A polarizing plate, an image display device comprising the same, and a photocurable composition for a polarizing plate protective layer are provided. The polarizing plate includes a polarizer; and a protective layer in contact with at least one surface of the polarizer. The protective layer is a cured material of a photocurable composition for a polarizing plate protective layer including a photopolymerizable compound, and a photocation polymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compound includes a first epoxy-based compound, a second epoxy-based compound and an oxetane compound.

A hot melt epoxy resin system includes an epoxy resin composition and a curing agent/catalyst paste composition that is fast curable, isothermal press curable, hot demoldable capable under three minutes at 150 C. and Class A surface giving and suitable to use in the production of automotive interior composite parts, wherein the epoxy resin composition includes an epoxy resin mixture including a first resin and a second resin; at least one thermoplastic toughener; at least one UV hindered amine light stabilizer; at least one UV absorber and/or blocker; 1,3,5-tris(4-tert.-butyl-3-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylbenzyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-(1H,3H,5H)-trione as anti-oxidant; hydrophobic fumed silica as air release/rheology agent and hexamethyldisiloxane as an internal mold release agent and the curing agent/catalyst paste composition comprises a paste mixture, which is comprising dicyandiamide (DICY) below a 10 m particle size and sebacic dihydrazide below a 10 m particle size.

A process of: providing a polyfunctional compound selected from polyisocyanate, polyacrylate, and polyepoxy; and reacting the polyfunctional compound with a hydroxyl- or amine-terminated silyl-containing compound. The polyfunctional compound and the silyl-containing compound are at least difunctional. A thermoset made by this process.

Disclosed are a novel monofunctional polyethylene glycol (PEG) and derivatives thereof. More particularly, one terminal of each of the monofunctional polyethylene glycol and derivatives thereof is modified with a tertiary alkoxy group.

Porous electrically conductive graphene/carbon nanofiber bio-scaffolds can be fabricated having a Youngs modulus and electrical conductivity that both match typical values for brain tissue. Such scaffolds have been tested and found to provide proved differentiation of stem cells into functional neural cells relative to conventional scaffolds. In preferred embodiments, neural cell differentiation in conductive graphene/carbon nanofiber scaffolds is promoted by an applied electrical stimulus.

Compositions including a thermosetting polymer network and a mechanophore covalently bonded to the thermosetting polymer network are provided. Substrates including the compositions are provided. In addition, methods of making the compositions and methods of monitoring stress on a substrate comprising the compositions are provided.

Curable epoxy/thiol resin compositions, methods of curing, methods of bonding substrates, and tapes including the cured polymeric material, wherein the curable epoxy/thiol resin composition includes: an epoxy resin component comprising an epoxy resin having at least two epoxide groups per molecule; a thiol component comprising a polythiol compound having at least two primary thiol groups; a silane-functionalized adhesion promoter; a nitrogen-containing catalyst for curing the epoxy resin; and optionally a cure inhibitor.

An aromatic polyphenol derivative comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two OZ groups in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the OZ groups being unsubstituted, is used for the manufacture of a phenol-aldehyde resin for reinforcing a rubber composition. Each OZ group represents an OSi(R.sub.1R.sub.2R.sub.3) group with R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 representing, independently of one another, a hydrocarbon-based radical or a substituted hydrocarbon-based radical.

An aromatic polyphenol derivative comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two OZ groups in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the OZ groups being unsubstituted, is used for the manufacture of a phenol-aldehyde resin for reinforcing a rubber composition. Each OZ group represents an OSi(R.sub.1R.sub.2R.sub.3) group with R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 representing, independently of one another, a hydrocarbon-based radical or a substituted hydrocarbon-based radical.

A dual curable composition is provided, comprising a compound represented by formula (I):
(acrylate).sub.a-(A)-(silane).sub.b(I)
in which a and b are identical or different and are each represented by an integer greater than or equal to 1; and wherein the dual curable composition is radiation curable and/or moisture curable. The moiety A comprises at least one of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon, an aryl moiety, an ether, an ester, an amide, a urethane, a urea, a hydroxyl group-containing organic moiety, an acrylic oligomer, an epoxy oligomer, a urethane oligomer, a polyester oligomer, or mixtures thereof, and the dual curable composition has a molecular weight greater than or equal to 300.