An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive having excellent adhesive property, facilitating secondary processing of an adhesive product and providing an adhesive product with excellent holding strength to a substrate and adhesion property to a curved surface. The present invention relates to a water-based composition comprising: (A) an aqueous resin emulsion comprising a polymer having a glass transition temperature of −65 to −40° C. and (B) an aqueous resin emulsion comprising a polymer having a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or more, wherein the aqueous resin emulsion has a minimum film-forming temperature of 40° C. or more.

The present invention relates to aqueous polymer latexes of film-forming copolymers obtainable by aqueous emulsion polymerisation of monomers M, which comprise at least 80% by weight, based on the monomers M, of—at least one non-ionic monomer M1, which is selected from C.sub.1-C.sub.20-alkyl esters of acrylic acid, C.sub.5-C.sub.20-cycloalkyl esters of acrylic acid, C.sub.1-C.sub.20-alkyl esters of methacrylic acid, C.sub.5-C.sub.20-cycloalkyl esters of methacrylic acid and monovinyl aromatic monomers; —one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers M2, which are selected from monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids having 4 to 6 carbon atoms; and where the polymer latex contains an emulsifier combination comprising i. at least one first emulsifier (1), which is selected from salts, in particular from the alkali metal salts and the ammonium salts of sulfated ethoxylated C.sub.8-C.sub.20-alkanols having a degree of ethoxylation in the range from 5 to 20 and sulfated ethoxylated tristyrylphenols having a degree of ethoxylation in the range from 5 to 20, and ii. at least one second emulsifier (2), which is selected from the salts, in particular from the alkali metal salts and the ammonium salts of a sulfated ethoxylated C.sub.8-C.sub.20-alkanol having a degree of ethoxylation in the range from 21 to 50 and sulfated ethoxylated tristyrylphenols having a degree of ethoxylation in the range from 21 to 50. The present invention also relates to a process for producing such polymer latexes and to the use of these polymer latexes as binders in waterborne coating compositions which contain at least one inorganic tannin blocking compound and to the use of such coating compositions for coating tannin-containing substrates such as wood or woodbased materials.

A stable aqueous dispersion comprising an emulsion polymer and a specific amount of a linear siloxane, a cyclic siloxane, or mixtures thereof; an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous dispersion providing coatings with improved dirt pick-up resistance and long-term durability.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system by producing a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats directly on a substrate coated with a first coat, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the plurality of basecoats, and subsequently jointly curing the one or the plurality of basecoats and the clearcoat. At least one of the basecoat materials is admixed, directly before application, either with an aqueous dispersion (D1) comprising a polyamide (PA) having an acid number of 15 to 60 mg KOH/g or with an aqueous dispersion (D2) comprising a polyamide (PA) and an amide wax (AW).

The use of long-chain phosphoric acid esters as additives in aqueous polymer dispersions for production of porous polymer coatings, preferably for production of porous polyurethane coatings, is described.

The use of surfactant formulations comprising long-chain alcohols as additives in aqueous polymer dispersions for production of porous polymer coatings, preferably for production of porous polyurethane coatings, is described.

An aqueous dispersion of resin particles comprising a dispersing group covalently bonded to the resin and at least one repeating unit of formula I, II and/or III and which is obtainable by contacting a compound A comprising at least 2 functional groups selected from the group of functional groups —X—C(═O)—CHR1-C(═O)—R2, —X—C(═O)—C≡C—R2; or —X—C(═O)—CR1=CR2-NR11R12, with a compound B comprising at least two —NH.sub.2, —NH.sub.3.sup.+ or —N═C═O, wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R11 and R12 have the same meaning as that defined in the claims and wherein compound A and/or B comprise a dispersing group. The invention also includes a method of producing the aqueous dispersion and further relates to an aqueous inkjet ink comprising the resin particles.

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An aqueous ionomer dispersion, and method of manufacturing thereof, comprising an ionomer composition and water, wherein the ionomer composition comprises: a) at least 20 wt. %, based on the total weight percent of the ionomer composition, of an ionomer; and b) up to 80 wt. %, based on the total weight percent of the ionomer composition, of a polyolefin.

A dispersion includes a hyperbranched polymer having latent crosslinking functionality and comprising the reaction product of: a partially neutralized, acid-functional resin; and an epoxy; and optionally, an effective amount of a crosslinking agent; wherein: the partially neutralized, acid-functional resin comprises the reaction product of a mixture of: a first acid-functional resin with a base and a second acid-functional resin; or a first and a second acid-functional resin with a base; the first acid-functional resin is not the same as the second acid-functional resin; at least one of the acid functional resins comprises a further functional group capable of Schiff-Base crosslinking after film formation; and the dispersion is a single pack waterborne polymer dispersion.

The present invention provides a water-soluble silicone macromer. The water-soluble silicone macromer has a general formula: E−(M.sub.1).sub.x−(M.sub.2).sub.y, wherein M.sub.1 is a repeating unit which is derived from a silicone containing monomer, M.sub.2 is a repeating unit which is derived from a first hydrophilic monomer, and E is an ethylenically unsaturated group. The amount of M.sub.1 is in a range of 30-60 wt % based on the total weight of the water-soluble silicone macromer, and the amount of M.sub.2 is in a range of 40-70 wt % based on the total weight of the water-soluble silicone macromer. A silicone hydrogel composition containing the water-soluble silicone macromer and a silicone hydrogel lens made of the silicone hydrogel composition are also provided herein.