Abstract: In a stack of composite wood boards, the wood boards comprise wood particles and an organic binder.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides dye compounds for use in dyeing textiles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a colouring composition to be used in the manufacture of food and pharmaceutical products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a valuable product in the form of a flavonoid-containing phenol mixture having intense red coloration and to a method for obtaining a valuable-substance phase, more particularly a red-colored phase, from a native substance mixture.

Abstract: Water solvated polymeric dyes having a deep ultraviolet excitation spectrum are provided. The subject polymeric dyes include a light harvesting multichromophore having conjugation-modifying repeat units incorporated into the polymer backbone to provide segments of ?-conjugated co-monomers having limited ?-conjugation between segments. Polymeric tandem dyes are also provided that further include a signaling chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. Also provided are labelled specific binding members that include the subject water solvated polymeric dyes. Methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule in which the subject polymeric dyes find use are also provided. Systems and kits for practicing the subject methods are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an implant by means of a composite powder having micro structured particles having inhibiting calcium carbonate, wherein the composite powder is obtained by a method in that large polymer particles are joined to small calcium carbonate particles, wherein the calcium carbonate particles are obtained by a method in that calcium carbonate particles are coated with a composition which, in each case based on the total weight thereof, comprises a mixture of at least 0.1 wt % of at least one calcium complexing agent and/or at least one conjugated base which is an alkaline metal or calcium salt of a weak acid, together with at least 0.1 wt % of at least one weak acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a surface-reacted precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) pigment having an insoluble, at least partially crystalline calcium salt on its surface. In the process of the present invention, a PCC containing pigment is contacted with H3O+ ions and a solubilized anion in an aqueous medium in the presence of excess solubilized calcium ions to form the surface-reacted PCC having an insoluble, at least partially crystalline calcium salt of the anion formed on its surface.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for preparing a carbon black of high resistivity through the surface treatment of the carbon black which exhibits conductivity, and a carbon black prepared by this method.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing self-dispersing nano carbon black based on a thiol-ene click reaction. A sol-gel technique is used to graft a coupling agent containing a carbon-carbon double bond onto the surface of the carbon black, and a functional molecular chain is grafted onto the surface of the carbon black by a thiol-ene click reaction with a mercapto compound. The self-dispersing nano carbon black is obtained after centrifugation, washing and drying. The method is simple and easy to operate, has a high grafting rate, and can prepare self-dispersing nano carbon black adaptable to different systems by selecting mercapto compounds with different functional groups.

Abstract: A curable composition contains at least one polyfunctional compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by General Formula (I) and a compound represented by General Formula (II); a ?-conjugated polymer; and an organic solvent.

Abstract: A composition comprises an alpha, omega-telechelic silyl-terminated polymer and a plasticizer wherein (i) the Fedors Solubility Parameter difference between the polymer and the plasticizer is no greater than 0.8, (ii) the polymer plus plasticizer comprises from 30 to 80 weight percent of the composition, and (iii) the polymer comprises from 10 to 70 weight percent of the combined weight of polymer and plasticizer.

Abstract: Described herein is a graphene material and polymer-based anti-microbial element that provides anti-microbial capabilities. Described is an element that can also comprise a support. Also described is an element where the support can be the article to be protected from microbial buildup. Also described are methods for preventing microbial fouling by applying the aforementioned anti-microbial elements and related devices.

Abstract: To provide a composition which comprises a fluorinated polymer having an alicyclic ring, from which a film having excellent in-plane uniformity and small surface roughness can be formed by an electrospraying apparatus, and a method for producing a film-provided substrate using the composition. A composition comprising a fluorinated polymer having an alicyclic ring and a solvent, wherein the solvent contains at least one high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of at least 150° C., and the solvent has a dielectric constant of at least 5. And, a method for producing a film-provided substrate, which comprises applying the composition to a substrate by an electrospraying apparatus to form a film containing the fluorinated polymer.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to polymeric surface coatings, and in particular polymeric coatings which are readily peelable and provide a surface protection function from contamination and physical scratching, as well as providing easy identifiability.

