Patents by Inventor Damien Montarnal

Damien Montarnal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240043600
    Abstract: A triblock polymer of formula B-A-B is provided. According to the formula, the symbol A represents a “central” block which is a statistical copolymer comprising units of a 1,3-diene and more than 50 mol % of ethylene units. The symbols B each represent an “end” block which is a polyethylene with a melting point of greater than 90° C. and a number-average molar mass of greater than or equal to 2000 g/mol and less than or equal to 10 000 g/mol. The polymer has improved rheological properties relative to a statistical copolymer based on ethylene and 1,3-diene of the same microstructure without changing its mechanical and dynamic or thermal properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Nicolas BAULU, Christophe BOISSON, Franck D'AGOSTO, Damien MONTARNAL, Emma MORESO, Julien THUILLIEZ, François JEAN-BAPTISTE-DIT-DOMINIQUE
  • Publication number: 20220332878
    Abstract: A diblock polymer composed of a first block and a second block is provided. The first block is a statistical copolymer comprising units of a 1,3-diene and more than 50 mol % of ethylene units. The second block is a polyethylene with a melting point above 90° C. and a number-average molar mass greater than or equal to 2000 g/mol and less than or equal to 10 000 g/mol. Such a diblock polymer has improved rheology compared to a statistical copolymer of the same microstructure and of the same macrostructure as the first block of the diblock polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Emma Moreso, Julien Thuilliez, François Jean-Baptiste-Dit-Dominique, Christophe Boisson, Franck D'Agosto, Nicolas Baulu, Damien Montarnal
  • Patent number: 9562132
    Abstract: Thermosetting resins and thermosetting composites comprising the thermosetting resins are hot-formable. The compositions result from contacting at least one thermosetting resin precursor with at least one hardener selected from acid anhydrides in the presence of at least one transesterification catalyst. The thermosetting resin precursor includes hydroxyl functions and/or epoxy groups, and optionally ester functions, and the total molar quantity of the transesterification catalyst is between 5 and 25% of the total molar quantity of hydroxyl and epoxy contained in the thermosetting resin precursor. Methods for manufacturing articles comprising the thermosetting resins and methods for recycling the thermosetting resins are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Arkema France
    Inventors: Ludwik Leibler, Francois Tournilhac, Damien Montarnal, Mathieu Capelot
  • Patent number: 9388326
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for inducing and enhancing order and nanostructures in organosilicon block copolymers compositions by including certain organic additives in such compositions that include one or more moieties comprising a hydrogen bond acceptor or a hydrogen bond donor. Such block copolymer compositions may be used, for example, as a mask for lithographic patterning as is used, for example, during various stages of semiconductor device fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Damien Montarnal, Craig J. Hawker, Edward J. Kramer, Glenn H. Fredrickson
  • Patent number: 9359467
    Abstract: Thermoset/supramolecular hybrid composites and resins, resulting from bringing at least one thermosetting resin precursor, this thermosetting resin precursor including hydroxyl functions and/or epoxy groups, and optionally ester functions, into contact with at least one hardener chosen from carboxylic acids and acid anhydrides, and with at least one compound including, on the one hand, at least one associative group, and on the other hand at least one function enabling the grafting thereof to the thermosetting resin precursor, to the hardener or to the product resulting from the reaction of the thermosetting resin precursor and the hardener, in the presence of at least one transesterification catalyst. Process for manufacturing these materials, process for transforming and process for recycling these materials. Novel solid forms of hybrid composites and resins which can be used in the implementation of these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: ARKEMA FRANCE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Ludwik Leibler, Damien Montarnal, François-Genes Tournilhac, Mathieu Capelot
  • Patent number: 9315637
    Abstract: Junction-functionalized block copolymers can be used in forming nanostructures. A junction-functionalized block copolymer can include a first polymer block joined to a second polymer block by a junction, where the junction includes one or more electrostatically charged moieties. The block copolymer can include a moiety of formula (I): A-J-B??(I) where A is a first polymer block, B is a second polymer block, where the A block and the B block are chemically dissimilar, and J is a junction linking the A block to the B block, and including one or more electrostatically charged moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Damien Montarnal, Yingdong Luo, Craig J. Hawker, Edward J. Kramer, Glenn H. Frederickson
  • Patent number: 9266292
    Abstract: Resins and thermoset composites comprising them, these materials being able to be hot-fashioned. These compositions resulting from placing at least one thermosetting resin precursor, this thermosetting resin precursor comprising hydroxyl functions and/or epoxy groups, and optionally ester functions, in contact with at least one hardener chosen from carboxylic acids, in the presence of at least one transesterification catalyst whose total molar amount is between 5% and 25% of the total molar amount of hydroxyl and epoxy contained in the thermosetting resin precursor. Process for manufacturing these materials, process for transforming and process for recycling these materials. New solid forms of resins and of thermoset composites that may be used in the implementation of these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Ludwik Leibler, Damien Montarnal, François-Genes Tournilhac, Mathieu Capelot
  • Publication number: 20150376455
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for inducing and enhancing order and nanostructures in organosilicon block copolymers compositions by including certain organic additives in such compositions that include one or more moieties comprising a hydrogen bond acceptor or a hydrogen bond donor. Such block copolymer compositions may be used, for example, as a mask for lithographic patterning as is used, for example, during various stages of semiconductor device fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Damien Montarnal, Craig J. Hawker, Edward J. Kramer, Glenn H. Fredrickson
  • Patent number: 9158200
