Abstract: A tire includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) system and a rubber patch including a topping rubber topping the RFID system, wherein the topping rubber includes a raw material rubber and a reinforcing filler including a boron nitride. In the tire including a RFID system, since the RFID system is covered with a rubber similar to a nearby rubber, generation of a boundary therebetween is suppressed to lower a possibility of the occurrence of initial cracking at a portion where the RFID system is applied, thus increasing durability and safety, and since insulating properties of the rubber covering the RFID system are enhanced, a recognition distance of the RFID system is increased to further facilitate management of distribution and history.

Abstract: Provided herein are coating compositions comprising the reaction product of a tetra alkyoxyorthosilicate or a partially condensed oligomer thereof and a polyester resin containing hydroxyl groups. The coating compositions advantageously have a high solid content and/or low volatile organic content (VOC) in combination with a low viscosity. The coating compositions are capable of drying quickly, curing in ambient conditions and may be formulated in one-pack.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, comprising polysilazane, polysiloxane, and a boron constituent. The compositions may further comprise carbon nanofibers. Also provided is a method for forming the compositions, composites formed from a composition, and a method for forming composites from a composition by mixing the compositions with fibers and curing the composition-fiber mixture.

Abstract: A tire dressing composition is provided that includes at least one silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature. An amine functionalized silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature is also present. A thickener is present to yield a coating from the composition has limited sag, low tack upon coating formation, and desirable durability properties. An organic solvent is present in which the at least one silicone fluid and the amine functionalized silicone fluid are soluble or suspended. A process is provided for dressing a tire having a previous silicone coating thereon, the process including applying the tire dressing composition and allowing a solvent to evaporate from the composition to form a tire dressing coating. The coating producing an initial gloss of great than 200 units.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to ready to use (wet) and setting (dry) repair products with antistatic additives having reduced persistent airborne dust particulates upon sanding thereof. Such wet and dry repair products include, in part, an antistatic additive(s) that can reduce or eliminate the static charge that forms in dust particulates when dried repair products, such as spackling compounds, cementitious materials, and joint compounds, are sanded, for example. In turn, this can help reduce the quantity of airborne dust particulates, the time in which they are suspended, and the distance they travel in a given room or job site. In one example, a repair product for use as a dry repair compound can include an anti-static additive, which can include a cationic charge, and optionally a metal complex. In another example, the repair product further includes water to define a wet or ready to use repair product.

Abstract: A composition having nanoparticles of a boron carbide and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising boron and an organic component. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining boron and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight, and heating to form boron carbide or boron nitride nanoparticles.

Abstract: A composition having nanoparticles of silicon carbide and a carbonaceous matrix or silicon matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition having silicon and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining silicon and the organic compound and heating to form silicon carbide or silicon nitride nanoparticles.

Abstract: A coating composition for a golf ball and a coated golf ball are disclosed. The coating composition comprises a polyurethane and a boron-containing compound that improves the adhesion of the coating to a printed image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyisocyanate-based impregnating resin system, which is a liquid polyisocyanate mixture, containing more than 50% by weight MDI based di- and polyisocyanates, and one or more, originally powdery inorganic hydroxides. The resin system of the invention is suitable for the preparation of prepregs. The invention relates also to the prepreg that can be manufactured with the use of the resin system, and use thereof. Among the uses of the invention one important is the use of the prepreg for lining chimneys.

Abstract: Disclosed are a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin compound and a preparation method thereof. The disclosed wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin compound comprises a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin having a high melting point, and an inorganic filler having a high thermal conductivity. In addition, the disclosed wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin compound can be prepared by using a twin screw extruder having a barrel temperature of 350 to 450° C.

Abstract: A polymerizable monomer mixture containing one or more silicon-containing biomedical device-forming monomers and a diluent; wherein the diluent comprises a boric acid ester of a monohydric alcohol is disclosed.

