Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersant having a multifunctional head, and a phosphor paste composition comprising the dispersant. The dispersant has a multifunctional head that comprises an acidic group, a basic group and an aromatic group, thereby enhancing an affinity for the surface of phosphor particles and improving dispersibility.

Abstract: Disclosed are: an organic-inorganic complex dispersion improved in film formability and adhesion to a base material. The organic-inorganic complex dispersion comprises an aqueous medium and particles of a complex dispersed in the aqueous medium, wherein the complex has a three-dimensional network structure formed by a polymer of a monomer comprising a monomer represented by general formula (1) and at least one inorganic material selected from a water-swellable clay mineral and silica. Also disclosed is an antifogging material manufactured by using the organic-inorganic complex dispersion. Further disclosed is a cell culture substratum improved in the detachability of cells cultured on the substratum, which is manufactured by using the organic-inorganic complex dispersion. Still further disclosed are manufacturing methods for same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel composites that incorporate carbon nanospheres into a polymeric material. The polymeric material can be any polymer or polymerizable material compatible with graphitic materials. The carbon nanospheres are hollow, graphitic nanoparticles. The carbon nanospheres can be manufactured from a carbon precursor using templating catalytic nanoparticles. The unique size, shape, and electrical properties of the carbon nanospheres impart beneficial properties to the composites incorporating these nanomaterials.

Abstract: [Object] To provide: an acrylic rubber composition, which is improved in roll tackiness upon processing and in dough-like-material tackiness between dough-like materials themselves, and which is remarkably improved in processing characteristic, without deteriorating resultant normal physical properties; and an acrylic rubber composition molded and used for a sealing part such as an O-ring, gasket, and packing. [Solving Means] An acrylic rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an ACM polymer, which contains monomers each having a carboxyl group(s) as crosslinking-site monomers, respectively, and 5 to 30 parts by weight of vein graphite or flake graphite; and an acrylic rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an ACM polymer, which contains monomers each having a carboxyl group(s) as crosslinking-site monomers, respectively, 5 to 30 parts by weight of vein graphite or flake graphite, and 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight of a liquid paraffin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising a treated latex polymer dispersion with less than about 50 ppm of unreacted monomers. The latex polymer dispersion can be treated by various means, including stripping and chasing, to remove unreacted monomers from the dispersion. Unreacted monomers significantly contribute to paint odor. In an innovative aspect of the present invention, the synergistic combination of the treated latex dispersion with pigments and other low or zero-VOC additives results in an aqueous coating composition with de minimis levels of volatile emissions, low odor, and paint performance comparable to premium latex paints.

Abstract: A compact coating system comprises a UV-blocking coating composition, a basecoat composition, a clearcoat composition, and a monocoat topcoat composition, wherein: (a) each of the UV-blocking coating composition, the basecoat coating composition, and the monocoat coating composition comprises from about 0.1 to about 70%, based on total binder, of a first binder resin and (b) each of the monocoat coating composition and the clearcoat coating composition comprises from about 0.1 to about 50%, based on total binder, of a second binder resin.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a black ink-jet ink, having a pH greater than 7, comprising a first aqueous vehicle, a carbon black pigment, and an amphoteric polymeric dispersant, wherein the amphoteric polymeric dispersant is a block copolymer comprising an A block and a B block, wherein the A block is a segment consisting essentially of an amine monomer; and the B block is a segment comprising an acidic monomer and at least one hydrophobic monomer; wherein the dispersant is neutralized, and with the proviso that the acid number is greater that the amine number, and the B block does not contain an amine monomer. The disclosure further pertains to an ink set comprising this black ink and at least a second ink which contains a reactive species with appropriate cationic agent, salt, or pH capable of destabilizing the carbon black dispersion.

Abstract: A polymer composition for a conductive roller composed of a rubber component whose main component is an epichlorohydrin rubber containing ethylene oxide at not less than 55 mol % nor more than 95 mol %. Thioureas are added to 100 g of the rubber component as a crosslinking agent at a rate not less than 0.014 mol nor more than 0.080 mol. In a compression set test of a vulcanized rubber described in JIS K6262, a compression set measured at 70° C. for 22-24 hours is less than 15%; and in a volume resistivity value test described in JIS K6911, a volume resistivity value measured at an applied voltage of 1000V is less than 107.5[?·cm].

