Abstract: Disclosed is a two-pack fluorine coating composition which comprises a combination of: a base component comprising a fluorinated copolymer having a hydroxyl group which can be dissolved in a low-polar weak solvent even at a low temperature and; a curing agent comprising a polyisocyanate compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photo-curable transfer sheet by which an optical information recording medium (e.g., DVD) having small thickness and high capacity can be advantageously prepared, and which is improved in transferring property of pits and the like and curing property. The photo-curable transfer sheet has a photo-curable transfer layer comprising a photo-curable composition deformable by application of pressure, wherein the photo-curable composition comprises a polymer having a glass transition temperature of not less than 80° C. and a reactive diluent having a photopolymerizable functional group. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of an optical information recording medium using the sheet, and the optical information recording medium.

Abstract: A description is given of a semi-interpenetrating network having a first phase of a linear noncrosslinked isobutene polymer and a second phase of a crosslinked polymer, wherein the crosslinked polymer is obtained by crosslinking molecular enlargement reaction in the presence of the isobutene polymer. The crosslinked polymer is preferably obtained by free-radical polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising at least one polyethylenically unsaturated monomer. The networks are suitable as molding compounds having gas and moisture barrier effect or as adhesives.

Abstract: A barrier coating comprising a polyurethane dispersion and an elastomeric material is disclosed. The polyurethane comprises at least 30 weight percent of meta-substituted aromatic material. Methods for improving barrier using the coatings are also disclosed.

Abstract: A description is given of the use of asymmetrically substituted urea derivatives of the general formula (I) where R1 and R2 each independently are a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms as accelerators in combination with dicyandiamide as latent hardener for epoxy resin systems based on unhalogenated or halogenated bisphenols of type A or F and also based on resorcinol or tetrakisphenylolethane. The advantages of the inventively proposed accelerator/hardener combination are, for example, the excellent reactivity and very good storage stability. Moreover, the mechanical properties of the resins cured accordingly are likewise outstanding.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a release agent and a release sheet. The release sheet is composed of a base member and a release agent layer including the release agent. The release agent layer is provided on at least one surface of the base member. The release agent contains a poly(meth)acrylate that includes a mono or polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate unit having an alkyl or aryl end group (unit (A)), and an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit (unit (B)). The carbon number of the alkyl group in the unit (B) is from 1 to 30.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to copolymers, which are polymerization products of: (i) a monomer having alpha-olefinic functionality; (ii) a monomer different from (i) having active hydrogen functionality; and (iii) a monomer different from (ii) having acrylic functionality. The molar ratio of the monomer (i) having alpha-olefinic functionality to the monomer (iii) having acrylic functionality is less than 1:1, and the conversion of the monomer (i) having alpha-olefinic functionality during polymerization is greater than 90%. When monomers having methacrylic functionality are used to prepare the copolymer, the molar ratio of the monomer (iii) having acrylic functionality to the monomers having methacrylic functionality is greater than 2:1. Also disclosed are curable film-forming compositions comprising the copolymers.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) based on a blend of styrenic block copolymer and a thermoplastic polyurethane made from aliphatic diisocyanates is disclosed which has excellent translucency, approaching transparency and adnesion to engineering thermoplastic compounds for use in multiple component polymer structures.

Abstract: A novel macromer or mixture thereof is described herein, comprising isocyanatophenyl ether terminal moieties and at least two residues of a water-soluble polymer having a molecular weight ranging from 80 to 10,000 adjacent to the ether group of the isocyanatophenyl ether terminal isocyanate moieties, thereby forming at least two ether linkages in the macromer or mixture thereof. A method for making a polyisocyanate macromer is also described herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive composition for an electro-magnetic shielding film and an electro-magnetic shielding filter using the same, and more particularly to an adhesive composition for an electromagnetic shielding film comprising: a) an acrylic copolymer of i) (meth)acrylate ester monomers having C1, to C12 alkyl groups and ii) vinylic monomers having hydroxyl groups; and b) a multifunctional isocyanate crosslinking agent. The electro-magnetic shielding filter of the present invention offers good durability because transparentization is performed with an acrylic adhesive composition having no acidic groups, and thus oxidation of copper is prevented.

