Abstract: A UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition is provided, which is excellent in transparency, adhesive reliability and durability and suitable for rework (repair) without an adverse influence on the brightness, the contrast and the Quality of a display image. The UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition is used for filling a gap between an image display panel and a protective cover plate, and comprises: (A) an acryl polymer having a (meth)acryloyl group at its side chain; and (B) a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: A high optical contrast pigment and colorful photosensitive composition employing the same are disclosed. The composition comprises a solvent, an alkali-soluble resin, reactive monomer, and a modified pigment which has low crystallization. The low crystallization degree means that the grain size variation R is not more 80%, wherein the grain size variation R is represented by a formula R=G1/G0×100%, G0 is the original grain size, and G1 is the grain size after modification.

Abstract: A pigment dispersant contains (a) 5 to 30 wt % of aromatic and/or heterocyclic vinyl monomer units, (b) 10 to 30 wt % of monomer units having acid groups, (c) 40 to 80 wt % of (meth)acrylate ester monomer units, and (d) 5 to 30 wt % of monomer units having poly(C2-6-alkylene glycol) chains or mono(C1-22-alkyl)ether chains of said glycol, said poly(C2-6-alkylene glycol) chains or mono (C1-22-alkyl)ether chains having a number average molecular weight of from 150 to 1,500. A sum of the monomer units (a) to (d) amounts to 100 wt %. The pigment dispersant has an acid value of from 30 to 300 mgKOH/g, a number average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 30,000, and a content of organic compounds, boiling points of which are not higher than 250° C., of not higher than 0.2 wt %. Also disclosed are its production process, its aqueous solution and its dispersion.

Abstract: A process for preparing a radiation curable solid ink composition wherein a solid pigment and dispersant are added to a molten solid monomer including (a) heating a monomer that is solid at room temperature to a temperature above the monomer melting point to provide a molten solid monomer; (b) adding a curable component, a non-curable component, and a photoinitiator to the molten solid monomer to provide a molten ink base; (c) adding a dispersant to the molten ink base; and (d) a adding a pigment to the molten ink base with stirring to provide a curable pigmented ink composition. Included is a process for preparing a radiation curable solid ink composition wherein a liquid pigment concentrate or a solid pigment concentrate is added to an ink base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing super absorbent polymers, and more specifically to a process for preparing super absorbent polymers comprising the steps of: forming a monomer composition comprising water-soluble, ethylenic unsaturated monomers and non-reactive fine particles having a diameter of 20 nm to 1 mm; and subjecting the monomer composition to a thermal polymerization or a UV-induced polymerization. In the present invention, introducing fine particles into the monomer composition can provide paths for effectively discharging moisture or heat from the super absorbent polymers during or after a polymerization, thereby making it possible to obtain high quality super absorbent polymers showing a low water content and a low temperature and thus having excellent properties and enabling one to expect an energy-saving effect in a drying process.

Abstract: The present invention involves the design of a radiation curable organic pre polymer resin material based on urethane acrylic linkage synthesized from the natural renewable resource cardanol or a derivative thereof, for coating application. These new molecules have a faster and better curing rate compared to the starting renewable resource—cardanol. This is brought about by the hydrogen bonding of the urethane linkage which leads to a pre organization of the molecules in such a way as to bring the cross linkable double bonds closer to each other. The present invention also involves a UV curable formulation of the above mentioned resins along with 2-10 parts by weight of a photopolymerization initiator. The resin, either in a formulation or alone turns into a cross linked film upon photopolymerization in presence of photoinitiator under a UV curable radiation source like a mercury vapor pressure lamp.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biomedical molding, in particular a contact lens, which is obtainable by crosslinking, in a mold, an aqueous solution of a crosslinkable polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) prepolymer comprising at least 0.5 weight-%, based on the entire formulation, of a non-reactive PVA, wherein the number-average molecular weight of the non-reactive PVA is higher than that of the crosslinkable PVA. A contact lens of the invention has an improved wearing comfort.

