A conductive composition containing carbon nanotubes, a carbon nanotube dispersant, and a dopant precursor, wherein the dispersant is a non-conjugated polymer compound having an aromatic ring as the repeating unit, and the dopant precursor is an acid-generating agent which generates cation by being subjected to light and/or heat. The aforementioned conductive composition is capable of stably dispersing carbon nanotubes and of efficiently doping same without damaging the conductive properties of the carbon nanotubes.

A method includes coating a substrate to provide a flame resistant substrate. In an embodiment, the method includes preparing an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution comprises a phosphate material, a cationic material, and a water. The method further includes exposing the substrate to the aqueous solution to produce a coating on the substrate. The coating includes the cationic material and the phosphate material. The method also includes exposing the coating on the substrate to a melamine solution.

A method includes coating a substrate to provide a flame resistant substrate. In an embodiment, the method includes preparing an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution comprises a phosphate material, a cationic material, and a water. The method further includes exposing the substrate to the aqueous solution to produce a coating on the substrate. The coating includes the cationic material and the phosphate material. The method also includes exposing the coating on the substrate to a melamine solution.

The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising: at least one dendritic polymer prepared from hyper-branched polymer with hydroxyl groups, having a plurality of peripheral functional groups, wherein the peripheral functional groups comprising at least one cyclic ether group that is covalently bound to said hyperbranched polymer by urethane linkages; and a melamine-based crosslinker. Such compositions have improved flexibility. The present disclosure further relates to the use of such compositions to form coatings after cure, or as an additive component to binder resins.

The present invention relates to a polymer having formula (I):

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wherein the line - - - represents a covalent bond, or a linkage group selected from: NRC(O)O, C(O)OC(O)NR, C(O)NR, NHC(O)NH, wherein R is H, optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 heteroalkyl, carbocycle, aryl, or heteroaryl; P is a polymer comprising y number of peripheral functional groups; L is a linker moiety selected from optionally substituted, aliphatic, branched or cyclic alkyl, aryl, phenyl, or alkylene diphenyl; A is a hydrophobic functional group; B is a hydrophilic functional group, and carboxylate; and X is a cross-linkable functional group; each of m, n and q are greater than zero, and wherein m+n+qy, and use of the polymer for preparing coating compositions.

A coating composition includes a flexible hyperbranched polyol preparable by (a) reacting a polyol comprising at least three hydroxyl groups with an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms or an esterifiable derivative of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid to form a hydroxyl-functional first intermediate product; (b) reacting the first intermediate product with a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride to form a carboxylic acid-functional second intermediate product; and (c) reacting the second intermediate product with an epoxide-functional compound having one epoxide group to form the hyperbranched polyol. The coating composition may be cured to a coating layer having excellent flexibility.

A sol-gel composition for acrylic polymers-based substrate including at least a silane hydrolysate and at least an adhesion promoter including a dendritic polymer having hydroxyl and alkoxysilane groups at terminal ends thereof. An optical article coated with said sol-gel composition.

The present invention provides solid supports comprising a surface bound array of dendrons and methods for using the same.

The present disclosure relates to an aqueous dispersible polymer composition comprising: (a) at least one of: (i) a dendritic polymer in admixture with a hydrophilic functionalizing agent; and (ii) a hydrophilic functionalized dendrimer; and (b) a non-dendritic polymer capable of forming bonds with said dendritic polymer to thereby form a dendrimer-non-dendrimer (DND) polymer hybrid that is dispersible in the aqueous phase, methods of forming the same and uses thereof.

Photo-activated polymers and co-polymers exhibit colors in the visible spectrum when photo-activated. The photo-active polymers, co-polymers and combinations thereof may be utilized in articles to impart color to the articles. For example, the photo-active polymers may be utilized in printing technology, such as in 2D printing and/or in 3D-printing methods to impart colors to articles.