Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprises a) from 5 to 99% by weight of a block copolymer which is composed of hard blocks S made from vinyl aromatic monomers and of one or more random soft blocks B/S made from dienes and from vinyl aromatic monomers, b) from 1 to 95% by weight of a plasticizer with a higher polarity than white oil and with a lower polarity than diisooctyl phthalate, c) from 0 to 50% by weight of a polyolefin, and d) from 0 to 60% by weight of additives, where the total of a) to d) is 100% by weight. The use of the molding compositions to produce flexible or elastic moldings is described, as are the resultant moldings.

Abstract: Block copolymers comprise at least two hard blocks S1 and S2 made from vinylaromatic monomers and, between these, at least one random soft block B/S made from vinylaromatic monomers and from dienes, where the proportion of the hard blocks is above 40% by weight, based on the total block copolymer.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising (A) 5 to 98%-wt., based on components (A) through (E), of at least one elastomeric graft copolymer, (B) 1 to 90%-wt., based on components (A) through (E), of a further copolymer, (C) 1 to 70%-wt., based on components (A) though (D), of an elastomeric block copolymer composed of at least one block CA (hard phase) having copolymerized units of a vinylaromatic monomer, and at least one elastomeric block C(B/A) (soft phase) having copolymerized units of a vinylaromatic monomer, and of a diene, (D) 0 to 300%-wt., based on components (A) through (C), of a polycarbonate, and (E) 0 to 30%-wt., based on components (A) through (E), of conventional additives and processing aids, are useful for producing films, moldings or fibers.

Abstract: Block copolymers comprise at least two hard blocks S1 and S2 made from vinyl aromatic monomers and, between these, at least ore random soft block B/S made from vinyl aromatic monomers and from dienes, where the proportion of the hard blocks is above 40% by weight, based on the total block copolymer, wherein the 1,2-vinyl content in the soft block B/S is less than 20%.

Abstract: Polymer mixtures comprise P1) from 1 to 85% by weight of an elastomeric block copolymer which has been built up from hard blocks S made from vinylaromatic monomers and from random soft blocks B/S made up from dienes and from vinylaromatic monomers, and which contains at least the block structure S-B/S-S, where the diene content is less than 50 percent by weight and the proportion of the soft phase formed from the blocks B/S is at least 60 percent by weight, based in each case on the entire block copolymer, P2) from 5 to 89% by weight of a block copolymer differing from P1) and made from vinylaromatic monomers and from dienes, P3) from 10 to 94% by weight of glass-clear or impact-modified polystyrene or mixtures thereof, and P4) from 0 to 84% by weight of other additives, where the total of components P1) to P4) is 100%.

Abstract: Star polymers obtainable by polymerization of vinylaromatic monomers with a branching monomer unit containing at least two vinylaromatic functional radicals in the presence of a catalyst obtainable from A) a transition-metal complex from sub-group II to VIII, B) a cation-forming agent and C), if desired, an aluminum compound.

Abstract: Star polymers obtainable by polymerization of vinylaromatic monomers with a branching monomer unit containing at least two vinylaromatic functional radicals in the presence of a catalyst obtainable from A) a transition-metal complex from sub-group II to VIII, B) a cation-forming agent and C), if desired, an aluminum compound.

Abstract: In a process for preparing polymers based on monomers having a C═C double bond by homopolymerization or copolymerization of these monomers in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a metallocene complex A) and a compound B) capable of forming metallocenium ions and, if desired, an organometallic compound of main group I, II or III of the Periodic Table of the Elements C), the metallocene complex A) used is a compound of the formula (I) where the substituents and indices have the following meanings: R1 to R11 are hydrogen, C1-C10-alkyl, 5- to 7-membered cycloalkyl which may in turn bear C1-C6-alkyl groups as substituents, C6-C15-aryl or arylalkyl, where two adjacent radicals R1 to R8 may together form a cyclic group having from 4 to 15 carbon atoms, or Si(R12)3, where R12 is C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C15-aryl or C3-C10-cycloalkyl, M is a metal of transition groups III to VI of the Periodic Table of the Elements or a metal of the lanthanide series, X are identical or different and are hy

Abstract: In a process for preparing polymers of vinylaromatic compounds at from 0 to 150° C. in the presence of metallocene complexes as catalysts, the polymerization is carried out at a pressure of from 5 to 300 bar in the presence of aliphatic C1-C4-hydrocarbons using a coordination complex selected from the group consisting of strong, uncharged Lewis acids, ionic compounds having Lewis acid cations and ionic compounds having Bronsted acids as cations as cocatalyst.

Abstract: A process for preparing polymers of vinylaromatic compounds in dispersion comprises conducting the polymerization in the presence of a dispersing auxiliary and a catalyst obtainable from A) a transition metal complex of subgroups II to VIII, B) a cation-forming agent and C), if desired, an aluminum compound.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding material containing A) from 5 to 95% by weight of a vinylaromatic polymer having a syndiotactic structure and B) from 5 to 95% by weight of a copolymer of a vinylaromatic monomer and 1,1-diphenylethylene or its derivatives which may be substituted on the aromatic rings by alkyl of up to 22 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention is a process of preparing copolymers of vinyl aromatic and olefinic monomers wherein the polymerization is carried out in a dispersion in the presence of a metallocene catalyst and a dispersion aid. The dispersion aid is a styrene-diene two-block copolymer or a styrene-diene three-block copolymer. The resultant polymer is useful as a fiber, film or molding.