Abstract: The present invention relates to novel block copolymers comprising at least one mono vinyl aromatic monomer (also referred to as mono vinylarene) and at least one conjugated diene monomer, in particular to styrene butadiene block copolymers (SBC), with a defined block structure. The invention further relates to polymer blends which comprise at least one block copolymer and at least one mono vinylarene acrylate copolymer, in particular a styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymer. Related methods for preparation and articles prepared from the polymer blends are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel block copolymers comprising at least one mono vinyl aromatic monomer (also referred to as mono vinylarene) and at least one conjugated diene monomer, in particular to styrene butadiene block copolymers (SBC), with a defined block structure. The invention further relates to polymer blends which comprise at least one block copolymer and at least one mono vinylarene acrylate copolymer, in particular a styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymer. Related methods for preparation and articles prepared from the polymer blends are also provided.

Abstract: A mixture which comprises a) from 5 to 95% by weight of a copolymer A which comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)A each composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgA in the range from 40° to 90° C., b) from 95 to 5% by weight of a block copolymer B which comprises at least one hard block S composed of from 95 to 100% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 0 to 5 by weight of dienes, and comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)A each composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgA in the range from 40° to 90° C., and comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)B each composed of from 20 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 80 to 40% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgB in the range from ?70° to 0° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising (i) as component (I), at least one molding composition comprising components A and B, where A) is a graft copolymer as component A, and B) is a thermoplastic copolymer as component B; and (ii) at least one cyclohexanepolycarboxylic acid derivative of the formula (I); as component (II) in which R1 is C1-C10-alkyl or C3-C8-cycloalkyl, m is 0, 1, 2, or 3, n is 2, 3, or 4, and R is hydrogen or C1-C30-alkyl; or the group —(COOR)n forms an anhydride of the formula where it is essential to the invention that component (I) comprises from 11 to 19.9% by weight of component A and from 80.

Abstract: A mixture which comprises a) from 5 to 95% by weight of a copolymer A which comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)A each composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgA in the range from 40° to 90° C., b) from 95 to 5% by weight of a block copolymer B which comprises at least one hard block S composed of from 95 to 100% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 0 to 5 by weight of dienes, and comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)A each composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgA in the range from 40° to 90° C., and comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)B each composed of from 20 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 80 to 40% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgB in the range from ?70° to 0° C.

Abstract: The bipolar plate for PEM fuel cells made of a polymer blend which is filled with conductivity-enhancing carbon fillers and which includes at least two mutually nonmiscible blend polymers, is distinguished by the fact that the at least two blend polymers form a co-continuous structure and the carbon fillers are at a higher concentration in one of the blend polymers or in the phase between the blend polymers, or that a blend polymer in which the carbon fillers are at a higher concentration forms a continuously conductive matrix in which the at least one further blend polymer is intercalated.

Abstract: A biodegradable thermoplastic molding composition comprises a) at least one biodegradable thermoplastic copolyester, and b) based on the total weight of the thermoplastic molding composition, from 0.01 to 15% by weight of at least one hydrophobicized phyllosilicate. A process for preparing the molding composition is described, as is a process for producing moldings, films or fibers from the molding composition.

Abstract: The bipolar plate for PEM fuel cells made of a polymer blend which is filled with conductivity-enhancing carbon fillers and which includes at least two mutually nonmiscible blend polymers, is distinguished by the fact that the at least two blend polymers form a co-continuous structure and the carbon fillers are at a higher concentration in one of the blend polymers or in the phase between the blend polymers, or that a blend polymer in which the carbon fillers are at a higher concentration forms a continuously conductive matrix in which the at least one further blend polymer is intercalated.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic nanocomposites comprising a) a thermoplastic (A), in which from 0.1 to 10% by weight of the monomer units present in component (A) bear ionic groups, and b) at least one phyllosilicate (B), uniformly dispersed in component (A). The invention further relates to a process for preparing these nanocomposites, and also to their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic nanocomposites, comprising a) a thermoplastic (A), b) at least one compound (B) (delaminated phyllosilicate), whose structure has been built up from negatively charged phyllosilicates and from cations embedded between these, and which have been dispersed uniformly in component (A), and c) a rubber or rubber mixtures (C), where component (C) has a particle size distribution with a d(50) value of from 10 to 1000 nm. The invention further relates to a process for preparing these nanocomposites, and also to their use.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel method for preparing polymers (preferably (meth)acrylate polymers and copolymers) having a narrow molecular weight distribution by metal-free anionic polymerization in the presence of a phosphonium salt of a nitrogen, oxygen and/or sulfur anion. The present invention also concerns block copolymer and methods of making the same using anionic polymerization in the presence of the phosphonium salt to prepare at least one block of the copolymer.

Abstract: Homopolymers, copolymers or block copolymers are prepared by anionic polymerization of acrylates and/or methacrylates in the presence of an initiator composition containing A) an organic alkali metal compound, B) an organic aluminum compound and C) an additive which forms a complex with the alkali metal cation and is selected from the group consisting of open-chain ethers having at least two ether oxygen atoms, macrocyclic ethers and cryptands, or from the group consisting of quaternary cations of the general formula I  where A is N, P, As or Sb and Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd, independently of one another, are each unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, where two neighboring radicals, together with the heteroatom A, may form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic structure which may contain one or two further heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur atoms.

Abstract: The use of microphase-separated polymer blends, comprising A-B-C triblockcopolymers containing an elastomeric middle block B and A′-C′ diblockcopolymers, for the preparation of permeable membranes.

Abstract: A process for preparing cyclopentadiene homopolymers having a molecular weight in the range from 10,000 to 1,000,000 and less than 35% of 1,2 linkages uses palladium catalysts of the formula [Pd(R1—CN)4]2+(A)2—, where R1 is an alkyl group and A is a stable anion.

Abstract: Polyacrylates based on alkyl acrylates or alkyl alkylacrylates or mixtures thereof as monomers are prepared in the presence of an initiator composition containing an alkali metal ester enolate and an organic aluminum compound or a mixture thereof, by a process in which an ester which differs from the monomers is present in the initiator composition, the carbon atom .alpha. to the ester group having no acidic proton.