Abstract: A scrim reinforced roofing membrane containing a coated scrim layer, a first membrane layer on the first side of the coated scrim layer, and a second membrane layer on the second side of the coated scrim layer. The coated scrim is fully embedded and encapsulated in the membrane layers. The coated scrim layer contains a scrim fabric which contains a plurality of warp yarns in a first direction and a plurality of weft yarns in a second direction approximately perpendicular to the first direction, where the warp yarns cross the weft yarns at crossing points. The coated scrim also contains a coating which contains polyvinyl acetate and second polymer where the second polymer is fluorocarbon-free. The coating contains less than about 0.01% wt. fluorine and is located along the length of the warp and weft yarns and is located between the warp and weft yarns at the crossing points.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition for use in an optical film, which is used for adhering an optical film, shows excellent durability even in a high temperature and high humidity environment, and prevents the occurrence of white spots, and also provided is an optical film with an adhesive. The adhesive composition contains (A) an acrylic copolymer containing a reactive functional group, (B) an isocyanate compound, and (C) a compound having a hydroxy group and a rosin skeleton.

Abstract: There are provided a radically polymerizable composition that has a low viscosity suitable for use in coating and that forms a cured product having a high refractive index, a cured product formed by curing the composition, and plastic lens formed by curing the composition. The radically polymerizable composition includes, as essential components, phenylbenzyl acrylate (A); and bis[(meth)acryloylmethyl]biphenyl (B) or biphenyl compound (C) having a molecular structure in which biphenyl structures are bonded to each other through a methylene.

Abstract: A polymer is obtained from a hydroxyphenyl methacrylate monomer having an acid labile group substituted thereon. A positive resist composition comprising the polymer as a base resin has a very high contrast of alkaline dissolution rate before and after exposure, a high resolution, a good profile and minimal line edge roughness of a pattern after exposure, a retarded acid diffusion rate, and good etching resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer compound including a dye, and a curable resin composition including the same. The polymer compound including the dye according to the present invention may exhibit characteristics such as excellent heat resistance, solubility, coating uniformity, chemical resistance and the like by introducing a single molecule type dye into a side chain of a polymer binder to be modified into a polymer form and applying the modified polymer to a curable composition.

Abstract: A polymeric dispersant obtained or obtainable by copolymerising a monomer composition comprising at least the components: i) benzyl (meth)acrylate; ii) propylene glycol (meth)acrylate; wherein the weight ratio of component i) to component ii) is greater than 10:1.

Abstract: A novel silicon compound capable of initiating radical polymerization is provided. The silicon compound is represented by the following general formula (1) A-Z1—S—Z2—Si(OR1)n(R2)3-n??(1) wherein A is a group capable of initiating radical polymerization, Z1 and Z2 are each independently a bivalent group that has at least a carbon atom, R1 and R2 are each independently an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 3. A radical polymerization initiator comprising the silicon compound, and a polymer obtained by radical polymerization of a monomer with the radical polymerization initiator are also provided. Also provided is a complex having a polymer graft chain formed on a solid substance surface with the use of the silicon compound.

Abstract: An acrylic resin that can have excellent transparency, flowability and scratch-resistance property is prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising about 10 to about 25% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer, about 50 to about 80% by weight of aromatic vinyl compound, and about 10 to about 25% by weight of vinyl cyanide compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic copolymer resin containing: 1) an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer; 2) a (meth)acrylate-based monomer containing an aliphatic ring and/or an aromatic ring; and 3) at least an imide-based monomer or a styrene-based monomer, to a resin composition containing said acrylic copolymer resin and a resin containing an aromatic ring and/or an aliphatic ring in the main chain thereof, to an optical film comprising said resin composition, and to a liquid crystal display device comprising said optical film. The optical film according to the present invention has excellent heat resistance, optical transparency, etc.

