An electrophotographic photosensitive member, which is suppressed in occurrence of fogging and is excellent in abrasion resistance. In the electrophotographic photosensitive member, an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a polymerized product of a composition comprising at least a polyrotaxane and a monomer having a polymerizable reactive group, and a chain molecule of the polyrotaxane has two blocking groups at both terminals thereof, and a (meth)acryloyloxy group of a cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane forms a bond.

This invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising applying a base paint (X) having a solids content ratio of 30 to 62 mass % to a substrate to form a base coating film having a cured film thickness of 6 to 45 μm; applying an effect pigment dispersion (Y) having a solids content ratio of 0.1 to 10 mass % to the base coating film to form an effect coating film having a cured film thickness of 0.1 to 5.0 μm; applying a two-component clear paint (Z) containing a hydroxy-containing resin and a polyisocyanate compound to the effect coating film to form a clear coating film; and heating the base coating film, the effect coating film, and the clear coating film to simultaneously cure these coating films; wherein the base paint (X) contains a polyurethane resin (A), an alcohol (B) containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an organic solvent (C) having an HLB of 7 to 9, and the effect pigment dispersion (Y) contains water, a flake-effect pigment (P), a resin emulsion (Q), and cellulose nanofibers (R).

The present invention is directed to an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer comprising active hydrogen functional groups; a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent comprising blocking groups, wherein at least 30% of the blocking groups comprise a 1,2-polyol as a blocking agent, based upon the total number of blocking groups; and a bismuth catalyst. Also disclosed are coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.

Described herein are aqueous electrocoating materials including a silane-containing crosslinking agent, a process to produce an electrocoated substrate, an at least partly coated substrate obtained from said process, as well as a component including said at least partly coated substrate.

The present invention is directed towards an electrodepositable coating composition comprising a polyfarnesene polymer and an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer. Also disclosed are methods of coating a substrate using the electrodepositable coating composition, coatings derived from the electrodepositable coating composition, and substrates coated with the coatings derived from the electrodepositable coating composition.

An aqueous polymeric particle dispersion, the particle comprises a polymer and a Si—O-containing moiety, the Si—O-containing moiety is linked to the polymer. The polymeric particle dispersion can be incorporated in aqueous printing liquids such as aqueous inkjet inks.

An electrocoat system for electrodeposition is described. The system includes an inorganic bismuth-containing compound or a mixture of inorganic and organic bismuth-containing compounds. The system demonstrates a high degree of crosslinking and produces a cured coating with optimal crosslinking and corrosion resistance.

A curable composition including: a component (a): a polycarbonate polyol having a hydroxyl value of 40 to 75 mgKOH/g; a component (b): a polycarbonate polyol having a hydroxyl value of 100 to 280 mgKOH/g; and a component (c): a polyisocyanate having an average number of functional groups per molecule, of 2 to 6.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated polyester film that has good adhesion to an UV-curable resin, particularly has excellent adhesion to a coating agent such as an UV-curable ink, and has an excellent property to keep the adhesion at a high level over a long period of time. A laminated polyester film comprising: a polyester film; and a coating layer on at least one surface of the polyester film, the coating layer comprising a composition containing a polyurethane resin having a carboxyl group and having an acid value of 30 to 50 mgKOH/g and a crosslinking agent having a carboxyl group and having an acid value of 30 to 50 mgKOH/g.

An adhesive film for polarizing plates, a polarizing plate including the same, and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. An adhesive film for polarizing plates includes: a (meth)acrylic copolymer, a curing agent, a (meth)acrylic oligomer, and an antistatic agent, and has a modulus of about 0.5 MPa or more at about 25° C. and a surface resistance difference ΔSR of about 1.0 log (Ω/□) or less, as calculated by Equation 1 herein.