Abstract: There is provided a composition comprising (a) at least one aqueous polymer dispersion, wherein said polymer is formed from a monomer mix comprising one or more carboxylic acid functional monomers; (b) at least one swelling agent; and (c) at least one polyvalent metal ion; wherein said composition is formed by a process comprising the step of forming a preliminary admixture of said dispersion (a) with some or all of said swelling agent (b), wherein the ratio of equivalents of polyvalent metal ions in said preliminary admixture to equivalents of carboxylic acid functional groups in said preliminary admixture is 0.25 or less.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer dispersion using RAFT compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked core/shell polymer particles containing a pigment which are usable in a water-based ink for ink-jet printing and exhibit excellent optical density and gloss and are prevented from suffering from occurrence of bronzing, wherein the polymer particles each include a core portion and a shell portion which are respectively made of a crosslinked polymer, and a weight ratio of the pigment to the pigment-containing crosslinked core/shell polymer particles [(weight of the pigment/weight of the pigment-containing crosslinked core/shell polymer particles)×100] is from 25 to 75. The present invention further relates to a water dispersion and a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which contain the crosslinked core/shell polymer particles and a process for producing crosslinked polymer particles.

Abstract: A paint composition is disclosed, the paint having a binder and an omnidirectional structural color pigment dispersed throughout the binder. The omnidirectional structural color pigment can be made from a plurality of flakes that have a multilayer structure, the pigment and the paint having a reflection band of less than 200 nanometers when viewed from angles between 0 to 45 degrees.

Abstract: A paper coating slip which comprises metal salt pigments in an amount of at least 40 parts by weight, based on the total amount of pigments, and an aqueous dispersion of water-soluble copolymers is described. The copolymers are obtainable by free radical polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated, anionic monomers with ethylenically unsaturated, nonionic monomers in the presence of polymeric stabilizers for water-in-water polymer dispersions. The paper coating slips have good rheological properties and good water retention behavior in the coating of paper or cardboard.

Abstract: An object thereof is to provide a thermosetting die-bonding film that is capable of preventing warping of an adherend by suppressing curing contraction of the film after die bonding, and a dicing die-bonding film. The present invention relates to a thermosetting die-bonding film for adhering and fixing a semiconductor element onto an adherend, wherein the gel fraction in an organic component after thermal curing is performed by a heat treatment at 120° C. for 1 hour is 20% by weight or less, and the gel fraction in the organic component after thermal curing is performed by a heat treatment at 175° C. for 1 hour is in a range of 10 to 30% by weight.

Abstract: Presently described are (e.g. microstructured) optical films and polymerizable resin compositions comprising at least one (meth)acrylate monomer comprising an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl ethylene group referred to as phenyl ethylene (meth)acrylate monomers.

Abstract: A binder for air drying paint, based on metal oxide-containing nanoparticles with unsaturated organic branches. At least one metal atom of the nanoparticle is chemically bound to an organic branch with at least one unsaturated ethylenic functionality. A process for preparation of the binder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for a structural acrylic adhesive that comprises an adhesion promoter including a phosphate ester and a high molecular-weight polyamine as a polymerisation accelerator.

Abstract: There provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) composition constituting a PSA layer, which may exhibit a plurality of properties in a well-balanced manner, and a PSA sheet including the PSA layer. The composition is an aqueous PSA composition in which an acrylic polymer serves as a main component and the acrylic polymer is dispersed in water, and contains: A) acrylic polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer raw material including alkyl(meth)acrylate as a main monomer, a first functional monomer having a first functional group to react with a hydrazino group, and a second functional monomer having a second functional group to react with a carbodiimide group; B) a hydrazine-based crosslinking agent; and C) a carbodiimide-based crosslinking agent.

