The invention provides a gelcoat composition for coating a sanitised water pool, the composition comprising: curable polymeric components comprising: (i) an unsaturated polyester base resin and (ii) a polyester-polyurethane prepolymer, wherein the polyester-polyurethane prepolymer is terminally functionalised with polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated functional groups; and reactive diluent, wherein the unsaturated polyester base resin is present in an amount of greater than 50 wt. % of the curable polymeric components, and wherein the polyester-polyurethane prepolymer is present in an amount of no more than 25 wt. % of the gelcoat composition.

Provided herein are antimicrobial coating compositions and food packaging materials coated therewith. The coating compositions include at least one antimicrobial active agent and a hydrophilic polymer, such that the active agent is immobilized within the composition.

A resin composition for wiring board material contains a thermosetting resin and a thermally expandable microcapsule, in which the relative dielectric constant (10 GHz) of a cured product of the resin composition is more than 1.0 and 2.2 or less.

Diphthalonitrile compounds of formula I:

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in free or salt or solvate form, wherein: Ar.sup.1 is a C.sub.6-C.sub.10-aryl group; Ar.sup.2 is a C.sub.6-C.sub.10-aryl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently C.sub.3-C.sub.10-alkyl; T is a C.sub.6-C.sub.10-aryl group; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, or a mixture thereof; Cured diphthalonitrile thermosets are provided by curing resin blends of such compounds.

There are provided a layered body and a display device including the same, the layered body including a substrate layer and a resin layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate layer, in which the resin layer contains a light scattering agent (A), and, when the surface tension of the substrate layer is indicated by σs (mN/m), and the surface tension of the resin layer is indicated by σr (mN/m), the following formula: |σs−σr|≤11.0 is satisfied.

Disclosed is a conductive polymer composite according to various embodiments of the present invention in order to implement the above-described object. The conductive polymer composite may include a polymer adhesive which includes a curable polymer and a curing agent, a conductive filler made of a metal having electrical properties, and a substituting agent configured to substitute for or remove a lubricant layer applied on the conductive filler.

The present disclosure provides a window protective film and a display device. The display device includes the window protective film. The window protective film includes a base layer, a soft coating layer disposed on the base layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the soft coating layer. The soft coating layer includes a conductive polymer layer disposed on and in contact with a first surface of the base layer, a silica coating layer disposed on at least one side of the conductive polymer layer and that includes a plurality of silica nano particles, and a cover layer disposed on at least one side of the silica coating layer.

Provided are a composition for forming a polyimide film for a cover window which may satisfy performance required for an advanced cover window, a method for preparing the same, and a use thereof. According to an implementation, a polyimide film for a cover window, which has excellent visibility without optical stain while colorless and transparent optical properties were not deteriorated and has excellent heat resistance and mechanical properties, and thus, is for use in optical applications, may be provided. In addition, a polyimide film for a cover window according to an implementation may be useful in various display devices.

This invention relates to a one-step process for making a polymer composite suspension for coating plastic films characterized in that a first polymer is synthesized in-situ optionally in the presence of other polymers and in the presence of clay. Preferably the polymer composite suspension comprises a) 1.0 to 11.0 wt % of clay or silane modified clay, b) 0.1 to 10.0 wt % of poly (acrylic acid), which is a copolymer of acrylic acid (AA) with at least one other monomer selected from 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA), β-carboxyethyl acrylate (β-CEA), methacrylamidoethyl ethylene urea (WAM II) and ethoxylated behenyl methacrylate (β-FM), c) 1.0 to 15.0 wt % of other polymers, preferably poly (vinyl alcohol) and d) 70 to 97 wt % of water or mixture of water with 2-propanol. The coating films made from the suspensions show good barrier capabilities against water vapor and oxygen can be used to make barrier layers on or within plastic films for packaging applications. The invention also relates to methods for making silane modified clay usable in the process for making the suspensions.

A thermoplastic composite material includes a thermoplastic polymer matrix component, a microparticle component, a nanoparticle component, and a compatibilizing agent component, at least a portion of the microparticle component and/or nanoparticle component is a natural fiber.