Abstract: The present invention relates to an at least monoaxially oriented polyester film with increased thermal conductivity which incorporates particles based on silicates in order to increase the resulting thermal conductivity. A process for the production of these films is also described, as well as their use as electrical insulation material.

Abstract: A mould-release agent combination for plastics reduces adhesion between a molded polyamide and a mold in which the molded polyamide is formed. The mould-release agent combination includes at least one amide wax, at least one ester wax, and/or at least one saponified wax.

Abstract: A plasticizer has been identified that improves compatibility in PVC formulations where secondary plasticizers and viscosity modifiers are present. In general, 1,2- or 1,4-dialkyl cyclohexane dicarboxylate plasticizers exhibit poor compatibility, as evidenced by increased exudation, in the presence of secondary plasticizers, i.e. chlorinated paraffins and hydrocarbon-based viscosity modifiers. We have found that bis 1,4-(2-ethylhexyl) cyclohexane dicarboxylate (DOCH) displays the opposite behavior, showing greater compatibility in the presence of these compounds than most other 1,2- or 1,4-dialkyl cyclohexane dicarboxylate derivatives (i.e. DINCH) or blends of fast-fuser/general purpose plasticizers.

Abstract: A resin composition includes an epoxy compound, a first triphenylbenzene compound, and a second triphenylbenzene compound. A ratio M (mol %) expressed by M (mol %)=(M1/M2)×100 is from 0.2 mol % to 16.3 mol %, where M1 is the number of moles (mol) of an alkoxy group contained in the second triphenylbenzene compound, and M2 is sum of the number of moles (mol) of a hydroxyl group contained in the first triphenylbenzene compound, the number of moles (mol) of the hydroxyl group contained in the second triphenylbenzene compound, and the number of moles (mol) of the alkoxy group contained in the second triphenylbenzene compound.

Abstract: A tire member in accordance with the present disclosure comprises a rubber composition comprising a compound according to Formula (I), below; a hydrazide compound; and carbon black. (At Formula (I), R1 and R2 each indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, an alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 20 carbons. R1 and R2 may be the same or different. M+ indicates sodium ion, potassium ion, or lithium ion.

Abstract: A first tire member manufacturing method includes an operation in which a master batch is made, and an operation in which the master batch, peptizing agent, and processing additive are mixed. The operation in which the master batch is made includes an operation in which carbon-black-containing pre-coagulation rubber latex is coagulated to obtain a coagulum, an operation in which a compound according to Formula (I), below, is added to the water-containing coagulum, and an operation in which the compound according to Formula (I) is dispersed within the coagulum. In Formula (I), R1 and R2 each indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, an alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 20 carbons. R1 and R2 may be the same or different. M+ indicates sodium ion, potassium ion, or lithium ion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous colorant preparation for coloring thermoplastic plastics.

Abstract: A self-strengthening material is provided, the material comprising a polymer matrix having a plurality of chemical amplifiers dispersed throughout the polymer matrix and a plurality of triggerable reservoirs, the triggerable reservoirs capable of releasing at least one activator of the plurality of chemical amplifiers, wherein the plurality of chemical amplifiers reacts with the at least one activator to produce additional activators capable of changing the mechanical properties of the polymer matrix, and thus strengthening the material.