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for inducing and enhancing order and nanostructures in organosilicon block copolymers compositions by including certain organic additives in such compositions that include one or more moieties comprising a hydrogen bond acceptor or a hydrogen bond donor. Such block copolymer compositions may be used, for example, as a mask for lithographic patterning as is used, for example, during various stages of semiconductor device fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Damien Montarnal, Craig J. Hawker, Edward J. Kramer, Glenn H. Fredrickson
  • Publication number: 20150197607
    Abstract: Junction-functionalized block copolymers can be used in forming nanostructures. A junction-functionalized block copolymer can include a first polymer block joined to a second polymer block by a junction, where the junction includes one or more electrostatically charged moieties. The block copolymer can include a moiety of formula (I): A-J-B??(I) where A is a first polymer block, B is a second polymer block, where the A block and the B block are chemically dissimilar, and J is a junction linking the A block to the B block, and including one or more electrostatically charged moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Damien Montarnal, Yingdong Luo, Craig J. Hawker, Edward J. Kramer, Glenn H. Fredrickson
  • Publication number: 20140197133
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for inducing and enhancing order and nanostructures in organosilicon block copolymers compositions by including certain organic additives in such compositions that include one or more moieties comprising a hydrogen bond acceptor or a hydrogen bond donor. Such block copolymer compositions may be used, for example, as a mask for lithographic patterning as is used, for example, during various stages of semiconductor device fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Damien Montarnal, Craig J. Hawker, Edward J. Kramer, Glenn H. Fredrickson
  • Publication number: 20140088223
    Abstract: Thermoset/supramolecular hybrid composites and resins, resulting from bringing at least one thermosetting resin precursor, this thermosetting resin precursor comprising hydroxyl functions and/or epoxy groups, and optionally ester functions, into contact with at least one hardener chosen from carboxylic acids and acid anhydrides, and with at least one compound comprising, on the one hand, at least one associative group, and on the other hand at least one function enabling the grafting thereof to the thermosetting resin precursor, to the hardener or to the product resulting from the reaction of the thermosetting resin precursor and the hardener, in the presence of at least one transesterification catalyst. Process for manufacturing these materials, process for transforming and process for recycling these materials. Novel solid forms of hybrid composites and resins which can be used in the implementation of these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Arkema France
    Inventors: Ludwik Leibler, Damien Montarnal, François-Genes Tournilhac, Mathieu Capelot
  • Publication number: 20130300020
    Abstract: Thermosetting resins and thermosetting composites comprising the thermosetting resins are hot-formable. The compositions result from contacting at least one thermosetting resin precursor with at least one hardener selected from acid anhydrides in the presence of at least one transesterification catalyst. The thermosetting resin precursor includes hydroxyl functions and/or epoxy groups, and optionally ester functions, and the total molar quantity of the transesterification catalyst is between 5 and 25% of the total molar quantity of hydroxyl and epoxy contained in the thermosetting resin precursor. Methods for manufacturing articles comprising the thermosetting resins and methods for recycling the thermosetting resins are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Ludwik Leibler, Francois Tournilhac, Damien Montarnal, Mathieu Capelot
  • Patent number: 8536281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing a supramolecular material comprising: 1—the reaction of at least one carboxylic diacid, or ester or chloride of such a diacid, with, on the one hand, at least one modifier compound bearing both reactive functional groups capable of reacting with the carboxylic acid, ester or acid chloride functional groups and associative groups capable of associating with one another by hydrogen bonds, in a molar ratio of the reactive functional groups to the carboxylic acid, ester or acid chloride functional groups of between 0.10 and 0.50, and, on the other hand, at least one polyamine, said reactions being carried out successively or simultaneously, and 2—the reaction of the polyamide obtained at the end of step 1 with urea. The present invention also relates to the resulting material, and also to the uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Arkema France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
    Inventors: Damien Montarnal, Ludwick Leibler, Francois-Genes Tournilhac, Manuel Hidalgo
  • Publication number: 20110319524
    Abstract: Resins and thermoset composites comprising them, these materials being able to be hot-fashioned. These compositions resulting from placing at least one thermosetting resin precursor, this thermosetting resin precursor comprising hydroxyl functions and/or epoxy groups, and optionally ester functions, in contact with at least one hardener chosen from carboxylic acids, in the presence of at least one transesterification catalyst whose total molar amount is between 5% and 25% of the total molar amount of hydroxyl and epoxy contained in the thermosetting resin precursor. Process for manufacturing these materials, process for transforming and process for recycling these materials. New solid forms of resins and of thermoset composites that may be used in the implementation of these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Ludwik Leibler, Damien Montarnal, Francois-Genes Tournilhac, Mathieu Capelot
  • Publication number: 20110059280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing a supramolecular material comprising: 1—the reaction of at least one carboxylic diacid, or ester or chloride of such a diacid, with, on the one hand, at least one modifier compound bearing both reactive functional groups capable of reacting with the carboxylic acid, ester or acid chloride functional groups and associative groups capable of associating with one another by hydrogen bonds, in a molar ratio of the reactive functional groups to the carboxylic acid, ester or acid chloride functional groups of between 0.10 and 0.50, and, on the other hand, at least one polyamine, said reactions being carried out successively or simultaneously, and 2—the reaction of the polyamide obtained at the end of step 1 with urea. The present invention also relates to the resulting material, and also to the uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Damien Montarnal, Ludwick Leibler, Francois-Genes Tournilhac, Manuel Hidalgo