An article comprises a substrate, a first functional polymeric phase change material, and a plurality of containment structures that contain the first functional polymeric phase change material. The article may further comprise a second phase change material chemically bound to at least one of the plurality of containment structures or the substrate. In certain embodiments, the article further comprises a second phase change material and a binder that contains at least one of the first polymeric phase change material and the second phase change material. The containment structure may be a microcapsule or a particulate confinement material

An article comprises a substrate, a first functional polymeric phase change material, and a plurality of containment structures that contain the first functional polymeric phase change material. The article may further comprise a second phase change material chemically bound to at least one of the plurality of containment structures or the substrate. In certain embodiments, the article further comprises a second phase change material and a binder that contains at least one of the first polymeric phase change material and the second phase change material. The containment structure may be a microcapsule or a particulate confinement material

There is provided a cured-film formation composition that forms a cured film having excellent photoreaction efficiency and solvent resistance, and high adhesion, an orientation material for photo-alignment, and a retardation material formed with the orientation material.

A functional polymer including at least two different types of side chains, having the general formula (1),

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wherein A is an at least monosubstituted alkylene or arylene group; B is an amide, ester or ether group and n is 0 or 1; F is selected from: an ester, secondary amine, amide, ether, thio ether, thio ester, and may be the same or different for the different side chains; D is a side chain intended to reversible bind to a substrate or has a coating function; E is a side chain intended to irreversible bind to a substrate, the side chain E and polymer includes 1 to 10 different side chains D and 1 to 10 different side chains E, but at least one of each, and includes a plurality of each type, whereby the different types of side chains are randomly or regularly distributed in the polymer.

A modification method of a surface of a base includes applying a composition on a surface layer of a base to form a coating film. The surface layer contains a metal atom. The coating is heated. The composition contains a polymer and a solvent. The polymer includes at an end of a main chain or at an end of a side chain thereof, a functional group that is at least one selected from: a group represented by the following formula (1); a group containing a carbon-carbon triple bond; and a group containing an aromatic hydroxy group. In the formula (1), R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and n is an integer of 1 to 10, wherein in a case in which n is no less than 2, a plurality of R.sup.1s are identical or different. ##STR00001##

Chemically anchoring long-chain polymer networks of tough hydrogels on solid surfaces can represent a general strategy to design tough and functional bonding between hydrogels and solid materials, achieving interfacial toughness over 1000 Jm.sup.−2.

Provided are a composition for forming an anti-snow-accumulation film capable of forming a film that is unlikely to undergo snow accumulation, and an anti-snow-accumulation film. The composition for forming an anti-snow-accumulation film according to the present disclosure contains composite particles formed from fine particles each coated with a first polymer and a coating material component. The anti-snow-accumulation film according to present disclosure contains composite particles formed from fine particles each coated with a first polymer and a binder component. The anti-snow-accumulation film according to the present disclosure has a snow accumulation start time of 20 minutes or more as measured in a snow accumulation test. The anti-snow-accumulation film according to the present disclosure is unlikely to undergo snow accumulation.

A new primer for electroless plating for use in the pretreatment process for electroless plating, which is environmentally friendly, can be easily treated in fewer process steps, and can provide sufficient adhesion to the substrate. A photocurable primer for forming a metal plating film on a base material through an electroless plating process, having (a) a hyperbranched polymer having an ammonium group at a molecular terminal and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000,000, (b) metal fine particles, (c) a polymerizable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator.

Hollow polymer particles comprising a polymer containing a vinylic monomer unit and a phosphate ester monomer unit, the hollow polymer particles having a volume average particle diameter of 0.5 to 1000 μm.

A medical device includes a resin base including one or more than one material selected from a group consisted by an ethylene propylene resin containing fluorine, a styrene resin containing fluorine, an olefin resin containing fluorine, a vinyl chloride resin containing fluorine, a polyester resin containing fluorine, a polyurethane resin containing fluorine, and a nylon resin containing fluorine; an underlayer formed on the resin base, the underlayer including an oxazolidone ring; and an epoxy resin layer formed on the underlayer.