Provided is a water dispersion of a vinyl halide copolymer having favorable film formation property after long-term storage while maintaining high water vapor barrier property of a film after coating. A water dispersion of a vinyl halide copolymer comprises a vinyl halide copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a vinyl halide monomer and a structural unit derived from a copolymerization monomer whose reactivity ratio r1 is less than 0.7, wherein a mass ratio of the structural unit derived from the copolymerization monomer is 1 part by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the structural unit derived from the vinyl halide monomer, the structural unit derived from the copolymerization monomer, and a structural unit derived from a copolymerization monomer whose reactivity ratio r1 is 0.7 or more, and S1/(S1+S2) is 0 or more and 0.33 or less.

Described herein are compositions and methods for use in automotive care. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to compositions that provide an improved cure time and durability and methods of use thereof.

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to a composition that includes a rotaxane. The rotaxane includes a plurality of macrocyclic rings and a polymer with a molecular weight below 10,000 Da that is covalently appended to one or more sterically hindered molecules. The cavities of the macrocyclic rings are threaded onto the polymer. The plurality of threaded macrocyclic rings include a plurality of different segments that each include a plurality of threaded macrocyclic rings. Each of the plurality of different segments is in the form of a crystalline network. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of forming the rotaxanes by covalently appending one or more sterically hindered molecules onto a polymer and threading a plurality of macrocyclic rings onto the polymer. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure by applying a composition of the present disclosure onto a surface.

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to a composition that includes a rotaxane. The rotaxane includes a plurality of macrocyclic rings and a polymer with a molecular weight below 10,000 Da that is covalently appended to one or more sterically hindered molecules. The cavities of the macrocyclic rings are threaded onto the polymer. The plurality of threaded macrocyclic rings include a plurality of different segments that each include a plurality of threaded macrocyclic rings. Each of the plurality of different segments is in the form of a crystalline network. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of forming the rotaxanes by covalently appending one or more sterically hindered molecules onto a polymer and threading a plurality of macrocyclic rings onto the polymer. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure by applying a composition of the present disclosure onto a surface.

The present invention provides an aqueous composition for coating substrates comprising: one or more emulsion copolymer, the emulsion copolymer being a copolymerization product of a monomer mixture comprising a monomer of formula I,

##STR00001## wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl, X is a divalent organic alkylene oxide group, n is an integer ranging from 1 to 50 and R2 is hydrogen or an alphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and a phosphate surfactant. When incoroporated into a coating composition, the coating composition show both improved stain-resistance properties and anti-clogging properties.

The present invention provides an aqueous composition for coating substrates comprising: one or more emulsion copolymer, the emulsion copolymer being a copolymerization product of a monomer mixture comprising a monomer of formula I,

##STR00001## wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl, X is a divalent organic alkylene oxide group, n is an integer ranging from 1 to 50 and R2 is hydrogen or an alphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and a phosphate surfactant. When incoroporated into a coating composition, the coating composition show both improved stain-resistance properties and anti-clogging properties.

The present invention relates to an aqueous resin dispersion, obtained by subjecting a polymerizable compound (C) containing a compound (C1) having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond to an emulsion polymerization in the presence of a surfactant (A) and a surfactant (B) free from a radical-polymerizable substituent.

The present invention relates to an aqueous resin dispersion, obtained by subjecting a polymerizable compound (C) containing a compound (C1) having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond to an emulsion polymerization in the presence of a surfactant (A) and a surfactant (B) free from a radical-polymerizable substituent.

The present invention relates to a waterborne composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of first and second multistage polymer particles, wherein each of the first and second polymer particles comprises a water-occluded core and a high T.sub.g polymeric shell wherein the second multistage polymer particles further comprise a polymeric binder layer superposing the shell. The composition of the present invention is useful for reducing the load of TiO.sub.2 in paint formulations, while producing coatings with excellent hiding and scrub resistance.

The present invention relates to a waterborne composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of first and second multistage polymer particles, wherein each of the first and second polymer particles comprises a water-occluded core and a high T.sub.g polymeric shell wherein the second multistage polymer particles further comprise a polymeric binder layer superposing the shell. The composition of the present invention is useful for reducing the load of TiO.sub.2 in paint formulations, while producing coatings with excellent hiding and scrub resistance.