Described herein is a coating composition including (A) a physically curing, reactively self-curing and/or externally curing component, including, based on a total solids content of component (A), from 0.1% by weight to about 2.5% by weight of a branched polyester polyol, preparable by: (a) reacting a polyol including at least three hydroxyl groups with an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms or an esterifiable derivative of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid to form a hydroxyl-functional first intermediate product; (b) reacting the first intermediate product with a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride to form a carboxylic acid-functional second intermediate product; and (c) reacting the second intermediate product with an epoxide-functional compound having one epoxide group to form the branched polyester polyol; and (B) a crosslinking component in case component (A) includes one or more externally curing components; and optionally (C), a diluent component.

A separator for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same are provided. More particularly, a separator for a lithium-sulfur battery including a porous substrate; and a coating layer present on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a polymer including a main chain, with a functional group having a non-covalent electron pair present in the main chain and a side chain with an aromatic hydrocarbon group present in the side chain.

A low volatile organic compound (VOC) coating composition with a low viscosity is described. The coating composition includes a hydrocarbon solvent; a reactive or non-reactive diluent; a drier composition; and a hyper-branched alkylated polymer. A colorant can be added so that the coating composition can be used as a stain, such as a wood stain. The hyper-branched alkylated polymer functions as the main binder to provide an effective coating composition having a relatively low VOC level.

A low volatile organic compound (VOC) coating composition with a low viscosity is described. The coating composition includes a hydrocarbon solvent; a reactive or non-reactive diluent; a drier composition; and a hyper-branched alkylated polymer. A colorant can be added so that the coating composition can be used as a stain, such as a wood stain. The hyper-branched alkylated polymer functions as the main binder to provide an effective coating composition having a relatively low VOC level.

A new primer for electroless plating for use in the pretreatment process for electroless plating, which is environmentally friendly, can be easily treated in fewer process steps, and can provide sufficient adhesion to the substrate. A photocurable primer for forming a metal plating film on a base material through an electroless plating process, having (a) a hyperbranched polymer having an ammonium group at a molecular terminal and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000,000, (b) metal fine particles, (c) a polymerizable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator.

The present invention relates to an antireflection film including a low refractive index layer and a hard coating layer, the low refractive index layer including: a binder resin containing a crosslinked polymer of a photopolymerizable compound and a polysilsesquioxane substituted with one or more reactive functional groups; and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein a 10-point average roughness (Rz) of the shape of irregularities on the surface of the low refractive index layer is 0.05 μm to 0.2 μm.

The present invention relates to a hard coating film including a substrate and a hard coating layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate, in which the hard coating layer includes a fluorine-based UV-curable-functional-group-containing compound, a conductive polymer, and a solvent, the conductive polymer being included in a specific amount, and the surface roughness (Ra) value of the hard coating layer is 1 nm or less, whereby the hard coating film can simultaneously exhibit hard coating performance and antifouling performance even in the form of a single layer not including a separate antifouling layer, and is remarkably improved in an antifouling effect based on the low surface roughness thereof due to the absence of inorganic fine particles, and the improved antifouling effect can be effectively maintained even in the presence of variously changing environmental conditions, and to a window and an image display device using the same.

The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery self-lubricating polymers. Lubricating liquids with affinities to polymers can be utilized to get absorbed within the polymer and form a lubricant layer (of the lubricating liquid) on the polymer. The lubricant layer can repel a wide range of materials, including simple and complex fluids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and bodily fluids), restore liquid-repellency after physical damage, and resist ice, microorganisms and insects adhesion. Some exemplary applications where self-lubricating polymers will be useful include energy-efficient, friction-reduction fluid handling and transportation, medical devices, anti-icing, optical sensing, and as self-cleaning, and anti-fouling materials operating in extreme environments.

Provided is a resin composition for producing a coating composition excellent in appearance, abrasion resistance, and hardness of a coating film. The resin composition of the present invention includes a compound A having a branched structure which has a terminal hydroxyl group, a polyisocyanate B, and an inorganic particle C, in which the inorganic particle C has a functional group enabling reacting with a hydroxyl group or an isocyanate group on a surface thereof.

The invention is directed to a crosslinkable flame-retardant coating composition comprising the following components: a) a dendritic polymer having hydroxyl groups, wherein the dendritic polymer has a hydroxyl number in the range of 80 to 800, b) a polyol having at least 3 hydroxyl groups, c) an ammonium polyphosphate compound, d) a base coat polymer selected from a polycarbamate resin or a polymer bearing carboxyl groups, and e) a crosslinker for crosslinking the base coat polymer selected from a compound having two or more aldehyde groups, acetals or hemiacetals of the aldehydes, or a polycarbodiimide.

Such a cross-linkable flame-retardant coating composition improves the overall appearance of the cross-linked base coating on a substrate and also imparts improved flame-retardancy.