Abstract: The waterborne coating composition herein is useful for promoting adhesion of paint to a component such as a plastic automobile part or accessory. The waterborne coating composition is particularly useful for promoting adhesion of paint to a thermoplastic polyolefin surface. The waterborne coating composition is prepared from a mixture comprising at least one chlorinated polyolefin resin and at least one urethane acrylic hybrid resin. The waterborne coating composition provides not only good adhesion of a paint to a thermoplastic polyolefin surface, but also provides good appearance. The waterborne coating composition is also compatible with a wide variety of paint systems and can be rapidly dried under ambient conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions which comprise dispersions of polymers obtained by a multistage procedure, to processes for preparing them, and to their use in corrosion protection.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition with superior flame retardancy, colorability and scratch resistance. More specifically, disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition comprising A) 100 parts by weight of a basic resin comprising 11 to 89% by weight of an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer and 89 to 11% by weight of a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, B) 10 to 40 parts by weight of a bromine organic flame retardant, and C) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a coated antimony compound.

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

Abstract: There are provided a sealing resin composition for a hard disk drive (HDD) motor and a HDD motor fabricated by using the same. The sealing resin composition includes: 45 to 65 parts by weight of urethane methacrylate resin; 35 to 50 parts by weight of methacrylate resin; and 2 to 4 parts by weight of acrylic acid. A sealing resin composition having a new composition is used as a sealing material of a FPC adhering part of the HDD motor, whereby a haze phenomenon due to air leak and outgas at the FPC adhering part may be improved and reliability of a HDD motor may be enhanced due to a reduction in generation of the outgas of the adhering part.

Abstract: Pneumatic rubber tire with a component comprised of a silica reinforced rubber composition comprised of a combination of functionalized polybutadiene rubber and functionalized styrene/butadiene elastomer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread, the tread comprising a rubber composition comprising: a copolymer comprising a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST); optionally, at least one additional diene based elastomer; and a filler selected from the group consisting of carbon black and silica.

Abstract: An optical film, a backlight unit, and an optical display apparatus, the optical film including a base film, and an optical functional layer on at least one side of the base film, wherein at least one of the base film and the optical functional layer includes rubber.

Abstract: A floor covering including one of a sheet-shaped or plate-shaped matrix made of an elastomeric material. The matrix is provided with particles made of a thermoplastic material, where the elastomeric material of the matrix and the thermoplastic material of the particles each have at least one matching monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for coating metallic surfaces, comprising a binder component; a corrosion inhibitor polymer based on an ethylenically monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acid and, if appropriate, further ethylenical monomers, a solvent component, and, if appropriate, crosslinkable components, and also pigment/filler components. The invention further relates to processes for its preparation and also to methods of coating a metallic surface using the composition, to coated metallic surfaces thus obtained, and to the use of the composition as a primer, particularly in coil coating or in atmospheric corrosion control. After drying, the applied layer preferably has a thickness of at least 3.1 ?m and is therefore thicker than a typical pretreatment layer.

Abstract: Providing an NBR composition substantially free of containment of an insolubilized substance-generating causative substance so as to prevent generation of an insolubilized substance due to extraction by a fuel while which composition is excellent in ozone resistance, ejectability from kneader, and which composition realizes a first compression set and a second compression set which are both 46% or less. An NBR composition including a polymer obtained by mixing an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) with polyvinyl chloride (PVC), wherein the NBR composition is obtained without blending an insolubilized substance-generating causative substance, or, in case of blending, by blending an insolubilized substance-generating causative substance at an upper limit of 0.15 parts by weight or less, into 100 parts by weight of the polymer having a PVC content of 15.70 to 17.50 wt %.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymer composition comprising: 70 wt % to 99.5 wt % of a nitrile-group containing elastomer, wherein the elastomer has: a Mooney Viscosity of 15 to 115 MU; and a nitrile monomer content of 0.5 wt % to 50 wt %; and 0.5 wt % to 30 wt % of a non-functionalized plasticizer (NFP), wherein the NFP has: a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4 to 1000 cSt, a flash point of ?200° C., a viscosity index of ?120, and a specific gravity of ?0.865; and wherein the composition has: a 25% compression set at 70 hours and ?30° C. that is at least 110% of the 25% compression set of same composition without the NFP tested at the same conditions, and a retained tensile strength, in MPa, after 168 hours at 175° C., that is at least about 88% of the retained tensile strength of the same composition that has not been aged.

