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Yu Yang

George G I Moore

Suresh Iyer

Thomas P Klun

Miguel Antonio Guerra

Yongshang Lu

Ramesh C Kumar

Richard G Hansen

Larry D Boardman

David S Hays

Jeffrey A Peterson

John L Battiste

William M Lamanna

Encai Hao

Yifan Zhang

Zai-Ming Qiu

Lei Wang

Chetan P Jariwala

Stephen M Sanocki

Lan Hong Liu

Kanta Kumar

Michele A Craton

Liming Song

Amelia W Koenig

Yaohua Gao

Shilpi K Sanghi

Frederick J Gustafson

Naiyong Jing

Terry Lee Smith

Richard M Flynn

Moses Mekala David

Rudolf J Dams

Caroline M Ylitalo

Jimmie Rae Baran, Jr

Kenton D Budd

Kui Chen-Ho

Mahfuza B Ali

Thomas J Blong

Robert A Yapel

Dean M Moren

John Charles Clark

Ernest L Thurber

Dong-Wei Zhu

David T Yust

Daniel R Vitcak

David M Mahli

Caleb T Nelson

Nathan E Schultz

Steven H Kong

Justin A Riddle

Michael D Determan

Mitchell A F Johnson

Yufeng Liu

Guoping Mao

Feng Zhao

Maria A Appeaning

Vivek Krishnan

Michael A Semonick

Jason M Kehren

Morgan A Priolo

Kiu-Yuen Tse

Timothy D Fletcher

Lylien Tan

Sonja S Mackey

Ingrid N Haugan

Katherine A Gibney

Yuyang Liu

James T Wolter

Junting Li

Hyacinth L Lechuga

Saurabh Batra

Matthew D Wilding

Willem V Bastiaens

Jiyoung Park

Shu-Ching Fan

Xinyu Liang

Stephen J Znameroski

Aniruddha A Upadhye

Joshua D Tibbits

Christopher W A Krohe

Thomas E S Muehle

Alan L Levin

Angela S McLEAN

Kyle P Starkey

Lifei Hao

Minhao Song

KeFeng Xia

Michelle L Conklin

Alexandra L Sevenich

JianGang Su

Wenlong Yang

Suresh S Iyer

George GI Moore

A coated abrasive article () comprises: a backing () comprising polyester and having a major surface (); a tie layer () directly bound to at least a portion of the major surface (); and an abrasive layer () directly bound to at least a portion of the tie layer (), the abrasive layer () comprising abrasive particles () and at least one binder resin (). The tie layer () comprises an at least partially cured blend of, on a solids basis, from 50 to 99 parts by weight of at least one styrene-butadiene copolymer latex and from 1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one resorcinol-formaldehyde resin. A treated backing () comprising polyester having the preceding tie layer () directly bound thereto is also disclosed.

Treated backing and coated abrasive article including the same

An article () has a polyester film backing () and a primer layer () including a carboxylated styrene butadiene copolymer crosslinked with a polyfunctional aziridine disposed on a major surface of the polyester film backing (). Another article includes a polyester backing (), a primer layer () including a carboxylated styrene butadiene copolymer crosslinked with a polyfunctional aziridine disposed on a major surface of the polyester backing (), and a phenolic layer () disposed on the primer layer () on a surface opposite the polyester backing (). The phenolic layer () can include abrasive particles (). Processes for making the articles are also described, as well as methods for abrading a workpiece and improving adhesion between a polyester film backing () and a phenolic layer () on the polyester backing ().

Articles including polyester backing and primer layer and related methods

Modified poly(diorganosiloxanes), compositions, and articles comprising the same. The modified poly(diorganosiloxanes) can be soluble or dispersable in aqueous media. The articles can have modified poly(diorganosiloxanes) affixed thereto.

Compounds comprising modified diorganosiloxane polymers

Compositions include a water-soluble copolymer, a hydrophilic silane compound, and in some embodiments surfactant dispersed in a liquid phase. Methods of using the compositions to coat and optionally clean a substrate are also disclosed.

Composition suitable for protection comprising copolymer and hydrophilic silane

Curable compositions include at least one polydiorganosiloxane with at least two hydroxysilyl moieties, at least one hydroxyl-functional polyorganosiloxane resin, and at least one photoactivatable composition that, upon exposure to radiation, generates at least one base selected from amidines, guanidines, phosphazenes, proazaphosphatranes. The curable compositions can be coated on substrates and cured to form coatings, including pressure sensitive adhesives.

Curable polysiloxane compositions and pressure sensitive adhesives made therefrom

Methods for improving color uniformity across an LCD backlight unit having a viewable area, a downconversion film element and blue LEDS comprise increasing blue light absorption while reflecting red and green light in at least one edge of the viewable area.