Abstract: Coatings comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. In one embodiment, the coatings are electrically conductive.

Abstract: A curable composition contains at least one polyfunctional compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by General Formula (I) and a compound represented by General Formula (II), and an ionic polymer including a repeating unit indicated by General Formula (IV).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decorative coating film, which ensures and/or maintains millimeter wave transmission properties even though the decorative coating film is continuously used. The present disclosure relates to a decorative coating film formed on the surface of a resin substrate positioned in the pathway of a radar device, wherein the decorative coating film at least comprises: fine silver particles or fine silver alloy particles, nickel oxide, and a binding resin having light transmission properties, which binds the fine silver particles or the fine silver alloy particles dispersed in the decorative coating film with one another, wherein the shape of the nickel oxide is a wire shape.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a weather resistance improver including a compound (A) and at least one of a compound (B) and a compound (C), in which the compound (A) is a compound represented by general formula (1) or (2) below, the compound (B) is gallic acid, a gallic acid derivative or tannic acid, and the compound (C) is a compound represented by general formula (3) below. Such a weather resistance improver can suppress degradation of a transparent conductive film including a metal nanowire both under long-term exposure to sunlight and under high humidity and high temperature conditions.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a multimaterial powder used in the field of metallurgy and plasturgy. The multimaterial powder includes support particles having a median particle size distribution between 1 ?m and 100 ?m and functionalising particles having a median particle size distribution that is a factor of 10 to 1000 lower relative to the support particles. The powder is characterised in that the support particles and the functionalising particles form composite grains having a core-shell structure that each have a core formed by a support particle, and a shell, that covers between 10 and 100% of the surface of the support particle and which is formed by at least one surface layer of the functionalising particles.

Abstract: An ink composition includes core shell titanium oxide particles that each have a core particle and a shell layer covering a surface of the core particle and formed of titanium oxide, and have an average particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 5000 nm or less, silicon oxide particles that have an average particle diameter of 3 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and a resin.

Abstract: An inkjet ink including: a solvent; a solvent-soluble dye; 0.1 wt. % to 1 wt. % of the ink of a perfluoropolyether; and 0.1 wt. % to 2 wt. % of the ink of a polymeric surfactant, wherein the polymeric surfactant comprises an alkyl domain.

Abstract: Methods for product authentication, which include: applying an analyte encoded security fluid to a substrate of the product; obtaining a sample of the fluid from the substrate; and testing the sample for the presence of the analyte.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blend of a soft water reducible polyurethane with a high percentage of tethered ethylene oxide rich chains and a harder acrylic copolymer with specified percentages of repeat units from C1-C12 esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid and an acid component from combined acrylic and methacrylic acid. The blend forms the binder in a coating that exhibits the possibilities of having high gloss, transparency, and facilitating the conversion of inks applied to the coating to a smudge resistant image in a short period of time after application of the ink.

Abstract: A multi-component, chemically-curing, non-cellular, polymeric composition includes a resin component having a resin density, a reactive component having a reactive component density, and an aggregate component having a spherical shape, a diameter of about 0.1 mm to about 10 mm and an aggregate density. The density of the aggregate component is within 2 lbs/gallon of the density of at least one of the resin component or the reactive component.

Abstract: A coating composition may include one or more radiation-curable resins having reactive groups in a hydrophilic region, a reactive surfactant comprising a reactive moiety; and a photoinitiator, wherein, upon the exposure of the photoinitiator to light energy, the one or more radiation-curable resins are cured to form a hydrophilic network with the reactive surfactant being bound to the network by binding of the reactive moiety of the surfactant to the reactive groups of the one or more radiation-curable resins. The cured coatings provide long lasting, washable, anti-fog properties.

