Abstract: A peelable coating composition capable of providing coating films with good peelability particularly after UV exposure and desirable mechanical properties.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a colloidal (meth)acrylic polymer emulsion, wherein the (meth)acrylic polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 3000 to 8000 daltons, Tg of 110 to 140° C. and an acid value of 150 to 240 mgKOH/g. The present invention also provide a water-based hot stamping primer coating which comprises the colloidal (meth)acrylic polymer emulsion. The present invention further provides a hot stamping film comprising a hot stamping primer formed from the water-based hot stamping primer coating.

Abstract: A polyester polymer is provided that includes at least one pendant phenolic-containing group. In one embodiment, the polyester polymer is combined with an optional crosslinker and an optional carrier to form a coating composition suitable for use in coating articles such as packaging articles. The coating composition typically includes a resole phenolic crosslinker. In one embodiment, the polyester polymer has at least one phenolic-containing group that comprises an adduct of cardanol.

Abstract: The present invention provides crosslinked polyester compositions for use in coating metal. The polyester comprises residues of at least one aromatic acid; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and at least one polyol different than 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol wherein the polyester has a glass transition temperature greater than 75° C., an acid value of 1 mg KOH/g to 6 mg KOH/g, and a number average absolute molecular weight of 4000 g/mol to 18000 g/mol. The compositions are useful for coating metal surfaces for food contact applications and are particularly useful for coating metal can ends.

Abstract: An anti-fingerprinting composition having a self-healing property includes a polyrotaxane, a polyhedral silsesquioxane, and a fluorinated (meth)acryl compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-corrosion composition for a metal surface, especially of pre-stressing steel, the anti-corrosion composition being thixotropic and comprising an organic component which is an oil, fat or wax. The anti-corrosion composition of the invention is characterized in that it is translucent and also comprises an indicator which responds to corrosion of the metal surface by changing its absorption spectrum in the region of ultra-violet, visible or infra-red light, in particular with a colour change. Further provided in accordance with the invention are a metal structure bearing the anti-corrosion composition of the invention, an apparatus on the metal structure, and a method for checking the metal structure.

Abstract: A polishing composition includes: metal oxide particles as abrasive grains, wherein the full width at half maximum of a peak portion having the maximum diffracted intensity in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern of the metal oxide particles is less than 1°; and two or more varieties of water-soluble polymers having different weight-average molecular weights as a selectivity control agent, wherein the water-soluble polymers differ in weight-average molecular weight by 10 times or more. A polishing composition and a method for polishing a semiconductor substrate using thereof can suppress occurrence of defects due to polishing such as a scratch, dishing, and erosion while keeping the high polishing rate, and can optionally control the selectivity, which is a ratio of polishing speed of a metal layer and that of an insulator layer.

Abstract: A multi-layer plastic film as a carrier film for a glue layer, comprising a layer sequence of (a) an outer layer (a) based on a mixture of ?) 3-15 wt % of an extrudable glue and ?) 85-97 wt % of at least one C2-C8 olefin-alkyl acrylate copolymer, C2-C8 olefin-methacrylic acid copolymer and/or C2-C8 alkyl methacrylate copolymer, wherein the mixture of ?) and ?) must be compatible with each other, (b) a layer (b) of at least one polyolefin or one olefin copolymer, (c) a layer (c) of at least one polyolefin or one olefin copolymer, and optionally typical auxiliary substances, as a second outer layer, and composites of said carrier film and an adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive film hardly suffering from fisheyes and having excellent mechanical strength and heat resistance as well as good adhesive properties with reduced transfer of an adhesive layer to an adherend, which can be suitably used as various surface protective films, etc. The present invention relates to an adhesive film comprising a polyester film and an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the polyester film, in which the adhesive layer comprises a resin having a glass transition point of not higher than 0° C., and a crosslinking agent, and an adhesion strength of the adhesive layer to a polymethyl methacrylate plate is in the range of 1 to 1000 mN/cm.

