Patents Assigned to DOW CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  • Publication number: 20090082486
    Abstract: A curable epoxy resin composition including (a) a thermosettable epoxy resin; and (b) an amphiphilic block copolymer containing at least one epoxy resin miscible block segment and at least one epoxy resin immiscible block segment; wherein the immiscible block segment comprises at least one polyether structure provided that the polyether structure of said immiscible block segment contains at least one or more alkylene oxide monomer units having at least four carbon atoms, such that when the epoxy resin composition is cured, the toughness of the resulting cured epoxy resin composition is increased. The amphiphilic block copolymer is preferably an all polyether block copolymer such as a PEO-PBO diblock copolymer or a PEO-PBO-PEO triblock copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicants: DOW CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Frank S. Bates, Stephen F. Hahn