Abstract: An anti-bacterial polymer of the present invention consists of a vapor deposition-polymerization reaction product of a diaminobenzoic acid monomer or halogen atom-containing diamine monomer and a monomer reactive with these monomers. The anti-bacterial polymer can be prepared by a method, which comprises the step of subjecting a gas obtained by evaporating a diaminobenzoic acid monomer or halogen atom-containing diamine monomer and a gas obtained by evaporating a monomer reactive with these monomers to vapor deposition-polymerization, in a vacuum, to thus form an anti-bacterial polymer. The method permits the formation of a film having a desired thickness even on the surface having a complicated shape such as the surface of, for instance, a heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polyesterpolyols with cyclic imide and isocyanurate structure and to their use in coating compositions.

Abstract: A polyol composition comprising a high concentration of ethylene oxide having a functionality of from about 2 to about 8, preferably 2; a polyisocyanurate composition having an isocyanate index of from about 180 to about 450 and comprising the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and the polyol composition; a rigid polyisocyanurate foam comprising the polyisocyanurate composition; and a process for making a polyisocyanurate foam which comprises reacting a polyisocyanate with the polyol composition in the presence of a trimerization catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to modified cationic polymers which can be obtained by reacting (a) water-soluble, polymeric compounds containing NH groups with (b) compounds which are at least bifunctional with regard to NH groups, which contain at least one alkyl radical or alkenyl radical having at least 8 C atoms, and which contain, as a functional group, a halohydrin, epoxide, carboxyl, chloroformate or isocyanate group or a halogen atom. The invention also relates to a method for producing the polymers by reacting the compounds of groups (a) and (b), and to the use of the modified cationic polymers during the production of paper as fixing agents for papermaking stock containing interfering substances.

Abstract: The present invention provides elastomeric copolyester amides, elastomeric copolyester urethanes, and methods for making the same. The polymers that are based on &agr;-amino acids and possess suitable physical, chemical and biodegradation properties. The polymers are useful as carriers of drugs or other bioactive substances. The polymers can be linked, intermixed, or a combination thereof, to one or more drugs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyaspartates corresponding to the formula 1

Abstract: A non-aqueous laminate adhesive comprising a tertiary amino group-containing polyurethane resin (A) or a tertiary amino group- and carboxyl group-containing polyurethane resin (B) and a polyisocyanate curing agent. The resin (A) is obtained from (1) an active hydrogen group-containing compound comprising at least one or more kinds of tertiary amino group-containing glycols and (3) an organic polyisocyanate; and the resin (B) is obtained from (2) an active hydrogen group-containing compound comprising at least (a) one or more kinds of tertiary amino group-containing glycols and (b) one or more kinds of carboxyl group-containing glycols and (3) an organic polyisocyanate. The content of the tertiary amino group in the resin (A), the content of the tertiary amino group in the resin (B), and the carboxyl group in the resin (B) are each 0.001 to 1 mmol/g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyaspartate mixtures containing

Abstract: Polymers that include silane-containing groups in soft segments, and optionally urethane groups, as well as medical devices and methods for making such compounds.

Abstract: A thermoplastic moulding composition that contains an aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) resin is disclosed. The TPU is the product of a reaction of A) a diisocyanate reactant that contains predominantly hexamethylene diisocyanate, and B) a polyol reactant that contains polytetramethylene glycol and C) a chain extending reactant that contains primarily 1,6-hexanediol. The TPU that is further characterized in the equivalence ratio of A to B and NCO index exhibits improved properties.

Abstract: Adhesion promoting compounds or resins containing a thiazole functionality (including benzothiazole) and a polymerizable functionality (Z) give improved adhesive strength to metal substrates. A representative structure is the following, in which R1 and R2 together can form a cyclic or aromatic structure, or are linear or branched organic moieties.