Abstract: Ionic liquid (IL)-mediated sol-gel hybrid organic-inorganic materials present enormous potential for effective use in analytical microextraction. One obstacle to materializing this prospect arises from high viscosity of ILs significantly slowing down sol-gel reactions. A method was developed which provides phosphonium-based, pyridinium-based, and imidazolium-based IL-mediated advanced sol-gel organic-inorganic hybrid materials for capillary microextraction. Scanning electron microscopy results demonstrate that ILs can serve as porogenic agents in sol-gel reactions. IL-mediated sol-gel coatings prepared with silanol-terminated polymers provided up to 28 times higher extractions compared to analogous sol-gel coatings prepared without any IL in the sol solution.

Abstract: A tire dressing composition is provided that includes at least one silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature. An amine functionalized silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature is also present. A thickener is present to yield a coating from the composition has limited sag, low tack upon coating formation, and desirable durability properties. An organic solvent is present in which the at least one silicone fluid and the amine functionalized silicone fluid are soluble or suspended. A process is provided for dressing a tire having a previous silicone coating thereon, the process including applying the tire dressing composition and allowing a solvent to evaporate from the composition to form a tire dressing coating. The coating producing an initial gloss of great than 200 units.

Abstract: A near-infrared absorptive liquid dispersion, which contains a near-infrared absorptive compound represented by formula (1) that is dispersed in a form of fine particles in a dispersing medium: wherein R1a and R1b may be the same or different, and each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R2 and R3 is an electron withdrawing group; R2 may be bonded to R3 to form a ring; and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a substituted boron, or a metal atom, and R4 may be covalently bonded or coordinately bonded to at least one among R1a, R1b and R3.

Abstract: A tire dressing composition is provided that includes at least one silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature. An amine functionalized silicone fluid having a viscosity of between 40 and 500,000 centiStokes at room temperature is also present. A thickener is present to yield a coating from the composition has limited sag, low tack upon coating formation, and desirable durability properties. An organic solvent is present in which the at least one silicone fluid and the amine functionalized silicone fluid are soluble or suspended. A process is provided for dressing a tire having a previous silicone coating thereon, the process including applying the tire dressing composition and allowing a solvent to evaporate from the composition to form a tire dressing coating. The coating producing an initial gloss of great than 200 units.

Abstract: A resin composition including the following components (A) to (C): (A) polyarylene sulfide resin: 20 wt %<component (A)?60 wt %; (B) hexagonal boron nitride: 8 wt %?component (B)?55 wt %; and (C) flat glass fiber: 15 wt % ?component (C)?55 wt % wherein the amount ratio of each component is a weight percentage relative to the total amount of the components (A) to (C).

Abstract: An abrasive that can impart a mirror finish, glossiness, or the like to a surface of a workpiece by blasting is provided. A crosslinked polyrotaxane compound having a network structure where crosslinking points are circular molecules of polyrotaxane and also having abrasive grains dispersedly mixed therein is obtained by causing chemical bonding between the circular molecules of the polyrotaxane in a state where the abrasive grains and the polyrotaxane are mixed. Then, the crosslinked polyrotaxane compound is granulated to a predetermined grain diameter to obtain a gel-like abrasive where a part of the dispersedly mixed abrasive grain is exposed at the surface. By using the thus-obtained gel-like abrasive in blasting by projecting the abrasive at an angle tilted with respect to a surface of a workpiece, mirror finishing or the like is possible without making the surface of the workpiece pearskin-like.

Abstract: An aggregate of functional particles includes a plurality of functional particles and an insulating material for covering the plurality of functional particles, and a large number of aggregates of functional particles are filled in a resin. Alternatively, insulating functional particles are added to the plurality of functional particles by an amount less than 50% of that of the functional particles in volume ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coating formed from a composition containing a film-forming resin and a plurality of particles dispersed in the resin. The average particle size of the particles is 0.1 to 50 microns, and the particles have a hardness sufficient to impart greater mar and/or scratch resistance to the coating as compared to a coating where no particles are present. Also, the difference between the refractive ranges from 1 to 1.5. A method for preparing a powder coating including the particles also is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a molding compound, comprising the following components: a) 60 to 96% by weight polyaryletherketone, b) 2 to 25% by weight hexagonal bornite, and c) 2 to 25% by weight talcum, wherein the sum of the parts by weight of components a), b), and c) is 100. Said compounds can be used to produce a film having a thickness of 5 to 1200 ?m, which is suitable for producing dimensionally stable circuit boards.

