Abstract: The present invention provides a method for tinting an optical substrate. The method includes the steps of applying a coating composition containing: a polymerisable monomer having a polyoxyalkylene backbone containing at least four contiguous oxyalkylene units, and an abrasion resistant agent and/or a high crosslinking polymerisable monomer to the optical substrate, polymerising the coating composition to form an abrasion resistant coating layer, and introducing a tinting compound into the coating layer to thereby tint the optical substrate. The invention also provides a coating composition and an optical substrate that is tinted according to the method of the invention.

Abstract: To provide a resist composition including: at least one polymerizable compound having a viscosity of 100 mPa·s or less at 25° C.; a fluorine-containing compound A having a viscosity of 5,000 mPa·s or greater at 25° C., and a fluorine content of 10% by mass or greater; and a fluorine-containing compound B having a viscosity of 2,000 mPa·s or less at 25° C., and a fluorine content of 10% by mass or greater.

Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugated polymers and dendrimers containing styryl-triarylamine structural units, to the use thereof in electronic components, in particular in polymeric organic light-emitting diodes, to monomers for the preparation thereof, and to components and light-emitting diodes comprising polymers and dendrimers of this type.

Abstract: A method for producing a fine-particle-dispersed polyol (I) is provided, the method including the steps (1) and (n?1): the step (1) of polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b) in a polyol (a), in the presence of fine particles (P1) and a radical polymerization initiator (c), so as to obtain a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (B2); and the step (n?1) of polymerizing (b) in a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (B(n?1)), in the presence of (c), so as to obtain a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (Bn) or the fine-particle-dispersed polyol (I), where n represents an integer of 3 to 7, wherein (P1) have a volume-average particle diameter (R1) of 0.01 ?m to 1.0 ?m, and a concentration of (b) in the step (1) is 7 wt % to 40 wt %.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel electron deficient olefins, such as certain 2-cyanoacrylates and methylidene malonates, prepared using an imine or an iminium salt.

Abstract: Methods for making a heterogeneous polymer blend comprising one or more anionic polymers, one or more cationic polymers, and one or more non-ionic polymers, which method comprises (a) adding to a non-neutral solution a first amount of polymerization initiator and one or more anionic or cationic monomers, wherein each monomer has the same charge; (b) adding a second amount of the polymerization initiator and one or more non-ionic monomers; (c) adding a third amount of the polymerization initiator and one or more ionic monomers that are oppositely charged from the monomers of (a); adding stepwise, a fourth amount of the polymerization initiator to react any residual monomer, and (e) neutralizing the resulting polymer blend. Also claimed are heterogeneous polymer blends containing polymers formed from one or more anionic, cationic, and non-ionic monomers, either polymerized in situ or separately and then combined.

Abstract: A novel compound (I) represented by the following formula (1) is provided which is suitable for a dental composition and has a polymerizable group, a carboxyl group and a phosphoric acid group. A method for producing a polymerizable amide is provided, which method can make a condensation reaction of a carboxylic acid with an amine to proceed easily and is excellent in safety: wherein R1, R2 and R3 each independently are a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a substituent; (A) and (B) are each any constituent unit; m is an integer of from 1 to 3; n is an integer of from 1 to 3; R4 is an organic group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms which may have a substituent; R5 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, R6 and R7 each independently are a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, or a metal atom.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for making aqueous dispersions of polymer-enclosed particles, such as nanoparticles, polymerizable polymers useful in such a method, and cationic electrodepositable compositions comprising such aqueous dispersions.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable by emulsion polymerization of monomers in the presence of inorganic polymer particles (inorganic particles for short) which are dispersible in the aqueous phase without surface-active assistants.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions, the dispersed particles of which comprise at least one effect substance from the group consisting of UV absorbers, antistatics, antioxidants and antifogging agents and have a mean particle size of at most 500 nm and a glass transition temperature of at least 85° C. and which can be obtained by emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of at least one effect substance, and to the use of the polymer dispersions comprising effect substances or of the polymer powders obtained therefrom for the finishing and for the stabilizing of polymers, in particular for the stabilizing of thermoplastic polymers, against the effect of UV radiation.