Abstract: A polyaddition compound and/or a salt thereof is obtainable by the reaction of epoxy resin based on at least one diglycidyl ether of Formula (I) wherein R=a divalent aliphatic or monocyclic aromatic or bicyclic aromatic radical or mixtures thereof; with at least one polyether alcohol of Formula (II) R1-[OEt]n-[OPr]m-[OBu]s-[OSO]r-OH??Formula (II) wherein R1=independently identical or different, linear or branched, optionally aromatic hydrocarbyl radicals having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, [OEt]=ethylene oxide radical, [OPr]=propylene oxide radical, [OBu]=butylene oxide radical, [OSO]=styrene oxide radical, n=0 to 100, m=0 to 50, s=0 to 20, and r=0 to 3, with the proviso that n+m+s+r=3-103, and with at least one compound containing at least one functional group selected from sulfate groups, sulfonate groups, carboxylate groups and phosphate groups.

Abstract: A substrate coated at least in part with an epoxy coating composition, wherein the substrate is not coated with an organic coating prior to the application of the epoxy coating composition is disclosed, as are methods for making such a substrate.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for producing a coating system on a substrate, including producing a cured basecoat film on the substrate by applying a pigmented aqueous basecoat material to the substrate and subsequently curing the basecoat material, wherein the basecoat material includes a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one cyclic tetracarboxylic dianhydride having an aliphatic, aromatic or araliphatic radical X which bridges the two anhydride groups, with (b) at least one polyether of a general structural formula (II) in which R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5000 g/mol, and wherein components (a) and (b) are used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and a resulting reaction product possesses an acid number of 5 to 80 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: A coating layer includes a composite of a fluoropolymer and a high heat thermoplastic polyimide, the thermoplastic polyimide having 5 to 1000 units of the formula (I): wherein each V is the same or different, and is a substituted or unsubstituted tetravalent C4-40 hydrocarbon group, and each R is the same or different, and is a substituted or unsubstituted C2-20 divalent organic group A method of manufacturing a coating composite, coated substrates and articles are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for an organic electronic device encapsulant and an encapsulant formed by using the same. A composition for an encapsulant according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: 1) a first copolymer including the first unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, the second unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, and the third unit represented by Chemical Formula 3; 2) a second copolymer including the second unit represented by Chemical Formula 2 and the third unit represented by Chemical Formula 3; and 3) one or more photoinitiators.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for semiconductor treatment capable of suppressing damage due to corrosion to wiring or the like including tungsten on an object to be treated, and efficiently removing contamination from a surface of the object to be treated, and a treatment method using the composition for semiconductor treatment. The treatment method includes a step of, after subjecting a wiring board including tungsten as a wiring material to chemical mechanical polishing using a composition containing an iron ion and a peroxide, subjecting the wiring board to treatment with a composition for semiconductor treatment which includes: a compound (A) having two or more of at least one selected from a group consisting of tertiary amino groups and salts thereof; and a water-soluble compound (B) having a solubility parameter of 10 or more, and which has a pH of from 2 to 7.

Abstract: To provide a sealant composition with which a decrease in voltage holding rate is less likely to occur in a liquid crystal cell for a scanning antenna, the sealant composition according to the present invention includes a photo-radical polymerization initiator that generates a radical through application of light with a wavelength of 450 nm or greater and a polymerization component that contains a polymerizable functional group that is polymerizable using the radical.

Abstract: The present invention involves a 100% solids, radiation curable adhesive formulation for adhesion to EVA. This formulation may have varying compositions, as discussed in detail herein. However primarily the composition may comprise at least a monomer, and a chlorinated additive. Photo initiators may be used to allow for low temperature UV or other radiation curing. Other additives may be used to enhance functional features in various ways. In use, the present invention may be coated on a surface of EVA and then cured, and may be adhered to a substrate using only a layer of adhesive on the substrate, in contrast to the structures of the prior art, which require at least two sided adhesive application, among other complexities.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polyimide film for a semiconductor package reflow process, and a manufacturing method therefor, the polyimide film being capable of ensuring ease of attachment/detachment of a semiconductor chip after a reflow process is completed, by means of the application of a thermoplastic polyimide layer having a glass transition temperature less than or equal to a reflow process temperature.

