Abstract: A polymer containing: a constitutional unit A that is derived from fluorosilsesquioxane having one addition polymerizable functional group in a molecule; a constitutional unit B that is derived from organopolysiloxane having an addition polymerizable functional group; and a constitutional unit C that is derived from an addition polymerizable functional monomer containing a group having active hydrogen, and optionally containing a constitutional unit D that is derived from an addition polymerizable monomer other than the fluorosilsesquioxane having one addition polymerizable functional group in a molecule, the organopolysiloxane having an addition polymerizable functional group and the addition polymerizable monomer containing a group having active hydrogen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a block copolymer derived from at least one tetrahydrofuran monomer containing 14C. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing such a block copolymer.

Abstract: A moisture curable composition comprising a polymer (A) containing reactive hydroxyl or hydrolysable groups bonded to silicon, which groups are reactive in the presence of moisture with each other or with groups in a crosslinking agent (B) present in the composition, characterized in that the composition is free from organic compounds of tin and contains kaolin as a catalyst for the reaction of the reactive groups of polymer (A). The kaolin is preferably calcined and most preferably is the only catalyst utilised during cure.

Abstract: A metallic substrate coated at least in part with a multilayer coating composite, comprising at least one of an electrocoat layer, a base coat layer, and a clearcoat layer; and a polyurea formed from a reaction mixture comprising isocyanate and a (meth)acrylated amine reaction product of a monoamine and a poly(meth)acrylate is disclosed. The ratio of equivalents of isocyanate groups to equivalents of amine groups in the polyurea is greater than 1 and the isocyanate functional component and the (meth)acrylated amine functional component can be applied to the substrate at a volume mixing ratio of 1:1. A building comprising a building component coated at least in part with such a polyurea is also disclosed, as is a substrate coated at least in part with such a polyurea, wherein the ratio of equivalents or isocyanate to equivalents of amine groups is greater than 1.3:1.

Abstract: Polyurethane nanocomposites are provided which include a polyurethane and surface modified silica nanoparticles covalently bound into the polyurethane. High loadings in excess of 30% may be achieved. In some embodiments, the silica nanoparticles are covalently bound to the polyurethane polymer through a linkage derived from a surface-modifying compound comprising a silane functional group and a polyol segment. In some embodiments the polyurethane nanocomposite may be provided as a tape or film. In addition, precursors for a polyurethane nanocomposites are provided comprising: a first polyol and surface modified silica nanoparticles dispersed within the first polyol. In some embodiments, the silica nanoparticles are surface-modified by reaction with a surface-modifying compound comprising a silane functional group and a polyol segment derived from a second polyol, which may be the same or different from the first polyol.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising a polyurea formed from a reaction mixture comprising isocyanate and a (meth)acrylated amine are disclosed. The (meth)acrylated amine is the reaction product of a polyamine and a mono(meth)acrylate; the ratio of equivalents of isocyanate groups to equivalents of amine groups is greater than 1 and the isocyanate and the (meth)acrylated amine reaction product can be applied to a substrate at a volume mixing ratio of 1:1. Methods for using the coatings, and substrates coated therewith are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive sheet which can be stuck to a wafer at low temperatures of 100° C. or below, which is soft to the extent that it can be handled at room temperature, and which can be cut simultaneously with a wafer under usual cutting conditions; a dicing tape integrated type adhesive sheet formed by lamination of the adhesive sheet and a dicing tape; and a method of producing a semiconductor device using them. In order to achieve this object, the invention is characterized by specifying the breaking strength, breaking elongation, and elastic modulus of the adhesive sheet in particular numerical ranges.

Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive sheet which can be stuck to a wafer at low temperatures of 100° C. or below, which is soft to the extent that it can be handled at room temperature, and which can be cut simultaneously with a wafer under usual cutting conditions; a dicing tape integrated type adhesive sheet formed by lamination of the adhesive sheet and a dicing tape; and a method of producing a semiconductor device using them. In order to achieve this object, the invention is characterized by specifying the breaking strength, breaking elongation, and elastic modulus of the adhesive sheet in particular numerical ranges.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising a polyurea formed from a reaction mixture comprising isocyanate and an acrylated amine are disclosed. The (meth)acrylated amine is the reaction product of a polyamine and a (meth)acrylate; when the (meth)acrylate comprises a poly(meth)acrylate, the reaction product further comprises a mono(meth)acrylate and/or a monoamine. Methods for using the coatings, and substrates coated therewith, are also disclosed.