Abstract: The invention is a method of producing an essentially electrically neutral polymer dispersion, comprising a polymerizing one or more monomers in the presence of a nonionic surfactant, wherein the polymerization preferably occurs in the absence of ionic surfactants. The invention also includes methods of producing positively or negatively charged polymer dispersions comprising producing the essentially nonionic polymer dispersion and further adding a cationically-charged or anionically-charged surfactant or electrolyte. The invention further includes dispersions produced by the methods of the invention and polymer films and powders produced from these dispersions.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to reduce odor of a water-absorbent resin during absorption of water. Such the invention is attained by a process for production of a water-absorbent resin by subjecting a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer to reversed-phase suspension polymerization. The process comprises the following steps (A) to (C): (A) adding an aqueous solution of water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer to a petroleum hydrocarbon dispersion medium to disperse the aqueous solution in the dispersion medium; (B) adding a surfactant to the emulsion to further disperse the emulsion; and (C) performing the reversed-phase suspension polymerization using a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, optionally in the presence of an internal-crosslinking agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylated hyaluronic acid product and to processes for the production thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are coating compositions exhibiting corrosion resistance properties. These compositions include a non-chrome corrosion resisting filler and a radiation curable film-forming binder comprising an unsaturated monomer comprising a nitrogen-containing cyclic structure and one ethylenically unsaturated double bond. Also disclosed are methods for roll coating a metal coil.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and composite colorant polymer particles, wherein the composite colorant polymer particles having a colorant phase and a polymer phase, the polymer phase of the particles being formed in situ in the presence of the colorant, the composite colorant polymer particles not increasing in mean particle size more than about 50% when said ink is incubated for one week at 60° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugated polymers and dendrimers containing styryl-triarylamine structural units, to the use thereof in electronic components, in particular in polymeric organic light-emitting diodes, to monomers for the preparation thereof, and to components and light-emitting diodes comprising polymers and dendrimers of this type.

Abstract: The ink jet recording method of the invention includes providing a recording medium with an undercoat liquid containing a polymer and an oligomer, semi-curing the provided undercoat liquid, and recording an image by discharging an ink curable by irradiation onto the semi-cured undercoat liquid.

Abstract: An ink composition for inkjet-recording, which shows a high sensitivity to irradiation with actinic radiation and is able to form an image with superior curability, permitting the image formed after curing to have sufficient adhesiveness to a recording medium, as well as to have excellent flexibility in the formed image portion, and an inkjet-recording method using the same is provided: wherein the ink composition for inkjet-recording comprises (A) a compound having a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a cyclic amine structure in the molecule, (B) a compound having a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an alicyclic structure in the molecule, and (C) a radical polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A binder for an electric double layer capacitor electrode, which includes a copolymer (A) including monomer units derived from at least one compound (a) represented by the following general formula (1): CH2?CR1—COOR2 ??(1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, the glass transition temperature obtained by homopolymerizing the compound (a) being less than 0° C., and monomer units derived from at least one compound (b) selected from acrylic acid alkyl esters, methacrylic acid alkyl esters, aromatic vinyl compounds, and ?,?-unsaturated nitrile compounds, the glass transition temperature obtained by homopolymerizing the compound (b) being 0° C. or higher, wherein the total content of the monomer units derived from the compound (a) and those derived from the compound (b) is 90% or more by weight per 100% of the whole copolymer (A), and the glass transition temperature of the copolymer (A) is 10° C.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel thermosetting resin compositions which do not require solvent to provide a system having suitable viscosity for convenient handling. Invention compositions have the benefit of undergoing rapid cure. The resulting thermosets are stable to elevated temperatures, are highly flexible, have low moisture uptake and are consequently useful in a variety of applications, e.g., in adhesive applications since they display good adhesion to both the substrate and the device attached thereto.

Abstract: Compositions for use in optical fiber coatings, optical fibers and optical fiber arrays using these coatings and methods for making the same are disclosed. The composition comprises a combination of two different radiation curable urethanes, and can further comprise one or more reactive monomers.

