Abstract: This invention pertains to a composition that can be used to heal cracks in plastics and other substrates. In the present invention, a composition comprising nanotubes, healing agent(s), and end caps for the nanotubes may be used to heal crack(s) as they begin to occur. With the composition, the healing agent(s) are contained within the nanotubes, and a reaction releases the healing agent(s) after the end caps can be removed from the nanotubes. This invention also includes a method of preparing a composition for healing cracks in plastics and other substrates. For this method, the healing agent(s) are filled inside of the nanotubes, and then end caps are bound onto the ends of the nanotubes. After a reaction occurs to remove the end caps and release the healing agent(s), the cracks within the substrate may then be healed.

Abstract: Compatibilized blends comprising a first phase comprising a thermoplastic olefin polymer and a second phase comprising a crosslinked, thermoplastic polyurethane are provided. The first phase is a continuous phase and the second phase can be co-5 continuous with the first phase, or dispersed as a non-continuous phase in the first phase. The blends further include a phenolic resole resin which at least partially crosslinks the thermoplastic polyurethane and acts as a compatibilizer for the olefin polymer and the thermoplastic polyurethane.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive based on a mixture of chemically crosslinked polyurethane and at least one hydrocarbon resin, the chemically crosslinked polyurethane being a reaction product of at least one aliphatic or alicyclic polyisocyanate and a combination of at least one polypropylene glycol diol and one polypropylene glycol triol, reacted with one another catalytically in the presence of the at least one hydrocarbon resin, the at least one hydrocarbon resin being a monomer resin of the styrene/?-methylstyrene type.

Abstract: The invention relates to amino and hydroxy-functional polyesters, wherein the amine is in the form of aspartic acid esters functionality, and wherein the amino and hydroxy-functional polyester has (a) a molecular weight (Mn) of at least about 500, (b) an acid value of about 5 or less, (c) a hydroxyl value of about 30 or more, and (d) an amine value of about 30 or more, and (e) an amine functionality of less than 1.8. Preferably, the compound includes molecules having on the average: at least 1 secondary amino group as an aspartate, and/or at least 1 hydroxy group, and an average total functionality of about 1.8 or higher. More preferably, the molecular weight of the amino and hydroxy-functional polyesters is between 204 and 10,000 and preferably between 482 and 5000.

Abstract: The invention relates to amino and hydroxy-functional compounds other than polyesters, wherein the compound includes an amine in the form of aspartic acid esters functionality, and wherein the amino and hydroxy-functional compound has (a) a molecular weight (Mn) of at least about 500, (b) an acid value of about 5 or less, (c) a hydroxyl value of about 30 or more, and (d) an amine value of about 30 or more. Preferably, the compound includes molecules having on the average: at least 1 secondary amino group as an aspartate, and/or at least 1 hydroxy group, and an average total functionality of about 1.8 or higher.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isocyanate terminated saturated hydrocarbon polymer that can be used as a crosslinking agent in a coating composition. The coating composition can provide a composition that adheres well to resinous substrates. Also provided are coating composition comprising the crosslinking agent and methods for producing the adherent coating composition.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a low VOC (volatile organic compound) coating composition. The process can comprise mixing a solvent borne coating component and a low or zero VOC waterborne coating component in the presence of a low molecular weight polytrimethylene ether glycol. The present invention can be used to produce low VOC coatings for automotive original equipment manufacturing (OEM) and refinish coating applications, industrial coating applications on equipments and structures, or architectural coating applications on buildings or other structures. This disclosure is further directed to a coating composition comprising components derived from renewable resources.

Abstract: An antenna module includes a radiator made of nanomaterials; the conductivity of the nanomaterials are greater than or equal to about 5.8×107 S/m. The present further discloses a wireless communication device using the antenna module.

Abstract: The invention relates to cured (meth)acrylate based adhesive composition, comprising at least two co-continuous phases of interpenetrating networks and at least two types of polymeric inclusions, in which one of the co-continuous phases comprises a polymer or copolymer based on at least one acrylic or methacrylic acid monomer or a derivative thereof. These compositions exhibit better facture toughness, especially at low temperatures.

