Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil-extended conjugated diene-based polymer or an oil-extended modified conjugated diene-based polymer, which has excellent wet skid resistance and abrasion resistance in a balanced way, and a rubber composition including the same, and by controlling the microstructure of the polymer such that a full width at half maximum (FWHM) value of a tan ? peak shown in a temperature range of -100° C. to 100° C. becomes 20° C. or higher in a tan ? graph in accordance with temperature, derived from dynamic viscoelasticity analysis by an Advanced Rheometric Expansion System (ARES), and by including a vegetable oil in a polymer, excellent viscoelasticity behavior properties may be shown, and accordingly, the improvement of overall physical properties may be expected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having excellent wet skid resistance and abrasion resistance in a balanced way, and a rubber composition comprising the same, and the modified conjugated diene-based polymer is characterized in including: a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer; and a functional group derived from a modifier, wherein, if measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) through controlling the microstructure of the polymer, a difference between a glass transition onset temperature (Tg-on) and a glass transition offset temperature (Tg-off), which arise glass transition, is 10° C. to 30° C., thereby having excellent wet skid resistance and running resistance in a balanced way and improved effects of abrasion resistance, simultaneously.

Abstract: A modified conjugated diene-based polymer and a rubber composition including the same are disclosed herein. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer has excellent processability and good tensile strength and viscoelasticity. In some embodiments, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes a derived unit from a modifier, the modifier including three or more alkoxy groups bonded to silicon, a non-functional chain forming a silicon-carbon bond at one side of the derived unit from a modifier and including a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer, and a functional chain forming a silicon-carbon bond at the other side of the derived unit from a modifier and including two or more derived units from an N-functional group-containing monomer, wherein the rate of change of mooney viscosity is 20% or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a modification initiator, the method capable of reducing side reactions to the minimum and obtaining the modification initiator with a high conversion rate, and an apparatus for performing the same, wherein the method includes (S1) reacting a first fluid including a modification functional group-containing compound and a conjugated diene-based monomer and a second fluid including a polymerization initiation functional group-containing compound, and (S2) obtaining a third fluid including a modification initiator prepared by the reaction of Step S1, wherein the modification functional group-containing compound is used in a ratio of greater than 1 mole based on 1 mole of the polymerization initiation functional group-containing compound, the conjugated diene-based monomer is used in a ratio of 1 mole to 4 moles based on 1 mole of the modification functional group-containing compound, and Step S1 and Step S2 are continuously performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer prepared by continuous polymerization and accordingly, having specific polymer structure, molecular weight distribution and shape, excellent processability and narrow molecular weight distribution, a unimodal shape molecular weight distribution curve by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and molecular weight distribution (PDI; MWD) of 1.0 to less than 1.7, and including a functional group derived from a modifier represented by Formula 1 at one terminal and a functional group derived from a modification initiator at the other terminal.

Abstract: A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, a method of making the same, and a rubber composition including the same are disclosed herein. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer has excellent processability and good tensile strength and viscoelasticity. In some embodiments, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes a first chain including a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer, a second chain including a repeating unit derived from a compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2, and a derived unit from an alkoxysilane-based modifier, wherein the first chain and the second chain are coupled by the derived unit from the modifier.

Abstract: A modified conjugated diene-based polymer and a rubber composition including the same are disclosed herein. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer has excellent processability and good tensile strength and viscoelasticity. In some embodiments, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N), and has an N content of 150 ppm or more based on the weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer and a rate of change of mooney viscosity (MVR) of 20% or less.

Abstract: A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer prepared by continuous polymerization and having remarkable processability, narrow molecular weight distribution and excellent physical properties, and a rubber composition including the same.

Abstract: A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a unimodal molecular weight distribution curve measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), molecular weight distribution (PDI; MWD) of less than 1.7, and a Si content of 100 ppm or more based on weight, and including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer in an amount of 30 wt % or more, and a rubber composition including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, provides a method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including a step of polymerizing a conjugated diene-based monomer in the presence of an organometal compound in a hydrocarbon solvent to prepare an active polymer which is coupled with an organometal (S1); and a step of reacting or coupling the active polymer prepared in step (S1) with a modifier (S2), wherein step (S1) is continuously performed in two or more polymerization reactors, and a polymerization conversion ratio in a first reactor among the polymerization reactors is 50% or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, provides a method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including a step of polymerizing a conjugated diene-based monomer in the presence of an organometal compound in a hydrocarbon solvent to prepare an active polymer which is coupled with an organometal (S1); and a step of reacting or coupling the active polymer prepared in step (S1) with a modifier (S2), wherein step (S1) is continuously performed in two or more polymerization reactors, and a polymerization conversion ratio in a first reactor among the polymerization reactors is 50% or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer compound used as a polymer modifier, a conjugated diene-based polymer including a functional group derived therefrom, and a method for preparing a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer using the polymer compound. A rubber modifier compound obtained therefrom is used as a modifier for rubber, particularly, as a modifier of a conjugated diene-based polymer and is bonded to a chain of the conjugated diene-based polymer to easily introduce a functional group having affinity with a filler.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, to a method of preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, including: (S1) preparing an active polymer with an organic metal bonded thereto by polymerizing a conjugated diene-based monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an organometallic compound; and (S2) mixing the active polymer prepared according to process S1 with a modifier, wherein the mixing of process S2 is performed at a Reynolds number of 20 or less for 1 minute or more, the Reynolds number being maintained within a range of ±5 of a Reynolds number when the modifier is added (wherein the range is between greater than 0 to 20 or less).

Abstract: A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a unimodal molecular weight distribution curve measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), molecular weight distribution (PDI; MWD) of less than 1.7, and a Si content of 100 ppm or more based on weight, and including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer in an amount of 30 wt % or more, and a rubber composition including the same.

Abstract: A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer prepared by continuous polymerization and having remarkable processability, narrow molecular weight distribution and excellent physical properties, and a rubber composition including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modifier useful for modifying a polymer, a method for preparing a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer using the same, and a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer prepared thereby. In the modified and conjugated diene-based polymer, a hydroxyl group and a silyl group are combined, and the affinity thereof with a silica-based filler may be excellent. Accordingly, a rubber composition including the modified and conjugated diene-based polymer may have excellent processability, and as a result, molded articles (for example, tires) manufactured from the rubber composition may have excellent tensile strength, abrasion resistance, and viscoelasticity properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modifier and a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer including a functional group derived therefrom, and more particularly, provides a modifier including a compound represented by Formula 1, a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer including a functional group derived from the modifier and a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer, and methods for preparing them. In Formula 1, the definition of each substituent is the same as defined in the description of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, provides a method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including a step of polymerizing a conjugated diene-based monomer in the presence of an organometal compound in a hydrocarbon solvent to prepare an active polymer which is coupled with an organometal (S1); and a step of reacting or coupling the active polymer prepared in step (S1) with a modifier (S2), wherein step (S1) is continuously performed in two or more polymerization reactors, and a polymerization conversion ratio in a first reactor among the polymerization reactors is 50% or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are a modified conjugated diene-based polymer represented by Chemical Formula 2a or 2b defined herein and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modifier and a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer including a functional group derived therefrom, and more particularly, provides a modifier including a compound represented by Formula 1, a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer including a functional group derived from the modifier and a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer, and methods for preparing them. In Formula 1, the definition of each substituent is the same as defined in the description of the invention.