Disclosed are maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, methods for preparing maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, low temperature methods for laminating anodes comprising the maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, and anodes and alkali ion batteries that comprise the maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers.

Disclosed are maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, methods for preparing maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, low temperature methods for laminating anodes comprising the maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, and anodes and alkali ion batteries that comprise the maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers.

A dispersion liquid includes water, a coloring material, and a dispersion resin that disperses the coloring material. The dispersion resin has a constituent unit A containing a hydrophobic monomer, and a predetermined constituent unit B.

A dispersion liquid includes water, a coloring material, and a dispersion resin that disperses the coloring material. The dispersion resin has a constituent unit A containing a hydrophobic monomer, and a predetermined constituent unit B.

A prepreg is provided. The prepreg is prepared by impregnating a liquid crystal polymer non-woven fabric with a thermal-curable resin composition or by coating a thermal-curable resin composition onto a liquid crystal polymer non-woven fabric and drying the impregnated or coated liquid crystal polymer non-woven fabric, wherein the thermal-curable resin composition includes: (A) an unsaturated monomer; and (B) a cyclic olefin copolymer including the following repeating units: (B-1) a repeating unit of formula (I), ##STR00001## (B-2) a repeating unit of formula (II), ##STR00002##
and (B-3) a repeating unit of formula (III), ##STR00003## R.sup.1 to R.sup.22, m, n, o, and p in formulas (I) to (III) are as defined in the specification, wherein based on the total moles of the repeating units (B-1) to (B-3), the content of the repeating unit (B-2) is 19 mol % to 36 mol %, and wherein the weight ratio of the cyclic olefin copolymer (B) to the unsaturated monomer (A) is 0.5 to 7.

The present invention relates to a hard coating film including a substrate and a hard coating layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate, in which the hard coating layer includes a fluorine-based UV-curable-functional-group-containing compound, a conductive polymer, and a solvent, the conductive polymer being included in a specific amount, and the surface roughness (Ra) value of the hard coating layer is 1 nm or less, whereby the hard coating film can simultaneously exhibit hard coating performance and antifouling performance even in the form of a single layer not including a separate antifouling layer, and is remarkably improved in an antifouling effect based on the low surface roughness thereof due to the absence of inorganic fine particles, and the improved antifouling effect can be effectively maintained even in the presence of variously changing environmental conditions, and to a window and an image display device using the same.

The present invention relates to a hard coating film including a substrate and a hard coating layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate, in which the hard coating layer includes a fluorine-based UV-curable-functional-group-containing compound, a conductive polymer, and a solvent, the conductive polymer being included in a specific amount, and the surface roughness (Ra) value of the hard coating layer is 1 nm or less, whereby the hard coating film can simultaneously exhibit hard coating performance and antifouling performance even in the form of a single layer not including a separate antifouling layer, and is remarkably improved in an antifouling effect based on the low surface roughness thereof due to the absence of inorganic fine particles, and the improved antifouling effect can be effectively maintained even in the presence of variously changing environmental conditions, and to a window and an image display device using the same.

Coating compositions comprise: a curable compound comprising: a core chosen from a C.sub.6 carbocyclic aromatic ring, a C.sub.2-5 heterocyclic aromatic ring, a C.sub.9-30 fused carbocyclic aromatic ring system, a C.sub.4-30 fused heterocyclic aromatic ring system, C.sub.1-20 aliphatic, and C.sub.3-20 cycloaliphatic, and three or more substituents of formula (1)

##STR00001##

wherein at least two substituents of formula (1) are attached to the aromatic core; and wherein: Ar.sup.1 is chosen from a C.sub.6 carbocyclic aromatic ring, a C.sub.2-5 heterocyclic aromatic ring, a C.sub.9-30 fused carbocyclic aromatic ring system, and a C.sub.4-30 fused heteroocyclic aromatic ring system; Z is a substituent independently chosen from OR.sup.1, protected hydroxyl, carboxyl, protected carboxyl, SR.sup.1, protected thiol, —O—C(═O)—C.sub.1-6 alkyl, halogen, and NHR.sup.2; wherein each R.sup.1 is independently chosen from H, C.sub.1-10 alkyl, C.sub.2-10 unsaturated hydrocarbyl, and C.sub.5-30 aryl; each R.sup.2 is independently chosen from H, C.sub.1-10 alkyl, C.sub.2-10 unsaturated hydrocarbyl, C.sub.5-30 aryl, C(═O)—R.sup.1, and S(═O).sub.2—R.sup.1; x is an integer from 1 to the total number of available aromatic ring atoms in Ar.sup.1; and * denotes the point of attachment to the core; provided that no substituents of formula (1) are in an ortho position to each other on the same aromatic ring of the core; a polymer; and one or more solvents, wherein the total solvent content is from 50 to 99 wt % based on the coating composition. Coated substrates formed with the coating compositions and methods of forming electronic devices using the compositions are also provided. The compositions, coated substrates and methods find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.

Coating compositions comprise: a curable compound comprising: a core chosen from a C.sub.6 carbocyclic aromatic ring, a C.sub.2-5 heterocyclic aromatic ring, a C.sub.9-30 fused carbocyclic aromatic ring system, a C.sub.4-30 fused heterocyclic aromatic ring system, C.sub.1-20 aliphatic, and C.sub.3-20 cycloaliphatic, and three or more substituents of formula (1)

##STR00001##

wherein at least two substituents of formula (1) are attached to the aromatic core; and wherein: Ar.sup.1 is chosen from a C.sub.6 carbocyclic aromatic ring, a C.sub.2-5 heterocyclic aromatic ring, a C.sub.9-30 fused carbocyclic aromatic ring system, and a C.sub.4-30 fused heteroocyclic aromatic ring system; Z is a substituent independently chosen from OR.sup.1, protected hydroxyl, carboxyl, protected carboxyl, SR.sup.1, protected thiol, —O—C(═O)—C.sub.1-6 alkyl, halogen, and NHR.sup.2; wherein each R.sup.1 is independently chosen from H, C.sub.1-10 alkyl, C.sub.2-10 unsaturated hydrocarbyl, and C.sub.5-30 aryl; each R.sup.2 is independently chosen from H, C.sub.1-10 alkyl, C.sub.2-10 unsaturated hydrocarbyl, C.sub.5-30 aryl, C(═O)—R.sup.1, and S(═O).sub.2—R.sup.1; x is an integer from 1 to the total number of available aromatic ring atoms in Ar.sup.1; and * denotes the point of attachment to the core; provided that no substituents of formula (1) are in an ortho position to each other on the same aromatic ring of the core; a polymer; and one or more solvents, wherein the total solvent content is from 50 to 99 wt % based on the coating composition. Coated substrates formed with the coating compositions and methods of forming electronic devices using the compositions are also provided. The compositions, coated substrates and methods find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.

Disclosed are maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, methods for preparing maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, low temperature methods for laminating anodes comprising the maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers, and anodes and alkali ion batteries that comprise the maleic anhydride-grafted cyclic olefin copolymers.