Abstract: To provide an adherence substance which has a low viscosity and good coatability, can be made solvent free, has a low adhesive strength, of which increase with time is small, has good adhesion to a substrate, has excellent adhesion to an adherend and excellent removability, and has a good wettability. An adherence substance which is obtained by curing a curable composition comprising a silyl group-containing polymer (S) obtained by introducing a hydrolyzable silyl group to a molecular terminal of a polyurethane prepolymer obtained by reacting a polyol compound with a polyisocyanate compound, and which has a peel adhesive strength of at most 8N/25 mm.

Abstract: A composition for preparing a resin is provided. The composition includes a brominated epoxy resin, a urethane-modified copolyester, a curing agent and a solvent. A prepreg is also provided. The prepreg includes a glass fabric and a resin layer on the glass fabric. The resin layer is made from the foregoing resin.

Abstract: Modified silicone urea and modified silicone urethane polymers for use in golf equipment components to provide improved impact resistance upon contact with a golf club including reactive polymer alloys formed in situ from silicone-ureas and/or silicone-urethanes and impact resistant polymers and oligomers.

Abstract: Polymers with non-leaching antimicrobial activity and their use as surface coatings or bulk resins for medical devices. The antimicrobial polymers are prepared with antimicrobial moieties covalently bonded to a polymer chain end or to a polymer backbone at a side chain end. The antimicrobial moiety-containing endgroups include surface active (or surface assembling) moieties which promote enrichment of antimicrobial endgroups at the polymer surface and thus formation of an antimicrobially active surface. Polymers with built-in antimicrobial endgroups can be used as bulk resins, as antimicrobial additives, or as infection preventative coatings in the manufacture of medical devices (e.g., catheters, vascular access devices, peripheral lines, IV sites, drains, gastric feeding and tubes, and other implantable devices).

Abstract: Hybrid-functional polymers of formula (I) or formula (II), a method for their preparation and their use. The hybrid-functional polymers may have multiple functional groups. The hybrid-functional polymers may be polyisocyanate compounds with at least one other functional group and polyurethane compositions. The hybrid-functional polymers may be in compositions as well as composites fabricated using the compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a white ink composition that can give a white image having excellent abrasion resistance. The white ink composition according to the invention is a white ink composition containing hollow resin particles and a polyurethane resin characteristically having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or less.

Abstract: The invention provides novel flame-retardant polymers and materials, their synthesis and use. More particularly, the flame-retardant polymers are deoxybenzoin-derived polymers.

Abstract: Disclosed are processes for synthesizing polyimides by a sequential self-repetitive reaction between poly (aryl carbodiimide) (p-CDI) or aryl diisocyanates with dianhydrides.

Abstract: A compensation element for leveling an add-on part (12) relative to a constructional component (13) has a base body (22) in which a curable material is embedded in a dispersed manner and is activated under pressure for changing a deformable condition of the base body (22; 32) to a rigid condition.

Abstract: The invention relates to silicone-urethane copolymers and methods for making the copolymers. The silicone-urethane copolymers can have many physical properties usually associated with polyurethanes but also the feel and characteristics of silicones.

Abstract: The invention describes amphiphilic polymer compounds which are prepared by a) reacting a di-, tri- or tetraglycidyl compound (A) with an optionally unsaturated reactive component (B) consisting of C8-C28-fatty acid, a C8-C28-alcohol or a secondary C8-C28-amine, and allowing b1) the reaction product from stage a) to react further first with b1?) an aliphatic or aromatic polyisocyanate compound (C) b1?) and optionally then with a polyalkylene oxide compound (D), and b1?) reacting the reaction product from stage b1?) or optionally b1?) with a component (E) which is reactive towards isocyanates and has at least one OH, NH2, NH or SH group, or b2) allowing the reaction product from stage a) to react to completion with the reaction product of component (C) with component (E) and optionally (D) and (C), or b3) allowing the reaction product from stage a) to react to completion with the reaction product from component (C) and component (D) and optionally (C) and optionally the reaction product of component (C) and