Abstract: The present invention provides a die bonding material for an optical semiconductor device which has high thermal conductivity and can prevent cracking in an optical semiconductor device including the die bonding material. The die bonding material for an optical semiconductor device includes: a first silicone resin containing a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom, a second silicone resin not containing a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom, but containing an alkenyl group, a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of anhydrous magnesium carbonate represented by chemical formula MgCO3 not containing crystal water and coated bodies including the anhydrous magnesium carbonate and an organic resin, a silicone resin, or silica coated on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A curable resin composition containing: (A) an organic compound containing in a molecule at least two carbon-carbon double-bonds having reactivity with a SiH group; (B) a compound containing in a molecule at least two SiH groups; and (C) a heat-conductive filler, which is at least one species selected from the group consisting of a-alumina, hexagonal boron nitride, aluminum nitride and zinc oxide, and is a particle wherein a primary particle has a number average particle diameter of at least 0.10 ?m, wherein heat conductivity after curing is at least 0.8 W/mK.

Abstract: A remedial railroad tie repair treatment capable of extending the useful life of a railroad tie. The remedial repair treatment comprises a mixture of a borate solution and a chemical tie plugging compound combined that, when applied to a wooden area of interest, will delay the decay thereof and facilitate penetration of the borate through the wood fibers. The remedial repair treatment may alternatively comprise sequential application of the borate solution and the plugging compound to the wooden area of interest.

Abstract: Thermosetting compositions comprising an adhesion-promoting agent are disclosed. The adhesion-promoting agent is derived from boric acid or an equivalent and an ester having two or more functional groups that are derived at least in part from a 1,3-polyol.

Abstract: A sol to form an inorganic-organic hybrid coating having a thick highly transparent hard coating is described. The hybrid coating is formed from a combined aqueous sol with least one hydrolyzable silane and at least one hydrolyzable metal oxide precursor where the only organic solvents present are those liberated upon hydrolysis of the silanes and metal oxide precursors. In one embodiment an inorganic-organic hybrid coating is formed by combination of a sol, prepared by the hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane and ?-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane with an excess of water, and a sol, prepared by the hydrolysis of titanium tetrabutoxide and ?-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane with a deficiency of water. A plastic substrate can be coated with the combined sol and the combined sol gelled to a thickness of at least 5 ?m with heating to less than 150° C.

Abstract: A curable composition, containing a near-infrared absorptive dye represented by formula (1): wherein R1a and R1b may be the same or different, and each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R2 and R3 is an electron withdrawing group; R2 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a substituted boron, or a metal atom, and R4 may be covalently bonded or coordinately bonded to at least one among R1a, R1b and R3.

Abstract: Aromatic sulfonimide ionene polymers useful as membranes in electrochemical cells are prepared.

Abstract: Aromatic sulfonimide ionene compositions useful as monomers for polymers in electrochemical cells are prepared.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal conductive silicone composition containing a siloxane which contains a hydrolytic group represented by the formula (1): where R1 is a group containing an alkoxysilyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 is a siloxy represented by the following formula (2) or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, X is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a and b are integers of 1 or more, c is an integer of 0 or more, the sum of a+b+c is an integer of 4 or more, R3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, provided that R3s may be the same as or different from each other; R4 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, Y is a group selected from a methyl group, a vinyl group and R1, and d is an integer of 2 to 500.

Abstract: Compounds containing a lanthanide rare earth element or yttrium are effective catalysts for the polymerization of macrocyclic polyester oligomers. The catalysts are stable at elevated temperatures, and the polymerization is rapid, resulting in high monomer conversion, high molecular weight, and a mechanically sound material.

Abstract: Metal amide and metal alkoxide species have been found to catalyze the ring opening polymerization of macrocyclic polyester oligomers. The catalysts provide rapid polymerization, high monomer conversion, high molecular weight, and a mechanically sound material.

Abstract: N-heterocyclic carbenes are effective catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic amides. The catalysts provide rapid polymerization, high monomer conversion, high molecular weight, and a mechanically sound material.