Abstract: A composition includes at least one natural or synthetic rubber material, a severely hydrotreated naphthenic distillate incorporated in amount equal to or less than 30% by weight of the composition, and a sulfur curative. After curing, the composition provides acceptable cold flexibility at a temperature lower than ?60 deg C., at a temperature as low as ?68 deg C., or even at a temperature as low as ?73 deg C. In some aspects, the at least one natural or synthetic rubber material is a synthetic rubber such as, but not limited to, an ethylenepropylene-diene copolymer rubber. In some cases, where used, the ethylenepropylene-diene copolymer rubber is selected from the group consisting of ethylene-propylene-cyclopentadiene terpolymer, ethylene-propylene ethylidene norbornene terpolymer, ethylene-propylene-I, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A first tire member manufacturing method includes an operation in which master batch is made, and an operation in which the master batch and high-cis polybutadiene rubber are mixed. The operation in which the master batch is made includes an operation in which carbon-black-containing pre-coagulation rubber latex is coagulated to obtain a coagulum, an operation in which a compound according to Formula (I) is added to the water-containing coagulum, and an operation in which the compound according to Formula (I) is dispersed within the coagulum. In Formula (I), R1 and R2 each indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, an alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 20 carbons. R1 and R2 may be the same or different, M+ indicates sodium ion, potassium ion, or lithium ion.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composition for use in a number of applications including tires. The composition comprises a blend of a rubber component, reinforcing particulate fillers, and based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of the rubber component; from about 5 phr to about 70 phr of a terpene phenol resin having a softening point temperature in the range of from about 100° C. to about 170° C. and having a hydroxyl value in the range from about 5 to about 30. In one embodiment, the terpene phenol resin has a number average molecular weight of from about 700 Da to about 790 Da, a weight average molecular weight of from about 930 Da to about 1090 Da, and a polydispersity index of from about 1.25 to about 1.45.

Abstract: A tire member, comprising a diene based rubber, a filler, a rubber powder, and a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group which has 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and may be the same as or different from each other; and M+ represents a sodium ion, a potassium ion, or a lithium ion.

Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition for outer layers of tires with which it is possible to reduce the amount of phosphorus used, and further to improve initial grip performance and grip performance during the middle phase of running while maintaining or improving good abrasion resistance, thereby achieving a balanced improvement in these properties, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for outer layers of tires, containing a rubber component, a plasticizer, a resin having a softening point of 30° C. or higher, and sulfur, the plasticizer including an aliphatic polybasic acid ester having a freezing point of ?50 to ?10° C., the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 0.5 to 50 parts by mass of the aliphatic polybasic acid ester and 2 parts by mass or more of the resin.

Abstract: A process of foaming a polyolefin, e.g., polyethylene, composition using as a nucleator a combination of (A) azodicarbonamide, and (B) a mixture of (1) a first component consisting of at least one of citric acid and an alkali metal citrate, and (2) a second component consisting of at least one of an alkali metal citrate, a di-alkali metal hydrogen citrate, an alkali metal dihydrogen citrate and an alkali metal bicarbonate, with the proviso that the mixture is not solely composed of alkali metal citrate.

Abstract: A polypropylene or polyethylene cap composition comprising at least 94% by weight of polypropylene or polyethylene, 0.05 to 1% by weight of a slip and/or antiblocking agent comprising a mixture of linear saturated fatty amide(s) and glycerol monostearate in the ratio ranging from 1:3 to 3:1 by weight with % torque release of the cap comparable to the unsaturated fatty amide erucamide.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a hose of the present technology contains: an ethylene-propylene copolymer having an ethylene content of 40 mass % or greater but less than 60 mass %; an ethylene-1-butene copolymer; and carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 17 to 52 m2/g; a mass ratio of the ethylene-1-butene copolymer to the ethylene-propylene copolymer (ethylene-1-butene copolymer/ethylene-propylene copolymer) being from 10/90 to 90/10.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an electrically conductive composition which can be used for producing an electric storage device such as a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery (e.g., a lithium ion secondary battery) having excellent electric conductivity during an ordinary operation and therefore having excellent battery output properties and the like and also having a function of increasing internal resistance when the internal temperature of the battery is increased, and which enables the production of an electric storage device such as a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent electric conductivity and safety-related functions.

