Abstract: Photocurable resin compositions are provided that are most useful in stereolithography. A photocurable resin includes a urethane acrylate oligomer, an acrylate monomer, and a polymerization modifier. The resin after curing provides a solid product that has characteristics that can depend on the resin composition.

Abstract: Compositions suitable for use as base coats and varnishes, preferably for use in combination with electrostatic of set inks printed onto plastics substrates, particularly polycarbonate compact discs. They contain a photopolymerisable material, a photoinitiator, an inorganic transfer agent and heavy metal salt, preferably a metallic carboxylate. They have a good shelf life and good adhesion after hardening with ultraviolet light.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for coating surfaces of MLS gasket layers are disclosed. The process includes applying a coating precursor on at least one surface of one or more of the layers, and curing the coating precursor by exposure to radiation. Disclosed coating precursors include those containing an acrylated oligomer and a photoinitiator, which can polymerize in response to ultraviolet or electron beam radiation.

Abstract: Disclosed are environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions which are curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation. In addition, the disclosed coating compositions are suitable for coating thermally sensitive objects and/or rusted surfaces. In addition, methods are disclosed for coating surfaces, or at least a portion of the surfaces, and curing of the coated surface to obtain partially or fully cured coated surfaces are also disclosed. Furthermore, articles of manufacture incorporating fully cured coated surfaces are disclosed, including, for example gas tanks such as, barbeque propane tanks. Also disclosed are methods, processes, production lines, articles of manufacture, and factories which incorporate these environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation.

Abstract: The printing ink of the present invention is characterized by containing a photo-curable high polymer precursor, and a photopolymerization initiator, and containing 3 to 8 parts by weight of inorganic fine particles having a mean particle size of 0.1 ?m or less to 100 parts by weight of the high polymer precursor. Moreover, the printing ink of the present invention is characterized by having a viscosity at a shear rate of 5 (l/s) of 8 to 75 (Pa·s), a viscosity at a shear rate of 20 (l/s) of 3 to 25 (Pa·s), and a thixotropic index value of 1.5 to 3.5. As a result of using this printing ink, letters, figures, symbols, graphics, etc., having a thickness of 0.2 mm or more can be printed rapidly without affecting the printed base material.

Abstract: A hotmelt adhesive having a melting point of at least 40° C. is provided which may be hardened in multiple stages and which is useful in the production of laminates. The hotmelt adhesive may contain a polymer with at least one functional group that is reactive towards a compound with an acidic hydrogen atom and with one functional group that can be polymerized by UV or electron beams, or a polymer with at least one functional group that is reactive towards a compound with an acidic hydrogen atom and with no functional group that can be polymerized by UV or electron beams. These polymers may be used in combination with a relatively low molecular compound with a functional group that can be polymerized by UV or electron beams.

Abstract: Self-coating or self-layering lacquer systems from at least two different resins, oligomers, or polymers, which are emulsifiable or dispersible in water, have different surface tensions, and form self-layering phases. After the application, the phases separate into the components of the formulation.

Abstract: Photo-curable coating formulations which comprise a durable and/or red-shifted reactable hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole ultraviolet light absorber (UVA) are effectively photocured employing a combination of ?-hydroxy ketone and bisacylphosphine oxide photoinitiators. The reactable UVA's are reacted into the coating upon curing. The combination of the photoinitiators bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phenylphosphine oxide and 1-hydroxycyclohexylphenylketone is especially effective for this purpose.

Abstract: To provide a UV-curable resin composition useful for forming optical parts such as optical lenses. A radiation-curable resin composition for optical parts, comprising (A) 5–70 wt % of urethane (meth)acrylate, (B) 0.1–70 wt % of benzyl (meth)acrylate, and (C) 10–70 wt % of an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing compound other than the components (A) and (B).