Abstract: Fluorochemical-free paper coatings which simultaneously exhibit good oil and grease resistance, hydrophobicity, and release properties are aqueous dispersions containing a water insoluble vinyl polymer, an addition-curable organopolysiloxane which cures through hydrosilylation, an Si—H functional crosslinker, and a catalyst for addition curing of the addition-curable organopolysiloxane. High oleophobicity, hydrophobicity, and release properties are developed even at low coating weights.

Abstract: The invention relates to subduedly colored (brown, gray, black, green), infrared reflecting PMMA compounds which can be applied to other plastic compounds as an IR barrier layer.

Abstract: There are provided a thermoplastic resin composition excellent in a balance between fluidity and low outgassing, and a molded product and a sheet including the thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition may include from 70 to 99% by mass of (A) a polyphenylene ether, from 1 to 30% by mass of (B) a copolymer including an aromatic vinyl compound and an unsaturated dicarboximide derivative as constituent monomers, and from 0 to 20% by mass of (C) a copolymer including an aromatic vinyl compound and a cyanided vinyl compound as constituent monomers, based on 100% by mass of the total of the (A) component, the (B) component and the (C) component, wherein the (B) component has a weight-average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to vulcanizable polymer compositions comprising a very low molecular weight optionally hydrogenated nitrile rubber, at least one cross-linking agent, optionally at least one filler and optionally one or more further auxiliary products for rubbers, a process for preparing such vulcanizable polymer compositions, furtheron a process for vulcanizing such polymer compositions and the resulting vulcanizate, preferably as a shaped article.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer/metal nano-composite. The nano-composite includes at least one copolymer chain having alkenyl monomer units and maleimide monomer units, and a nano-sized metal or inorganic crystal. It also provides a method of producing nano-sized metal/inorganic crystals in pure form. These nano-composites and nano-crystals can be useful as polymer fillers, tire rubber compounds, semiconductors, nano-magnets, catalysts, and quantum dots etc.

Abstract: A durable substrate coating and a process of making include a resin master batch. The resin master batch can include ethylene propylene diene with a polymethylene backbone, mineral spirits, fillers, a de-tackifier, a curative, an activator component, and a metal dryer. The process can include adding the mineral spirits to: the ethylene propylene diene, a plasticizer, and the de-tackifier, and blending to form a solution. The process can include adding the fillers, a light stabilizer, a rheology modifier, and a pigment to the solution, forming a first mixture. The process can include adding another rheology modifier, another light stabilizer, an antioxidant, and a curative to the first mixture, forming a second mixture. The process can include mixing the second mixture to homogenously disperse each ingredient while maintaining a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius to prevent the mineral spirits from flashing.

Abstract: Provided is a molding composition comprising, based on the total weight of the composition, (A) 50.0% by weight to 99.5% by weight of at least one (co)polymer which is a homopolymer or copolymer of at least 80% by weight of methyl methacrylate, (B) 0.5% by weight to 50.0% by weight of at least one copolymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer, and (C) at least one low molecular weight (meth)acrylate (co)polymer having a solution viscosity in chloroform at 25° C. (ISO 1628—part 6) of less than or equal to 55 ml/g.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a silica having a BET specific surface of at least 60 m2/g for increasing the rigidity of a thermoplastic polymeric material while maintaining i.e. improving its impact resistance. The silica used is of the type obtained according to a method involving the drying of a silica suspension obtained by reacting a silicate with an acidulant according to the following successive steps: (i) forming an aqueous starter having a pH between 2 and 5; (ii) simultaneously adding silicate and the acidulant while keeping the pH between 2 and 5; (iii) continuing with only the addition of silicate until a pH between 7 and 10 has been reached; (iv) simultaneously adding silicate and acidulant while keeping the pH of the reaction medium between 7 and 10, and; (v) continuing with only the addition of the acidulant until a pH value lower than 6 has been obtained. The invention also relates to the materials obtained within this scope.

Abstract: The invention provides an ink jet ink including a coloring material, a polymer particle, a crosslinking agent and an aqueous medium. The polymer particle has a unit derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a glass transition temperature of 25° C. or less. The crosslinking agent has a functional group capable of forming a crosslinked structure with a ketone group derived from the compound represented by the general formula (1) by a dehydration reaction. The mass ratio of a content (% by mass) of the coloring material based on the total mass of the ink to a content (% by mass) of the polymer particle based on the total mass of the ink is 0.2 times or more and 2.5 times or less.