Abstract: The invention is directed to an antimicrobial composition obtainable by reacting in a first step at least one polyiso-cyanate A with at least one binder component B with at least two isocyanatereactive groups and at least one isocyanatereactive alkoxysilane C thus obtaining a polyurethane and subsequently hydrolysing the siloxy groups in the polyurethane in a second step in the presence of an antimicrobial agent Z which has a siloxy moiety and condensing the hydrolized siloxy groups resulting in the formation of a silica network covalently linked to a polyurethane and to the rest of the antimicrobial agent Z and the use of this composition as antimicrobial coating especially for interior applications.

Abstract: Compositions for golf balls that include organically modified silicates and the golf balls formed using the compositions are described. In particular, the compositions of the invention, which are based on a polyurethane and polysiloxane, polyurea and polysiloxane, and/or epoxy and polysiloxane, and, thus, have the benefits of increased COR, adhesion, and shear and impact resistance. The compositions of the invention may be used in any layer of a golf ball, e.g., an outer cover layer or inner cover layer, or may be used as a coating to be disposed over a structural outer layer of a golf ball.

Abstract: Ionomeric reaction products are disclosed that are made by combining a monomer, oligomer or polymer having at least one reactive carboxyl group and/or isocyanate group, or functional group or groups equivalent thereto or derived therefrom, with an amine compound having both an amine and an anionic functional group and a formula [RHN—(R1)m—(X?)n]o-Ma+p where R is hydrogen, aliphatic, alicyclic, arylaliphatic or aromatic, R1 is a linking group that links the amine and salt functional groups and is aliphatic, alicyclic, arylaliphatic or aromatic, X is an anionic group, M is a positively charged species, a is 1-4, m is 0 or greater, n is 1-4, o is 1-4 and p is 0-4, more typically 1-4. An amount of the amine compound is used to react with at least a portion of the reactive functional groups. A method for making a golf ball also is disclosed, as are golf balls comprising disclosed ionomers. At least one component of a golf ball, such as a cover layer, is made comprising disclosed ionomers.

Abstract: A heat curable epoxy composition comprising the contact product of an epoxy resin, an epoxy curing agent and an accelerator for the epoxy curing agent, the curing agent or the accelerator comprising the reaction product of (a) a phenolic resin and (b) a urea compound which is the reaction product of an isocyanate and an alkylated polyalkylenepolyamine having one primary or secondary amine and at least two tertiary amines of the general formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently represent hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; n and m are independently integers from 1 to 6 and; X is an integer from 1 to 10.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparation of polymer blends comprising at least one polyoxymethylene and at least one thermoplastic elastomer, where the thermoplastic elastomer is micropelletized by a pelletizing process and the pellets obtained in a) are dispersed in the polyoxymethylene matrix via melting of the components and mixing of these at low shear forces, and also to the use of micropelletized thermoplastic elastomers for preparation of polyoxymethylenes with low formaldehyde emission.

Abstract: A processing agent for processing urethane elastomer fibers contains a disperse medium of a specified kind having mineral oil as its principal component and a dispersoid of a specified kind including aliphatic ester compound. The disperse medium is 80-99.99% by mass and the dispersoid is 0.01-20% by mass for a total of 100% by mass. The average particle size of the dispersoid is prepared to be in the range of 0.01-500 ?m as measured by a specified measuring method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated film including at least two layers of an outer layer having a printed portion on a surface and an inner layer subjected to an antifogging treatment in which principal resin comprising a solid content of the printed portion is made of chlorinated polypropylene-based resin or urethane-based resin. This antifog laminated film hardly degrades in an antifogging property even when the antifog laminated film subjected to printing on the outer layer of a surface subjected to the antifogging treatment and the printed surface are strongly brought into contact with each other due to an operation of winding the film into a roll or the like.

