Abstract: Provided are a dispersion of a nanoparticulate mixed oxide of SiO2 with at least one further metal oxide in a matrix monomer, methods for preparing such a dispersion, a dental composite producible by curing such a dispersion, and uses of the dispersion as a precursor for dental composites.

Abstract: Processes for decrosslinking crosslinked plastic and devulcanizing vulcanized rubber include advancing such materials through single screw or twin screw extruders including special ultrasonic treatment zones wherein threadless shaft (single screw) or shafts (twin screw) rotate under an ultrasonic horn having a distal end aligned with the shaft or shafts and being shaped complimentary thereto. Special arcuate (single screw) or double-arcuate ultrasonic treatment flow paths confine the materials to flow under the horn where the material is subjected to ultrasonic waves to decrosslink the material, in the case of crosslinked plastic, or devulcanize the material, in the case of vulcanized rubber, with the extrudate leaving the die as a continuous stream or rope as is typical of virgin plastic or rubber.

Abstract: Described herein are thermoset compositions suitable for hybrid polymerization when processed via additive fabrication equipment utilizing sources of actinic radiation with peak spectral intensities in the UV and/or visible region containing a photoinitiating package, a cationically curable constituent, a free-radically curable component, and optionally, one or more additives. Such thermoset compositions preferably contain a Norrish Type I photoinitiator that is an alkyl-, aryl-, or acyl-substituted compound centered around a Group 14 atom, and further possesses specified ranges of ionization potential values with respect to its known triplet state. Also disclosed are methods of creating three-dimensional parts via additive fabrication processes utilizing sources of actinic radiation with peak spectral intensities in the UV and/or visible regions employing the claimed thermosetting compositions, along with the parts cured therefrom.

Abstract: Methods of (co)polymerizing ethylenically-unsaturated materials, including the steps of providing a non-deaerated mixture of free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material in a batch reactor, exposing the non-deaerated mixture to a source of ionizing radiation for a time sufficient to initiate (co)polymerization of at least a portion of the free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material, and allowing the free radically (co)polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated material to (co)polymerize under essentially adiabatic conditions while continuing to expose the mixture to the source of ionizing radiation for a time sufficient to yield an at least partially (co)polymerized (co)polymer. The ethylenically-unsaturated materials are selected from vinyl-functional monomers, vinyl-functional oligomers, vinyl-functional macromers, and combinations thereof. The mixture is preferably free of thermally-induced or UV-induced free radical polymerization initiators.

Abstract: The present invention provides a one-part dental adhesive that exhibits excellent adhesive properties to both enamel and dentin and that has high storage stability and ambient-light stability. The present invention is a one-part dental adhesive including 1 to 30 weight % of a phosphoric acid group-containing monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound (a), 10 to 50 weight % of a water-soluble polymerizable monomer (b), 5 to 50 weight % of a hydrophobic crosslinkable (meth)acrylate compound (c), water (d), and a polymerization initiator (e). The water-soluble polymerizable monomer (b) includes a combination of a monofunctional (meth)acrylamide compound (b-1) having a particular structure and a water-soluble crosslinkable (meth)acrylic monomer (b-2). The weight ratio between the monofunctional (meth)acrylamide compound (b-1) and the water-soluble crosslinkable (meth)acrylic monomer (b-2) is 10:1 to 1:5.

Abstract: This invention discloses a radiation curable barrier coating composition for application to paper or paperboard substrates that can be applied using a conventional flexographic printing process. The coating composition includes one or more hydrophobic cycloaliphatic radiation curable monomers, one or more alcohol-functional waxes or sterols, and one or more other hydrophobic wax materials. The incorporation of these materials together lowers the MVTR of the coating compared to other radiation curable compositions while also generating improved, higher gloss. This invention also discloses a method to manufacture the coating composition and a preferred method to print the coating composition.

Abstract: Methods of adjusting the mechanical properties of a polymeric material may include forming a polymer network having a plurality of permanent cross-links and coupled to a plurality of reversible cross-links, wherein the polymer network has a shear storage modulus of greater than about 4×104 Pa; and heating the polymer network using a heat source to dissociate the reversible cross-links, wherein heating the polymer network reduces the shear storage modulus to less than about 4×104 Pa. In some embodiments, a polymeric material may include a polymer network comprising a plurality of permanent cross-links and coupled to a plurality of reversible cross-links that are dissociable with the application of a stimulus and associable with the removal of the stimulus, wherein the shear storage modulus of the polymer network is less than about 4×104 Pa in the presence of the stimulus and greater than about 4×104 Pa in the absence of the stimulus.

