Nissan Chemical Industries Limited

Kyushu University

Nissan Chemical Corporation

University of Fukui

Masayuki Haraguchi

Masaaki Ozawa

Motonobu Matsuyama

Hiroyasu Tamura

Tomoko Misaki

Misao Miyamoto

Makoto Nakajima

Taku Kato

Yuta Kanno

Keisuke Odoi

Hideki Musashi

Keiji Tanaka

Satoru Hatayama

Tomoyasu Hirai

Kazutaka Shimafuji

Nobuo Ogata

Naoki Shimada

A curable composition for coating comprising: (a) a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in a molecule of the monomer A and a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in a molecule of the monomer B, in the presence of a polymerization initiator C at an amount of 5% by mole to 200% by mole per the number of moles of the monomer A, (b) at least one surface modifier selected from the group consisting of a perfluoropolyether compound and a silicone compound, (c) an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional monomer, and (d) a polymerization initiator that generates radicals by irradiation with an active energy ray; a cured film obtained from the composition; and a hard coating film obtained by use of the composition.

Curable composition for coating containing fluorine-containing highly branched polymer

It is an object to provide a compound that can provide a molded article and a coating film excellent not only in solubility in an organic solvent, but also in miscibility with/dispersibility in a matrix resin, causing no aggregation in a matrix resin, excellent in surface modification property, and having high transparency. A fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in the molecule thereof with a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in the molecule thereof in the presence of a polymerization initiator C in a content of 5% by mol or more and 200% by mol or less, based on the total molar amount of the monomer A and the monomer B; and a resin composition comprising the polymer.

Fluorine-containing highly branched polymer and resin composition containing the same

A material having a low refractive index that exhibits sufficiently low refractive index without deteriorating the strength of cured film produced therefrom, that can be cured by an active energy ray that is applicable for a resin base material that is not desired to be exposed to heat. Curable composition including: siloxane oligomer (a) containing a radically polymerizable double bond obtained through hydrolysis and condensation of alkoxysilanes containing at least an alkoxysilane A of Formula [1] and alkoxysilane B of Formula [2] in an amount of 100 parts by mass; inorganic fine particles (b) in amount of 10 parts by mass to 1,000 parts by mass; polymerization initiator (c) generating a radical upon active energy ray irradiation in an amount of 0.1 parts by mass to 25 parts by massRSi(OR)&#x2003;&#x2003;[1]RSi(OR)&#x2003;&#x2003;[2]a cured film produced from the composition, and a laminate including a low refractive index layer produced from the composition.

Curable composition including siloxane oligomer and inorganic fine particles

A fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a polyfunctional monomer A that has two or more radically polymerizable double bonds and all or a portion of which has a bisphenol structure, a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radically polymerizable double bond, within a molecule, and a monomer C having at least one ring-opening polymerizable group selected from the group including an epoxy group and an oxetanyl group, and having at least one radically polymerizable double bond, within a molecule, under the presence of a polymerization initiator D with an amount of 5% by mole to 200% by mole to the number of moles of the polyfunctional monomer A; an epoxy resin composition including the polymer; and an epoxy resin cured product obtained from the resin composition.

Fluorine-containing highly branched polymer and epoxy resin composition containing the same

There is provided a composition for forming a hard coat layer which has high slippage and is excellent in water/oil repellency and also has antifouling properties such as fingerprint resistance and dirt wiping-off properties, and which is curable through ultraviolet irradiation in a nitrogen atmosphere or an air atmosphere that is generally used. A silicon-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer A having two or more radically polymerizable double bonds in a molecule and a monomer B having a polysiloxane chain and at least one radically polymerizable double bond in a molecule in the presence of a polymerization initiator D in an amount of 5 to 200% by mole relative to the number of moles of the monomer A; a curable composition including the highly branched polymer; a cured film obtained from the composition; and a hard coat film obtained by use of the composition.

Silicon-containing highly branched polymer and curable composition containing the same

There is provided a highly branched lipophilic polymer that is excellent in blending and dispersing properties in a matrix resin, and is possible to provide surface modification properties such as excellent lipophilicity (anti-fingerprint property) and the like to a coating that is obtained from the resin composition while the intrinsic transparency of the resin is not impaired; and a photopolymeizable composition comprising the highly branched lipophilic polymer. A highly branched lipophilic polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A containing two or more radically polymerizable double bonds per molecule and a monomer B containing a Calkyl group or a Calicyclic group and at least one radically polymerizable double bond per molecule in the presence of 5 to 200 mol % of a polymerization initiator C relative to the number of moles of the monomer A. A photopolymeizable composition comprising the highly branched lipophilic polymer.