Abstract: A method for producing a polymer dispersion, by polymerizing a mixture X containing a urethane resin (A3), a monomer (b5) having two or more radically polymerizable groups, and a radically polymerizable monomer (b6) other than the monomer (b5), to obtain a dispersion containing a polymer P; and adding a pre-emulsion prepared by emulsifying and dispersing a radically polymerizable monomer mixture Y dropwise to the dispersion containing the polymer P and conducting polymerization, to obtain a dispersion containing a polymer Z, where a content of the urethane resin (A3) in the mixture X at the time of starting the reaction in the step (1) is from 25 to 95% by mass with respect to a total mass of the mixture X.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition comprising 50 to 80 wt % of a norbornene-based polymer, and 20 to 50 wt % of a hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a content of a low-molecular-weight component having a molecular weight of 1000 or less in the resin composition being 3 wt % or less, in which the hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer is an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene block copolymer having a styrene content of 40 wt % or more, or a block copolymer that includes an aromatic vinyl compound-based polymer block and an isobutylene-based polymer block having a styrene content of 15 wt % or more. Also, a medical drug container that shows very low protein adsorption with the passage of time is produced using such a resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition comprising at least the following component [A], component [B] and component [C], the epoxy resin composition being characterized in that: the mixture of component [A] and component [B] is a mixture that, when temperature is increased at 2° C./min, begins to thicken at temperature (T1) and completes thickening at temperature (T2), temperature (T1) being 80-110° C. and temperature (T1) and temperature (T2) satisfying the relationship of expression (1) 5° C.?(T2?T1)?20° C. expression (1); and the mixture of component [A] and component [C] is a mixture that, when temperature is increased at 2° C./min, begins to cure at temperature (T3), temperature (T1) and temperature (T3) satisfying the relationship of expression (2) 5° C.?(T3?T1)?80° C. expression (2).

Abstract: This disclosure is to provide a pellet excellent in modification effect of heat-resistant creeping property improvement of thermoplastic resins such as polyethylene and the like, and excellent in appearance as well. The pellet of this disclosure contains: 60 to 99 mass % of a polyphenylene ether resin (I); and 1 to 40 mass % of a block copolymer (II), which contains a polymer block P mainly formed of a vinyl aromatic compound, and a polymer block Q mainly formed of a conjugated diene compound of which a total amount of 1,2-vinyl bonding amount and 3,4-vinyl bonding amount is 5% or more and less than 50%, wherein: black spot foreign matters with a longitudinal diameter of more than 0.7 mm do not exist on front and back surfaces of a flat plate obtained by molding the pellet into four flat plates with a size of 90.0 mm×50.0 mm×2.0 mm.

Abstract: A curable granular silicone composition is provided, which may be in a pellet form. The curable granular silicone composition comprises: (A) hot meltable silicone fine particles having a hydrosilylation reactive group and/or radical reactive group, with a softening point of 30° C. or higher; (B) a filler that does not have a softening point or does not soften below the softening point of component (A); and (C) a curing agent. The curable granular silicone composition has hot melt properties, and has excellent handling workability and curability.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions which include an ethylene polymer derived from at least one polar monomer with one or more ester groups, which polymerize with ethylene, (e.g., a copolymer, or low molecular weight copolymer having a relatively high melt index, derived from ethylene and vinyl acetate and/or a copolymer, or low molecular weight copolymer having a relatively high melt index, derived from ethylene and «-buty! acrylate) and a rosin ester. The rosin ester can have a low hydroxy! number (e.g., a hydroxy! number six or five or less), a low acid number (e.g., an acid number of ten or less), a relatively low PAN number (e.g., a PAN number less than twenty-two or in between eight and twenty), a relatively high third moment or third power average molecular weight (Mz), (e.g., an Mz value in between 2500 and 12000 g/mol), a low sulfur content (e.g., a sulfur content lower than 600 ppm prior to antioxidant addition) or combinations thereof. The compositions can exhibit a high heat stress resistance (e.g.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sulphur additive to suppress hydrogen sulphide emissions from Sulphur Extended Asphalt. The sulphur additive of the present disclosure comprises 5 sulphur in an amount ranging from 80 to 98 wt % and at least one aluminosilicate in an amount ranging from 2 to 20 wt %. The sulphur additive of the present disclosure suppresses the H2S emission up to acceptable safe limit during the preparation and application of the sulphur extended asphalt at elevated temperature.

Abstract: It has been found that numerous benefits can be realized by air blowing asphalt in the presence of at least one highly saturated polymer, such as polyisobutylene, and a reactive polymer having glycidyl groups, such as an ethylene-glycidyl-acrylate. This allows for asphalt streams which would typically not be commercially viable for blowing into industrial asphalt that can be used in roofing products and a wide array of other applications. For instance, this technique can be used to air blow currently available paving grade asphalts into industrial asphalt for roofing products. Other potential benefits include shorter processing time (air blowing time), reduced emissions, and blown coatings with improved weatherability. In one embodiment of this invention asphalt is only partially air blown before adding the polymer to attain a product having desired characteristics for specific applications.