Abstract: Polymers whose surfaces are modified by endgroups that include amphipathic surface-modifying moieties. An amphipathic endgroup of a polymer molecule is an endgroup that contains at least two moieties of significantly differing composition, such that the amphipathic endgroup spontaneously rearranges its positioning in a polymer body to position the moiety on the surface of the body, depending upon the composition of the medium with which the body is in contact, when that re-positioning causes a reduction in interfacial energy. An example of an amphipathic surface-modifying endgroup is one that has both a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic moiety in a single endgroup. For instance, a hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) terminated with a hydrophilic hydroxyl group is not surface active in air when the surface-modifying endgroup is bonded to a more hydrophobic base polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reactive preparations, comprising isocyanate-functional polyurethane building blocks, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use thereof as or in adhesives having high initial strength and high mechanical strength.

Abstract: Block copolymers are formulated with multifunctional chain extenders. The block copolymers include a soft segment and a hard segment made from a diisocyanate, an alkylene diamine chain extender, and a multifunctional chain extender which provides delayed crosslinking. The multifunctional chain extenders have a functionality and typically have at least one OH group. The multifunctional chain extenders may be aliphatic or aromatic triols or polyols, or may have other configurations, as described. The resulting block copolymers have improved mechanical properties such as compression set. They may be used in medical applications, or in industrial applications such as seal and gasket applications, including O-rings, window seals, and automotive gaskets. The initially-formed polyurethane resin behaves as a thermoplastic processable material, while the configured end-use product is thermoset.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a medical device and a method of forming the medical device. The medical device comprises a coating comprising a type-one polymer and a type-two polymer. The type-one polymer comprises at least two different blocks, at least one L1 block with the formula ; and at least one L2 block with the formula Medical devices comprising these polymers, mixtures of these polymers with therapeutic agents, and methods of making these polymers and mixtures are within the scope of this disclosure.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to curable film-forming compositions comprising: (a) a polymeric binder comprising a polyester having hydroxyl functional groups; and (b) a curing agent comprising a polyisocyanate having at least three isocyanate functional groups. In certain embodiments, after application to a substrate as a coating and after curing, the compositions demonstrate a Fisher microhardness of at least 120 at ambient temperatures of 15 to 25° C. and a softening point greater than or equal to 35° C. Additionally, in certain embodiments, after application to a substrate as a coating and after curing, the compositions demonstrate a 20° gloss recovery of at least 75% when subjected to the DRY ABRASION TEST METHOD.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are manganese, iron, cobalt, or nickel complexes containing terdentate pyridine diimine ligands and their use as efficient and selective hydrosilylation catalysts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for reacting (i) thermoplastic polyurethanes with (ii) compounds having isocyanate groups, where the (ii) compounds used having isocyanate groups comprise (iia) compounds having at least three isocyanate groups based on aliphatic isocyanates and (iib) compounds having two isocyanate groups based on aromatic isocyanates.

Abstract: Bioabsorbable macromer compositions are provided including a diisocyanate-functional bioabsorbable polymer. In some embodiments, the diisocyanate-functional bioabsorbable polymer can be combined with a functionalized polyol. The resulting bioabsorbable macromer composition can be employed as an adhesive or sealant for medical/surgical uses.

Abstract: A method for producing affinity binders having affinitive or highly affinitive binding structures for non-covalent interaction types includes a) contacting a target substance with at least one ligand which is capable of non-covalently binding to the target substance for a sufficient time that the at least one ligand can specifically attach to target regions of the target substance and form a ligand-target substance complex; b) embedding the complex in a structure-providing component and fixing by binding the ligand(s) of the complex to the structure-providing component; and c) removing the target substance such that a structure with a defined spatial arrangement of the ligand(s) is formed which has capacity to specifically bind the respective target substance again.

Abstract: A polymeric material may be prepared by reacting a composition that includes polyol, polyisocyanate, and polyorganosiloxane having functional groups capable of reacting with the polyisocyanate, wherein the polymeric material has a surface which includes raised microdomains.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing chromophore and/or effect giving multilayer lacquers according to the wet-on-wet method. A water base lacquer is applied which contains at least one graft copolymer containing (A) at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer and (B) at least one polyurethane. The graft copolymer can be produced by (1) dispersing at least one hydrophilic or hydrophobic self cross-linking polyurethane (B) with a statistical average of at least one terminal and/or at least one lateral olefinically unsaturated group and at least one blocked isocyanate group per molecule in an aqueous medium. (2) A mixture of a at least one monomer (a1) with at least one isocyanate reactive functional group at last one monomer (a2) that can be copolymerised therewith is subsequently radically copolymerised in an emulsion in the presence of the polyurethane (B) or the polyurethanes (B). A powder slurry transparent lacquer layer is added to the resulting base lacquer layer.