Abstract: Optical fiber coating compositions which comprise at least one ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound and a photoinitiator blend, wherein the blend comprises (a) bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phenylphosphine oxide and (b) 2,4,6,-trimethylbenzoylethoxyphenylphosphine oxide in an (a):(b) weight:weight ratio of between about 1:10 and about 1:8; or (c) bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phenylphosphine oxide, (d) 2,4,6,-trimethylbenzoylethoxyphenylphosphine oxide and (e) 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone in a (c):(d):(e) weight:weight:weight ratio between about 3:1:14 and about 4:1:16; or (f) bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phenylphosphine oxide and (g) 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone in a (f):(g) weight:weight ratio of between about 1:3 and about 1:5 exhibit fast photospeed, very low color and fast photobleaching. The photoinitiator blends have low volatility, high shelf life stability and high compatibility with resins and monomers. The photoinitiator blends are for example liquid and easy to use.

Abstract: A coated optical fiber can have a primary coating and a secondary coating, where the primary coating can have good microbending resistance and is obtained by curing a composition having a high cure speed. In one example, a coated optical fiber can include as optical fiber, a primary coating and a secondary coating. The optical fiber can have an attenuation increase of less than 0.650 dB/km at 1550 nm, with the primary coating having a modulus retention ratio of at least 0.5, a glass transition temperature of ?35° C., and where the primary coating is obtained by curing a primary coating composition having a cure dose to attain 95% of the maximum attainable modulus of less than 0.65 J/cm2.

Abstract: The invention is a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) composition, which is the ultraviolet radiation (UV) cured reaction product of a polyester-polyether-based urethane acrylate, one or more acrylate monomers, and a UV photosensitizer. The polyester-polyether-based urethane acrylate is the reaction product of between about 50 and 90 wt-% of a polyester diol having a molecular weight ranging from about 500 to 3200; between about 10 and 50 wt-% of a polyether polyol having a molecular weight ranging from about 1000 to 6000; between about 1 and 5 wt-% of a hydroxy-functional acrylate; and a polyisocyanate.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymerizable dental barrier material and method of making same including at least one high molecular weight polymer with reactive end groups having a concentration ranging from about 50 to about 99 percent by weight and a polymerization system.

Abstract: Disclosed are environmentally friendly, substantially all solids coating compositions which are curable using ultra violet and visible radiation. In addition, methods for coating surfaces, or at least a portion of the surfaces, and curing of the coated surface to obtain partially or fully cured coated surfaces are also disclosed. Furthermore, articles of manufacture incorporating fully cured coated surfaces are disclosed, in particular motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts or accessories.

Abstract: The invention relates to urethane prepolymers, obtainable by reaction of: (A) 15 to 85 wt.-% of one or more ?,?-terminated poly(meth)acrylate diols, (B) 0 to 30 wt.-% of one or more radically curable, polyhydroxy-functional compounds, (C) 14 to 60 wt.-% of one or more polyisocyanates, (D) 1 to 40 wt.-% of a monofunctional compound, reactive vis-à-vis isocyanate groups, which also contains one or more radically curable grouping, as well as their use.

Abstract: An ink composition for ultraviolet curable ink-jet recording including carbon black, a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of non-metallic phthalocyanine sulfonic acids, metal phthalocyanine sulfonic acids in which the central metal is Cu, Fe, Ni, Co, or Ti, and metal salts thereof, and a polymer dispersant containing a basic functional group. The photopolymerizable compound may dissolve the polymer dispersant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation-curable solvent-free coating composition for optical fiber having a radiation-curable urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer comprising an alkyd backbone,a reactive diluent, and a photoinitiator, and optionally an additive.

Abstract: A radiation curable coating composition that includes from about 5 to about 70% by weight of the reaction product of i) one or more polyisocyanates, where at least 10 equivalent percent of the isocyanate groups are in the form of uretdione groups, and ii) one or more hydroxy functional lactone ester (meth)acrylates. The amount of component i), on an isocyanate equivalent basis, is equal to the amount of hydroxy equivalents of hydroxy containing materials in the composition. The composition can be used to coat substrates by coating at least a portion of the substrate with the above-described coating composition and subjecting the coated substrate to radiation.

