An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion has a non-volatile content of not less than 40% by mass and includes polyurethane resin particles dispersed in water. The polyurethane resin particles contain a polyol component, an isocyanate component, and a hydrophilic alkylene oxide component having at least one active hydrogen group and an alkylene oxide. The content of the hydrophilic alkylene oxide component in the polyurethane resin particles is 1 to 25% by mass. The volume average particle size of the polyurethane resin particles is 0.3 to 5 μm.

In one aspect, the present invention encompasses blends of polyols comprising a polycarbonate polyol and an additional polyol selected from a polyether or polyester polyol, resulting polyurethanes derived from such blends of polyols, methods of making such polyurethane compositions, and coatings and adhesives derived from such polyurethane compositions.

A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.

The invention provides a waterborne polyurethane emulsion and preparation method and use thereof. The method comprises the steps of: heating and dehydrating a macromolecular diol, and then reacting with a first polyisocyanate to obtain a first prepolymer; reacting the first prepolymer with a second polyisocyanate to obtain a second prepolymer; reacting the second prepolymer with a hydrophilic chain extender and a small-molecule chain extender to obtain a third prepolymer; reacting the third prepolymer with a salt forming agent, followed by emulsification upon addition of a post-chain extender, and by desolvation to obtain a polyurethane emulsion; wherein the molar amount of the first polyisocyanate is less than that of the second polyisocyanate, and the molar ratio of the first polyisocyanate to the macromolecular polyol is less than 1:3. The condom prepared using the polyurethane emulsion of the present invention has the characteristics of high elasticity and high strength.

This description relates to low VOC water borne coating compositions with improved application properties based on a binder mixture comprising an urethanized polyester and an acrylic two-step polymer. This description further relates to the use of the low VOC water borne coating compositions for forming a coating, preferably for forming a clear coat, and more preferably for forming a clear coat in refinishing applications. Moreover, this description also relates to a method of forming a multilayer coating comprising a step of forming a coating layer by using the low VOC water borne coating composition.

A polyurethane resin includes a reaction product of a raw material component containing a polyisocyanate, a macropolyol, a hydrophilic group-containing polyol, and a chain extender. The polyisocyanate is an alicyclic polyisocyanate. The macropolyol contains a plant-derived macropolyol. A biomass degree of the reaction product is 30% or more.

Aqueous polyurethane dispersions and coatings and heat-activatable adhesives made from the dispersions are disclosed. The dispersions include a polyurethane reaction product of a polyester polyol and a polyisocyanate. The polyester polyol comprises recurring units of at least one C.sub.2-C.sub.6 aliphatic diol, at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic C.sub.4-C.sub.10 dicarboxylic acid, and an aromatic diacid source, which can be recycled PET. The dispersion is formulated using 1 to 3 moles of an acid-functional diol per mole of polyester polyol. Dispersions for the adhesives are produced at NCO/OH molar ratios within the range of 0.90 to 0.98. The adhesives successfully bond a wide range of plastic and metal materials, often demonstrating substrate failure, even with steel. This contrasts with commercial adhesives such as EVA that exhibit only adhesive failure with the same substrates.

The present invention relates to compount (I) comprising at least one functional group A and at least one functional group B, wherein the functional groups A has structural formula A: wherein R.sub.1 is H, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently chosen from H, methyl or ethyl, m is 1-6; and the functional groups B has structural formula B: R.sub.5 is H or methyl, X is O or NH, Z′ is a polyalkoxy group or an omega-alkoxy polycaprolacton group, Y′ is a collection of atoms covalently connected in linear or branched configuration n″ is 0 or 1, and m′ is an integer from 1-6; with the proviso that the summed amount of the number of functional groups A and the number of functional groups B in compound (I) is from 2-13; and the compound has a molecular weight in the range from 800-10000 Dalton.

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The present disclosure provides a crosslinking agent, the preparation process and uses thereof, a hydrogel and a biodegradable cryogel including the crosslinking agent.

An aqueous polyurethane resin composition including: an aqueous polyurethane resin which is a chain-extended product obtained from a neutralized product of an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer which is a reaction product of (A) a polyisocyanate, (B) polyols, and (C) a diol having a carboxy group and/or a carboxylate group, by using (D) a polyamine having two or more amino groups and/or imino groups in one molecule, wherein (B) the polyols contain (b-1) a polypropylene glycol having a number average molecular weight of 600 to 10,000 and (b-2) a polytetramethylene glycol having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 4,000, a total amount of (b-1) the polypropylene glycol and (b-2) the polytetramethylene glycol accounts for 50% by mass or more of an entire amount of (B) the polyols, and a mass ratio between (b-1) the polypropylene glycol and (b-2) the polytetramethylene glycol is (b-1):(b-2)=0.5:99.5 to 60:40.