Abstract: To provide a curable composition whereby it is possible to obtain a cured product having a high Abbe number and being excellent in transparency, crack resistance and releasability; and such a cured product. A curable composition comprises, in specific ratios, surface-modified metal oxide particles (A) having (meth)acryloyl-group-containing surface-modifying groups on the surface of the metal oxide particles, a compound (B) having a fluorine atom and at least one (meth)acryloyl group, a compound (C) having a urethane bond or —OCH2CH(OH)CH2—, having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups and having a mass-average molecular weight of at least 1,000, a compound (D) having no unsaturated bond-containing ring structure and having at least one (meth)acryloyl group, and a polymerization initiator (E).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a super absorbent polymer and a manufacturing method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a manufacturing a fine powder reassembly in which excellent physical properties are maintained.

Abstract: Provided are an active energy ray-curable composition which has a low viscosity suitable for coating and also exhibits a high refractive index in terms of a cured product thereof, a cured product thereof, and a plastic lens. The active energy ray-curable composition contains a phenylbenzyl (meth)acrylate (A) and a bicarbazole compound (B) represented by the following structural formula (1) (in the formula, X1 and X2 each independently represent a photopolymerizable functional group, a structural moiety having a photopolymerizable functional group, or a hydrogen atom, provided that at least one of X1 and X2 represents a photopolymerizable functional group or a structural moiety having a photopolymerizable functional group; and R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a bromine atom, or a chlorine atom).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) elastomer composition having excellent heat resistance, and more particularly to a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) elastomer composition comprising: a PBT resin; a vegetable oil or an environmentally friendly plasticizer, which serves to reduce the hardness of the PBT resin; a glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate (PET-G) resin and a thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) resin, which serve to improve physical properties and processability; and a core-shell type copolymer having excellent miscibility with the plasticizer. In a preferred embodiment, the PBT elastomer composition comprises: 100 parts by weight of a PBT resin; 10 to 120 parts by weight of an environmentally friendly plasticizer; and 10 to 120 parts by weight of a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer (TPEE) resin.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of making a polymer, including exposing a reaction mixture including a strained cyclic unsaturated monomer and an organic initiator to a stimulus to provide an activated organic initiator, whereby the activated organic initiator is effective to polymerize the strained cyclic unsaturated monomer via a 4-membered carbocyclic intermediate to provide a polymer having constitutional units derived from the strained cyclic unsaturated monomer.

Abstract: Provided are a curable composition for inkjet, which not only allows surface curability in formation of a coating film by an inkjet system to be enhanced, but also is not reduced in characteristics conventionally provided, such as solder heat resistance and gold plating resistance, and a cured product and a printed wiring board using the curable composition. The curable composition for inkjet of the present invention includes (A) an alkylene chain-containing bifunctional (meth)acrylate compound, (B) an ?-aminoalkylphenone-based photopolymerization initiator, and (C) an acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator, wherein, when the thickness is 10 ?m, the absorbance at a wavelength of 365 nm is 0.08 to 0.8 and the absorbance at a wavelength of 385 nm is 0.05 to 0.3.

Abstract: A coating composition containing added diol functionality to a urethane, a urea, or polyurethane urea functional resin where an adipic acid dihydrazide chain extender, or free adipic acid dihydrazide active hydrogens react with the oxirane group found in glycidol is described. The combination of diisocyanate, a polyether segment, optionally at least one polyester diol segment, optionally at least one poly(tetrahydrofuran) diol segment, optionally and at least one dimethylol propionic acid diol segment, at least one dihydrazide segment and glycidol compound introduces an increased hydrophilic structure, by diol addition, in compositions that are usable as coatings, on for example, medical devices.

Abstract: A polymer composite comprising quantum dots. The polymer composite comprises: (a) quantum dots; (b) a first polymer having a molecular weight from 1,000 to 100,000 and a solubility parameter from 12 to 17 (J/cm3)1/2; (c) a second polymer comprising polymerized units of a first compound comprising at least one readily polymerizable vinyl group and having a molecular weight from 72 to 500, wherein the second polymer has a solubility parameter from 16.5 to 20 (J/cm3)1/2; and (d) a third polymer comprising polymerized units of a second compound comprising at least two readily polymerizable vinyl groups and having a molecular weight from 72 to 2000; wherein the first polymer encapsulates the quantum dots; wherein a readily polymerizable vinyl group is part of a (meth)acrylate ester group or is attached directly to an aromatic ring.

Abstract: The purpose is to provide an organic EL display device which has good sensitivity and is free from the occurrence of luminance decrease or pixel shrinkage, thereby having excellent long-term reliability. In order to achieve the above-described purpose, provided is the following configuration. Namely, an organic EL display device wherein an insulating layer formed on a first electrode is a cured film obtained by curing a photosensitive resin composition; and the residual amount of acid anhydrides contained in the cured film is from 0.003 to 0.04 (inclusive) when the residual amount of aromatic rings contained in the cured film is taken as 1 (the reference value).

