There is provided a copolymer having the general structure below, wherein a, b, and d are molar ratios varying between about 0.01 and about 0.90 and c is a molar ratio varying between about 0.01 and about 0.90; A1 represents monomer units comprising a cyano-containing pendant group in which the cyano is not directly attached to the backbone of the copolymer; A2 represents monomer units comprising two or more hydrogen bonding sites; A3 represents monomer units that increase solubility in organic solvents; and A4 represents monomer units that increase solubility in aqueous alkaline solutions. There is also provided a near-infrared radiation-sensitive coating composition comprising this copolymer as well as a positive-working thermal lithographic printing plate comprising a near-infrared radiation-sensitive coating comprising this copolymer, a method of producing such a printing plate, and finally a method of printing using such a printing plate. Formula (I).

The object of the present invention is to provide a photocurable resin composition. which allows obtainment of a cured product that has high concealability, while being suppressed in fading due to ultraviolet light, a cured product of the photocurable resin composition, and a method for producing a cured product.

The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition containing the, following component (A) to component (D):

component (A): leuco dye;

component (B): photoacid generating agent;

component (C): radical polymerizable compound; and

component (D): α-hydroxy acetophenone-based radical initiator which has a 5% weight loss temperature (thermal decomposition temperature) in a nitrogen atmosphere of 200° C., or higher as determined by a TGA method at a temperature increase rate, of 10° C./minute.

A copolymer includes the structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1 and the structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 2, ##STR00001## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms or methyl groups, and n represents a value in the range of from 1 to 90, ##STR00002## where R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and L represents an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.

A copolymer includes the structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1 and the structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 2, ##STR00001## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms or methyl groups, and n represents a value in the range of from 1 to 90, ##STR00002## where R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and L represents an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.

Amphiphilic macromolecules having repeating structural units: structural units to adjust molecular weight and molecular weight distribution and charging property effects, high stereo-hindrance structural units, and amphiphilic structural units, which are suitable for fields such as oil field well drilling, well cementation, fracturing, oil gathering and transfer, sewage treatment, sludge treatment and papermaking, etc., and can be used as an oil-displacing agent for enhanced oil production, a heavy oil viscosity reducer, a fracturing fluid, a clay stabilizing agent, a sewage treatment agent, a papermaking retention and drainage aid or a reinforcing agent, etc.

Aqueous pigment dispersions having monomers in the polymeric dispersant capable of interacting with cellulose are described. These monomers include the ones having a structure of Formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein W is O or NH; R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl; and R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are independently H or C.sub.1-C.sub.5 alkyl.

Aqueous pigment dispersions having monomers in the polymeric dispersant capable of interacting with cellulose are described. These monomers include the ones having a structure of Formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein W is O or NH; R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl; and R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are independently H or C.sub.1-C.sub.5 alkyl.

Some embodiments described herein relate to new polymer coatings for surface functionalization and new processes for grafting pre-grafted DNA-copolymers to surface(s) of substrates for use in DNA sequencing and other diagnostic applications.

Some embodiments described herein relate to new polymer coatings for surface functionalization and new processes for grafting pre-grafted DNA-copolymers to surface(s) of substrates for use in DNA sequencing and other diagnostic applications.

Embodiments provide an active energy curable resin composition containing (A) 100 parts by mass of a UV-absorbing polymer and (B) 20-600 parts by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate. The UV-absorbing polymer (A) contains: (a1) 10-60 mol % of a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylate including one or more of one or more types of backbone selected from the group consisting of a benzotriazole backbone, a triazine backbone, and a benzophenone backbone per molecule; (a2) 10-50 mol % of a structural unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate; and (a3) 10-70 mol % of a structural unit derived from a compound including one or more isocyanate groups per molecule; the sum of the structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylate of component (a1), the structural unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate of component (a2), and the structural unit derived from an isocyanate-group-including compound of component (a3) being 100 mol %.