at least one tertiary and at least one primary or at least two secondary amino group(s).

Abstract: Conductive, highly abrasion-resistant coatings on mouldings, consisting of at least one conductive layer and at least one highly abrasion-resistant layer, a process for their production and their use.

Abstract: Water-dilutable, cationically stabilized epoxy resins ZYX are obtained by reacting, in the first stage, aromatic or aliphatic epoxide compounds Z with aliphatic amines Y to form epoxy-amine adducts ZY which are neutralized and then in aqueous dispersion are reacted in a second stage with a further epoxy resin X. The resins ZYX may be formulated without additional curatives to give aqueous coating materials which exhibit a good corrosion protection effect.

Abstract: A primer composition for metal surfaces is described. The primer composition has a coupling-agent and a cross-linking agent and may be used for epoxy-based paints in the absence of a phosphate coating and a chromic acid rinse.

Abstract: This invention related to silicone elastomer compositions in the form of gels and/or organized structures. The silicone elastomer compositions are produced by reacting a siloxane having a first reactive group with a crosslinker having a second reactive group in a diluent. One reactive group is selected from epoxy-functional groups or chlorohydrin functional groups while the other reactive group is a functional group that reacts with epoxy-functional groups or chlorohydrin functional groups (i.e. amine, hydroxyl). The silicone elastomer compositions of the instant invention are particularly useful in personal care products, textiles, auto care products, and laundry products and for the delivery of active ingredients.

Abstract: A method for producing partially fluorinated epoxides and corresponding polyether homopolymers of these polyfluorinated epoxides is described. Also described is a method for incorporating a fluoroalcohol functional group into a polymer as a pendant group. Certain perfluorinated olefins are also described. These polyfluorinated epoxides and the associated polymers and methods relating to them are useful components in photoresists, particulary in lithographic photoresists for use at low ultraviolet wavelengths (e.g., 157 nm).

Abstract: Dental materials containing monomers and/or prepolymers can be subjected to a polymer-forming reaction. The dental materials comprise at least one initiating system and optionally comprise fillers, colorants, flow modifiers, stabilizers, ion-releasing substances as well as compounds which increase X-ray capacity or other modifiers. The dental materials are characterized in that the initiating system is proportioned such that the dental materials are sufficiently capable of flowing for at least 10 seconds after exposure to oxygen, whereupon they subsequently harden into a solid material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to graft copolymers, useful as dispersants in ink jet ink compositions, which comprise two structurally distinct segments: a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment. The preferred hydrophilic segment is comprised preferably of a methacrylic acid polymer, or a copolymer thereof with another monomer, such as styrene sulfonic acid. The preferred hydrophobic segment comprises a polymer or copolymer containing electron rich functional groups comprised of a plurality of methacrylate derivatized monomers, preferably a methacrylate ester monomer, or a substituted methacrylate ester monomer (a methacrylate ester where the alkyl group is replaced with a siloxyl substituent, an oligomeric siloxane). The present invention also relates to aqueous ink compositions which include the polymeric dispersants of the present invention. A further embodiment of the present invention comprises a polymer comprising a monomeric hydrophobic head and a polymeric tail.

Abstract: A amidoamine composition containing oligomeric amidoamine compounds having the structure: the average of x based on the amidoamine composition is at least 0.2, and Z is the residue of a polyoxyalkylene polyether polycarboxylic acid compound, and the amidoamine composition is the reaction product of primary polyamine compounds with polyoxyalkylene polyether polycarboxylic acid compounds at a corresponding equivalent weight ratio of at least 4.0:1 under oligomeric reaction conditions effective to increase the amine nitrogen equivalent weight of the amidoamine composition by at least 10% over the average acid equivalent weight of said polyoxyalkylene polyether polyacid composition. There is also provided glycidated amidoamine compositions used as epoxy functional surfactants, and the aqueous epoxy resin dispersions thereof, and the curable epoxy resin compositions thereof.

Abstract: A process for forming a composition includes providing a liquid mixture that includes silicone oligomers and silsesquioxane oligomers and curing the liquid mixture to form a composition of first and second polymers. The first polymer includes the silsesquioxane oligomers cross-linked by siloxane bonds. The second polymer includes a cross-linked network formed in part of the silicone oligomers.

Abstract: This invention relates to silane functional adhesive composition and to a method of bonding a window to a painted substrate using the adhesive without the need for a primer for the painted substrate. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of bonding glass to a painted substrate, such as a window in a vehicle. The process comprises applying to the glass or the unprimed painted substrate an adhesive as described herein; contacting the glass with the unprimed painted substrate wherein the adhesive is located between the window and the substrate; and allowing the adhesive to cure.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating composition has an average particle diameter of entire particles is within a range from 5 to 50 &mgr;m, an average circularity of the particles is 0.90 or more, and a circularity of particles having a maximum number frequency in circularity distribution is within a range from 0.98 to 1.00, prepared by spray-drying an organic solvent solution containing, as a coating film forming component, an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher, an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or lower and a polycarboxylic acid (C) as an essential component.