Provided are a thermoplastic polyurethane foam and an impact resistant composite laminate. The thermoplastic polyurethane comprises a structural unit represented by Formula (I):

##STR00001## wherein each R independently is an alkylene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms or —CH.sub.2CH.sub.2OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2— or —CH.sub.2CH.sub.2OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2—; n is a number from 2 to 13; and the structural unit has a Mn ranging from 700 g/mole to 2500 g/mole. The impact resistant composite laminate comprises a base layer and a first impact resistant layer formed by the thermoplastic polyurethane foam, and the first impact resistant layer overlaps the base layer.

Disclosed herein are a cannabidiol (CBD)-containing bio-based polyurethane composite material and a preparation thereof. The composite material is prepared from a component A and a component B in a weight ratio of 100:(20-50), where the component A includes 40-60 parts by weight of a vegetable oil-based polyol, 35-50 parts by weight of polyether polyol I, 0-10 parts by weight of polyether polyol II, 0.5-5 parts by weight of CBD, 0-5 parts by weight of a natural pigment, 0.5-3 parts by weight of silicon oil, 0-5 parts by weight of a cross-linking agent, 0.2-1 part by weight of a catalyst and 0.8-4 parts by weight of water, and the component B includes 20-50 parts by weight of modified methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).

An article is prepared by injection molding, wherein the article is formed from a hydrophilic thermoplastic polyurethane composition, wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane composition comprises the reaction product of a hydroxyl terminated polyol intermediate component, an aliphatic isocyanate component, and, optionally, a chain extender component. For injection molding, the hydrophilic thermoplastic polyurethane has a crystallization temperature measured by dynamic scanning calorimetry of at least 75° C.

Disclosed herein are thermal interface materials (TIM) composition comprising: a) a non-reactive polyurethane prepolymer; b) about 70-95 wt % of aluminum trihydroxide (ATH); c) about 0.15-1.5 wt % of at least one silane terminated urethane prepolymer; and d) about 1-20 wt % of at least one plasticizer, with the total weight of the thermal interface material totaling to 100 wt %.

The present invention relates to a polishing pad for use in a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process of semiconductors, to a process for preparing the same, and to a process for preparing a semiconductor device using the same. The polishing pad according to an embodiment can achieve low hardness by comprising a polishing layer formed using a curing agent of specific components. It is possible to enhance the mechanical properties of the polishing pad, as well as to improve the surface defects appearing on the surface of a semiconductor substrate, by controlling the surface roughness reduction rate and the recovery elasticity index of the polishing pad to specific ranges. It is also possible to further enhance the polishing rate.

The present disclosure provides copolymers useful in medical devices. For example, the disclosure provides copolymers comprising the polymerization product ester block, ether blocks and diisocyanates. In certain embodiments, the disclosure provides a medical copolymer for implantation comprising ester blocks and ether blocks, wherein: the ester blocks comprise a negative free energy transfer and the ether blocks comprise a positive free energy transfer, the ether and ester blocks are less than 1/10 the length of said copolymer, and, the blocks are distributed such that no domain of contiguous blocks possessing the same polarity of free energy transfer are less than ⅓ of the molecular weight of the copolymer. The disclosure further provides methods of making the aforementioned polymers, and medical devices comprising the polymers.

A water-containing urethane resin composition that is produced using a biomass raw material and excellent in oleic acid resistance, texture, and liquid mixture stability. A urethane resin composition including: a urethane resin (A) having an anionic group and a nonionic group and produced using as a raw material a polycarbonate polyol (a1) produced using biomass-derived decanediol as a raw material; a nonionic emulsifier (B); and water (C). A leather sheet in which a coagulated product of the urethane resin composition is present in a fibrous substrate. Both the urethane resin (A) and the nonionic emulsifier (B) preferably have an oxyethylene group and an oxypropylene group.

There is provided a compatibilizer for polyester resin which can produce better compatibility than conventional counterparts, and a polyester resin composition using the compatibilizer. The compatibilizer comprises a polycarbodiimide compound represented by the formula (1) describe below wherein the carbodiimide equivalent of the polycarbodiimide compound is 280 or higher; and in the formula (1), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are residues formed by eliminating a functional group from an organic compound having the one functional group reactive with an isocyanate group; R.sup.3 is a divalent residue formed by eliminating two isocyanate groups from a diisocyanate compound; R.sup.4 is a divalent residue formed by eliminating two hydroxyl groups from a diol compound; X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are bonds formed by reaction of the functional group of the organic compound with one of the two isocyanate groups of the diisocyanate compound; and m and n=1 to 20, m+n≤25, and p=0 to 39, provided that the number of carbodiimide groups in one molecule is 2 to 40.

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The present disclosure provides a polymeric material including a polymerized reaction product of a polymerizable composition including components and an inorganic filler. The components include a uretdione-containing material including a reaction product of a diisocyanate reacted with itself; a first hydroxyl-containing compound; and an optional second hydroxyl-containing compound having a single OH group. The present disclosure also provides a two-part composition, in which the polymeric material is included in the first part and the second part includes at least one amine. Further, a method of adhering two substrates is provided, including obtaining a two-part composition; combining at least a portion of the first part with at least a portion of the second part to form a mixture; disposing at least a portion of the mixture on a first substrate; and contacting a second substrate with the mixture disposed on the first substrate. The disclosure also provides a polymerized product of the two-part composition and a battery module. Advantageously, two-part compositions can be used as coatings and adhesive systems including high loadings of inorganic filler, such as thermally conductive filler, with handling and performance similar to existing two-part urethane systems, but with less sensitivity to water.

Provided is an aqueous coating composition which has excellent storage stability and whereby high coating film performance in terms of hardness, water resistance, etc., can be exhibited even when the aqueous coating composition is cured at a relatively low temperature. Disclosed is an aqueous coating composition which contains (A) a resin containing hydroxyl groups and carboxyl groups, (B) a blocked polyisocyanate compound, (C) a phosphate-group-containing compound, and (D) a basic compound, and which has a pH in the range of 7.0-8.2, wherein the basic compound (D) contains a specific quantity of (D1) a basic compound which has an acid dissociation constant (PKa) in the range of 7.0-8.5 and a boiling point in the range of 100-200° C.