Abstract: Mixtures or adducts of N-heterocyclic carbenes with metal amides or metal alkoxides are effective catalysts for the polymerization of macrocyclic polyester oligomers. The catalysts are stable at polymerization temperatures, and the polymerization is rapid, resulting in high monomer conversion, high molecular weight, and a mechanically sound material.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition characterized by its flame retardance is disclosed. The composition contains A) aromatic poly(ester) carbonate having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 25,000, B) (co)polyester and C) graft (co)polymer having a core-shell morphology, comprising a grafted shell that contains polymerized alkyl(meth)acrylate and a composite rubber core that contains interpenetrated and inseparable polyorganosiloxane and poly(meth)alkyl acrylate where the weight ratio of polyorganosiloxane/poly(meth)alkylacrylate/grafted shell is 70-90/5-15/5-15, D) phosphorus-containing compound, E) fluorinated polyolefin and F) boron compound having average particle diameter of 2 to 10 microns.

Abstract: Aqueous polyurethane dispersions comprising polyurethane polymer and methods for making and using same are disclosed herein. In one aspect of the present invention, aqueous polyurethane dispersions, comprising a polyurethane polymer having a weight average molecular weight ranging from 20,000 to 80,000, are prepared by controlling the weight average molecular weight of the polymer by reacting the isocyanate terminated prepolymer with at least one chain terminating agent; and/or maintaining a N/COOH molar ratio of amine in the neutralizing agent to acid functional group in the isocyanate reactive compound to from about 0.5:1 to about 1:1.

Abstract: Macrocyclic oligoesters and compositions comprising macrocyclic oligoesters are prepared from intermediate molecular weight polyesters. In one embodiment, a diol is contacted with a dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylate in the presence of a catalyst to produce a composition comprising a hydroxyalkyl-terminated polyester oligomer. The hydroxyalkyl-terminated polyester oligomer is heated to produce a composition comprising an intermediate molecular weight polyester which preferably has a molecular weight between about 20,000 Daltons and about 70,000 Daltons. The intermediate molecular weight polyester is heated and a solvent is added prior to or during the heating process to produce a composition comprising a macrocyclic oligoester. An optional step is to separate the macrocyclic oligoester from the composition comprising the macrocyclic oligoester.

Abstract: There is disclosed a polyurethane composition with a glass cullet filler. The composition comprises at least one polyol, an isocyanate, a catalyst and glass cullet. The glass cullet has an average particle size of not greater than 100 mesh and not less than 325 mesh. A method of producing a polyurethane composition with a glass cullet filler is also disclosed.

Abstract: A curable dental restorative composition comprising about 1 to about 90 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of a filler component, the filler component comprising about 10 to 100 wt %, based on the total weight of the filler component, of a surface reactive glass component; about 1 to about 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of water; and about 10 to about 97 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of a curable organic component, comprising about 50 to about 99 wt %, based on the total weight of the curable organic component, of an ethylenically unsaturated resin component, about 1 to about 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the curable organic component, of an ethylenically unsaturated phosphoric acid ester; and about 0.01 to about 5 wt % of a curing system.

Abstract: A photocurable composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group, (B) from 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of a cationic dye having an absorption maximum wavelength in the wavelength region of from 400 to 1,200 nm represented by formula (1: D+·A1−  (1) wherein D+ represents a cation having an absorption maximum wavelength in the wavelength region of from 400 to 1,200 nm, and A1 31 represents an anion, and (C) from 0.

Abstract: A heat curable silicone rubber composition, having improved resistance to engine coolants and oils, including long-life coolants and synthetic motor oils, comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of an organosiloxane polymer base comprising an organosiloxane polymer containing at least 2 silicon-bonded alkenyl groups in each molecule and 1 to 65 weight percent reinforcing silica filler, (B) curing component sufficient to cure the composition when heated, and (C) an effective amount of at least one metal salt additive selected from the group consisting of monobasic alkali metal phosphates, alkali metal oxalates, alkali metal tartrates, alkali metal tetraborates, alkali metal phthalates, alkali metal citrates; dibasic metal phosphates where the metal is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium; metal acetates, where the metal is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium; metal sulfates where the metal is selected from the group consisting of s

