Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc.

Deena M McHenry

Shanti Swarup

David N Walters

Kurt Gordon Olson

Dennis L Faler

Karen A Barkac

Cynthia Kutchko

Steven Bowles

James Carl Peters

Elizabeth Ann Zezinka

Cathy A Taylor

Qunhui Guo

Edward S Pagac

M Frank Haley

Elizabeth A Zezink

The present invention is directed to an acrylic polymer prepared from a reaction mixture comprising: (i) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising hydroxyl functional groups; (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising polydialkylsiloxane groups; (iii) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising carboxylic acid functional groups or amine functional groups; and (iv) a reactive diluent that is reactive with the ethylenically unsaturated monomer (iii). The reactive diluent (iv) is present initially in the reaction mixture as a medium in which the monomers polymerize. The present invention is further directed to aqueous polymeric dispersions prepared therefrom and aqueous, curable film-forming compositions prepared from the dispersions. The curable film-forming compositions are low VOC and are useful in methods of mitigating dirt build-up on a substrate.

Acrylic polymers, aqueous polymeric dispersions prepared therefrom, and curable film-forming compositions prepared therefrom

A method for treating a surface of a microporous membrane includes: (1) contacting at least one surface of the membrane with a treatment composition including: (a) an acrylic polymer prepared from a mixture of vinyl monomers including: (i) a (meth)acrylic acid monomer and (ii) a silane-functional acrylic monomer; and (b) a base, where the acrylic polymer is in contact with the filler present in the matrix; and (2) subjecting the membrane of (1) to conditions sufficient to effect a condensation reaction between the filler and the acrylic polymer. A treated microporous membrane and an aqueous treatment composition are also disclosed.

Method for treating a microporous membrane

An aqueous polyurethane dispersion and thermosetting compositions containing them. The aqueous polyurethane dispersion includes an aqueous medium with dispersed polyurethane-acrylate particles, which include the reaction product obtained by polymerizing a pre-emulsion formed from hydrophobic polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomers, a crosslinking monomer, and an active hydrogen-containing polyurethane acrylate prepolymer, which is a reaction product obtained by reacting a polyol, a polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing at least one hydroxyl group, a compound that includes an alkyl group having at least one hydroxyl group and optionally a carboxylic acid group, and a polyisocyanate. The prepolymer includes at least 30 percent by weight of polyurethane acrylate prepolymers with at least one terminal ethylenic unsaturation at one end of the molecule, and at least one active hydrogen-containing group at the opposite end; and at least 10 percent by weight of prepolymers having at least one terminal ethylenic unsaturation at each end of the molecule.

Coating compositions containing polyurethane dispersions and highly crosslinked polymer particles

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