Abstract: A copolymer and a process of making the copolymer are disclosed. The copolymer is produced from reacting a glycidyl ester and/or ether with a polyol comprising a functionality of at least 2 wherein at least 50% by weight of the copolymer comprises a minimum of 3n+X repeating units, wherein n is a monomer unit and X is a monomer unit and/or other reactant. The copolymer may also include less than 50% of the polymeric units having the same molecular weight. The present invention is further directed to processes for preparing the copolymer and to coating compositions employing the copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an electrocoating composition comprising a cyclic guanidine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to triazine derivatives of the general formula (I), their use and production.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyisocyanate composition derived from an aliphatic diisocyanate monomer and an alcohol, which satisfies all the conditions below in a state not containing the aliphatic diisocyanate monomer and a solvent. 1) Isocyanurate trimer concentration: 55-95 mass % 2) Number ratio of allophanate groups derived from the alcohol to isocyanurate groups: 1-20% 3) Urethodione dimmer concentration: 2-25 mass % 4) Viscosity at 25° C.: 150-800 mPa·s.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a process for urethane resin production in which the molecular weight of the urethane resin can be easily controlled regardless of the kind of polyisocyanate compound and which can yield a urethane resin for use as a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive usable in extensive applications ranging from a strong-tack region to a slight-tack region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinkable waterborne coating composition useful for providing protective coating to wood and other substrates. The coating composition includes a vinyl addition latex polymer having a first crosslinkable functional group and a polyurethane dispersion having a second crosslinkable functional end group. The coating composition is preferably essentially formaldehyde free.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide A method for producing a golf ball that is excellent In the durability of the mark, the adhesion of the paint Film and the productivity. In the present invention, since the curing agent contained in the paint covering the mark is used to cure the resin component forming the mark, there is no increase in the viscosity or the gellation of the ink for printing the mark, and thus the mark is printed well during the production of the golf ball.

Abstract: Metallized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes and metallized polyhedral oligomeric silicates are used as cure promoters, catalysts, and alloying agents for the reinforcement of polymer microstructures, including polymer coils, domains, chains, and segments, at the molecular level. Because of their tailorable compatibility with polymers, polyhedral oligomeric metallosesquioxanes (POMS) can be readily and selectively incorporated into polymers by common mixing processes.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to thermoplastic amphiphilic networks and/or co-networks. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to thermoplastic (TP) amphiphilic co-networks (APCNs) and the preparation of membranes from such APCNs. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to an amphiphilic network comprising at least one hydrophilic polymer-derived portion, at least one hydrophobic polymer-derived portion and at least one thermoplastic polymer-derived portion. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to thermoplastic amphiphilic co-networks prepared by combining the chemistries of APCNs and polyurethanes (PUs) and to the preparation of membranes therefrom.

Abstract: Vinyl chloride polymer compositions, optionally plasticized, containing a hydrophilic polymer (e.g., a hydrophilic polyurethane or hydrophilic vinyl polymer) are described for use as coatings and films with increased moisture vapor transmission and/or static dissipative properties. Films from this material are useful as fluid barriers that allow diffusion of moisture vapors. Similar modifications can be made to acrylate and urethane polymers.

Abstract: Star polymers prepared by reacting a highly branched polymer and either a lactone or lactam are disclosed. These star polymers find particular application as additives for powder coating compositions, to improve various performance properties thereof. Powder coating composition comprising the described star polymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous multicomponent coating material comprising (I) an aqueous component preparable by mixing at least the following starting products: (A) at least one secondary aqueous dispersion of at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer containing on average per molecule at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group, (B) at least one primary aqueous dispersion of at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer containing no isocyanate-reactive functional group, and (C) at least one pigment and/or one filler; and also (II) a component comprising at least one polyisocyanate as crosslinking agent, and also a process for preparing it, and its use.