Abstract: A new and useful nonaqueous liquid pigment dispersion is provided which is easy to handle and produces thorough and effective colorations within target media, particularly as compared to standard solid pigments or high-viscosity liquid pigment dispersions. More specifically, the present invention relates to liquid pigment dispersions possessing viscosities of at most 5,000 centipoise at standard temperature and pressure. Such a low viscosity is obtained through the addition of relatively low amounts of aprotic viscosity modifiers possessing dipole moments of at between about 1.0 and 5.0, alternatively measured in terms of a flash point between about −20° C. and 180°, such as, most preferably cyclic carbonates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel initiator for polymerizing polyisocyanate, more particularly to a metal amidate represented by the following Formula 1, which is useful for polymerizing polyisocyanate having a variety of functional groups, including alkyl and aryl, by anionic living polymerization.

Abstract: Polyurethanes or polyurethane-ureas prepared from: (a) polytrimethylene ether glycol having a number average molecular weight in the range of about 1,000 to about 4,000 and unsaturated end groups in the range of about 0.003 to about 0.015 meq/g; (b) diisocyanate; and (c) diol or diamine chain extender; and their manufacture, intermediates and use.

Abstract: An improved material comprising the reaction product of an A-side having a prepolymer isocyanate and a B-side having a cross-linker comprising a multifunctional alcohol, a first vegetable oil, preferably a blown/oxidized vegetable oil, most preferably a blown/oxidized soybean oil, and a catalyst and the method of producing the same.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use of a compound comprising a nitrogenous heterocyclic group with five cyclic members including, at least two nitrogen atoms, one of the nitrogen atoms bearing a hydrogen atom to promote the opening/closing reaction of uretidione cycles in the presence of a nucleophile compound provided that, when the nitrogenous heterocyclic group is imidazole, the opening/closing reaction is not the closing reaction of the uretidione cycle in the presence of a quaternary ammonium salt.

Abstract: The composition for optical materials of the present invention contains at least one compound represented by the following Formula 1: 1

Abstract: A method for making natural oil-based polyols directly from vegetable or animal oil using a consecutive two-step process involving epoxidation and hydroxylation is provided. Specifically, this process comprises adding a peroxyacid to a natural oil wherein said natural oil and said peroxyacid react to form an epoxidized natural oil and adding said epoxidized natural oil to a mixture of an alcohol, water, and a fluoboric acid catalyst. The catalytic amount of fluoboric acid is less than about 0.5% by weight of the entire reaction mixture, and the amount of water is about 10 to 30% by weight of the entire mixture. The epoxidized natural oil undergoes hydroxylation and forms a natural oil-based polyol. The present invention further includes a method for making natural oil-based polyols from epoxidized oil by hydroylating the epoxidized oil in the presence of fluoboric acid, alcohol and water in the amounts discussed above.

Abstract: The polyurethane material is produced from a reactive mixture comprising an isocyanate component composed of at least one isocyanate compound having at least two NCO-groups which are not directly attached to an aromatic group; isocyanate-reactive components and a catalyst component which is substantially free of lead and which comprises at least one organobismuth (III) catalyst. In order to be able to keep the emission or VOC value (Volatile Organic Compounds) of the polyurethane material below 250 ppm, preferably below 100 ppm, use is made of an organobismuth (m) and/or of an organotin (II or IV) catalyst comprising either C14-C20 carboxylate groups or C2-C20 carboxylate groups substituted with at least one isocyanate-reactive group. The catalyst component may further comprise an organozinc (11) carboxylate. The preferred catalysts are bismuth oleate, dimethyltin dioleate and zinc octoate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound comprising a reaction product of (A) an isocyanate functional compound of which at least 40 wt. %, relative to the total amount of (A), has a molecular weight of at least about 500, and (B) a nitrogen-containing compound capable of reacting with said isocyanate functional compound (A). The reaction product has a molecular weight of less then about 20,000 and comprises an effective amount of groups that are able to form reversible intermolecular physical interactions such that a resulting compound shows polymeric mechanical properties at a temperature below a transition temperature. The nitrogen-containing compound is, for instance, melamine, urea, acetoguanamine, benzoguanamine, cyanamide, dicyanamide, thiourea, isocytosine, pyrimidone or aminopyridine. The supramolecular compound comprising a suitable amount of the reaction products exhibits a relatively high elongation at break.