Abstract: A water- and oil-repellent includes, as an active ingredient, a fluorine-containing copolymer including as a copolymer unit (A) at least one of perfluoroalkylalkyl acrylates and corresponding methacrylates, (B) benzyl acrylate or benzyl methacrylate represented by the general formula: CnF2n+1CmH2mOCOCR?CH2 (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; n represents 4, 5, or 6; and m represents 1, 2, 3, or 4), (C) a fluorine-free polymerizable monomer other than benzyl acrylate and benzyl methacrylate, and (D) a cross-linkable group-containing polymerizable monomer.

Abstract: The instant disclosure describes methacrylate coated carrier resins with hydrophobic substituents for charge control and improved RH sensitivity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic (meth)acrylate copolymer, which includes a derivative unit obtained from a monomer mixture including: (A) an aromatic (meth)acrylate having an index of refraction from about 1.580 to about 1.700; and (B) a monofunctional unsaturated monomer.

Abstract: There are provided a radical polymerizable composition having a low viscosity suitable for coating and a cured product and a plastic lens each obtained by curing the composition, the cured product having a high refractive index, good adhesiveness to a plastic film substrate, and good adhesiveness kept even under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions. The radical polymerizable composition includes phenylbenzyl (meth)acrylate (A), an epoxy (meth)acrylate (X) having an aromatic ring in its molecular structure, and a radical polymerization initiator (Y) as essential components.

Abstract: A compound has formula (I): Q-O-(A)-Z?G+??(I) wherein Q is a halogenated or non-halogenated, C2-30 olefin-containing group, A is a fluorine-substituted C1-30 alkylene group, a fluorine-substituted C3-30 cycloalkylene group, a fluorine-substituted C6-30 arylene group, or a fluorine-substituted C7-30 alkylene-arylene group, Z is an anionic group comprising sulfonate, sulfonamide, or sulfonimide, and G+ has formula (II): wherein X is S or I, each R0 is halogenated or non-halogenated and is independently C1-30 alkyl group; a polycyclic or monocyclic C3-30 cycloalkyl group; a polycyclic or monocyclic C4-30 aryl group; or a combination of these, wherein when X is S, one of the R0 groups is optionally attached to one adjacent R0 group by a single bond, and a is 2 or 3, wherein when X is I, a is 2, or when X is S, a is 3. A copolymer, a photoresist, a coated substrate and method of patterning are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a grafted pigment dispersing polymeric additive for opacifying pigments, prepared by polymerizing monomers in the presence of a polymeric pigment dispersant. The polymeric pigment dispersant has low molecular weight, high acid number and is dissolvable in alkali solution. When incorporated into paint compositions, hiding is improved with less opacifying pigments.

Abstract: To provide a photoalignable material that can yield a photoalignable film having a high optical uniformity and no alignment defect, and allows photoalignment with exposure in a short period of time. A photoalignable polymer composition containing a specific photoalignable polymer having a silicone group or a fluorine-substituted alkyl group, and a photoalignable group, and a specific non-photoalignable polymer is manufactured, and the photoalignable film is manufactured by applying the polymer composition onto a base material or the like, drying an applied surface thereon, and irradiating the applied surface with light.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical film produced by a method comprising continuously discharging a molten resin on a casting roll through a die lip of an extruder, wherein the molten resin contains a copolymer of (A) 75 to 99% by weight of an (meth)acrylate monomer that, when homopolymerized, has a negative intrinsic birefringence, and (B) 1 to 25% by weight of an (meth)acrylate monomer that, when homopolymerized, has a positive intrinsic birefringence, and a velocity ratio V2/V1 of 1.2 to 15 is satisfied wherein V1 represents a discharge velocity of the molten resin from the die lip, m/min; and V2 represents a surface velocity of the casting roll, m/min.