Abstract: Described herein is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic block copolymer (I) having a polymer block (A) containing methacrylic acid ester units and a polymer block (B) containing acrylic acid ester units which are derived from an acrylic acid ester (1) represented by the general formula CH2?CH—COOR1 (1) (wherein R1 is an organic group of 4 to 6 carbon atoms) and an acrylic acid ester (2) represented by the general formula CH2?CH—COOR2 (2) (wherein R2 is an organic group of 7 to 12 carbon atoms), the mass ratio (1)/(2) of said acrylic acid ester (1) to said acrylic acid ester (2) being 65/35 to 20/80. The tan? value of viscoelasticity of the acrylic block copolymer (I), as measured at a frequency of 1 Hz, is 1×10?2 to 1×10?1 in the range of 50 to 100° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in conductivity even though the bio-electrode is soaked in water or dried. The present invention is accomplished by a bio-electrode composition including an (A) ionic material and a (B) resin other than the component (A), in which the component (A) has both a repeating unit “a” of a sodium salt, a potassium salt, or an ammonium salt including a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1) and a repeating unit “b” having a silicon atom.

Abstract: A binder resin for an inorganic particle-dispersed paste that excels in both printability and adhesiveness and such an inorganic particle-dispersed paste are provided. The resin includes a mixture in which a polyvinyl acetal and a cellulose derivative are mixed so as to satisfy 0.2?X/(X+Y)?0.8, where X and Y stand for parts by mass of the polyvinyl acetal and the cellulose derivative, respectively. When a paste is formulated by mixing and kneading the resin with spherical nickel particles with an average particle diameter of 0.3 ?m, barium titanate particles with an average particle diameter of 0.05 ?m, a nonionic surfactant, dihydroterpineol, and mineral spirit at the prescribed mixing ratio, the paste has prescribed rheological characteristics.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising includes (i) a copolymer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon and an acrylate ester or acid, or of an unsaturated hydrocarbon and a vinyl saturated aliphatic ester or mixtures thereof, and (ii) a polyether carbonate polyol wherein the weight proportion of CO2 ranges from 0.5 to 37 wt % with respect to the total weight of the polyether carbonate polyol. The compositions of the invention may be used in PSA or HotMelt adhesive formulations.

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 derived from ethylene and vinyl acetate or a copolymer derived from ethylene and n-butyl acrylate) and a rosin ester. The rosin ester can have a low hydroxyl number (e.g., a hydroxyl number six or five or less), a low acid number (e.g., an acid number of ten or less), a low PAN number (e.g., a PAN number of eight or less), or combinations thereof. The compositions can exhibit improved viscosity stability and/or color stability and/or a decreased amount of char particle formation upon thermal aging.

Abstract: Method for bonding to high polarity surfaces with a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) K, being the product of crosslinking a polymer material comprising: (A) at least one polymer component A comprising: (i) 60 wt % to 80 wt % of component A1 comprising: (i-a) 1 wt % to 15 wt % of at least one monomer a comprising compounds having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond, and (i-b) 85 wt % to 99 wt % of at least one monomer b selected from the group consisting of acrylic esters and/or methacrylic esters, (ii) 20 wt % to 40 wt % of at least one resin component A2, and (B) at least one crosslinker component B comprising covalently crosslinking di- or polyfunctional compounds; ?the high polarity surfaces comprising (I) at least one hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, SH or NH group and/or at least one ionic group, and/or (II) at least one adsorbed migratable compound containing at least one hydroxyl group.

Abstract: An pressure sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention includes: an acrylic copolymer; a multifunctional acrylate-based compound; and a photoinitiator, in which the acrylic copolymer includes a repeating unit derived from an acrylate-based monomer having a Tg of ?20° C. or less and a repeating unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, and the repeating unit derived from the unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer is included in an amount of 10 to 50 parts by weight based on the total 100 parts by weight of the acrylic copolymer.

Abstract: A curable composition includes a (meth)acrylic acid ester polymer (A), wherein the (meth)acrylic acid ester polymer (A) includes a monomer and a macromonomer (a). The monomer includes a reactive silicon group represented by the general formula (1): —SiR1aX3-a (1) (in the formula, R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X each independently represents a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group, and a represents 0 or 1.) and a polymerizable unsaturated group. The macromonomer (a) is a (meth)acrylic acid ester polymer having a polymerizable unsaturated group.

