Abstract: A polyurethane composition comprising: A) from 3 to 35% by weight of a polymeric composition comprising 1) at least one polymer and 2) at least one thermoset in amounts of from 0.5 to 50% by weight, based on the sum of A1) and A2), prepared by reaction in the polymer matrix A1) of a) at least one starting component containing NH2 groups and b) at least one starting component containing NCO groups, a) and b) having simultaneously or independently a functionality of ?2 and at least one starting component having a functionality of >2 being present in amounts of from 0.5 to 100% by weight, based on the weight of A2); B) from 15 to 45% by weight in the polymeric composition A), based thereon, of at least one amorphous and/or crystalline polyester having an OH number of from 10 to 250 mg KOH/g; C) from 7 to 25% by weight in the polymeric composition A), based thereon, of at least one curing agent based on blocked polyisocyanates, isocyanurates and/or uretdiones having a functionality of at least 1.

Abstract: An environmentally preferred flock adhesive composition containing low molecular weight prepolymers of isocyanate terminated polyether and/or polyalkadiene polyols is disclosed. The prepolymers are free of residual volatile isocyanate (<1000 ppm) without blocking the isocyanate thereby providing favorable effects on viscosity, cure kinetics, and safety. The flock adhesive composition preferably contains an aromatic nitroso compound an epoxy novolak resin and a catalyst. The adhesive compositions can be made at high solids, with minimal co-solvent, while maintaining low viscosity, which is favorable to environmental regulations aimed at reducing solvent emissions. Furthermore, the solvents can be non-HAP and non-photochemically reactive. The adhesive composition can be utilized for the application of flocking fibers to various elastomer substrates.

Abstract: A process for preparing the polyurethane derivative, the process including: providing a polyurethane having a urethane amino moiety, providing a multifunctional linker reagent of a formula: LG-RL-(FG)n, wherein n is an integer from 1 to 3, FG is a functional group, which is a halogen, a carboxyl group, a sulfonate ester, or an epoxy group, LG is a leaving group, which is a halogen, a carboxyl group, a sulfonate ester, or an epoxy group, and RL is an (n+1)-valent organic radical having at least one carbon atom; providing a protected thiol-containing reagent of a formula R—C(O)SH, or a salt thereof, wherein R is a C1 to C6 alkyl group; reacting the multifunctional linker reagent with the urethane amino moiety to form a polyurethane substituted with at least one substituent group of a formula: —RL-(FG)n; reacting the polyurethane with a protected thiol-containing reagent to form the polyurethane derivative.

Abstract: Provided is a curable coating composition comprising a reactive compound having one or more structures of the formula: wherein X is a primary carbamate group, Y is a hydroxy or halide group, n is an integer of 2 or more, n? is an integer of 1 or more, and R0, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 may be H or a group selected from alkyl groups, aliphatic groups, cycloaliphatic groups, aromatic groups and mixtures thereof, with the provisos that at least one R1 or R2 group is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic groups, cycloaliphatic groups, aromatic groups, and mixtures thereof, and in substantially all structures primary carbamate group X is attached to a carbon atom having a lower degree of substitution than a carbon atom to which functional group Y is attached.

Abstract: A polyurethane having a thiol substituent pendant from at least one nitrogen and/or at least one carbon atom of the polyurethane. A polyurethane having a thiol substituent pendant from at least one nitrogen and/or at least one carbon atom of the polyurethane, wherein the thiol substituent has a formula: —RL—(S—R1)n wherein n is an integer from 1 to 3; RL is an (n+1)-valent organic radical having at least one carbon atom; and R1 is a member selected from the group consisting of H, C(O)R3, and SR4, wherein R3 is a member selected from the group consisting of C1 to C6 alkyl and R4 is a heterocyclic group or an electron deficient aromatic group.

Abstract: The invention provides an acrylic polymer or oligomer comprising random repeating units of the formula: a method of making said polymers and curable coating compositions comprising the same.

Abstract: A shape memory polyurethane or polyurethane-urea polymer including a reaction product of: (A) (a) silicon-based macrodiol, silicon-based macrodiamine and/or polyether of the formula (I): A—[(CH2)m—O]n—(CH2)m—A?, wherein A and A are endcapping groups; m is an integer of 6 or more; and n is an integer of 1 or greater; (b) a diisocyanate; and (c) a chain extender; or (B) (b) a diisocyanate: and (c) a chain extender, said polymer having a glass transition temperature which enables the polymer to be formed into a first shape at a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature and maintained in said first shape when the polymer is cooled to a temperature lower than the glass transition temperature, said polymer then being capable of resuming its original shape on heating to a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature.