Abstract: Mixtures curable thermally and with actinic radiation and containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, comprising (A) at least one of (A1) low molecular mass compounds, oligomers and polymers containing allophanate groups, carbamate groups, and carbamate and allophanate groups, and (A2) low molecular mass compounds, oligomers and polymers containing allophanate groups, carbamate groups, and carbamate and allophanate groups, and additionally allophanate- and/or carbamate-reactive functional groups, ?which are substantially or entirely free from reactive functional groups which contain at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and (C) at least one constituent containing on average per molecule at least one reactive functional group having at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation; with the proviso that if only (A1) is used, the mixtures further comprise (B) at least one of low molecular mass compounds, oligomers and polymers containing allophanate- and/or c

Abstract: The present invention provides a one-bottle dental bonding composition that provides a bonding layer excellent in bonding strength, independent of the skill of the practitioners, and, more preferably, that releases fluoride ion gradually into oral cavity over an extended period of time. The one-bottle dental bonding composition comprises a radical polymerizable monomer (A) having an acidic group in the molecule, another radical polymerizable monomer (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C) and a water-soluble organic solvent (D), and is substantially free of water.

Abstract: A radiation-curable fiber optic coating composition for an inner primary coating includes a coloring agent, preferably a dye or a dye precursor, compatible with the fiber of the fiber optic and capable of imparting a pre-selected color to the inner primary coating, or another coating. The coloring agent can be a reactive dye. Any of the dyes preferably is stabilized by a stabiliser in the colored coating layer, or, preferably, in a more exterior layer.

Abstract: There are provided a polyalkenyl ether type polyurethane, which is excellent in flexibility, aor the like, and which has in the molecule, a structural unit represented by formula (XXX): (wherein n represents an integer of 2 to 1000, R1 represents substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, and R2, R3 and R4, which are the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, and R1s, R2s, R3s, and R4s, when they are each present two or more in number, may be respectively the same or different), and the like.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable transparent conductive composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce a transparent conductive coating on a suitable substrate. These coatings may be used in such applications as touch screens, membrane switches, TV screens, and VCRs. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the active layer after curing.

Abstract: Aqueous electrophoretic lacquer capable of being deposited cataphoretically, containing A) an aqueous dispersion of cationically modified polyurethane (meth)acrylates (a1) with terminal, ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic double bonds, and reactive thinner (a2) with at least two ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic double bonds, the (meth)acrylic double bonds of the mixture of (a1) and (a2) corresponding to a bromine number of 20 to 150 g bromine/100 g solids, and B) photoinitiators and optionally free-radical initiators capable of thermal activation, the terminal, ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic double bonds of the polyurethane (meth)acrylates being bonded with the anionically modified polyurethane prepolymer via urethane, urea, amide or ester groups, and optionally conventional auxiliary substances and additives, pigments and/or fillers.

Abstract: The meta tetramethylxylenediisocyanate-based polyether urethane acrylate oligomer reduces the viscosities of polymerizable formulations, as compared to other isocyanate-based oligomers, significantly enhances adhesion to certain substrates, and imparts increased elongation-to-break valves to cured products produced therefrom.

Abstract: A metal conductor is provided with a cured coating of about 2.5 ?m to about 500 ?m thickness, which cured coating has a dielectric dissipation factor (60 Hz, 24° C.) of lower than about 0.05 and is a radiation-cured coating formulated from components comprising: a) an acrylate functional urethane oligomer having a hydrocarbon backbone; b) one or more mono- or polyfunctional diluents; and optionally, c) one or more light sensitive radical generating compounds. The invention further provides a radiation-curable coating composition for coating a metal conductor. Also disclosed is a method of making a metal conductor provided with a cured coating of about 2.5 ?m to about 500 ?m thickness, which cured coating has a dielectric dissipation factor (60 Hz, 24° C.) of lower than about 0.05.

Abstract: Compositions for use in optical fiber coatings, optical fibers and optical fiber arrays using these coatings and methods for making the same are disclosed. The composition comprises a combination of two different radiation curable urethanes, and can further comprise one or more reactive monomers.

