The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition which has excellent storage stability, while being capable of forming a coating film that exhibits excellent chipping resistance and excellent finish appearance in a dust part and in a film formation part. The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition which contains (A) a urethane resin that is obtained from constituents including (a1) a polyisocyanate component and (a2) a polyol component containing (a2-1) a polyether polyol and (a2-2) a polycarbonate polyol, (B) at least one hydroxyl group-containing resin that is selected from among (B1) hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resins and (B2) hydroxyl group-containing polyester resins, (C) an organic solvent that has a solubility parameter within the range of from 8.8 to 10.1, and (D) water, wherein based on 100 parts by mass of the resin solid content in the aqueous coating composition, the content of the urethan resin (A) is within the range of from 60 to 85 parts by mass and the content of the organic solvent (C) is within the range of from 5 to 30 parts by mass.

The present invention relates to an antiglare film laminate including a polymer substrate, and an antiglare layer containing a binder resin and organic fine particles or inorganic fine particles dispersed on the binder resin, wherein the number of pressed portions formed on an outer surface of the antiglare layer is 0.001 pieces/m.sup.2 or less, and the pressed portion has a diameter of 200 μm to 600 μm and a thickness of 80% or less of an average thickness of the antiglare layer, a polarizing plate including the antiglare film laminate, and a display device including the polarizing plate.

A film is described comprising a (meth)acrylic polymer and a polyvinyl acetal (e.g. butyral) resin. In some embodiments, the film has a glass transition temperature (i.e. Tg) ranging from 30° C. to 60° C. In some embodiments, the film has a gel content of at least 20% or greater. In some embodiments, the film has an elongation at break of at least 175%. The film typically comprises photoinitiator as a result of the method by which the film was made. The film may be a monolithic film or a layer of a multilayer film.

A thermosetting sheet according to the present invention includes a thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin, in which a thickness change rate when a temperature is changed from 25° C. to 200° C. is 0% or more and 10% or less.

Disclosed is a method of preparing polymer film-metal composites and uses of such composites. The metal can be in the form of a nanoparticle or a film. The methods comprise depositing on a surface, a composition comprising: a cationic metal precursor; a polymer film precursor that comprises a plurality of photopolymerizable groups; and a photoreducer-photoinitiator; then irradiating the composition under conditions to simultaneously reduce the cationic metal and polymerize the photopolymerizable groups to obtain the composite on the surface.

The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion containing a mixture of linear fluorinated and non-fluorinated polyurethane acrylates, obtainable by: a) reacting polyisocyanate A′, multi-unsaturated OH-functional compound B′, acid-functional polyol C′ under urethane formation reaction conditions in the presence of intermediate X, wherein intermediate X is an OH-functional (per)fluoropolyether (PFPE) derivative, and b) adding neutralizer D to the reaction product of step a) and dispersing it in water. The dispersion can be used in preparation of a coating with easy-clean, anti-stain and anti-scratch properties, which can advantageously be used for coating substrates in consumer electronics or automotive applications.

To provide a PSA sheet having excellent IR-blocking properties. Provided is a PSA sheet having a PSA layer. The PSA sheet has 5% or lower light transmittance in the thickness direction in a wavelength region of 780 nm to 2500 nm. The PSA sheet has 0.01% or lower light transmittance in an in-plane direction in a wavelength region of 380 nm to 2500 nm.

The invention is in the field of methods for preparing polymer films, and of such polymer films. The method involves phase separation and requires only aqueous solution, eliminating the need for organic solvents. The aqueous phase separation involves contacting a polymer solution comprising a trigger-responsive polymer with an aqueous coagulation solution in which the trigger-responsive polymer is not soluble.

Provided are a superabsorbent polymer and a preparation method thereof, including preparing a base resin and conducting surface modification of the base resin in the presence of an inorganic filler. The method of preparing the superabsorbent polymer of the present invention may provide a superabsorbent polymer having improved rewetting property and liquid permeability.

Provided are an anti-reflective film including a low-refractive layer having mechanical properties such as high abrasion resistance and scratch resistance, etc., and excellent optical properties, and a hard coating layer, a polarizing plate including the same, and a display device including the same.