Abstract: To provide a photocurable composition whereby it is possible to obtain a cured product having both a release property and flexibility, and a process whereby it is possible to produce a flexible molded product having on its surface a fine pattern having a reverse pattern of a mold precisely transferred. A photocurable composition 20 comprising a compound (A) having at least two urethane bonds and at least two (meth)acryloyloxy groups and having a mass average molecular weight of less than 2,000, a compound (B) having a fluorine atom and at least one carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, a compound (C) having one (meth)acryloyloxy group, a photopolymerization initiator (D), and a fluorinated surfactant (E), wherein in the total (100 mass %) of (A) to (E), (A) is from 10 to 50 mass %, (B) is from 5 to 35 mass %, (C) is from 15 to 75 mass %, (D) is from 1 to 12 mass %, and (E) is from 0.1 to 5 mass %, is used.

Abstract: Polymers comprising a first methacrylate monomer having a pendent spacer between the polymer backbone and an acid-liable acetal group, a second methacrylate monomer having a pendent group including a fluorinated alkyl group and a third methacrylate monomer having a pendent hydrocarbon group. Photoresist formulations include the polymers, a photoacid generator and a casting solvent. Methods of patterning photoresist films formed from the photoresist formulations are characterized by post-exposure bakes at temperatures of about 60° C. or less.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for enhancing the wear-resistance of polymers, the resulting polymers, and in vivo implants made from such polymers. One aspect of this invention presents a method whereby a polymer is irradiated, preferably with gamma radiation, then thermally treated, such as by remelting of annealing. The resulting polymeric composition preferably has its most oxidized surface layer removed. Another aspect of the invention presents a general method for optimizing the wear resistance and desirable physical and/or chemical properties of a polymer by crosslinking and thermally treating it. The resulting polymeric compositions is wear-resistant and may be fabricated into an in vivo implant.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for enhancing the wear-resistance of polymers, the resulting polymers, and in vivo implants made from such polymers. One aspect of this invention presents a method whereby a polymer is irradiated, preferably with gamma radiation, then thermally treated, such as by remelting of annealing. The resulting polymeric composition preferably has its most oxidized surface layer removed. Another aspect of the invention presents a general method for optimizing the wear resistance and desirable physical and/or chemical properties of a polymer by crosslinking and thermally treating it. The resulting polymeric compositions is wear-resistant and may be fabricated into an in vivo implant.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of making covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogels having advantageous physical properties, and covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogel compositions made by such methods, as well as articles of manufacture comprising such covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogel compositions. The physical properties of the produced hydrogels can be adjusted by varying controlled parameters such as the proportion of physical associations, the concentration of polymer and the amount of radiation applied. Such covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogels can be made translucent, preferably transparent, or opaque depending on the processing conditions. The stability of the physical properties of the produced vinyl polymer hydrogel can be enhanced by controlling the amount of covalent crosslinks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cyclic olefin compound, a polymer including the cyclic olefin compound, a liquid crystal alignment film including the polymer, and a liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal alignment film. Since the polymer includes the cyclic olefin compound as a main chain, the thermal stability is excellent and the photoreactive speed is high. Accordingly, the production time can be reduced, the production cost can be reduced, and the anchoring force of the liquid crystal can be increased because the alignment property is stabilized due to the curing.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method for preparing polymer hydrogel spherical particles on a nanometer scale (nanogels). The method includes encapsulating hydrogel-forming components into liposomes, diluting the large unilamellar liposomes suspension to prevent polymerization outside the liposomes, and polymerizing the encapsulated hydrogel-forming components. The lipid bilayer may be solubilized with detergent. The phospholipid and detergent molecules and their micelles may then be removed by dialysis. The resulting nanogels may then be dried by evaporation in a temperature gradient. Poly(acrylamide), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-1-vinylimidazole) hydrogel particles with a diameter from 30 to 300 nm were detected and characterized by dynamic light scattering technique. The solvent, temperature, pH, and ionic sensitivities of the nanogels were studied.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes a substrate and an energy-ray curable adhesive layer formed on the substrate. The energy-ray curable adhesive layer includes an energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer and a urethane acrylate. The energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer is formed by copolymerizing at least one of either a dialkyl(meth)acrylamide that has an alkyl group with carbon number of not more than 4, a phenol EO modified (meth)acrylate that has an ethylene glycol chain with a phenyl group bonded to the ethylene glycol chain, a (meth)acryloyl morpholine, or a (meth)acrylate that has an aceto-acetoxyl group, in total of 1 to 30 weight percent of all monomers to form the energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer. The energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer further includes a side chain with an unsaturated group.

