Abstract: A polymerizable composition includes at least one monomer, a photoinitiator capable of initiating polymerization of the monomer when exposed to light, and a phosphor capable of producing light when exposed to radiation (typically X-rays). The material is particularly suitable for bonding components at ambient temperature in situations where the bond joint is not accessible to an external light source. An associated method includes: placing a polymerizable adhesive composition, including a photoinitiator and energy converting material, such as a down-converting phosphor, in contact with at least two components to be bonded to form an assembly; and, irradiating the assembly with radiation at a first wavelength, capable of conversion (down-conversion by the phosphor) to a second wavelength capable of activating the photoinitiator, to prepare items such as inkjet cartridges, wafer-to-wafer assemblies, semiconductors, integrated circuits, and the like.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an effective and efficient process for the preparation of a dry chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC), comprising introducing chlorine gas into slurry of polyvinyl chloride in water to obtain a reaction mixture; irradiating the reaction mixture to obtain a product mixture comprising CPVC and water solution including unreacted chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride; filtering the product mixture to obtain a first mass; adding water to the first mass for extracting unreacted chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride to obtain an aqueous suspension, and filtering the aqueous suspension to obtain a second mass; passing nitrogen through the second mass to extract residual water solution to leave behind a third mass; and agitating the third mass in a high-speed mixer together with a neutralizing agent, and optionally with a stabilizer and a processing additive to obtain dry thermally stable CPVC with thermal stability in the range of 1000 seconds to 1500 seconds.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter generally relates to environmentally friendly asphalt binder additive.

Abstract: Dental compositions and methods of formulating a dental composition are described. In one embodiment, the dental composition comprises a polymerizable resin comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers or oligomers and nano-particles. The nanoparticles have a refractive index of at least 1.600 and an average discrete or aggregate particle size of no greater than 100 nm. The dental composition further comprises inorganic metal oxide filler having a discrete or aggregate average particle size of at least 200 nm. The nanoparticles are present at a concentration to provide a refractive index differential between the cured polymerizable resin and inorganic metal oxide filler such that the contrast ratio of the dental composition is at least 40.

Abstract: Described herein is a curable composition comprising an amorphous fluoropolymer having an iodine, bromine and/or nitrile cure site; a peroxide cure system comprising a peroxide and a Type II coagent; and a photoinitiator, wherein the curable composition is substantially free of a binder material. Also described herein, are methods of curing the curable composition using actinic radiation and articles thereof.

Abstract: A curable composition may include 100 parts by weight of a polyisobutylene-based polymer (A) having 1.2 or more (meth)acryloyl groups per molecule, 15 to 900 parts by weight of a polyisobutylene-based polymer (B) having 0.5 to 1.0 (meth)acryloyl group per molecule, and 0.001 to 50 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the polymer (A) and the polymer (B), of a polymerization initiator (C). Each of the polymer (A) and the polymer (B) may have a number average molecular weight of 500 to 500,000 as measured by size exclusion chromatography based on polystyrene standards, and a molecular weight distribution (weight-average molecular weight Mw)/(number-average molecular weight Mn) of 1.0 to 2.0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a polyisocyanurate composite material, comprising the following steps: a) providing a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains monomer polyisocyanates at an amount of at least 2 wt. %, and b) catalytically trimerising the polyisocyanate composition A) in the presence of at least one fibrous filler material B) and a trimerisation catalyst C), to form the polyisocyanurate composite material, said trimerisation catalyst C) comprising at least one quaternary ammonium salt and/or a metal salt. The invention also relates to polyisocyanurate composite materials that can be obtained according to the claimed method, and to the use of same to produce a component and components consisting of or containing a claimed polyisocyanurate composite material.

Abstract: Clear inks are prone to heat-induced micro-gelling that can cause their storage stability to drop, and micro-gelling may also occur in clear inks with the passage of time, in which case their inkjet discharge property may drop. As a solution, a photocurable clear ink composition for inkjet printing is provided, which contains a photopolymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and an inorganic filler of 1 to 200 nm in average grain size accounting for 0.05 to 5.0 percent by mass in the composition, and whose visible light transmission factor is 30% or higher.