Abstract: A new cross linked polyolefin material combination that is designed to replace current high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”) materials for use with molded or over-molded electrical transmission products. Such molded or over-molded electrical transmission products include, for example, vise-top pin insulators, line post insulators, F-neck, C-neck, and J-neck pin insulators of classes ANSI 55-3, 55-4, and 55-5, Spacer cable spacers, Brackets, hangers, Line post sensors, cable restraint insulators, and transmission style insulators.

Abstract: Polymeric ink binders are described that comprise two parts A and B (optionally particles having a core B and shell A): where part A is an oligomer of: A-I a ureido monomer (e.g. N-(2-methylacryloyloxyethyl)ethylene urea, MEEU)?0.01% w/w; A-I1a C1-8(meth)acrylate (e.g. n-butyl acrylate, BA), methyl methacrylate, MMA), <96.99% w/w; and A-III is a (meth)acrylic acid (e.g. methacrylic acid, MAA)?0.01% w/w, where the part A is obtained by emulsion polymerisation in the presence of a C6-20alkylmercaptan as a chain transfer agent (CTA) and/or a C6-20 alkylsulphate salt as a surfactant; and part B is a polymer of: B-I a ureido monomer (e.g. N-(2-methylacryloyloxyethyl)ethylene urea, MEEU)?0.01% w/w; and B-I 1 a C1-8(meth)acrylate (e.g. butyl acrylate, BA, methyl methacrylate, MMA)<96.99% w/w. Use of ureido monomers to prepare ink binders having improved chemical resistance is also described.

Abstract: An carboxylated nitrile-butadiene rubber latex formulation composed of a blend of a first acrylonitrile terpolymer and a second acrylonitrile terpolymer, wherein: the acrylonitrile content of the blended terpolymers is between 17 and 45% by weight, the methacrylic acid content of the blended termpolymers is less than 15% by weight, and the remaining balance of the terpolymers being butadiene. The invention also includes an elastomeric nitrile rubber article made from the formulation.

Abstract: A method of improving retention and drainage in a papermaking process is disclosed. The addition of an associative polymer, a poly(vinylamine) and optionally a siliceous material to the papermaking slurry to improve retention and drainage is disclosed. Additionally a method to improve retention and drainage comprising addition of an organic microparticle, a poly(vinylamine) and optionally a siliceous material to the papermaking slurry is disclosed. A composition comprising an associative polymer, and a poly(vinylamine) and optionally further comprising cellulose fiber is disclosed.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive composition is described comprising a polyisobutylene polymer having a first functional group and an acrylic polymer having a second functional group present in the acrylic polymer backbone. The first and second functional groups form a hydrogen bond. In some embodiments, the adhesive composition further comprises a crosslinker that covalently crosslinks the second functional group(s) present in the polymer backbone of the acrylic polymer. Also described are adhesive articles, such as a tape, methods of adhesively bonding, and methods of making a pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: This invention relates to film composites with a single coating of hard coat material which have a significant improved adhesion together with improved weather resistance while also increasing resistance to abrasion and cracking. In one embodiment, this film composite is comprised of a transparent base sheet having on one side thereof a weather resistant hard coat comprised of: at least one multifunctional acrylate monomer or oligomer; a dual-curable resin comprising an aliphatic urethane acrylate resin having isocyanate functional groups and an aliphatic urethane acrylate having hydroxyl functional groups; an ultraviolet (UV) stabilizer; and a photoinitiator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the water resistance of a porous material, in particular wood, in which method a block-polymer comprising at least one hydrophobic block and at least one hydrophilic block, is dissolved in a fluid and applied to the material under supercritical conditions.

Abstract: A method of reshaping an article comprising a polyelectrolyte complex, the polyelectrolyte complex comprising an intermolecular blend of a predominantly positively-charged polyelectrolyte and a predominantly negatively charged polyelectrolyte by controlling the salt doping level.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flame retardant resin composition comprising (A) 100 weight part of a basic resin comprising acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin and styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer resin; and (B) 10-30 weight part of a bromine-based organic compound flame retardant, and selectively comprising (C) 1-20 weight part of an antimony-based auxiliary flame retardant and (D) 1-10 weight part of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of metalstearate and stearamide compounds, wherein the bromine-based organic compound flame retardant (B) is octabromodiphenyl ethane. The flame retardant resin composition of the present invention has excellent flame retardancy, impact strength and melt flow index.

Abstract: A significant disadvantage of the use of polylactic acid (PLA) has been overcome by the use of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) in combination with an epoxy functional styrene-acrylate oligomeric chain extender. The composition also often exceeds a threshold of 65° C. in heat deflection temperature. Use of an impact modifier further improves the industrial versatility of the heat resistant PLA composition.