Abstract: The invention provides a primary carbamate functional material of the formula: a method of making said materials and curable coating compositions comprising the primary carbamate functional material of the invention. The primary carbamate functional material comprises the reaction product of (1) at least one material P comprising one or more functional groups (i) which are reactive with a functional group Z but which are substantially nonreactive with a primary carbamate group X of monomeric reactive compound (2), and (2) a monomeric reactive compound comprising one or more structures of a particular formula.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyurethane foams comprising (i) ethylenimine, polyethylenimine, polyvinylamine, polyvinylamine copolymers, carboxymethylated polyethylenimines, phosphonomethylated polyethylenimines, quarternized polyethylenimines and/or dithiocarbamatized polyethylenimines or (ii) alkali hydroxides and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxides or a mixture consisting of both (i) and (ii).

Abstract: A mixture is provided comprising (a) at least one of an elastomeric thermoplastic, a non-elastomeric thermoplastic, an elastomeric thermoset and mixtures thereof, excluding polydiorganosiloxane fluids and (b) a polymer having soft polydiorganosiloxane units, hard polyisocyanate residue units, optionally, soft and/or hard organic polyamine residue units and terminal groups. The hard polyisocyanate residue and the hard polyamine residue comprise less than 50% by weight of the polydiorganosiloxane urea containing component. The polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —NCO groups and the polyamine residue is the polyamine minus the —NH2 groups. The polyisocyanate residue is connected to the polyamine residue by urea linkages. The terminal groups are non-functional groups or functional groups. The polydiorganosiloxane urea containing component may be reactive under free-radical or moisture curing conditions.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a reaction product of a) an asymmetrical, saturated polyisocyanate that is non-cyclic, non-aromatic, and has at least 3 carbon atoms in the polyisocyanate per isocyanate group, b) a material that is at least one of i) a primary carbamate material having at least one functional group reactive with an isocyanate and at least one primary carbamate group or a group convertible to a primary carbamate group and ii) a reaction product of the primary carbamate material and an extending agent, and c) optionally, a chain extension agent that has at least difunctional reactivity with an isocyanate. Also, methods of making these compositions.

Abstract: The invention is directed to copolymers, which can be formed into water vapor permeable, water resistant membranes suitable for use in garments, tents, etc. A copolymer includes a random distribution of a soft segment comprising a hydrophilic soft segment and up to about 30 wt % of a hydrophobic soft segment, a hard segment, a cross-linking segment comprising a pendant alkoxysilane, and at least two terminal groups comprising at least one of an amine and an isocyanate having a functionality of at least 2, wherein a number average molecular weight (Mn) of the copolymer is at least about 10,000.

Abstract: A novel compound and novel gelatinous substance which have high absorbability, uniform expansion, and elasticity. Although conventional gels include chemical gels and physical gels, no novel gels or compounds have been realized which have fracture resistance, high entropic elasticity, and biodegradability. The present invention provides a novel compound and a novel gelatinous substance which each comprises a crosslinked polyrotaxane obtained by chemically bonding two or more polyrotaxane molecules through the cyclic molecules or rotators thereof.

Abstract: The invention is an adhesive composition comprising a) i) a trialkoxysilane functional polyether or polyurethane wherein the polyether or polyurethane has a weight average molecular weight of 6000 or greater and a dialkyltin carboxylate or dialkyltin alcoholate; or ii) a dialkoxysilane functional polyether or polyurethane and a dialkyltin alcoholate; and b) a primary or secondary amino straight chain alkyl trialkoxysilane; wherein the dialkyltin carboxylate or dialkyltin alcoholate is present in an effective amount to facilitate bonding of the adhesive to a substrate of from about 0.1 to about 1.0 percent by weight based on the weight of the adhesive and the primary or secondary amino straight chained alkyl trialkoxysilane is present in an amount which is effective to facilitate bonding of the adhesive to a substrate wherein the amount is from about 0.5 to about 1.2 percent by weight.

