The invention relates to a coating composition comprising: a) at least one alkyd binder with an oil content of at least 45 wt % and at most 85 wt %, a modified alkyd binder, or a combination thereof; b) at least one amine or imine component selected from the group comprising: polyaspartic acids and esters thereof, (meth)acrylate/aspartate amines, aldimines, ketimines, and combinations thereof; and c) at least one isocyanate compound.

There are provided a surface protection coating agent, a cured product, and a laminate and a method of producing the same. The disclosure provides a surface protection coating agent including a polymer (A) including a structural unit 1 derived from long chain alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylic acid ester and a structural unit 2 derived from a hydroxy group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer and a polyisocyanate (B).

There are provided a surface protection coating agent, a cured product, and a laminate and a method of producing the same. The disclosure provides a surface protection coating agent including a polymer (A) including a structural unit 1 derived from long chain alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylic acid ester and a structural unit 2 derived from a hydroxy group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer and a polyisocyanate (B).

A method comprising (a) applying a composition to a substrate as a substantially continuous coating on the substrate, (b) curing the coating, wherein the composition comprises: (i) a polyene, (ii) a polythiol, (iii) 0.001 to 20 percent by weight of an anhydride, and (iv) up to 80 percent by weight of a pigment, particularly wherein the mole ratio of (ii) to (i) being from 0.1 to 10/1; the percentage by weight of (iii) being based on weight of resin solids in the composition and the percentage by weight of (iv) being based on solids weight of the composition.

A method comprising (a) applying a composition to a substrate as a substantially continuous coating on the substrate, (b) curing the coating, wherein the composition comprises: (i) a polyene, (ii) a polythiol, (iii) 0.001 to 20 percent by weight of an anhydride, and (iv) up to 80 percent by weight of a pigment, particularly wherein the mole ratio of (ii) to (i) being from 0.1 to 10/1; the percentage by weight of (iii) being based on weight of resin solids in the composition and the percentage by weight of (iv) being based on solids weight of the composition.

The present invention provides a hard coating composition comprising: a rubber-based impact modifier having a core-shell structure including a rubber core and at least one shell, a dendrimer compound having a (meth)acrylate terminal group, a polyfunctional urethane (meth)acrylate having a cyclohexyl group, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having an ethylene glycol group, a photoinitiator and a solvent; a hard coating film formed using the same, and an image display device having the hard coating film. The hard coating film according to the present invention not only has high impact resistance and excellent hardness, flexibility and bending resistance, but also is excellent in the adhesion, curl and crack properties.

The present invention provides a hard coating composition comprising: a rubber-based impact modifier having a core-shell structure including a rubber core and at least one shell, a dendrimer compound having a (meth)acrylate terminal group, a polyfunctional urethane (meth)acrylate having a cyclohexyl group, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having an ethylene glycol group, a photoinitiator and a solvent; a hard coating film formed using the same, and an image display device having the hard coating film. The hard coating film according to the present invention not only has high impact resistance and excellent hardness, flexibility and bending resistance, but also is excellent in the adhesion, curl and crack properties.

Provided is a thermal barrier film having, dispersed in a resin matrix, high-refractive-index particles having a D-line refractive index of 2.5 or more and 3.2 or less. The high-refractive-index particles have an average particle size of 2.0 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less. Provided are a thermal barrier film that reduces a temperature rise due to sunlight by virtue of having a high reflectance even as a thin film, has high film thickness accuracy, and has high abrasion resistance, a thermal barrier paint for forming such thermal barrier film, and an optical instrument including such thermal barrier film.

Described herein are coated optical fibers including an optical fiber portion, wherein the optical fiber portion includes a glass core and cladding section that is configured to possesses certain mode-field diameters and effective areas, and a coating portion including a primary and secondary coating, wherein the primary coating is the cured product of a composition that possesses specified liquid glass transition temperatures, such as below −82° C., and/or a viscosity ratios, such as between 25° C. and 85° C., of less than 13.9. Also described are radiation curable coating compositions possessing reduced thermal sensitivity, methods of coating such radiation curable coating compositions to form coated optical fibers, and optical fiber cables comprising the coated optical fibers and/or radiation curable coating compositions elsewhere described.

Described herein are coated optical fibers including an optical fiber portion, wherein the optical fiber portion includes a glass core and cladding section that is configured to possesses certain mode-field diameters and effective areas, and a coating portion including a primary and secondary coating, wherein the primary coating is the cured product of a composition that possesses specified liquid glass transition temperatures, such as below −82° C., and/or a viscosity ratios, such as between 25° C. and 85° C., of less than 13.9. Also described are radiation curable coating compositions possessing reduced thermal sensitivity, methods of coating such radiation curable coating compositions to form coated optical fibers, and optical fiber cables comprising the coated optical fibers and/or radiation curable coating compositions elsewhere described.