Abstract: The present application provides novel nitrile rubbers comprising repeating units of at least one ?,?-unsaturated nitrile, at least one conjugated diene and optionally one or more further copolymerizable monomers which nitrile rubbers are distinguished by a specific calcium content as well as a specific chlorine content and dispose of specific thio end groups. Additionally, an improved polymerization and work-up process is provided to produce the aforementioned nitrile rubbers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a material set for recording, including: an ink including a recording material, an organic solvent, and water; and ink receiving particles including an organic resin including hydrophilic monomer components and one or more hydrophobic monomer components, the hydrophilic monomer components including a monomer component having a hydroxyl group and a monomer component having a dissociable group, an absolute value of a difference between a solubility parameter (SP value) of the organic solvent included in the ink and a solubility parameter (SP value) of monomer components included in the organic resin, other than the monomer component having a dissociable group, being less than 5.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pigment dispersion containing at least a pigment at a concentration of from 2 to 50 mass % in the pigment dispersion, and a polymer having from 2 to 50 mass % of repeating units represented by the following formula (1) and from 2 to 40 mass % of repeating units represented by the following formula (2), and having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 500,000. In formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, I represents —CO—, —COO—, etc., R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. In formula (2), R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, J represents —CO—, —COO—, etc., R5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, etc., W represents a single bond or a bivalent linking group, and P represents a heterocyclic residue having a hetero ring contained in an organic pigment.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition which has a low content of an organic solvent, whereby a burden on an environment is small; in which an increase of the molecular weight, gelation, etc. are suppressed; which performs excellent storage stability and provides a coating film having good water permeability/water which composition is obtained by dispersing a fluorocopolymer (A) obtained by solution polymerization in an aqueous medium, and which comprises a repeating unit (1) of fluoroolefin, a repeating unit (2) of a vinyl or allyl monomer, a repeating unit (3) of a vinyl or allyl monomer having a hydroxyl group bonded thereto, and a unit (4) of a vinyl or allyl monomer having a carboxylate group bonded thereto, and which comprises a fluorocopolymer (A) wherein a proportion of the repeating unit (4) is from 0.4 mol % to less than 4 mol % based on the total repeating units, and an aqueous medium, wherein an amount of an organic solvent contained in the composition is from 0 to 1 mass %.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a water-based adhesive composition that is an aqueous dispersion or emulsion of a polymer component having functional groups that are inactive in a reversible manner in the adhesive composition as prepared; and a water-soluble, or water emulsion, or dispersion of a cross linker component having functional groups wherein the functional groups are inactive in a reversible manner in the adhesive composition as prepared. Preferably the adhesive composition has a pH of from 7 to 11 and a volatile stabilizing base component is used to inactivate the functional groups and to provide the pH. The functional groups in the polymer component and the cross linker component are activated when the volatile base is removed during lamination heat treatment. The adhesive composition can be used to adhere a variety of plastic films to metal substrates without reliance on non-water-based adhesives.

Abstract: A pre-adhesive composition is described comprising an acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer and an aziridine crosslinking agent, which when crosslinked provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive and pressure-sensitive adhesive articles.

Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to curable gel inks, such as radiation-curable phase-change inks, and their use in forming images, such as through inkjet printing. More specifically, this disclosure is directed to radiation-curable gel inks, such as ultraviolet-light-curable phase-change inks, that comprise a curable gellant and a curable solid.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a particulate polymer of a monomer mixture comprising (a) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer; (b) at least one of (b?1) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 15 to 24 and the alkyl group being a linear alkyl group and (b?2) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 15 to 24 and the alkyl group being a branched alkyl group; and (c) a monoolefmically unsaturated monomer having a ketone group with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 8 to 14. Pressure sensitive adhesive tapes incorporating such adhesive compositions are also described.

Abstract: A process for removing ink from a printed media substrate. Such process includes the step of providing a media substrate including an ink printed image wherein the ink composition or the media substrate contains photolabile entities. Then the process includes the step of applying UV light on the printed substrate wherein the emitted UV light has a wavelength value which is below the threshold wavelength of the photolabile entities.