Abstract: Polyurethane prepolymers containing NCO (isocyanate) groups and having a low content of monomeric polyisocyanate, processes for their production and uses employing these prepolymers. The polyurethane prepolymers of the invention are produced from by a reaction employing monomeric polyisocyanates and polyols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyester urethanes comprising polypentadecalactone segments. These polyester urethanes do show good properties which may be adjusted in a controlled manner. In preferred embodiments the polyester urethanes display additionally polycaprolactone segments. Such polymer may show shape memory effects.

Abstract: A polymer having a crosslinked structure made from a polyol and an isocyanate where the crosslinks contain urethane and/or ester bonds made from the reaction of a benzylic hydroxyl group and an isocyanate group.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for providing a substrate comprising a wooden surface with a coating having high properties of resistance against attack from chemical products. The invention is characterised in that it comprises steps which consist in: a) adding to an aqueous polyol suspension a composition based on isocyanate(s) and an anionic surfactant having a hydrophilic part comprising an anionic group and a lipophilic part comprising a hydrocarbon radical, said surfactant also including a fragment of polyethylene and/or propylene glycol chain of at least 1, advantageously at least 5, preferably at least 7 ethylenyloxyl and/or propylenyloxyl units, and said isocyanate composition comprising not more than 30% by volume of surfactant bound to an isocyanate function, to form an isocyanate emulsion in water, b) applying said mixture to the surface of said wooden substrate; c) allowing said isocyanate(s) to react with said polyol to form a polyurethane coating.

Abstract: Using at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a zirconyl compound and a zirconium alcoholate as an allophanation catalyst, an allophanate group-containing polyisocyanate composition is produced from a starting material of at least one isocyanate compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic diisocyanate, an alicyclic diisocyanate and an isocyanate pre-polymer obtained therefrom, and another starting material of a hydroxyl group-containing compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersant obtainable by reacting (i) a di- or polyfunctional isocyanate with (ii) an HX-terminated polymeric compound, where X is COO, O, S or NR1 and R1 is H or C1-C6-alkyl; and either (iii) an HY-terminated homopolymer of a monomer selected from the group consisting of N-vinylamides, N-vinyllactams and vinyl- or allyl-substituted nitrogenous heterocycles or copolymer of one or more of the monomers mentioned and optionally further monomers, where Y is COO, O, S or NR2 and R2 is H or C1-C6-alkyl; or (iv) an HY-functional organic phosphonic ester, where Y is as defined above. The dispersant is especially useful for dispersing pigments and for preparing inkjet inks.

Abstract: Curable (meth)acrylate adhesives are formulated with aliphatic urethane (meth)acrylate resins. The resins are urethane (meth)acrylate capped polyols wherein the urethane acrylate capping is derived from isophorone diisocyanate and a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and the polyol is an oligomeric aliphatic diol or triol having a number average molecular weight of from about 1500 to about 3500. The hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate may be hydroxy ethyl acrylate. The polyol may be a member selected from the group consisting of polyoxypropylene triols, polyTHF diols, polycaprolactone/polyTHF block copolymers, and polycaprolactone diols. The adhesives give good adhesion to common DVD substrate materials, and display excellent corrosion resistance in dissimilar metal bonding applications.

Abstract: A novel class of instant degradable synthetic polymeric plastics having the characteristics and properties of conventional forms of plastics is developed by providing a new application advantage of incorporating latent, labile, dormant chemical bond nuclei such as disulfide and sulfenyl derivatives of the plastic compounds with latent nucleophilic properties. The special advantage of the instant degradable polymers over the existing biodegradable and other degradable polymer counterparts, is their engineering and design, which makes the kinetics of their degradation instant, and the chemical and physical properties of their by-products allows soluble dissolution into non-toxic aqueous solvent media, thus enabling a practical treatment of waste and avoiding bio-hazardous pollution of the environment. These novel plastic products are made from a variety of compositions of polymers and their compatible nontoxic modifiers.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a class of random glassy polymer materials, namely nanoporous polymer materials, which contain pores with dimensions ranging from about 1 nm to about 1000 nm. The present invention also discloses a method of making a nanoporous polymer material by controlling the size, shape, volume fraction, and topological features of the pores, which comprises annealing the polymer material at a temperature above its glass transition temperature. The present invention further discloses the use of the resulting nanoporous polymer material to make devices, such as optical devices. For example, the resulting nanoporous polymer can be used to make a planar waveguide that can exhibit an optical loss of less than 0.5 dB/cm.