Abstract: A method for producing a molded article from a molding material, wherein the molding material contains a fluorine-containing graft chain. Also disclosed is a molding material for a fluorine-containing molded article including a resin material having a graft chain.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising the following component (a), component (b1), and component (b2). (a) a polyimide precursor having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1); (b1) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (11) and a compound represented by the following formula (12); (b2) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (21) and a compound represented by the following formula (22).

Abstract: Compositions may include a tactile polymer composition prepared from a mixture of polyolefin and a rubber component, wherein the mixture is prepared in a post-reactor process, and wherein the tactile polymer composition has a complex viscosity at 0.10 rad/s according to ASTM D4440 in the range of 1,000 to 40,000 Pa·s. Methods may include preparing a tactile polymer composition by combining a mixture of polyolefin and a rubber component at elevated temperature to produce a blended polymer composition; wherein the tactile polymer composition has a complex viscosity at 0.10 rad/s according to ASTM D4440 in the range of 1,000 to 40,000 Pa·s.

Abstract: A composition includes a photolatent amine, camphorquinone, and a coumarin sensitizer. The coumarin sensitizer is triplet photosensitizer and has an absorbance with a wavelength of maximum absorbance in a range from 390 nanometers to 510 nanometers. Compositions that further include a polymerizable material are also disclosed. Polymer networks preparable from such compositions and methods for making the polymer networks are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a unique method of making a fine fiber that is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure also provides a unique method of coating a fine fiber with a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure further provides fine fibers wherein the entirety of the fiber is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. Also provided are filter media and filter substrates including the fine fibers.

Abstract: Described in preferred embodiments are UV curable coating compositions including a unique blend of aliphatic urethane acrylate resins. Also described are coated articles and methods for their production involving the use of the coating compositions.

Abstract: Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.

Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.

Abstract: Embossing resins, methods of manufacturing such resins, and electrokinetic display system, which includes display cells containing such resins. The resins include a fluoropolymer in weight percentage 5%-60%, a difunctional diluent in weight percentage 0-30%, a monofunctional diluent in weight percentage 0-40%, a urethane diacrylate or functionalized nanoscale material, e.g., a functionalized urethane material, in weight percentage 5-50%, a photoinitiator in weight percentage 0.5-5%, and a surfactant in weight percentage less than 0.5%. The difunctional diluent may be Hexanediol Diacrylate, and the monofunctional diluent may be a monofunctional hydrocarbon. The resins are made by identifying a target index of refraction for a cured state thereof, and combining together, by weight percentage, the constituent components to produce the liquid state version of the embossing resin having a desired composite index of refraction.

Abstract: Dental composition comprising (a) a homogeneous phase comprising monomer combinations (i) and (ii), (i) and (iii), (ii) and (iii), or (i), (ii) and (iii), or comprising monomer (iii), wherein (i) represents one or more compounds having one or more radically polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds; (ii) represents one or more compounds having one or more cationically polymerizable groups; and (iii) represents one or more compounds having a combination of one or more radically polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds and one or more cationically polymerizable groups; (b) an initiator system comprising (iv) one or more radical polymerization initiator of the following formula (I): wherein M is Ge or Si; R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different, independently represent an organic group, and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an organic or organometallic group; provided that when R4 is a hydrogen atom, the initiator system further comprises a sensitizer compound having a light absorption maximum in the rang

Abstract: A polyimidc-based solution for inkjet printing includes an ?,?-Bismaleimide(BMI) terminated oligomer, wherein said ?,?-Bismaleimide terminated oligomer is delined by formula (I), wherein R represents an aliphatic, an aromatic or mixed aliphatic and aromatic groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-stage curing ink comprising compounds for forming at least one organic matrix, which is cured via radical polymerisation and which curing can be initiated by radiation, and comprising alkoxysilane in a quantity of 10 to 60 wt. %, preferably 20 to 50 wt. %, in relation to the total formulation, in order to form at least one inorganic matrix, which is cured via non-radical polymerisation and which curing can be initiated thermally, the ink also including a structure-reinforcing polymer having a number average molecular mass (Mn) of greater than 3000 g/mol, preferably greater than 10,000 g/mol, and particularly preferably greater than 30,000 g/mol, and the viscosity of the ink at 50° C. is in the region of 6 to 15 mPa·s, particularly preferably in the region of 9 to 11 mPa·s, measured with a Brookfield rheometer using a UL adapter with a rotational speed of 50 rotations per minute.