Coating compositions comprising a reaction product of components comprising a silicone comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and at least one monomer polymerizable with the ethylenically unsaturated group are disclosed as are substrates comprising the same.

The present invention provides a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, the present invention provides a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. The surface-modified inorganic nitride of the present invention includes an inorganic nitride, and a compound which is represented by General Formula (1) and is adsorbed onto a surface of the inorganic nitride. ##STR00001##

The present invention provides a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, the present invention provides a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. The surface-modified inorganic nitride of the present invention includes an inorganic nitride, and a compound which is represented by General Formula (1) and is adsorbed onto a surface of the inorganic nitride. ##STR00001##

A curable powder coating composition comprising one or more hydroxyl or carboxyl functional polyester(s) (A), one or more hydroxyl or carboxyl functional acrylic resin(s) (B), one or more cross linker(s) (C) able to react with (A) and/or (B).

A curable powder coating composition comprising one or more hydroxyl or carboxyl functional polyester(s) (A), one or more hydroxyl or carboxyl functional acrylic resin(s) (B), one or more cross linker(s) (C) able to react with (A) and/or (B).

A curable powder coating composition comprising one or more hydroxyl or carboxyl functional polyester(s) (A), one or more hydroxyl or carboxyl functional acrylic resin(s) (B), one or more cross linker(s) (C) able to react with (A) and/or (B).

A curable powder coating composition comprising one or more hydroxyl or carboxyl functional polyester(s) (A), one or more hydroxyl or carboxyl functional acrylic resin(s) (B), one or more cross linker(s) (C) able to react with (A) and/or (B).

A composition for preparing an optical functional layer capable of forming an optical film having an excellent surface condition and excellent lamination properties with another layer, includes a liquid crystal compound and a copolymer, and the copolymer includes a constitutional unit corresponding to a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by Formula I, and a constitutional unit corresponding to a monomer represented by Formula II. In Formulae I and II, R.sup.1, R.sup.10, and R.sup.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom has a fluorine atom as a substituent, and L represents a divalent linking group constituted by at least one selected from the group consisting of O, (CO)O, O(CO), a divalent chain group, and a divalent aliphatic cyclic group.

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A composition for preparing an optical functional layer capable of forming an optical film having an excellent surface condition and excellent lamination properties with another layer, includes a liquid crystal compound and a copolymer, and the copolymer includes a constitutional unit corresponding to a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer represented by Formula I, and a constitutional unit corresponding to a monomer represented by Formula II. In Formulae I and II, R.sup.1, R.sup.10, and R.sup.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom has a fluorine atom as a substituent, and L represents a divalent linking group constituted by at least one selected from the group consisting of O, (CO)O, O(CO), a divalent chain group, and a divalent aliphatic cyclic group.

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The invention provides monolayer films excellent in hydrophilicity and transparency which include a crosslinked resin having a surface enriched with hydrophilic groups, and materials which exhibit excellent properties such as hydrophilicity, antifogging properties and antifouling properties by virtue of having the above monolayer films. A monolayer film is fabricated which includes a crosslinked resin obtained by polymerizing a composition including a compound (I) having an anionic hydrophilic group and a functional group with a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, and a compound (II) having three or more hydroxyl groups and three or more functional groups with a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, the monolayer film having a gradient (Sa/Da) of not less than 1.1 wherein Sa is the surface concentration of the anionic hydrophilic groups in the monolayer film, and Da is the deep concentration of the hydrophilic groups at of the thickness of the monolayer film.