Abstract: An optical resin material includes a multicomponent system whose number of components z which is defined under a counting condition of including original number x(x?2) of copolymer into the number of components is three or more. Wherein the combination of the components constituting the multicomponent system is selected such that: at least one of respective signs of intrinsic orientational-birefringences of respective homopolymers which correspond to respective monomers constituting respective components of the copolymer and signs of orientational-birefringence properties which the low-molecular-weight organic compound presents in common in the respective homopolymers has a different sign from those of others, and also, at least one of photoelastic-birefringence properties of the respective homopolymers and photoelastic-birefringence properties which the low-molecular-weight organic compound presents in common in the respective homopolymers has a different sign from those of others.

Abstract: A process for preparing a branched polymer, belonging to the fields of polymer synthesis and preparation of functional polymers. A vinyl monomer, such as styrene, toluene (benzene, xylene) as a solvent, is subjected to a self-initiated free radical polymerization at 60˜100° C. with a new type of compound (methyl (meth)acrylate peroxide) as the initiator and the branched monomer containing both polymerisable double bond and peroxide bond, which can be used to synthesize the branched polymers. The degree of branching of the polymer can be adjusted by adjusting the molar ratio of the new type of compound to polymerisable monomer. The process for preparing a branched polymer is carried out under the conditions of conventional free radical polymerization without the addition of the branched monomer and other assist initiators.

Abstract: Disclosed are a copolymer for organic antireflective films containing a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1), a monomer for the copolymer, and an organic antireflective film composition including the copolymer: wherein in the formula (1), R1, R2, R3, A, m and n respectively have the same meanings as defined in the detailed description of the invention. The organic antireflective film composition including the copolymer for organic antireflective films has an increased refractive index and exhibits excellent effects when produced into an antireflective film, and hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity of the coating film produced from the composition can be regulated, so that excellent compatibility with resists can be obtained.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom etc., R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom etc., R4 represents a C1-C8 divalent hydrocarbon group, R5 represents a single bond etc., and R6 represents an unsubstituted or substituted C6-C20 aromatic hydrocarbon group, a polymer comprising a structural unit derived from the compound represented by the formula (I) and a chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising the polymer, at least one acid generator and at least one solvent.

Abstract: A water- and oil-repellent comprising an aqueous dispersion of a fluorine-containing copolymer including as a copolymerization unit (a) a perfluoroalkylalkyl (meth)acrylate represented by the general formula CnF2n+1CmH2mOCOCR?CH2 (wherein R represents hydrogen atom or methyl group; n represents 4, 5, or 6; and m represents 1, 2, 3, or 4), (b) benzyl (meth)acrylate, (c) a fluorine-free polymerizable monomer other than benzyl (meth)acrylate, and (d) a cross-linkable group-containing polymerizable monomer; and a blocked isocyanate added to the aqueous dispersion in a weight ratio of 0.05 to 3.0 to the weight of the solid content of the aqueous dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic acrylic resin comprising (i) a repeating unit derived from a methacrylate monomer, (ii) a repeating unit derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer, (iii) a repeating unit derived from an aromatic group-containing methacrylate monomer, and (iv) a cyclic acid anhydride repeating unit, and a molding for optical material comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides pressure-sensitive adhesives having a refractive index of at least 1.50. The pressure-sensitive adhesives comprise at least one monomer containing a substituted or an unsubstituted biphenyl group.

Abstract: A method for repairing or replacing damaged tissue, or for providing post-surgical augmentation, comprising administering a pliable biocompatible material and a physiologically acceptable suspending agent to a patient is disclosed. Copolymers of unsubstituted acrylate and substituted acrylate are disclosed as pliable biocompatible materials.

Abstract: A cross-linkable resin shaped article which contains a heat curable resin, cross-linking agent, and condensed aromatic polycyclic compound which has a (meth)acryloyloxy group, a cross-linked resin shaped article which is comprised of that cross-linkable resin shaped article which is cross-linked, and a laminate which is obtained by using these are provided. The cross-linkable resin shaped article and cross-linked resin shaped article of the present invention are excellent in heat resistance and further are useful in production of a low linear expansion laminate.

