Abstract: Provided is a complex of hydrogen peroxide and at least one compound represented by Formula I: wherein X is: —C(R3)3, —C?C(R3), —O(R3), —N(R3)2, or —S(R3); and R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl, heteroaryl heteroarylalkyl, heterocyclyl, and cycloalkyl, or R2 and an R3 are optionally taken together to form an alicyclic ring. Also provided are anaerobic cure systems and curable compositions employing the complexes described herein.

Abstract: A pre-adhesive syrup copolymer composition comprising an acid functional acrylate solute copolymer, a monomer solvent mixture, and a polyaziridine crosslinking agent is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new use for water-stable, oil-modified, nonreactive alkyd resins. It has now been found that such resins can be used as the predominant component of a construction adhesive employed in the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles, for example. As such, the construction adhesive need not employ plasticizers, tackifiers, and conventional polymers required by hot-melt adhesives typically used as construction adhesives. Furthermore, in the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles, the construction adhesive containing a water-stable, oil-modified, nonreactive, alkyd resin does not need to be processed or applied at the high temperatures required of construction adhesives containing reactive alkyds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for laminating a plastic film with a wood-base substrate, in particular for producing a high-gloss surface on a wood-base substrate, in which a plastic film is laminated by means of a laminating agent, preferably an adhesive, with a wood-base substrate and permanently bonded to the wood-base substrate, the plastic film being formed so as to be transparent on its top, and the products obtainable in this manner and their use, in particular in the area of the wood and furniture industry, for example for the production of pieces of furniture and fitments of all kinds.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a solvent-free, 2 component adhesive for adhering sterilizable composite films, wherein the adhesive comprises a component A made from at least one pre-polymer comprised of NCO groups, said pre-polymer produced from low molecular weight polyether alcohols, polyester alcohols and/or polyalkylene alcohols having a functionality of 2 or 3, implemented having a high molar excess of TDI and removal of the unimplemented monomer diisocyanate, and a component B comprising at least one 2 or 3 functional polyesterpolyol, produced from diols and/or triols on the basis of polyethers or polyalkylene diols implemented having dicarboxylic acids and derivatives thereof, wherein at least 10 to 40 wt % must be comprised of aliphatic C8 to C20 dicarboxylic acids, and auxiliary and additive materials in at least one component A or B.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive having tackiness sufficient for fixing an article even when heated and having adhesive strength that may be lowered when heated to a higher temperature is provided. The pressure sensitive adhesive polymer comprises a copolymer of a (meth)acrylic monomer represented by a general formula, CH2?C(R1)COOR2 (wherein R1 is a hydrogen group or a methyl group and R2 is a hydrogen group or an alkyl group having of 1 to 20 carbon atoms) and a comonomer having a double bond copolymerizable with the (meth)acrylic monomer, in which the comonomer has a ring structure having two or more carbon atoms and one or more double bonds and containing one or more atoms other than carbon, and the polymer is obtained by copolymerizing 1 to 20 parts by weight of the monomer having a ring structure with 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic monomer.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising at least one natural latex and at least one polymeric composition having a glass transition temperature ranging from ?50° C. to 0° C. The invention also relates to a membrane obtained after drying the adhesive composition according to the invention, to a combination of a flexible surface coating with an adhesive composition according to the invention, to a method for applying a flexible surface coating onto a substrate as well as a substrate coated with a peelable adhesive membrane according to the invention.

Abstract: Water-redispersible polymer powder compositions are obtained by means of free-radical-initiated polymerization in aqueous medium of one or more monomers of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, methacrylic esters and acrylic esters of alcohols having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics, olefins, dienes and vinyl halides and subsequent drying of the polymer dispersion, wherein one or more silanes of the general formula (RO)3?nR1nSiR2X (1) where X is an amino- or epoxy-containing radical are added before drying of the polymer dispersion. The powders are especially useful in tile adhesives for tiles having low water absorbtion capacity.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing a cured film, which comprises a first step of applying a curable resin composition onto a surface of a first substrate and a surface of a second substrate respectively; a second step of bonding the curable resin composition layers provided on each surface of the first and second substrates to each other; and a third step of curing the curable resin composition layer between the first and the second substrates. The present invention enables production of a cured film in which the amount of thermal deformation such as warpage upon heating/cooling is suppressed, and the film can be suitably used as a plastic substrate for a display such as a liquid crystal display device and an organic EL display device, a substrate for a display, such as a substrate for electronic paper and the like, and a substrate for a solar cell.