Abstract: A novel polymerizable high-refractive index compound which is useful as an optical material, and a holographic recording medium using the same, which has high diffraction efficiency, high light transmittance and small rate of shrinkage, are provided. A composition for forming a holographic recording layer containing a reactive compound represented by the following formula 1, a holograph recording material, and a holographic recording medium provided with a recording layer containing the same, are disclosed.

Abstract: A composition usable as a moisture absorbent for an organic electroluminescence device. A photocurable hygroscopic composition comprising (a) a moisture-reactive organic metal compound, (b) a (meth)acrylate, (c) a carboxyl group-containing polymerizable monomer, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator. The proportion of the moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a) is from 5 to 70 wt % based on the entire composition, and the proportion of the carboxyl group-containing polymerizable monomer (c) is from 0.1 to 50 mol % based on the moisture-reactive organic metal compound (a).

Abstract: A process for polymerization of diethylene glycol bis allyl carbonate which may advantageously be employed for producing plastic lenses having a low refractive index comprising in the step of subjecting diethylene glycol bis allyl carbonate to the step of gamma radiation in the presence of diiso propyl peroxydicarbonate as a catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, which includes irradiating a photopolymerizable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition layer provided between two films with an active energy beam to polymerize the photopolymerizable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition layer, in which the polymerization is performed while a layer of a composition for preventing polymerization inhibition which is curable with an active energy beam in the atmosphere is provided on a side surface of the photopolymerizable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition layer. According to the process for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the present invention, owing to the construction as discussed above, it is possible to reuse a film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting and photocurable coating composition obtained by incorporating a copolymer of a maleimide group-containing monomer with other monomer(s) or a specific maleimide compound into a composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing resin and a curing agent and optionally containing an unsaturated compound; and a method of forming a coating film using the coating composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting and photocurable coating composition obtained by incorporating a copolymer of a maleimide group-containing monomer with other monomer(s) or a specific maleimide compound into a composition comprising a hydroxyl-containing resin and a curing agent and optionally containing an unsaturated compound; and a method of forming a coating film using the coating composition.

Abstract: The invention features dental compositions comprising at least one hybrid monomer that comprises a cyclic allylic sulfide moiety attached to a (meth)acryloyl moiety. These two functional moieties are typically joined either directly to each via a chemical bond or through some chemical structure or spacer molecule. The composition may optionally contain additional polymerizable compounds, such as ethylenically unsaturated compounds, that are typically used in dental compositions.

Abstract: Lipobeads (liposome-encapsulated hydrogels) combine properties of hydrogels and liposomes to create systems that are sensitive to environmental conditions and respond to changes in those conditions in a fast time scale. Lipobeads may be produced by polymerizing anchored or unanchored hydrogels within liposomes or by mixing anchored or unanchored hydrogels with liposomes. Giant lipobeads may be produced by shrinking unanchored nanogels in lipobeads and fusing the resulting lipobead aggregates, long-term aging of anchored or unanchored lipobeads, or mixing anchored or unanchored aggregated nanogels with liposomes. Poly(acrylamide), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-1-vinylimidazole) lipobeads were produced and characterized.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a fractionation device used for proteins and/or peptides, which has any of the following features: 1) At least one portion of a substrate surface with which proteins or the like are made in contact has an amount of adsorption of bovine serum albumin of 50 ng/cm2 or less with respect to the substrate surface, when a bovine serum albumin solution is made in contact therewith. 2) At least one portion of a substrate surface with which proteins or the like are made in contact has an amount of adsorption of human ?2-microglobulin of 3 ng/cm2 or less with respect to the substrate surface, when a protein aqueous solution consisting of human ?2-microglobulin and bovine serum albumin is made in contact with the substrate surface.