Abstract: Disclosed is a finish paint composition having a hydroxyl group containing resin (A) comprising a hydroxyl group value of 80 to 220 mgKOH/g, a glass transition temperature of ?50° or above but below 0° C., and 25 to 55 mass% of units of 4-hydroxybutyl (meth)acrylate origin, a hydroxyl group containing resin (B) with a hydroxyl group value of 80 to 220 mgKOH/g, and a glass transition temperature of 0 to 50° C., and a crosslinking agent (C) comprising polyisocyanate compound having isocyanate groups, wherein the proportions of hydroxyl group containing resin (A) and hydroxyl group containing resin (B) are, as a ratio of solid fraction masses, from 95/5 to 50/50, and the proportion of isocyanate groups of the crosslinking agent (C) with respect to the hydroxyl groups in total of the hydroxyl group containing resin (A) and the hydroxyl group containing resin (B), as the NCO/OH mol ratio, is 0.5 to 1.5.

Abstract: Provided is a polyalkylene carbonate resin composition for producing a decorating material and an environment-friendly polyalkylene carbonate resin decorating material produced therefrom, and more particularly to polyalkylene carbonate resin composition for producing a decorating material in which a polymer additive is input to impart heat resistance and shape stability of the decorating material, a crosslinker and a chain extender is input to improve the processability at a processing temperature, and a flame retardant agent is added to impart a flame retardant effect, and an environment-friendly polyalkylene carbonate resin decorating material produced therefrom. An environment-friendly polyalkylene carbonate resin decorating material having excellent thermal stability, processability, and dimensional stability can be produced by using the composition according to the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one alkyd resin and at least one addition polymer having at least one (meth)acrylate segment which comprises 1% to 30% by weight of units derived from (meth)acrylates which in the alkyl radical have at least one double bond and 8 to 40 carbon atoms, 0.1% to 10% by weight of units derived from monomers containing acid groups, and 50% to 98.9% by weight of units derived from (meth)acrylates having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, based on the weight of the (meth)acrylate segment.

Abstract: A primer-less coating composition for facestock comprises: a binder being a water-dispersible polymer; an ethylenically unsaturated compound which is aqueous-dispersible and miscible with or bonded to said water-dispersible polymer, wherein said ethylenically unsaturated compound is able to form a covalent bond with an ink; and a crosslinker, wherein said crosslinker is suitable for binding the coating to the facestock. The coating composition may be applied to a substrate to form a printable film. A printed film in accordance with the invention may be used in a label, for example for use on a container such as a bottle.

Abstract: Compositions for coating roofs roof, facades, floors or vertical facings including at least one acrylic polymer and at least one polyurethane polymer and at least one ethylene vinyl acetate emulsion. The compositions combine the advantages of the excellent features of polyurethane compositions with the reduced cost of acrylic compositions in such a manner that a balance between both characteristics is shown. Methods for covering a roof, facade, floor or vertical facing with these compositions and the use thereof as a coating for roofs, facades, floors or vertical facings.

Abstract: A primer-less coating composition for facestock comprises: a binder being a water-dispersible polymer; an ethylenically unsaturated compound which is aqueous-dispersible and miscible with or bonded to said water-dispersible polymer, wherein said ethylenically unsaturated compound is able to form a covalent bond with an ink; and a crosslinker, wherein said crosslinker is suitable for binding the coating to the facestock. The coating composition may be applied to a substrate to form a printable film. A printed film in accordance with the invention may be used in a label, for example for use on a container such as a bottle.

