Abstract: The invention pertains to novel fluorinated thermoplastic elastomers, including PCTFE-like plastomeric blocks, contributing substantially to the improvement of sealing performances upon increasing temperature of the fluorinated thermoplastic elastomers comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to blends of poly acrylic acid (PAA) and polyacrylamide (PAM) and their use as binders in negative electrodes for lithium ion batteries.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a thermoplastic fluoropolymer composition comprising one or more polymer A comprising recurring units derived from ethylene and recurring units derived from halogenated monomers selected from chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) and tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and one or more polymer B comprising recurring units derived from ethylene, recurring units derived from halogenated monomers selected from CTFE and TFE, and recurring units derived from hexafluoroisobutylene (HFIB) and/or perfluoropropylvinylether (PPVE). The resulting composition allows to manufacture films having exceptional transparency and good mechanical properties which can be used for examples as architectural films.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for attenuating vibrations and/or shocks, said method comprising providing a damper assembly which comprises a moving part and a supramolecular polymer in contact with said moving part, and exposing said moving part to said vibrations and/or shocks, wherein said supramolecular polymer is obtained by reacting: at least one first polymer [polymer (P1)] comprising a polymer chain [chain (R)] consisting of a plurality of non-ionisable recurring units [units (U)], said polymer (P1) having two chain ends (E1, E1?), each end comprising at least one ionisable acid group, and at least one second polymer [polymer (P2)] comprising a polymer chain [chain (R)] consisting of a plurality of recurring units [units (U)], said chain (R) being equal to or different from that of polymer (P1), and said polymer (P2) having two chain ends (E2, E2?), each end comprising at least one ionisable amino group.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a water-borne polyaryletherketone composition which possesses outstanding shelf stability and which, when coated onto a variety of substrates, provides for excellent adhesion, to a method of coating a substrate using the same, and to coated substrates obtained therefrom.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to vinylidene fluoride copolymers comprising recurring units derived from hydrophilic (meth)acrylic monomers and fluoro monomers compositions, and to their use in the manufacturing of battery components, such as membrane separators and electrode binders, to said battery components and to electrochemical devices comprising said components. Processes of making said copolymers and electrodes and separators including the copolymers are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel (per)fluoropolyether polymers characterized by high molecular weight and high functionality, to a process for their manufacture and to their use as intermediate compounds in the preparation of further polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel (per)fluoropolyether (PFPE) polymer derivatives, a method for their manufacture and their use for providing an anti-soiling coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to medical devices, such as catheters, made from a composition comprising at least one (per) fluoropolyether polymer; methods for the manufacture thereof; and their uses and applications in medicine.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to lithiated polyamic acid derivatives and to their use as binders in electrodes for lithium ion batteries.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions of fluoropolymers comprising recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) in an amount of from 60% to 82% in moles and recurring units derived from trifluoroethylene (TrFE) in an amount of from 18% to 40% in moles, with respect to the total moles of recurring units, said fluoropolymers possessing an improved thermodynamic ordered structure in the ferroelectric phase.

Abstract: Provided are fluorinated block copolymers comprising alternating hard blocks and soft blocks, wherein both said hard and soft blocks comprise vinylidenfluoride (VDF). Also provided is the use of said block copolymers in applications for lithium batteries including an electrochemical cell and a separator for an electrochemical cell which is coated with a composition comprising the fluorinated block copolymers. Further provided is a process for the manufacture of the separator.

Abstract: The invention provides novel latexes of particles of vinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene copolymers possessing a more ordered ferroelectric crystalline phase, and hence improved ferro-, pyro-, and piezo-electric properties, and a method for manufacturing the same by emulsion polymerization in the presence of certain cyclic fluorosurfactants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers obtained by the copolymerization of (per)fluoropolyether (PFPE), tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and at least one non-homopolymerizable olefin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one (per)fluoropolyether base oil and at least one polymer obtained by the copolymerization of (per)fluoropolyether (PFPE), tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and at least one non-homopolymerizable olefin.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method of making fluoropolymer dispersions using certain polymeric derivatives including a plurality of ionisable groups selected from the group consisting of —SO3Xa, —PO3Xa and —COOXa, whereas Xa is H, an ammonium group or a monovalent metal, and to fluoropolymer dispersions therefrom.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method of removing a layer of a lift-off fluoropolymer layer from a substrate using a particular stripping solvent, and to a lithographic process using said combination of lift-off fluoropolymer and stripping solvent, in particular for the manufacture of OLED devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing low-molecular-weight polytetrafluoroethylene, comprising: a) a first step of mixing high-molecular-weight polytetrafluoroethylene with at least one additive selected from the group consisting of ethers having formula R1—O—R2, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected among C1-C10 straight or branched aliphatic group, C4-C10 alicyclic or heterocyclic groups, C5-C10 aromatic or heteroaromatic groups; (per)fluorinated vinyl ethers; (per)fluorinated olefins; and optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbons, and b) a second step of irradiating the so obtained mixture with ionizing radiation, said second step b) being carried out substantially in the absence of oxygen.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a polyaryl ether sulfone polymer solution [solution (SP)] comprising: —at least one sulfone polymer [polymer (PSI)] having recurring units, wherein more than 50% moles, with respect to all the recurring units of polymer (PSI), are recurring units (RPSI) selected from the group consisting of those of formulae (RPSI-1) and (RPSI-2) herein below: (RPSI-1) (RPSI-2) wherein: —each of E?, equal to or different from each other and at each occurrence, is selected from the group consisting of those of formulae (E?-1) to (E?-3): (E?-I) (E?-II) (E?-III) —each R? is independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, ether, thioether, carboxylic acid, ester, amide, imide, alkali or alkaline earth metal sulfonate, alkyl sulfonate, alkali or alkaline earth metal phosphonate, alkyl phosphonate, amine and quaternary ammonium; and —j? is zero or an integer of 1 to 4; is a bond or a divalent group optionally comprising one or more than one heteroatom; preferably

Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous membrane, process for the manufacture thereof and uses thereof.