Provided are processes for facilitating the removal of a biological stain is provided wherein a substrate or coating including a protease is capable of enzymatically degrading of one or more components of the biological stain to facilitate biological stain removal from the substrate or said coating.

A composition includes a photoacid generator and a fluorine-containing epoxy resin that is a polymer of monomers that include an acrylic monomer (a) having a perfluoropolyether group having 9 or more carbon atoms and an acrylic monomer (b) having an epoxy group in a composition ratio such that a number of acrylic functional groups derived from the acrylic monomer (b) is larger than a number of acrylic functional groups derived from the acrylic monomer (a).

A silicon-containing polymer is represented by the general formula: (I) wherein A, Q, Z, x, and y are as defined in the specification, and I is iodine. Group Q includes a hydrolyzable silane group and group A is fluorinated. A method of making the silicon-containing polymer is also disclosed.

Marine coatings including cationic polymers hydrolyzable to nonfouling zwitterionic polymers, coated marine surfaces, and methods for making and using the marine coatings.

The invention relates to the field of polymers and olefin polymerization, and more specifically olefin metathesis polymerization. The invention provides regioregular alternating polymers and methods of synthesizing such polymers. To demonstrate, polymers were synthesized and modified with a FRET pair (Trp/Dansyl) post-polymerization.

The present invention provides fluorinated compounds as well as dispersions of the fluorinated compounds. The fluorinated compounds described herein, in some embodiments, can be applied substrates such as textiles, including carpet and other floor coverings.

The present disclosure is related to a coating method of a long-chain entangled PDMS (LEP) gel in which self-replenishment of a lubricating layer is sustainable. More specifically, it is possible to achieve excellent slippery properties, anti-fouling performance, and anti-icing performance for a long period of time due to sustainable self-replenishment performance of a surface coated with LEP gel, by forming LEP gel impregnated with a low-viscosity silicone oil as a lubricant into the surface of long-chain entangled PDMS (LEP), in which long-chain free polymers are entangled in PDMS networks.

Compositions and methods for the production of siloxane materials using an azaphosphatrane as a catalyst. In one embodiment, there is provided a process for the ring opening polymerization of a cyclosiloxane in the presence of an azaphosphatrane. In another embodiment, there is provided a composition and method for condensation curing of a moisture curable composition using an azaphosphatrane.

The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to antifungal nanofibrous materials and the use of such materials.

To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid, whereby it is possible to form a surface-treated layer which has high initial water/oil repellency and which is excellent in abrasion resistance and fingerprint stain removability, and a substrate having a surface-treated layer and a method for its production. A fluorinated ether compound which has a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain () having a C.sub.4 oxyperfluoroalkylene unit () and an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit () other than the unit () and which has a hydrolysable silyl group on at least one terminal of the poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain () via a linking group.