Abstract: An anti-soiling composition including: compound (A) having a perfluoropolyether group and an active energy ray-reactive group; and inorganic fine particles (B), wherein compound (A) is contained in an amount of 20 parts by mass or more and 75 parts by mass or less in 100 parts by mass of a solid content of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention is a chemical composition that provides a low friction coating and a low sliding coefficient of friction onto a plastic or metal working part that includes a waterborne polyisocyanate such as ureas, urethanes or tetramethylxylene diisocyanates (TMXDI) in the composition structure and a plurality of cross linkable functional groups that include carboxyl groups and hydroxyl groups that are added utilizing plasma or chemical grafting and etching and a plastic or metal chemical substrate. The composition also includes one or more materials that are single linked or multiple linked hydrogels such as polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) mixed with the polyisocynate and one or more crosslinkers such as aziridines or carbodiimides that link the hydrogels, the polyisocynate and the substrate together to form the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional primer, comprising a first solution including 15 to 55 parts by weight of natural rubber and 750 to 1350 parts by weight of an organic solvent; a second solution from 100 parts by weight of the first solution and additionally 45 to 90 parts by weight of a polyurethane-dispersion; comprising a third solution from 100 parts by weight of the second solution and 100 to 250 parts by weight of a butadiene-based rubber solution containing 50 to 200 parts by weight of a butadiene rubber and 800 to 950 parts by weight of an organic solvent. Additionally a method of manufacturing a shoe is disclosed in an environmentally friendly manner by application of the primer to a transfer sheet, this being dried and cut into appropriate pieces, and this film-type multifunctional primer applied on a non-vulcanized outersole of a shoe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition containing a fluorine-containing urethane compound (A) and a fluorine-containing polymer (B) having a repeating unit derived from a fluorine-containing monomer represented by the following formula (I): CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)-A-Rf??(I) (wherein X represents a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, a CFX1X2 group (wherein X1 and X2 respectively represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom), a cyano group, a straight or branched chain fluoroalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; A represents a divalent group; and Rf represents a straight or branched chain perfluoroalkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms).

Abstract: Styrene-acrylic dispersants for use in pigment dispersions have lower viscosities than benchmark formulations such as nitrocellulose, dimer-acid based polyamides, and thermoplastic polyurethanes, prepared under otherwise identical conditions. Lower viscosities allow for the preparation of similarly viscous dispersions and inks with the styrene-acrylics when compared to traditional dispersants, at either (a) lower solvent levels, or if solvent levels are to be maintained, (b) higher pigment and solids loadings.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions suitable for the formation of an adhesive layer used for in-mold decoration. This invention also relates to in-mold decoration tape or strip, comprising: a carrier layer; a release layer; a durable layer; and an adhesive layer which comprises an adhesive binder, a polymeric particulate material and an inorganic particulate material.

Abstract: Provided is a release agent capable of maintaining the inherent detachability of polyolefin and showing good adhesion to the substrate and a release material using the release agent, and an adhesive tape having such release material. A release agent containing at least a polyolefin, an aromatic isocyanate having three or more isocyanate groups in one molecule, and a polyolefin polyol having a number-average molecular weight of 1500 to 5000.

Abstract: To provide an aqueous dispersion of a resin wherein dispersed particles are stable with fine particle sizes and whereby bleeding out is suppressed, which is thus useful as e.g. a surface treating agent for a polyolefin substrate, an adhesive or a coating material. A resin dispersion having dispersed in water a polymer (C) having a hydrophilic polymer (B) bonded to a polyolefin (A) in a ratio of (A):(B)=100:5 to 100:500 (weight ratio); a method for producing the resin dispersion; and a coating material and a laminate, employing it.

Abstract: An environmentally safe additive and vehicle system are provided for water-based and oil-based printing inks, paints, coatings and adhesives which can be rapidly transferred, dispersed, dispensed, spread, dried and cured. The low cost, stable additive and vehicle system enhance multiple color, high speed printing with sharp, highly defined images and superior quality, and can be used on many different types of substrates, such as paper, paperboard, cardboard, clay coated board, foil, plastic, glass, metal, wood and composites. The additive may be formed by the reaction product of a photoinitiator, such as an UV-activated polyelectrolyte, and a monomer, such as an acrylate or a methacrylate in an aqueous solution. In other embodiments, the additive is formed from a carboxylic acid or anhydride and alkylalkanolamine monomer or a dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate or methacrylate monomer in an aqueous solution.