Abstract: An embodiment relates to a polymerizable composition for a plastic lens. The polymerizable composition for a plastic lens according to the embodiment comprises a nonhalogenated tin-based catalyst and a diketone compound as a low-temperature reaction rate controlling agent. Accordingly, the polymerizable composition has a more stable pot life so that the polymerization rate can be appropriately controlled, thereby improving the reactivity and the workability, and that the generation of bubbles are prevented, thereby improving the transparency of the resin.

Abstract: Provided are an ultraviolet curable coating composition and an automobile part using the same. In an exemplary embodiment, the coating composition comprises a first urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having 6 or more functional groups, a second urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having 3 or more functional groups, a polyester (meth)acrylate oligomer, a hydroxy (meth)acrylate monomer having 3 or more functional groups, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having 3 or more functional groups, and a photopolymerization initiator, based on the total weight of the coating composition.

Abstract: A composition comprising an acrylamide compound (A1) having an ester structure and a molecular weight of from 150 to 200 and an acylphosphine oxide polymerization initiator (B1) is provided.

Abstract: Some variations provide a preceramic resin precursor formulation comprising: first molecules comprising at least one Si—N bond and/or at least one Si—C bond; and second molecules of the formula R4—N?C?O or R4—N?C?S, wherein R4 is a UV-active functional group. In some embodiments, R4 is selected from acrylate, methacrylate, vinyl ether, epoxide, oxetane, thiol, or a combination thereof. The first and second molecules are reacted with an isocyanate or isothiocyanate to form third molecules, providing a preceramic radiation-curable resin composition. The resin composition contains at least one Si—N bond and/or at least one Si—C bond in the main chain of the third molecules. Side chains of the third molecules may be selected from hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbon groups, halides, esters, amines, hydroxyl, or cyano. The resin composition may be 3D printed and thermally treated to generate a ceramic material.

Abstract: An epoxy (meth)acrylate compound represented by general formula (1): where at least one of R1 to R5 has a structure represented by formula (2): * denotes the bonding position to a carbon atom that constitutes the benzene ring to which R1 to R5 are bonded in formula (1), R7 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, the remainder of R1 to R5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups and alkoxy groups having 1-6 carbon atoms, and R6 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. In the epoxy (meth)acrylate compound, the content of halogen atoms is 100 ppm by mass or less. A curable composition for forming a protective film for an electrically conductive pattern obtained by mixing the epoxy (meth)acrylate compound with a photopolymerization initiator and at least one type of monomer or oligomer that contains a (meth)acryloyl group.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of amphiphilic macromolecules is provided. The method includes: reacting the first acrylic acid with N,N?-carbonyldiimidazole to obtain a modified acrylic acid derivative; and reacting the modified acrylic acid derivative with the siloxane derivative to obtain amphiphilic macromolecules. Wherein, the terminal of the first acrylic acid has a hydroxyl group. Wherein, the siloxane derivative is a hydroxyl-terminated, acrylamide-terminated, epoxy-terminated or amine-terminated polysiloxane molecule.

Abstract: A block copolymer including a plurality of polymeric chains and a plurality of cross-linking compound residues linking together the plurality of polymeric chains. The plurality of polymeric chains forms a plurality of hard domains and a plurality of soft domains. Each polymeric chain includes a plurality of soft segments and a plurality of hard segments. The plurality of soft segments includes a polyisobutylene diol or diamine residue. The plurality of soft segments forms the plurality of soft domains. The plurality of hard segments including a diisocyanate residue. The plurality of hard segments forms the plurality of hard domains. The cross-linking compound residues link together the hard segments of the plurality of polymeric chains.

Abstract: A silicone-based composition includes a silicone polymer and at least one acid neutralizer, wherein the silicone-based composition has a pH of at least about 5 after at least one dose of irradiation, when measured by a pH meter.

Abstract: Described herein are water-soluble UV-absorbing vinylic monomers and their uses in preparing UV-absorbing contact lenses capable of blocking ultra-violet (“UV”) radiation and optionally (but preferably) violet radiation with wavelengths from 380 nm to 440 nm, thereby protecting eyes to some extent from damages caused by UV radiation and potentially from violet radiation. This invention also provides a UV-absorbing contact lens.

Abstract: Some variations provide a preceramic resin precursor formulation comprising: first molecules containing at least one Si—N bond and/or at least one Si—C bond; and second molecules of the formula R4—N?C?S, wherein R4 may be a UV-active functional group. In some embodiments, R4 is selected from ethynyl, vinyl, allyl, acrylate, methacrylate, vinyl ether, epoxide, oxetane, thiol, thioketone, isothiocyanate, or combinations thereof. The first and second molecules are reacted with an isothiocyanate to form third molecules, providing a preceramic radiation-curable resin composition. The resin composition contains at least one Si—N bond and/or at least one Si—C bond in the main chain of the third molecules. Side chains of the third molecules may be selected from hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbon groups, halides, esters, amines, hydroxyl, or cyano. The resin composition may be 3D printed and thermally treated to generate a ceramic material.

Abstract: Radiopaque polymer compositions and methods for making the compositions are provided. These radiopaque polymer compositions include polymer compositions comprising a crosslinked polymer network, the network comprising a first repeating unit derived from a monofunctional monomer and a second repeating unit derived from a multifunctional non-iodinated monomer wherein neither of the two monomers is fluorinated. Devices formed from radiopaque polymer compositions are also provided.