Abstract: To provide a thermoplastic polymer composition, which can be adhered to a synthetic resin, a ceramic or a metal without performing a primer treatment or the like, is able to be handled as a molded article, exhibits an excellent adhesive property in a broad temperature range from a low temperature to room temperature and flexibility, and has high thermal creep resistance, and a molded article using the thermoplastic polymer composition. A thermoplastic polymer composition, which contains from 10 to 100 parts by weight of a polar group-containing polypropylene-based resin (B) based on 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer (A) in which block copolymer containing a polymer block (S) including an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block (D) including a conjugated diene compound unit is hydrogenated, in which the hydrogenated block copolymer (A) is a mixture containing a hydrogenated block copolymer (A1) having at least one tan ? local maximum value in a range from ?60 to ?40° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive composition, an adhesive film, a method of manufacturing the adhesive film and an organic electronic device (OED) that are used to encapsulate an organic electronic element. The adhesive composition can form an encapsulant layer having an excellent adhesive property, impact resistance, heat-protecting property and moisture blocking property, so that an OED that includes an element encapsulated with the adhesive composition can exhibit an excellent lifespan property and durability.

Abstract: There is provided an article having at least a first surface having: a binder resin layer comprising an actinic radiation reactive polyurethane dispersion, where the binder resin layer has a first major surface opposite a second major surface; and a plurality of microspheres partially embedded and adhered to the first major surface of the binder resin layer. There is also provided a thermoset article derived from such thermoformable articles.

Abstract: A process comprising a) mixing i) an isocyanate reactive component that contains from 2 to 100 weight percent of an aminobenzoate terminated composition wherein the isocyanate reactive component does not contain a solvent; and ii) an isocyanate terminated component having an isocyanate functionality of from 2 to 6 wherein the isocyanate terminated component does not contain a solvent; at a stoichiometric ratio of NCO to reactive hydrogen in the range of from 0.9 to 2.5; to form an adhesive composition; b) applying the adhesive composition to a primary substrate; and c) laminating the primary substrate with a secondary film to form a laminate structure, is disclosed. The laminate structure can be used as a laminating adhesive.

Abstract: The present technology provides a urethane adhesive composition including a urethane prepolymer including an isocyanate group; an isocyanurate compound including an isocyanurate ring; and a terpene compound including an active hydrogen.

Abstract: Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a sidewall and having a maximum thickness, T; and the shaped abrasive particles further comprising a plurality of grooves on the second face.

Abstract: The method for low temperature microencapsulation of phase change materials or other components includes the following steps: (a) preparing a phase change emulsion including droplets of at least one active phase-change material in water with a surfactant; (b) adding a monomer of at least one encapsulating agent; (c) introducing the phase change emulsion into a UV reactor while stirring the emulsion; and (d) initiating the photo polymerization of monomers using at least one UV lamp inside the UV reactor for photo polymerization until the phase change material is encapsulated within a polymeric shell to form microcapsules. The microcapsules obtained by this process may have a diameter between about 0.5 to about 2 ?m. Other sizes can also be obtained by changing stirring speed of the emulsion.

Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet includes a resin that is liquid under normal temperature and pressure, a resin that is solid under normal temperature and pressure, and a particulate carbon material, and the thermal resistance of the thermally conductive sheet under a pressure of 0.05 MPa is at most 0.30° C./W. In the thermally conductive sheet, the resin that is solid under normal temperature and pressure is preferably a thermoplastic fluororesin that is solid under normal temperature and pressure, and the resin that is liquid under normal temperature and pressure is preferably a thermoplastic fluororesin that is liquid under normal temperature and pressure.

Abstract: A lost circulation material (LCM) is provided having an acidic nanosilica dispersion. The nanosilica dispersion of the LCM may form a gelled solid after interaction with a formation over a period. Methods of lost circulation control using LCMs are also provided.

Abstract: A well treatment fluid is provided having an acidic nanosilica dispersion. The nanosilica dispersion of well treatment fluid may form a gelled solid after interaction with a formation over a period. Methods of reducing water production using the well treatment fluids are also provided.

Abstract: A lost circulation material (LCM) is provided having a nanosilica dispersion. The nanosilica dispersion of the LCM may form a gelled solid after interaction with a formation over a period. Methods of lost circulation control using LCMs are also provided.

Abstract: A lost circulation material (LCM) is provided having a nanosilica dispersion and an alkanolamine. The nanosilica dispersion and the alkanolamine may form a gelled solid after interaction over a period. Methods of lost circulation control using LCMs are also provided.

Abstract: A well treatment fluid is provided having an acidic nanosilica dispersion and an alkanolamine. The nanosilica dispersion and the alkanolamine may form a gelled solid after interaction over a period. Methods of reducing water production using the well treatment fluids are also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a lubricant package for water based drilling fluids. The lubricant package includes water, a polyethylene glycol, and a lubricating agent. The lubricating agent includes triethanolamine, or a C12-C14 alcohol ethoxylate, or a combination of triethanolamine and C12-C14 alcohol ethoxylate. The weight ratio of the polyethylene glycol to the lubricating agent in the lubricant package is from 1:2 to 2:1. Embodiments are also directed to a water-based drilling fluid composition including an aqueous base fluid, one or more additives, and the lubricant package for water based drilling fluids.