Backlight systems containing downconversion film elements

An ionic diol has formula wherein Rrepresents an alkyl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms; Rand Rindependently represent alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Rrepresents an alkylene group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms; and Rrepresents an alkylene group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms. Antistatic polymers are formed by copolymerization of monomers including a diisocyanate, an ionic diol, a polyether diol, and at least one non-ionic diols. Methods of making the antistatic polyurethanes are also disclosed. 

Ionic diol, antistatic polyurethane, and method of making the same

Fluorinated silane compounds, compositions containing the fluorinated silane compounds, and articles prepared using the fluorinated silane compounds and compositions are described. The fluorinated silane compounds can be soluble or dispersible in aqueous media, such as water, and can be used to coat articles, such as glass articles.

Fluorinated silane compounds, compositions, and articles

Antistatic polymers include divalent segments represented by the formula wherein Rrepresents an alkyl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, Rand Rrepresent alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and Rrepresents an alkylene group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms. Methods of making antistatic polymers are also disclosed. 

Antistatic polymers and methods of making the same

Described herein is composite article comprising a substrate; and on at least one face of the substrate a multilayered coating disposed thereon. The multilayered coating comprises (i) an abrasion-resistant layer adjacent to the substrate, wherein the abrasion-resistant layer comprises inorganic oxide nanoparticles and a polymer binder; and (ii) an antireflection layer adjacent to the abrasion-resistant layer opposite the substrate, wherein the antireflection layer comprises a fluorosilane polymer, wherein the fluorosilane polymer comprises: at least one monomeric unit A represented by the formula (I) wherein Rrepresents H or methyl, Lrepresents a covalent bond or a divalent aliphatic group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, each Yindependently represents a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, each Yindependently represents a hydrolyzable group, g is 0, 1, or 2; and at least one divalent monomeric unit B represented by the formula (I) wherein R, R, and Rrepresent H, methyl, trifluoromethyl, or F, wherein at least one of R, R, and Ris F, Rrepresents a covalent bond or a divalent group selected from the group consisting of &#x2014;(CFO)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CFCFO)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CFCFCFO)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CFCFCFCFO)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CFCF(CF)O)&#x2014;, and combinations thereof, wherein a, b, c, d, and e represent integers in the range of from 0 to 130, and wherein 1&#x2264;a+b+c+d+e&#x2264;130, and Ris a perfluoroalkyl group. 

Multilayer composite article

Polyester polymers are described comprising polymerized units comprising a hydroxy functional aromatic group wherein the hydroxy group has been functionalized with an adhesion promoting group. In some embodiments, the polyester polymer comprises polymerized units have the general structure (A) wherein Land Lare independently divalent linking groups comprising an ester group; and Ris an adhesion promoting group bonded to the oxygen atom by means of an ionic or covalent bond. In other embodiments, film articles, laminates are described and methods of making functionalized polyester polymers are described. 

Functionalized polyester polymers and film articles

Antistatic polymers include divalent segments having the formulas (I) and (II) and wherein Rrepresents an alkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, Rand Rrepresent alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Rrepresents an alkylene group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and Rindependently represents H or methyl. Methods of making antistatic polymers are also disclosed. 

A silicon-containing polymer is represented by the general formula: (I) wherein A, Q, Z, x, and y are as defined in the specification, and I is iodine. Group Q includes a hydrolyzable silane group and group A is fluorinated. A method of making the silicon-containing polymer is also disclosed.

Silicon-containing polymer and method of making a silicon-containing polymer

Intermediate laminates and articles comprising a low adhesion backsize coating are described. The laminate comprises a substrate having a major surface and opposing surface and a coating comprising a block copolymer disposed on a major surface of the substrate wherein the block copolymer comprises a polyorganosiloxane block and a polyolefin block, the polyolefin block having a melt point of at least 110&#xb0; C. Also described are medical dressings comprising such laminate.

Laminates and articles comprising a block copolymer coating comprising polyorganosiloxane and polyolefin

A moisture-curable composition includes a polymer preparable by free-radical copolymerization of monomers comprising at least one monomer A and at least one monomer B. Monomer(s) A comprise free-radically polymerizable hydrolyzable silane. Monomer(s) B include a divalent group selected from the group consisting of &#x2014;(CFO)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CFCFO)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CFCFCFO)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CFCFCFCFO)&#x2014;, &#x2014;(CFCF(CF3)O)&#x2014;, and combinations thereof, wherein a, b, c, d, and e represent integers in the range of from 0 to 130, and wherein 1&#x2266;&#x3c;a+b+c+d+e&#x2266;130. A composite article includes a layer of a composition on a substrate. The composition comprises a cross-linked reaction product of components including the moisture-curable composition. Methods of making the composite article are also disclosed.

Moisture-curable composition, method of using, and composite article

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