Provided is a curable composition which is free of organotin compounds to be environmentally friendly and whose cured product shows high elongation and high elastic recovery to be suitable particularly as a sealant. The present invention relates to a curable composition containing a reactive silyl group-containing organic polymer (A) which has a highly active reactive silyl group at a molecular chain end, and a compound (B) having 2 to 10 ethyloxy groups in its molecule but having no amino group in its molecule, the compound (B) being a C1-C20 saturated hydrocarbon having one alkoxysilyl group, a C1-C20 hydrocarbon having two or more alkoxysilyl groups, or a C1-C20 polycarboxylic acid ester.

A crosslinkable composition containing: a liquid monocyclic olefin ring-opened polymer (A) having a reactive group at a polymer chain end thereof and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 to 50,000; and a crosslinkable compound (B) having, in the molecule, two or more functional groups reactive with the reactive group at the polymer chain end of the monocyclic olefin ring-opened polymer (A).

The present invention provides a composition for forming a hard coat and a laminate using the same. The composition for forming a hard coat includes at least metal oxide fine particles; a hydrolysate of an organosilicon compound; an adhesion promoting component having an alkoxysilyl group; a curing catalyst; and a solvent, wherein by introducing, as the organosilicon compound, an organosilicon compound having a hydrocarbon group having (6 to 18) carbon atoms substituted with a glycidoxy group, and an organosilicon compound having a hydrocarbon group having (1 to 5) carbon atoms substituted with a glycidoxy group, even when applied to a flexible resin substrate, the composition for forming a hard coat has excellent adhesion and scratch resistance, and bending resistance (crack resistance) and surface hardness as well.

Process for making a cathode comprising the following steps (a) Providing a cathode active material selected from layered lithium transition metal oxides, lithiated spinels, lithium transition metal phosphate with olivine structure, and lithium nickel-cobalt aluminum oxides, (b) treating said cathode active material with an oligomer bearing units according to general formula (I a),

##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 are the same or different and selected from hydrogen and C.sub.1-C.sub.4-alkyl, aryl, and C.sub.4-C.sub.7-cycloalkyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are selected independently at each occurrence from phenyl and C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl, C.sub.4-C.sub.7-cycloalkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-haloalkyl, OPR.sup.1(O)—*, and —(CR.sup.9.sub.2).sub.p—Si(R.sup.2).sub.2—* wherein one or more non-vicinal CR.sup.9.sub.2-groups may be replaced by oxygen, R.sup.9 is selected independently at each occurrence from H and C.sub.1-C.sub.4-alkyl, and p is a variable from zero to 6, and wherein the overall majority of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is selected from C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl, and, optionally, at least one of carbon in electrically conductive form and, optionally, a binder, (c) applying a slurry of said treated cathode active material to a current collector, and (d) at least partially removing solvent used in step (c).

Provided are a (poly)thiophene-(poly)siloxane block copolymer and a production method of a (poly)arylene-(poly)siloxane block copolymer, where the production method is capable of employing raw materials that are readily accessible, produces no metal salt as a by-product, and brings about a high conversion rate. The (poly)thiophene-(poly)siloxane block copolymer contains a structure represented by the following formula (1):

##STR00001## wherein each R.sup.1 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a bond may be formed between two R.sup.1s; each R.sup.2 independently represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; a is a number of 1 to 1,000; b is a number of 2 to 2,000; c is a number of 1 to 1,000.

Provided are a (poly)thiophene-(poly)siloxane block copolymer and a production method of a (poly)arylene-(poly)siloxane block copolymer, where the production method is capable of employing raw materials that are readily accessible, produces no metal salt as a by-product, and brings about a high conversion rate. The (poly)thiophene-(poly)siloxane block copolymer contains a structure represented by the following formula (1):

##STR00001## wherein each R.sup.1 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a bond may be formed between two R.sup.1s; each R.sup.2 independently represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; a is a number of 1 to 1,000; b is a number of 2 to 2,000; c is a number of 1 to 1,000.

An epoxy resin system composition and a loss circulation material including the reaction product of the epoxy resin system are provided. The epoxy resin system includes a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) epoxy resin with at least one reactive group, a curing agent, and a CO.sub.2 gas-generating compound. The CO.sub.2 gas-generating compound generates CO.sub.2 during the reaction such that a volume of the lost circulation material is greater than a volume of the epoxy resin system. A method of treating a defect in a wellbore includes introducing the epoxy resin system into the wellbore such that epoxy resin system is proximate to a face of the defect, and maintaining the epoxy resin system at the face of the defect such that the epoxy resin system cures and a lost circulation material forms and fluidly seals the defect in the wellbore.

An organopolysiloxane represented by average empirical formula (1), which gives a rubber composition that renders desired fuel-saving tires possible, the tires being excellent in terms of hardness, tensile property, rolling resistance, and wet gripping.

(R.sup.1).sub.a(R.sup.2).sub.b(OR.sup.3).sub.c(R.sup.4).sub.dSiO.sub.(4-2a-b-c-d)/2  Formula (1):

(In the formula, the R.sup.1 moieties each independently represent a divalent organic group containing a sulfide group, the R.sup.2 moieties each independently represent an aryl group having 6-10 carbon atoms or an aralkyl group having 7-10 carbon atoms, the R.sup.3 moieties each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-10 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7-10 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group having 2-10 carbon atoms, the R.sup.4 moieties each independently represent an alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms, and a, b, c, and d indicate numbers satisfying 0<2a<1, 0<b<1, 0<c<3, 0≤d<1, and 0<2a+b+c+d<4.)

The present invention provides compound of formulae (A1), (A2), (B1), (B2), (C1) and (C2) which can form a layer having water-repellency, oil-repellency and antifouling property as well as high friction durability:

##STR00001##

wherein each symbols are as defined in the specification.

An epoxy resin system composition and a loss circulation material including the reaction product of the epoxy resin system are provided. The epoxy resin system includes a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) epoxy resin with at least one reactive group, a curing agent, and a CO.sub.2 gas-generating compound. The CO.sub.2 gas-generating compound generates CO.sub.2 during the reaction such that a volume of the lost circulation material is greater than a volume of the epoxy resin system. A method of treating a defect in a wellbore includes introducing the epoxy resin system into the wellbore such that epoxy resin system is proximate to a face of the defect, and maintaining the epoxy resin system at the face of the defect such that the epoxy resin system cures and a lost circulation material forms and fluidly seals the defect in the wellbore.