Abstract: A drilling fluid and method for drilling in a coal containing formation with a mixed metal-viscosified drilling fluid including at least 0.05% calcium sulfate.

Abstract: Provided here are water-based drilling fluids containing weighting agents and an alkanolamine, and methods of using such compositions during drilling operations for recovery of hydrocarbons. The weighting agents can include manganese tetroxide and barium sulfate. The alkanolamine can be monoethanolamine. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A wellbore servicing fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid, one or more alkali metal or alkali earth metal salts, at least one visocisifier, and a filtration control package. The filtration control package may comprise a carboxylic acid and an ethoxylated alcohol compound. Alternatively, the filtration control package may comprise a polyethylene glycol. The carboxylic acid may have from 8 to 20 carbon atoms. The ethoxylated alcohol compound may have a general formula R—(OCH2CH2)x—OH, where R is a hydrocarbon having from 10 to 16 atoms and x is an integer from 6 to 9. The ethoxylated alcohol compound may have a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of from 8.0 to 16.0. The polyethylene glycol may have a mass average molar mass (Mw) of less than or equal to 1500 daltons.

Abstract: Disclosed here are drilling fluid compositions containing linear alpha olefins, an invert emulsifier, a filtration control agent; and an inorganic mineral component including one or more of lime, calcium chloride, and barite. Also disclosed here are methods of using such compositions during drilling operations for recovery of hydrocarbons. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Drilling fluid compositions include a base fluid, at least one additive chosen from an emulsifier, weighting material, fluid-loss additive, viscosifier, or alkali compound, and from 0.1 wt. % to 1 wt. %, based on total weight of the drilling fluid composition, of an ethoxylated alcohol compound having the formula R—(OCH2CH2)7—OH, in which R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms. The base fluid may be an aqueous base fluid. Methods for drilling a subterranean well include operating a drill in a wellbore in the presence of a drilling fluid composition including the base fluid, the additive, and the ethoxylated alcohol compound.

Abstract: Anti-bit balling drilling fluids and methods of making and using drilling fluids are provided. The anti-bit balling drilling fluid contains water, a clay-based component, and at least one of a surfactant having the formula: R—(OC2H4)x—OH, where R is a hydrocarbyl group having from 10 to 20 carbon atoms and x is an integer from 1 and 10, or a polyethylene glycol having the formula: H—(O—CH2—CH2)n—OH, where n is an integer from 1 to 50. Methods of making and using these drilling fluids are also provided.

Abstract: Anti-bit balling drilling fluids and methods of making and using drilling fluids are provided. The anti-bit balling drilling fluid contains water, a clay-based component, and a polyethylene glycol having the formula: H—(O—CH2—CH2)n—OH, where n is an integer from 1 to 50.

Abstract: Anti-bit balling drilling fluids and methods of making and using drilling fluids are provided. The anti-bit balling drilling fluid contains water, a clay-based component, and at least one of a surfactant having the formula: R—(OC2H4)x—OH, where R is a hydrocarbyl group having from 10 to 20 carbon atoms and x is an integer from 1 and 10, or a polyethylene glycol having the formula: H—(O—CH2—CH2)n—OH, where n is an integer from 1 to 50. Methods of making and using these drilling fluids are also provided.

Abstract: Anti-bit balling drilling fluids and methods of making and using drilling fluids are provided. The anti-bit balling drilling fluid contains water, a clay-based component, and at least one of a surfactant having the formula: R—(OC2H4)x—OH, where R is a hydrocarbyl group having from 10 to 20 carbon atoms and x is an integer from 1 and 10, or a polyethylene glycol having the formula: H—(O—CH2—CH2)n—OH, where n is an integer from 1 to 50. Methods of making and using these drilling fluids are also provided.

