Abstract: Compatible acrylate ink sets include acrylate ink composition having 30% or less by weight pigment, 10% or less dispersant, between 40% and 80% acrylate, 12% or less photoinitiator, a viscosity between 5×105 and 3×107 cps at 35° C., and a 60 second tack between 25 and 50 g-m at 35° C.

Abstract: Disclosed are an aqueous pigment dispersion and an aqueous ink for inkjet recording each of which includes a polymer (A), a pigment, and water. The polymer (A) has an anionic group, has a solubility in water of 0.1 g/100 mL or less and a number average molecular weight within the range of 1,000 to 6,000, and forms fine particles in water when the degree of neutralization of the anionic groups with the basic compound is 100%. Preferably, the polymer (A) is a polymer represented by general formula (1) (in formula (1), A1 represents an organic lithium initiator residue, A2 represents a polymer block of a monomer having an aromatic ring or a heterocycle, A3 is a polymer block containing an anionic group, n represents an integer of 1 to 5, and B represents an aromatic group or an alkyl group).

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument which is excellent in storage stability of particles such as pigments, a writing property with the passage of time, and quality of the drawn lines, though having a low viscosity, as compared with conventional thickener and gelling agents such as a xanthane gum. The above ink composition for a writing instrument is characterized by containing 0.05 to 1.5% by mass of an oxidized cellulose and having a limiting viscosity of 10 mPa·s or less derived from a Casson's equation.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument which is inhibited in time-dependent heterogeneity (difference in viscosity between up- and down-sides) in viscosity distribution in an aqueous ink composition containing an oxidized cellulose and which is excellent in time-dependent viscosity distribution stability. The above aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument includes, for example, an aqueous ink composition containing at least 0.05 to 1.5% by mass of an oxidized cellulose and 0.001 to 30% by mass of sugars having a weight average molecular weight of 5000 or less.

Abstract: Low temperature processes for converting mixtures of metal inks into alloys. The alloys can be dealloyed by etching. A method comprising: depositing at least one precursor composition on at least one substrate to form at least one deposited structure, wherein the precursor composition comprises at least two metal complexes, including at least one first metal complex comprising at least one first metal and at least one second metal complex different from the first metal complex and comprising at least one second metal different from the first metal, treating the deposited structure so that the first metal and the second metal become elemental forms of the first metal and the second metal in a treated structure. Further, one can remove at least some of the first metal to leave a nanoporous material comprising at least the second metal. Precursor compositions can be formulated to be homogeneous compositions.

Abstract: There is provided an ink set including a water-based cleaning transportation liquid, and a disperse dye ink composition, in which the water-based cleaning transportation liquid includes water and at least one of an aromatic sulfonate formalin condensate and a lignin sulfonate as a dispersing agent I, without including a coloring material, and the disperse dye ink composition includes a disperse dye, water, and a dispersing agent II.

Abstract: There is provided a non-aqueous ink jet ink composition, including a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, and a surfactant, in which the ink composition contains an acetylene glycol-based surfactant having a HLB value of 1.0 to 6.0 as the surfactant.

Abstract: A solvent-based ink jet ink composition includes a pigment, a solvent a that is a cyclic ester; and a solvent b with a lower dissolving power of polyvinyl chloride than the solvent a, in which a content of the solvent a is 1.0 to 7.0 mass %, and a content of the solvent b is 10 parts by mass or more to one part by mass of the content of the solvent a.

Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink includes a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, a non-water-soluble resin and a water-soluble resin, wherein the non-water-soluble resin is an acrylic polymer formed by a copolymer of a monomer mixture containing at least an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A) having a C8 to C18 alkyl group and a monomer (B) having a ?-diketone group or ?-keto acid ester group.

Abstract: An ink is provided. The ink includes a colorant, an organic solvent, a resin particle including an anionic urethane resin, and an organic amine compound having a boiling point in the range of from 120° C. to 200° C. and a molecular weight of 100 or less, and water, and the mass ratio of the organic amine compound to the resin particle is in the range of from 0.01 to 1.00.

Abstract: Ink having high adhesiveness for various substrates. The ink contains water, an organic solvent, at least one compound selected from formulae (1) and (2), and at least two kinds of resin particles. Ink-jet method. Record.

