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Mar 10, 2010 - Reactive Hot Melt Adhesive - Patent
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reactive hot melt adhesive which has excellent coating property, thermal stability, and initial adhesion property,...

Mar 10, 2010 - Tackifier Resin Emulsion, Acrylic Emulsion Type Self-Adhesive Composition, Acrylic Emulsion Type Self-Adhesive Composition For Foam Substrate, And Acrylic Emulsion Type Self-Adhesive Composition For Polyurethane Foam - Patent
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tackifier resin emulsion which imparts excellent adhesive force even in a hot environment and can impart good...

Mar 04, 2010 - Moisture-Curing Type Reactive Hot-Melt Adhesive - Patent
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a moisture-curing reactive hot-melt adhesive having good adhesion to an aromatic group-containing substrate material... (1 Member Reaction)

Mar 04, 2010 - Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive For Skin Surface And/Or Transdermal Substance Delivery - Patent
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is described having a reservoir of medication or other substance and capable of intimate contact with a...

Mar 04, 2010 - Process For Preparing A Hybrid Acrylic / Polyurethane Pressure Sensitive Adhesive - Patent
The patent describes a multi step mini-emulsion process for preparing a hybrid acrylic / polyurethane pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) of very high... (1 Member Reaction)

Feb 26, 2010 - Bioadhesive from distiller's dried grains with solubles - Conference
Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) is used to replace starch as a major feedstock material to produce bio-adhesives. The experimental...

Feb 26, 2010 - Dependence of optical properties of UV-curable sealant on amount of catalyst N, N-dimethylbenzylamine - Conference
In the presence of the catalyst N, N-dimethylbenzylamine, a series of ultraviolet-curable sealants 1-6 were synthesized by varying the catalyst amount...

Feb 26, 2010 - Method For Production Of Polyester Emulsion-Type Adhesive Composition - Patent
The present invention relates to a method for producing a polyester-based emulsion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including: adding a...

Feb 24, 2010 - Radiation curable urethane (meth)acrylate polymer and adhesives formulated with them - Patent
The radiation curable urethane (meth)acrylate polymer and adhesives are based on UV curable urethane(meth)acrylate polymers of Formula (1), where: R;...

Feb 24, 2010 - Sealant Compositions and Methods Utilizing Nano-Particles - Patent
The present invention includes well treatment fluids and methods utilizing nano-particles and, in certain embodiments, to sealant compositions and... (1 Member Reaction)

Feb 18, 2010 - Improved Polyolefin-Based Adhesive Resins And Method Of Making Adhesive Resins - Patent
This patent describes a method for producing polyolefin-based adhesive resins having improved physical and optical properties. The improved process...

Feb 18, 2010 - Preparation of encapsulated polymer adhesion beads and adhesion with porous fibers. - Patent
Adhesion beads of 10-130 mum, prepared by suspension polymerization, were encapsulated by melamine-formaldehyde. The capsule-type adhesives prepared...

Feb 18, 2010 - Pressure Sensitive Adhesives - Patent
PSAs having enhanced resistance to water-whitening and high shear stability are disclosed. The PSAs are obtained from an aqueous dispersion comprising...

Feb 11, 2010 - Addition of urethane-based thickener to waterborne polyurethane adhesives having different NCO/OH ratios and ionic groups contents - Technical Paper
Several waterborne polyurethane adhesives containing different hard-to-soft segment ratios and ionic groups were prepared by using the acetone... (1 Member Reaction)

Feb 11, 2010 - Colorless primer composition and method - Patent
A primer formulated with a colorless dye detectable only under black light is provided. The present invention is non-detectable on a porous surface...

Feb 11, 2010 - Epoxy-Based Adhesive Or Sealant Comprising Inorganic Nanoparticles With Acrylic Acid Ester-Containing Casing - Patent
This patent describes an epoxy-based composition that can be used as an adhesive or sealant or as structural foam. It comprises 0.5 to 40 wt.% of... (1 Member Reaction)

Feb 10, 2010 - Preparation And Characterization Of Waterborne Polyurethane As Shoe Adhesives - Technical Paper
A series of water-borne PU adhesives for footwear was prepared by the prepolymer process using dimethylol propionic acid and sucrose as a hydrophilic...