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

Abstract: The present invention provides coating compositions that include reactive diluents and have high performance, low VOC levels, and low irritation levels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive composition for an electro-magnetic shielding film and an electro-magnetic shielding filter using the same, and more particularly to an adhesive composition for an electromagnetic shielding film comprising: a) an acrylic copolymer of i) (meth)acrylate ester monomers having C1, to C12 alkyl groups and ii) vinylic monomers having hydroxyl groups; and b) a multifunctional isocyanate crosslinking agent. The electro-magnetic shielding filter of the present invention offers good durability because transparentization is performed with an acrylic adhesive composition having no acidic groups, and thus oxidation of copper is prevented.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive formed from a blend of an acrylate polymer having at least one crosslinkable functional group, and a liquid oligomer having at least one crosslinkable functional group, wherein at least one of the acrylate polymer and the oligomer is crosslinked in the presence of the other.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of producing an adherent coating over untreated thermoplastic and thermosetting resinous substrates from a coating composition that includes a crosslinkable component and a crosslinking component that are mixed prior to application and applied over the substrate. The crosslinkable component includes a polymeric mix containing at least one crosslinkable copolymer polymerized from a monomer mixture comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers having on average 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 4 and more preferably 1 to 2 hydroxyl groups and a saturated hydrocarbon polymer. The crosslinkable component includes one or more cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate of the formula: R1—(R2—NCO)n wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted cycloaliphatic group, R2 is independently selected from a direct bond, a straight aliphatic group or branched aliphatic group, and wherein n ranges from 2 to 10.

Abstract: A powder coating composition comprising (A) at least one hydroxyl functional polyurethane resin binder, and (B) at least one polyurethane resin as cross-linking agent containing blocked isocyanate groups, wherein the at least one hydroxyl functional polyurethane resin binder (A) and the at least one polyurethane resin (B) both having a melting temperature of 60 to 180° C., in particular, 80 to 160° C.; the powder coating composition makes it possible to achieve a low melt viscosity and an excellent processability along with a good storage stability and in particular, to form thin films of the coating layers having high flexibility in combination with an excellent weather resistance.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coating composition that when applied over untreated thermoplastic and thermosetting resinous substrates, produces an adherent coating thereon. The composition includes a crosslinkable component and a crosslinking component. The crosslinkable component includes a polymeric mix containing at least one crosslinkable copolymer polymerized from a monomer mixture comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers having on average 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 4 and more preferably 1 to 2 hydroxyl groups and a saturated hydrocarbon polymer. The crosslinkable component includes one or more cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate of the formula: R1—(R2—NCO)n wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted cycloaliphatic group, R2 is independently selected from a direct bond, a straight aliphatic group or branched aliphatic group, and wherein n ranges from 2 to 10.

Abstract: The invention relates to high-reactivity polyurethane compositions. The invention further relates to low temperature curable polyurethane compositions which contain uretdione groups, particularly useful for polyurethane powder coating compositions and adhesive compositions, and to processes for preparing and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical film comprising a block copolymer which comprises a block containing 50 mol % or more of (meth)acrylate, a production method thereof, and a liquid crystal display comprising the optical film. The optical film according to the present invention has excellent transparency and physical properties, and improved moisture absorption, as compared to a conventional acrylate film.

Abstract: This work provides a new way of utilizing renewable resources to prepare environmentally friendly biobased hybrid latexes with high performance for coating applications. Also provided are biobased polyurethane/acrylic hybrid films having good properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent radiation curable aqueous coating composition, which is highly safe and can make the adhesion to a metal surface and the corrosion resistance compatible which have been considered to conflict with each other, particularly adhesion after severe working and solvent resistance, and particularly durability to alcohols having high polarity. The composition of the present invention contains (1) a phosphoric acid ester compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, (2) an aqueous polyurethane resin having both an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and a group capable of forming a salt, and (3) colloidal silica.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing low-viscosity, allophanate-containing and NCO-free polyurethane prepolymers curable by actinic radiation, and to the products obtainable by this process. The prepolymers have residual monomer contents of less than 0.5% by weight and an NCO content of less than 1% by weight, and are prepared by a process in which A) diisocyanates, B) hydroxy-functional compounds containing groups which react with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation, and C) polyester, polyether or polycarbonate polyols having a functionality of at least 1.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polymer comprising the reaction product of (i) a monomer comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; (ii) a monomer comprising a carbon atom that is connected to four moieties wherein one of said moieties comprises a hydrogen atom and the remainder of said moieties comprises an alkyl group, wherein one of the alkyl group containing moieties comprises an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and wherein none of the alkyl group containing moieties form a cycloaliphatic ring; (iii) at least one monomer that is reactive with (i) and/or (ii); wherein the reaction product is not further reacted with any other monomer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; and wherein said reaction product comprises a reactive functional group.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising a binder of a. polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; b. an isocyanate-reactive component having at least one compound having the following formula: wherein X, R1, R2, p, m and n are described in the specification, or isomer or mixture of isomers thereof, two component compositions, articles coated with the novel composition and novel hydroxy amines are also part of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ionomer composition for a golf ball providing a golf ball which is excellent in abrasion-resistance, durability and resilience, and a golf ball using the same. An ionomer composition for a golf ball of the present invention comprises a binary copolymer obtained by copolymerizing an olefin monomer having 2 to 8 carbon atoms with an unsaturated monomer having an acid functional group and/or a ternary copolymer obtained by copolymerizing an olefin monomer having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an unsaturated monomer having an acid functional group and an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, wherein a functional group is introduced in both terminals of the copolymers.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising a binder of a. polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; b. an isocyanate-reactive component having at least one compound having the following formula: wherein X, R1, R2, p, m and n are described in the specification, or isomer or mixture of isomers thereof, two component compositions, articles coated with the novel composition and novel hydroxy amines are also part of the invention.

