Abstract: A liquid fluoropolymer coating composition includes a fluoropolymer selected from homopolymers and copolymers of vinyl fluoride and homopolymers and copolymers of vinylidene fluoride, solvent, a compatible cross-linkable adhesive polymer, and a cross-linking agent.

Abstract: There is provided is an ink for inkjet recording, comprising: a pigment coated with a water-insoluble resin including a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a structural unit having an ionic group; a nitrogen-containing organic solvent; resin particles; and water, wherein a mass ratio [nitrogen-containing organic solvent/resin particles] is from 2.0 to 6.0: wherein, in formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a halogen atom; L1 represents *—COO—, —OCO—, *—CONR2—, *—O—, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, wherein “*—” represents a bond linking to the main chain; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and L2 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and a image forming method.

Abstract: An aqueous composition with a sediment content ?5%, comprising a polyurethane dispersion wherein the polyurethane has an acid value in the range of from 25 to 65 mgKOH/g and comprises (i) 36 to 60 wt % of at least one aromatic polyisocyanate and where the polyurethane is prepared in the presence of (a) ?5 wt % of 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone by weight of the polyurethane, (b) 5 to 100 wt % of 1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinone by weight of polyurethane and (c) water.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising an autoxidisable amide group containing resin having ?30 wt % of fatty acid residues by weight of autoxidisable amide group containing resin; a Tg in the range of from ?40 to +35° C.; ND×AV?22 mg KOH/g; a Mw in the range of from 2,500 to 20,000 g/mol; a PDi less than 10; an amide group content of at least 10 mmoles/100 g solid; and said composition having: a co-solvent content less that 25 wt %; a N-methylpyrrolidone content <13 wt % by weight of solids; a solids content >38 wt %; and when a film, a telegraphing value of less than 20 gloss units.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink set including an ink composition and a maintenance liquid, wherein the ink composition includes a pigment, polymer particles having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or higher, and at least one of urea or a urea derivative.

Abstract: An ink composition includes a wetting agent and water-insoluble polymer particles including a colorant and a water-insoluble polymer, wherein the content of free polymer derived from the water-insoluble polymer is 1.0% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the ink composition, and the wetting agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of urea, a urea derivative, a pyrrolidone derivative, an alkyl glycine represented by the following Formula 1, glycyl betaine and a sugar: (Formula 1) R1R2NCH2COOM wherein in Formula 1, R1 and R2 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom or an alkaline earth metal atom.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat curing silicone rubber composition having antistatic properties even after secondary vulcanization at high temperatures. Specifically, disclosed is a heat curing silicone rubber composition which is obtained by adding 0.05 to 1000 ppm of (B) a poorly water-soluble or water-insoluble ionic substance whose anionic component is bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, to 100 parts by weight of (A) a heat curing silicone rubber.

Abstract: A process, a composition, and a kit clarify and seal oxidized lens, especially headlight lenses. The process involves abrading the lens to remove oxidation and the sealing the lens with an aqueous urethane-modified acrylic sealer that includes an aqueous styrenic-acrylic emulsion or an aqueous polyethylene emulsion. The composition includes the sealant. The kit is an at-home device including the composition and utilizing the method.

Abstract: A liquid electrostatographic toner or liquid ink jet ink prepared by the steps of heating a marking particle mix of particles of a resin and a colourant blend in a carrier liquid to a temperature between about the first softening point of the resin and about the second softening point of the resin, maintaining the temperature of the heated marking particle mix for a selected period of time, cooling the marking particle mix to room temperature, and mixing the marking particle mix with high shear. The particle mix can be produced by coarse grinding in a ball mill. The resultant toner or ink has an improved Newtonian like flow behaviour, improved electrical properties, reduced sedimentation and agglomeration and significantly improved optical density and reduced background.

Abstract: The invention provides uncharged water-soluble silica-adsorbing polymers for suppressing electroendoosmotic flow and to reduce analyte-wall interactions in capillary electrophoresis. In one aspect of the invention, one or more of such polymers are employed as components of a separation medium for the separation of biomolecules, such as polynucleotides, polysaccharides, proteins, and the like, by capillary electrophoresis. Generally, such polymers are characterized by (i) water solubility over the temperature range between about 20° C. to about 50° C., (ii) concentration in a separation medium in the range between about 0.001% to about 10% (weight/volume), (iii) molecular weight in the range of about 5×103 to about 1×106 daltons, and (iv) absence of charged groups in an aqueous medium having pH in the range of about 6 to about 9.