Abstract: A solid isocyanate-based composition having a glass transition temperature of at least 30° C. is produced by at least partially blocking the isocyanate groups of a polyisocyanate with a compound corresponding to the specified Formula I. This blocked isocyanate composition is useful in the production of powder coatings which are capable of being cured at temperatures of from 80 to 220° C.

Abstract: Hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive based one or more non-thermoplastic elastomers, at least comprising 100 parts by mass of the non-thermoplastic elastomer(s), from 1 to 200 parts by mass of one or more tackifying resins, and also one or more polyfunctional isocyanates which are free from blocking agent, the hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising from 8 mmol to 5 mol of the reactive isocyanate groups of the isocyanate per kilogram of the non-thermoplastic elastomer(s) used.

Abstract: Solid polyurethane powder compositions which contain uretdione groups and cure at low baking temperatures, to processes for preparing such compositions, and to their use for producing plastics, especially powder coatings, which crosslink to high-gloss or matt, light- and weather-stable coating films.

Abstract: Hyperbranched polymers are prepared by a process in which a monomer having the form Ax is reacted with another monomer of the form By, where A and B are functional groups that do not react with themselves, but do react with each other. The process allows synthesis of hyperbranched polymers having a single type of terminal functional group from comonomers, each of which has a single type of functional group. The invention allows greater flexibility in the preparation of a larger variety of different hyperbranched polymers and enables hyperbranched polymers to be prepared at a lower cost as compared with conventional processes using monomers having two types of functional groups that react during polymerization.

Abstract: A moisture curable polyurethane composition comprising (A) a urethane prepolymer having two or more isocyanate groups in the molecule, (B) an inorganic filler as a storage stabilizer, (C) an N-silylamide compound represented by the formula (1), (D) an epoxy resin, and/or (E) a moisture latent curing agent, and a moisture curable epoxy resin composition comprising (D) an epoxy resin, (C) an N-silylamide compound, and (E) a moisture latent curing agent. (R1—CONH)4-n—Si—R2n  (1) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 5 to 21 carbon atoms optionally containing a heteroatom, provided that when n is 0, 1 or 2, R1s may be the same or different; and R2 is an alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3. The moisture curable compositions are excellent in storage stability and thixotropic properties, have high curing rates at the time of working, and can give rise to cured products having excellent mechanical properties such as tensile strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers, polyureas and water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric salts, a cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition which comprises at least one such polymer, and to the use of the polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to secondary coating compositions for glass fibers, glass fibers at least partially coated with the residue of a secondary coating composition, and cable assemblies comprising glass fibers at least partially coated with the residue of a secondary coating composition. A secondary coating composition can comprise a polyurethane and a wax. A secondary coating composition can further comprise a cross-linking agent. A cable assembly can comprise a conductor, a protective layer, and glass fibers at least partially coated with the residue of a secondary coating.

Abstract: A polycarbodiimide copolymer which comprises at least one structural unit selected from rubber residues represented by the following formulae (1) and (2) in a number “m”: 1

Abstract: The invention relates to polymeric blends comprising from about 2 to about 30 percent by weight thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer; from about 55 to about 145 parts by weight copolyester per 100 parts by weight thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer; from about 400 to about 1,000 parts by weight ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer per 100 parts by weight thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer; from about 15 to about 85 parts by weight softening agent per 100 parts by weight thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer; and from about 15 to about 85 parts by weight compatibilizing agent per 100 parts by weight thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer. These blends exhibit high adhesion to polyesters.

Abstract: Provided is a polyurethane polymer which is excellent in oil resistance, weatherability, light resistance, heat resistance, hot water resistance, hydrolysis resistance, strength, chlorine resistance, and chemical resistance, and which can be produced simply and economically. The polyurethane polymer is produced by polymerizing at least two components: a vinyl polymer (A) having a mercapto group at each end of the molecular chain produced by a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization method, and an organic polyisocyanate (B). Also provided are polyurethane-based materials containing the polyurethane polymer, and polyurethane elastic fiber.