Abstract: A composition comprising an unsaturated polyester polyol oligomer and an isocyanate are disclosed; the composition can further comprise a radiation-curable compound, such as a (meth)acrylic copolymer, and/or a polythiol. Methods for using the composition and substrates treated therewith are also disclosed.

Abstract: Farnesene interpolymer comprises units derived from a farnesene (e.g., ?-farnesene or ?-farnesene) and units derived from at least one vinyl monomer. The farnesene interpolymer can be prepared by copolymerizing the farnesene and at least one vinyl monomer in the presence of a catalyst. In some embodiments, the farnesene is prepared from a sugar by using a microorganism. In other embodiments, the at least one vinyl monomer is ethylene, an ?-olefin, or a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl halide, vinyl ether, acrylonitrile, acrylic ester, methacrylic ester, acrylamide or methacrylamide, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transferring film for manufacturing a decorative laminate sheet having an excellent weatherability, scratch resistance and moldability, a laminate sheet manufactured therefrom and a method for manufacturing thereof. The transferring film and the laminate sheet of the present invention combine an excellent scratch resistance and thermo-formability, since a surface treatment layer comprising a modified acrylic resin and vinyl acetate is formed thereon, and thus may be effectively applied to protect and decorate plastic molded articles such as household appliances, furniture and automobile parts, especially, molded articles having a three-dimensional complicated shape.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising the following: at least one olefin-based polymer, at least one halogenated ethylene-based polymer, or at least one elastomer rubber; at least one thermoplastic polyurethane; and at least one polydiene- or polydiol-based polyurethane. These compositions are well-suited for promoting the adhesion between polar (for example, polyester, polycarbonate and polylactic acid) and non-polar materials and for the manufacture of, among other things, films, fibers, sheets and tie layers, tubes, adhesives, dispersions, protective apparel, footwear, coatings, laminates and foams.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a hydrogenated polymer comprising the steps of hydrogenation of at least one carbon-carbon double bond of an unsaturated polymer in latex in the presence of hydrazine, an oxidizing compound and a catalyst, followed by separation of the hydrogenated polymer from the latex. After the separation of the hydrogenerated polymer from the latex a mixing step is carried out in which the hydrogenated polymer is first mixed with an amine group containing compound and next the hydrogenated polymer is mixed with a compound that is capable of reacting with an amine. The invention also relates to the hydrogenated polymer. The invention further relates to the use of this polymer in a compounds to make an article by shaping and vulcanisation.

Abstract: Reactive hot melt adhesives compositions with long open time and/or high green strength are prepared by the use of urethane diols. These results are achievable at moderate/low application viscosity or low application temperature.