Highly branched lipophilic polymer, and photopolymerizable composition containing the same

A curable composition including: (a) 100 parts by mass of a siloxane oligomer containing at least one radically polymerizable double bond, (b) 0.001 to 1 part by mass of a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer, (c) 0.01 to 40 parts by mass of a surface modifier containing a perfluoropolyether compound, and (d) 0.1 to 25 parts by mass of a polymerization initiator generating a radical upon active energy ray irradiation, wherein the fluorine-containing highly branched polymer (b) is a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer A containing two or more radically polymerizable double bonds per molecule and a monomer B containing a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radically polymerizable double bond per molecule in the presence of a polymerization initiator C in an amount of 5 to 200 mol % with respect to the number of moles of the monomer A.

Curable composition including fluorine-containing highly branched polymer and siloxane oligomer

A material for a surface modifying agent with which the problems of insufficient durability as abrasion and chemical resistances of surface modification effect in polyurethane surface modification by the prior surface modifying agent are resolved, and is immobilized in a matrix resin firmly and improved in durability. A reactive fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by: polymerizing monomer A having in a molecule two or more radically polymerizable double bonds, monomer B having in a molecule a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radically polymerizable double bond, and monomer C having in a molecule an alcoholic hydroxy group and minimum, one radically polymerizable double bond, in presence of a polymerization initiator D in an amount of 5 % to 200 % by mole with respect to the number of moles of the monomer A; a curable composition containing the reactive fluorine-containing highly branched polymer; and a cured film obtained from the composition.

Reactive fluorine-containing highly branched polymer and curable composition containing the same

A flattening film forming composition for a hard disk that can prevent a magnetic material from migrating to the nonmagnetic layer, including a photopolymerizable coating material containing at least one polymer selected from a homopolymer that has a divinyl aromatic compound-derived unit structure and a copolymer having the unit structure or containing a mixture of the polymer and a photopolymerizable compound. The photopolymerizable compound may include an acrylate group, a methacrylate group, or a vinyl group. The polymer may be a copolymer further containing an addition polymerizable compound as a component to be copolymerized. A method for producing a hard disk, including: a first step of forming projections and recesses on a magnetic body; a second step of coating the projections and recesses with the flattening film forming composition; and a third step of flattening the coating by means of etching and exposing a surface of the magnetic body.

Flattening film forming composition for hard disk

A biomolecule-compatible highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer having an alkylene oxide and two or more radically polymerizable double bonds in a molecule in presence of a polymerization initiator in 5 mol % or more and 200 mol % or less relative to the moles of monomer, wherein molecular terminals of biomolecule-compatible highly branched polymer have one biomolecular site of at least one pair from the group of combination pairs of biotin and avidin, an antigen and antibody, polynucleotide and polynucleotide having complementary base sequence thereof, cDNA and mRNA, enzyme and substrate, an enzyme and product, an enzyme and competitive inhibitor, an enzyme (binding site) and coenzyme, an enzyme (binding site) and triazine dye, protease and protease inhibitor, Fc site and protein A, Fc site and protein G, lectin and sugar, hormone receptor and hormone, DNA and DNA binding protein, heparin and fibronectin, and heparin and laminin.

Biomolecule-compatible, highly branched polymer and biomolecular-recognition surface

A resist underlayer film forming composition for lithography includes: as a component (I), a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in the molecule thereof, a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in the molecule thereof, and a monomer D having a silicon atom-containing organic group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in the molecule thereof, in the presence of a polymerization initiator C in a content of 5% by mole or more and 200% by mole or less, based on the total mole of the monomer A, the monomer B, and the monomer D; and as a component (II), a hydrolyzable silane compound, a hydrolysis product thereof, a hydrolysis-condensation product thereof, or a silicon-containing compound that is a combination of these compounds.

Silicon-containing resist underlayer film forming composition having fluorine-based additive

A method for producing a highly branched polymer, with which a molecular weight can be controlled without using a polymerization inhibitor and a polymer having a controlled molecular weight can be produced safely even in a case of mass production in an industrial scale. A method for producing a highly branched polymer including polymerizing a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in a molecule, in the presence of a polymerization initiator B in an amount of 5% by mol to 200% by mol with respect to 1 mol of the monomer A at a temperature 20&#xb0; C. higher than a 10-hour half-life temperature of the polymerization initiator B or higher.

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