It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a terminal-modified polybutadiene or terminal-modified hydrogenated polybutadiene that does not become colored or white and turbid, without using an organotin compound. The production method of the present invention includes reacting an acrylate or methacrylate represented by formula (I), a diisocyanate compound represented by formula (II), and a polybutadiene or hydrogenated polybutadiene having a hydroxyl group at a polymer terminal, represented by formula (III), in the presence of at least one selected from an organoaluminum compound and an organozinc compound (with the proviso that zinc naphthenate is excluded). ##STR00001##

Disclosed is a novel urethane acrylate being a reaction product of a raw material composition comprising at least (A) a diol component, (B) a component having acrylic unsaturation and (C) an isocyanate component. Said component (A) comprises at least one alkoxylated 2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-dialkanol, component (B) comprises at least one hydroxyalkyl acrylate, hydroxyalkyl methacrylate and/or hydroxyalkyl methylacrylate, and/or comprises acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and/or a methylacrylic acid and/or a corresponding alkyl ester of a said acrylic acid, and said component (C) comprises at least one di or polyisocyanate or a derivative thereof.

Disclosed is a novel urethane acrylate being a reaction product of a raw material composition comprising at least (A) a diol component, (B) a component having acrylic unsaturation and (C) an isocyanate component. Said component (A) comprises at least one alkoxylated 2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-dialkanol, component (B) comprises at least one hydroxyalkyl acrylate, hydroxyalkyl methacrylate and/or hydroxyalkyl methylacrylate, and/or comprises acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and/or a methylacrylic acid and/or a corresponding alkyl ester of a said acrylic acid, and said component (C) comprises at least one di or polyisocyanate or a derivative thereof.

A coloring composition includes Color Index Pigment Red 264, a graft resin having an acid group, a photopolymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator.

The present invention relates to curable polyurethane polymers made from renewable materials. In particular hydroxylated oleaginous materials derived from plant oils, such as soybean oil, are used. These renewable materials may be formed into curable polyurethane polymers having different chemical functionalities and cure mechanisms.

Disclosed herein is a laminated hard coating film, which exhibits high hardness and excellent properties without a supporting substrate. The laminated hard coating film can find useful applications in various fields thanks to its excellent hardness, scratch resistance, transparency, durability, light resistance, light transmittance, and the like.

Compounds of formula (I) are photoinitiators or photosensitizers in a photopolymerizable composition:

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R.sub.1 represents a monovalent, linear, branched or cyclic, aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with substituent(s) selected from —Cl, —Br, —OH, ═O, —NH—CO—OR.sub.2, —NH—CO—R.sub.2 or free-radically or ionically polymerizable groups. Each R.sub.2 is independently —H or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; n is ≥1. If n=1, Z and Y are absent and X represents —OR.sub.3; if n is >1, Z represents —OR.sub.4—, Y represents —OR.sub.5— and X represents —H or —OH. R.sub.3 represents —H or R.sub.1; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each independently represent a bivalent hydrocarbon group. The polymerizable moieties as optional substituents of R.sub.1 are polymerizable double or triple bonds, lactam, lactone and epoxide moieties, which are subjectable to ring-opening polymerization; and two of R.sub.1 to R.sub.5 may be linked to one another to form a ring or a dimer.

The present invention is an optically clear, curable adhesive including a polyvinylbutyral, a polyurethane (meth)acrylate, and a photoinitiator. The polyvinylbutyral has a dynamic viscosity of between about 9 and about 13 mPa.Math.s and a polyvinyl alcohol weight percent of less than about 18%. The polyurethane (meth)acrylate includes the reaction product of a diol, at least one diisocyanate, and a hydroxyfunctional (meth)acrylate or an isocyanatofunctional (meth)acrylate. When the optically clear, curable adhesive is placed between two transparent substrates and made into a laminate, the laminate has a haze of less than about 6%, a transmission of greater than about 88% and an optical clarity of greater than about 98% when cured. The optically clear, curable adhesive also has a peel adhesion of at least about 100 g/cm based on ASTM 3330 when cured.

Disclosed are keratin fibre cellular components, specifically keratin fibre cuticle and cortical cells, and their use as absorption and filtration media, and in thermal insulation materials. The keratin fibre cellular components may be oxidised. The keratin fibre cellular components have improved absorbency and filtration capacity compared to the source keratin fibres. The keratin fibre cellular components may be used in, for example, various products for passive absorption and active filtration of gas or liquid media.

The present invention provides a water-soluble silicone macromer. The water-soluble silicone macromer has a general formula: E−(M.sub.1).sub.x−(M.sub.2).sub.y, wherein M.sub.1 is a repeating unit which is derived from a silicone containing monomer, M.sub.2 is a repeating unit which is derived from a first hydrophilic monomer, and E is an ethylenically unsaturated group. The amount of M.sub.1 is in a range of 30-60 wt % based on the total weight of the water-soluble silicone macromer, and the amount of M.sub.2 is in a range of 40-70 wt % based on the total weight of the water-soluble silicone macromer. A silicone hydrogel composition containing the water-soluble silicone macromer and a silicone hydrogel lens made of the silicone hydrogel composition are also provided herein.