Feb 10, 2010 - Properties of reactive hot-melt polyurethane adhesives: effects of molecular weight and reactive organo-clay. - Technical Paper
A two-stage synthesis of the diphenylmethane diisocyanate (I)-based reactive hot-melt adhesive provided an adhesive with a higher molecular weight...

Feb 04, 2010 - Modification of electrically conductive adhesives for better mechanical and electrical properties - Patent
The goal of the work has been to check a possibility of improvement of electrical properties of electrically conductive adhesives with isotropic... (1 Member Reaction)

Feb 04, 2010 - Moisture-curing composition and hot-melt adhesive - Patent
The object of the present invention was to provide moisture-curing alkoxysilane-functional hot-melt adhesives which are easy to prepare, have a good...

Feb 04, 2010 - Polyurethane Adhesive Composition - Patent
Oil pipelines require good thermal control in order to avoid viscosity increases in the oil, which makes pumping the oil more difficult. Therefore, in... (1 Member Reaction)

Jan 28, 2010 - Effect of the ethylene/vinyl acetate ratio of ethylene/vinyl acetate emulsion on the curing behaviour of an emulsion polymer isocyanate adhesive for wood. - Conference
Gassing of isocyanate adhesives was examined, the factors investigated being viscosity, pH, level of surfactant, ethylene/vinyl acetate ratio in the...

Jan 28, 2010 - Electron beam technology for converting applications - Conference
A new generation of recently introduced lower cost, more compact electron beam equipment, is noted. The equipment operates in the range of 70-150...

Jan 28, 2010 - Experimental Evaluation Of Ultraviolet And Visible Light Curing Acrylates For Use In Glass Structures - Technical Paper
Adhesive joints in glass construction have been realised with one- and two-component silicones for more than 20 years. Ultraviolet- and visible...

Jan 27, 2010 - New Technologies Move Solar Industry Toward Grid Parity - Technical Paper
New adhesive/sealant technologies which could help the solar industry to achieve grid parity are described. The manufacture of solar panels is...

Jan 27, 2010 - Phase-separated polymer dispersions: valuable raw materials for coatings, plasters and renderings - Patent
It is noted that aqueous polymer dispersions with phase-separated morphology, like core/shell copolymers, are responsible for unique and tailor-made...

Jan 21, 2010 - A Rapid Separation Method For Gel Content Determination In Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Dispersions And Acrylic-Based Latices For An Industrial Setting - Technical Paper
A rapid method has been developed for determining gel content in industrial samples such as water-borne pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) and...

Jan 21, 2010 - Aspects of latex particle size control for improved water blush resistance - Patent
It is noted that water whitening of latex coatings may arise as a result of pockets of trapped, localised hydrophilic material within the coating, and...

Jan 21, 2010 - Assessment of potential migration in ultraviolet/electron beam inks, coatings or adhesives - Conference
In the light of legislation on food contact and food packaging increasing the demands on ink makers and resin manufacturers to supply compliant...

Jan 14, 2010 - Effect Of The Charging Method Of Chain-Transfer Agent On Emulsion Polymerization Process And Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Properties - Technical Paper
Poly(n-butyl acrylate-co-acrylic acid) latices were synthesised by a two-stage sequential emulsion polymerisation technique using three different... (3 Member Reactions)

Jan 14, 2010 - Experimental and computational investigations on strain rate sensitivity and deformation behavior of bulk materials made of epoxy resin structural adhesive - Technical Paper
The deformation behavior and strain rate sensitivity of an epoxy resin structural adhesive and a CTBN (carboxyl-terminated...

Jan 14, 2010 - Influence of solvents on the MWCNT/adhesive grade epoxy nanocomposites preparation - Technical Paper
In this article, the effect of two solvents, namely dimethyl formamide (DMF) and N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), on the dispersion effectiveness and the...