Abstract: A surface-treating agent comprises a fluoropolymer comprising (A) repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: (B) repeating units derived from a monomer free from a fluorine atom, and (C) optionally, repeating units derived from a crosslinkable monomer. The surface treating agent is excellent in water repellency, oil repellency and unsusceptibility to fouling even when the side chains are C4 or lower fluoroalkyl groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of forming absorbent materials and polymers used in absorbent materials, which are based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymers may be prepared under selected conditions of partial neutralization to provide relatively high conversions and/or relatively high values of molecular weight and/or selected amounts of repeating unit tacticity. The polymers may then be used in absorbing materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides a colorant dispersion for a recording ink containing at least a dispersant, a colorant, and water, wherein the dispersant is a polycarboxylic acid dispersant containing units represented by formulae (1) to (3): where R1, R2, and R4 are selected from a hydrogen atom and CH3; R3 is selected from a hydrogen atom and a C1-C3 alkyl group; R5 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group; AO and BO represent a C2-C3 oxyalkylene group; M is selected from alkali metal, alkali earth metal, ammonium, and organic amine; m represents an integer of 1 to 30; and n represents an integer of 5 to 50.

Abstract: A fast-drying ink composition comprising water, a fast-drying solvent mixture including a hydrophilic co-solvent having low enthalpy of evaporation, a surface-active humectant, and a colorant. The hydrophilic co-solvent may be selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol n-propyl ether, tripropylene glycol methyl ether, and dipropylene glycol methyl ether. The surface-active humectant may comprise a hydrophobic end having a repeating unit “n” ranging from 1 to 36 and selected from the group consisting of alkane-based (CH2)n, fluoro-based (CF2)n, and silicone-based (SiO)n, and a hygroscopic end having a repeating unit “i” ranging from 2 to 8 and selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, an amine group, a carboxyl group and an ester group.

Abstract: The invention provides an inkjet ink composition including a pigment and colloidal silica, the pigment being covered with a water-insoluble resin including a constituent unit having an acidic group, with which rub resistance of images formed and ink discharge reliability are excellent and deterioration of liquid repellency of an inkjet head member is suppressed.

Abstract: A polylactic acid resin composition in which polylactic acid is blended with dibasic acid bis(benzoylhydrazide) represented by general formula (I) below; and a process for producing heat-resistant polylactic acid resin moldings, wherein after the polylactic acid resin composition is melted, the polylactic acid resin composition melted is filled in a die of a molding machine and molded accompanied with crystallization, in which the temperature of the die has been set in a range not higher than the initiation temperature of crystallization and not lower than the glass transition temperature determined with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and polymers based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymers may be prepared under selected conditions of partial neutralization to provide relatively high conversions and/or relatively high values of molecular weight and/or selected amounts of repeating unit tacticity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and polymers based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymers may be prepared under selected conditions of partial neutralization to provide relatively high conversions and/or relatively high values of molecular weight and/or selected amounts of repeating unit tacticity. The polymers may then be used in detergent formulations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a curable liquid resin composition comprising: (A) a urethane(meth)acrylate having a structure originating from a polyol and a number average molecular weight of 800 g/mol or more, but less than 6,000 g/mol, and (B) a urethane(meth)acrylate having a structure originating from a polyol and a number average molecular weight of 6,000 g/mol or more, but less than 20,000 g/mol, wherein the total amount of the component (A) and component (B) is 20-95 wt % of the curable liquid resin composition and the content of the component (B) is 0.1-30 wt % of the total of the component (A) and component (B).

Abstract: A method for preparing acid-containing polymers by reacting them in the presence of end-capped polyols or amines in the presence of phosphorous-containing compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a pigment composition comprising the steps of combining a polymer and a pigment to form a mixture and heating the mixture to a temperature of between about 70° C. and 250° C. to form the pigment composition. The method may further comprise the step of dispersing the pigment composition in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous pigment dispersion. The pigment compositions and aqueous pigment compositions can be used in an inkjet ink composition, which is also disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous ink composition including a colorant, a polymer including a hydrophobic structural unit (a) represented by the following formula (1), a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound including an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and water: 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; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; L2 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, an alkyloxy group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, an aryloxy group, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, or a nitro group.

Abstract: The present invention provides an emulsion composition for a vibration damper, which has heating and drying properties high enough to form an excellent coating film which can exhibit excellent damping without swelling during drying by heating, and an emulsion composition for a vibration damper, which can exhibit basic performances demanded in vibration dampers, in particular, markedly superior anti-sagging even under the condition of high humidity or a thick film where the coating film may sag in conventional technologies, and thus can be useful in vibration dampers of various structures. The emulsion composition for a vibration damper includes an emulsion obtainable by emulsion polymerization of monomer components, the emulsion composition containing 0.5 to 20% by mass of a film-forming agent with a weight average molecular weight of 100 to 20000 in 100% by mass of the emulsion composition.