Abstract: This invention is directed to photoluminescent compounds based on rhodamine dyes with green emission and uses thereof for photoluminescence based devices.

Abstract: Disclosed are hair color compositions comprising novel stable violet-blue to blue imidazolium azo compounds that have a simplified chromophore and high relative solubility in aqueous systems, and that are surprisingly stable under the conditions of use and storage. These compositions are useful for dyeing fibers such as hair and other keratinaceous materials. The compositions can optionally include an oxidant.

Abstract: A method of treating a textile comprising (i) bringing the aqueous composition of claim 1 into contact with said textile and (ii) then evaporating said water from said aqueous composition.

Abstract: Provided herein is a transfer metallization primer comprising 1) 60-80 wt % of polyurethane dispersion based on a weight of the transfer metallization primer; 2) 20-40 wt % of self crosslinkable styrene acrylic emulsion based on the weight of the transfer metallization primer; wherein the polyurethane dispersion has a Tg of ?50° C. to ?30° C. and the self crosslinkable styrene acrylic emulsion has a Tg of 30° C. to 70° C. Also provided herein is a transfer metallization primer comprising a colloidal acrylic emulsion, wherein the colloidal acrylic emulsion has an acid value of 60 to 250 mgKOH/g, a weight average molecular weight of 5,500 to 100,000 daltons, and a Tg of 20 to 140° C. In addition, the transfer metallization primers may be used for paper packaging materials of cigarette, liquor, food, cosmetic, etc.

Abstract: A microbe-resistant powder coating composition including an antimicrobial agent is described. The antimicrobial agent is an inorganic bismuth-containing compound, and may be used in conjunction with other bismuth-containing compounds or other biocidal agents or methods.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a chamber component for use in a plasma processing chamber apparatus. The chamber component may include a coating layer that provides a fluorine-rich surface. In one embodiment, a chamber component, for use in a plasma processing apparatus, includes a body having an outer layer comprising yttria having a coating layer formed thereon, wherein the coating layer comprises a yttrium fluoride containing material.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the agents, compositions, and methods for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example in metal substrates. The compositions for inhibiting corrosion comprise at least one organic heterocyclic compound and at least one metal salt or mixed metal salt selected from rare earth, alkali earth and transition metals.

Abstract: An antifouling coating composition contains a silyl ester (co)polymer and medetomidine and is used to prevent the fouling of substrates by aquatic organisms and which can form antifouling coating films exhibiting outstanding antifouling properties over a long period and also has good storage stability. The antifouling coating composition includes a silyl ester (co)polymer (A) and medetomidine (B), the silyl ester (co)polymer (A) including structural units derived from a monomer (a) represented by the general formula (I): R1—CH?C(CH3)—COO—(SiR2R3O)n—SiR4R5R6, and structural units derived from an unsaturated monomer (b) copolymerizable with the monomer (a).

Abstract: Metal salt based stabilizers are described that are effective to improve stability of sparse metal conductive films formed with metal nanowires, especially silver nanowires. Specifically, vanadium (+5) compositions can be effectively placed in coatings to provide desirable stabilization under accelerated wear testing conditions. Sparse metal conductive films can comprise fused metal nanostructured networks. Cobalt (+2) compounds can be incorporated as stabilization agents within nanowire inks to provide a high degree of stabilization without significantly interfering with the fusing process.

Abstract: A support material for use in additive manufacturing includes greater than about 30 weight percent up to about 70 weight percent of a C12 to C18 fatty alcohol ethoxylate, about 30 weight percent to about 70 weight percent of a C16 to C22 fatty alcohol, and a tackifier, a transition temperature measured as the temperature immediately before phase change, based on viscosity measurement, is less than about 65° C. A system for additive manufacturing includes such a support material and a build material, the ratio of C12 to C18 fatty alcohol ethoxylate to C16 to C22 fatty alcohol is selected for property matching of the support material to the build material. A method of additive manufacturing includes providing such a system and printing via an inkjet printer the support material and the build material to provide a precursor to a three-dimensional printed article.