Abstract: An ink composition comprising (a) water, (b) pigment particles, (c) at least one humectant, (d) at least one polyurethane having an average molecular weight of at least about 10,000 and a sufficient number of acid groups to provide an acid number from 60 to about 130, and being present at a weight concentration of greater than 0.7%, and (e) at least one water soluble acrylic polymer comprising carboxylic acid groups, present at a weight concentration of greater than 0.6%, wherein the acid groups on the polyurethane and acrylic polymers are at least partially neutralized only with a monovalent inorganic base.

Abstract: A two-component polyurethane clear coat kit system consisting of: (1) a binder component having a solids content of 42 to 50 wt.-% comprising at least one hydroxyl-functional binder and a volatile organic content of 50 to 58 wt.-%, and (2) a polyisocyanate crosslinker component having a solids content of 66 to 70 wt.-% and a volatile organic content of 30 to 34 wt.-%, wherein the solids content of the polyisocyanate crosslinker component comprises a free polyisocyanate solids content consisting of 75 to 100 wt.-% of at least one polyisocyanate of the 1,6-hexane diisocyanate isocyanurate type and of 0 to 25 wt.-% of at least one polyisocyanate of the isophorone diisocyanate isocyanurate type, wherein the sum of the respective wt.-% in each case totals 100 wt.-%.

Abstract: An aqueous floor care composition comprising water, polymer particles wherein the polymer particles include units derived from a conjugated diene monomer, units derived from an acidic monomer, and units derived from a hard, non-acidic monomer, an external crosslinking agent, and optionally one or more of a leveling agent, surfactant, polyurethane, alkali-soluble resin, coalescing agent, plasticizer, and wax.

Abstract: The present invention provides high solids, two-component polyurethane compositions comprising, as one component, polyisocyanate compositions having one or more isocyanurate made from bis(isocyanatomethyl)-cyclohexane, as a second component, one or more high solids polyol, and in either component, one or more tertiary amine catalyst. Optionally, the compositions further comprise one or more zinc amine catalyst. The compositions provide coatings, which exhibit an excellent balance of pot life and dry to touch or tack free time, as well as early rain resistance and hardness, while enabling a lower volatile organic content (VOC) of the compositions for comparable performance.

Abstract: To provide a hot melt adhesive composition employing a thermoplastic polyurethane, which has a high adhesive strength even under bonding conditions of low temperature and short time or even to nylon cloth, and which has a favorable adhesive strength in a wide temperature range of from room temperature to low temperature. A hot melt adhesive composition comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane (A) having a flow initiation temperature of from 80 to 150° C. and a phenolic hydroxy group-containing compound (B) having phenolic hydroxy groups and having a molecular weight of at least 1,000.

Abstract: Low-gloss, two-component clear coats include a base resin including a urethane resin, an isocyanate resin that combines with the base resin immediately prior to application of the low-gloss, two-component clear coat to form a two-component base resin mixture, wherein the two-component base resin mixture comprises from about 20 weight percent to about 40 weight percent urethane resin and from about 20 weight percent to about 40 weight percent isocyanate resin, and a silica-based flattener, wherein the silica-based flattener comprises from about 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the two-component base resin mixture to about 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the two-component base resin mixture, wherein the low-gloss, two-component clear coat has a 60° gloss finish from 22 gloss units to 34 gloss units when cured.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising an acrylic or polyester resin (A); a curing agent (B); and a blocked isocyanate group-containing urethane resin emulsion (C) having a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 to 50,000, which is prepared using a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component as starting materials, the polyisocyanate component comprising an alicyclic diisocyanate, and the polyol component comprising a polycarbonate diol in an amount of 50 mass % or more, based on the total amount of the polyol component; (i) when the component (A) is an acrylic resin, the aqueous coating composition comprising the component (C) in an amount of, as solids content, 20 to 60 mass %, based on the total solids content of the components (A), (B) and (C); and (ii) when the component (A) is a polyester resin, the aqueous coating composition comprising the component (C) in an amount of, as solids content, 10 to 50 mass %, based on the total solids content of the components (A), (B) an

