Abstract: A method for making isotactic polymer using a cross-linking agent entails introducing the cross-linking agent to a polymer and an accelerator. The cross-linking agent includes a peroxide and a sulfur. The peroxide has an activity ranging from about 40% to about 100%. The ratio of the accelerator to sulfur or peroxide ranges from 1:4 to 1:10 depending on the activity of the peroxide. The method further entails shearing the polymer in a high shear rate mixer and initiating cross-linking with the peroxide, wherein the accelerator partially inhibits the cross-linking of the peroxide. The method ends by forming macro radicals during the cross-linking; and forming macromolecular chains of polymer with sulfur bridges without the need for high torque. The accelerator ensures that the cross-linking and the formation of sulfur bridges occur simultaneously.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition comprises an isotactic polypropylene homopolymer resin that is suitable to form an injected molded article exhibiting less than about 60% haze, as determined by ASTM D1003, at a thickness of 0.05 inch without clarity-enhancing agents. The polypropylene composition has particular application to injection molded articles and may have a melt flow rate of from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 150 g/10 min as determined by ASTM D-1238, Procedure B. The resin may be prepared using a metallocene catalyst, and the composition may include clarity-enhancing agents for even greater clarity improvements.

Abstract: The random, hydrogenated copolymers according to the present invention of unsubstituted conjugated dienes and substituted conjugated dienes, having a glass transition temperature of ??60° C., an enthalpy of fusion of ?100 J/g and a content of residual double bonds in the range from 0 to 80%, are suitable for the production of rubber moldings of all kinds which have good resistance to ageing and high resilience at low temperatures. In particular, various tire components and industrial rubber articles may be mentioned as rubber moldings. The copolymers are also suitable for the rubber modification of brittle thermoplastics.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a tread optimizing a vulcanization speed in a vulcanization step and, further, improving heat aging resistance is provided. A rubber composition for a tread comprising 20 to 90 parts by weight of silica, 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of (A) a guanidine vulcanization accelerator, 0.1 to 0.5 part by weight of (B) a thiuram vulcanization accelerator, and 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of (C) a sulfenamide vulcanization accelerator represented by the general formula (1): (wherein R is a linear alkyl group or a branched alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbons), based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component.

Abstract: Polyolefin/clay nanocomposites with an exfoliated structure are prepared by a process which employs a specific chain end functionalized polyolefin that serves as the clay/polyolefin interfacial compatibilizer (or polymeric surfactant). The polyolefin contains a hydrophilic terminal functional group and an unperturbed hydrophobic high molecular weight polymer chain. The reaction may be carried out in a melt or solution process. Also disclosed are materials made by the process. Also disclosed are materials made by the process.

Abstract: Multifunctional biocompatible hydrophilic gel contains, in % (w/w), acrylamide—1.95-8.0, methacrylamide—0.54-3.0, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate—0.003-0.4, N,N?-methylene-bis-acrylamide—0.006-0.6 and water—q.s. to 100. The hydrophilic gel is produced by co-polymerization of the above mentioned monomers in water medium in the presence of a peroxide initiator of polymerization in three stages which include (1) incubation of the reaction mixture at 20-30° C. for 12-24 hours, (2) exposure to ?-radiation at a dose of 0.4-1.0×106 rads, and (3) incubation at a temperature of 100-130° C. and pressure of 0-1.2 atm. for 20-40 minutes.

Abstract: Unique copolymers comprising propylene, ethylene and/or one or more unsaturated comonomers are characterized as having: at least one, preferably more than one, of the following properties: (i) 13C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal intensity, (ii) a B-value greater than about 1.4 when the comonomer content of the copolymer is at least about 3 wt %, (iii) a skewness index, Six, greater than about ?1.20, (iv) a DSC curve with a Tme that remains essentially the same and a Tmax that decreases as the amount of comonomer in the copolymer is increased, and (v) an X-ray diffraction pattern that reports more gamma-form crystals than a comparable copolymer prepared with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst These polypropylene polymers are made using a nonmetallocene, metal-centered, heteroaryl ligand catalyst. These polymers can be blended with other polymers, and are useful in the manufacture of films, sheets, foams, fibers and molded articles.

