The invention relates to a floor or wall panel and a method for producing such panel. The panel according to the invention comprises a core layer comprising at least one composite material, said composite material comprising at least one inorganic material, and at least one polymeric binder, wherein a weight ratio of the inorganic material to the polymeric binder is at least 3:1. The core layer further comprises a coupling agent which is configured for bonding with the inorganic material and/or the polymeric binder.

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a hydrogel and to a hydrogel obtainable by said process. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of a hydrogel-spacer conjugate, to a hydrogel-spacer conjugate obtainable by said process, to a process for the preparation of a carrier-linked prodrug and to carrier-linked prodrugs obtainable by said process, in particular to carrier-linked prodrugs that provide for a controlled or sustained release of a drug from a carrier. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the hydrogel for the preparation of a carrier-linked prodrug.

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.

There is provided a novel, environmentally friendly primer for use in the pretreatment steps in electroless plating, which can be easily used in fewer steps with a lower cost. A primer for forming a metallic plating film on a substrate by electroless plating, the primer including: a hyperbranched polymer having an ammonium group at a molecular terminal and a weight-average molecular weight of 500 to 5,000,000; and a metal fine particle.

Provided are a heat-resistant synthetic resin microporous film having enhanced heat resistance while having reduced deterioration of mechanical strength, and a method for producing the same. Disclosed is a heat-resistant synthetic resin microporous film which includes a synthetic resin microporous film containing a synthetic resin; and a coating layer formed on at least a portion of the surface of the synthetic resin microporous film and containing a polymer of a polymerizable compound having a bifunctional or higher-functional radical polymerizable functional group, the heat-resistant synthetic resin microporous film having a surface aperture ratio of 30% to 55%, gas permeability of 50 sec/100 mL to 600 sec/100 mL, a maximum thermal shrinkage obtainable when the film is heated from 25 C. to 180 C. at a rate of temperature increase of 5 C./min, of 20% or less, and a piercing strength of 0.7 N or more.