Abstract: The invention includes embodiments that relate to a method of improving the abrasion resistance of a plastic article. The method comprises: (a) providing a composition comprising at least one e-beam active nanoparticle compound and at least one thermoplastic polymeric material; (b) forming an article from the composition of step (a); and (c) exposing the article formed in step (b) to an electron beam source. The invention also includes embodiments that relate to an article comprising an abrasion resistant surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for chemically modifying, within its thickness, a polymer matrix chosen from matrices made of fluoropolymers and matrices made of aliphatic polymers, said process comprising at least one step consisting in irradiating said matrix with UV light having a wavelength of less than 300 nm in order to generate, within the thickness of said matrix, zones that have short polymer chains, formed by scission of the existing chains during the passage of the UV radiation and that have free radicals denoted hereinbelow as “activated zones”. The present invention also relates to the polymer matrix capable of being chemically modified by such a process.

Abstract: An energy ray-curable resin composition comprising (A) a (meth)acrylate having a molecular weight of from 500 to 5,000, of which the main chain backbone is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a polybutadiene, a polyisoprene and hydrogenated products thereof and which has at least one (meth)acryloyl group at an end of the main chain backbone or in a side chain, (B) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate having a C2-8 unsaturated hydrocarbon group via an ester bond, (C) a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, (D) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, (E) a photopolymerization initiator, and (F) an antioxidant which exhibits equally high adhesive strength to various objects to be bonded, has good heat and moisture resistance, excellent rigidity, low cure shrinkage and little adhesion strain is provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a printing ink and in particular to an ink for ink-jet printing which is cured by irradiation. The ink comprises at least one radiation-curable monomer; at least one passive thermoplastic resin; at least one radical photoinitiator; and at least one colouring agent; wherein the ink has a viscosity of less than 100 mPas at 25° C., and wherein the at least one passive resin is present at 2 to 15 wt % based on the total weight of the ink and has a molecular weight of 1,500 to 70,000.

Abstract: Polyurethane-based polymer compositions that include diacetylene segments are provided.

Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a radically polymerizable compound, (B) a radical polymerization initiator; and (C) a colorant, and the radically polymerizable compound (A) includes at least one type of compound represented by Formula (Ia) and/or compound represented by Formula (Ib) and at least one type of compound represented by Formula (II) (in Formula (Ia), Formula (Ib), and Formula (II), R1, R3, and R5 independently denote a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, A1 to A3 independently denote a single bond or a divalent linking group, R2 and R4 independently denote a monovalent substituent, m denotes an integer of 0 to 13, n denotes an integer of 0 to 19, when m is an integer of 2 to 13 the Res may be identical to or different from each other, and when n is an integer of 2 to 19 the R4s may be identical to or different from each other).

Abstract: An active energy beam-curable composition for optical material is provided that comprises (A) a di(meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (1) and (B) a mono(meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (2) and/or a mono(meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (3), wherein the active energy beam-curable composition contains 10 to 90 wt % of the component (A) and 90 to 10 wt % the component (B) on the basis of the total weight of the components (A) and (B). In the formula, R1 and R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 and R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, R5 to R8 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a bromine atom, and l and m independently represents an integer of 1 to 6, R9 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R10 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: A photo-crosslinkable polyolefin composition comprises a polyolefin, a source of functionality receptive to crosslinking by UV radiation, a cationic photoinitiator and optionally includes a free-radical photoinitiator, a crosslinking accelerator or sensitizer, and other additives such as compatibilizers, inorganic fillers, nanofillers, glass, polymeric and ceramic microspheres, glass fibres, flame retardants, antioxidants, stabilizers, processing aids, foaming agents and pigments. A method for manufacturing a UV-crosslinked polyolefin article comprises forming an article by extruding, moulding or otherwise forming the UV-crosslinkable polyolefin composition and subjecting the article to UV radiation on-line with the extrusion, moulding or other forming operation.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a one-package type tooth surface coating material that is capable of forming, on the surface of a tooth, a cured film having not only a very high strength of adhesion to the tooth surface but also excellent properties such as long-term adhesion, long-term durability, dentinal tubule occlusion and aesthetic appearance, and that has excellent storage stability and can be stored in the form of one package. [Means for Solution] A one-package type tooth surface coating material comprising (A) a polymerizable monomer component containing not less than 5% by mass of an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer; (B) polyvalent metal ions; (C) a volatile water-soluble organic solvent; (D) water; and (E) an effective amount of a photopolymerization initiator; the amount of the polyvalent metal ions (B) and the amount of the volatile water-soluble organic solvent (C) satisfying a specific relationship.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention includes: a copolymer having a repeating unit having a thermal crosslinking group; and a photosensitive agent. As such, the photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention can form a resin with improved heat resistance. Further, a microlens-forming photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention includes: a copolymer having a repeating unit having a thermal crosslinking group; and a photosensitive agent, the copolymer having a mass-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000. As such, the microlens-forming photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention can form a resin with improved heat resistance.