Abstract: Nanoparticles of functionalised, cross-linked vinyl polymer, usable as reinforcing filler in a polymeric matrix. The vinyl polymer is a copolymer of at least the following monomers, which are all copolymerisable by free-radical polymerisation: a non-aromatic vinyl monomer “A”; a monomer “B” bearing a function Z of formula ?Si—X, where X represents a hydroxyl or hydrolysable group; and a cross-linking monomer “C” which is at least bifunctional from the point of view of the polymerisation. The vinyl polymer is preferably a polymethacrylate, in particular a copolymer of methyl methacrylate (monomer A), trimethoxysilyipropyl methacrylate (monomer B) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (monomer C), being in the form of nanobeads the diameter of which is of between 10 and 100 nm.

Abstract: Organosilane condensates are described as well as their use in coating compositions, processes for making them and process for applying the coating compositions. The organosilane condensates can be formed from the hydrolysis of at least one medium to long chain trialkoxy silane compound, an amino silane and optionally one or more additional reactants. Coating compositions containing the organosilane condensates can provide coatings having improved scratch and mar resistance and can have excellent recoat adhesion.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-in-water polymer dispersions containing cross-linked cationic polymers, methods for their preparation and their use. The water-in-water polymer dispersions are useful inter alia as flocculants, dewatering (drainage) aids and retention aids in papermaking.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copolymer having the characteristic of developing high viscosity, and lowering its viscosity with an increase in rate of shear, particularly a copolymer having the characteristic of developing viscosity, and lowering its viscosity with an increase in rate of shear even in an aqueous coating composition that contains a surfactant. The present invention provides a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of a monomer component (m) that includes: (m-1), a macromonomer having (i) a backbone that comprises a polymer chain having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000 obtainable by polymerizing a monomer component (I) that contains 5 to 100 mass % of a C4-C24 alkyl-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer (a), and (ii) a polymerizable unsaturated group; and (m-2) a polymerizable unsaturated monomer containing a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: Provided are an antifouling coating composition that contains: a hydrolyzable resin having a specific silicon-containing group and a metal-atom-containing group containing a divalent metal atom M; and a thermoplastic resin and/or a plasticizer, wherein the total content of the thermoplastic resin and/or plasticizer per 100 parts by mass of the hydrolyzable resin is 3 to 100 parts by mass, an antifouling film, a composite film and an in-water structure such as a ship using the antifouling coating composition. The antifouling coating composition makes it possible to form a coating film that is excellent in crack resistance and exhibits a good antifouling property over a long period of time even when no antifouling agent is contained or the blending amount thereof is small.

Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous finely divided polymer dispersions which at low temperatures are film-forming, exhibit good blocking resistance in a formulation, even at elevated temperatures, and display a low foam tendency, processes for preparing them, and their use as binders for coating substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the negative effects of adhesive contaminants in the processing of waste paper, wherein an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising one component A and one component B for coagulation and detackification of stickies is added during the processing of waste paper, wherein component A is a homo- and/or copolymer of methyl methacrylate, acrylate and/or styrene and component B is a styrene copolymer having acrylic acid, maleimide and/or maleic acid hydride. The polymer dispersion can optionally comprise another component C, a cationic fixing agent that supports the coagulation of the stickies.

Abstract: A method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin, sequentially including the steps of: storing or producing acrylic acid; mixing acrylic acid containing a polymerization inhibitor with water, a crosslinking agent, and optionally, a basic composition, and/or neutralizing them, to prepare an aqueous monomer solution; polymerizing the aqueous monomer solution; drying an obtained water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer; and optionally carrying out surface crosslinking, wherein the acrylic acid containing the polymerization inhibitor has a water content of not higher than 1,000 ppm (by mass; the same applies hereinafter), and/or the aqueous monomer solution has a formic acid content of 1 to 700 ppm, relative to the monomer.

Abstract: Copolymers are manufactured to include a zwitterionic monomer (e.g., methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine monomer), a dihydroxyphenyl derivatized monomer, and optionally one or more additional monomers. The dihydroxyphenyl derivatized monomer gives the copolymers excellent adhesion properties. Optional monomers include a cationic amino monomer, a hydrocarbon monomer, and/or a hydrophilic monomer. The copolymers are biocompatible and can be used with medical devices.