Abstract: A polymer having a crosslinked structure made from a polyol and an isocyanate where the crosslinks contain urethane and/or ester bonds made from the reaction of a benzylic hydroxyl group and an isocyanate group.

Abstract: Polyurethane dispersions are disclosed that are prepared from low free-diisocyanate polyurethane prepolymers modified by the addition of pendent anionic, cationic, or nonionic moieties.

Abstract: A composition comprising a carbodiimide and a polymer, wherein the carbodiimide comprises a reaction product of a) at least one of an aliphatic C4 to C20 polyisocyanate and an araliphatic C4 to C20 polyisocyanate, b) at least one of a hydroxy carboxylic acid and a hydroxy carboxylic salt, c) optionally, a further compound carrying groups able to react with isocyanate groups in an addition reaction, d) optionally, at least one other isocyanate, and the carbodiimide units being derived essentially exclusively from the isocyanate groups of component a), and the polymer comprises a reaction product of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one of a (meth)acrylate, a vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid, a vinyl aromatic compound, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile, a vinyl halide, an aliphatic hydrocarbon, and a free-radically polymerizable monomer. Also, a method of applying the composition on and/or in a substrate.

Abstract: A reactive polyurethane hot melt adhesive having improved adhesion to wood contains a polymeric isocyanate.

Abstract: Hyperbranched polymers having a plurality of at least two different types of functional groups are described. Specific embodiments include hyperbranched polymers having functional groups of a first type that are substantially uniformly distributed throughout the hyperbranched polymer molecule and a second type of functional group that is substantially uniformly distributed at the terminals of the hyperbranched polymer molecule. The hyperbranched polymers having different types of functional groups are synthesized by reacting one or more monomers having functional groups that are capable of reacting during a set of polymerization conditions to form a hyperbranched polymer, wherein at least one of the monomers contains latent functional groups that are not reactive during polymerization.

Abstract: The invention relates to a moisture-crosslinkable hot-melt adhesive which is composed of a polyurethane prepolymer obtained by polyaddition of at least one polyol to at least one isocyanate chosen from the group of diisocyanates trimerized as isocyanurates and reaction products of diisocyanates with water, the said prepolymer having a content of free NCO groups of between 1 and 25% by weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to a water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane which is the reaction product of A) at least one polyether polyol a1) having an average functionality of ≧3 and at least one urethane group-containing polyether polyol a2) having an average functionality of ≧4, B) at least one monoalcohol with 6 to 22 carbon atoms, C) at least one (cyclo)aliphatic and/or aromatic diisocyanate D) at least one oxime, monoamine and/or diamine with 2 to 18 carbon atoms, E) optionally at least one monoisocyanate with 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and F) optionally at least one polyisocyanate having an average functionality of >2 wherein the starting NCO/OH equivalent ratio is between 0.5:1 to 1.2:1 having a particularly efficient thickening effect in the high-shear range, as well as their use for the thickening of aqueous systems.

Abstract: Molded polyurethane articles having improved flex modulus and impact strength are produced by subjecting a polyurethane-forming reaction mixture which has been introduced into a mold to a static electric field. The static electric field must have a field strength which is less than the dielectric strength of the polyurethane being produced but sufficiently strong to align the hard segment dipoles of the polyurethane.

Abstract: Disclosed is a biocompatible membrane comprising a hydrophilic polyurea composition. The hydrophilic polyurea composition comprises the product of a reaction mixture comprising (a) an amino terminated polysiloxane, (b) a hydrophilic polymer selected from the group consisting of a diamino terminated copolymer of polypropylene glycol and polyethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and diamino polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of from about 400 to about 2000, and (c) a diisocyanate selected from the group consisting of hexamethylene-1,6-diisocyanate, dicyclohexylmethane 4,4′-diisocyanate, and isophorone diisocyanate, and constituting about 50 mole % of the reaction mixture. In this mixture, (a) and (b) constitute a polymeric portion of the reaction mixture, and the hydrophilic polyurea composition has a ratio of its diffusion coefficient for oxygen to its diffusion coefficient for glucose of from about 2,000 to about 10,000.