Abstract: In the case of an adhesive for fixing an electronic component on a circuit board and/or for embedding an electronic component into a circuit board, the electronic component to be fixed and/or embedded being fixed by means of an adhesive bond on a ply or layer of a circuit board, and fixing optionally being followed by jacketing by plies, and/or by covering by at least one further ply, an epoxy resin-based adhesive is selected, which has at least one added additive to adjust the surface tension and/or viscosity, especially a defoamer and/or an additive for adjusting the levelling properties, which can achieve reliable fixing of a component, especially with avoidance of cavities or air inclusions below the surface of the component to be fixed. Also provided are a method and a use.

Abstract: Poly(meth)acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesives comprising 15% to 40% by weight of isobornyl acrylate units, having a uniform bond strength over a wide peel-rate range.

Abstract: The gel time of a grouting system may be controlled by providing a resin component separated by a catalyst component, where a carbon component is included in the catalyst component. The catalyst component may include an inhibitor such as a phenolic compound, and/or the resin component may include a promoter such as an aniline compound.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for PDP front filters includes 100 parts by weight of a high molecular weight acrylic polymer A having a COOH or OH group, a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 400,000 to less than 800,000, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of not more than 5 and a glass transition temperature (Tg-A) of ?40 to ?10° C., and 5 to 20 parts by weight of a low molecular weight acrylic polymer B having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 10,000 to 50,000, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of not more than 5 and a glass transition temperature (Tg-B) of 40 to 120° C.; and is crosslinked to a gel fraction of 50 to 90% and has a 90° peel strength of 5 to 15 N/25 mm. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition does not cause bonding failures such as lifting even when exposed to thermal cycles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating formulation with improved metal adhesion.

Abstract: A decorative laminate includes a laminate substrate coated with an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is a layer of a physically setting, solvent-free adhesive material including an acrylic polymer. The adhesive layer is self-adhesive at room temperature. The adhesive-coated laminate substrate has a peeling-off force of at least 0.2 N/mm2, after application on a carrier. A method for the production of the adhesive-coated laminate substrate, its use as a coating material, and a composite of the adhesive-coated laminate substrate and a carrier material are also provided.

Abstract: Transparent structures for portions of electronic device housings are disclosed. The transparent structures are formed from multiple layers of transparent (optically clear) materials. The multiple layers can include at least an outer glass layer and one or more other transparent layers that can be either glass or polymer layers. The multiple layers can be bonded together with one or more lamination layers. Accordingly, multi-layer transparent structures that are formed from multiple layers bonded together are able to be not only thin but also sufficiently strong and resistant to damage. The multi-layer transparent structures are well suited for use in consumer products, such as consumer electronic devices (e.g., portable electronic devices).

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments concern a microfluidic device comprising a bonding agent and two or more components. In particular disclosed embodiments, the microfluidic device is made out of the disclosed bonding agent. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method for making a microfluidic device, wherein the method includes using the disclosed bonding agent to couple two or more components together.

Abstract: The present invention provides hydrolytically resistant monomers prepared by the reaction of an epoxy compound and a reactive ester and methods for producing the monomers. Also provided are adhesive compositions containing the hydrolytically resistant monomers and methods for use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a single-ply protective film that is devoid of a supporting material and consists of a hot-melt adhesive. Said film can be rapidly and easily applied. The invention also relates to a method for applying said film and to a corresponding device.

Abstract: A method of making a display assembly includes the steps of (a) attaching a first substrate and a second substrate with an optically clear heat activated adhesive to form a laminate. Each of the first and second substrate has opposing major surfaces. At least one of the first and second substrate has a three dimensional surface topography covering at least a portion of one of its major surfaces or is distortion sensitive. At a heat activation temperature, the adhesive is pressure sensitive. The method also includes heating the laminate to the heat activation temperature of the adhesive causing the adhesive to flow. The activation temperature is greater than 40° C. and less than 120° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for an acrylic structural adhesive containing a mixture of block copolymers, of elastomer and of elastomeric polymer particles.