Jan 13, 2010 - Acrylate Adhesives Containing Silica Nanoparticles Crosslinked With Polyfunctional Aziridines - Patent
The present invention is directed to an adhesive composition comprising a (meth)acrylate copolymer, a polyfunctional aziridine crosslinking agent and...

Jan 13, 2010 - Adhesion Promoters For Monomer-Free Reactive Polyurethanes - Patent
Polyurethane compositions are produced in a two-step process. In a first step, a diol component with a molecular weight of less than 2000 is reacted...

Jan 07, 2010 - Asphalt-Based Reactive Hot Melt Polyurethane Adhesive - Patent
Despite their waterproofing properties, regular “hot mopped” roofing asphalts used by roofing contractors are typically brittle and cool very quickly....

Jan 07, 2010 - Hot-extrudable pressure-sensitive hot-melt adhesives and their use in multilayer films - Patent
The present invention relates to hot-coextrudable hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesives particularly suitable for the production of multilayer films...

Jan 07, 2010 - Mechanics of a novel shear-activated microfiber array adhesive - Conference
Elastic rod theory and principles of contact mechanics motivate the development of a novel, shear-activated, microfiber array adhesive. Unlike with...

Dec 30, 2009 - Characteristics of electrically conductive adhesives filled with copper nanoparticles with organic layer - Patent
Electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) have been investigated for the use in microelectronics packaging as a lead-free solder substrate. As metal...

Dec 30, 2009 - Dual-cure low-temperature and electron beam-curable resins for wood composites - Conference
New combined cure systems have been formulated and evaluated. These new adhesive systems demonstrate an efficacy for adhering wood and improving...

Dec 30, 2009 - Effect of alumina nanoparticles on the properties of low-viscosity cyanate ester adhesives for composite repair - Conference
Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are susceptible to microcracks and delaminations from impacts and thermal/mechanical loadings that greatly reduce...

Dec 17, 2009 - Conductive adhesives and biomedical articles - Patent
A conductive adhesive composition is provided and articles that include the adhesive composition as a component thereof. The conductive adhesive...

Dec 17, 2009 - Gelled Adhesive Remover Composition And Method Of Use - Patent
This invention includes a process using environmentally friendly materials for the removal of adhesive residues from hard substrates, particularly...

Dec 17, 2009 - Thermally Conductive Thermoplastic Adhesive Composition - Patent
The present invention is a thermally conductive thermoplastic pressure sensitive adhesive composition characterized by having, as essential... (1 Member Reaction)

Dec 16, 2009 - The Properties Of Reactive Hot Melt Polyurethane Adhesives: Effects Of Molecular Weight And Reactive Organoclay - Technical Paper
It was shown that increasing the molecular weight, or adding a reactive nanoclay filler, to a polyurethane based hot melt adhesive resulted in...

Dec 16, 2009 - Use of A Halogen-Free Film in an Adhesive Masking Tape, the Film Being Tearable Transversely as a Result of Electron Beam Irradiation - Patent
A masking tape for use preferably in the two-tone painting of plastic components for external mounting incorporates a halogen-free film composed of...

Dec 16, 2009 - Water based adhesive - Patent
An adhesive composition of between 10-70% by weight of a latex emulsion, between 30-80% by weight of an acrylic, between 0.05-5% by weight of a...

Dec 10, 2009 - Preparation and properties of pressure sensitive adhesive based on rosin derivatives - Technical Paper
Pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) based on disproportionated rosin (beta-acryloxyl ethyl) ester (DPR-2-HEA) was synthesized by miniemulsion...

Dec 10, 2009 - Remineralizing Dental Cements - Patent
Remineralizing dental cements contain source(s) of calcium and phosphate ions, adhesive resin monomers, reinforcing base resin monomers, and catalysts...