Abstract: Polyaddition products containing hydroxyl and uretdione groups, a process for their preparation, their use for the production of highly reactive polyurethane (PUR) powder coatings which are free from elimination products and which crosslink to give light-stable and weather-stable coating films of high gloss, and the powder coatings produced accordingly are provided.

Abstract: A polyurethane resin which is the reaction product of at least one diisocyanate and a group of components having isocyanate reactive functional groups. The group of components includes a first group of one or more polyether polyols each having an average molecular weight in the range of 1000 to 10000 g/mol, a second group of one or more polyether polyols each having an average molecular weight in the range of 400 to 10000 g/mol and being hydrophilic and water-soluble, a third group of one or more polyols each having an average molecular weight equal to or less than 800 g/mol, at least one amine, and a reaction terminating agent. The ratio of the equivalent weights of the diisocyanate to the components having isocyanate reactive functional groups is selected such that essentially all of the isocyanate groups of the diisocyanate are present only as the reaction product with one of said isocyanate reactive functional groups.

Abstract: Described is a process for producing segmented polyurethanes having improved processing characteristics in the melt state and an efficient spinning process based thereon to form highly elastic, fine linear density elastane yarn and filament having improved mechanical and thermal properties by using hydroxyalkyl-terminated polysiloxanes in combination with specific crosslinking-capable polyisocyanates in the reaction of long-chain high molecular weight polyhydroxy compounds with organic diisocyanates and low molecular weight diols and also optionally further auxiliary and additive substances in the melt.

Abstract: The invention relates to blends of improved polyurethane ionomers with other polymers and methods for making the same. It was found that the blends of polyurethane anionomers obtained by using the method of the invention had improved physical properties than those made by conventional methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous self-crosslinking PU dispersions and to coatings prepared from them.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions prepared from a first oligomer containing reactive functional groups capable of reaction at effective rates (at normal processing temperatures) with a co-reactive second component possessing functionality that is complementary to that of the first oligomer. The compositions may be used as coatings, including hard surface coatings, clear coatings, powder coatings and pattern coatings; as adhesives, including pressure sensitive adhesives and hot melt adhesives; as sealants; as optical coatings; as blown microfibers (BMF); as high refractive index optical materials; as barrier films; in microreplication; as low adhesion backsizes, (LABs) and as release coatings.

Abstract: Low unsaturation, high molecular weight polyols having an unsaturation level below or equal to 0.006 milli-equivalents per gram, and preferably below 0.004 milli-equivalents per gram, and molecular weights of greater than or equal to about 2,000, and preferably between about 2,000 and 10,000, are converted into low unsaturation, high molecular-weight (LUSHMW) polyamines directly by amination reactions. The LUSHMW polyamines produce polymers having elongation, modulus, and tensile characteristics that are substantially better than those of conventional analogous polymers.

Abstract: An impact strength synthetic resin lens is provided in which transparency of a synthetic resin lens material of a polyurethane and releasability are improved to improve productivity and no stria are produced. The impact strength synthetic resin lens is manufactured by casting and curing a polyurethane resin composition which a polyurethane resin composition for molding optical lenses, comprising, as essential components, a prepolymer obtained by reacting an alicyclic polyisocyate having two or more isocyanate groups with a polyol having two or more hydroxy groups, an internal mold lubricant and a decolored aromatic diamine.

Abstract: A breathable polyurethane having an upright moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of more than about 500 gms/m2/24 hr comprises:

Abstract: Reaction product of a composition comprising in admixture a polyisocyanate, a silicone having dimethylsiloxane segments containing one or more isocyanate-reactive group, a reactant containing one or more of an isocyanate-reactive group and one or more ionizable group, optionally an organic substance having one or more isocyanate-reactive groups and no ionizable group, and compound providing counterion for said ionizable group, wherein either the silicone, or the reactant, or both, have a single isocyanate-reactive group.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions based on fatty acid dialkanolamides, to a process for preparing them and to use as coating compositions.

Abstract: Dual cure coating compositions having a resin solids content of 40 to 80 wt.