Abstract: The invention provides a carbon-based polymer PTC ink composition with enhanced heating uniformity to reduce the risk of hot spots across the PTC thick film fabricated from the PTC ink by addition of boron nitride. The added boron nitride is thermo-conductor and electric non-conductor. The presentation of boron nitride in carbon-based polymeric PTC film improves the temperature homogeneity across the film and maintains the desired PTC effect of the heating device. The content of boron nitride based on the total PTC composition in the invented PTC ink composition is 10-50 wt. %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dispersion liquid containing silver nano-particles that develops excellent conductivity by low-temperature calcining and has silver nano-particles stably and well dispersed in a dispersion solvent, and a method for producing the dispersion liquid containing silver nano-particles.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising a polyester, a mixture of novolak and resole resins and a vinyl chloride polymer, and the use of these compositions to coat metal containers is disclosed.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising a polyene, a polythiol and an anhydride is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is a resin composition characterized by being able to undergo elastic deformation, having little residual strain rate and exhibiting stress relaxation properties. More specifically, the present invention relates to a resin composition wherein the stress relaxation rate (R) and the residual strain rate ?, as measured in a prescribed extension-restoration test, are as follows: 20%?R?95% and 0%???3%.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a multilayer graphene structure includes a first layer of graphene, a second layer of graphene; and an interstitial layer bonding the first layer of graphene to the second layer of graphene, wherein the interstitial layer comprises a polyaromatic compound. In another embodiment, a multilayer graphene structure is fabricated by providing a first layer of graphene, providing a second layer of graphene, and providing a first interstitial layer between the first layer of graphene and the second layer of graphene, wherein the first interstitial layer comprises a polyaromatic compound. In another embodiment, a multilayer graphene structure includes a plurality of layers of graphene and a plurality of interstitial layers formed of at least one polyaromatic compound, where each pair of the layers of graphene is bonded by one of the interstitial layers, such that a structure comprising alternating layers of graphene and interstitial layers is formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one first polymer (A) as binder, at least one crosslinking agent (B) and at least one copolymer (C) as second binder, which is obtainable by copolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of a polyurethane resin having polymerizable carbon double bonds, the weight ratio of polymer (A) to polymer (C) being greater than 3.0. The present invention further relates to a method for producing a topcoat on a metallic substrate that comprises applying and subsequently curing the coating composition of the invention on a metallic substrate, and also to a metallic substrate coated by the method of the invention.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for coating metal substrates with powder coatings are provided. The methods and systems include application of TGIC-reactive carboxyl-functional polyester resins with high acid number and low melt viscosity, used in powder coatings formulated at high pigment loadings, and optionally including a pigment dispersant in the premix prior to extrusion.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermosetting powder coating compositions comprising an unsaturated resin comprising ethylenic unsaturations and a thermal radical initiator comprising a first thermal radical initiator, wherein the first thermal radical initiator is a methyl-substituted benzoyl peroxide abbreviated herein as MBPO. The invention further relates to a process for making said thermosetting powder coating composition and processes for coating an article with said thermosetting powder coating composition. The invention further relates to a cured thermosetting powder coating composition derived upon curing of the thermosetting powder coating composition of the invention. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition.

Abstract: Methods and combinations of a curing catalyst with a mold release mixture, which is then subsequently applied to the surface of a mold prior to the application of polyurethane reactants to said mold, where the curing catalyst component has the effect of catalyzing the reaction at the surface of the molded part. This catalysis results in greater reactivity at the surface between reacting portions and lower delamination of the surface of the foam, thereby leading to more attractive skins with a more consistent cell structure, and lower de-mold times due to skins whose nature makes them less likely to adhere to the surface of the mold. These foams will be less likely to tear upon opening of the mold, and production quality and output will be improved.

Abstract: A slot extrusion coating method includes: preparing a composition including a condensation polymerization product of a diamine and a mixture of an acid dianhydride or an acid dianhydride and a reactive carbonyl compound, an imidized product thereof, or a mixture thereof, wherein the composition has a viscoelasticity having a tan ? of less than about 96 at a strain of about 1 percent and an angular frequency of more than about 0 to less than about 10 radians per second, and coating the composition on a substrate using a slit coater.