Abstract: An adhesive composition that includes: one or more polyester polyether copolymers of formula I: wherein Nu is a predominately cyclic nucleus and R1 is randomly selected from either a C2-6 alkylene or an amorphous, long-chain polyether subunit including a polyoxyalkylene group; one or more polyisocyanate prepolymers that includes the reaction product of: one or more polyols; and a polyfunctional isocyanate having a functionality of more than about 2; polymeric MDI; and a first aromatic or aromatic-aliphatic polymer tackifying resin having a softening point of equal to or greater than about 100° C.

Abstract: A printhead assembly includes a plurality of functional plates bonded together in a stack by polymeric adhesive(s). The surfaces of the functional plates that contact the polymeric adhesives are subjected to a coating process that includes providing a coating of an adhesion promoter, namely polydopamine, prior to application of the adhesive. The adhesive may be a crosslinkable acrylic adhesive or a thermoplastic polyimide. The polydopamine coating is applied by immersing the functional plate in a buffered dopamine solution for a period sufficient to produce a coating having a pre-determined thickness. The thickness of the coating is controlled by submerging the functional plate in the buffered dopamine solution while the pH value of the dopamine solution is maintained at a value sufficient for polymerization of the dopamine during that time period, and then transferring the plates to a solution having a pH value that is insufficient to sustain the polymerization reaction.

Abstract: A mat for mounting a monolith, the mat comprising a first inorganic fibre layer, where the mat has a front edge intended to form a gas facing edge in use, a rear edge opposite thereto and side edges extending between the front and rear edges, wherein the first inorganic fibre layer at a first side edge of the mat, and/or at a second side edge of the mat is cut at an acute angle to the thickness direction of the mat.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive sheet for attaching to a plasticized vinyl chloride resin article such as a blood bag made of a plasticized vinyl chloride resin, and having a center-line surface roughness Ra of 1.0 ?m or higher, which includes a film substrate and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed on a backside surface of the film substrate, wherein the heat-sensitive adhesive layer is composed of a resin containing a crystalline polyester resin as a main component. The adhesive sheet of the present invention is excellent in adhesive property when the adhesive sheet is attached to the article made of a plasticized vinyl chloride resin. The adhesive strength of the adhesive sheet of the present invention is not decreased even after an autoclave treatment or storage at a low temperature.

Abstract: A method of forming an adhesive bond between a first substrate and a second substrate includes applying a semi-crystalline polymeric adhesive composition to a bonding area of the first substrate, and, after applying, disposing the second substrate adjacent to and in contact with the composition to form a workpiece. After disposing, the method includes heating the workpiece to cure the composition and thereby form a thermoset polymeric adhesive material that is crosslinked. After heating, the method includes cooling the workpiece such that the material has a crystalline molecular structure. Concurrent to cooling, the method includes imposing a stress on the material to thereby orient the crystalline molecular structure in a desired direction, and, after imposing, dissipating the stress along the crystalline molecular structure in the desired direction to thereby form the adhesive bond between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: An adhesive is described, in particular for applications on substrate materials made of flexible PVC, comprising a polymer which is obtainable via free-radical polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds and which is composed of at least 50% by weight of soft acrylate monomers with glass transition temperature below 0° C., at least 1% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated nitriles, at least 1% by weight of hard acrylate monomers with glass transition temperature of at least 60° C., at least 0.1% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acid monomers, and at least 0.01% by weight of monomers having at least two non-conjugated, polymerizable vinyl groups, where the polymerization reaction takes place via staged polymerization, and at least one portion of the soft acrylate monomers is polymerized in a first polymerization stage, and at least one portion of the hard acrylate monomers is polymerized in a second or subsequent polymerization stage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wind turbine blade of hybrid material composition, wherein the blade comprises a structural box mainly made of a epoxy based prepreg and a shell manufactured by resin infusion technique using polyester or vinylester, and the box and the shell are bonded using an adhesive that is not a polyester, a vinylester and an epoxy. The present invention also provides a method for producing such a blade.

Abstract: A pigmented latex composition having a solids content in a range from 60 wt % to 95 wt % includes a) an aqueous dispersion of a polymeric binder that is a copolymer including units of vinyl acetate, ethylene and at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or salt thereof, the polymeric binder constituting in a range from 10 wt % to 30 wt % of the composition; wherein vinyl acetate units constitute in a range of 70-95 wt % of the polymeric binder, ethylene units constitute in a range of 5-30 wt % of the polymeric binder and ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid units constitute in a range from 0.75 wt % to 5 wt % of the polymeric binder; the aqueous dispersion of the polymeric binder is free of alkylphenol ethoxylate surfactants and phosphate ester surfactants; and the polymeric binder has a weight average particle size in a range from 0.1 ?m to 0.