Abstract: An ink composition, includes: water-insoluble polymer particles comprising a colorant and a water-insoluble polymer; and a compound represented by the following Formula (A), 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: wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms; R3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 may be the same as or different from each other, but R1 and R2 do not both represent a hydrogen atom at the same time; R1 to R3 may each have a substituent; m and n each independently represent an average addition mole number of AO of from 0 to 30; and AO represents an alkylene oxy group.

Abstract: A homogenous, aqueous, energy curable, stereo cross linkable ionomer containing coating composition and a method of preparing same.

Abstract: An adhesive agent, which contains a light starting agent and is cured by light, is added with fillers in which the difference in refractive indices between the adhesive agent and the fillers is not larger than ±0.02. Even if the adhesive agent is added with functional fillers, this addition method allows the suppression of a lowering in the light penetrability of the adhesive agent. As a result, it becomes possible to suppress the uncuring and shrinkage of the photo-curing type adhesive agent and to perform the bonding of components with high accuracy.

Abstract: A pre-adhesive composition is described comprising an acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer and an acylaziridine crosslinking agent, which when crosslinked provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive and pressure-sensitive adhesive articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispersant composition comprising at least one non-ionic surfactant and at least one polymer comprising at least one salt of a carboxylic acid group. Also disclosed are pigment compositions and aqueous coating compositions comprising the dispersant composition.

Abstract: Polymer electrolyte for an electrochemical generator based on at least a four branched polymer, at least a poly(vinylyldienefluoride), a poly(vinyldiene fluoro-co-hexafluoropropene copolymer), a poly(tetrafluoroethylene), a poly(ethylene-co-propylene-co-5-methylene-2-norbornene) or an ethylene propylene-diene copolymer, a polyol, a poly(methylmethacrylate, a poly(acrylonitrile), SiO2Al2O3, or nano TiO2 non coated or coated with an organic material. This electrolyte allows to prepare electrolytic compositions that can be used in high performance electrochemical devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new binder composition for an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor which comprises a binder good in binding force and excellent in heat resistance, an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor having this binder, and an electric double layer capacitor which is high in capacity and is electrochemically stable by use of a binder composition for an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor comprising a binder polymer and water, wherein said binder polymer comprises: 50 to 98% by mole of monomer units (a) derived from a compound represented by the following general formula: CH2?CR1—COOR2 (1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R2 represents an alkyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, 1 to 30% by mole of monomer units (b) derived from an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile compound, and 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising (d) at least one binder (A) having reactive groups, (e) at least one crosslinking agent (B) which is able to react, with crosslinking with the reactive groups of the binder (A), and at least one catalyst (C) for the crosslinking of silane groups, one or more constituents (A) and/or (B) and/or at least one further constituent of the coating composition containing hydrolyzable silane groups, wherein the catalyst (C) is a phosphoric acid compound, more particularly phosphoric acid or phosphonic acid, which is blocked with an amine having a pKb?3 and a boiling point >100° C.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion-type acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes acrylic copolymer emulsion particles dispersed in an aqueous medium. The acrylic copolymer emulsion particles has a ratio (ANIN)/(ANSUR) of 1 or more, wherein (ANIN) is an amount of acid groups in the acrylic copolymer emulsion particles, and (ANSUR) is an amount of acid groups on the surfaces of the acrylic copolymer emulsion particles, (ANIN) and (ANSUR) being calculated from a titration curve of potentiometric titration performed by adding an inorganic base solution to an acidic sample dispersion solution containing the acrylic copolymer emulsion particles dispersed in ion exchange water. A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which strongly adheres to an adherend and has excellent removability can be formed using the aqueous dispersion-type acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.

Abstract: A composition that will automatically flow (auto-flow) and form a fillet (self-fillet) will have a yield stress within the range of 1.8 Pa to 10 Pa (20 dynes/cm2 to 100 dynes/cm2). Such a composition can be designed by using an appropriate choice of filler, regardless of the resin system used in the composition.