Dec 10, 2009 - Skinfriendly Adhesive With pH-Lowering Substance - Patent
This patent describes a dry, self-adhesive and skin-friendly adhesive , which does not contain water and which does not need to contain water in order...

Dec 03, 2009 - Cross-linked foamed pressure sensitive adhesive and method for preparing the same - Patent
A cross-linked foamed pressure sensitive adhesive having excellent stress relaxing property, restoration property and solvent resistance brought forth...

Dec 03, 2009 - Heat Adhesive Biodegradable Bicomponent Fibers - Patent
The present invention discloses a heat adhesive biodegradable bicomponent fiber comprising a polylactic-acid-based low melting component and a high...

Dec 03, 2009 - Hot melt adhesive composition based on a blend of amorphous poly-.alpha.-olefin and syndiotactic polypropylene - Patent
A hot melt adhesive composition based on a polymer blend of syndiotactic polypropylene (SPP) and atactic poly-.alpha.-olefin (APAO). The composition... (2 Member Reactions)

Dec 02, 2009 - Antistatic Protective Hot Melt Adhesives - Patent
UV curable pressure sensitive adhesive containing an antistatic agent, and films comprising UV cured pressure sensitive adhesives containing...

Dec 02, 2009 - Evaluation Of The Durability Potential Of Silyl Terminated Polyacrylate Based Construction Sealant - Patent
The durability potential of silyl-terminated polyacrylate-based construction sealants was studied. The durability and performance of a...

Dec 02, 2009 - Nano-Toughening Structural Epoxy Adhesives - Technical Paper
A report is presented on the use of a dispersed organic nanoparticle phase, which dramatically improves the toughening and fatigue resistance of epoxy...

Nov 26, 2009 - Aqueous Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Composition - Patent
This patent provides an aqueous pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of producing an even coated surface without a break in a coated...

Nov 26, 2009 - Optimization of adhesive joints of low density polyethylene (LDPE) composite laminates with polyolefin foam using corona discharge plasma - Technical Paper
In this work, surface modification of low density polyethylene (LDPE) film has been carried out to optimize adhesive joints with polyolefin foam for...

Nov 26, 2009 - Self-Adhesive Protective Film for Mechanically Protecting Chemically Unhardened Lacquer Layers, Method for the Production Thereof, and Use Thereof - Patent
A self-adhesive protective film for covering paint coats not cured chemically and/or by electron beams or by UV rays, comprising a backing, a... (1 Member Reaction)

Nov 19, 2009 - Adhesion of polymers - Patent
Most industrially applied polymer resins and composites have low surface free energy and lack polar functional groups on their surface, resulting in...

Nov 19, 2009 - Hydrolytically Decomposable Ionic Copolymers - Patent
The present invention provides novel hydrolytically decomposable ionic copolymers. These ionic copolymers are made up of a cyclic ketene acetal A, an...

Nov 19, 2009 - The Effect Of Substituted Poly(P-Xylylene) On The Quality Of Bonded Joints When Used As A Primer Replacement - Technical Paper
Organic coatings are widely used in the aerospace industry as corrosion protective coatings or as primers in improving the adhesive bond in structural... (1 Member Reaction)

Nov 18, 2009 - (Meth)Acrylic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Foam And Method For Producing The Same - Patent
A (meth)acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive foam reduced in the amount of a foaming adjuvant compared with the conventional foam and having a high air...

Nov 18, 2009 - Acrylic Block Copolymer and Reactive Hot-Melt Adhesive Compositions - Patent
The present invention has its object to provide an acrylic hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition showing only small changes in melt... (1 Member Reaction)

Nov 18, 2009 - Acrylic Hot Melt Adhesives - Patent
High durable polarized film comprising a radiation curable PSA layer for lamination in TFT/LCD applications have high humidity and heat resistance. In...

Nov 12, 2009 - Atmospheric pressure plasma jet treatment of polyethylene surfaces for adhesion improvement - Technical Paper
This article concerns the activation of polyethylene (PE) samples by an atmospheric pressure plasma jet. The improvement in adhesive bond strength is... (4 Member Reactions)

Nov 12, 2009 - The Synthesis Of Silica-Sol/Acrylate Copolymer Composite Latexes With A Gradient Concentration In The Radial Direction And Their Adhesive Properties - Technical Paper
Silica-sol/acrylate copolymer composite latices were prepared by semi-continuous emulsion polymerisation. Methyl methacrylate was distributed in a...

Nov 12, 2009 - Waterborne Adhesives For Elastomers - Patent
There is provided a waterborne adhesive composition comprising (a) one or more bromine substituted olefin polymer,(b) one or more halosulfonated... (2 Member Reactions)

Nov 05, 2009 - Dual Cure Adhesive Formulations - Patent
This patent describes an adhesive composition comprising as principal components, a polymerizable component, an ambient temperature radical... (2 Member Reactions)

Nov 05, 2009 - Method For Bonding A First Component To A Second Component - Patent
This patent describes a process for bonding a first component to a second component that possesses a border area, where the first component is bonded...

Nov 05, 2009 - Properties Of Reactive Hot Melt Polyurethane Adhesives Modified With Novel Thermoplastic Polyurethanes - Technical Paper
A reactive hot melt adhesive consisting of thermoplastic PU was modified with sodium montmorillonite intercalated with polyethylene glycol. Their...

Nov 04, 2009 - Enhanced electrical properties of anisotropic conductive adhesive with pi-conjugated self-assembled molecular wire junctions - Technical Paper
We have investigated the electrical properties of anisotropic conductive adhesive (ACA) joint using submicrometer-sized ((approximately)500 nm in...

Nov 04, 2009 - Influence of the chemical structure of urethane-based thickeners on the properties of waterborne polyurethane adhesives - Technical Paper
To analyse the parameters that influence the thickening mechanism of waterborne polyurethane adhesives , different hydrophobically modified... (2 Member Reactions)

Nov 04, 2009 - Medium-density particleboards from modified rice husks and soybean protein concentrate-based adhesives - Technical Paper
The main goal of this work was to evaluate the technical feasibility of using rice husk (RH) as wood substitute in the production of environmentally... (2 Member Reactions)

Oct 29, 2009 - Novel Polymer Design For Radiation Curable PSA’s - Conference
A new acrylic urethane polymer, composed of a unique mixture of structurally-different polyols and isocyanates, was shown to provide a significant... (2 Member Reactions)

Oct 29, 2009 - Novel UV-PSA For Medical Applications - Conference
A new UV-curable adhesive system is described, the technology being based on an advanced building block system which can be adapted and optimised,... (5 Member Reactions)

Oct 29, 2009 - Synthesis and characterisation of water-borne polyurethane adhesive from diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) - Technical Paper
A series of water-borne polyurethane adhesives (WPUA) were prepared from diphenylmethane 4,4'-diisocyanate (MDI), 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate... (2 Member Reactions)

Oct 22, 2009 - Adhesive Composition And Structure Comprising At Least One Layer Of The Said Composition - Patent
The invention relates to an adhesive composition, also known as a binder, and to its use for making structures intended for transferring or storing...

Oct 22, 2009 - Aqueous Resin Dispersion For Adhesive And Composition Thereof - Patent
This patent covers a water-based polymer dispersion for isocyanate-crosslinked adhesives comprising a emulsion polymer made up of at least one...

Oct 22, 2009 - Effect of nanoclays on physico-mechanical properties and adhesion of polyester-based polyurethane nanocomposites: Structure-property correlations - Technical Paper
Polyester-polyurethane nanocomposites based on unmodified and modified montmorillonite clays were compared in terms of their morphology, mechanical,... (3 Member Reactions)

Oct 21, 2009 - Acrylic dispersions based on sugar for water-borne wood coatings - Conference
Novel polymer dispersions with a high proportion of renewable resources were investigated as binders for water-borne adhesives and coatings for wood... (1 Member Reaction)

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