Abstract: The invention is a radiation curable coating containing an antimicrobial agent, where upon irradiation with UV light, the radiation curable coating rapidly cures to a polymeric coating. The polymeric coating has durable antimicrobial properties, being especially effective at preventing the growth of Staphylococcus aureaus and Kleibsella pneumoniae on wood flooring and furniture. The major components in the radiation curable coating are a urethane acrylic oligomer, a radiation cure package, an antimicrobial agent, a cross-linking agent, and optionally, an additive package. The radiation curable urethane oligomer is a relatively short chain backbone urethane polymer that is end capped with a radiation curable moiety, where the moiety is an acrylic. The cross-linking agent is one or more monomers used to lower the viscosity and promote cross-linking, and include acrylate esters of mono-, di-, tri-, or tetrafunctional alcohols. The radiation cure package contains at least one photoinitiator.

Abstract: A radiation-curable fiber optic coating composition for an inner primary coating includes a coloring agent, preferably a dye or a dye precursor, compatible with the fiber of the fiber optic and capable of imparting a pre-selected color to the inner primary coating, or another coating. The coloring agent can be a reactive dye. Any of the dyes preferably is stabilized by a stabilizer in the colored coating layer, or, preferably, in a more exterior layer.

Abstract: A reactive paint to be completely cured in air with binders that bear ethylenically-unsaturated groups, that can be cured by radical polymerization either thermally or both thermally and by UV light or high-energy radiation in a dual-cure method. The paint contains a combined initiator system consisting of thermal initiators and UV initiators and reactive oligomers that are formed from addition compounds of a reactant of formula (4) and a reactant of formula (5) In this formula, X=—CO—CH?CH2 or —CnHm or —CO—CnHm. —CnHm is an aliphatic residue with 1 to 3 C atoms, whereby 0, 1, 2 or 3 X substituents are formed by —CnHm, and Y is a hydrocarbon chain of 3 to 8 atoms that can also contain heteroatoms. Also provided is a method for curing by radical polymerization. The polymerization is first started thermally under air and then is continued either thermally or photoinitiated under air or protective gas, and a use in paint systems, especially in automobile manufacturing or as a binder.

Abstract: To provide a radiation-sensitive curable liquid resin composition having excellent applicability and capable of producing a film excelling in hardness, scratch resistance, adhesion, transparency, and appearance of the surface of the film. A curable liquid resin composition comprising: (A) particles prepared by bonding at least one oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium, titanium, zinc, germanium, indium, tin, antimony, and cerium to a specific organic compound which comprises a polymerizable unsaturated group and a group shown by —X—C(?Y)—NH— (wherein X is NH, O, or S, and Y is O or S), and preferably a silanol group, (B) a compound having two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups in the molecule, (C) a specific alkylene glycol organic solvent, and preferably (D) a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: Crosslinkable resin compositions that are cured easily by irradiation with active energy beams and particularly cured quickly with ultraviolet ray are provided, which comprises a polymer containing a maleimido group and an ethylenically unsaturated group. The composition may be an aqueous composition. They provide cured films which are excellent in durability, free from coloring and odors, and also excellent in abrasion resistance, adhesion to substrates, surface smoothness, and chemical resistance.

Abstract: The invention relates to coated optical fibers comprising soft primary coatings and to such primary coatings for protecting glass optical fibers having a sufficient high resistance against cavitation. In particular, the primary coatings have a cavitation strength at which a tenth cavitation appears (?10cav) of at least about 1.0 MPa as measured at a deformation rate of 0.20% min?1 and of at least about 1.4 times their storage modulus at 23° C. The coating preferably shows strain hardening in a relative Mooney plot, preferably has a strain energy release rate Go of about 20 J/m2 or more, and preferably has a low volumetric thermal expansion coefficient. The invention furthermore provides a method and apparatus for measuring the cavitation strength of a primary coating.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition comprising; a dendrimer having at least two polymerizable groups within a molecule; a radical initiator; and an alkali-soluble polymer, and an image recording material comprising a support and a recording layer comprising a polymerizable composition containing a dendrimer having at least two polymerizable groups within a molecule, a radical initiator and an alkali-soluble polymer.