Abstract: Allyl carbamates are disclosed. The allyl carbamates are prepared by reacting an isocyanate with an allylic alcohol or alkoxylated allylic alcohol. Suitable isocyanates are selected from hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), HDI biuret, dimer, HDI trimer, HDI allophanate, isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), IPDI trimer, IPDI allophanate, bis(isocyanatocyclohexyl)methane, and mixtures thereof. The allyl carbamates have at least two allyl functional groups per molecule. UV-curable and air-drying coatings formulated from the allyl carbamates show excellent chemical resistance and physical properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reaction product of reactants comprising:

Abstract: The invention relates to coating compositions comprising:

Abstract: A random polytrimethylene ether ester prepared by polycondensation of 1,3-propanediol reactant and about 10 to about 0.1 mole % of aliphatic or aromatic diacid or diester, as well as its manufacture and use thereof.

Abstract: A curable resin composition containing a polyfunctional cyanate ester resin and a bifunctional phenylene ether oligomer having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 3,000 and having a specific structure represented by the formula (1), and a cured product thereof.

Abstract: Coating materials curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising

Abstract: Most patients suffering from peripheral atherosclerotic vascular illnesses or from heart pathologies such as coronary ischemia need substitutive vascular ducts so as to retrieve vascular continuity, or valve substitutes so as to retrieve heart valve function.

Abstract: The poly(phenylene oxide) resin composition of the invention is a poly(phenylene oxide) resin composition containing poly(phenylene oxide) and triallyl isocyanurate, wherein the poly(phenylene oxide) has a number average molecular weight in a range from 2,000 to 12,000 and the IPN structure can be formed in a cured product of the poly(phenylene oxide) and triallyl isocyanurate to provide a high heat resistance, and at the same time by using a poly(phenylene oxide) with a relatively low molecular weight, the fluidity of the melt resin can be made desirable at the time of molding to result in high molding properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to new resins characterised by a content of curable urea derivatives; to new synthetic mortars obtainable using them; to kits for producing the synthetic mortars; to the use of the resins or synthetic mortars in fastening technology; and also to new methods of fastening which comprise the use of those resins or synthetic mortars.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymeric material and a process for making the polymeric material. The polymeric material has adhesive and noise abatement properties over a broad temperature range. Further, the material is chip and corrosion resistant and provides metal panel reinforcement.

Abstract: Provided is a curable coating composition comprising a reactive compound having one or more structures of the formula: 1

Abstract: Provided is a compound having one or more structures of the formula: 1

Abstract: Derived timber products are produced by hot pressing lignocellulose-containing materials bonded with a polyisocyanate binder. In this process, a mixture of organosilicon compounds satisfying specified compositional requirements is applied to the surfaces of the pressing tool facing the lignocellulose-containing material to be pressed.

Abstract: An isocyanate group-containing hot melt urethane prepolymer, a morpholine ether-based crosslinking catalyst, and at least one sulfur atom-containing organic acid selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acids and sulfinic acids are used as essential components. The urethane prepolymer is a compound having an isocyanate group capable of reacting with moisture in the air or a substrate to be coated to form a crosslinked structure in the molecule. The morpholine ether-based crosslinking catalyst contributes to the moisture-crosslinking reactivity at room temperature. The sulfur atom-containing organic acid contributes to an improvement in thermal stability during melting.

Abstract: A matt polyurethane powder coating material comprises: A) 3 to 25% by weight of a polyurea; B) 35 to 75% by weight of at least one polyester synthesized from polyols and 15-100 mol. % of succinic acid or its anhydride, having an OH number of 20-250 mg KOH/g; C) 7 to 25% by weight of at least one curing agent of a blocked polyisocyanate, isocyanurate, uretdione or a combination thereof having a functionality of at least 2; and D) 1 to 50% by weight of auxiliaries and additives; wherein from 0.6 to 1.2 NCO groups are available per OH group of the resin.

Abstract: The present invention is a polyurethane prepolymer comprising the reaction product of: A) a polyisocyanate; B) one or more compounds or polymers having isocyanate-reactive moieties. C) a dispersion triol containing from about 10 to about 60 percent by weight based on the dispersion of particles of an organic polymer which is nonreactive with the polyols and polyisocyanates having a particle size of from about 5 to about 50 microns; wherein the prepolymer has a free isocyanate content of from about 0.8 to about 2.2 percent, the weight ratio of diol to triol and dispersion triol is from about 0.8 to about 1.2. In another embodiment the invention is a one-part adhesive composition comprising the polyurethane prepolymer of the invention and a catalyst capable of catalyzing the reaction of isocyanate moieties with water.

