Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic resin composition that can have improved compatibility by introducing a branched acrylic copolymer to a polycarbonate resin. The thermoplastic resin composition can have good scratch resistance in addition to good colorability and appearance without requiring the addition of a compatibilizer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flame-retardant scratch-resistant thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) about 20 to about 95% by weight of a polycarbonate resin; (B) about 1 to about 50% by weight of a copolymer resin comprising (B1) about 0 to about 100% by weight of a rubber modified vinyl graft copolymer resin and (B2) about 0 to about 100% by weight of a vinyl copolymer resin; (C) about 1 to about 50% by weight of a (meth)acrylic copolymer resin with a refractive index of about 1.50 to about 1.59; and (D) about 0.1 to about 40 parts by weight of a flame retardant, per 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising (A)+(B)+(C).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flame retardant thermoplastic resin composition including a polycarbonate resin, a branched acrylic copolymer, and a flame retardant. The flame retardant thermoplastic resin composition can have good compatibility as well as good flame retardancy, scratch resistance, colorability and appearance without requiring the addition of a compatibilizer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scratch-resistant flameproof thermoplastic resin composition, the resin composition comprising a base resin including (A) about 50 to about 90% by weight of a polycarbonate resin; (B) about 1 to about 50% by weight of a methacrylic copolymer resin with a refractive index of about 1.495 to about 1.590; and (C) about 0 to about 49% by weight of a (meth)acrylic resin, and (D) about 5 to about 40 parts by weight of a flame retardant, based on about 100 parts by weight of the base resin comprising (A)+(B)+(C). The resin composition of the present invention can have good flame retardancy, scratch resistance, colorability, and good appearance due to its improved compatibility. The resin composition of the invention can be used to produce plastic molded articles which can exhibit better physical properties than products produced using conventional resin compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a branched (meth)acrylate copolymer prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising (A) about 20 to about 99.999% by weight of a (meth)acrylate monomer having a refractive index higher than methyl methacrylate; (B) about 0 to about 79.999% by weight of a mono-functional unsaturated monomer; and (C) about 0.001 to about 10% by weight of a crosslinking monomer. The copolymer has a refractive index of about 1.495 to about 1.590.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a methacrylic copolymer which is a polymer of a monomer mixture comprising about 20 to about 99.9% by weight of a C6-20 aromatic methacrylate, an aliphatic methacrylate, or a combination thereof, and about 0.1 to about 80% by weight of a mono-functional unsaturated monomer. The methacrylic copolymer can have a high refractive index of about 1.495 to about 1.59, and thus when it is blended with polycarbonate resin, it is possible to obtain a methacrylic resin composition having improved compatibility without any other compatibilizer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing a hyperbranched organic modifier which comprises reacting (a) a tertiary amine compound having at least two terminal hydroxyl groups with (b) at least one multifunctional monomer having at least two terminal functional groups capable of reacting with said hydroxyl groups. The present invention also provides an organo-modified clay treated with the hyperbranched organic modifier.

Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition can have improved transparency and scratch resistance of the present invention and comprises about 10 to about 99% by weight of polycarbonate resin (A); and about 1 to about 90% by weight of acrylic copolymer with ultra-low molecular weight and high refractive index (B). The resin composition of the present invention can further comprise acrylic resin (C). The acrylic copolymer with ultra-low molecular weight and high refractive index (B) can have a refractive index of about 1.495 to about 1.590 and a weight average molecular weight of about 3,000 to about 40,000 g/mol.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic nanocomposite resin composition comprising: (A) about 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin; and (B) about 0.1 to about 50 parts by weight of metal (oxide) nanoparticles having surfaces that are organically modified with a silane compound. In the thermoplastic nanocomposite resin composition of the present invention, metal (oxide) nanoparticles are substantially uniformly dispersed into a thermoplastic resin matrix due to hybrid bonding between the resin matrix and the organo-surface modified metal (oxide) nanoparticles, so that the thermoplastic nanocomposite resin composition may provide considerably improved scratch resistance against surface damage to molded articles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for evaluating scratch resistance of a plastic resin comprising scratching a surface of a test sample of plastic resin using a scratch apparatus to form a scratch of the surface having a scratch profile; scanning the scratched test sample with a surface profile analysis apparatus to measure the scratch profile; and creating a scratch resistance evaluation index based on the measured scratch profile to evaluate the scratch resistance of the test sample. The method has good reliability and reproducibility, reduces measurement time and errors caused by measurers and measuring conditions, provides easy measurement and can be widely applied to all plastic resins.