The invention relates to thermosetting powder coating compositions as disclosed herein, said compositions comprising one or more unsaturated resins comprising ethylenic unsaturations, one or more curing agents, and one or more thermal radical initiators, wherein at least one of the initiators is a peroxydicarbonate-X. The invention further relates to a process for making said thermosetting powder coating compositions and processes for coating an article with said thermosetting powder coating compositions. The invention further relates to cured thermosetting powder coating compositions obtained by curing of the thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon said thermosetting powder coating composition. The invention further relates to the use of said thermosetting powder coating compositions, to the use of an article having coated thereon said thermosetting powder coating compositions and to the use of an article having coated and cured thereon said thermosetting powder coating compositions. The invention further relates to various uses of either the thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention, or the cured thermosetting powder coating compositions of the invention or of articles having coated thereon the thermosetting powder coating composition of the invention, or of articles having coated and cured thereon the thermosetting powder coating composition of the invention. The invention further relates to a method for enabling the fast heat-curing of a thermosetting powder coating composition at low temperature. The invention further relates to a method for enhancing the chemical resistance of a powder coating obtained by heat curing of the thermosetting powder coating composition of the invention at low temperature.

The present invention relates to an article comprising expanded thermoplastic polyurethane as a substrate and a specific polyurethane urea coating on said substrate, as well as footwear, a process for producing the article and a use of a polyurethane urea dispersion/solution. It has been found that a polyurethane urea coating comprising polycarbonate structural units strongly binds to expanded TPU substrates and maintains the intrinsic properties of the expanded TPU.

The present invention relates to an article comprising expanded thermoplastic polyurethane as a substrate and a specific polyurethane urea coating on said substrate, as well as footwear, a process for producing the article and a use of a polyurethane urea dispersion/solution. It has been found that a polyurethane urea coating comprising polycarbonate structural units strongly binds to expanded TPU substrates and maintains the intrinsic properties of the expanded TPU.

According to the present invention, there can be provided a resin composition, comprising: a polycarbonate resin comprising a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (1):

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wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 and R.sub.11 to R.sub.14 each independently hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine, etc., a represents an integer of 1 to 1,000, and X represents S, etc.; and a carbonate-based organic solvent, wherein the content of the polycarbonate resin in the resin composition is 0.05% to 50% by mass; the content of the carbonate-based organic solvent in the resin composition is 50% to 99.5% by mass, and the total percentage of constituent units represented by the following formulae (2) to (4) in all of the constituent units represented by the general formula (1) is 0% to 75% at a molar percentage:

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According to the present invention, there can be provided a resin composition, comprising: a polycarbonate resin comprising a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (1):

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wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 and R.sub.11 to R.sub.14 each independently hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine, etc., a represents an integer of 1 to 1,000, and X represents S, etc.; and a carbonate-based organic solvent, wherein the content of the polycarbonate resin in the resin composition is 0.05% to 50% by mass; the content of the carbonate-based organic solvent in the resin composition is 50% to 99.5% by mass, and the total percentage of constituent units represented by the following formulae (2) to (4) in all of the constituent units represented by the general formula (1) is 0% to 75% at a molar percentage:

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A display device includes: a display member including a first region, a second region, and a third region defined between the first region and the second region; a first coated layer disposed on a first surface of the first region of the display member; and a second coated layer disposed on a first surface of the second region of the display member, where a first modulus of the first coated layer is smaller than a second modulus of the second coated layer.

A display device includes: a display member including a first region, a second region, and a third region defined between the first region and the second region; a first coated layer disposed on a first surface of the first region of the display member; and a second coated layer disposed on a first surface of the second region of the display member, where a first modulus of the first coated layer is smaller than a second modulus of the second coated layer.

Polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers generically include one or more units each of which necessarily has a 1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group or a 1,1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group. According to specific disclosures herein, polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers have one or more S1 units represented by the formula:

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wherein n is an integer equal to or higher than 1, m is 0 or 1, A is H or CH.sub.3, and wherein each of X and Y is a specifically defined group.

Polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers generically include one or more units each of which necessarily has a 1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group or a 1,1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group. According to specific disclosures herein, polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers have one or more S1 units represented by the formula:

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wherein n is an integer equal to or higher than 1, m is 0 or 1, A is H or CH.sub.3, and wherein each of X and Y is a specifically defined group.

Polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers generically include one or more units each of which necessarily has a 1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group or a 1,1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group. According to specific disclosures herein, polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers have one or more S1 units represented by the formula: ##STR00001##
wherein n is an integer equal to or higher than 1, m is 0 or 1, A is H or CH.sub.3, and wherein each of X and Y is a specifically defined group.