Abstract: The use of polyelectrolyte complexes is described, for providing an oxygen barrier to packaging materials made of polymer foils. Polymeric components of the polyelectrolyte complex are applied in polymerized form to the polymer foil. The polymer foil is either coated with an aqueous dispersion comprising a dispersed polyelectrolyte complex previously produced by water-in-water emulsion polymerization, or is coated with a composition comprising a polyelectrolyte complex produced from anionic polymer and from cationic surfactant, or the polymer foil is coated with at least three alternating layers, where respectively one of two adjacent layers comprises an anionic polyelectrolyte component and the other of two adjacent layers comprises a cationic polyelectrolyte component, and polyelectrolyte complexes form at the opposite, adjacent interfaces of the alternating layers.

Abstract: The disclose provides pressure-sensitive adhesives and adhesive sealants prepared from alkoxysilane modified, crosslinked isobutylene copolymers, and tape articles prepared therefrom.

Abstract: New protective coating layers for use in wet etch processes during the production of semiconductor and MEMS devices are provided. The layers include a primer layer, a first protective layer, and an optional second protective layer. The primer layer preferably comprises an organo silane compound in a solvent system. The first protective layer includes thermoplastic copolymers prepared from styrene, acrylonitrile, and compatible compounds such as monomers, oligomers, and polymers comprising epoxy groups; poly(styrene-co-allyl alcohol); and mixtures thereof. The second protective layer comprises a highly halogenated polymer such as a chlorinated polymer to which may or may not be crosslinked upon heating.

Abstract: A photocurable resin composition including: (A) a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having a polyoxyalkylene structure, (B) a (meth)acrylic polymer, (C) a (meth)acrylic monomer, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the component (A) is produced using monomer components including (a1) a polyoxyalkylene polyol, (a2) a polyisocyanate, and (a3) a hydroxyl group-containing mono(meth)acrylate compound, a relationship N (=n1/n2) between the total mass n1 of the monomer components and the total equivalent weight n2 of acryloyl groups within the all monomer components is 4,000 or greater, and the component (A) is substantially free of unreacted isocyanate groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized thermoplastic polymers, in particular polyolefin films. The stabilizing composition contains a tertiary amine with a molecular weight greater than 400 g/mol, a UV-absorber and/or a sterically hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS). Further aspects of the invention are a process for stabilizing thermoplastic polymers and the use of the above composition for stabilizing thermoplastic polymers.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to adhesives and particularly to reversible adhesives. This disclosure further relates to generally adhesive articles and particularly to wound dressings comprising such adhesives. The adhesive comprises a core and a shell comprising at least two components. One of the components of the shell comprises a polymer formed by reacting a monomer of a thermally reversible polymer and the other component comprises a polymer formed by reacting a monomer of a polymer of a pressure sensitive adhesive. The wound dressing comprises a substrate and the reversible adhesive, forming a reversible wound dressing. Such wound dressings are particularly suitable for treatment of damaged sensitive tissue, for example wounds formed on a fragile skin.

Abstract: A coating composition has excellent application workability, facilitates thick coating, rarely causes cracks at an initial drying stage, and provides a dried film having excellent tensile properties and adhesiveness. The composition contains an aggregate and an emulsion with a polymer particle dispersed in an aqueous medium. The polymer particle includes 40% to 98% of a unit formed by polymerizing an alkyl(meth)acrylate monomer, the alkyl group having 4 to 14 carbon atoms, 0.1% to 5% of a unit formed by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, 1% to 20% of a unit formed by polymerizing a vinyl monomer having a cyano group, 1% to 20% of a unit formed by polymerizing a reaction product of a (meth)acrylic acid and a monofunctional epoxy compound, and 0% to 50% of a unit formed by copolymerizing at least one of the above monomers with another monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for passivating metallic surfaces, wherein the metal surface is contacted with an aqueous composition comprising at least one water-soluble polymer (X) comprising acidic groups and with at least one polyamine (P), the pH of the composition being in the range from 0.5 to 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device comprising at least one dielectric layer, said dielectric layer comprising a crosslinked organic compound based on at least one compound which is radically crosslinkable and a method of making the electronic device.

Abstract: Polyoxymethylene compositions comprising (a) 20 to 80 weight percent polyacetal homopolymer, copolymer, or mixtures of these; (b) 5 to 40 weight percent glass fiber; (c) 0.1 to 2 weight percent polymeric thermal stabilizer selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide, polymethacrylamide, and mixtures of these; (d) 0.02 to 2 weight percent allantoin; and 0.1 to 5 weight percent of an ethylene copolymer of the formula E/X/Y; wherein Y includes a glycidyl group. Articles made from these compositions.