Abstract: Diene polymers or copolymers having improved balance between raw polymer viscosity and mixed compound viscosity, useful in tire tread compositions having highly balanced wet traction, rolling resistance, and traction in ice and snow, and fracture properties in the cured and white carbon reinforced states are provided. These diene polymers or copolymers comprise a mixture of diene polymer or copolymer chains containing carbon-tin bonds in the main polymer or copolymer chains and diene polymer or copolymer chains containing terminals derived from hydrocarboxysilane compounds. The diene polymer or copolymers are prepared by first coupling a portion of the living diene polymer or copolymer chains obtained by anionic polymerization using a tin polyhalide coupling agent and then terminating the remaining living diene polymer or copolymer chains using hydrocarboxysilane compounds.

Abstract: The present invention describes a free radical polymerizable segmented macromonomer based on perfluoroelkyl ether, polysiloxane and divalent organic segments. This macromoner can be polymerized and used to form moldings, contact lenses, corneal implants and other biomedical articles.

Abstract: A partially silylated organosilicic acid polymer is disclosed. The polymer has a weight average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 6,000 and is prepared by silylating a purified sodium silicate having an M.sub.w /M.sub.n ratio of not more than 1.8.