Provided is a composition for a self-suction adhering foam sheet that can be used to obtain a self-suction adhering foam laminate sheet that has excellent air releasability while also inhibiting formation of resin residue on metal after weathering. The composition for a self-suction adhering foam sheet contains a polymer including an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 0.1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %, a cross-linker, and 1.5 parts by mass or more of a higher fatty acid salt per 100 parts by mass of the polymer.

Provided is a composition for a self-suction adhering foam sheet that can be used to obtain a self-suction adhering foam laminate sheet that has excellent air releasability while also inhibiting formation of resin residue on metal after weathering. The composition for a self-suction adhering foam sheet contains a polymer including an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 0.1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %, a cross-linker, and 1.5 parts by mass or more of a higher fatty acid salt per 100 parts by mass of the polymer.

Methods for forming latexes are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises adding a monomer emulsion comprising water, a monomer, an acidic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer, a difunctional monomer, a first reactive surfactant, and a chain transfer agent, to a reactive surfactant solution comprising water, a second reactive surfactant, and an initiator, at a feed rate over a period of time so that monomers of the monomer emulsion undergo polymerization reactions to form resin particles in a latex. The reactive surfactant solution does not comprise monomers other than the second reactive surfactant, the reactive surfactant solution does not comprise a resin seed, and the monomer emulsion does not comprise the resin seed. The latex is characterized by a viscosity in a range of from about 10 cP to about 100 cP as measured at a solid content of about 30% and at room temperature. The latexes are also provided.

A binder composition for an electrical storage device, may enable production of an electrical storage device electrode excellent in charge-discharge durability characteristic under high temperature by improving adhesiveness under high temperature and reducing internal resistance. Such a composition may include: a polymer (A) and a liquid medium (B), wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of total repeating units in the polymer (A), the polymer (A) contains: 15 to 60 parts by mass of repeating unit (a1) derived from a conjugated diene; 35 to 75 parts by mass of repeating unit (a2) derived from an aromatic vinyl compound; and 1 to 10 parts by mass of a repeating unit (a3) derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid, and wherein, when, in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the polymer (A), a peak top of tanδ (loss/storage elastic modulus) is tan8(Tp), and tanδ at 100° C. is tan8(100° C.), satisfies equation (1):

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}\tan \delta \left(100°\text{C}\right)/\tan \delta \left(\text{Tp}\right)\times 100\le 10& \text{­­­(1)}\end{array}$

A binder composition for an electrical storage device, may enable production of an electrical storage device electrode excellent in charge-discharge durability characteristic under high temperature by improving adhesiveness under high temperature and reducing internal resistance. Such a composition may include: a polymer (A) and a liquid medium (B), wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of total repeating units in the polymer (A), the polymer (A) contains: 15 to 60 parts by mass of repeating unit (a1) derived from a conjugated diene; 35 to 75 parts by mass of repeating unit (a2) derived from an aromatic vinyl compound; and 1 to 10 parts by mass of a repeating unit (a3) derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid, and wherein, when, in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the polymer (A), a peak top of tanδ (loss/storage elastic modulus) is tan8(Tp), and tanδ at 100° C. is tan8(100° C.), satisfies equation (1):

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}\tan \delta \left(100°\text{C}\right)/\tan \delta \left(\text{Tp}\right)\times 100\le 10& \text{­­­(1)}\end{array}$

A method for preparing comb structure temperature/pH-responsive polycarboxylic acid by end-group functionalization adopts temperature/pH-responsive monomer, unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbon, small monomer of carboxylic acid and other raw materials to prepare polycarboxylic acid material via self-polymerization, substitution and copolymerization. Temperature/pH-responsive monomers are first self-polymerized to obtain temperature/pH-responsive polymer chain with end-group functionalization, and then substitution with unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbons is conducted to obtain temperature/pH-responsive macromonomers with end-group functionalization, finally the obtained product is copolymerized with small carboxylic acid monomers to prepare comb structure polymer with polycarboxylic acid main chain and temperature/pH-responsive side chain.

A method for preparing comb structure temperature/pH-responsive polycarboxylic acid by end-group functionalization adopts temperature/pH-responsive monomer, unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbon, small monomer of carboxylic acid and other raw materials to prepare polycarboxylic acid material via self-polymerization, substitution and copolymerization. Temperature/pH-responsive monomers are first self-polymerized to obtain temperature/pH-responsive polymer chain with end-group functionalization, and then substitution with unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbons is conducted to obtain temperature/pH-responsive macromonomers with end-group functionalization, finally the obtained product is copolymerized with small carboxylic acid monomers to prepare comb structure polymer with polycarboxylic acid main chain and temperature/pH-responsive side chain.

Provided are a UV-curable non-isocyanate polyurea polymer and a UV-curable coating composition containing the same. The UV-curable non-isocyanate polyurea polymer has one or more ethylenically unsaturated functional groups and the ethylenically unsaturated functional groups are attached to nitrogen atoms present in a backbone urea segment via —C(=0)- linkage. The nonisocyanate polyurea polymer is prepared by: (i) providing an ethylenically unsaturated compound having one or more carboxylic acid functional groups; and (ii) reacting said ethylenically unsaturated compound having one or more carboxylic acid functional groups with a multi-carbodiimide polymer to form the non-isocyanate polyurea polymer.

First embodiment of a (meth)acrylic copolymer in the present invention includes following: a (meth)acrylic copolymer having at least one kind of constitutional unit selected from the group consisting of a constitutional unit (A1) having at least one kind of structure (I) selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3) and a constitutional unit (A2) having a triorganosilyloxycarbonyl group and a constitutional unit (B) derived from a macromonomer (b):

##STR00001## (where, X represents —O—, —S—, or —NR.sup.14—, R.sup.14 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.6 each represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms).

First embodiment of a (meth)acrylic copolymer in the present invention includes following: a (meth)acrylic copolymer having at least one kind of constitutional unit selected from the group consisting of a constitutional unit (A1) having at least one kind of structure (I) selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3) and a constitutional unit (A2) having a triorganosilyloxycarbonyl group and a constitutional unit (B) derived from a macromonomer (b):

##STR00001## (where, X represents —O—, —S—, or —NR.sup.14—, R.sup.14 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.6 each represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms).