Provided is a thermosetting resin composition, from which a cured product having excellent transparency with less yellowing than that in the related art can be obtained, and which is advantageous in cost because a monomer obtained by using an inexpensive raw material is used. An ester compound contains, in one molecule, at least one functional group represented by the following general formula (1) or (2).

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(In both the general formulae (1) and (2), R.sub.1 is an alkyl group having 50 or less carbon atoms.

R.sub.2 is an alkylene group having 50 or less carbon atoms that may contain an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom as a portion thereof.)

An aqueous white conductive primer coating composition, includes: a binder component (A); and a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid (B); and a coating film formed by the aqueous white conductive primer coating composition has an L* value of whiteness based on a CIE color-matching function of 80 or more and a surface resistivity of 10.sup.8 Ω/□ or less.

An aqueous white conductive primer coating composition, includes: a binder component (A); and a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid (B); and a coating film formed by the aqueous white conductive primer coating composition has an L* value of whiteness based on a CIE color-matching function of 80 or more and a surface resistivity of 10.sup.8 Ω/□ or less.

Coated articles, methods and coating compositions containing (a) a crosslinkable carboxyl-functional acrylic polymer made by polymerizing monomers including acidic monomer, multi-ethylenically unsaturated monomer and optional styrene or substituted styrene, and (b) a nitrogen-containing carboxyl-reactive crosslinking agent such as a beta-hydroxyalkylamide or beta-hydroxyalkylurea compound. The coating composition is useful in coating metal substrates including interior or exterior surfaces of food or beverage cans. The cured coating compositions can exhibit both good flexibility and high Tg.

A coating agent can be applied to various materials without using radiation, and a medical material using the same. The coating agent containing a copolymer that contains: a monomer unit (unit A) containing a Si—O bond; a vinyl carboxylate monomer unit (unit B); and a monomer unit (unit C) containing a hydrophilic group.

A display device and an adhesive member are provided. A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a display panel; a cover window disposed on the display panel; and a first adhesive member disposed between the display panel and the cover window, in which the first adhesive member includes a urethane monomer, and the urethane monomer includes 2,6-diisopropylphenyl isocyanate (2,6-DIPPI) of about 5 wt % or more and about 10 wt % or less with respect to a total weight of the first adhesive member.

Coating compositions and coatings with improved soiling resistance and (self-)cleaning properties are disclosed. The coating compositions and coatings may be nonaqueous coating compositions and may include at least one hydroxyl group-containing compound, at least one isocyanate group-containing compound having free or blocked isocyanate and silane groups, at least one catalyst for the crosslinking of the silane groups, and at least one alkoxysilyl-functional siloxane.

The multilayer coating film formation method for forming a multilayer coating film on a substrate comprises the steps of: applying an undercoat paint composition (X) comprising an antioxidant (a1) to a substrate to form at least one layer of an uncured first coating film; applying a topcoat paint composition (Y) containing a carboxy-containing polymer (b1) and an epoxy-containing acrylic resin (b2) to the first coating film to form an uncured second coating film; and simultaneously heating the uncured first coating film and the uncured second coating film to cure the films.

The multilayer coating film formation method for forming a multilayer coating film on a substrate comprises the steps of: applying an undercoat paint composition (X) comprising an antioxidant (a1) to a substrate to form at least one layer of an uncured first coating film; applying a topcoat paint composition (Y) containing a carboxy-containing polymer (b1) and an epoxy-containing acrylic resin (b2) to the first coating film to form an uncured second coating film; and simultaneously heating the uncured first coating film and the uncured second coating film to cure the films.

Disclosed herein is a clearcoat coating material composition including an OH-functional (meth)acrylic copolymer (A1), a branched OH-functional polyester (A2) in an amount in the range of from 1.0 wt.-% to 15.0 wt.-%, based on the total solids content of the coating material composition, and at least one crosslinking agent (B1), which is different from both constituents (A1) and (A2) and which contains crosslinkable functional groups, which can be crosslinked with OH-functional groups. Further disclosed herein are a method of coating a substrate including applying to an optionally pre-coated substrate the inventive clearcoat coating material composition, a coated substrate, which is obtainable by the disclosed method, and a method of using the branched OH-functional polyester (A2) as flow enhancer in a clearcoat coating material application for spray applying said clearcoat coating material application onto an optionally pre-coated substrate and/or as levelling agent.