The present invention pertains to: a polyol composition containing a polysaccharide alcohol, a polysaccharide alcohol-derived anhydrosugar alcohol, and an anhydrosugar alcohol polymer; and a polyurethane foam including same. More specifically, the present invention pertains to: a polyol composition containing a) a monoanhydrosugar alcohol, b) a dianhydrosugar alcohol, c) a polysaccharide alcohol, d) a polysaccharide alcohol-derived anhydrosugar alcohol, and e) at least one polymer of a) to d), wherein physical properties such as the number average molecular weight (Mn), polydispersity index (PDI), and average number of OH groups per molecule of the polyol composition satisfy certain levels, the polyol composition can contribute to the improvement of physical properties such as strength, elongation, and thermal insulation when used as a raw material for polyurethane, etc., using a hydrogenated sugar composition obtained from a saccharide mixture containing glucose and polysaccharides (disaccharides or higher saccharides) improves productivity, and costs can be reduced compared to the case of using conventional high-purity hydrogenated sugar; and a polyurethane foam including same.

The present invention relates to an alkylene-oxide-added polyol composition, a polyurethane using same, and a hot-melt adhesive comprising same, and, more specifically, to an alkylene oxide-added polyol composition, a polyurethane using same, and a hot-melt adhesive comprising same, the composition being prepared by performing, in a specific content ratio, an addition reaction between an alkylene oxide and an anhydrosugar alcohol composition comprising a) a monoanhydrosugar alcohol, b) a dianhydrosugar alcohol, c) a polysaccharide alcohol, d) an anhydrosugar alcohol derived from a polysaccharide alcohol, and e) a polymer of at least one of a) to d), and thus can increase the amount of bio components, improves adhesive strength, and enables a polyurethane to be prepared at a cost lower than that of when using petroleum polyols and other biopolyols.

The present invention relates to an alkylene-oxide-added polyol composition, a polyurethane using same, and a hot-melt adhesive comprising same, and, more specifically, to an alkylene oxide-added polyol composition, a polyurethane using same, and a hot-melt adhesive comprising same, the composition being prepared by performing, in a specific content ratio, an addition reaction between an alkylene oxide and an anhydrosugar alcohol composition comprising a) a monoanhydrosugar alcohol, b) a dianhydrosugar alcohol, c) a polysaccharide alcohol, d) an anhydrosugar alcohol derived from a polysaccharide alcohol, and e) a polymer of at least one of a) to d), and thus can increase the amount of bio components, improves adhesive strength, and enables a polyurethane to be prepared at a cost lower than that of when using petroleum polyols and other biopolyols.

The present invention relates to a crosslinkable composition for forming a polyurethane coating on different types of substrate. The present invention relates in particular to a polyurethane composition comprising isosorbide as a diol chain extender, and to the polyurethane coating obtained from this composition.

There is provided a heat-conductive flexible sheet that is formed of a non-silicone material and excellent in flexibility as well as durability such as heat-aging resistance, hydrothermal resistance, and thermal shock resistance, and a heat dissipation structure using the same, as well as a resin composition that exhibits excellent handleability in the kneading step in producing a heat-conductive sheet and can be suitably used as a binder material for a heat-conductive flexible sheet. A resin composition comprising a blocked urethane prepolymer, a predetermined epoxy compound, and a curing catalyst, the blocked urethane prepolymer being a reaction product of an aliphatic diisocyanate compound and a hydrogenated polybutadiene polyol having a hydroxy group at each of both ends, wherein the reaction product has at an end thereof an isocyanate group blocked with an aromatic hydroxy compound; a heat-conductive flexible sheet formed of a cured product of a mixed composition comprising the same and a heat-conductive inorganic filler; and a heat dissipation structure using the same.

A low cost and disaster relief housing solution includes the combination of preconstructed in-service or out-of-service shipping containers that are integrated with renewable and sustainable materials to complete the buildout of the shipping containers. The embodiment also includes folding solutions that allows for a superior logistic solution for shipping and site integration.

The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that the polymeric materials described herein produce polyurethane copolymers with advantageous optical properties. In particular embodiments, polyurethane copolymers comprise repeating units of isosorbide and a difunctional linker where the difunctional linkers can be diisocyanate, diisothiocyanate, dicarboxylic acid, and other monomers. Some of the advantageous optical properties of these polymeric materials include a refractive index of about 1.5 and an Abbe value of at least about 50. Also described are methods for producing these polyurethane copolymers.

A materials kit for three-dimensional (3D) printing can include a powder bed material comprising thermoplastic polyurethane particles and a fusing agent including a radiation absorber to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The thermoplastic polyurethane particles can have an average particle size from about 20 μm to about 120 μm and a melting temperature of from about 100° C. to about 250° C., wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane particles include polyurethane polymer strands having an average of about 10 wt % to about 30 wt % hard segments based on a total weight of the thermoplastic polyurethane particles. The hard segments can include a symmetrical aliphatic diisocyanate and a symmetrical aliphatic chain extender that are polymerized into the thermoplastic polyurethane particles.

Described herein are anti-microbial and UV-protective biological devices and extracts produced therefrom. The biological devices include microbial cells transformed with a DNA construct containing genes for producing proteins such as, for example, zinc-related protein/oxidase, silicatein, silaffin, and alcohol dehydrogenase. In some instances, the biological devices also include a gene for lipase. Methods for producing and using the devices are also described herein. Finally, compositions and methods for using the devices and extracts to kill microbial species or prevent microbial growth and to reduce or prevent UV-induced damage or exposure to materials, items, plants, and human and animal subjects are described herein. Also disclosed are biological devices producing polyactive carbohydrates and carbo sugars, as well as compositions and articles incorporating both extracts from these devices and the anti-microbial and UV-protective extracts.

The present invention relates to an anhydrosugar alcohol-alkylene glycol composition, an anhydrosugar alcohol-based urethane-modified polyol composition, and use thereof for epoxy resin composition.