Abstract: Provided is a maleimide copolymer which exhibits an excellent hue, an effect of imparting high heat resistance, and excellent kneadability. Specifically provided is a maleimide copolymer which comprises 50 to 60 mass % of a styrene monomer unit, 30 to 50 mass % of a maleimide monomer unit, and 0 to 10 mass % of an unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride monomer unit, and which has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 90,000 to 130,000 and a residual maleimide monomer content of 300 ppm or lower.

Abstract: The present invention provides a monomer for a polymerizable composition, a polymerizable composition containing the monomers, a polymer formed from the polymerizable composition, and ophthalmic lens blanks and ophthalmic lenses formed from the polymer. The monomer is a compound having the formula (I) or (Ia).

Abstract: Disclosed is a barrier laminate excellent in adhesiveness. The barrier laminate comprises a first organic layer, an inorganic layer, a second organic layer adjacent to the inorganic layer, and an adhesive layer adjacent to the second organic layer in that order, wherein the second organic layer is obtained by curing a polymerizable composition comprising a (meth)acrylate compound comprising a hydroxyl group at a terminal of the compound; and the adhesive layer comprises an epoxy series adhesive.

Abstract: A polymerization curable composition prepared by blending specific amounts of a photochromic compound and a specific light stabilizer such as bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)sebacate with monomer components including a specific bifunctional monomer having a structure that two phenylene groups are bonded together by a specific group, such as 2,2-bis(4-methacryloyloxypolyethoxyphenyl)propane, a polyfunctional polymerizable monomer having a functionality of 3 or more such as trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, and a monomer other than these in a specific ratio. The polymerization curable composition provides a cured product having excellent photochromic properties such as fast fading rate and sufficiently high drilling strength that allows for its use in rimless spectacles and has high long-term storage stability.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to methods for the manufacture of transparent polymer compositions exhibiting refractive indices similar or even identical to the refractive index of polycarbonate. Also disclosed are polymer blends comprising the disclosed polymer compositions blended with one or more convention polycarbonate.

Abstract: A water- and oil-repellent includes, as an active ingredient, a fluorine-containing copolymer including as a copolymer unit (A) at least one of perfluoroalkylalkyl acrylates and corresponding methacrylates, (B) benzyl acrylate or benzyl methacrylate represented by the general formula: CnF2n+1CmH2mOCOCR?CH2 (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; n represents 4, 5, or 6; and m represents 1, 2, 3, or 4), (C) a fluorine-free polymerizable monomer other than benzyl acrylate and benzyl methacrylate, and (D) a cross-linkable group-containing polymerizable monomer.

Abstract: The instant invention pertains to the preparation of polymers or copolymers wherein in a first step a controlled free radical polymerization process is carried out and in a second step the resulting polymer is modified by transesterification reactions. The final modified polymer or copolymer is useful as a dispersant for pigments. Further aspects of the invention are the thus prepared polymers or copolymers, a pigment concentrate containing the polymer or copolymer and a coating material containing the pigment concentrate.

Abstract: A fluidity improver for a PC resin that improves the melt fluidity during molding without impairing the excellent properties of the PC resin, and also yields a molded product in which external appearance defects are unlikely. The fluidity improver for an aromatic polycarbonate resin according to the present invention is including a first polymer obtained by polymerizing 0.5 to 99.5 parts by mass of a monomer first mixture including 0.5 to 99.5% by mass of styrene and 0.5 to 99.5% by mass of phenyl (meth)acrylates, in the presence of a second polymer obtained by polymerizing 0.5 to 99.5 parts by mass of a second monomer mixture containing 0.5 to 50% by mass of ?-methylstyrene, 0.5 to 99% by mass of styrene and 0.5 to 99% by mass of phenyl (meth)acrylates, wherein the combined total of both monomer mixtures is 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: There is provided a method for preparing an acrylic copolymer resin for an optical film includes: suspension-polymerizing an acrylic monomer containing a benzene ring, an alkyl(meth)acrylate monomer, and a (meth)acrylic acid monomer to prepare a copolymer; and thermally treating the copolymer at a temperature ranging from 240° C. to 300° C. As the method for preparing an acrylic copolymer of the present invention, a resin having an effectively lowered CTE can be manufactured by inducing the formation of a glutaric anhydride structure by using suspension polymerization that facilitates adjustment of the molecular weight of a resin.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (A) a fluorine-containing compound that includes a group shown by the following formula (1), and (B) a photoacid generator. wherein RC represents a (p+1)-valent aromatic ring group, Q represents a linking group obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from a monovalent hydrophilic group, RE represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, p is an integer from 1 to 5, provided that a plurality of Q and a plurality of RE may respectively be either the same or different when p is an integer from 2 to 5, and “*” indicates a bonding hand.