Abstract: A second-order modified block copolymer which can be obtained by reacting a first-order modified block copolymer with a second-order modifier, wherein the first-order modified block copolymer comprises a base block copolymer and a functional group-containing first-order modifier group bonded to the base block copolymer, wherein the base block copolymer comprises at least one polymer block comprised mainly of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer units and at least one polymer block comprised mainly of conjugated diene monomer units, and wherein the second-order modifier has a specific functional group which is reactive to the functional group of the first-order modifier group of the first-order modified block copolymer. A second-order modified block copolymer-containing polymer composition comprising the second-order modified block copolymer as well as a thermoplastic resin and/or a rubbery polymer.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of dual-cure hardeners, coating systems which contain these hardeners, and the use of these coating systems, as well as substrates coated with these coating agents. The dual-cure hardeners are prepared by reacting at least one diisocyanate or polyisocyanate A with the product B of the reaction of B1 acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and/or dimeric acrylic acid with B2 glycidyl methacrylate and/or glycidyl acrylate, wherein B contains less than 0.2 wt. % of epoxide groups.

Abstract: A second-order modified block copolymer which can be obtained by reacting a first-order modified block copolymer with a second-order modifier, wherein the first-order modified block copolymer comprises a base block copolymer and a functional group-containing first-order modifier group bonded to the base block copolymer, wherein the base block copolymer comprises at least one polymer block comprised mainly of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer units and at least one polymer block comprised mainly of conjugated diene monomer units, and wherein the second-order modifier has a specific functional group which is reactive to the functional group of the first-order modifier group of the first-order modified block copolymer. A second-order modified block copolymer-containing polymer composition comprising the second-order modified block copolymer as well as a thermoplastic resin and/or a rubbery polymer.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to polyisobutylene urethane, urea and urethane/urea copolymers, to methods of making such copolymers and to medical devices that contain such polymers. According to certain aspects of the invention, polyisobutylene urethane, urea and urethane/urea copolymers are provided, which comprise a polyisobutylene segment, an additional polymeric segment that is not a polyisobutylene segment, and a segment comprising a residue of a diisocyanate. According to other aspects of the invention, polyisobutylene urethane, urea and urethane/urea copolymers are provided, which comprise a polyisobutylene segment and end groups that comprise alkyl-, alkenyl- or alkynyl-chain-containing end groups.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having a paint film which is obtained from an environment-friendly aqueous paint and is excellent in the impact-resistance and the wear-resistance. The present invention provides a golf ball having a paint film on a surface of a golf ball body, wherein the paint film is obtained by curing a paint composition comprising an aqueous polyol having a carboxyl group, an aqueous polycarbodiimide, and an aqueous polyisocyanate.

Abstract: A transparent composite article comprising a polyurethane matrix and incorporated within the matrix nanofibers having a diameter up to 5000 nanometers.

Abstract: A process for coating flexible substrates applying a curable fluorinated copolymer A which is the reaction product of FC and M1) at least one polycarboxylic anhydride and/or M2) at least a monofunctional isocyanate, wherein FC is a curable fluorinated copolymer on the basis of FC1) at least one fluorinated olefin having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, FC2) at least one non-fluorinated olefin having OH-groups and optionally carboxyl groups and FC3) at least one non-fluorinated, hydroxyl group free olefin having optionally carboxyl groups.

Abstract: Claimed are fluorous telomeric compounds of the formula: RF-A-[CH2]cCR2R3-Z where RF is a perfluoroalkyl radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, A is a group of the formulae R1 is CF3 OR4, Cl, Br or I, R2 and R3 are H, alkyl or aryl R4 is perfluoromethyl, perfluoropropyl or perfluoropropyloxypropyl X and Y are H, Cl or F Z is —OH, —OCOCH?CH2 or —OCOCCH3?CH2 a is from 0 to 10, b is from 1 to 30 and c is from 1 to 30. These compounds are copolymerized with further monomers. The copolymers thus obtained are useful for water-, oil- and soil-repellent finishing of fibrous substrates.

Abstract: The present system is a waterborne coating system comprising a two-part aqueous polyurethane coating which provides for building solvent based equivalent film thickness without foaming or gassing while retaining properties of little or no volatile organic compound (VOC) or hazardous air pollutant (HAPs) emission. A blend of various acrylic copolomers neutralized in water based emulsion and combined with an emulsified polyester polyol provides the resin system allowing adhesion to a various number of substrates. In at least one embodiment, the acrylic polyol is an acrylic copolymer having the hydrophilizing groups and isocyanate-reactive functionality incorporated into the polymer via appropriate monomer selection or subsequent modification.

