A high-recoverability resin particles having a mean particle size of 1 to 100 m containing a cross-linked (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin, wherein the high-recoverability resin particles have a recovery rate of 22% or greater, and a 30% compression strength of 1.5 to 5.0 kgf/mm.sup.2.

Provided are an ink composition including water; and a microcapsule which includes: a shell that has a three-dimensional cross-linked structure containing at least one bond selected from a urethane bond or a urea bond, and including a core that contains a di- or lower functional polymerizable compound, a tri- or higher functional polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, in which a proportion of the di- or lower functional polymerizable compound is 20% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the di- or lower functional polymerizable compound and the tri- or higher functional polymerizable compound, and an image forming method using the ink composition.

The present invention provides an optically clear adhesive sheet using a heat-curable polyurethane composition, wherein the optically clear adhesive sheet can, when bonded to an adherend such as a glass plate, prevent the occurrence of air bubbles even at high temperature and normal humidity and maintain a stable bonded interface. The optically clear adhesive sheet of the present invention is an optically clear adhesive sheet containing: a cured product of a heat-curable polyurethane composition, the heat-curable polyurethane composition containing a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, the polyol component having an olefin skeleton, the polyisocyanate component containing an acyclic aliphatic polyisocyanate and/or an alicyclic polyisocyanate.

An aspect of the present invention relates to a composition, which is a composition for a magnetic recording medium and comprises an isocyanate compound in the form of an adduct of a polyhydroxyl compound having one or more aromatic carbon rings and three or more hydroxyl groups per molecule with a polyisocyanate having two or more isocyanate groups per molecule.

The invention relates to storage-stable one-component (1K) polyurethane prepregs and to shaped bodies produced therefrom.

Disclosed is a method for preparing powder coating compositions. The method includes mixing in an aqueous medium a carboxylic acid functional polymer having a high glass transition temperature, with a polycarbodiimide having a high glass transition temperature, drying the mixture, and grinding the resulting solid particles to obtain a powder.

Disclosed is a method for preparing powder coating compositions. The method includes mixing in an aqueous medium a carboxylic acid functional polymer having a high glass transition temperature, with a polycarbodiimide having a high glass transition temperature, drying the mixture, and grinding the resulting solid particles to obtain a powder.

Clear polyurethane fiber reinforced composites are produced by a pultrusion process with a polyurethane-forming system that includes: (a) a clear, aliphatic polyisocyanate having a viscosity at 25 C. of no more than 1000 centipoise, (b) a colorless polyol component comprising an amine-initiated polyol having a molecular weight of from about 150 to about 400 and an OH functionality greater than or equal to 3, and (c) a catalyst. These fiber-reinforced composites are characterized by both excellent weathering characteristics and excellent physical properties.

The present invention relates to curable polyurethane polymers made from renewable materials. In particular isosorbide derived from glucose is used. These renewable materials may be formed into curable polyurethane polymer compositions having different chemical functionalities and cure mechanisms.

A method of forming a three-dimensional object comprises the steps of forming a layer of a particulate composition, selectively depositing a liquid composition onto the layer of the particulate composition in accordance with computer data corresponding to the shape of at least a portion of a three-dimensional object, and repeating the steps a plurality of times to form a three-dimensional object. The particulate composition comprises a plurality of first particles that comprise a resin component comprising a first resin, the first resin comprising a first resin polymerizable group. Either or both of the particulate composition and the liquid composition comprise an initiator capable of initiating polymerization of at least the first resin. At least the first resin undergoes melting and polymerization in a plurality of the locations where the liquid composition has been selectively deposited.