Self-healing polymers used to fabricate electrical devices or to coat electrical devices that have a metal or polymer substrate. The self-healing polymers can be made from modified polymers including polyurethanes, polyureas, polyamides and polyesters and, optionally, cross-linking agents and one or more catalysts. The self-healing polymers can be used to make cable ties, tape, conduit fittings and explosion-proof sealant materials.

A method for producing an insulated electric wire of the present invention is a method for forming an insulating coating film on a surface of an electric wire by performing baking treatment after forming an insulating layer on the surface of the electric wire by an electrodeposition method using an insulating electrodeposition coating material containing a polymer. Pretreatment of evaporating a solvent in the insulating layer is performed before the baking treatment, and the pretreatment is performed by a near infrared ray heating furnace. In addition, a temperature of the pretreatment is lower than a temperature of the baking treatment.

A fixing belt includes: a base having an endless shape; and a resin layer covering a surface on an inner peripheral side of the base, the resin layer comprising a resin and a filler, and having a second surface opposite to a first surface facing the base, the second surface having cell structures, and being roughened with the filler. When arithmetic mean roughnesses of the second surface in the central region X and the end regions Y and Z are defined as RaX, RaY and RaZ respectively, a difference between RaX and RaY, a difference between RaY and RaZ, and a difference between RaX and RaZ are all 0.1 μm or smaller, and a coefficient of variation of areas of the cell structures contained in each of the central region X, and end regions Y and Z is 25% or smaller.

A fixing belt includes: a base having an endless shape; and a resin layer covering a surface on an inner peripheral side of the base, the resin layer comprising a resin and a filler, and having a second surface opposite to a first surface facing the base, the second surface having cell structures, and being roughened with the filler. When arithmetic mean roughnesses of the second surface in the central region X and the end regions Y and Z are defined as RaX, RaY and RaZ respectively, a difference between RaX and RaY, a difference between RaY and RaZ, and a difference between RaX and RaZ are all 0.1 μm or smaller, and a coefficient of variation of areas of the cell structures contained in each of the central region X, and end regions Y and Z is 25% or smaller.

The invention pertains to a method for protecting wood comprising coating wood with a coating composition, wherein the coating composition is an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one anionically stabilized latex polymer, at least one polyfunctional amine, and at least one volatile base, and having a pH in the range of from 9.5 to 11, wherein the wood has a moisture content of at least 15 wt. %.The invention further pertains to the use of such coating composition in the protection of wood with a moisture content of at least 15 wt. %.

A method for producing an electrodeposition coated article, in which an insulating film is formed by forming an insulating layer on a surface of an article to be coated according to an electrodeposition method by using an electrodeposition coating material, and then by performing a baking treatment, the electrodeposition coating material contains a solvent containing polyamide imide and an organic solvent added to the electrodeposition coating material, a boiling point of the organic solvent is higher than 100° C., and a Hansen solubility parameter is similar to the polyamide imide and has high compatibility.

Provided is an electrodeposition dispersion including a polyamide-imide resin, a polar solvent, water, a poor solvent, and a base, in which the polar solvent is an organic solvent having a boiling point of higher than 100° C. and D.sub.(S-P) represented by a formula (1) satisfying a relationship of D.sub.(S-P)<6, and a weight-average molecular weight of the polyamide-imide is 10×10.sup.4 to 30×10.sup.4 or a number-average molecular weight of the polyamide-imide is 2×10.sup.4 to 5×10.sup.4.
D.sub.(S-P)=[(dD.sup.S−dD.sup.P).sup.2+(dP.sup.S−dP.sup.P).sup.2+(dH.sup.S−dH.sup.P).sup.2].sup.1/2  (1)

Disclosed are the electrochemical effects of crosslinking polymer chains in nanoscale polypyrrole films with aliphatic ethyl (Ppy-Et), propyl (Ppy-Pr), and butyl (Ppy-Bu) groups were investigated. The films are synthesized by pulsed-electrodeposition of polypyrrole followed by a crosslinking reaction with an alkyl dihalide (dibromoethane, dibromobutane, or dibromopropane) in methanol. By changing the length of the alkyl-dihalide crosslinker, it was shown that one can adjust the properties of the polypyrrole films to achieve properties not typical for polypyrrole. The resulting materials exhibit valuable properties in two areas: (1) excluding anions from transport through the polymer, allowing for the creation of cation-selective membranes using polpyrrole crosslinked with ethyl (2 carbon) crosslinker molecules and (2) enhancing the specific capacity by >50% relative to the uncrosslinked polymer using propyl (3 carbon) crosslinker molecules. These materials have potential value for energy storage, electrochemical desalination, membrane separations, and chemical sensors.

There is provided an electrodeposition paint that forms a coating having both high insulating properties and high heat resistance. An electrodeposition paint comprising a heat-resistant resin precursor, a water-insoluble inorganic compound, a basic compound, an organic solvent, and water, wherein the water-insoluble inorganic compound content is 1 to 30% by mass relative to a total of 100% by mass of the heat-resistant resin precursor and the water-insoluble inorganic compound.

A method is disclosed for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate by producing a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat system, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the plurality of basecoats, and subsequently jointly curing the one or the plurality of basecoats and the clearcoat. At least one basecoat material used for producing the basecoats includes at least one predispersed mixture including at least one polyamide having an acid number of less than 20 mg KOH/g, at least one polymeric resin different from the polyamide, and also water and at least one organic solvent.