Abstract: A polymer electrolyte composition including a metal salt and at least one polymer comprising a poly(glycidyl ether), where the at least one polymer is amorphous at ambient temperature. The poly(glycidyl ether) polymer can be a blend of poly(glycidyl ether) polymers, can be a poly(glycidyl ether) polymer blended with a mechanically strong solid polymer, and can be a block of a block copolymer that also includes a polymer block forming a mechanically strong solid polymer.

Abstract: Mesoscopically ordered, hydrothermally stable metal oxide-block copolymer composite or mesoporous materials are described herein that are formed by using amphiphilic block polymers which act as structure directing agents for the metal oxide in a self-assembling system.

Abstract: Semicrystalline polyolefins with narrow molecular weight distributions characterized by a low polydispersity index (PDI) and selected from the families of homopolymers, statistical copolymers, block copolymers, and graft copolymers, can be blended with a low molecular weight fluid diluent to create gel fiber and film compositions. These gel compositions, when subjected to mechanical or thermomechanical processing, either before or after removal of the diluent, result in fiber or film compositions that combine high tensile strength with other desirable physical properties, such as high rigidity, large extension at break, and/or high recoverable elasticity. These desirable combinations of properties are superior to those obtained from gel-processed semicrystalline polyolefins that are substantially similar in composition and molecular weight, but that have large PDIs.

Abstract: The present invention provides a block copolymer composition and method of making the same having the structures (A2-B)n-X-(A1) or (A2-B2)n-X-(B1A1), where A1 and A2 are each a polymer block of a monoalkenyl arene and B, B1, and B2 are each a polymer block of one or more conjugated dienes or a hydrogenated diene polymer, n is an integer from 2 to 30 and X is the residue of a coupling agent.

Abstract: Polyolefin block and graft copolymers comprised of two or more semicrystalline polyolefin blocks or grafts and one or more amorphous polyolefin blocks can be blended with a low molecular weight fluid diluent that preferentially locates within and swells the amorphous domains of the block or graft copolymer, while preserving the crystallinity of the semicrystalline block domains. After mechanical or thermomechanical processing, such compositions combine softness with high strength and high recoverable elasticity. Compositions are also disclosed whereby the diluent species is removed from the composition, either before or after the mechanical or thermomechanical processing, in order to create a strong elastic material with an ultra-low entanglement density within the amorphous domains.

Abstract: A “high internal phase polymeric emulsion” (“HIPPE”) composition is described which comprises an emulsion of a discrete phase (component A) and a continuous phase (component B), wherein the volume fraction of the discrete phase is the majority fraction (on a volume basis) of the total volume of the emulsion. A compatibilizer, component C, is used to lower the interfacial tension between the phases containing components A and B. A process is described for creating such HIPPE composition in which the A component is a colloidal polymer particle.

Abstract: Mesoscopically ordered, hydrothermally stable metal oxide-block copolymer composite or mesoporous materials are described herein that are formed by using amphiphilic block polymers which act as structure directing agents for the metal oxide in a self-assembling system.

Abstract: Mesoscopically ordered, hydrothermally stable metal oxide-block copolymer composite or mesoporous materials are described herein that are formed by using amphiphilic block polymers which act as structure directing agents for the metal oxide in a self-assembling system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrogenated block copolymers of vinyl aromatic polymer blocks and conjugated diene polymer blocks having specific total Mn and specific block Mn's such that advantageous properties are attained. The present invention also relates to hydrogenated pentablock copolymers thereof and specifically hydrogenated pentablock copolymers useful in thin walled injection molding applications.

Abstract: Mesoscopically ordered, hydrothermally stable metal oxide-block copolymer composite or mesoporous materials are described herein that are formed by using amphiphilic block copolymers which act as structure directing agents for the metal oxide in a self-assembling system.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising an alternating hydrogenated block copolymer having at least two hydrogenated vinyl aromatic polymer blocks and at least one conjugated diene polymer block, wherein the number average molecular weights (Mn) of each block can be different.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising an alternating hydrogenated block copolymer having at least two hydrogenated vinyl aromatic polymer blocks and at least one conjugated diene polymer block, wherein the number average molecular weights (Mn) of each block can be different.