Abstract: A coating composition including about 5 wt % to about 70 wt % of a latex or a water-dispersible film forming polymer, based on the total weight of the coating composition, a surfactant present in the coating composition at 0.1% to about 1% on the continuous phase of the coating composition; a polymeric associative thickener present in the coating composition at about 0.1% to about 2% on the continuous phase of the coating composition; about 0.1 wt % to about 5 wt % a styrene acrylic resin, based on the total weight of the coating composition; and an aqueous diluent.

Abstract: An opacifying cluster which may be added to a coating composition to provide a coating composition with low gloss and a high level of opacity. The opacifying cluster can include a polymeric latex binder coalescing cluster components into a generally homogeneous particle. The cluster components may include discrete polymeric particles each defining a closed void volume therein, a plurality of inorganic pigment particles, and a plurality of extender pigment particles. The clusters may also include a porosity of the polymeric latex binder thereof defining a binder void volume. Also provided is a paint product including such a pigment cluster.

Abstract: An active ray curable inkjet ink includes: a radical polymerizable compound; a radical polymerization initiator; a color material; and an odor material scavenger, wherein the radical polymerization initiator is a compound producing aldehyde, the radical polymerizable compound contains a monofunctional radical polymerizable compound in an amount of 0 mass % to 10 mass % with respect to the total mass of the ink, the odor material scavenger is a compound having a primary amine group or secondary amine group and having a molecular weight of 1000 or less, or is a compound having a hydroxyl group or a compound having an aromatic ring-substituted hydroxyl group and having a molecular weight of 1000 or less, the content of the odor material scavenger is lower than that of the radical polymerization initiator, and the absorbance of the inkjet ink to light having a wavelength of 365 nm to 395 nm is 400 to 1000.

Abstract: Described herein are non-aqueous ink compositions containing a sulfonated conjugated polymer, a polymeric acid, an optional matrix compound, and an amine compound. The present disclosure also concerns the uses of such non-aqueous ink compositions, for example, in organic electronic devices.

Abstract: Aqueous inkjet ink compositions, methods of preparing the inkjet ink compositions, inkjet ink cartridges containing the aqueous inkjet ink composition, methods of filling a print cartridge with the aqueous inkjet ink composition, and methods of printing an image on a substrate using the inkjet ink composition are disclosed.

Abstract: An ink discharge device including an ink, an ink discharge head, and a negative pressure generator is provided. The ink comprises water, a colorant, an organic solvent X having a solubility parameter of from 8.9 to 12.0 and comprising no glycol ether compound, and a copolymer comprising a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or methyl group and Y represents an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms. The ink discharge head includes a nozzle to discharge the ink, a plurality of individual liquid chambers in communication with the nozzle, a flow-in channel to let the ink flow into the individual liquid chambers, and a flow-out channel to let the ink flow out from the individual liquid chambers. The negative pressure generator is configured to generate a negative pressure that lets the ink flow out from the individual liquid chambers.

Abstract: An ink composition for use in digital offset printing including a white colorant, a translucent colorant, or a combination thereof; wherein the white colorant, translucent colorant, or combination thereof is present in an amount of at least 50 percent by weight based on the total weight of the ink composition; at least one component selected from the group consisting of a curable monomer and a curable oligomer; at least one phase change agent; an optional dispersant; an optional photoinitiator. A process of digital offset printing including applying the ink composition onto a re-imageable imaging member surface at an ink take up temperature, the re-imageable imaging member having dampening fluid disposed thereon; forming an ink image; transferring the ink image from the re-imageable surface of the imaging member to a printable substrate at an ink transfer temperature.

Abstract: Described is a composition suitable for the preparation of an electroconductive transparent layer, said composition comprising a mixture of water and one or more alcohols, electroconductive nanoobjects and one or more dissolved styrene/(meth)acrylic copolymers.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an example where a white ink can include an aqueous ink vehicle and from 5 wt % to 60 wt % of a white flocculated colorant mass. The white flocculated colorant mass can include white metal oxide pigment, an alumina coating, and polymeric dispersant associated with a surface of the alumina-coated pigment. The white metal oxide pigment can have an average particulate size from 100 nm to 2,000 nm. The alumina coating on the white metal oxide pigment can form an alumina-coated pigment where the alumina coating is predominantly alumina, and the white metal oxide pigment content to alumina content can be from 99:1 to 9:1 by weight.