Abstract: A quaternary onium aromatic sulfonate represented by the formula: wherein each R1 independently comprises substituted or unsubstituted, aliphatic or aromatic, hydrocarbyl, carbocyclic or heterocyclic radicals, each X is selected from the group consisting of phosphorus and nitrogen; wherein “a” has a value of 0, 1 or 2, and “b” has a value of 0 or 1 with the proviso that (a+b) is equal to 1 or 2; G1 is an aromatic group; E comprises a bis(carbonyloxyalkyl)polydiorganosiloxane, a bis(carbonyloxyaryl)polydiorganosiloxane, and an ether linkage; each Y1 independently comprises hydrogen, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, alkenyl, allyl, halogen, bromine, chlorine; nitro; and OR, wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: Solutions of polyvinylidene resins with very high vinylidene difluoride content in lactam solvent systems and their uses to form high gloss coatings, especially high gloss clear coatings. The present invention also provides coated articles incorporating these coatings. Advantageously, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) resins with sufficiently high vinylidene difluoride content, as well as a wide variety of thermoplastic and thermosetting resins useful in the practice of the present invention, can be easily dissolved in and then stay dissolved in lactam solvents. Conveniently, these solutions may be prepared at room temperature. The ability to coat such PVDF resins from solution, rather than from dispersions, is a key factor leading to the high gloss characteristics provided by many embodiments of the present invention.

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 (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 using the same. There is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a (meth)acryl-based polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.1 to 100% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid alkylene oxide. In addition, there is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.5 to 30% by weight of a nitrogen-containing monomer and having a glass transition temperature Tg of no higher than 0° C. Furthermore, there is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a (meth)acryl-based polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a process for forming a resist pattern that is capable to utilize excimer laser beam, the thickening level of the resist pattern is controllable uniformly, constantly and precisely, without being affected substantially by environmental changes such as temperatures and humidity, and storage period, and space pattern of resist may be formed with a fineness exceeding exposure limits or resolution limits of available irradiation sources. The process for producing a semiconductor device is characterized in that forming a resist pattern on a surface of workpiece, coating a resist pattern thickening material on the resist pattern, thickening the resist pattern to form a thickened resist pattern, and patterning the surface of workpiece by etching using the thickened resist pattern as a mask, wherein the resist pattern thickening material comprises a resin, and exhibits a pH value of above 7 and not over 14 at coating or after coating on the resist pattern.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a color-pigmented paint composition with high hiding power, comprising a solvent or a solvent mixture and a.) based on the total formulation, 1% to 80% by weight of a polysilazane of the formula (1) —(SiR?R?—NR??)n???(1) and b.) based on the total formulation 1% to 15% by weight, particularly 2% to 8% by weight, of one or more pigments wherein R?, R?, and R?? are alike or different and independently of one another are hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, vinyl or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl radical, n being an integer and n having a magnitude such that the polysilazane has a number average molecular weight of 150 to 150 000 g/mol.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition excellent in antistatic property of a non-electrification-prevented adherend (subject to be protected) upon peeling, and has reduced stainability in an adherend and excellent in adhesion reliance, and electrification preventing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets using the same. There is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a (meth)acryl-based polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.1 to 100% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid alkylene oxide. In addition, there is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.5 to 30% by weight of a nitrogen-containing monomer and having a glass transition temperature Tg of no higher than 0° C. Furthermore, there is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a (meth)acryl-based polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polycarboxylate ethers for dispersing disperse dyes and UV absorbers. The invention also relates to a preparation containing a disperse dye and/or a UV absorber, further comprising a polycarboxylate ether as a dispersant.

Abstract: Inkjet ink compositions and methods for increasing inkjet ink particle stability are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a latex polymer-containing inkjet ink composition comprises a secondary alcohol ethoxylate and a fluoro-surfactant at a concentration ratio effective to increase particle stability of the inkjet ink composition when the pigment particles are substantially electrostatically dispersed. In another embodiment, an inkjet ink composition comprises a latex dispersion having a conductivity of no more than about 1.5 mS/cm.