Abstract: Described is a pre-adhesive, curable composition comprising an acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer and a novel (meth)acryloyl-aziridine crosslinking agent, which when crosslinked provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive composition is described comprising unfunctionalized (e.g. polyisobutylene) synthetic rubber and an acrylic polymer having functionalized polyisobutylene polymer bonded to the acrylic polymer. In some embodiments, the functionalized polyisobutylene polymer has a first functional group hydrogen bonded with a second functional group present in the acrylic polymer backbone. In other embodiments, the functionalized polyisobutylene polymer is covalently bonded to the acrylic polymer backbone. Also described are adhesive articles, such as a tape, methods of adhesively bonding, and methods of making a pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive (meth)acrylic resin composition being high in adhesiveness and capable of affording an adhered body which can be used at high temperatures of 250° C. or higher, and possessing low outgassing property and heat resistance. A (meth)acrylic resin composition including (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, and (B) a photopolymerization initiator that exhibits a mass loss on heating of 15% by mass or less when increasing temperature from 30° C. to 250° C. at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./min. under nitrogen flow, wherein the glass transition temperature of a cured body obtained from the composition is 250° C. or higher.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to chemically bonded ceramic biomaterials, preferably a dental material or an implant material, comprising two binder systems. The main binder system forms a chemically bonded ceramic upon hydration thereof, and comprises powdered calcium aluminate and, optionally, minor amounts of calcium silicate. The second binder system is a cross-linking organic binder system which provides for initial crosslinking of the freshly mixed paste forming the biomaterial. The biomaterial also comprises inert filler particles.

Abstract: The bonding method of the present invention is a method of bonding a member (a) having a layer (a1) comprising an organic polymer (A), and a member (b) containing a compound (B) having specific functional groups, wherein the bonding method comprises bonding the member (a) and the member (b) via a layer comprising an inorganic compound (C) having a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom, which is at least partly provided on the outermost surface of the member (a).

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive sheet for attaching to a plasticized vinyl chloride resin article such as a blood bag made of a plasticized vinyl chloride resin, and having a center-line surface roughness Ra of 1.0 ?m or higher, which includes a film substrate and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed on a backside surface of the film substrate, wherein the heat-sensitive adhesive layer is composed of a resin containing a crystalline polyester resin as a main component. The adhesive sheet of the present invention is excellent in adhesive property when the adhesive sheet is attached to the article made of a plasticized vinyl chloride resin. The adhesive strength of the adhesive sheet of the present invention is not decreased even after an autoclave treatment or storage at a low temperature.

Abstract: An optical device is formed by hot stamping a demetallized hologram to an optically variable foil or to a coating of optically variable ink. In another embodiment a hologram is hot stamped to a banknote or document printed with a color-shifting ink.

Abstract: Synthesis methods for creating polymeric compounds comprising dihydroxyphenyl derivatives (DHPD), or DHPp i.e. polymers modified with DHPD, with desired surface active effects are described. The polymer backbone of DHPp has structural or performance features that can be tailored to control physical properties of DHPp, allowing it to be useful for different applications i.e. tissue adhesives or sealants, adhesion promoting coatings, and antifouling coatings.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a solvent-free, 2 component adhesive for adhering sterilizable composite films, wherein the adhesive comprises a component A made from at least one pre-polymer comprised of NCO groups, said pre-polymer produced from low molecular weight polyether alcohols, polyester alcohols and/or polyalkylene alcohols having a functionality of 2 or 3, implemented having a high molar excess of TDI and removal of the unimplemented monomer diisocyanate, and a component B comprising at least one 2 or 3 functional polyesterpolyol, produced from diols and/or triols on the basis of polyethers or polyalkylene diols implemented having dicarboxylic acids and derivatives thereof, wherein at least 10 to 40 wt % must be comprised of aliphatic C8 to C20 dicarboxylic acids, and auxiliary and additive materials in at least one component A or B.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in antistatic property of a non-electrification-prevented adherend (a subject to be protected) upon peeling, and has reduced stainability in an adherend and is excellent in adhesion reliance, and electrification preventing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets and surface protecting films using the same. There is provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, which comprises a (meth)acryl-based polymer containing, as a main component, a (meth)acryl-based monomer having an alkyl group of a carbon number of 6 to 14, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains an ethylene oxide group-containing compound and an alkali metal salt, and the alkali metal salt is contained at an amount of less than 1 part by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acryl-based polymer.

