Described herein is a floor covering comprising: a substrate, and a coating layer comprising a cross-linked polymer formed from a curable coating composition comprising an acrylate-functional resin; wherein the cross-linked polymer has a glass transition temperature equal to or greater than room temperature and has a cross-link density of at least about 0.0035 CC eq/gm as measured from the polymerization of carbon-carbon double bonds in the curable coating composition.

An environment-friendly material includes 50 wt % to 70 wt % of inorganic mineral powder, 20 wt % to 45 wt % of polyolefin, and 5 wt % to 15 wt % of auxiliary agent. The inorganic mineral powder contains calcium carbonate; the polyolefin may be linear low density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, medium density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, or polypropylene; and the auxiliary agent may be polyolefin elastomer, maleic anhydride grafted polyolefin elastomer, or maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene. The disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of window covering slat using the environment-friendly material and a window covering slat manufactured by the method.

A transparent acrylic-based polymer composition having an increased resistance to alcohols, oils and fats can be made. The polymer composition has an acrylic-based polymer A, which has at least one alkyl (meth) acrylate; an olefinic copolymer B, which has at least one olefinic monomer and at least one polar monomer selected from unsaturated carboxylic acids, esters of unsaturated carboxylic acids, and anhydrides of unsaturated carboxylic acids, and a particulate multiphase graft copolymer C, which has a core and at least one shell, having at least one alkyl (meth) acrylate.

A process for producing shaped parts from particle foams comprising providing particle foam particles, wetting the particle foam particles with an aqueous emulsion of at least one polyolefin and thereby obtaining functionalisable particle foam particles, drying the wetted and functionalisable particle foam particles, shaping the functionalisable particle foam particles, heating the shaped functionalisable particle foam particles to a temperature below the melting range of the particle foam particles and thereby functionalising the shaped functionalisable particle foam particles, heating the shaped, functionalisable particle foam particles to a temperature below the melting range of the particle foam particles and thereby functionalising the shaped, functionalisable particle foam particles, wherein the particle foam particles are bonded together, and cooling and thereby obtaining the particle foam moulding, wherein the aqueous emulsion of the at least one polyolefin is an aqueous emulsion comprising at least one polyolefin converted to the liquid state with an anhydride of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and modified with methacrylic acid ester copolymers.

Provided is a polycarbonate-modified acrylic resin obtained by reacting an unsaturated monomer mixture (B), which contains, as essential components, methyl methacrylate, an unsaturated monomer (b1) having a hydroxyl group, an unsaturated monomer (b2) having a carboxyl group, and an unsaturated monomer (b3) having an alkyl group of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, in the presence of a polycarbonate diol (A) which is produced using 1,5-pentanediol and 1,6-hexanediol as starting materials, characterized in that the mass ratio of the unsaturated monomer (b2) in the unsaturated monomer mixture (B) is in the range of 0.1% to 1.6% by mass. The polycarbonate-modified acrylic resin has high adhesion to a plastic substrate and is capable of forming a coating film having excellent abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, feel, and appearance. Therefore, the polycarbonate-modified acrylic resin can be suitably used for a coating.

The present invention relates to a radiation curable paint composition and a molded product comprising a cured coating layer formed therefrom, and more specifically, to: a radiation curable paint composition comprising a polyfunctional polyurethane acrylate being at least pentafunctional, a mono- or difunctional polyurethane acrylate, a mono-, di- or trifunctional acrylate, a photopolymerization initiator, and a triazine-based UV absorber, wherein physical properties such as adhesion to a metal or plastic substrate, water resistance, moisture resistance, heat resistance, thermal shock resistance and the like are remarkable, and particularly, weather resistance is remarkable, and thus it is useful for a hard coating for a plastic substrate, and particularly, for an automobile headlamp; and a molded product comprising a cured coating layer formed therefrom.

Provided are a resin composition having low dielectric constants and low dielectric loss tangents before moisture absorption (initial state) and after moisture absorption with high metal foil peel strength; and a cured product, a prepreg, a metal foil-clad laminate, a resin sheet, and a printed wiring board in which the resin composition is used. The resin composition contains a compound (A) represented by Formula (M1) and a polymer (B) having a structural unit represented by Formula (V).

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Provided is a resin composition, including: a polycarbonate resin; a biomass resin having a hydroxy group; a rubber having a siloxane bond and having a functional group reactive with a hydroxy group; a flame retardant; and a drip preventing agent, in which: when a total of all the components is defined as 100 mass %, contents of the components are: biomass resin having a hydroxy group: 5 mass % or more to 25 mass % or less, the rubber having a siloxane bond and having a functional group reactive with a hydroxy group: 1 mass % or more to 9 mass % or less, the flame retardant: 3 mass % or more to 20 mass % or less, and the drip preventing agent: 0.1 mass % or more to 5 mass % or less; and a mass ratio of the biomass resin having a hydroxy group to the polycarbonate resin is 0.35 or less.

Embodiments of the present application relate to an encapsulant film, a method for manufacturing an encapsulant film, an optoelectronic device, and a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic device, and can provide superior adhesive force with a front substrate and a back sheet, and specifically having long-term adhesive and heat resistance properties. Also, the present application can provide the encapsulant which does not have a negative effect on parts, such as optoelectronic elements or wire electrodes encapsulated in the optoelectronic devices, and on a working environment, and which can maintain superior workability and economic feasibility in device manufacturing.

An encapsulant film and an optoelectronic device are provided. The encapsulant film having improved thermal resistance, and excellent adhesion, especially, long-term adhesive properties, to a front substrate and a back sheet can be provided. Also, the optoelectronic device capable of maintaining excellent workability and economic feasibility upon manufacture of the device without causing a negative influence on working environments and parts such as optoelectronic elements or wiring electrodes encapsulated by the encapsulant film can be provided.