Abstract: An ethylene copolymer includes or consists of 55 to 80 wt % of an ethylene homopolymer component A and 20 to 45 wt % of an ethylene copolymer component B of ethylene and an olefin comonomer, wherein the component A has a melt flow index as measured according to ISO1133-1:2011 at 190° C., 1.2 kg of 80 to 400 dg/min and a density of at least 968 kg/m3, and the ethylene copolymer has a melt flow index as measured according to ISO1133-1:2011 at 190° C., 5 kg of 0.05 to 0.3 dg/min, a density of 956 to 962 kg/m3, a comonomer content of 0.03 to 0.30 mol %, a viscosity value ?0.05 at a temperature of 190° C. and a shear rate of 0.05 rad/s of 200 to 1000 kPa·s and a viscosity value ?300 at a temperature of 190° C. and a shear rate of 300 rad/s of 700 to 1500 Pa·s.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxially oriented pipe made of a polymer composition comprising a propylene-based polymer, wherein the propylene-based polymer comprises a random copolymer of propylene and a comonomer which is ethylene and/or an a-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the propylene-based polymer has a comonomer content of 0.5 to 3.8 wt % based on the propylene-based polymer.

Abstract: An ethylene copolymer having a multimodal molecular mass distribution includes 40 to 80 wt % of an ethylene polymer component A, 5 to 40 wt % of an ethylene copolymer component B of ethylene and an olefin comonomer, having a higher molecular weight Mn than the ethylene homopolymer component A and having a molar comonomer content CB and a density DB, and 5 to 40 wt % of ethylene copolymer component C of ethylene and an olefin comonomer, having a higher molecular weight Mn than the ethylene copolymer component B and having a molar comonomer content CC and a density DC. The amounts of A, B and C are based on the total weight of the ethylene polymer. The ethylene copolymer has a comonomer content of 0.10 to 3.00 mol % and the difference between CB and CC is at most 0.10 mol %.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxially oriented pipe made of a polymer composition comprising a propylene-based polymer, wherein the propylene-based polymer comprises a random copolymer of propylene and a comonomer which is ethylene and/or an a-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the propylene-based polymer has a comonomer content of 0.5 to 3.8 wt % based on the propylene-based polymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to use of a pipe for transporting chlorinated water, wherein the pipe is a biaxially oriented pipe made by a process comprising the steps of: a) forming a polymer composition comprising a polyolefin into a tube and b) stretching the tube of step a) in the axial direction and in the peripheral direction to obtain the biaxially oriented pipe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyolefin composition comprising A. at least a homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene or propylene and B. cholestanyl ferulate. The composition can be used in the production of articles such as a pipe, cap and closure, film, food contact packaging, biomedical article, health care article and pharmaceutical article.

Abstract: The invention relates a pipe for the transport of water with improved resistance to chlorinated disinfectants. The pipe is produced with a polymer composition comprising a polyolefin and styrene isoprene blockcopolymer.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition comprising 90.00 to 99.95 wt % of a polyolefin and 0.05 to 10.00 weight % of an antimicrobial additive based on the total weight of the polyolefin composition wherein the antimicrobial additive comprises a phenolic group and wherein a carrier for the antimicrobial additive is present. The antimicrobial additive may be dispersed through the polyolefin composition. Preferred antimicrobial additives include for example eugenol, isoeugenol, thymol, carvacrol, sesamol, curcumin, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, gallic acid and its ester derivatives (propyl gallate, octyl gallate and dodecyl gallate), ferulic acid, syringic acid, coumaric acid, protocatechuic acid, caffeic acid and/or tannic acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyolefin composition comprising A. at least a homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene or propylene and B. cholestanyl ferulate. The composition can be used in the production of articles such as a pipe, cap and closure, film, food contact packaging, biomedical article, health care article and pharmaceutical article.

Abstract: The invention relates a pipe for the transport of water with improved resistance to chlorinated disinfectants. The pipe is produced with a polymer composition comprising polyethylene and zinc sulfide.

Abstract: The invention relates a pipe for the transport of water with improved resistance to chlorinated disinfectants. The pipe is produced with a polymer composition comprising a polyolefin and styrene isoprene blockcopolymer.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition comprising 90.00 to 99.95 wt % of a polyolefin and 0.05 to 10.00 weight % of an antimicrobial additive based on the total weight of the polyolefin composition wherein the antimicrobial additive comprises a phenolic group and wherein a carrier for the antimicrobial additive is present. The antimicrobial additive may be dispersed through the polyolefin composition. Preferred antimicrobial additives include for example eugenol, isoeugenol, thymol, carvacrol, sesamol, curcumin, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, gallic acid and its ester derivatives (propyl gallate, octyl gallate and dodecyl gallate), ferulic acid, syringic acid, coumaric acid, protocatechuic acid, caffeic acid and/or tannic acid.

Abstract: The invention relates a pipe for drinking water distribution with improved resistance to chlorinated disinfectants characterised in that the pipe is produced with a polymer composition comprising a polyolefin and a bisphenol monoester.

Abstract: This invention is in the field of polymer chemistry. More in particular it provides a method to produce polymers such as block copolymers or cross-linked networks that are suitable for medical applications. The invention also provides degradable materials that may degrade completely when used in the human or animal body, minimizing residual components that may be toxic or otherwise undesirable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thioic acids according to formula (II) suitable as building block for polythioesters; Wherein X is O, N or S and whereby R1 is chosen from (—CH2—)2, —CH2—O—CH2— or (—CH2—)3, R2 is preferably chosen from a biodegradable oligomer or polymer chosen from poly(lactide) (PLLA), polyglycolide (PGA), co-oligomers or copolymers of PLA and PGA (PLGA), poly(anhydrides), poly(trimethylenecarbonates), poly(orthoesters), poly(dioxanones), poly(?-caprolactones) (PCL) or polyesteramides and n>1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to particles suitable for delivery of active agents comprising a polymer containing thioester bonds which are obtained via the reaction of a thioic acid functionality and an unsaturated group. The polymer may be is linear, branched or crosslinked. The particles have an average diameter in the range of 10 nm to 1000 ?m, preferably in the range of 100 nm-100 ?m. The particles may comprise an active agent selected from the group of nutrients, pharmaceuticals, proteins and peptides, vaccines, genetic materials, diagnostic agents or imaging agents. The present invention further relates to the use of the particles in dermatology, muscular skeletal, oncology, in vascular applications, in orthopaedics, in ophthamology, spinal, intestinal, pulmonary, nasal, or auricular.

Abstract: This invention is in the field of polymer chemistry. More in particular it provides a method to produce polymers such as block copolymers or cross-linked networks that are suitable for medical applications. The invention also provides degradable materials that may degrade completely when used in the human or animal body, minimizing residual components that may be toxic or otherwise undesirable.