Abstract: Provided here are polyethylene glycol-based drilling fluid compositions and methods of making and using such compositions during drilling operations for recovery of hydrocarbons. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Drilling fluids and methods of making and using drilling fluids are provided. The drilling fluid contains an aqueous phase, an oleaginous phase, and at least one surfactant having the formula R—(OC2H4)x—OH, where R is a hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms and x is an integer from 1 to 10. Methods of producing drilling fluids include mixing an aqueous phase, an oleaginous phase, and at least one surfactant, and shearing the mixture. Methods of using drilling fluids to drill subterranean formations include mixing an aqueous phase, an oleaginous phase, and at least one surfactant to produce a mixture, which is sheared to form a drilling fluid, and pumped through a drill string in a drill bit located in a subterranean formation. Rock cuttings are transported from the drill bit to a surface of the subterranean formation and the drilling fluid is circulated in the subterranean formation.

Abstract: Drilling fluid compositions include invert emulsion fluids having an oleaginous phase, an aqueous phase, and an emulsifier composition that includes an ethoxylated alcohol compound and a polyaminated fatty acid compound. The ethoxylated alcohol compound has the formula R1—(OCH2CH2)n—OH, where R1 is a hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and n is from 1 to 8. The ethoxylated alcohol compound has a Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance (HLB) of less than or equal to 6. The polyaminated fatty acid compound has the formula R2—CO—NH—CH2—CH2—N(COR2)—CH2—CH2—NH—CO—R3, where R2 is a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and R3 is a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkylene carboxylate group having formula —R4—COOH, where R4 is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbylene having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Methods of drilling wells include operating a drill in a wellbore in the presence of drilling fluid compositions.

Abstract: A drilling fluid composition which includes a base fluid, one or more additives, and a viscosifier package. The base fluid is an invert emulsion comprising oil and water. Further, the one or more additives is chosen from an emulsifier, a weighting material, a fluid-loss control additive, or an alkaline compound. The viscosifier package includes a fatty acid having 6 or more carbon atoms and an aliphatic polyester. The drilling fluid composition has a yield point of from 30 lbf/100 ft2 to 100 lbf/100 ft2 and a low shear yield point of from 10 lbf/100 ft2 to 40 lbf/100 ft2. The associated method of drilling a subterranean well including operating a drill in a wellbore in the presence of the drilling fluid composition is also provided.

Abstract: Spacer fluids include an emulsion, a surfactant package, and at least one additive that modifies the rheology of the spacer fluid, the density of the spacer fluid, or both. The emulsion may include an aqueous external phase and a hydrocarbon-based internal phase. The surfactant package may include one or more surfactants. The surfactant package may also include a surfactant having the general structure R—(OCH2CH2)9—OH, where R is a hydrocarbyl having 12 carbon atoms, 13 carbon atoms, or 14 carbon atoms. The spacer fluid may contain at least 4.25 pounds of R—(OCH2CH2)9—OH per barrel of the spacer fluid.

Abstract: According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a well bore cementing system may comprise a spacer fluid and a cement slurry. The spacer fluid may be positioned within a well bore, and the spacer fluid may comprise a first surfactant package comprising one or more surfactants. The cement slurry may be positioned within the well bore, and the cement slurry may comprise a second surfactant package comprising one or more surfactants.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a spacer fluid may comprise a base fluid and a surfactant package. The surfactant package may comprise one or more surfactants, where the surfactant package comprises a first surfactant having the chemical structure R—(OC2H4)x—OH. R may be a hydrocarbyl group having from 9 to 20 carbon atom, and x may be an integer from 5 and 15. The first surfactant may have a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of from 12 to 13.5.

Abstract: Provided are consolidation treatment methods and systems. A consolidation treatment method may comprise introducing a permeability modifier into a subterranean formation comprising zones of heterogeneous permeability; introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation subsequent to the permeability modifier, wherein the permeability modifier at least partially diverts the treatment fluid in the subterranean formation such that treatment of the subterranean formation with the treatment fluid is more uniform, and wherein the permeability modifier has a higher viscosity than the treatment fluid; and consolidating one or more zones of the subterranean formation.

Abstract: A cleaning agent, which comprises a mutual solvent, a carrier fluid, a nonionic surfactant and another nonionic surfactant as co-surfactant. The cleaning agent can be used, for example, to clean oil and water based drilling mud and water-wet the surface.

Abstract: Compounds are identified that act as crystallization suppressants when added to clear brine fluids, significantly lowering the true crystallization temperatures of the brines, and allowing for higher salt content in clear brine fluids. The crystallization suppressants of the invention also allow for the preparation of higher density zinc free brines. Crystallization suppressant blends are also identified that allow for the preparation of high density clear brine fluids with lower viscosities.