The present invention relates to a radiation curable aqueous coating composition comprising a dispersion of a chain extended polyurethane which dispersion comprises (a) a polyurethane-urea polymer comprising (i) acryloyl groups present in an amount of at least 2.0 mmol per g of the polyurethane-urea polymer; and (ii) urea groups present in an amount of at least 0.35 milli-equivalents (meq) per g of the polyurethane-urea polymer; (b) optionally a multifunctional ethylenically unsaturated compound unreactive towards isocyanates, in an amount, where present, of up to 40% by weight of components (a) and (b); and (c) a neutralizing agent; where the polyurethane-urea polymer (component (a)) is obtained by (I) the reaction of at least the following polyurethane precursors: at least one polyisocyanate (a1), two or more polyols (a2) and at least one isocyanate reactive compound (a3) to obtain a polyurethane prepolymer, where the isocyanate and hydroxy groups on the polymer precursors (a1), (a2) and (a3) are present in a respective mole ratio (NCO to OH) of at least 1.35, and (II) by reacting the polyurethane prepolymer with an active hydrogen chain extending compound and optionally with water to obtain the polyurethane-urea polymer (a), where (a1) the amount of polyisocyanates (a1) is from 10 to 80% by weight; (a2) the two or more polyols being an Anionic Polyol A, a Polyether Polyol B and optionally a High MW NCO-Reactive Polyol C and optionally a Low MW NCO-Reactive Polyol D; (a3) the isocyanate reactive compounds are compounds having an average of less than 1.2 groups reactive towards isocyanate and an average of at least one acryloyl group, the compounds being other than (a2A), (a2B), (a2C) and (a2D) and where the amount of isocyanate reactive compound is from 5 to 60% by weight; where the weight % of components (a1), (a2A), (a2B), (a2C), (a2D), (a3) and (b) are calculated based on the total of components (a) and (b) being 100%.

The present invention relates to a radiation curable aqueous coating composition comprising a dispersion of a chain extended polyurethane which dispersion comprises (a) a polyurethane-urea polymer comprising (i) acryloyl groups present in an amount of at least 2.0 mmol per g of the polyurethane-urea polymer; and (ii) urea groups present in an amount of at least 0.35 milli-equivalents (meq) per g of the polyurethane-urea polymer; (b) optionally a multifunctional ethylenically unsaturated compound unreactive towards isocyanates, in an amount, where present, of up to 40% by weight of components (a) and (b); and (c) a neutralizing agent; where the polyurethane-urea polymer (component (a)) is obtained by (I) the reaction of at least the following polyurethane precursors: at least one polyisocyanate (a1), two or more polyols (a2) and at least one isocyanate reactive compound (a3) to obtain a polyurethane prepolymer, where the isocyanate and hydroxy groups on the polymer precursors (a1), (a2) and (a3) are present in a respective mole ratio (NCO to OH) of at least 1.35, and (II) by reacting the polyurethane prepolymer with an active hydrogen chain extending compound and optionally with water to obtain the polyurethane-urea polymer (a), where (a1) the amount of polyisocyanates (a1) is from 10 to 80% by weight; (a2) the two or more polyols being an Anionic Polyol A, a Polyether Polyol B and optionally a High MW NCO-Reactive Polyol C and optionally a Low MW NCO-Reactive Polyol D; (a3) the isocyanate reactive compounds are compounds having an average of less than 1.2 groups reactive towards isocyanate and an average of at least one acryloyl group, the compounds being other than (a2A), (a2B), (a2C) and (a2D) and where the amount of isocyanate reactive compound is from 5 to 60% by weight; where the weight % of components (a1), (a2A), (a2B), (a2C), (a2D), (a3) and (b) are calculated based on the total of components (a) and (b) being 100%.

