The invention relates to compositions comprising a fiber material and a specific thermoplastic binder. The thermoplastic binder comprises at least one thermoplastic polyurethane polymer, wherein said thermoplastic polyurethane polymer comprises a reaction product of (i) at least one semi-crystalline polyester polyol, and (ii) at least one polyisocyanate. The molar ratio of the NCO groups of said polyisocyanate (ii) to the sum of OH groups of said polyester polyol (i) is less than 1.00:1 and the thermoplastic polyurethane polymer has (a) a melting enthalpy of at least 20 J/g, (b) a melting point (T.sub.m) of >70 C., and (c) an average number molecular weight (M.sub.n) of 5,000 to 80,000 g/mol. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced composite comprising a cured thermosetting polyurethane polymer matrix reinforced by the composition according to the present invention. Moreover, a method for the manufacture of the fiber-reinforced composite according to the present invention and use of the composition or the fiber-reinforced composite in railway vehicles, automotive vehicles, aircraft vehicles, boats, space vehicles, motorbikes, bicycles, sporting goods, helmets, functional clothing, shoes, construction parts in bridges and buildings or wind turbine blades are described.

A foaming thermoplastic polyurethane resin is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate component containing a bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane and a polyol component. In a peak of chromatogram obtained by measurement of the foaming thermoplastic polyurethane resin with gel permeation chromatography, the area of a high molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of 400,000 or more with respect to the total area of the peak is 25% or more and 60% or less.

The embodiments relate to a polythiol composition for a plastic optical lens and a polythiourethane-based plastic optical lens prepared therefrom. In the embodiments, a first polythiol compound having an ester group and a mercapto group only as a hydrogen-bondable functional group and a second polythiol compound having an ester group and a hydrogen-bondable functional group other than a mercapto group are used in an appropriate amount. Thus, it is possible to control the viscosity of a polymerizable composition at the initial stage of polymerization at a low temperature of 5 to 15 C. and to stabilize the rate of increase in the viscosity of the composition and the reaction rate thereof, thereby preventing the generation of striae, bubbles, and the like. Further, various plastic lenses such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, and the like having excellent appearance characteristics (without striae and bubbles) and excellent optical characteristics can be obtained from the composition.

A vat resin for three-dimensional stereolithography printing of a thiourethane polymer part comprising a liquid mixture including a first type of monomer, a second type of monomer, a photolatent base decomposable upon exposure to a light to form a non-nucleophillic base catalyst having a pKa greater than 7, an anionic step-growth polymerization reaction inhibitor having an acidic group configured to form an acid-base pair with the non-nucleophillic base and a light absorber having an absorbance in the liquid mixture that is greater than an absorbance of the photolatent base at a wavelength of the light used for the exposure. Methods of preparing the vat resin and three-dimensional stereolithography printing a thiourethane polymer part using the vat resin are also disclosed.

The polymerizable composition of the present invention includes at least one isocyanate compound (A) having a cyclic structure, selected from compounds represented by the following Formulae (1), (2), and (3), and aliphatic isocyanate compound (B) having 4 to 11 carbon atoms, and a thiol compound (C). ##STR00001##

Provided is a positive type planographic printing plate precursor including: a support; and an image recording layer provided on the support, in which the image recording layer contains: a phenol compound containing a phenolic hydroxyl group and a substituent A represented by CH.sub.2OR in a molecule thereof, and having a molecular weight of from 200 to 2,000; a polymer having at least one selected from the group consisting of a urea bond and a urethane bond in a main chain thereof; and an infrared absorbent.

The present invention relates to an aqueous polyurethane-polyacrylate dispersion, obtainable by radical polymerization of a component A), comprising an ethylenically unsaturated compound, at least in the presence of a component B), comprising water and a polyurethane resin, obtainable by reaction of the following synthesis components I), comprising at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic and/or aromatic compound having at least two or more isocyanate groups, II), comprising at least one polycarbonate polyol having an average molecular weight of 500 to 3000 g/mol, III), comprising at least one anionically hydrophilizing compound which has at least one OH- or NH-functional group and comprising a carboxyl and/or carboxylate group, IV), comprising at least one polyol and/or polyamine having an average molecular weight of between 62 and 500 g/mol, and optionally V), comprising at least one or more monoalcohols and/or monoamines, the radical polymerization being initiated using a hydrophilic initiator.

Described herein are aqueous coating compositions including at least one dispersion of core/shell particles containing a polyurethane resin as core portion and a crosslinked acrylic resin as shell portion and at least one aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion containing crosslinked polyurethane-polyurea particles. Also described herein is a method for forming a multilayer coating on a substrate using the aqueous coating compositions as basecoat compositions. Also described herein is a multicoat paint system produced by the method.

The present invention relates to radiation of dual radiation/moisture curable compositions based on (meth)acrylate- and silane-terminated polymers that can be used as 3D printing materials and provide isotropic and elastomeric properties. The invention further relates to the use thereof as 3D printing materials and printing methods using said compositions.

An embodiment includes a polymer composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer that: (a) is bonded to iodine, (b) includes a vinyl group, and (c) includes urethane linkages. Other embodiments are described herein.