Abstract: A thixotropy imparting composition. The composition comprises the reaction products of: one or more polyesters from one or more polyols having at least two hydroxyl moieties; and one or more polycarboxylic acids having at least two carboxylic acid moieties; and one or more basic compounds, wherein said polyesters have at least two active carboxylic acid moieties as end groups and at least a portion of said carboxylic acid moieties are in the carboxylate anion form. This composition may further comprise one or more diluents. The composition exists as a liquid. The composition may be used in a non-aqueous fluid system as a rheological additive in combination with one or more particulate materials, wherein said rheological additive imparts thixotropy to said system. A thixotropy imparting composition.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to an ink-jet ink and a method of ink-jet printing over a prolonged period of time. The ink-jet ink can comprise from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % pigment by solids, from 0.1 wt % to 15 wt % latex by solids, and from 0.01 wt % to 3 wt % phosphate-containing surfactant.

Abstract: Ink formulation comprising liquid medium and colorant dispersed in the liquid medium wherein the liquid medium comprises an unsaturated resin derived from natural sources. Also, writing instruments containing such ink formulation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure sensitive adhesive composition characterized by containing an ionic liquid and a polymer which contains, as a monomer unit, 0.1-10% by weight of a (meth)acrylate with a hydroxyalkyl group having 3-12 carbon atoms. The present invention provides a pressure sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in antistatic property of a no-electrification-prevented adherend upon peeling, and has reduced staining of an adherend and is excellent in adhesion reliance. Also disclosed is an antistatic pressure sensitive adhesive sheet or surface-protecting film prepared using the composition. Also disclosed is an antistatic pressure sensitive adhesive sheet or surface-protecting film prepared using the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a non-fibrous polymer solution essentially consisting of 1 to 8 wt. % para-aramid, at least 50 mole % of the aromatic moieties thereof being unsubstituted, in a mixture of a) a polar amide solvent selected from N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N?-dimethyl-formamide, N,N?-dimethylacetamide, tetramethylurea, and mixtures thereof; b) between 0.7 mole of an alkali or earth alkali chloride per mole amide groups of the para-aramid and 7.5 wt. % of the alkali or earth alkali chloride, and c) water; and wherein at least 50 wt. % of the formed hydrochloric acid has been neutralized to obtain a solution having a dynamic viscosity which is at least a factor three smaller than the dynamic viscosity of the polymer solution without neutralization. The invention further pertains to a process making the same and para-aramid pulp-like fiber, paper and film made from said polymer solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dilutable, non-aqueous concentrate and an aqueous dilution used for aqueous delivery of fluorinated oligomeric silanes to a substrate, a method of treating a substrate with the aqueous dilution composition to render it oil and water repellent, and articles having coatings made from the aqueous dilution.

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 (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 using the same. There is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a (meth)acryl-based polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.1 to 100% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid alkylene oxide. There is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.5 to 30% by weight of a nitrogen-containing monomer and having a glass transition temperature Tg of no higher than 0° C. There is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid, and a (meth)acryl-based polymer containing, as a monomer component, 0.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording ink including water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a pigment (P1) as a colorant (B), and at least one fluorochemical surfactant selected from compounds represented by Structural Formula (1) below, where R1 denotes any one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and a fluorine-containing group, Rf denotes a fluorine-containing group, and each of x, y and z denotes an integer of 1 or greater.

Abstract: A pre-fiber gel material is described herein that includes: a) at least one amide-based and/or polyamide-based composition; and b) at least one lactam gelling agent, wherein the gel composition has sufficient viscosity and sufficient cohesiveness upon the mixing of the at least one amide-based or polyamide-based polymer and the at least one lactam gelling agent that the composition can be spun into a fiber. In addition, methods are provided herein that teach that the production of a pre-fiber gel composition, including: a) providing at least one amide-based compound; b) providing at least one lactam gelling agent; and c) mixing the at least one amide-based polymer and the at least one lactam gelling agent such that there is sufficient viscosity and sufficient cohesiveness in the composition so that it can be spun into a fiber.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a curable composition useful in the preparation of a gas separation membrane. The curable composition comprises a polyvinyl alcohol; an aliphatic polyamine; a polyglycidyl ether; and a salt of a C2 to C4 heterocyclic amino acid. In another aspect the present invention provides a composition comprising a crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol comprising structural units derived from a polyglycidyl ether, a polyamine and the salt of a C2 to C4 heterocyclic amino acid. The compositions are useful in the preparation of gas separation membranes in which the C2 to C4 heterocyclic amino acid in the form of its salt functions as a mobile carrier of carbon dioxide.