Abstract: The invention provides a clearcoat coating composition containing either one acrylic polymer with secondary hydroxyl functionality and carbamate functionality or two acrylic polymers, the first having secondary hydroxyl functionality and the second having carbamate functionality; a carbamate-functional or urea-functional material that is the reaction product of (1) a compound comprising a primary carbamate or primary urea group and an hydroxyl group and (2) a compound that is reactive with hydroxyl groups on a plurality of molecules of compound (1), but that is not reactive with the carbamate or urea groups on compound (1); and a crosslinking component including an aminoplast crosslinker. A windshield sealant can be applied directly to the clearcoat layer produced from the composition without the need for a special primer layer.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel thermosetting resin compositions which do not require solvent to provide a system having suitable viscosity for convenient handling. Invention compositions have the benefit of undergoing rapid cure. The resulting thermosets are stable to elevated temperatures, are highly flexible, have low moisture uptake and are consequently useful in a variety of applications, e.g., in adhesive applications since they display good adhesion to both the substrate and the device attached thereto.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel thermosetting resin compositions which do not require solvent to provide a system having suitable viscosity for convenient handling. Invention compositions have the benefit of undergoing rapid cure. The resulting thermosets are stable to elevated temperatures, are highly flexible, have low moisture uptake and are consequently useful in a variety of applictions, e.g., in adhesive applications since they display good adhesion to both the substrate and the device attached thereto.

Abstract: A toughened cyanoacrylate adhesive composition including a cyanoacrylate monomer and an elastomeric copolymer soluble in the monomer, the copolymer being the reaction product of an olefin C2-20 and a (meth)acrylate ester. The invention further discloses novel elastomeric copolymers which do not contain additives or functional groups which can interfere with the cure rate or stability of the adhesive composition in which they are included. Benefits of the copolymers include improved toughness of the cured adhesive composition as measured by Dynamic Mechanical Analysis.

Abstract: This invention provides a curable resin composition for one-pack type water-based paint which is readily cured regardless of coating environment, said resin composition comprising copolymer (I) which is produced by the copolymerization of unsaturated group-containing urethane prepolymer (A) which is obtained from a reaction of diisocyanate compound (a), glycol compound (b), carboxyl group-containing glycol compound (c) and hydroxyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (d), with maleimide group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (e), carbonyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (f) and another ethylenically unsaturated monomer (g), and compound (II) which has, per molecule, two or more same or different functional groups selected from hydrazide group, semicarbazide group and hydrazone group

Abstract: An objective of the invention is to provide a conjugated diene-based rubber having a specific composition and an oil extended rubber using the same, as well as a rubber composition capable of being converted into a vulcanized rubber which has a low rolling resistance, an excellent wearing resistance and the like, and is useful for a tire or the like. A conjugated diene-based rubber in the invention has repeating units consisting of 1 to 30% by mass of an olefinically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit such as acrylonitrile, 10 to 50% by mass of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit such as styrene, 19.9 to 88.9% by mass of a conjugated diene monomer unit such as 1,3-butadiene and 0.1 to 10% by mass of a monomer unit having one polymerizable unsaturated group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, a carboxyl group and an alkoxysilyl group, and has a specific glass transition point and a Mooney viscosity [ML1+4(100° C.

Abstract: The reaction of unsaturated carbonates such as vinyl ethylene carbonate with N-aminoethylimidazolidone (TAM) under mild conditions generates a mixture of two vinyl and hydroxy functional imidazolidone carbamates which polymerize readily into acrylate or vinyl acetate based emulsion polymers. The polymers show enhanced wet adhesion (wet scrubbability) in latex paints and coatings.

Abstract: Methods for elastifying and extending polymers with EVA copolymers, PVC homopolymers or PVC copolymers in gel form are described. The elastified and extended polymers are useful as sealing materials, adhesives and sealants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the method and composition of a hydrophilic polymer dispersion containing an inorganic flocculent to be used for the treatment of waste water. More particularly, it relates to the method and composition of a hydrophilic polymer dispersion containing an inorganic flocculent, which has the properties of declining and reducing the water content of flock as well as water content of sludge cake obtained after treating the waste water.