Abstract: Disclosed are soft, high refractive index, acrylic device materials. The materials contain a functionalized alkylphenol ethoxylate to reduce glistenings.

Abstract: An organic film-forming polymer has a Tg of at least 70° C. and comprises a backbone comprising recurring units of Structure (A) shown in this application. These organic film-forming polymers can be used as dielectric materials in various devices with improved properties such as improved mobility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic copolymer resin containing: 1) an alklyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer; 2) a (meth)acrylate-based monomer containing an aliphatic ring and/or an aromatic ring; and 3) at least an imide-based monomer or a styrene-based monomer, to a resin composition containing said acrylic copolymer resin and a resin containing an aromatic ring and/or an aliphatic ring in the main chain thereof, to an optical film comprising said resin composition, and to a liquid crystal display device comprising said optical film. The optical film according to the present invention has excellent heat resistance, optical transparency, etc.

Abstract: A curable composition for imprints, comprising at least one polymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the content of a polymerizable monomer having a viscosity at 25° C. of 7 mPa·s or more is 80% by mass or more, relative to all the polymerizable monomers contained in the composition. The curable composition for imprints has low volatility of the components even in a thin film coating on a substrate and is thus capable of forming a good pattern.

Abstract: Provided are a heat resistant, high strength acrylic copolymer and an optical film including the same, and more particularly, an acrylic copolymer polymerized by including (1) an alkyl(meth)acrylate-based monomer excluding a tert-butyl(meth)acrylate-based monomer, (2) a (meth)acrylate-based monomer including an aliphatic ring and/or an aromatic ring, and (3) a tert-butyl(meth)acrylate-based monomer. The acrylic copolymer according to the present invention has excellent heat resistance as well as transparency being maintained. Also, the optical film including a compounding resin including the acrylic copolymer has excellent transparency, heat resistance, processability, adhesiveness, retardation properties, and durability.

Abstract: An additive composition for imparting caustic removability to a hot melt adhesive comprises a low molecular weight ?,? ethylenically unsaturated anhydride-containing or acid-containing polymer. The polymer is selected from the group consisting of a low molecular weight carboxylic anhydride homo-polymer or the at least partial ester thereof, a low molecular weight carboxylic anhydride copolymer or the at least partial ester thereof, a low molecular weight carboxylic anhydride polyolefin, a low molecular weight carboxylic anhydride vinyl aromatic copolymer, and a low molecular weight carboxylic anhydride grafted copolymer, or the combination or mixtures thereof. A caustic removable hot melt adhesive composition comprises a hot melt adhesive additive and a conventional hot melt adhesive resin. A caustic removable adhesive label comprises a substrate and a caustic removable hot melt adhesive composition which includes an additive composition.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a photosensitive compound suitable for a photoalignment method, a photosensitive polymer prepared from the compound, a photoaligning agent by using the compound and a liquid crystal alignment film prepared from the photoaligning agent. A photosensitive compound represented by formula (1): in formula (1), Y1 is a divalent group represented by formula (2-1) or (2-2); A1 is 1,4-phenylene or 1,4-cyclohexylene; Z1 is a single bond, —COO— or —OCO—; R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, fluorine or alkyl having 1 to 5 carbons; Q1 is independently a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons; and n is 0 or 1. In formulas (2-1) and (2-2), W1 and W2 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 3 carbons or alkoxy having 1 to 3 carbons.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a methacrylic copolymer which is a polymer of a monomer mixture comprising about 20 to about 99.9% by weight of a C6-20 aromatic methacrylate, an aliphatic methacrylate, or a combination thereof, and about 0.1 to about 80% by weight of a mono-functional unsaturated monomer. The methacrylic copolymer can have a high refractive index of about 1.495 to about 1.59, and thus when it is blended with polycarbonate resin, it is possible to obtain a methacrylic resin composition having improved compatibility without any other compatibilizer.