Abstract: Compositions for use in optical fiber coatings and optical fibers and optical fiber arrays using these coatings are disclosed, as are methods for making the same. The compositions comprise a combination of two different radiation curable urethane oligomers, and can further comprise one or more reactive monomers. One of the oligomers has at least three functional groups that can undergo radiation cure, and comprises a lactone modified polyol.

Abstract: The invention relates to a curable resin composition, cured products thereof, and laminated materials. The curable composition comprises: (A-1) acicular oxide particles, the oxide being an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium, titanium, zinc, germanium, indium, tin, antimony, and cerium, (B) a compound having two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups, (C) a photopolymerization initiator is provided. After cure, the composition has excellent scratch resistance. In addition, it may have excellent antistatic characteristics and transparency. In a preferred embodiment the composition also comprises (A-2) particles other than the acicular particles (A-1), being oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium, titanium, zinc, germanium, indium, tin, antimony, and cerium.

Abstract: To provide a polymerizable composition suitable for a lithographic printing plate precursor which can satisfy the requirements of high sensitivity, excellent storage stability and long press life and enables direct plate making from digital data from computer, etc. when recording is conducted a solid laser or semiconductor laser emitting ultraviolet ray, visible light or infrared ray and a compound therefore, the present invention relates to a photoradical polymerizable composition comprising a polyfunctional crosslinking agent having a specific structure represented by formula (I) or (II) defined in the specification.

Abstract: The ink comprises a coloring component, a reactive oligomer and/or a reactive prepolymer, a reactive diluent and a photoinitiator, wherein the reactive oligomer and/or reactive prepolymer unit and the reactive diluent unit have a glass transition point of 0° to 70° C., respectively, in a polymer obtained therefrom. In the present invention, a cured film excellent in adhesion to materials and scratch resistance is obtained, and an image without blurring is formed in ink jet printing of the ultraviolet ray curable ink. An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition having a viscosity of 60 to 800 cps at 25° C. which comprises a coloring component, a reactive diluent, a photoinitiator and an oligomer and/or reactive prepolymer having compatibility with the reactive diluent is used. The ink composition is heated to 40° to 150° C. and applied to a recording medium and cured by ultraviolet rays.

Abstract: A multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), comprising (A) at least one component comprising at least one constituent containing at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group and at least one functional group having at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation, and at least one vinylaromatic-allyl alcohol copolymer, and (B) at least one component comprising at least one polyisocyanate, and its use as a coating material, adhesive and sealing compound.

Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable white ink composition for ink jet recording is provided which has good dispersibility and good redispersibility and has excellent ejection stability, and provides excellent visibility of printed matter having a base material which forms a black or dark background. In an ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet recording comprising titanium oxide, a polymeric dispersant having a basic functional group, a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, the titanium oxide is surface-treated with silica and alumina and the weight of the silica, which coexists with the titanium oxide, is larger than that of the alumina.

Abstract: An electron-beam curable polyurethane resin for magnetic recording media is produced by modifying a polyurethane resin having active hydrogen in the molecule thereof with a compound having at least two acrylic double bonds, wherein the modification is performed on the active hydrogen so that the polyurethane resin becomes electron-beam curable. By subjecting a known thermosetting polyurethane resin to electron-beam sensitive modification, the resulting resin is highly crosslinked and is thus capable of being suitably used for magnetic recording media. Also, an electron-beam curable polyurethane resin having excellent crosslinking characteristics can easily be produced from the known thermosetting polyurethane resin. Furthermore, by using the electron-beam curable polyurethane resin, a high-performance magnetic recording medium can be provided.