Abstract: A barrier film comprising: a substrate; a first layer disposed on the substrate and comprising an oxidation product of polysilazane; and a second layer disposed directly on the first layer and comprising a thiol-ene polymer, wherein the polysilazane comprises a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, an alkylsilyl group, an alkylamino group, an alkoxy group, or an aromatic hydrocarbon group, and wherein the thiol-ene polymer is a polymerization product of a monomer combination including a first monomer having at least two thiol groups at its terminal end and a second monomer having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bond-containing groups at its terminal end.

Abstract: Rosin esters are provided. The rosin esters can exhibit improved color (e.g., the rosin ester can have a neat Gardner color of 4 or less), improved oxidative stability (e.g., when 1000 ppm or less of an antioxidant is present in combination with the rosin ester, the rosin ester can exhibit an oxidative-induction time at 130° C. of at least 30 minutes), improved color stability (e.g., the rosin ester can retain a neat Gardner color of 5 or less when heated to a temperature of 160° C. for a period of three hours), or combinations thereof. Also provided polymeric compositions comprising the rosin esters, as well as methods of making the rosin esters.

Abstract: Provided are: an adhesive that offers high adhesiveness to bond and secure an adherend even in a high-temperature environment, as long as securing is necessary. The adherend can be removed without failure and without adhesive residue once securing becomes unnecessary; and a method for processing an adherend using the adhesive. The adhesive according to the present invention contains a multivalent vinyl ether compound (A) and at least one of a compound (B) and a compound (C). The compound (B) is represented by Formula (b). The compound (C) includes two or more constitutional units each represented by Formula (c).

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel, reactive 2-component adhesive system, preferably in film form, for adhering diverse materials, such as for example, metal, wood, glass and/or plastic.

Abstract: A double-sided adhesive tape assembly that includes a double-sided tape having a pressure sensitive adhesive (“PSA”) on each side thereof and a delaminatable release liner in contact with the pressure sensitive adhesive (“PSA”) on one or both sides of the double-sided tape is disclosed. A roll of the double-sided adhesive tape assembly is also disclosed. Methods of making and using the double-sided adhesive tape assembly are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a surface protection sheet with excellent weatherability, good anti-residue properties and low-contaminating properties and a water-dispersed PSA composition for surface protection sheets. The surface protection sheet provided by this invention comprises a PSA layer and a support substrate. The PSA layer is formed from a water-dispersed PSA composition comprising an acrylic polymer and a crosslinking agent. The acrylic polymer is obtained by emulsion polymerization of a starting monomer mixture comprising 50 to 99.9 wt % C1-20alkyl (meth)acrylate and 0.1 to 5 wt. % carboxy group-containing monomer. The crosslinking agent comprises one, two or more species selected from a group consisting of oxazoline-based crosslinking agents, isocyanate-based crosslinking agents and epoxy-based crosslinking agents. The support substrate comprises 50% by weight or more polyolefin resin and 5 to 30% by weight inorganic powder.

Abstract: Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-carrying optical member having good antistatic properties, having high tackiness between an optical member and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer made from a water-dispersible pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and allowing the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to have high durability; an image display device including such a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-carrying optical member; and a method for producing such a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-carrying optical member, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-carrying optical member includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer made from a water-dispersible pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, an anchor layer made from an anchor-layer-forming coating liquid, and an optical member, wherein the anchor-layer-forming coating liquid includes a polythiophene based polymer, an oxazoline group-containing polymer, and an aqueous solvent including 60% by weight or more of water, and the anchor layer

Abstract: Provided is a double coated tape with improved reworkable capability, in which a first adhesive layer, a film carrier layer, a foam carrier layer, and a second adhesive layer are sequentially stacked, and which includes a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film located between the foam carrier layer and the second adhesive layer. Since the double coated tape is used for bonding of an LCD panel to a frame, while providing improved light leakage performance and reworkable capability, the double coated tape is advantageously used when manufacturing an electronic appliance such as a television, a cellular phone, and a computer.

