Abstract: Method for production of a coating on a solid substrate comprising the steps of applying a liquid coating composition comprising a polyfunctional resin, a fatty acid or derivative thereof acting as a reactive diluent and optionally a curing agent and/or one or more additives, wherein the resin comprises functional groups capable of reacting with carboxyl or acyl groups of the fatty acid or derivative thereof, onto the substrate, and curing the coating by heat activation. The invention further relates to the liquid coating composition as well as a substrate comprising a coating obtained by heat activation of such a coating composition.

Abstract: Method for production of a coating on a solid substrate comprising the steps of applying a liquid coating composition comprising a polyfunctional resin, a fatty acid or derivative thereof acting as a reactive diluent and optionally a curing agent and/or one or more additives, wherein the resin comprises functional groups capable of reacting with carboxyl or acyl groups of the fatty acid or derivative thereof, onto the substrate, and curing the coating by heat activation. The invention further relates to the liquid coating composition as well as a substrate comprising a coating obtained by heat activation of such a coating composition.

Abstract: Initiators for cationic polymerization by thermal activation, photochemical activation (UV-irradiation) or activation by electron bombardment are compounds wherein a heterocyclic, aryl substituted or aryl ring is fused to a sulfonium moiety in combination with a non-nucleophilic anion. During the activation of the initiator, a carbon-sulfur bond is broken leading to formation of a sulfide and a carbonium ion within the same molecule. The carbonium ion initiates the polymerization.