Abstract: Dental material based on polymerizable (for example ethylenically unsaturated) monomers, epoxides, ormocers, liquid crystal monomers, oxethanes, spiro-orthoesters or spiro-carbonates as binders, a catalyst for cold, hot and/or photo-polymerization, and fillers, and a process for its preparation. Porous glass ceramics, a process for their preparation and uses thereof are also described. Dental materials according to the invention are suitable as alternative materials to the use of amalgam fillings.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cis-bridged metal complex of the formula (I) where R5 is an electron-withdrawing radical, and catalyst systems based on these complexes for copolymerizing carbon monoxide and olefinically unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel screen printable thermosetting composition for forming thermally conductive interface and a method of using the same. The composition is used to promote the transfer of heat from a source of heat such as an electronic device to a heat dissipation device such as a heat sink. The composition comprises by weight from about 35% to about 75% of a thermal curing vinyl terminated siloxane material, from about 0.005% to about 5% catalyst, from about 10% to about 30% hydrocarbon solvent and from about 20% to about 70% conductive filler.

Abstract: The invention is high temperature emulsion composition comprising borax and a substantially water-insoluble polymer prepared by aqueous suspension polymerizing a blend of monomers, said blend comprising a plasticizing amount by weight of at least one plasticizing alkyl acrylate monomer, a hardening amount by weight of at least one hardening alkyl acrylate monomer and a crosslinking amount by weight of at least one multi-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, in an aqueous suspension comprising a water-soluble polymer component comprising at least one acrylic polymer having carboxylate functionality, its method of use and coated substrates made therewith.

Abstract: The catalyst systems comprise as active constituentsa) a metal complex of the formula (I) ##STR1## b) one or more Lewis or protic acids or a mixture of Lewis and protic acids.

Abstract: A catalyst composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a titanium compound, a complexing agent, a solvent, and optionally a cocatalyst. The cocatalyst can be a cobalt/aluminum catalyst, an antimony compound, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed is a process for producing the composition. The process comprises combining a titanium compound, a complexing agent, a solvent, and optionally a cocatalyst. Further disclosed is a process for using the composition which comprises contacting a carbonyl compound, in the presence of the composition, with an alcohol under a condition suitable for esterification, transesterification, polymerization, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides chromate-free coating mixtures, and coatings formed from these mixtures, that protect an underlying aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate from corrosion. The coating mixtures include a continuous phase selected from organic polymeric compositions, or sol-gels, and a distributed phase, dispersed or dissolved throughout the continuous phase. The distributed phase includes the corrosion-inhibiting chromate-free salts. In accordance with the invention, the mixture of salts includes (1) a first salt selected from (a) the esters of rare earth metals, such as cerium and lanthanum oxalates and acetates, and (b) the vanadate salts of alkali and alkali earth metals, such as sodium metavanadate and calcium metavanadate; and (2) a second salt that is a borate salt of alkali earth metals, such as barium metaborate. In certain embodiments, the coatings of the invention include both (a), and (b), in conjunction with the borate salt (2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a screen printable thermosetting composition for forming thermally conductive interface and a method of using the same. The composition is used to promote the transfer of heat from a source of heat such as an electronic device to a heat dissipation device such as a heat sink. The composition comprises by weight from about 35% to about 75% of a thermal curing vinyl terminated siloxane material, from about 0.005% to about 5% catalyst, from about 10% to about 30% hydrocarbon solvent and from about 20% to about 70% conductive filler.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyoxymethylene copolymers, wherein 1,3,5-trioxane is polymerized with generally known comonomers in the presence of a strong protonic acid initiator and in the presence of a formaldehyde dialkyl acetal, and wherein the initiator is dissolved in the formaldehyde dialkyl acetal before admixing to the trioxane and the comonomers.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyoxymethylene copolymers, wherein 1,3,5-trioxane is polymerized with generally known comonomers in the presence of a strong protonic acid initiator and in the presence of a formaldehyde dialkyl acetal, and wherein the initiator is dissolved in the formaldehyde dialkyl acetal before admixing to the trioxane and the comonomers.