Abstract: Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive adhesive optical laminate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive polarizing plate and a display device. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition offers a pressure-sensitive adhesive that has excellent durability and processability in manufacturing due to increased hardness even when the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed thinner than a typical adhesive composition, and that can prevent a pressure mark and leakage of the pressure-sensitive adhesive, as well as a bending problem generated when applied on an optical member such as a polarizing plate, etc.

Abstract: The present document describes a composition for the pretreatment of surfaces, which comprises plasticizers, degassers, pH adjusting agents, pigments, a phenol formaldehyde resin based adhesive, process of making the same and method of using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition, in particular for wooden composite boards, obtainable from a binder composition, in particular for wooden composite boards obtainable from at least one polymer adhesive, at least one polyalcohol compound, at least one compound of the general formula (I) RaSiX(4?a)??(I), or the general formula (II) ObXc(OH)dReSiO(4-b-c-d-e)/2??(II). The present invention relates also to a wooden composite board containing said binder composition.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a kneading-type antistatic agent which can be obtained through polymerization simply and conveniently by irradiating active energy rays, and a kneading-type antistatic agent which can be kneaded into a thermoplastic resin, thereby imparting excellent permanent antistatic properties to a molded article without affecting the appearance of the molded article. Therefore, the antistatic agent is a kneading-type antistatic agent which is a thermoplastic polymer obtained by irradiating active energy rays toward a solution which contains A Ingredient: a polymerizable monomer containing in one molecule one polyalkylene glycol and one polymerizable functional group selected from an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group, B Ingredient: perchlorate and C Ingredient: photo polymerization initiator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including aluminum oxide (A) containing molybdenum having a size on the order of ?m or less and a resin (B); and a resin molded body formed by molding the resin composition. Also, the present invention provides a heat-dissipating material containing the resin composition; and a heat-dissipating member containing the resin molded body. The heat-dissipating member of the present invention can be used for electronic parts such as electronic devices, electric devices, OA devices or for LED illumination.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to hydroxy-terminated poly(alkylene oxide) copolymer surfactants for use downhole, downhole compositions including the same, and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include obtaining or providing a composition including a hydroxy-terminated poly(alkylene oxide) copolymer surfactant. The copolymer surfactant can include a first repeating unit having the structure —[R1O]—, wherein at each occurrence R1 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C10)alkylene group. The copolymer surfactant can include a second repeating unit having the structure —[R2O]—, wherein at each occurrence R2 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C10)alkylene group. The first repeating unit can have a lower molecular weight than the second repeating unit.

Abstract: A treatment to temporarily block highly permeable areas in a wellbore having a temperature of less than 160° F. A diverting agent, a catalyzer, and a viscosifier are mixed together and pumped in the wellbore where the treatment flows in the most highly permeable areas. The diverting agent then begins to block those areas as the well is treated finally causing the fluid to divert to other now more highly permeable areas of the wellbore. After less than 48 the diverting agent degrades sufficiently to restore the permeablility of the wellbore.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed related to methods, compositions, and systems for treating a subterranean formation including a viscosifier polymer. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that can include obtaining or providing a composition including a viscosifier polymer. The viscosifier polymer includes an ethylene repeating unit including a —C(O)NH2 group and an ethylene repeating unit including an —S(O)2OR1 group, wherein the repeating units are in block, alternate, or random configuration. At each occurrence R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of —H and a counterion. The method can also include placing the composition in a subterranean formation downhole.

Abstract: The present application relates to an oil and gas treatment composition comprising (i) a blend of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) and crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone, (ii) an aqueous based continuous phase, (iii) a reactive clay or shale material, and (iv) at least one drilling fluid additive. The present application also relates to a method for inhibiting hydration of clays or shale materials in drilling a subterranean well using the composition. A different embodiment of the application discloses that the composition additionally comprises organophilic clay, a stabilizer and white medicinal oil.

Abstract: A segregating fluid for use in a wellbore includes an aqueous segregating carrier fluid; and a preformed synthetic polymer swellable in the aqueous segregating carrier fluid in an amount effective to segregate a first fluid from a second fluid in a wellbore.

