A composition, a film, a display device and article prepared therefrom, and a method of preparing the article, the composition including: a compound having a fluorine-containing (poly)ether group represented by Formula 1; and a heteroatom-containing cyclic silane compound represented by Formula 2 or 3:

##STR00001## wherein, in Formulas 1 to 3, Rf is a fluorine-containing (poly)ether group, and L1, Q1, p1, q1, q2, q3, A1, A2, A3, R.sub.a, R.sub.b, R.sub.i, R.sub.j, R.sub.c, R.sub.d, R.sub.e, R.sub.f, R.sub.g, R.sub.h, R.sub.k, R.sub.l, R.sub.m, R.sub.n, R.sub.o, R.sub.p, R.sub.q, R.sub.r, R.sub.s, and R.sub.t are as described in the detailed description.

A fluoropolyether group-containing silane compound represented by the following formula (I): R.sup.F1—R.sup.4—(OR.sup.3).sub.m—R.sup.5—SiR.sup.1.sub.nR.sup.2.sub.3-n [wherein the symbols are as described in the specification]. Also disclosed is a surface-treating agent containing the silane compound; a pellet including the surface-treating agent; and an article including a substrate and a layer on a surface of the substrate, wherein the layer is formed of the silane compound or the surface-treating agent.

A poly(amide-imide) copolymer including an amide structural unit having an amide bond in a polymer main chain and an imide structural unit having an imide bond in a polymer main chain, wherein at least one imide structural unit includes a moiety cross-linked to an adjacent polymer main chain through an amide bond.

There is disclosed a condensation curable coating composition in the form of an oil-in-oil emulsion, the coating composition being able to protect surfaces coated therewith from undesired contamination by materials coming in contact therewith. The surfaces to be so protected by the coating composition, once cured, can, by way of illustration, be of parts of printing systems and the materials coming in contact with such surfaces can be ink images or residues thereof.

Polyurethanes are made by reacting, in one or more reaction steps, a) at least one organic polyisocyanate, b-1) one or more polyols having a hydroxyl equivalent weight of greater than 250 g/mol and a nominal hydroxyl functionality of 2 to 4 and b-2) at least one alkoxylated Mannich base to produce a polyurethane polymer having a density of at least 750 kg/m3 and a hard segment content of 20 to 80% by weight.

A waterborne polyurethane dispersion is provided. The waterborne polyurethane dispersion comprises residual moiety of a hydroxy-terminated siloxane compound in the main chain and exhibits good anti-stickiness and/or wet color fastness while retaining superior mechanical properties. A laminated synthetic leather article prepared with said waterborne polyurethane dispersion as well the method for preparing the synthetic leather article are also provided.

An object is to provide an aqueous coating material composition having high viscosity expression property as well as a viscosity property of decreasing viscosity with increase in shear velocity; in particular, to provide an aqueous coating material composition that can form a multilayer coating film having excellent smoothness, clarity, flip-flop property, adhesion, and water resistance; in addition, to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film using such aqueous coating material composition, as well as a coated article that has been coated with such aqueous coating material composition. As a solution, an aqueous coating material composition is provided that contains a polyester resin (A), acrylic resin particles (B), a curing agent (C), and a coloring pigment (D), wherein the polyester resin (A) is a resin containing a trifunctional or higher polyfunctional polycarboxylic acid (a1) and a polyol (a2) as monomer components.

A polymer having a hydrophobic polymer chain derived from monomers of farnesene and other optional monomers, such as dienes and vinyl aromatics. The polymer also includes one or more terminal functional groups, such as an amino group, a glycidyl group, a carboxylic acid group, a (meth)acrylate group, a silane group, an isocyanate group, an acetoacetate group, a phenolic group, and a hydroxyl group. Functional groups, such as carboxylic acids, may also be grafted along the hydrophobic polymer chain. The polymer may be incorporated in curable compositions that optionally include one or more polymer resins having similar functional groups. Methods for preparing the curable polymer compositions are also provided. The curable or cured form of the polymer composition may be used in various products, such as a sealant, a coating, a caulk, an electric potting compound, a membrane, a sponge, a foam, an adhesive, or a propellant binder.

Provided is a polyaspartic composition comprising a reaction product of a polyamine with a Michael addition receptor, a pigment, and from >0% to ≤3% of a phosphoric acid ester dispersant, wherein the percentage is calculated as (weight of dispersant solids/weight of pigment solids)×100. The inventive polyaspartic compositions may be reacted with a polyisocyanate to provide coatings, adhesives, sealants, composites, castings, and films having a stable initial gloss. Also provided is a method of increasing 60° gloss in a cured polyurea or polyurethane composition, the method comprising reacting a polyisocyanate with the inventive polyaspartic composition to form a reaction product and curing the reaction product, wherein 60° gloss of the cured polyurea or polyurethane composition is ≥80%. The high 60° gloss is maintained over at least one-week, and in some cases over at least four weeks, at 40° C. and 80% relative humidity.

The present invention relates to two-component topcoat systems comprising polyaspartic esters that contain only small amounts of dialkyl fumarates, to a process for the production thereof and for the use thereof in the production of coatings, in particular for corrosion protection, and to the use in the field of general industrial painting or in the field of ACE (agriculture, construction and earth-moving equipment) and to substrates coated therewith.