North Dakota State University

Der-Shyang Chen

Frank N Jones

Daozhang Wang

Adel F Dimian

Steven L Kangas

This invention relates to a polymeric vehicle comprising a modified polymer containing covalently bonded mesogenic groups. The modified polymer may be used as the sole component of the polymeric vehicle for a coating to which may be added solvents and known additives to provide a formulated coating. The polymeric vehicle may further include other modified or unmodified polymers and cross-linking resins. The polymeric vehicle provides a coating binder and coating film of high hardness, flexibility and impact resistance.

Polymeric vehicle for coatings

Novel mesogens, epoxy resins and the synthesis thereof as well as coating binders for coating compositions based upon the mesogens and epoxy resins are described.

Mesogens and polymers with mesogens

Coating compositions comprising liquid crystalline binders are provided by a combination of mesogenic groups and amorphous resins. The mesogenic groups are either covalently bonded or cross-linked to the amorphous resins to provide coatings of exceptional hardness and toughness. Also provided is an economical process suitable for commercial manufacture of mesogenic compounds and more particularly for the production of liquid-crystalline oligoester polyols.

Coating binders comprising liquid crystalline enhanced polymers

This application describes a water dispersible polymeric vehicle comprising epoxy polymers having about 5 to 50 weight percent mesogens or a cross-linkable blend of an amine salt of a mesogenic carboxylic acid, cross-linker resin and an epoxy polymer, the mesogenic acid providing about 5 to 50 weight percent mesogenic groups to the blend.

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Der-Shyang Chen