Abstract: An active energy beam-curable composition is provided, which is excellent in coatability to films and safety, and particularly suitable for use in a light diffusion film since a light diffusion film made of a cured product of the composition is excellent in both haze and total light transmittance. The active energy beam-curable composition comprises an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing compound (A) that contains, as an essential component thereof, a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and an aromatic group, and a granular substance (B) that is insoluble in the component (A), in which the subtraction of the refractive index of the component (B) from the refractive index of a cured product of the component (A) alone is not less than 0.03 and not more than 0.18.

Abstract: The invention provides (1) an ink composition including a polymerization initiator and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid and monofunctional (meth)acrylic acid esters and amides each having a carboxy group in the molecule, (2) an ink composition including a polymerization initiator, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid and monofunctional (meth)acrylic acid esters and amides each having a carboxy group in the molecule, and a monofunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester or amide having an alkylene oxide repeating unit in the molecule, and (3) an ink composition including a polymerization initiator and a monofunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester or amide having a basic group in the molecule; and an ink jet recording method, a method for producing a planographic printing plate and a planographic printing plate produced by the method for producing a planographic printing plate using the above-mentioned ink compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed are radiation-curable compositions comprising at least one ortho-phthalate (meth)acrylate, and optionally a (meth)acrylate monomer, a stabilizing package, an adhesion promoter, and/or a photoinitiator. The compositions maintain physical integrity when cured and then aged for seven days under the conditions of 70% relative humidity, 77° C. black panel temperature, 55° C. chamber air temperature and a light intensity of 0.51 W/m2/nm at 340 nanometer wavelength passed through a daylight filter. The preparation and use of these compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: Pigments for inkjet inks are controllably functionalised to improve water-dispersibility, ozone resistance, etc., by irradiation of the pigment particle with high energy radiation, such as gamma radiation in air or by plasma activation, to form a stable functionalisable intermediate pigment particle, then activating the stable functionalisable intermediate, e.g. by heating, in the presence of a functionalising precursor (e.g. a polymer or polymerisable monomer) to form a modified pigment particle having one or more functionalising group grafted onto the pigment particle.

Abstract: A photocurable composition comprising cationically curable compound, an acrylate-containing compound; a hydroxyl-containing compound; a cationic photoinitiator; and a free radical photoinitiator; wherein said composition has less than 0.54 equivalents of cationically curable groups, less than 0.10 equivalents of acrylate groups and less than 0.10 equivalents of hydroxyl 0groups per 100 grams of said composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymer compositions of carbonyl-hydrogenated ketone-aldehyde resins and polyisocyanates in reactive solvents, to a process for their preparation and to the use, particularly in radiation-curable coating materials and adhesives.

Abstract: Adhesive compositions useful for laminating cellulosic substrates are formulated using an aqueous emulsion of a vinyl ester polymer such as polyvinyl acetate, one or more monomers or oligomers functionalized with (meth)acrylate groups, and a photoinitiator. The adhesive is cured by drying and exposing the adhesive to UV or visible light and is particularly useful for attaching clear films to cellulosic substrates such as paper and boxboard (e.g., in the manufacture of envelopes or folding cartons having windows).

Abstract: A UV-A-curable, solvent-containing composition composed of (A) 1% to 50% by weight of a UV-A-curable constituent containing isocyanate-reactive groups; (B) 0.01% to 10% by weight of a colorless photoinitiator having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range of ?=300 to 400 nm; (C) 10% to 70% by weight of an alkyl and/or cycloalkyl acetate having 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and/or in the cycloalkyl radical; (D) 10% to 70% by weight of an alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycycloalkyl, cycloalkoxyalkyl and/or cycloalkoxycycloalkyl acetate; (E) 0.01% to 5% by weight of a constituent that lowers the interfacial tension; (F) 0 to 50% by weight of an alkylaromatic having at least two alkyl radicals having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the molecule; and (G) 0 to 50% by weight of an additive different from constituents (A) to (F); processes for preparing it, and its use as a spot blender in automotive refinishing, especially in spot repair, or for preparation thereof.

