An anti-fog material comprising a zwitterionic-doped hydrogel made up of charged monomers, at least a portion of which comprise zwitterionic monomers, uncharged hydrophilic monomers, and at least one crosslinking agent is disclosed. A composition for forming the hydrogel and a transparent, removable article comprising the anti-fog material are also disclosed. The article, which may be in the form of a film or decal, may comprise an active layer attached to a backing layer, the active layer comprising an anti-fog material described herein. A method of making a surface of a substrate resistant to fogging by applying the transparent and removable article thereto is also disclosed.

An anti-fog material comprising a zwitterionic-doped hydrogel made up of charged monomers, at least a portion of which comprise zwitterionic monomers, uncharged hydrophilic monomers, and at least one crosslinking agent is disclosed. A composition for forming the hydrogel and a transparent, removable article comprising the anti-fog material are also disclosed. The article, which may be in the form of a film or decal, may comprise an active layer attached to a backing layer, the active layer comprising an anti-fog material described herein. A method of making a surface of a substrate resistant to fogging by applying the transparent and removable article thereto is also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to an aqueous fire-retardant composition comprising particles dispersed in an aqueous phase, wherein the particles comprise a fire-retardant brominated epoxy polymer and an organic polymer comprising ionic dispersing groups. The present disclosure further relates to an aqueous fire-retardant coating composition comprising such fire-retardant composition, and to a substrate coated with a coating deposited from such coating composition.

A polyether-modified siloxane represented by an average composition formula (1): (R.sub.3SiO.sub.1/2).sub.a(R.sub.2R′SiO.sub.1/2).sub.a′(R.sub.2SiO.sub.2/2).sub.b(RR′SiO.sub.2/2).sub.b′(RSiO.sub.3/2).sub.c(SiO.sub.4/2).sub.d. In the formula (1), “R”s each represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, “R” 's each represent an organic group selected from groups represented by —C.sub.qH.sub.2q—O—(C.sub.2H.sub.4O).sub.e(C.sub.3H.sub.6O).sub.f—R.sup.1, R.sup.1s each represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or an organic group represented by R.sup.6—(CO)—, and R.sup.6 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms. This can provide a novel polyether-modified siloxane that has little environmental impact and that provides excellent antifouling performance.

The disclosure provides a cationic curing composition for a plastic substrate, a coating material including the composition and an application of the composition in the field of energy curing. The cationic curing composition includes a polyhydroxy resin, an epoxy compound, an oxetanyl-containing compound, and a cationic initiator, the polyhydroxy resin is a polyester resin, an acrylic resin and/or a phenolic resin, and the molar ratio of a hydroxyl, a three-membered epoxy group to a four-membered epoxy group in the cationic curing composition is 1:(3-20):(1-25). A plastic product includes the plastic substrate and a coating layer, and the coating layer is formed by curing the cationic curing composition.

The disclosure provides a cationic curing composition for a plastic substrate, a coating material including the composition and an application of the composition in the field of energy curing. The cationic curing composition includes a polyhydroxy resin, an epoxy compound, an oxetanyl-containing compound, and a cationic initiator, the polyhydroxy resin is a polyester resin, an acrylic resin and/or a phenolic resin, and the molar ratio of a hydroxyl, a three-membered epoxy group to a four-membered epoxy group in the cationic curing composition is 1:(3-20):(1-25). A plastic product includes the plastic substrate and a coating layer, and the coating layer is formed by curing the cationic curing composition.

A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film. The present invention relates to a water-based coating composition comprising a coating film-forming resin (i) and a coloring pigment dispersion (ii), wherein the coating film-forming resin (i) comprises: an acrylic resin emulsion (A) having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less in an amount of 10 to 60% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i), a water-soluble acrylic resin (B) in an amount of 5 to 40% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i), and a melamine resin (C) in an amount of 20 to 40% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i); and the coloring pigment dispersion (ii) comprises a coloring pigment (D) having a 90%-volume particle diameter (D90) of 100 nm or less.

A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film. The present invention relates to a water-based coating composition comprising a coating film-forming resin (i) and a coloring pigment dispersion (ii), wherein the coating film-forming resin (i) comprises: an acrylic resin emulsion (A) having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less in an amount of 10 to 60% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i), a water-soluble acrylic resin (B) in an amount of 5 to 40% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i), and a melamine resin (C) in an amount of 20 to 40% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i); and the coloring pigment dispersion (ii) comprises a coloring pigment (D) having a 90%-volume particle diameter (D90) of 100 nm or less.

A solvent-less hybrid curable composition is prepared from grafting polyesters or polyamides onto a (meth)acrylic copolymer backbone. Besides the many benefits of a solvent-less system, the hybrid curable composition forms strong adhesion to polar substrates, widens the use temperatures, and enables faster processing speeds than conventional hybrid curable compositions. The solvent-less hybrid curable composition forms an optically clear single phase that is suitable as tapes and labels, or in electronic, optoelectronic, OLED and photovoltaic devices, and the like.

A curable film-forming composition is provided, comprising: (a) a polymeric binder comprising reactive functional groups; (b) a curing agent comprising functional groups that are reactive with the reactive functional groups of (a); and (c) a polysiloxane resin comprising aromatic functional groups and terminal active hydrogen groups. In certain examples of the present invention, the polymeric binder (a) comprises an acrylic polyol prepared from a monomer mixture comprising a hydroxyl functional monomer, and the curable film-forming composition further comprises a rheology modifier comprising: (1) a non-aqueous dispersion of an internally crosslinked organic polymer; (2) a silica dispersion; and/or (3) a reaction product of an amine and an isocyanate. Also provided are coated substrates that include the curable film-forming compositions described above and methods for forming a composite coating on a substrate.