Biomass derived benzoin derivatives, and methods of making and using the same, are described. Benzoin derivatives may be used as visible light photoinitiators.

A copolymer includes 20 mol % to 80 mol % of —CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O— units, 20 mol % to 80 mol % of —CF(CF.sub.3)CF.sub.2O— units, and 0 mol % to 45 mol % of one or more additional perfluoroalkyleneoxy units. The copolymer has a molecular weight M.sub.n of 1,500 to 20,000, a viscosity index of 100 to 220, and an average tetrafluoroethylene oxide (TFEO) run length less than 6. A process of forming a perfluoroalkyl polyether copolymer includes feeding a gas stream containing TFEO and hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO) into a reactor containing a fluorinated solvent, a fluoride salt, an ether, and an acid fluoride to form an acid fluoride-containing polymer. The process also includes hydrolyzing the acid fluoride-containing polymer to form a perfluoroalkyl polyether carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt. The process further includes distilling off the fluorinated solvent and treating the perfluoroalkyl polyether carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt with elemental fluorine to obtain the perfluoroalkyl polyether copolymer.

A curable composition of the present invention includes a cationic polymerizable compound; a thermal polymerization initiator; and a storage stabilizer, in which the cationic polymerizable compound includes at least two selected from the group consisting of a glycidyl ether compound, an alicyclic epoxy compound, and an oxetane compound, a content of the thermal polymerization initiator is from 0.3 to 3 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cationic polymerizable compound, and chain curing is enabled by thermal energy generated by a polymerization reaction of the cationic polymerizable compound.

An electrostatic mat, wherein the mat comprises at least one electrostatic layer, wherein the at least one layer comprises an elastomeric rubber, wherein the elastomeric rubber comprises 20-100 phr elastomeric polyether, wherein the elastomeric polyether comprises 10-75 wt % ethylene oxide, 20-70 wt % epihalohydrin, and 0-10% vinyloxirane. The mat prevents the generation of voltage when it is walked on and/or dissipates the charge that was generated.

The fluorine-containing ether compound is represented by the following formula (1): R.sup.1—R.sup.2—CH.sub.2—R.sup.3—CH.sub.2—R.sup.4. In the formula (1), R.sup.1 is represented by the following formula (2), R.sup.2 is represented by the following formula (3), R.sup.3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, and R.sup.4 is an organic end group different from R.sup.1—R.sup.2— and contains two or three polar groups, wherein each polar group is bonded to a different carbon atom, and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bonded are bonded to one another via a linking group containing a carbon atom to which the polar group is not bonded. In the formula (2), R.sup.5 is an alkoxy group selected from the group consisting of a methoxy, an ethoxy and a propoxy group. In the formula (3), w is 2 or 3.

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An antifouling coating composition including a copolymer including two or more moieties represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a linking group between the two or more moieties, a method of preparing the copolymer, and an antifouling film produced from the antifouling coating composition.

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In Chemical Formula 1, the definitions of Ar, A, B, C, D, and m are as described in the specification.

The present invention relates to a heat-curable composition comprising at least one epoxy monomer comprising two or three epoxy groups, which is not a hydrolysis-polymerizable silicon compound, at least one epoxy compound bearing at least one silicon atom having at least one hydrolyzable group directly linked to the silicon atom and at least one epoxy group, and at least one epoxy ring-opening catalyst. The composition comprises at least 50% by weight of compounds having at least one epoxy group, relative to the total weight of polymerizable compounds present in the composition and provides upon pre-curing a tack-free coating that can be removed by treatment with a solution of sodium hydroxide, and upon post-curing a coating that cannot be removed by treatment with a solution of sodium hydroxide.

Disclosed herein are glycidol-based polymers, nanoparticles, and methods related thereto useful for a variety of applications, including, but not limited to, drug delivery. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

A flexible display device including a hard coating layer, the hard coating layer containing first hard coating oligomers, second hard coating oligomers having greater molecular weights than the first hard coating oligomers, a cross-linker, and a photoinitiator. The first hard coating oligomers may maintain the hardness of the hard coating layer and the second hard coating oligomers may improve the flexibility of the hard coating layer, such that damage to the hard coating layer may be prevented or reduced even when the flexible display device is bent.

An article comprising a flexible polymer substrate having two major surfaces, a surface layer comprising metal, metal oxide, silicon flexible polymer substrate; and a coating disposed on at least one surface layer, wherein the coating comprises a fluorinated polymer bonded to the surface layer; wherein the fluorinated polymer has the following general formula (I), where n=6 to 120; and where n=6 to 120; and where m=1 to 25 (R1); (R2); or where m=1 to 25 (R3).

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