Provided is a lactic acid-based block copolymer which is biodegradable while having excellent mechanical properties.

The present invention suggests a curable organic polymer comprising at least one acylurea unit represented by structural formula (I):

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Moreover, the present invention suggests a process for the preparation of said polymer and the use of said curable organic polymer for the preparation of a cured composition and for the preparation of hydroxyurethanes.

A problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a resin out of which a heat-resistant non-woven fabric having a fine fiber diameter can be made by an electrospinning method. A main object of the present invention is to provide a resin, including a structure(s) represented by at least one selected from the group consisting of the following general formulae (1) to (3), wherein an end of the main-chain of the resin has at least one selected from alkyl groups having 10 or more carbon atoms and fluoroalkyl groups having 4 or more carbon atoms;

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(wherein, in the general formula (1), X independently represents a single bond or NR.sup.3; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 bivalent organic group; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-C.sub.10 monovalent organic group; in the general formula (2), R.sup.4 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 bivalent organic group; R.sup.5 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 tetravalent organic group; in the general formula (3), R.sup.6 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 bivalent organic group; R.sup.7 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 trivalent organic group; l, m, and n are each an integer of 0 or greater with the proviso that l+m+n=10 or greater; and wherein the structures represented by the general formulae (1) to (3) do not necessarily need to be consecutively present.)

A problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a resin out of which a heat-resistant non-woven fabric having a fine fiber diameter can be made by an electrospinning method. A main object of the present invention is to provide a resin, including a structure(s) represented by at least one selected from the group consisting of the following general formulae (1) to (3), wherein an end of the main-chain of the resin has at least one selected from alkyl groups having 10 or more carbon atoms and fluoroalkyl groups having 4 or more carbon atoms;

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(wherein, in the general formula (1), X independently represents a single bond or NR.sup.3; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 bivalent organic group; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-C.sub.10 monovalent organic group; in the general formula (2), R.sup.4 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 bivalent organic group; R.sup.5 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 tetravalent organic group; in the general formula (3), R.sup.6 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 bivalent organic group; R.sup.7 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 trivalent organic group; l, m, and n are each an integer of 0 or greater with the proviso that l+m+n=10 or greater; and wherein the structures represented by the general formulae (1) to (3) do not necessarily need to be consecutively present.)

Printable compositions comprising a liquid carrier; and a radiation curable polyurethane dispersed in the liquid carrier are described, as well as methods of preparing the printable compositions and methods of printing using the printable compositions.

Disclosed is an adhesive for laminated sheets comprising a urethane resin obtained by blending: (A) an acrylic polyol; (B) at least one component selected from carboxylic acids and carboxylic anhydrides; and (C) an isocyanate compound. The acrylic polyol (A) is obtained by polymerization of a polymerizable monomer, has a glass transition temperature of from 35 C. to 20 C., and has a hydroxyl value of from 0.5 to 40 mgKOH/g. The adhesive for laminated sheets is excellent in initial adhesion to a film, peel strength after aging and hydrolysis resistance for a long time under high temperature when a laminated sheet is produced, and wherein the adhesive does not impart an adverse effect to the appearance of the laminated sheet and the lamination process of films while improving the curability. The laminated sheet is suitably prepared using the adhesive for laminated sheets. An article comprising the laminated sheet can be prepared using the laminated sheet.

The present invention suggests a curable organic polymer comprising at least one acylurea unit represented by structural formula (I): ##STR00001## Moreover, the present invention suggests a process for the preparation of said polymer and the use of said curable organic polymer for the preparation of a cured composition and for the preparation of hydroxyurethanes.

The composition comprises a compound (A) represented by general formula (1) and a compound (B) represented by general formula (2), and comprises 0.00002 to 2.0 parts by mass of the compound (B) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the compound (A),
(R.sub.1COO).sub.nR.sub.2(NCO).sub.m(1)
(R.sub.1COO).sub.nR.sub.2NHC(O)NHR.sub.2(OCOR.sub.1).sub.m(2)
wherein in general formulae (1) and (2), R.sub.1 is an ethylenically unsaturated group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is a (m+n)-valent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms and optionally contain an ether group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 in the general formula (1) are the same as R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 in the general formula (2); and n and m each represent an integer of one or two.

A multi-layer coating system includes: (a) a first basecoat layer formed from a first coating composition including a free polyisocyanate and hydroxyl functional polymeric core-shell particles; (b) a second basecoat layer applied over at least a portion of the first basecoat layer, the second basecoat layer formed from a second coating composition including carboxylic acid functional polymeric core-shell particles; and (c) a topcoat layer applied over at least a portion of the second basecoat layer, the topcoat layer formed from a coating composition including least one free polyisocyanate having a weight average molecular weight of less than 600 g/mol and at least one film-forming resin in which an amount of free polyisocyanate having a weight average molecular weight of less than 600 g/mol is greater than 5 weight %, based on the total resin solids of the coating composition that forms the topcoat layer.

The present invention discloses a method of imparting water repellency and optionally stain release to fibrous substrates by contacting a fibrous substrate with a non-fluorinated laundry treatment composition inside a laundry machine. The laundry treatment composition contains a hydrophobic organic urethane compound having a urethane linkage and the residue of a substituted cyclic or acyclic sugar alcohol. Laundry additive compositions containing a first laundry treatment composition, having a hydrophobic organic urethane compound, and a second laundry treatment composition are also included.