Polar silane linkers are provided that attach to resins to form silane-functionalized resins. The functionalized resins can be bound to hydroxyl groups on the surface of silica particles to improve the dispersibility of the silica particles in rubber mixtures. Further disclosed are synthetic routes to provide the silane-functionalized resins, as well as various uses and end products that benefit from the unexpected properties of the silane-functionalized resins. Silane-functionalized resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the silane-functionalized resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, and wet braking performance.

To provide a dental stereolithography-type three-dimensional printing material in which the total preparing time required from modeling with using a 3D printer to a final curing is short, work efficiency is excellent, temporal shrinkage deformation of a dental three-dimensional modeled object is suppressed and a dimensional accuracy is excellent. The dental stereolithography-type three-dimensional printing material of the present invention comprises at least one or more (a) monofunctional acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring and (b) photopolymerization initiator, wherein an electronegativity difference between adjacent atoms which are bonded by covalent bond in all atoms constituting the (a) monofunctional acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring is less than 1.0.

To provide a dental stereolithography-type three-dimensional printing material in which the total preparing time required from modeling with using a 3D printer to a final curing is short, work efficiency is excellent, temporal shrinkage deformation of a dental three-dimensional modeled object is suppressed and a dimensional accuracy is excellent. The dental stereolithography-type three-dimensional printing material of the present invention comprises at least one or more (a) monofunctional acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring and (b) photopolymerization initiator, wherein an electronegativity difference between adjacent atoms which are bonded by covalent bond in all atoms constituting the (a) monofunctional acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring is less than 1.0.

A method for producing a polymer containing metal atoms or halogen atoms at the terminals thereof with excellent efficiency while minimizing or eliminating side reactions or the like is provided. The method can also freely control molecular weight characteristics of the polymer.

A method for producing a polymer containing metal atoms or halogen atoms at the terminals thereof with excellent efficiency while minimizing or eliminating side reactions or the like is provided. The method can also freely control molecular weight characteristics of the polymer.

A method for manufacturing a low molecular weight acrylic resin, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a low molecular weight acrylic resin having a high conversion rate and a low poly dispersion index includes maintaining the temperature of a reacting part with a screw stirrer at a specific temperature during a continuous polymerization of a solvent-free acrylic composition in a continuous flow reactor having the reacting part.

Polar silane linkers are provided that attach to resins to form silane-functionalized resins. The functionalized resins can be bound to hydroxyl groups on the surface of silica particles to improve the dispersibility of the silica particles in rubber mixtures. Further disclosed are synthetic routes to provide the silane-functionalized resins, as well as various uses and end products that benefit from the unexpected properties of the silane-functionalized resins. Silane-functionalized resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the silane-functionalized resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, and wet braking performance.

Polar silane linkers are provided that attach to resins to form silane-functionalized resins. The functionalized resins can be bound to hydroxyl groups on the surface of silica particles to improve the dispersibility of the silica particles in rubber mixtures. Further disclosed are synthetic routes to provide the silane-functionalized resins, as well as various uses and end products that benefit from the unexpected properties of the silane-functionalized resins. Silane-functionalized resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the silane-functionalized resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, and wet braking performance.

Disclosed is a block copolymer including one or more blocks of an acrylate polymer and one or more blocks of a chloroprene polymer, wherein the number average molecular weight of the block copolymer is 110,000 or more, the number average molecular weight of the block of a chloroprene polymer is 80,000 or more in total, and the block copolymer has a functional group with a structure represented by the following chemical formula (1) or (2):

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wherein in the chemical formula (1), R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, chlorine, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted, or unsubstituted heterocyclyl group.

This invention is related to a method of manufacturing an anti-glare cover. The method includes preparing a crosslinking precursor solution, wherein the precursor solution is an organic solution with crosslinkable polymer monomer and crosslinking initiator; applying the crosslinking precursor solution on a cover to form a crosslinking precursor layer; pre-crosslinking and crosslinking the crosslinking precursor layer to form a mesh crosslinked layer; etching the cover with acid solution and the mesh crosslinked layer acting as a hard mask to form an anti-glare microstructure on the cover; and removing the mesh crosslinked layer.