274 results about "Addition polymer" patented technology

The present invention provides novel hybrid polymer useful for alignment layers for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium. Hybrid polymers of this invention are prepared from at least one component selected from the group consisting of monomer, oligomer and polymer within the class of polyimides, poly(amic acids) and esters thereof and at least one component selected from the group consisting of addition monomer and functionalized addition polymer wherein the two components are covalently bonded to form a copolymer. The invention further describes liquid crystal optical elements such as all liquid crystal display products or modes, liquid crystal devices and liquid crystal optical films comprising the novel hybrid polymer alignment layers.

An ink jet ink composition including from 40.0 to 99.0% by weight of water; from 0.1 to 20.0% by weight of a pigment dispersed with an oleoyl methyl taurine salt dispersant from 0 to 70.0% by weight of a water miscible co-solvent; and from 0.1 to 20.0% by weight of a water-reducible addition polymer; wherein the weight average molecular weight of the polymer is from 2,000 to 100,000; the acid number is from 50 to 400; and the acid group on the polymer is neutralized by an alkaline metal hydroxide such as lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide potassium hydroxide, or a mixture thereof; and wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the ink composition. An ink jet printing method is also disclosed.

Provided are: an addition polymer of fluorosilsesquioxane (a) having one addition polymerizable functional group or an addition copolymer of the fluorosilsesquioxane (a) having one addition polymerizable functional group and an addition polymerizable monomer (b); a coating film including the polymer or the copolymer; and an addition copolymer of the fluorosilsesquioxane (a) having one addition polymerizable functional group and organopolysiloxane (c) having an addition polymerizable functional group, or an addition copolymer of the fluorosilsesquioxane (a) having one addition polymerizable functional group, the organopolysiloxane (c) having an addition polymerizable functional group, and the addition polymerizable monomer (b).

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, addition polymer precursor compounds, catalysts, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one polymer precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions. Embodiments of the disclosure further provide a polishing pad with polymeric layers that may be interpenetrating polymer networks.

The present invention provides novel hybrid polymer useful for alignment layers for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium. Hybrid polymers of this invention are prepared from a) at least one component selected from the group consisting of oligomer(s) and polymer(s) within the class of polyimides, poly(amic acids) and esters thereof wherein the at least one component comprises at least one initiator generating moiety, and b) at least one component selected from the group consisting of addition monomer(s) and addition polymer(s), wherein the two components are covalently bonded to form a copolymer. The invention further describes liquid crystal elements such as all liquid crystal display products or modes, liquid crystal devices and liquid crystal optical films comprising the novel hybrid polymer alignment layers.

A process for producing a modified particle, which comprises the step of contacting a compound (a) defined by the formula, M¹L¹₃, a compound (b) defined by the formula, R¹_t-1TH, a compound (c) or (e) defined by the formula, R²_m-uM²(OH)_u or R²_4-nJ(OH)_n, respectively, and a particle (d) with one another; a carrier comprising a modified particle produced by said process; a catalyst component (A) comprising a modified particle produced by said process; a process for producing a catalyst for addition polymerization, which comprises the step of contacting said catalyst component (A), a transition metal compound (B) and an optional organoaluminum compound (C) with one another; and a process for producing an addition polymer, which comprises the step of addition polymerizing an addition-polymerizable monomer in the presence of a catalyst for addition polymerization produced by said process.

By specifying a catalyst system (combination of catalyst and cocatalyst) which has high polymerization activity, a norbornene based addition (co)polymer is efficiently produced. Specifically, C₅H₅NiCH₃(PPh₃) as a catalyst and B(C₆F₅)₃ as a cocatalyst are used for producing a norbornene based addition polymer. Furthermore, C₅H₅NiCH₃(PPh₃) as a catalyst and B(C₆F₅)₃ as a cocatalyst are used for producing an addition copolymer of norbornene and norbornene carboxylic acid methyl ester.

A method of forming a cavity between metallic wirings using a polymer capable of revealing a specific heat resistant temperature and a specific heat decomposition temperature by having a specific repeating unit structure and a specific molecular weight range and of readily forming a cavity structure between metallic wirings in, for example, semiconductors. The method comprises a step of coating the surface of a first dielectric film formed on a semiconductor substrate with a cyclic olefin based addition polymer, a step of patterning the cyclic olefin based addition polymer as a void-forming polymer, a step of forming a metallic wiring in the pattern formed on the void-forming polymer, a step of forming a second dielectric film on the void-forming polymer containing a metallic wiring, and a step of removing the void-forming polymer between the multilayered wirings by heating to form a cavity between the metallic wirings.

A coating composition is prepared by polymerizing an addition polymer with a T_g of at least about 60° C. in the presence of a particulate pigment having substantially primary aggregate particles to form encapsulated pigment particles, isolating and drying the encapsulated pigment product, and combining the dried encapsulated pigment product with a coating vehicle.

