Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation, by spatial distribution of light intensity, of a surface in relief promoting order and spatial coherence serving as a guide for the organization, on nano- and micrometre scales, of an overlayer on the surface in particular of block copolymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for controlling the period of a nanostructured assemblage comprising a blend of block copolymers which is deposited on a surface or in a mold. Block copolymers are characterized by the possession of at least one of the constituent monomers respectively of each of the blocks of the block copolymers identical but exhibit different molecular weights. The control process is targeted at obtaining thicknesses of films or objects, with few nanostructuring defects, which are sufficiently great for the treated surface to be able to be used as masks for applications in microelectronics or for the objects resulting therefrom to exhibit previously unpublished mechanical, acoustic or optical characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing nanostructured films obtained from block copolymers exhibiting a dispersity index of between 1.1 and 2, limits included, without nanostructuring defects, on a surface, in order for this treated surface to be able to be used as masks for applications in microelectronics.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel block copolymers that enable a good dispersion of nanofillers in water and also to a dispersion of nanofillers obtained owing to these block copolymers. This dispersion may be used as a transparent electrode in organic solar cells or other photoemitter or photoreceptor devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for controlling the period characterizing the morphology obtained from a blend of block copolymers and of (co)polymers of one of the blocks on a surface employing a particular way of carrying out the synthesis of the blend of block copolymers and of (co)polymers of one of the blocks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surface preparation method using a combination of at least two polymers, which are the same or different, which are grafted hierarchically or multiply on a surface, and also to the use of this preparation method, more particularly in applications for controlling the surface energy of a substrate. The invention may allow a block polymer to be structured with a minimum of defects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a lactone or lactam homopolymer, comprising the stage consisting in reacting a lactone or lactam with a nonpolymeric initiator comprising at least one hydroxyl or thiol functional group in a nonchlorinated solvent in the presence of a sulfonic acid of formula R—SO3H. It also relates to the polymer composition thus obtained and to its uses, in particular as antistatic additive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers with polar and non-polar olefin blocks with a variable polar monomer content of 0.1 mol % to 99.9 mol %. The invention also relates to a method for obtaining copolymers with olefin blocks and vinyl polar monomer blocks, said method using a single-component catalytic system made up of an organometallic complex containing a metal belonging to groups VIII to X. Said organometallic complex is advantageously active in the medium without adding cocatalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new surface preparation method using molecules comprising at least one covalent bond which gives rise to free radicals when the molecule is activated thermally, by organic or inorganic redox, photochemically, by plasma, by shear or else under the influence of ionizing radiation.

Abstract: A composition including a graft copolymer, having: a linear trunk including at least one non-aromatic vinyl polymer or an unsaturated polyolefin; and at least two grafts attached to said trunk via a chemical bond, each graft having a conjugated polymer, characterized in that said composition further includes: fullerenes and a conjugated polymer; or carbon and/or graphene nanotubes. Also, a photovoltaic module incorporating such a composition, and to the use of said composition for the same purposes. Finally, methods for synthesizing the molecules forming all or part of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to, amongst other things, a process for manufacturing an impact modifier, concerns impact modified thermoplastic molding compositions and in particular a process for manufacturing and recovering the impact modifiers and their use in polymeric thermoplastic compositions. More particularly the present invention relates to a polymeric impact modifier with a core-shell structure manufactured by a multistage process comprising a special recovery process so that the composition of the thermoplastic polymer containing the impact modifier has a high fluidity while keeping its high impact strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic compositions comprising as impact modifier a rubber containing graft polymer prepared by the process of emulsion polymerization and recovered by a special process controlling and adjusting the value, the use of the thermoplastic compositions in the production of molded bodies, and to the molded, bodies themselves. The present invention relates also to thermoplastic compositions comprising a polymeric impact modifier with a core-shell structure made by a multistage process and recovered by a special process controlling and adjusting the pH value comprising at least one gradient polymer the use of the thermoplastic compositions in the production of molded bodies, and to the molded, bodies themselves.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing impact modifiers, impact modified thermoplastic molding compositions and in particular impact modified polycarbonate or polycarbonate/polyester blends having improved resistance to degradation. More particularly the present invention relates to a process for producing polymeric impact modifiers with a core-shell structure made by a multistage process comprising a control and adjustment if necessary of the pH value before and during the recovery step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new impact modifiers and a process for making these new impact modifiers and their use in polymeric compositions. More particularly the present invention relates to a new polymeric impact modifier with a core-shell structure made by a multistage polymerization process comprising at least one gradient polymer. The present invention relates as well to a process preparing such an impact modifier, especially its recovery process after the end of the polymerization. The present invention also relates to a thermoplastic composition comprising the new impact modifier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing at least one lactic acid homopolymer and at least one block copolymer with a polydispersity index ranging from 1.5 to 5 and comprising: at least one block A that is miscible with the homopolymer and formed from monomers containing at least one methacrylate of formula CH2?C(CH3)—COOR1, and at least one block B that is immiscible with the homopolymer and formed from monomers containing at least one alkyl acrylate of formula CH2?CH—COOR2 and/or at least one methacrylate of formula CH2?C(CH3)—COOR3. The invention also relates to the use of this composition for the manufacture of medical articles, textile fibers, thermoformed plates or packaging, in particular films or bottles.

Abstract: An organocatalytic system, having a sulfonic acid as catalyst, for the polymerization of carbonates, and a polymerization process employing said system to obtain bio-polycarbonates devoid of ether units inserted by decarboxylation. The catalyst system for the ring-opening polymerization reaction of cyclic carbonates is formed of an initiator and, as catalyst, of a sulfonic acid of formula R?—SO3H, where R? denotes either: a linear alkyl group including from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl group including from 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a an aryl group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers with polar and non-polar olefin blocks with a variable polar monomer content of 0.1 mol % to 99.9 mol %. The invention also relates to a method for obtaining copolymers with olefin blocks and vinyl polar monomer blocks, said method using a single-component catalytic system made up of an organometallic complex containing a metal belonging to groups VIII to X. Said organometallic complex is advantageously active in the medium without adding cocatalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition containing at least one lactic acid homopolymer and at least one block copolymer with a polydispersity index ranging from 1.5 to 5 and comprising: at least one block A that is miscible with the homopolymer and formed from monomers containing at least one methacrylate of formula CH2?C(CH3)—COOR1, and at least one block B that is immiscible with the homopolymer and formed from monomers containing at least one alkyl acrylate of formula CH2?CH—COOR2 and/or at least one methacrylate of formula CH2?C(CH3)—COOR3. The invention also relates to the use of this composition for the manufacture of medical articles, textile fibers, thermoformed plates or packaging, in particular films or bottles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a copolymer of at least one cyclic monomer chosen from a lactone, a lactam, a lactide and a glycolide, comprising the stage consisting in reacting said cyclic monomer with a polymeric initiator in the presence of a compound carrying a sulfonic acid functional group. It also relates to the polymer composition obtained according to this process and to its uses, in particular as antistatic additive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a lactone or lactam homopolymer, comprising the stage consisting in reacting a lactone or lactam with a nonpolymeric initiator comprising at least one hydroxyl or thiol functional group in a nonchlorinated solvent in the presence of a sulfonic acid of formula R—SO3H. It also relates to the polymer composition thus obtained and to its uses, in particular as antistatic additive.