Abstract: The glass fiber sizing agent of the invention comprises an amphoteric polymer compound, an organosilane compound and water, wherein the amphoteric polymer compound has a cationic unit derived from a cationic monomer such as an allylamine and an anionic unit derived from an anionic monomer such as maleic acid.

Abstract: A PVC composition comprising PVC and a C4-C30 alkyl pyrrolidone additive present in an amount of 0.1 to 20 phr sufficient to improve PVC processing or treatment compared to a control composition without said additive.

Abstract: An ink composition comprising: (A) an isoindoline-based pigment; (B) a polymeric dispersant; (C) an alkylammonium salt of a sulfonated derivative of a disazo-based yellow colorant; (D) a polymerizable compound; and (E) a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to satisfy both of the low heat build-up property and strength at break. The present invention provides a rubber composition for tread comprising 0.5 to 10 parts by mass of (B) an alkylphenol-sulfur chloride condensate indicated by the formula (B1): (wherein R1 to R3 are same or different, either is an alkyl group having 5 to 12 carbons; x and y are same or different, and either is an integer of 2 to 4; n is an integer of 0 to 10), 0.5 to 6 parts by mass of (C) sulfur, and 10 to 100 parts by mass of (D) silica, based on 100 parts by mass of the specific (A) rubber component comprising, and a tire having tread using thereof.

Abstract: A red-colored film in which when an elliptically polarized light is incident on the film in a direction 45° aslant from a normal line direction with respect to a surface of the film, a light transmitted through the film has an average amplitude transmittance ratio (av. tan ?) in a wavelength region of 575 to 635 nm, which satisfies the following equation (1): 0.960<av. tan ?<1.040??(1). A red-colored composition contains a red pigment A having a BET specific surface area in the range from 90 to 140 m2/g, a red pigment B having a BET specific surface area in the range from 70 to 85 m2/g, and a pigment carrier formed of a transparent resin, a precursor of the transparent resin or a mixture of the tarns parent resin and precursor thereof. A color filter has the red-colored film as a red color filter segment. The liquid crystal display device includes the color filter.

Abstract: Mixtures and light-emitting devices that incorporate such mixtures are disclosed in which a soluble phenyl-substituted poly(para-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) copolymer (“superyellow”) is used as the host light-emitting polymer and methyltrioctylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate, an ionic liquid, is used to introduce a dilute concentration of mobile ions into the emitting polymer layer. These mixtures and devices incorporating them are able to combine some of the characteristics of polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) and polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells (PLECs).

Abstract: A composition comprising a plastics material, an inorganic particulate solid such as aluminium trihydrate and a coupling modified of formula A-(X—Y—CO)m(O—B—CO)nOH wherein A is a moiety containing a terminating ethylenic group with one or two adjacent carbonyl groups; X is a direct bond, O or N; Y is C1-18-alkylene or C2-18-alkenylene; B is C2-6-alkylene; m is from 1 to 4 and n is from 0 to 5 provided that when A contains two carbonyl groups adjacent to the ethylenic group then X is N. Specific examples of coupling modifiers are ?-carboxyl ethylacrylate and 5-carboxy pentyl maleimide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation curable coating or an ink composition comprising a photoinitiator and a stabilizer blend of a sterically hindered nitroxyl radical and a quinone methide.

Abstract: A method of stabilizing a normally solid polyalkylene carbonate resin against thermal and hydrolytic decomposition, including the step of adding a cyclic amine selected from the group consisting of imidazole and 2-ethyl 4-methylimidazole at a wt. % of 5 to 45% of the normally solid polycarbonate resin. And, a method of producing tough coatings with excellent adhesion to both ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including the steps of: a) dissolving polyalkylene carbonate resin and a cyclic amine selected from the group of consisting of imidazole and 2-ethyl 4-methylimidazole at a wt.

Abstract: A composition comprising alkylthio- or aryl(heteroyl)thio-substituted p-phenylenediamine, its method of preparation, and its use as an antidegradant in natural or synthetic rubber.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment preparations containing (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) a dispersant of formula (I) or (II), or mixtures of the dispersants of formulas (I) and (II), (C) optionally wetting agents, (D) optionally other surfactants and/or dispersants, (E) optionally one or more organic solvents or one or more hydrotropic substances, (F) optionally other additives used conventionally for the production of aqueous pigment dispersions and (G) water.