Abstract: An adhesive is provided that has superior bonding strength and that can be beneficially used as a structural adhesive and, when formed into a sheet shape, has superior shape retention. The adhesive includes an acrylic polymer; an epoxy resin in an amount of 80 to 300 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic polymer; at least one type of thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of a phenoxy resin and a polyvinyl butyral resin, in an amount of 15 parts by mass or greater per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic polymer; and an epoxy resin curing agent. In such an adhesive, the acrylic polymer is a polymer of monomer components including a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a homopolymer Tg of 80° C. or higher, a nitrogen-containing monomer, and a crosslinking monomer having an epoxy group.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optically clear adhesive sheet capable of reducing peeling after bonding due to causes such as outgassing and having excellent environment resistance, using a polyurethane that has excellent flexibility and is capable of giving a thick film. The optically clear adhesive sheet contains a polyurethane, the polyurethane being a cured product of a polyurethane composition containing a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, the polyisocyanate component including a hydrophilic polyisocyanate, the optically clear adhesive sheet having a moisture content of 400 ppm or lower as measured by a Karl Fischer method.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including: an acrylic polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature lower than 0 C.°; and a polymer (B) containing, as monomer units, both a monomer (B1) having a polyorganosiloxane skeleton and a monomer (B2) whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 40 C.° or higher. The acrylic polymer (A) contains, as a monomer unit, at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of N-vinyl cyclic amides represented by the following general formula (M1): wherein R1 is a divalent organic group.

Abstract: Ionizing radiation crosslinkable pressure sensitive adhesive precursors containing hydrocarbon tackifiers and having an acid content of no more than 3% by weight. The precursors can be exposed to a source of ionizing radiation, for example, one or both of an electron beam or gamma radiation, for an exposure time sufficient to receive an energy dose sufficient to at least partially crosslink the adhesive precursor, thereby forming a pressure sensitive adhesive. Methods of using ionizing radiation to crosslink a crosslinkable pressure sensitive adhesive precursor are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of adhering a first part to a second part, wherein the first part and the second part are used for outdoor applications and comprise a thermoplastic or a thermosetting organic polymer. The present disclosure is also directed to a composite assembly comprising: a) a first part and a second part used for outdoor applications and comprising a thermoplastic or a thermosetting organic polymer; and b) a multilayer pressure sensitive adhesive foam tape as described in the present disclosure, wherein the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer is adhered to the first part, and the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer is adhered to the second part.

Abstract: Conventionally, when an adherend is nickel or the like, it has been difficult to realize an electroconductive adhesive that lowers connection resistance in various kinds of thermocurable curing resins. However, it is possible to provide an electroconductive adhesive, in the case where the adherend is nickel or the like, which reduces connection resistance in various kinds of thermocurable curing resins while simultaneously maintaining storage stability to have good handleability. The present description provides a thermocurable electroconductive adhesive including the following components (A) to (D): Component (A): a curable resin, Component (B): a thermal curing agent that cures Component (A), Component (C): an organometallic complex, and Component (D): electroconductive particles.

Abstract: A composition is provided, which comprises an ethylene/C3-C6 alpha-olefin interpolymer, and wherein the interpolymer comprises the following properties: a) an HCC value that meets the following equation: HCC (wt %)??648.6 [(wt %)(cc)/(g)]×(density)+569.4 (wt %); b) an aged flowability ?130 g/sec.

Abstract: A multilayer structure includes an adhesive resin layer provided between a thermoplastic resin layer and a gas barrier resin layer, wherein the adhesive resin layer is formed from a resin composition containing a polyolefin resin (A) containing at least one of a carboxyl group and an acid anhydride group, and a fatty acid zinc salt (B), wherein the fatty acid zinc salt (B) is present in the resin composition in a proportion of 40 to 250 ppm on a metal basis based on the amount of the adhesive resin layer.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided including the following components: (A) an unsaturated monomer; and (B) an olefin copolymer comprising the following repeating units: (B-1) a repeating unit of formula (I), (B-2) a repeating unit of formula (II), and (B-3) a repeating unit of formula (III), R1 to R21, m, n, o, and p in formulas (I) to (III) are as defined in the specification, wherein based on the total moles of the repeating units (B-1), (B-2) and (B-3), the amount of the repeating unit (B-2) ranges from 19 mol % to 36 mol %; and wherein the weight ratio of the olefin copolymer (B) to the unsaturated monomer (A) ranges from 2 to 20.

