The present disclosure provides for an aqueous dispersion for use in coating applications. The aqueous dispersion includes an aqueous composition and a solid content of a melt blend product having an acid functionalized polypropylene base polymer, a polypropylene copolymer, an acid functionalized polypropylene wax and an acid functionalized polyolefin. The aqueous dispersion is included in a coating composition, where the coating composition includes the aqueous dispersion, a solvent, a crosslinker and a basic water composition having water and a base. The present disclosure also provides for a coated article having a substrate and a coating on the substrate, where the coating includes the coating composition of the present disclosure.

The invention relates to a floor covering comprising a sheet material (11) having a polymer composition comprising a first polymeric component (K1) and a second polymeric component (K2), wherein the first polymeric component (K1) comprises at least one substance selected from a group consisting of a thermoplastic and a thermoplastic elastomer. The invention is characterized in that the second polymeric component (K2) comprises a rubber and in that the polymer composition is produced by mixing the first polymeric component (K1) and the second polymeric component (K2) after the first and second polymeric components (K1, K2) have been softened by supplying energy. The invention also relates to a method for producing the floor covering.

Disclosed herein are aqueous coating compositions containing an anionically stabilized polymer, one or more derivatized polyamines, and a volatile base. Coating compositions can farther include one or more additional copolymers, which may or may not be anionically stabilized, and/or additional additives, including pigments, defoamers, pigment dispersing agents, thickeners, surfactants, and combinations thereof. By incorporating a derivatized polyamine, such as an alkoxylated polyamine, the setting time of the coating compositions can be decreased. Also provided are coatings formed from the coating compositions described herein, as well as methods of forming these coatings.

A temperature-responsive hydrogel which contains a carboxyl group-bearing polymer and a divalent-metal salt of an organic acid is provided. The carboxyl group-bearing polymer may be a homopolymer of a carboxyl group-bearing monomer or a copolymer of a plurality of monomers including the monomer. A method for producing the temperature-responsive hydrogel involves immersing a carboxyl group-bearing polymer in an aqueous solution of a divalent-metal salt of an organic acid. The concentration of the divalent-metal salt of an organic acid in the aqueous solution may be 50 mM to the saturation concentration. It is possible to provide a temperature-responsive gel having an LCST with no volume phase transition and a method for producing the temperature-responsive gel.

A temperature-responsive hydrogel which contains a carboxyl group-bearing polymer and a divalent-metal salt of an organic acid is provided. The carboxyl group-bearing polymer may be a homopolymer of a carboxyl group-bearing monomer or a copolymer of a plurality of monomers including the monomer. A method for producing the temperature-responsive hydrogel involves immersing a carboxyl group-bearing polymer in an aqueous solution of a divalent-metal salt of an organic acid. The concentration of the divalent-metal salt of an organic acid in the aqueous solution may be 50 mM to the saturation concentration. It is possible to provide a temperature-responsive gel having an LCST with no volume phase transition and a method for producing the temperature-responsive gel.

An oil-repellent composition is provided containing an aqueous emulsion in which a copolymer (A) containing a constituent unit based on an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer (A1) and a constituent unit based on an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer (A2) is dispersed in an aqueous medium (B), and polyether-modified polydimethyl siloxane (C).

An oil-repellent composition is provided containing an aqueous emulsion in which a copolymer (A) containing a constituent unit based on an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer (A1) and a constituent unit based on an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer (A2) is dispersed in an aqueous medium (B), and polyether-modified polydimethyl siloxane (C).

The present invention provides an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition with which a pattern having an excellent pattern collapse suppressing property and excellent LWR performance can be obtained. In addition, the present invention also provides a resist film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each regarding the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention includes a resin whose solubility in a developer is changed by the action of an acid, a photoacid generator represented by General Formula (b1), and a solvent, in which the photoacid generator represented by General Formula (b1) is a compound that generates an acid having a pka of 1.0 or less upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a graft copolymer complex, a copolymer complex prepared by the method, and a thermoplastic resin composition comprising the copolymer complex, wherein the method comprises emulsion-polymerizing a conjugated diene-based polymer, an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer to prepare a graft copolymer latex; and adding an imidazole-based ionic compound to the graft copolymer latex and coagulating the same.

An adhesive composition is provided. The adhesive composition comprises the following components: (a) a polyacid polymer aqueous dispersion, wherein the polyacid polymer contains 50%?100% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid/anhydrides; (b) a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic copolymer emulsion, wherein the hydroxyl group-containing acrylic copolymer is obtained from polymerizing a monomer mixture which contains 0.1-10% hydroxyl group-containing monomer, 0.1% to 20% weight unsaturated carboxylic acid and 30%-90% acrylic monomer, wherein the solid weight ratio of the above components (a) and (b) is 0.1:100 to 10:100, based on the solids of the components (a) and (b).