Abstract: The invention has an object to provide a catalyst for polymerizing or copolymerizing an ?-olefin, catalyst constituent thereof, and method of polymerizing ?-olefins with the catalyst, for production of ?-olefin polymers or copolymers with high hydrogen response, high polymarization reaction rate, high stereoregularity and excellent melt fluidity. The invention discloses a catalyst constituent of the catalyst for polymerizing or copolymerizing an ?-olefin, represented by Formula 37 or 38: Si(OR1)3(NR2R3)Formula 37 (where in Formula 37, R1 is a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R2 is a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms or hydrogen; and R3 is a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms) RNSi(OR1)3Formula 38 (where in Formula 38, R1 is a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and RN is a cyclicl amino group).

Abstract: A process for improving the melt characteristics of polyethylene resins is provided. The process involves contacting a polyethylene resin powder with a low level of free radical initiator at a temperature below the melting point of the resin.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel aqueous dispersion that allows high solidification and that has good adherence and gasohol resistance to polyolefin substrates even on low-temperature baking. An aqueous dispersion characterized by dispersedly containing carboxyl group-containing chlorinated propylenic random copolymer with chlorine content of 5 to 40% by weight, grafting level of ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or its anhydride of 0.1 to 20% by weight and weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 300,000, and stabilizer, a method for the production and the uses thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a glass-filled coupled impact propylene copolymer composition having an improved combination of strength, stiffness, impact properties and melt strength; articles made therefrom; and a process to prepare said articles.

Abstract: The interlayer insulating film of this invention is composed of a polymer in which a first monomer having four substituted acetylenyl groups and polymerizable in the three-dimensional direction and a second monomer having two substituted cyclopentanonyl groups and polymerizable in the two-dimensional direction are three-dimensionally polymerized.

Abstract: Ethylene propylene copolymers, substantially free of diene, are described. The copolymers will have a uniform distribution of both tacticity and comonomer between copolymer chains. Further, the copolymers will exhibit a statistically insignificant intramolecular difference of tacticity. The copolymers are made in the presence of a metallocene catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to copolymers of fluorene. It further relates to devices that are made with the copolymers.

Abstract: A homogenous, aqueous, energy curable, stereo cross linkable ionomer containing coating composition and a method of preparing same.

Abstract: A composition containing (i) an anti-microbial agent that comprises a polymeric biguanide, either alone or in combination with at least one other microbiologically active component and (ii) a basic co-polymer of the Formula (1): [A]m-[B]n-[D]yq.

Abstract: An internal electron-donor compound selected from the 1,3-diethers of formula (I) in which R is a C1–C10 alkyl group, R1 is a linear or branched primary alkyl radical having at least three carbon atoms, optionally containing a heteroatom, and R2 is a secondary alkyl or cycloalkyl radicals different from i-propyl, optionally containing a heteroatom.

Abstract: A copolymer latex for chipping-resistant aqueous paint capable of remarkably improving balance of chipping-resistance, strength of adherence with metal, water-resistance and high resistance for cycles of cool and heat is provided. This is achieved by a method for producing a copolymer latex using for chipping-resistant aqueous paint, the method comprising emulsion-polymerizing 20 to 80 parts by weight of a conjugated diene as a monomer, 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid as a monomer, 5 to 40 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound as a monomer, 5 to 40 parts by weight of an unsaturated alkyl carboxylate as a monomer and optionally not more than 69.

Abstract: The invention relates to a magnesium compound effective in producing olefin polymers having an increased bulk density and a narrowed particle size distribution, not lowering the stereospecificity of the polymers produced and not lowering the polymerization activity in producing the polymers, to an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising the compound, and to a method for producing such olefin polymers. The olefin polymerization catalyst comprises (A) a solid catalyst component prepared by contacting a magnesium compound having a specific particle size distribution index (P), a titanium compound and an electron donor compound with each other, (B) an organometallic compound, and (C) an electron donor. The olefin polymerization method comprises polymerizing an olefin in the presence of the catalyst to give olefin polymers.

Abstract: This invention relates to improved porous solid supports for chromatography and catalysis. The supports are prepared by covalently binding a tether polymer to a solid support, and then blocking the remainder of the support surface with a blocking reagent. The tethered polymer ligands are then covalently bound to the support by graft polymerization reactions.