Abstract: A cement spacer fluid for use in a wellbore includes an aqueous cement spacer carrier fluid and a preformed synthetic polymer swellable in the aqueous cement spacer carrier fluid in an amount effective to displace a drilling fluid during a cementing operation. Preferably, the polymer is particulate, and forms a hydrated pack of particles. A method of cementing a wellbore comprising a drilling fluid includes injecting the cement spacer fluid into the wellbore to displace the drilling fluid; injecting a cement slurry into the wellbore subsequent to injecting the cement spacer fluid; and hardening the cement in the slurry to cement the wellbore.

Abstract: A well cement composition includes a hydraulic well cement and multi-component fibers having at least a first polymeric composition and a second polymeric composition. At least a portion of the external surfaces of the multi-component fibers includes the first polymeric composition, and the first polymeric composition includes an ethylene-methacrylic acid or ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer. A method of cementing a subterranean well is also described. The method includes introducing the well cement composition into a wellbore, wherein the well cement composition further comprises water, and forming a cured cement in the wellbore.

Abstract: A cement slurry for use in a wellbore during wellbore cementing includes an aqueous cement slurry and a preformed synthetic polymer swellable in the aqueous cement slurry.

Abstract: Compositions comprising: (i) a hydraulic cement; and (ii) a polymer comprising at least one monomer having an oxazoline group. Methods of cementing in a well comprising: (A) forming a hydraulic cement composition comprising: (i) a hydraulic cement; (ii) a polymer comprising at least one monomer having an oxazoline group; and (iii) water; (B) introducing the hydraulic cement composition into the well.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed related to a composition for treating a subterranean formation, and methods and systems including the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that can include obtaining or providing a sealant composition comprising an alkali-swellable latex and a viscosifying agent. The method also includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation downhole.

Abstract: Compounds comprising multiple hydrophilic heads and a lipophilic tail may be employed into fluids to inhibit agglomeration of hydrates, among other things. Suitable hydrophilic heads may include secondary, tertiary, and/or quaternary ammonium cation moieties, phosphonium cation moieties, and combinations thereof. Such LDHI compounds may provide enhanced interactivity with hydrate crystals and/or hydrate-forming molecules. These compounds may be employed in fluids in various environments, such as a conduit penetrating a subterranean formation, or a conduit carrying fluid in an industrial setting.

Abstract: A composition comprising a base, nonylphenol, at least one quaternary ammonium compound, and glycol ether EB is provided in a method for solubilizing calcium carbonate in an aqueous suspension or dispersion of calcium carbonate.

Abstract: Composition and methods using the compositions are disclosed, where the compositions include heterocyclic aromatic amines, substituted heterocyclic aromatic amines, poly vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amines, co-polymers of vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amine and non amine polymerizable monomers (ethylenically unsaturated mononers and diene monomers), or mixtures or combinations thereof reacted with sulfonic acids, alkyl sulfonic acids, sulfosuccinates, sulfamic acids, sulfuric acids or partially neutralized amine or other alkali sulfonate and/or reacted with alpha hydroxyl carboxcylic acids which form coatings that alter self-aggregating properties and/or aggregation propensities of the particles and surfaces. Furthermore, the coating can be used to improve filtration of fluids through particulate matter and it is found that the coating will increase hydrocarbon liquid and gas flow through or over treated particulates and surfaces.

Abstract: A method of depleting an ion from a water source is provided. The method is applicable to water used in oil recovery, water used in natural gas recovery, the treatment of water wells, and for water used in hydraulic fluids for fracturing processes, such as water to be used in proppants or fracking fluids. The method involves depleting an ion from a water source, said method comprising contacting a water source with a superparamagnetic or paramagnetic nanoparticle; complexing the ion with the particle; and removing the ion-particle complex by applying a magnetic field so as to provide a water source with depleted ion content. The depleted water can then be pumped into one or more connecting injection well(s) in an oil field pushing the crude oil towards one or more production well(s) thereby allowing for enhanced oil recovery from the production wells.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods having application in the field of enhanced oil recovery (EOR). In particular, the short hydrophobe anionic surfactants as well as aqueous compositions comprising these surfactants are provided that can be used for the recovery of a large range of crude oil compositions from challenging reservoirs.