Abstract: A magnet wire consists of an electrical conductor and a coating around the electric conductor, the coating is resistant to corona and/or of a low coefficient of friction, and is composed of 82% to 99.95% by weight of polymeric resin, and 0.05% to 18% by weight of fullerene-type nanostructures.

Abstract: A thermal ink jet ink composition includes one or more volatile organic solvents, one or more humectants, one or more binder resins, and one or more dyes. The one or more volatile organic solvents are selected from C1-C4 alcohols, C3-C6 ketones, and mixtures thereof. The humectants are present in an amount not more than 30% by weight of the ink jet ink composition.

Abstract: A reduced oil rubber composition includes (a) a silica filler, (b) a N-substituted polyalkylene succinimide derivative, and (c) a rubber matrix. In certain embodiments, the composition may comprise a reduced amount of oil, especially a reduced amount of aromatic oil or even no aromatic oil. Rubber articles manufactured from such composition, such as tires and power belts, have improved properties such as reduced rolling resistance, improved wet/snow traction and winter softness, improved dynamic stiffness, improved tensile strength, easy handling, and/or compatibility with higher environmental standard, among others.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vinylpyrrolidone-based polymer composition which has improved storage stability and of which the reduction in the molecular weight (K value) under shear stress is small. The composition comprises a vinylpyrrolidone-based polymer and contains from 1 to 10000 ppm of at least one compound selected from a group consisting of biguanides and further contains from 1000 to 30000 ppm of 2-pyrrolidone and from 1 to 5000 ppm of ammonia.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition in which electrification of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet can be prevented upon peeling, and staining property on an adherend can be reduced, and an antistatic pressure-sensitive sheet and surface protecting film using this. There is provided a pressure-sensitive composition comprising an ionic liquid and a polymer having a glass transition temperature Tg of 0° C. or lower as a base polymer.

Abstract: The present invention is a coating composition for coating materials, such as silica sand and other media, containing a water-based polyurethane dispersion, a colorant, and optional ingredients such as coalescing solvents and cross-linking agents, and a coated silica sand which is strong in color, lightfast, and resistant.

Abstract: A radiation-curable desiccant-filled adhesive/sealant composition comprising a radiation-curable resin, one or more desiccant fillers, one or more photoinitiators or photosensitizers, and optionally, one or more inorganic or organic fillers.

Abstract: A stabilizer system for stabilizing halogen-containing polymers comprising a perchlorate salt and at least one indole compound, a composition comprising such a stabilizer system, process for stabilizing a chlorine-containing polymer using such a stabilizer system, and an article manufacture comprising PVC stabilized by such a stabilizer system.

Abstract: A naphthopyran compound represented by the formula (I) wherein: n1, n2, p, m and q represent an integer; R1, R2 and R4, represent a group selected from halogen, —Ra, —OH, —ORa, —SH, —SRa, —NH2, —NRaRa1, —NRbRc, —CO—Ra, —CO2Ra1, —OC(O)—Rd, —X—(Re)—Y, linear or branched (C1-C18) perfluoroalkyl group, wherein Ra, Ra1, Rb, Rc, X, Y, Re, and Rd are as defined in the description; Z represents a group selected from CO, CS, SO, SO2, CO2, C(O)S, CS2, C(O)NH, C(O)NRa, C(S)NH, C(S)NRa and C?NRa; R3 represents a group selected from halogen, —Ra, linear or branched (C1-18) perfluoroalkyl group —OH, —ORa, —SH, —SRa, —NH2, and —NRaRa1; R6 represents a group selected from —Ra which may be optionally substituted, linear or branched (C1-18) perfluoroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl, which may be optionally substituted; R5 represents a group selected from: halogen, —Ra, linear or branched (C1-18) perfluoroalkyl group, —OH, —ORa, —SH, —SRa, —NH2, —NRaRa1, —CO—Ra, —O—C(O)—Ra and —CO2Ra1; or when q is equa

Abstract: Strands comprise a) a selected thermoplastic elastomeric polymer and b) a perylene pigment. These strands are very useful for interior trim equipment of vehicles, in office chair covers or in functional apparel. They combine low abrasion with low thermal absorption.

Abstract: Novel fluorescent polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) colorants are provided. The colorants are strongly fluorescing and long lasting with excellent light stability. The novel colorants can be prepared from chromophores found in common pigments and provide a simple way to convert an insoluble pigment into a soluble fluorescent colorant.