An aqueous polyurethane dispersion comprising at least one isocyanate terminated polyurethane prepolymer prepared by reacting in the presence of at least one pyrrolidone selected from the group consisting of N-n-butylpyrrolidone, N-isobutylpyrrolidone, N-sec-butylpyrrolidone and N-tert-butylpyrrolidone, a mixture (M) which comprises: at least one polyisocyanate compound (a), at least one polyol compound (b), having a molecular weight Mw of 200 to 8000 and a hydroxyl functionality of 1.5 to 6, and at least one water dispersible enhancing component having at least one hydrophilic group or potentially hydrophilic group in water.

An aqueous polyurethane dispersion comprising at least one isocyanate terminated polyurethane prepolymer prepared by reacting in the presence of at least one pyrrolidone selected from the group consisting of N-n-butylpyrrolidone, N-isobutylpyrrolidone, N-sec-butylpyrrolidone and N-tert-butylpyrrolidone, a mixture (M) which comprises: at least one polyisocyanate compound (a), at least one polyol compound (b), having a molecular weight Mw of 200 to 8000 and a hydroxyl functionality of 1.5 to 6, and at least one water dispersible enhancing component having at least one hydrophilic group or potentially hydrophilic group in water.

A crosslinker composition is prepared from a reaction mixture including: (a) a prepolymer including a reaction product of a prepolymer mixture including: (i) a polyfunctional isocyanate; and (ii) a first compound comprising two or more active hydrogen groups, where the polyfunctional isocyanate and/or the first compound comprising two or more active hydrogen groups includes a greater than two functional isocyanate and/or active hydrogen groups, respectively; and (b) a polyfunctional hydrazide. The crosslinker composition is not self-crosslinkable. The crosslinker composition has an acid value of at least 15 based on total resin solids of the crosslinker composition.

The present invention provides a binder for aqueous inkjet inks containing a composite resin (A) and an aqueous medium (B), the composite resin (A) forming core-shell-type particles having a shell part containing a polyurethane (a1) having acid groups and a core part containing an acrylic polymer (a2). The present invention also provides an aqueous inkjet ink containing the binder for aqueous inkjet inks, and a printed layer. This binder for aqueous inkjet inks is excellent in the abrasion resistance of printed products such as plain paper, coated paper, and films and the washing resistance of fabrics and can thus be suitably used for printing on various recording media.

The present invention provides a binder for aqueous inkjet inks containing a composite resin (A) and an aqueous medium (B), the composite resin (A) forming core-shell-type particles having a shell part containing a polyurethane (a1) having acid groups and a core part containing an acrylic polymer (a2). The present invention also provides an aqueous inkjet ink containing the binder for aqueous inkjet inks, and a printed layer. This binder for aqueous inkjet inks is excellent in the abrasion resistance of printed products such as plain paper, coated paper, and films and the washing resistance of fabrics and can thus be suitably used for printing on various recording media.

The present invention provides a binder for aqueous inkjet inks containing a composite resin (A) and an aqueous medium (B), the composite resin (A) forming core-shell-type particles having a shell part containing a polyurethane (a1) having acid groups and a core part containing a polymer (a2) with an aliphatic conjugated diene as an essential raw material. The present invention also provides an aqueous inkjet ink containing the binder for aqueous inkjet inks, and a printed layer. This binder for aqueous inkjet inks is excellent in the abrasion resistance of printed products such as plain paper, coated paper, and films and the washing resistance of fabrics and can thus be suitably used for printing on various recording media.

The present invention provides a binder for aqueous inkjet inks containing a composite resin (A) and an aqueous medium (B), the composite resin (A) forming core-shell-type particles having a shell part containing a polyurethane (a1) having acid groups and a core part containing a polymer (a2) with an aliphatic conjugated diene as an essential raw material. The present invention also provides an aqueous inkjet ink containing the binder for aqueous inkjet inks, and a printed layer. This binder for aqueous inkjet inks is excellent in the abrasion resistance of printed products such as plain paper, coated paper, and films and the washing resistance of fabrics and can thus be suitably used for printing on various recording media.

Disclosed is a polyurethane resin which is obtained by a reaction between a polyisocyanate component, which contains 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane including not less than 80% by mole of trans isomers, and an active hydrogen compound component.