Abstract: Chemically crosslinked polycyclooctene having excellent shape recovery properties is prepared by ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cis-cyclooctene followed by chemical crosslinking. The crosslinked polycyclooctene can be shaped, the shape memorized, a new shape imparted with the original shape being recoverable by suitable temperature adjustment. The dependence of shape memory characteristics on degree of crosslinking was established. In addition to polycyclooctene, blends thereof with other materials such as SBR, EVA, polyurethane rubbers, and inorganic fillers can be utilized to provide chemically crosslinked products having excellent and tailored shape memory properties.

Abstract: The present invention describes block-resistant, radiation-curable coating systems based on high molecular mass, aqueous polyurethane dispersions, a process for preparing them, the use of the coating systems as paints and/or adhesives, and also articles and substrates provided with these paints and/or adhesives.

Abstract: The present invention provides coating compositions that include reactive diluents and have high performance, low VOC levels, and low irritation levels. Certain embodiments of the present invention include water and water-dispersible polymers and other embodiments do not include water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a golf ball with excellent abrasion-resistance, durability and resilience having an ionomer resin cover therein. The ionomer composition for the golf ball of the invention comprises a reaction product obtained by reacting a telechelic copolymer having functional groups introduced in both terminals of a binary copolymer formed by copolymerizing an olefin monomer having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and an unsaturated carboxylic acid having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and/or a ternary copolymer formed by copolymerizing an olefin monomer having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an unsaturated carboxylic acid having 2 to 18 carbon atoms and an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester with a hydroxyl group-containing compound or an isocyanate group-containing compound, wherein at least 10 mole % of a carboxylic group in said reaction product is neutralized with an inorganic metal.

Abstract: A tire includes at least one outer structural element, wherein the at least one outer structural element is at least partially coated by at least one coating layer including a crosslinked composition obtained by reacting: (a) at least one polysulfide polymer; (b) at least one thermoplastic polymer having at least one hydroxyl group; with (c) at least one polyisocyanate. Preferably, the at least one structural element is at least one of the tire sidewalls.

Abstract: Photopolymer resins ate disclosed which includes metal and/or ceramic surface chelating agents to provide strong bonding of the photopolymer resin to the inorganic surface of the first information layer of an optical disc. The resins also include a fast surface cure and glass transition temperature controlling monomers that provides easy stamper separation The disclosed photopolymer resins also include short wavelength (<405 nm) surface cure initiators. The resins may also optionally include shrinkage control oligomers and/or polymer fillers or a combination of both Use of the disclosed resins eliminates two steps from the manufacture of a multiple information layer optical disc as the formation of spacer layers and the curing of spacer layers is no longer necessary.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a plasma display in which a moire phenomenon can be prevented without disposing an anti-glare film and the like in order to decrease a thickness of an optical filter in a plasma display, improve a productivity of the optical filter and reduce a cost thereof and an adhesive sheet prepared by forming the same. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition used for an optical filter of a plasma display comprises (A) a (meth)acrylic ester base copolymer having a cross-linkable functional group in a molecule, (B) a cross-linking agent and (C) an organic fine particle in which a difference in a refractive index from that of the above (meth)acrylic ester base copolymer is 0.03 or more and which has an average particle diameter of 1 to 15 ?m and an adhesive sheet prepared by forming the same.

Abstract: Crosslinkable compositions based on polyamide and on ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymers, where the compositions comprise a crosslinking initiator, and also a co-crosslinking agent, and crosslinkable compositions based on polyamides and on ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymers, where these compositions comprise a crosslinking initiator and the amount of polyamide in the compositions is <30% by weight. The present invention further relates to the preparation of the crosslinkable compositions of the invention, to the use of the crosslinkable compositions of the invention for the production of thermoplastic elastomers, to a process for the crosslinking of the compositions of the invention to give a thermoplastic elastomer, and also to the thermoplastic elastomers themselves and to their use for the production of mouldings.

Abstract: A radiation-curable resin composition for optical parts comprising (A) 5% to 70% by weight of a urethane (meth)acrylate which is a reaction product of (a) a (meth)acrylate having a hydroxyl group, (b) a polyisocyanate having an aromatic ring, (c) a polyol, and (d) an alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms without a polymerizable unsaturated group, and which has (meth)acryloyl groups in an amount of 40% to 85% by mole of its molecular ends on average of the reaction product; and (B) 10% to 80% by weight of a compound, other than the component (A), having an ethylenically unsaturated group is provided. A cured product of the composition exhibits a high refractive index, excellent property of adhesion to various plastic substrates, appropriate hardness, and little sign of yellowing.