Abstract: The invention relates to novel aqueous two-component coating agents based on hydroxy and/or amino-functional water-dilutable resins and nanoparticle-modified isocyanate-functional curing agents, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use thereof in paints, coatings, and sealants, particularly for corrosion protection applications.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising (a.1) at least one binder with functional groups (Gr); (a.2) at least one pigment; and (a.3) at least one corrosion-inhibiting component which comprises a parent structure (GK), at least one functional group (Gr?) which is attached covalently to (GK) and which, when a multicoat paint system containing the disclosed coating composition is thermally cured, reacts with at least one of functional groups (Gr) of the binder (a.1) or functional groups (Gr?) of at least one constituent of an adjacent coating (B), and at least one uni- and/or multidentate, potentially anionic ligand (L) which is different from the functional group (Gr?), is attached covalently to (GK), and, when the multicoat paint system is thermally cured, does not lose its capacity as a chelating agent. Also disclosed is a process for producing a multicoat paint system using the disclosed coating composition.

Abstract: Ink for ink jet recording containing a coloring agent, water, an aqueous organic solvent, and a polyacrylic acid ester-based polymer represented by the following chemical structure 1: where R represents a hydrogen atom and a methyl group, X— represents F—, Cl—, and Br—, M+ represents Na+, K+, NH4+, and Li+, and symbols l, m, n, and p independently represent integers of from 10 to 3,000.

Abstract: The invention relates a mixture of a urethane-aldehyde resin UA prepared by condensation of an aldehyde A1 and an alkyl urethane U, and of a novolak PA, to a process for the preparation of the said mixture, and a method of use thereof as adhesion promoter in rubber goods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastics mixture comprising at least one thermoplastic polyurethane A) and at least one impact-modified poly(meth)acrylate B), where the impact-modified poly(meth)acrylate comprises a hard phase whose glass transition temperature is at least 70° C. and a tough phase whose glass transition temperature is at most ?10° C., the average particle size of the tough phase is at most 130 nm, and at least a portion of the tough phase has covalent linkage to the hard phase.

Abstract: An ink composition includes a polyurethane resin and at least one selected from a metal compound and hollow resin particles as a colorant, and in the ink composition described above, the polyurethane resin is a polycarbonate-based or a polyether-based anionic polyurethane resin.

Abstract: A tire includes at least one outer structural element, wherein the at least one outer structural element is at least partially coated by at least one colored coating layer including a colored composition including (a) 5% by weight to 50% by weight with respect to the total weight of the dry colored composition, of at least one crosslinked polymeric compound obtained by reacting (a1) at least one thermoplastic polyurethane with (a2) at least one polyisocyanate; (b) 10% by weight to 80% by weight with respect to the total weight of the dry colored composition, of at least one thermoplastic polymeric compound having a glass transition temperature higher than or equal to 20° C., and (c) 3% by weight to 50% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the dry colored composition, of at least one coloring agent. Preferably, the at least one structural element is at least one of the tire sidewalls.

Abstract: Ink composition comprising an liquid vehicle, a colorant system, fluoropolymer particles and polyurethane binders wherein the polyurethane binders has a percentage of hard segment which is below 49 percent.

Abstract: Coating composition comprising a liquid first phase comprising one or more polymer binder components having functional groups capable of cross-linking by electron pair exchange, and a second phase which is a powder material, such as sand, comprising one or more compounds capable of activating crosslinking of the binder components in the liquid phase after the second phase is exposed to the first phase. The activating compound in the second phase may include a Lewis acid or Lewis base. Method of applying a coating composition curable by cross-linking chemistry based on electron pair exchange, wherein after application of a layer of the coating composition on a substrate, a powder material comprising one or more cross-linking activating compounds is sprinkled over the wet layer. After sprinkling the powder material over the coating layer, a second coating layer is applied.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a painted golf ball which is excellent in the gloss and the evenness of the paint thickness as well as the adhesion of the paint film to the golf ball body. The method for producing the golf ball of the present invention comprises applying a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous paint including an aqueous polyol composition (A) and an aqueous polyisocyanate (B) to a golf ball body in a specific method, wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous urethane resin.