Abstract: A device wafer is bonded to a handle by a low temperature adhesive bond material that includes a suspended polymer with glass transition temperature greater than room temperature and a diluent polymer that is curable to provide a thermoset polymer upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation, x-ray radiation and/or thermal treatments at low temperature. The suspended polymer and the diluent polymer are mixed to a consistency such that before curing of the diluent polymer the low temperature adhesive bond material exhibits adhesion strength less than 10 Newtons per square centimeter (N/cm2), and after curing of the diluent polymer the low temperature adhesive bond material exhibits adhesion strength not less than about 40 N/cm2.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion-type acrylic adhesive composition of core-shell structured acrylic copolymer particles dispersed in an aqueous medium, the particles containing core layer (A) containing acrylic polymer (A) and shell layer (B) containing acrylic polymer (B), wherein the acrylic polymer (B) has a glass transition temperature of not less than 30° C. and the acrylic polymer (A) has a glass transition temperature lower than that of the acrylic polymer (B).

Abstract: The present invention provides a one-component silicone sealant composition curable when exposed to moisture at room temperature. The resulting silicone sealant has excellent stain-resistance, good overall mechanical performances and good adhesion on both dry and wet substrates. The composition contains modified hydroxyl-terminated polyorganosiloxanes polymer network in different viscosities being cross-linked with branched silicone oil in the presence of an environmental-friendly and tin-free catalyst and cross-linkers while some inert and/or functional nanofillers are added into the composition to provide mechanical and/or functional properties to the resulting silicone sealant. A method for preparing the present composition is also provided.

Abstract: A composition curing upon exposure to moisture comprises (A) one or more at least bifunctional silane compounds with at least two alkoxysilane groups, (B) at least one monofunctional silane compound with only one alkoxysilane group, and/or a partially condensed or bridged derivative thereof, and (C) at least one acid generator which, upon exposure to actinic radiation or heat, releases an acid. In addition, further additives (D) may be contained in the compositions according to the present invention. The composition is liquid at room temperature and, apart from the latent acid generator, does not contain any further catalysts for moisture-curing of alkoxysilanes. After activation of the acid generator the composition cures in the presence of moisture, while remaining liquid at room temperature in the presence of humidity over a period of at least 24 hours prior to activation of the acid generator. Furthermore, a method of joining or casting structural elements using the composition is described.

Abstract: This disclosure includes adhesive compositions comprising lignin, as well as methods of making such adhesive compositions, methods of making glyoxalated lignin or glyoxalating lignin-fiber mixtures, particularly glyoxalated kraft lignin, and methods of making lignocellulosic composite products including the present adhesive compositions.

Abstract: A double-sided tape including: a first adhesive layer including about 100 parts by weight of an acrylic polymer, about 1 to about 2 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, and about 0.1 to about 0.18 parts by weight of carbon black; a foamed polymer layer disposed on the first adhesive layer, including a urethane foam; an interlayer polymer layer disposed on the foamed polymer layer, including a polyolefin (PO), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a polyester, or a combination thereof; and a second adhesive layer disposed on the interlayer polymer layer, including about 100 parts by weight of an acrylic polymer, about 1 to about 2 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, and about 0.1 to about 0.18 parts by weight of carbon black, wherein an overall thickness of the double-sided tape is in a range of about 0.4 millimeters to about 1.3 millimeters.

Abstract: A surface treatment liquid capable of hydrophobizing a surface of a treatment target without including a silylation agent, a surface treatment method using the liquid, and a method for suppressing pattern collapse, including surface treatment by the surface treatment method. The liquid contains a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound as a water-repelling agent. A compound including one or more hydrocarbon groups which may be substituted with a halogen atom in which a total number of carbon atoms of the one or more hydrocarbon group is three or more, is used as the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound. The liquid may include only a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having the above-described predetermined structure, as a water-repelling agent.