Provided is a polyurethane foam having excellent heat resistance and the like. The polyurethane foam is obtained from a material that contains a polyol and a polyisocyanate, in which the polyol contains a polyester polyol, the polyisocyanate contains a diphenylmethane diisocyanate-based isocyanate, it is preferable that the polyester polyol has one or more side chains composed of an alkyl group, and the polyurethane foam may be used as a soundproof material for vehicles.

Disclosed are polymer polyol compositions that include polymer particles produced from an ethylenically unsaturated compound resulting from the reaction of an amine-reactive ethylenically unsaturated compound with an amino diphenylamine, as well as to the use of such polymer polyol compositions in the production of flexible polyurethane foams. The polyurethane foam includes the reaction product of a reaction mixture that includes a polyisocyanate component and a polyol composition that includes the polymer polyol.

The present invention relates to processes for the manufacture of aqueous polyurethane/acrylic hybrid dispersions that can be used as adhesives or coatings, are solvent free and have low VOC emissions, and are environmentally friendly. Also encompassed are the dispersions as such, compositions containing them and their use as coatings and adhesives.

A reaction system for forming a viscoelastic polyurethane foam includes an isocyanate component that has at least one isocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive component that is a mixture formed by adding at least a polyol component, an additive component, and a preformed aqueous polymer dispersion. The mixture includes, based on the total weight of the mixture, from 50.0 wt % to 99.8 wt % of a polyol component including at least one polyether polyol, from 0.1 wt % to 50.0 wt % of an additive component including at least one catalyst, and from 0.1 wt % to 6.0 wt % of a preformed aqueous polymer dispersion. The preformed aqueous polymer dispersion has a solids content from 10 wt % to 80 wt %, based on the total weight of the preformed aqueous polymer dispersion, and is one of an aqueous acid polymer dispersion or an aqueous acid modified polyolefin polymer dispersion in which the polyolefin is derived from at least one C.sub.2 to C.sub.20 alpha-olefin.

A method for the synthesis of an auxetic polyurethane foam with a defined cell structure and an auxetic polyurethane foam substrate obtainable by a method according to the invention. The method includes mixing a polyol reagent and a foaming reagent, forming a reaction mixture, mixing an isocyanate with the reaction mixture, compressing and/or contracting the isocyanate/reaction mixture, and allowing the compressed and/or contracted isocyanate/reaction mixture to cure.

An isocyanate reactive composition including at least one component selected from the group consisting of a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol, a polyether polyamide and a polyester polyamide; one or more amine components, each of said amine components having a given structure. In some embodiments, the average number of nitrogen atoms of said amine components is in the range of 5 to 10.

PIPA polyols are made in a two-step process. In the first step, a base polyether polyol and a polyisocyanate are reacted to form a mixture that contains unreacted base polyol, unreacted polyisocyanate and adducts of the base polyol and polyisocyanate. A low equivalent weight polyol is then added and reacted in a second step to form the dispersion. The process unexpectedly produces a stable dispersion of the fine PIPA particles in the base polyol, even when the base polyol contains mostly secondary hydroxyl groups. The process also permits the tuning of product viscosity by increasing or decreasing the extent of reaction in the first step.

Polyurethane foam-forming compositions, methods of producing polyurethane foams, polyurethane foams produced from such compositions made by such methods, as well as isocyanate-reactive compositions. The polyurethane foam-forming compositions include a polyol blend, a blowing agent composition, and a polyisocyanate. The polyol blend includes an aromatic amine-initiated polyether polyol, a saccharide-initiated polyether polyol, and an aromatic polyester polyol and has a content of —C.sub.2H.sub.4O— units of 3 to 6% by weight, based on the total weight of the polyurethane foam-forming composition. The blowing agent composition includes a hydrochlorofluoroolefin and a carbon dioxide-generating chemical blowing agent.

The present invention relates to aqueous peptide-stabilized polyurethane dispersions that can be used in various applications including adhesives and cosmetics, as they are surfactant and solvent free and have low VOC emissions. As hybrid materials, they provide for a versatile system that can be finely tuned and combine the advantageous properties of polyurethane and peptide materials. Also encompassed are processes for their production including dispersing an NCO-terminated polyurethane prepolymer into a continuous aqueous phase comprising one or more peptides, thereby forming peptide-stabilized polyurethane particles, compositions containing them and their use in cosmetics and adhesives.

Polyurethane material for indicating pH at a locus, preferably as indication of presence of microbes, comprising a polyurethane network having immobilised therein one or more hydrophilic copolymers, the or each said copolymer comprising:

hydrophilic monomer; and
indicating monomer, which provides an indication in response to a change in hydrophilic state of said hydrophilic monomer and/or copolymer;
characterised in that the or each copolymer further comprises one or a plurality of ionisable groups or moieties or polymerisable monomers having one or more characteristic pKa values in the range 5 to 10 and which are responsive to pH at the locus in the range pH 5 to pH 10
and in that hydrophilic state of hydrophilic copolymer is dependent on ionisation of said ionisable groups, moieties or monomers; kit and device comprising the material and process for preparation thereof; and use in detecting or sensing microbes or pH.