Abstract: An automotive clear coating composition includes a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin obtained using hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate having a hydroxyalkyl group having 4-9 carbon atoms as at least a part of its monomer; and a polyfunctional isocyanate compound in which at least a part thereof is an isocyanurate type isocyanate compound. The prepared composition has 25 to 50 mass % of a soft segment part with respect to a total solid content of such acrylic resin and the polyfunctional isocyanate compound, and a ratio of a soft segment part derived from a lactone-containing monomer with respect to the total solid content of such acrylic resin and the polyfunctional isocyanate compound of not more than 4.5 mass %. A cured coating film has a dynamic glass transition temperature within a range of 30 to 60° C. The soft segment part is represented by —CH2)n— wherein n represents an integer of 4 or more.

Abstract: Provided are an ink with which an image excellent in both black density and glossiness can be recorded, and an ink cartridge and an ink jet recording method each using the ink. The ink includes: a carbon black; a resin for dispersing the carbon black; a resin fine particle; and a water-soluble organic solvent, in which: the resin fine particle contains at least a unit derived from an ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer, and a unit derived from a monomer selected from an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and a salt thereof, and a ratio of a unit derived from a saturated alkyl group-containing monomer to the unit derived from the ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer is 95.0 mass % or more; and the water-soluble organic solvent contains a water-soluble organic solvent having a dielectric constant at 20° C. of 18.0 or more and less than 30.0.

Abstract: Provided are an ink suitable for ink jet recording with which a color image excellent in both color developability and glossiness can be recorded, and an ink cartridge and an ink jet recording method in each of which the ink is utilized. Specifically, provided are an ink including: an organic pigment; a resin for dispersing the organic pigment; and a resin fine particle, in which an average particle diameter of the resin fine particle is 0.60 time or more and 1.2 times or less as large as an average particle diameter of the organic pigment, and an ink cartridge and an ink jet recording method in each of which the ink is utilized.

Abstract: A first resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising (A) at least one thermoplastic resin selected from polypropylenes, polystyrenes, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers, polycarbonates, polyethylenes and thermoplastic elastomers, (B) filler such as a crushed shell material or the like, and (C) binder component. A second resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising (A?) thermoplastic resin such as an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer or the like and (B?) crushed shell material, wherein the elastic modulus thereof is 1750 to 2950 MPa. A third resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising (A?) thermoplastic resin and (B?) crushed shell material, wherein the surface hardness thereof measured using a durometer is 12 to 85. The resin compositions of the present invention can provide molded bodies excellent in gloss, mechanical strength, and dimensional stability.

Abstract: An ink jet ink including a pigment and an ABC triblock polymer, wherein the above-described ABC triblock polymer is formed from an A block having an aryl group, a B block having a unit represented by the following general formula (1), and a C block having a unit represented by the following general formula (2).

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a high film build coating composition that is capable of producing coatings being sag-free at high coating thicknesses and good appearance. This disclosure is further directed to a coating composition comprising components derived from renewable resources.

Abstract: A composition of fluoropolymer and dispersed conductive particulate provides an electrically conductive polymeric material resistant to static charge buildup. Radiation curing, especially electron beam radiation curing, is favored for curing fluoroelastomer-based precursor articles into desired electrically conductive articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low friction composition for a seat belt, characterized in that it comprises the following components: a polyether polyurethane; a low molecular weight polyurethane, with free NCO groups, and containing an aliphatic chain; a polyurethane without free NCO groups; a polyethylene; a polydimethylsiloxane. It also deals with a seat belt which is coated with such a composition.

Abstract: A composition of matter comprising a hydrophobic or hydrophilic (or both) interpenetrating polymer network containing a non-ionic/ionic polymer and a hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer, articles made from such composition and methods of preparing such articles. The invention also includes a process for preparing a hydrophobic/hydrophilic IPN or semi-IPN from a hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer including the steps of placing an non-ionizable/ionizable monomer solution in contact with a hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer; diffusing the monomer solution into the hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer; and polymerizing the monomers to form a penetrating polymer inside the hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer, thereby forming the IPN or semi-IPN.