Abstract: A one-step, in-situ, process for producing a high solids content emulsion or dispersion of partially or totally crosslinked urea formaldehyde (UF), melamine formaldehyde (MF), or melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF) resin droplets or particles, by forming a reaction mixture of (i) aqueous formaldehyde (formalin), (ii) at least one water-soluble protective colloid, (iii) water and (iv) optionally a surfactant, and mixing the reaction mixture in a reaction vessel; optionally adjusting the initial pH of the reaction mixture according to a desired value as needed; adding (i) urea or substituted urea, (ii) melamine or substituted melamine, or (iii) a mixture thereof, to the reaction mixture; and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature at which condensation takes place between the (i) urea or substituted urea, (ii) the melamine or substituted melamine, or (iii) the mixture thereof, and the formaldehyde to form a urea formaldehyde, melamine formaldehyde or melamine urea formaldehyde resin, and holding the reaction

Abstract: A one-step, in-situ, process for producing a high solids content emulsion or dispersion of partially or totally crosslinked urea formaldehyde or melamine formaldehyde resin droplets or particles, by forming a reaction mixture of (i) aqueous formaldehyde (formalin), (ii) at least one water-soluble protective colloid, (iii) water and (iv) optionally a surfactant, and mixing the reaction mixture in a reaction vessel; optionally adjusting the initial pH of the reaction mixture according to a desired value as needed; adding (a) urea, substituted urea, or a mixture thereof, or (b) melamine, substituted melamine, or a mixture thereof, to the reaction mixture; and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature at which condensation takes place between the (a) urea, substituted urea, or the mixture thereof, or (b) melamine substituted melamine, or the mixture thereof, and the formaldehyde to form a urea formaldehyde or melamine formaldehyde resin, and holding the reaction mixture at that temperature or a higher tempera

Abstract: Process for the preparation of pulverulent polymers by polymerization in supercritical carbon dioxide in the presence of polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane copolyers The invention relates to a process for the preparation of pulverulent polymers by polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers (a) in supercritical carbon dioxide as inert diluent, where the polymerization is carried out in the presence of polyoxyalkylene-polysiloxane copolymers.

Abstract: Water soluble macromers are modified by addition of free radical polymerizable groups, such as those containing a carbon-carbon double or triple bond, which can be polymerized under mild conditions to encapsulate tissues, cells, or biologically active materials. The polymeric materials are particularly useful as tissue adhesives, coatings for tissue lumens including blood vessels, coatings for cells such as islets of Langerhans, coatings, plugs, supports or substrates for contact with biological materials such as the body, and as drug delivery devices for biologically active molecules.

Abstract: Solid poly-.alpha.-amino acid particles are obtained by preparing an oil-in-water emulsion from water and an organic solvent having a water solubility of 10 g/100 ml or less, and polymerizing an .alpha.-amino acid-N-carboxy anhydride by emulsion polymerization in the oil-in-water emulsion, or by polymerizing an .alpha.-amino acid-N-carboxy anhydride in water in the presence of an emulsifier and an initiator. Hollow particles can be obtained by adding a poor solvent for the poly-.alpha.-amino acid to the poly-.alpha.-amino acid particles and removing the solvents. These poly-.alpha.-amino acid particles are useful as a novel raw materials for coating on papers, rubbers and fibers, for encapsulating cosmetics, drugs, agricultural chemicals and fertilizers, and as particles for diagnostic reagents.

Abstract: An .alpha.-cyanoacrylate adhesive composition having high thixotropy, excellent stability with age including difficulty of separation and excellent adhesiveness, for use of rubbers, plastics, metals or so, comprises (b) 10 through 20 parts by weight of polymers containing alkyl methacrylate having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 through 300,000, (c) 2 through 20 parts by weight of ultrafine anhydrous silica, and (d) 0.001 through 20 parts by weight of quick curing additives represented by the formula (1), (b)-(d) being on the basis of (a) 100 parts by weight of .alpha.-cyanoacrylates: ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl group; X.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom, methyl group or cyano group; X.sub.3 is R.sub.2 or R.sub.2 CO in which R.sub.2 represents a hydrocarbon residue containing no anionically polymerizable group; and l, m and n are integers and (l+m).gtoreq.1 and n.gtoreq.1.

Abstract: What is described herein is a process for making polymers of a vinyl lactam and a polymerizable carboxylic acid, optionally including a hydrophobic monomer, as a stable composition in an alcohol-water solvent system having a residual vinyl lactam content of less than 500 ppm.

Abstract: An ultraviolet radiation curable silica coating composition containing (a) acrylic monomers, (b) functionalized colloidal silica, (c) acrylated urethanes, (d) an ultraviolet radiation absorber, and (e) a photoinitiator. The coating composition once applied to and cured on a thermoplastic substrate provides a coating which exhibits improved flexibility and weathering. The coatings are useful for providing abrasion resistance and weatherability to thermoplastic, for example polycarbonate, substrates.