Abstract: Compositions having low quantities of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and uses thereof are generally disclosed. In some embodiments, the compositions are aqueous compositions, such as aqueous suspensions, suitable for use as coating or paint compositions. In some embodiments, the compositions are aqueous compositions that include, among other components, a film-forming polymer and a coalescing aid. In some embodiments, the coalescing aids are derived from a renewable feedstock. Methods and systems for making such compositions are also disclosed. Novel coalescing aids are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating on a substrate. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved coating on a substrate, which coating is to reduce the temperature felt by a person walking on the substrate as well as the actual temperature on the surface. The present invention provides a coating on a substrate that includes an impregnation material, respectively base material, which is adhered on the substrate, a particulate material adhered on the impregnation material, respectively base material, and optionally, a top coat covering an upper surface of the coating, in which the particulate material consists of crushed acrylic paint and/or wherein the particulate material is a platelet-shaped particulate material, and/or wherein the particulate material has an angular or very-angular shape such that the upper surface of the coating has a roughness of between 0.5 mm and 3 mm.

Abstract: A curable film-forming composition is provided, comprising: (a) a polymeric binder having reactive epoxy functional groups; and (b) a curing agent. The curing agent comprises an acid functional reaction product of: (1) a hydroxyl functional polymer comprising the reaction product of: (i) a monomer comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; (ii) a monomer comprising a carbon atom that is bonded to four different moieties, wherein one of said moieties is a hydrogen atom and the remainder of said moieties independently comprise alkyl groups, wherein one of the alkyl group-containing moieties comprises an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; and (iii) at least one monomer that is polymerizable with (i) and (ii); and (2) an anhydride. Also provided is a multi-component composite coating composition that includes the curable film-forming composition described above.

Abstract: A curable film-forming composition is provided, comprising: (a) a polymeric polyester binder comprising a plurality of carbamate groups; (b) a curing agent reactive with the carbamate functional groups of (a); and (c) a reaction product of: (1) a hydroxyl functional polymer comprising the reaction product of: (i) a monomer comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; (ii) a monomer comprising a carbon atom that is bonded to four moieties wherein one of the moieties is a hydrogen atom and the remainder of the moieties comprises an alkyl group, wherein at least one of the alkyl group-containing moieties comprises an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; and (iii) at least one monomer that is polymerizable with (i) and (ii); and (2) a lactone or lactam. Also provided are a multi-component composite coating composition that includes the curable film-forming composition described above and methods for forming a composite coating on a substrate.

Abstract: A titanium-oxo-chelate catalyst formulation, comprising: (i) at least one compound of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R12 independently of each other are for example hydrogen, halogen, C1-C20alkyl, C6-C14aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted; or R1, R2 and R3 and/or R4, R5 and R6 and/or R7, R8 and R9 and/or R10, R11 and R12 together with the C-atom to which they are attached each form a C6-C14aryl group which is unsubstituted or substituted; or R1 and R2 and/or R4 and R5 and/or R7 and R8 and/or R10 and R11 together with the C-atom to which they are attached form a 5- to 7-membered carbocyclic ring; at least one chelate ligand compound of the formula (IIa), (IIb) or (IIc), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined as above for formula (I), is suitable as a photolatent catalyst formulation for polymerizing compounds, which are capable to crosslink in the presence of a Lewis acid.

Abstract: A primer composition is provided. The primer composition comprises: (A) an organosiloxane block copolymer represented by the average unit formula: (R12SiO2/2)a(R2SiO3/2)b, wherein each R1 and R2 is independently an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, “a” is a number in the range of 0.40 to 0.90, “b” is a number in the range of 0.10 to 0.60, and “a+b”=1.00, and having 0.5 to 35.0 mol % of silicon atom-bonded hydroxyl groups or silicon atom-bonded alkoxy groups, in which resinous siloxane blocks are connected by linear siloxane blocks; (B) a curing catalyst; and (C) an organic solvent. The primer composition improves the adhesion of silicone-cured products to base materials of optical semiconductor elements, package materials, substrates etc., and can suppress peeling or cracking caused by heat cycles.