The present invention relates to aqueous, two-component compositions containing

A) hydroxyl-containing polydimethylsiloxanes having number average molecular weights of 400 to 3000 and an average OH functionality of ≧1.8, and containing at least one structural unit of formula I)

wherein

• • R is an aliphatic, linear or branched C₁ to C₂₀ radical,
  • R¹ is a linear or branched hydroxyalkyl radical having 2 to 10 carbon atoms and
  • R² is either hydrogen or a linear or branched hydroxyalkyl radical having 2 to 10 carbon atoms,
• B) addition polymers containing hydroxyl groups and having a number average molecular weight M_n of 500 to 50,000, a hydroxyl number of 16.5 to 264 mg KOH/g solid resin, an acid number of 0 to 150 mg KOH/g solid resin and a chemically bound carboxylate and/or sulphonate group content of 5 to 417 milliequivalents per 100 g of polymer solids, and C) polyisocyanates. The present invention also relates to coatings, adhesives or sealants obtained from these compositions.

Acrylic aqueous dispersions useful in coating compositions for coating food and beverage containers are disclosed. The aqueous dispersion is the reaction product of:

• • (a) a hydrophobic vinyl addition polymer containing pendant or terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups,
  • (b) a mixture of vinyl monomers including a vinyl monomer containing carboxylic acid groups;

the reaction product containing active hydrogen groups and being at least partially neutralized with a base and dispersed in aqueous medium; the aqueous dispersion being substantially free of bisphenol A and derivatives thereof.

A polishing composition comprising: (a) at least one abrasive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide and aluminum oxide, (b) at least one organic compound selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene oxide, a polypropylene oxide, a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, a polyoxypropylene alkyl ether, a polyoxyethylenepolyoxypropylene alkyl ether and a polyoxyalkylene addition polymer having a C IDENTICAL C triple bond, represented by the formula (1): <CHEM> wherein each R1 to R6 is H or a C1-10 alkyl group, each X and Y is an ethylene-oxy group or a propylene-oxy group, and each of m and n is a positive number of from 1 to 20, (c) at least one polishing accelerating compound selected from the group consisting of citric acid, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, glycine, alpha -alanine and histidine, (d) at least one anticorrosive selected from the group consisting of benzotriazole, benzimidazole, triazole, imidazole and tolyltriazole, (e) hydrogen peroxide, and (f) water.to

The invention provides carbamate-functional resins and coating compositions incorporating said resins that have improved adhesion with respect to subsequently applied films or coatings. More particularly, the invention relates to carbamate-functional addition polymers having at least 250 grams of polymer per carbamate group which are made with less than 35 percent by weight of nonfunctional monomers, preferably with less than 20 percent by weight and most preferably from 0 to less than 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. The invention further provides a method of making a carbamate-functional polymer and carbamate-functional polymers made by the claimed method. Finally, the invention provides a method for improving the adhesion of a first coating composition to a subsequently applied material as well as a method of making a composite comprising a coated substrate, an adhesive composition, and a glass having at least one surface.

The invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising a film-forming first polymer and a second polymer for improving the open time, the wet edge time, adhesion and/or hardness of the resulting coating. The invention further relates to said novel second polymer, its use in coating compositions for improving the open time and coalescence. The water soluble second polymer is an addition polymer comprising 25-95 wt % specific non-ionic hydrophilic monomers A and 5-75 wt % of hydrophobic monomers B which second polymer is sparingly water soluble and a solution of only said second polymer in water has a substantially Newtonian flow behaviour in a wide solid contents range.

Vinyl addition polymer compositions, methods for forming such compositions, methods for using such compositions to form microelectronic and optoelectronic devices are provided. The vinyl addition polymer encompassed by such compositions has a polymer backbone having two or more distinct types of repeat units derived from norbornene-type monomers independently selected from monomers of Formula I:

wherein each of X, m, R¹, R², R³, and R⁴ is as defined herein and wherein a first type of repeat unit is derived from a glycidyl ether substituted norbornene monomer and a second type of repeat unit is derived from an aralkyl substituted norbornene monomer.

The present invention provides novel hybrid polymer optical alignment layers for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium. Hybrid polymers of this invention comprise at least one component of a macromonomer or polymer within the class of polyimide, polyamic acids and esters thereof, and at least one additional component from the group consisting of an addition monomer, monomers and addition polymer that are covalently bonded with the first component to form a copolymer. The invention further describes liquid crystal displays comprising the novel branched hybrid polymer optical alignment layers.

The present invention provides a negative C-plate type optical anisotropic film having negative birefringence along the thickness direction. In particular, the present invention provides n film comprising cycloolefin addition polymer, which is prepared by addition polymerizing norbornene-based monomers, a method for preparing the same, and a liquid crystal display comprising the same. The film of the present invention can be used for optical compensation films of a variety of LCD (liquid crystal display) modes because the refractive index alone the thickness direction can be controlled by the kind and amount of functional groups introduced to the cycloolefin addition polymer.