Abstract: A copolymer of (meth)acrylic ester represented by a general formula (1) including a following repeating unit A and repeating unit B. In the general formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent hydrogen atom or methyl group; R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Y represents an atomic group forming an aromatic ring; x represents 1 to n, n represents the number of fluorine atoms which can be contained in the aromatic ring; and a and b each independently represent an integer of 1 or more.

Abstract: A composition and a polymer are provided. The composition includes the polymer and a melamine derivative. The polymer has a formula of R is hydrogen, halide, alkyl group, alkoxyl group, haloalkyl group or nitro group. n is 1-5 of integer. x+y+z=1, x>0, y?0, z?0. The melamine derivative includes R1 is hydrogen, CqH2q+1, or m and q independently is 1-10 of integer. R2, R3 and R4 independently is hydrogen, halide, or C1-C54 alkyl group.

Abstract: A Photoresist composition comprising a polymer comprising a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents a C6-C12 aromatic hydrocarbon group which can have one or more substituents, R3 represents a cyano group or a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group which can have one or more substituents and which can contain one or more heteroatoms, A1 represents a single bond, —(CH2)g—CO—O—* or —(CH2)h—O—CO—(CH2)i—CO—O—* wherein g, h and i each independently represent an integer of ?1 to 6 and * represents a binding position to the nitrogen atom, a resin having an acid-labile group and being insoluble or poorly soluble in an aqueous alkali solution but becoming soluble in an aqueous alkali solution by the action of an acid, and an acid generator.

Abstract: An adhesive composition of the present invention includes, as a main component, a polymer produced by copolymerization of a monomer composition including: styrene; a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having a chain structure; a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an aliphatic ring; and a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an aromatic ring, wherein: the styrene is contained in a range of 40 to 69 parts by mass; the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having the chain structure is contained in a range of 20 to 30 parts by mass; the (meth)acrylic acid ester having the aliphatic ring is contained in a range of 10 to 25 parts by mass; and the (meth)acrylic acid ester having the aromatic ring is contained in a range of 1 to 5 parts by mass, where the total amount of the above components is 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel equipped with a front plate and a display device, in each of which streak unevenness is sufficiently resolved in the periphery of a display area. The display panel equipped with a front plate of the present invention comprises: a display panel; a front plate; and a cured resin composition layer disposed between the display panel and the front plate, wherein the cured resin composition layer has a loss tangent of 2 or less at 0 to 70° C.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a nanocomposite comprising a clay and an elastomer comprising at least C2 to C10 olefin derived units; wherein the elastomer also comprises functionalized monomer units pendant to the elastomer. Desirable embodiments of the elastomer include poly(isobutylene-co-p-alkylstyrene) elastomers and poly(isobutylene-co-isoprene) elastomers, which are functionalized by reacting free radical generating agents and unsaturated carboxylic acids, unsaturated esters, unsaturated imides, and the like, with the elastomer. The clay is exfoliated in one embodiment by the addition of exfoliating agents such as alkyl amines and silanes to the clay. The composition can include secondary rubbers such as general purpose rubbers, and curatives, fillers, and the like. The nanocomposites of the invention have improved air barrier properties such as are useful for tire innerliners and innertubes.