Provided is a urethane (meth)acrylate capable of achieving high strength and high elongation, as well as a method for manufacturing a urethane (meth)acrylate, a curable composition, a cured article, and a method for manufacturing a cured article. The urethane (meth)acrylate contains a structural unit derived from polycarbonate diol, a structural unit derived from polyisocyanate, and a hydroxy group-containing (meth)acrylate-derived group, the polycarbonate diol containing one or more types of structural unit represented by formula (1) wherein each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. ##STR00001##

Disclosed is an oligomer or polymer obtained by reacting at least one monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric isocyanate having two or more isocyanate groups with 2-hydroxy-3-butenoic acid and/or at least one alkyl ester of 2-hydroxy-3-butenoic acid. A composition comprising a said oligomer or polymer is also disclosed.

A system, formulation, and method for additive manufacturing of a polishing layer of a polishing pad. The formulation includes a urethane acrylate oligomer based on a difunctional polyol or difunctional polythiol. The techniques includes selecting the difunctional polyol or the difunctional polythiol to affect a property of the polishing layer. The formulation also includes a monomer and a photoinitiator. The viscosity of the formulation is applicable for 3D printing of the polishing layer.

The present invention provides a photocurable resin composition that has good fabricability, and that exhibits superior flexibility, fracture resistance, and water resistance in the form of a cured product. The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition comprising: a urethanized (meth)acrylic compound (A); a mono(meth)acrylic acid ester compound (B) containing no urethane bond; and a photopolymerization initiator (C), the urethanized (meth)acrylic compound (A) being a (meth)acrylate comprising, per molecule, at least one kind of structure selected from the group consisting of a polyester, a polycarbonate, a polyurethane, a polyether, a poly-conjugated diene, and a hydrogenated poly-conjugated diene; and a urethane bond, the mono(meth)acrylic acid ester compound (B) containing no urethane bond comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a mono(meth)acrylic acid ester compound (b-I) represented by general formula (I), and a mono(meth)acrylic acid ester compound (b-II) represented by general formula (II).

The invention relates to a urethane oligomer which according to a) or b) as follows, has: a) at least two backbone residues R issued from a polyisocyanate without the NCO groups, linked between them with a diol residue R.sub.B (diol without the two OH groups) by two urethane bonds (NHCOO) and each of said backbone residues R carrying (or linked to) at least two urethane segments each one of which, contains at least one terminal allyl group, preferably from 1 to 5 terminal allyl groups, b) at least one backbone residue R issued from a polyisocyanate without the NCO groups, said backbone residue R carrying (or linked to) at least two urethane segments each linked to R by one urethane bond with at least one urethane segment (arm) containing at least one terminal allyl group (preferably from 1 to 5 terminal allyl groups), and at least one urethane segment (arm) containing at least one terminal (meth)acrylate group (preferably from 1 to 5 terminal (meth)acrylate groups). The present invention also relates to a curable composition containing the urethane oligomer, the method of preparing the urethane oligomer, and the use of the urethane oligomer or the curable composition in the presence of air, for good surface properties by reducing oxygen inhibition in coatings, adhesives, sealants or in resin matrix.

Provided is a prepreg including: a urethane (meth)acrylate that is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound comprising a polymethylene polyphenyl polyisocyanate as an essential component with a hydroxyl group-containing compound comprising, as an essential component, a compound having a hydroxyl group and a (meth)acryloyl group; a polymerization initiator; and carbon fibers. The prepreg is excellent in workability and molding property and can form molded products excellent in various physical properties such as interlayer shear strength and heat resistance. Thus, the prepreg is suitable for use in various molded articles including automotive members.

The invention relates to a polyurethane bone-tendon graft biomaterial and method of making the bone-tendon graft biomaterial. The biomaterial has a gradient of mechanical properties through photocrosslinking such that a first end of the biomaterial is crosslinked at a higher degree than a second end, and the first end of the biomaterial has mechanical properties of bone and the second end of the biomaterial has mechanical properties of tendon.

A resin composition comprises a base resin containing an urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer having a phenoxy group, and a photopolymerization initiator, and hydrophobic inorganic oxide particles, wherein the viscosity is 300 mPa.Math.s or more and 4200 mPa.Math.s or less at 45 C. and the content of the monomer having a phenoxy group is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less based on the total amount of the base resin.

Provided are a composition for forming a polyurethane resin used for a membrane sealing material, the composition having low viscosity and contributing to the formation of a membrane sealing material having reduced elution of low-molecular weight reaction products; and a membrane sealing material and a membrane module using this composition. Disclosed is a composition for forming a polyurethane resin used for a membrane sealing material, the composition including a base agent (A) and a curing agent (B), wherein the base agent (A) comprises an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer (A1), the isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer (A1) is a reaction product between an isocyanate group-containing compound (a1) and an active hydrogen-containing compound (a2), the base agent (A) comprises diphenylmethane diisocyanate, the monomer content of the diphenylmethane diisocyanate is 35% by mass or less, and the curing agent (B) comprises a compound (b1) represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), R represents an alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms.

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Fiber coatings with low Young's modulus, low fiber pullout force for fibers in the as-drawn state, and small time-dependent increases in pullout force as the fiber ages. The fiber coatings are cured products of coating compositions that include an oligomer formed from an isocyanate, a hydroxy acrylate compound and a polyol. The oligomer includes a polyether urethane acrylate and a di-adduct compound. The reaction mixture used to form the oligomer includes a molar ratio of isocyanate:hydroxy acrylate:polyol of n:m:p, where when p is 2, n is in the range from 3.0 to 5.0 and m is in the range from 1.50n-3 to 2.50n-5. Control of the n:m:p ratio leads to compositions that, when cured, provide coatings and cured products having low Young's modulus, low pullout force on glass, and weak variations with time as the fiber ages.