The presently disclosed claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to a rheology modifier composition and an aqueous protective coating composition containing the rheology modifier composition. More particularly, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a rheology modifier composition comprising (a) about 50 to about 99% by weight of a water soluble polymer and about 1 to about 50% by weight of a cationic polymer, wherein the cationic polymer is produced by polymerizing a quaternized monomer or by polymerizing a quaternized monomer and a non-quaternized monomer. Additionally, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the methods of making the rheology modifier composition and the aqueous protective coating composition.

Provided is an oral care composition comprising a phosphate/acrylate co-polymer, a whitening agent and an orally acceptable carrier and methods of using the same.

Provided is an oral care composition comprising a phosphate/acrylate co-polymer, a whitening agent and an orally acceptable carrier and methods of using the same.

Provided is an oral care composition comprising a phosphate/acrylate co-polymer, a whitening agent and an orally acceptable carrier and methods of using the same.

Provided is a solid phase carrier which has high water dispersibility, allows facilitated binding of a ligand to a reactive functional group, and exhibits suppressed non-specific adsorption, and with which, in the case of using the solid phase carrier by having a ligand bound thereto, for example, detection of a target substance can be carried out with high sensitivity and low noise. Disclosed is a solid phase carrier having bound thereto a polymer including a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (2):

##STR00001##

wherein in Formula (1), R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R.sup.2 represents an organic group having a zwitterionic structure,

##STR00002## in Formula (2), R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group R.sup.4 represents —(C═O)—O—*, —(C═O)—NR.sup.6—* (wherein R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and the symbol * represents a position of bonding to R.sup.5 in Formula (2)), or a phenylene group; in a case in which R.sup.4 represents —(C═O)—O—*, R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom, or an organic group having a reactive functional group, and in a case in which R.sup.4 represents —(C═O)—NR.sup.6—* or a phenylene group, R.sup.5 represents an organic group having a reactive functional group, provided that R.sup.5 is not an organic group having a zwitterionic structure.

Provided is a solid phase carrier which has high water dispersibility, allows facilitated binding of a ligand to a reactive functional group, and exhibits suppressed non-specific adsorption, and with which, in the case of using the solid phase carrier by having a ligand bound thereto, for example, detection of a target substance can be carried out with high sensitivity and low noise. Disclosed is a solid phase carrier having bound thereto a polymer including a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (2):

##STR00001##

wherein in Formula (1), R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R.sup.2 represents an organic group having a zwitterionic structure,

##STR00002## in Formula (2), R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group R.sup.4 represents —(C═O)—O—*, —(C═O)—NR.sup.6—* (wherein R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and the symbol * represents a position of bonding to R.sup.5 in Formula (2)), or a phenylene group; in a case in which R.sup.4 represents —(C═O)—O—*, R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom, or an organic group having a reactive functional group, and in a case in which R.sup.4 represents —(C═O)—NR.sup.6—* or a phenylene group, R.sup.5 represents an organic group having a reactive functional group, provided that R.sup.5 is not an organic group having a zwitterionic structure.

A one-part self-etching, self-priming dental adhesive having a pH of at most 2, which comprises an aqueous mixture containing (i) one or more polymerizable monomers optionally containing an acidic group, (ii) optionally one or more organic or inorganic acids, (iii) a polymerization initiator, and (iv) a thermal polymerisation inhibitor of the following formula (I): ##STR00001##  wherein R′.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms. R′.sub.2, which may be the same or different if more than one R′.sub.2 is present, independently represent a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and c represents an integer of from 1 to 4.

A one-part self-etching, self-priming dental adhesive having a pH of at most 2, which comprises an aqueous mixture containing (i) one or more polymerizable monomers optionally containing an acidic group, (ii) optionally one or more organic or inorganic acids, (iii) a polymerization initiator, and (iv) a thermal polymerisation inhibitor of the following formula (I): ##STR00001##  wherein R′.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms. R′.sub.2, which may be the same or different if more than one R′.sub.2 is present, independently represent a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and c represents an integer of from 1 to 4.

A one-part self-etching, self-priming dental adhesive having a pH of at most 2, which comprises an aqueous mixture containing (i) one or more polymerizable monomers optionally containing an acidic group, (ii) optionally one or more organic or inorganic acids, (iii) a polymerization initiator, and (iv) a thermal polymerisation inhibitor of the following formula (I): ##STR00001##  wherein R′.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms. R′.sub.2, which may be the same or different if more than one R′.sub.2 is present, independently represent a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and c represents an integer of from 1 to 4.

A water-based coating composition and method for forming a multi-layer coating film by which it is possible to form a coating film 5 having excellent smoothness, image clarity, and chipping resistance in a 3C1B format. The composition is characterized by containing 7 to 60 mass % of an acrylic resin emulsion (a), 10 to 60 mass % of a film-forming resin (b), and 10 10 to 50 mass % of a curing agent (c), on the basis of the total mass of the solid resin content in the composition; the acrylic resin emulsion (a) having a core/shell structure where the core section contains, as a copolymer component, 0.1 to 10 mass % of a polymerizable unsaturated 15 monomer having two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups in one molecule, on the basis of the total mass of monomer of the core section, and the hydroxyl value of the core section is 50 to 200 mgKOH/g, and the hydroxyl value of the shell section is 50 to 200 mgKOH/g.