Abstract: A one-component moulding and sealing compound based on prepolymers with terminal silyl groups with at least one hydrolyzable substituent on the Si atom, organo-metallic tin compounds as the catalyst and also inorganic fillers containing a polyvinyl chloride and fatty acid amide having thixotropic effect to reduce surface tackiness.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising an alpha-cyanoacrylate and a hydrophobic silica surface-treated with dimethyldichlorosilane, the composition being characterized in that the composition has incorporated therein at least one of a polyether-modified silicone or alcohol-modified silicone in an amount of 0.05 to 5.0% based on the weight of the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to optically active, pressurestable bead polymers containing fillers, and their use as adsorbents for the chromatographic resolution of enantiomeric mixtures (or racemates) into their enantiomers.

Abstract: A two-part adhesive consisting of a first liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable vinyl monomer and from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide and a second liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable vinyl monomer and from 0.05 to 15 parts by weight of a reducing agent, wherein either one or both of the first and second liquids contain from 0.4 to 5% by weight of water, and the content of water is more than 0.2% by weight based on the total amount of the first and second liquids.

Abstract: The setting properties of an .alpha.-cyanoacrylate adhesive composition are ccelerated by adding thereto a hydroxyl group derivative of an .alpha.-, .beta.- or .gamma.-cyclodextrin which is at least partly soluble in the .alpha.-cyanoacrylate.

Abstract: Moisture-curing jointing and sealing compounds containing polyurethane prepolymers are made more stable to weathering conditions by addition thereto of a reactive polysiloxane containing one or more functional groups which react with the polyurethane propolymers.

Abstract: Polymer/polyol compositions, obtained by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer in situ in a polyol in the presence of inner-olefin containing at least 5 carbon atoms, are of lower viscosity and can provide polyurethanes having improved properties. Polymer/polyol compositions, obtained by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, in situ in a polyol in the presence of an azo compound and a peroxide having a 10 hours half-life period temperature which is lower by at least 10.degree. C. than that of the azo compound, have improved stability even at higher styrene content.

Abstract: Unsaturated polyester resins of the type already having reactive liquid polymers reacted into the backbone of the resins, are cured in the presence of a reactive liquid polymer additive admixed with the prereacted unsaturated polyester resin. Heating of this system during cure causes the reactive liquid polymer additive to miscibilize with the unsaturated polyester resin. The unsaturated polyester resin modified in the manner described above shows a significant enhancement in toughness as measured by fracture energy over unmodified counterparts or counterparts modified by known methods of adduction or admixing alone.

Abstract: An .alpha.-cyanoacrylate adhesive composition including as the main components thereof:(A) an .alpha.-cyanoacrylate prepared by the process having the steps of thermally depolymerizing a condensation product obtained from a cyanoacetic acid ester, and formaldehyde or a polymer thereof using as a catalyst a polymerizable imine represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are each CH.sub.3 or H to obtain a crude monomer, and rectifying the crude monomer,(B) a fine particulate silica having an absorbed and adsorbed water content of 0.08 to 1.30 wt % and 2.7 to 5.2 silanol groups/100 .ANG..sup.2 on the surface thereof, and(C) an acid-treated (poly)-alkylene glycol.

Abstract: Radical polymerizable liquid resins contain unsaturated urethane of a specified structure and vinyl monomers at weight ratio of (unsaturated urethane)/(vinyl monomers)=10/90-90/10. The unsaturated urethane has (meth)acryloyl and higher aliphatic hydrocarbon groups in its molecule, and the vinyl monomers are copolymerizable with this unsaturated urethane.

Abstract: Ultravioletsetting resin composition contains fragmentary quartz glass powder in the ratio of 50 to 200 parts to 100 parts of the ultravioletsetting resin. The surface hardness of the ultravioletsetting resin of the present invention is increased in a short time by the application of ultraviolet rays.

Abstract: A two-part adhesive consisting of a first liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable vinyl monomer and from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide and a second liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable vinyl monomer and from 0.05 to 15 parts by weight of a reducing agent, wherein either one or both of the first and second liquids contain from 0.4 to 5% by weight of water, and the content of water is more than 0.2% by weight based on the total amount of the first and second liquids.