Abstract: Antimicrobial compositions and methods are disclosed. The antimicrobial compositions are particularly useful in providing antimicrobial capability to a wide-range of medical devices. In one aspect the invention relates a UV curable antimicrobial coating comprising a UV curable composition comprising an oligomer, a momoner, and a photoinitiator which are together capable of forming a UV curable polymer composition. The compositions also include insoluble antimicrobial agents, which may be selected from a wide array of agents. The insoluble antimicrobial agents include a particle size less than 15 ?m. Representative insoluble antimicrobial agents include chlorhexidine diacetate, chlorhexidine base, alexidine(dihydrochloride), silver sulfadiazene, silver citrate, triclosan, octenidine(dihydrochloride), and rifampicin.

Abstract: A curable divinylarene dioxide resin composition including (a) at least one divinylarene dioxide, (b) at least one cationic photoinitiator, and (c) optionally, at least one pigment material; a process for making the curable divinylarene dioxide resin composition; and a cured divinylarene dioxide resin composition made therefrom. The cured product made from the above curable divinylarene dioxide resin composition offers improved properties and are useful for various applications including ink formulations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a one part liquid underfill composition comprising an epoxy resin, a latent epoxy curing agent, a photocurable resin or monomer, a photoinitiator, an optional filler, and an optional thermal initiator. Also provided is a packaging process using the underfill composition.

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: A pre-adhesive composition is described comprising an acid- and epoxy-functional (meth)acryloyl copolymer, which when crosslinked with or without using an ionic photoacid generator (PAG) provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive and pressure-sensitive adhesive articles having desirable properties.

Abstract: A coating composition which includes a photocatalyst to generate singlet oxygen when exposed to ambient oxygen and light, an emulsifier comprising a polyethylene oxide repeat unit, an organosilane binder, and a calcium salt.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photocurable electroconductive ink composition including: (A) an oligomer of urethane acrylates, (B) three types of acrylates composed of either tetrafunctional acrylates or trifunctional acrylates, difunctional acrylates and monofunctional acrylates, (C) an electroconductive filler, (D) two or more types of photopolymerization initiators and (E) a polymeric dispersing agent, wherein the amount of the electroconductive filler (C) to be mixed is from 77 to 85% by mass based on the total mass of the photocurable electroconductive ink composition, and 80% by mass or more of the electroconductive filler (C) is a scaly, foil-like or flakey silver powder having a particle size corresponding to a particle size distribution at 50% of more than 5 ?m.

Abstract: A photosensitive thermoplastic resin composition that can be melt-molded to provide a molded product and can be crosslinked by irradiation of the molded product with light, and a molded product made of the same. The photosensitive thermoplastic resin composition contains a thermoplastic polymer and a photocrosslinking agent compatible with the thermoplastic polymer. The composition is melt-moldable, and a melt-molded product of the composition is crosslinkable by irradiation of light. The composition is melt-molded into a given shape to provide a molded product, and the molded product is photocrosslinked by irradiation of light.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored composition for forming a green color filter, containing a color pigment, wherein a content of the color pigment to a total solid content of the colored composition is 60% by weight or more, and a layer having a thickness of 0.6 ?m formed from the colored composition has light transmittance of 80% or more at a wavelength of 550 nm and light transmittance of 50% or less at a wavelength of 450 nm, and a method of producing a color filter including (A) forming a first colored layer containing a first colored composition and (B) patterning with dry etching so as to from a through-hole group in the first colored layer, wherein the first colored composition is the colored composition as defined herein.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising a silicone, a halomethyl-1,3,5-triazine and optionally a silicate tackifier is disclosed. The compositions are useful in the preparation of pressure-sensitive adhesives and release coatings.

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: A precursor dielectric composition comprises: (1) a photocurable or thermally curable thiosulfate-containing polymer that has a Tg of at least 50° C. and comprises: an organic polymer backbone comprising (a) recurring units comprising pendant thiosulfate groups; and organic charge balancing cations, (2) optionally, an electron-accepting photosensitizer component, and (3) one or more organic solvents in which the photocurable or thermally curable thiosulfate-containing polymer is dissolved or dispersed. These precursor dielectric compositions can be applied to various substrates and eventually cured to form dielectric compositions or layers for various types of electronic devices.

Abstract: The TPU of this invention contains unsaturation in its polymeric backbone. The unsaturation can be present in the soft segment or in the hard segment or in both the soft and hard segments of the TPU. The TPU can be molded like a thermoplastic, and can be subsequently crosslinked by exposure to electron beam irradiation into thermoset articles having excellent chemical resistance, dimensional stability, set properties, heat resistance, oxidative resistance, and creep resistance. In one embodiment, the TPUs of this invention are the reaction product (1) a hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, (3) a saturated glycol chain extender, and (4) a glycol chain extender containing carbon-carbon double bonds, such as the allyl moieties present in trimethylolpropane monoallyl ether.