Abstract: A flame resistant, halogen-free polymer mixture is described, particularly for the sheath of cables and conductors, comprising polyurethane, fillers and additives, wherein 1 to 10 parts of polysiloxane, which contains functional methacrylate and/or epoxy groups, are added to 100 parts of the flame resistant halogen-free polyurethane.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods of making polyurethane derivatives which can be readily further derivatized using stabilizing agents such as anti-calcification agents, anti-thrombogenesis agents, and chemical and mechanical degradation-inhibiting agents. The invention also includes methods of making polyurethane derivatives so further derivatized and to polyurethanes derivatives made using such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the solvent-free, continuous preparation of urethane (meth)acrylates in an extruder, intensive kneader, intensive mixer or static mixer. These urethane acrylates can be used for the preparation of radiation-curable transparent or pigmented coating compositions, in particular powder coating compositions.

Abstract: Two-component polyurethane binding agents based on a polyester polyol with an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate and a curing-agent component based on polyamine mixtures are suitable as UV-resistant flocking adhesives for the flocking of polymeric substrates. These adhesives can be processed in accordance with all standard processing techniques and result in flocked articles with high UV resistance and good abrasion resistance.

Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesives are provided which possess high load bearing capabilities at elevated temperatures. The adhesives are prepared by polymerization of a syrup polymer composition having a first solute polymer having reactive, pendant functional groups, a second component having co-reactive functional groups, and a monomer mixture. The syrup polymer contains reactive electrophilic or nucleophilic functional groups that can subsequently crosslink by reaction with a second component having co-reactive functional groups.

Abstract: An anaerobic adhesive composition having enhanced toughness and resistance to crack propagation, particularly subsequent to thermal exposure, comprising a combination of three monomers consisting of (a) at least one (meth) acrylate monomer, (b) at least one (meth)acrylate-terminated urethane modified acrylonitrile/butadiene prepolymer, and (c) at least one (meth)acrylate-terminated acrylic/polyisocyanate adduct.

Abstract: Process for preparing a thermosetting coating composition comprising; (a) mixing (i) a cleavable carbonyl polymer having an activated carbonyl group adjacent to oxygen or nitrogen, in the backbone, and having a molecular weight greater than 5,000 (ii) a multifunctional compound having a molecular weight less than 5,000 having a functional group capable of reacting with the cleavable carbonyl polymer to cleave the polymer at the carbonyl group and bond with the cleaved polymer, the compound having a crosslinking group; (b) reacting the mixture in an extruder, at 50 to 350° C. for 15 to 600 seconds, to cleave the polymer, and react the cleaved polymer with the functional group on the multifunctional compound (c) quenching the reaction mixture cooling prior to equilibrium reaction, to produce a functionalized cleaved polymer having crosslinking groups derived from the multifunctional compound and capable of crosslinking by heat reaction outside the extruder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a golf ball having a polyurethane cover, wherein the polyurethane cover is formed by curing a polyurethane cover composition which comprises an isocyanate group terminated polyurethane prepolymer comprising a specific alicyclic diisocyanate as a polyisocyanate component, and a specific phenylenediamine derivative as a curing agent.

Abstract: A polymer blend composition made by reacting a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer and another polymer such as poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) polymer, having a functional group capable of reacting with an isocyanate. The polymers are reacted using a polyisocyanate compound during melt blending. Preferably, the melt blending occurs in an extruder. The polymer blend has improved tensile strength, improved abrasion resistance and higher melt strength, thus giving improved processability.

Abstract: A crosslinking agent having reactive benzoxazine groups is provided. The crosslinking agent is an ungelled reaction product of aminoplast resin, a polyhydric aromatic compound, and at least one compound having active hydrogen groups reactive with aminoplast resin which is selected from at least one of: (i) compounds having the structure (I): where X is aromatic; R1, R2, and R3 each independently represents H, (cyclo)alkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, or an active hydrogen-containing group; (ii) compounds having structure (II) or (III): where R′ and R″ each independently represents an aromatic group or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and (iii) compounds different from (i) and (ii) and having a melting point of at least 80° C. Curable powder coating composition and multilayer composite coating compositions are also provided, as well as coated substrates.