Abstract: An adhesive composition which includes at least one adhesive composition and at least one rheology modifier, whereby as the rheology modifier use is made of a copolymer of which the monomers include an alkyl ester of an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid of the formula CH2?CR—COOH wherein R is a substituent selected from the group of H, a monovalent alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl radical, a monovalent cyclo alkyl radical, and an alkoxy, haloalkyl or cyanoalkyl group, and a C5-C35 alkyl alkoxylated acrylate or methacrylate or of a mixture of two or more hereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to innovative flexible packaging forms comprising at least 2 different layers of material joined by means of one or more adhesive layers, at least one of these adhesive layers comprising a carbodiimide or a mixture of two or more carbodiimides, to a method for producing them and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive or sealant comprising (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, polyureas, polyacrylates, polysulphides, silylated polyurethanes, silylated polyureas, silylated polyethers, silylated polysulphides and silyl-terminated acrylates, and (B) at least 0.32% by weight of 2-ethylhexyl methyl terephthalate, based on the overall adhesive or sealant. A process is disclosed for preparing the adhesive or sealant, and also disclosed is the use thereof for producing material bonds between parts to be joined.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising an amount of an adhesive, and an amount of an additive which is selected from the group of homopolymers of acrylic acid, copolymers of acrylic acid, and polyacrylates, polyurethanes, cellulose thickening agent, natural or synthetic gum, natural or synthetic resin, silica or an inorganic minerals having a layered structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive mass, comprising a mixture containing at least one ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer with an ethylene vinyl acetate component of 30 to 70 wt. % and a rosin/pentaerithritol resin with a softening range of 80° C. to 120° C., the resin component being between 20 and 40 wt. % based on the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, wherein the adhesive mass has a light transmission of at least 86% as per ASTM D 1003 and the adhesive mass has a Haze value of a maximum of 5% as per ASTM D 1003.

Abstract: Provided is a complex of hydrogen peroxide and at least one compound represented by Formula I: wherein X is: —C(R3)3, —C?C(R3), —O(R3), —N(R3)2, or —S(R3); and R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl, heteroaryl heteroarylalkyl, heterocyclyl, and cycloalkyl, or R2 and an R3 are optionally taken together to form an alicyclic ring. Also provided are anaerobic cure systems and curable compositions employing the complexes described herein.

Abstract: One aspect relates to a method for connecting a housing of an active implantable medical device to a head part, whereby an uncured joining agent that is arranged, at least in part, between the housing and the head part is transitioned into a cured joining agent to attain a firmly bonded connection. In one embodiment, the uncured joining agent includes monomers of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, and the cured joining agent includes at least one polymer of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester.

Abstract: A pre-adhesive composition is described comprising an acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer and an acylaziridine crosslinking agent, which when crosslinked provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive and pressure-sensitive adhesive articles.

Abstract: The present invention concerns improved polymerizable anaerobic compositions which contain (meth)acrylic ester monomers, peroxy polymerization initiators, saccharin a saccharin derivative or a related sulfimide derivative and an activator containing a ferrocene moiety.

Abstract: A dry adhesive backed flooring for being installed in a flat orientation on a subfloor, the flooring including a sheet flooring material and a double-sided sheet adhesive married to the flooring material. The installed flooring is substantially free of bubbles and wrinkles and the flooring remains substantially flat as initially applied and does not significantly rise from the subfloor, bubble or otherwise detach from the subfloor under normal use conditions for the flooring.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing bonding systems for hair prostheses which makes it possible to produce self-adhesive prostheses. The process comprises preparing a thin membrane, from 20 to 80 microns, in a single-spreading operation and from 100 to 400 microns in successive spreading operations, comprising a preformed adhesive to which silver ions having an antibacterial action are added, into which microbubbles of air are blown during the mixing process. This adhesive composition is spread onto readily-removable silicone sheets which have the characteristic of being thermoformable to form caps having the shape of the user's head. The hair prosthesis is made separately by inserting hairs into a polyurethane membrane which is then attached to the adhesive membrane.