Abstract: A method of increasing the gas transmission rate of a packaging film comprises providing a packaging film that comprises at least about 0.001 weight % of fullerene material selected from spherical fullerenes, bowl-shaped fullerenes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, carbon nanocones, and carbon nano-onions. The packaging film is exposed to an amount of radiation energy effective to increase the oxygen transmission rate of the packaging film by at least about 100 cc (STP)/m2. day (1 atm, 0% RH, 23° C.).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation curable resin composition which comprises epoxy (meth)acrylate, a monofunctional (meth)acrylate, a bifunctional (meth)acrylate having a specific structure, and a bifunctional (meth)acrylate obtained from an aliphatic dihydric alcohol having an oxyalkylene structure and (meth)acrylic acid and further contains a thermoplastic resin, thereby causing satisfactory adhesion to plastic substrates, sufficient shape retention, and excellent shape recovery properties, and satisfaction in moldability including casting efficiency and shape reproducibility, as well as a high refractive index and appropriateness for use as a lens sheet.

Abstract: A dental restorative composition comprising: (A) polymerizable monomer(s) having at least one phosphorus-containing acidic moiety and at least one ethylenically unsaturated group; (B) polymerizable monomer(s) having a molecular weight of 100-250, at least one hydroxyl group, and at least one ethylenically unsaturated group; (C) polymerizable monomer(s) having a molecular weight of 270-900, at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups and no acidic functional group; (D) photo-initiator(s); and (E) filler(s) each having a mean particle size of more than 0.005 microns and less than 70 microns. The weight ratio of (A+B):(C) ranges from 30:70 to 90:10, the concentration of (A) is 10-50 wt. %, the concentration of (B) is 15-60 wt. %, and the composition has a shear bond strength of at least 10 MPa to both dentin and enamel. Also provided is a method for filling a dental cavity with the composition without first treating the dental cavity with an etchant, a primer and/or an adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel hybrid polymer useful for alignment layers for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium. Hybrid polymers of this invention are prepared from at least one component selected from the group consisting of monomer, oligomer and polymer within the class of polyimides, poly(amic acids) and esters thereof and at least one component selected from the group consisting of addition monomer and functionalized addition polymer wherein the two components are covalently bonded to form a copolymer. The invention further describes liquid crystal optical elements such as all liquid crystal display products or modes, liquid crystal devices and liquid crystal optical films comprising the novel hybrid polymer alignment layers.

Abstract: An optical film comprising a support and a layer containing a cured product of a composition which contains a fluorinated photopolymerization initiator and an ionizing radiation-curing compound.

Abstract: Lipobeads (liposome-encapsulated hydrogels) combine properties of hydrogels and liposomes to create systems that are sensitive to environmental conditions and respond to changes in those conditions in a fast time scale. Lipobeads may be produced by polymerizing anchored or unanchored hydrogels within liposomes or by mixing anchored or unanchored hydrogels with liposomes. Giant lipobeads may be produced by shrinking unanchored nanogels in lipobeads and fusing the resulting lipobead aggregates, long-term aging of anchored or unanchored lipobeads, or mixing anchored or unanchored aggregated nanogels with liposomes. Poly(acrylamide), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-1-vinylimidazole) lipobeads were produced and characterized.

Abstract: UV curable pressure sensitive adhesive containing an antistatic agent, and films comprising UV cured pressure sensitive adhesives containing antistatic agents, are particularly useful in the manufacture of electrical components.

Abstract: A method of surface cross-linking superabsorbent polymer particles using UV irradiation is provided. The method is carried out in a so-called drum reactor, which comprises a hollow drum and an irradiation source. The drum has a longitudinal axis and a cross-section. Superabsorbent polymer particles are fed into the drum and are irradiated while they move within the drum, which is rotated around its longitudinal axis. The irradiation source is provided such that the radiation emitted by the irradiation source is able to reach superabsorbent polymer particles within said drum. The irradiation source for use in the method is able to emit UV radiation of a wavelength between about 100 nm and about 200 nm.