The present disclosure is drawn to a reactive polyurethane dispersion including a polymer strand having a polymer backbone that has two ends terminating at a first capping unit and a second capping unit. The polymer backbone can include polymerized monomers including a reactive diol and a diisocyanate. The reactive diol can be an acrylate-containing diol, a methacrylate-containing diol, an allyl-containing diol, or combination thereof. The first capping unit can be an allyl-containing monoalcohol reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate. The second capping unit can be an ionic stabilizing group.

A curable composition provides, upon curing, an adhesive made from energy-curable compounds having one set of adhesive properties (i.e., peel, tack and shear) after curing and a second set of adhesive properties after being subjected to some external stimuli, such as heat, light, chemicals or mechanical stresses. The curable composition comprises at least one urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having a structure comprising: a1) at least one polyol backbone segment having at least one reacted end; a2) at least one reacted polyisocyanate forming a urethane linkage at the at least one reacted end of each of the at least one polyol backbone segment and a3) at least one blocking end group reacted with the at least one reacted polyisocyanate to form a reversible bond and bearing a (meth)acrylate group and a chain terminator or extender.

The present disclosure is drawn to a reactive polyurethane dispersion including a polymer strand having a polymer backbone that has two ends terminating at a first capping unit and a second capping unit. The polymer backbone can include polymerized monomers including a reactive diol and a diisocyanate. The reactive diol can be an acrylate-containing diol, a methacrylate-containing diol, a styrene-containing diol, or combination thereof. The first capping unit can be a styrene-containing monoalcohol reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate. The second capping unit can be an ionic stabilizing group.

The present disclosure is drawn to a reactive polyurethane dispersion including a polymer strand having a polymer backbone that has two ends terminating at a first capping unit and a second capping unit. The polymer backbone can include polymerized monomers including a reactive diol and a diisocyanate. The reactive diol can be an acrylate-containing diol, a methacrylate-containing diol, a styrene-containing diol, or combination thereof. The first capping unit can be a styrene-containing monoalcohol reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate. The second capping unit can be an ionic stabilizing group.

Provided are an aqueous dispersion including a microcapsule that has a shell having a three-dimensional cross-linked structure containing at least one bond selected from a urethane bond or a urea bond, and has a core, in which at least one of the shell or the core has a polymerizable group, including a dispersant that has at least one bond selected from a urethane bond or a urea bond and a hydrophilic group, and including water; a method for manufacturing the aqueous dispersion; and an image forming method using the aqueous dispersion.

Provided is a liquid crystal display element that can be baked at a low temperature when forming a liquid crystal alignment film capable of imparting an alignment regulating property and a pretilt angle developing property via a photoalignment method. Further provided is a liquid crystal display element in which the liquid crystal pretilt angles are highly stable, and display burn-in hardly occurs even due to long usage. Further provided are a vertical liquid crystal alignment film to be used in the liquid crystal display element, and a liquid crystal aligning agent with which it is possible to provide the vertical liquid crystal alignment film. A liquid crystal aligning agent of the present invention contains: component (A), which is a polymer including (A-1) a site having an isocyanate group and/or a blocked isocyanate group and (A-2) a site having photoreactivity; component (B), which is a compound having, in a molecule, at least two functional groups of at least one type selected from the group consisting of an amino group and a hydroxyl group; and an organic solvent.

A reactive hot-melt adhesive composition that is moisture curable contains: a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, a (meth)acrylic resin, and an adhesion promoter containing at least an isocyanate group-containing (meth)acrylamide compound.

The present invention relates to ureaurethanes of the following formula (I)

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in which at least one of the R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 radicals is a mono- or polyunsaturated, branched or unbranched alkenyl or alkynyl radical having 12 to 24 carbon atoms, n is an integer 1, where the upper limit for n arises from the maximum number average molecular weight M.sub.n of the ureaurethanes of the general formula (I), which is 65 000 g/mol, and which is determined by means of gel permeation chromatography to DIN 55672-2 using a polymethyl methacrylate standard, R.sup.3 is a xylylene radical or a hydrogenated xylylene radical and R.sup.4 is a tolylene radical or various other radicals. The invention also relates to ureaurethane compositions comprising the ureaurethanes of the invention and to the preparation of both. The invention further relates to the use of the ureaurethanes or ureaurethane compositions as rheology control agent and anti-settling agent. The invention further provides liquid formulations from the group consisting of coating compositions, polymer formulations, pigment pastes, sealant formulations, cosmetics, ceramic formulations, drilling fluids, adhesive formulations, potting compounds, construction material formulations, lubricants, spackling compounds, printing inks and other inks, comprising the ureaurethanes and ureaurethane compositions.

A one-part moisture-curable polyurethane composition of the present technology comprises: a preliminary composition containing a urethane prepolymer (A); and an adhesion promoter (B); the adhesion promoter being a reaction product of a compound (b1) having three or more isocyanate groups; and a compound (b2) of at least one type of a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1) to (4) described below and hydrogenated compounds of compounds represented by Formula (1) to (3) described below; wherein a ratio (NCO/OH) between an isocyanate group (NCO) of the compound (b1) and a hydroxy group (OH) of the compound (b2) is 1.2 to 3.2; and a content of the adhesion promoter (B) being 0.1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the preliminary composition.

A one-part moisture-curable polyurethane composition of the present technology comprises: a preliminary composition containing a urethane prepolymer (A); and an adhesion promoter (B); the adhesion promoter being a reaction product of a compound (b1) having three or more isocyanate groups; and a compound (b2) of at least one type of a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1) to (4) described below and hydrogenated compounds of compounds represented by Formula (1) to (3) described below; wherein a ratio (NCO/OH) between an isocyanate group (NCO) of the compound (b1) and a hydroxy group (OH) of the compound (b2) is 1.2 to 3.2; and a content of the adhesion promoter (B) being 0.1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the preliminary composition.