Abstract: A photosensitive composition for forming a dielectric of the present invention comprising inorganic particles, an alkali developable resin and additives, wherein the additives comprise a compound having a quinonediazido group (C1), a compound containing at least two alkyletherified amino groups in the molecule (C2) and a thermal acid generator (C3), or wherein the inorganic particles comprise inorganic superfine particles (A-I) having a mean particle diameter of less than 0.05 ?m and inorganic fine particles (A-II) having a mean particle diameter of not less than 0.05 ?m. The composition can be calcined at low temperatures to form a dielectric layer with high dimensional precision, said layer having a high dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss. Also provided are a dielectric and an electronic part prepared from the composition.

Abstract: A non-aqueous, solvent-free formulation for producing clear, transparent, heat-resistant elements, suitable for use as lenses in optoelectronic devices, consists essentially of an acidic, nonpolymerizing acrylic resin; THFA, DMA, HEMA, HBA, or an equivalent polymerizable diluent in which the acrylic resin is dissolved; and a free-radical photoinitiator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or a mixture thereof, wherein the isocyanate-capped polyurethane is a copolymerization production of: (a) at least one polyalkylene glycol; (b) at least one branching agent having at least three hydroxy groups; and (c) at least one di- or polyisocyanate. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention can find use in economically producing contact lenses which have durable, highly elastic soft contact lenses with desired physical properties. In addition, the present invention provides method for making a radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention and for making a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens.

Abstract: Photoactivatable water born coating composition comprising a) a (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane dispersion, with the (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane comprising 5 to 18 wt. % of alkylene oxide groups while the (meth)acryloyl functionality is in the range of 2 to 40, and b) a UV-initiator. Preferably, the (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane comprises 8 to 18 wt. % of alkylene oxide groups. More preferably, the coating composition comprises a reactive diluent.

Abstract: A photocurable sheet-form material which comprises (a) a polymerizable unsaturated monomer, (b) a polymer which is either polymethyl methacrylate or a high-molecular polymer consisting mainly methyl methacrylate units and which is compatible or swollen with the polymer (a), (c) a photocuring agent, and (d) a fibrous reinforcement. It is excellent in productivity, handleability, and photocurability. This photocurable sheet-form material is usable for producing a layered molding and forming a backup layer (reinforcing layers) of a molded article, and is a useful material as a replacement protective material for pipes, covering material, lining material, fixing material, or the like.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable mar resistant composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce an mar resistant layer. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the active layer after curing.

Abstract: Acrylic composition for use in variety of indoor or outdoor sealing applications, where it is required to seal, to fill or to repair cracks, joints, gaps etc. in concrete, masonry, stone, wood or other constructional materials. The composition comprises acrylic based reactionable oligomers and it can be foamed and then polymerized while producing foam with structure suitable for sealing.

Abstract: A coating material curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising at least one constituent (a1) containing at least two functional groups (a11) which serve for crosslinking with actinic radiation, and if desired at least one functional group (a12) which is able to undergo thermal crosslinking reactions with a complementary functional group (a22) in the constituent (a2), and at least one constituent (a2) containing at least two functional groups (a21) which serve for crosslinking with actinic radiation, and at least one functional group (a22) which is able to undergo thermal crosslinking reactions with a complementary functional group (a12) in the constituent (a1), and also, if desired, comprising at least one photoinitiator (a3), at least one thermal crosslinking initiator (a4), at least one reactive diluent curable thermally and/or with actinic radiation (a5), at least one coatings additive (a6), and/or at least one thermally curable constituent (a7), with the proviso that the coating material cont

Abstract: A surface treatment composition of the present invention comprises (A) urethaneacrylate oligomer, (B) acrylate based monomer, (C) photoinitiator, (D) silicon additive, and (E) silica matting agent. The present invention provides a surface treatment composition in which imparts abrasion and scratch resistance to the surface of a soft type urethaneacrylate oligomer decorative floor covering, and ameliorates the problem of low stain resistance caused a low density of elaborate crosslinks by using a small amount of single functional group monomer. The present invention also provides a surface treatment composition in which employs only hard type urethaneacrylate without single functional group monomer so that cross linking density is increased and the effects of oxygen that prohibits the surface curing are minimized, resulting in improved stain resistance.