Abstract: A method of incorporating an additive into a polymer composition includes the step of melt blending a polymer with a dispersion comprising a liquid carrier, an unmodified clay, and an additive. Using the dispersion rather than a polymer-based additive masterbatch saves energy. Like a polymer-based masterbatch, the dispersion provides the additive in a diluted form and therefore preserves the masterbatch's advantages of providing more uniform distribution additive in the plastic and avoiding direct handling of additives in the final compounding step. The dispersion is also described.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a polymer nano-composite, more particularly, an economical method for preparing a polymer nano-composite with improved properties via a single process of organic treatment of a layered clay mineral and dispersion in a rubber latex material at a pH where both the rubber latex material and the layered clay mineral are stabilized. The provided method for preparing a polymer nano-composite allows effective dispersion without using an organic modification process for improving dispersibility of the layered clay mineral in resin. Thus prepared polymer nano-composite exhibits superior mechanical property and may be usefully applied for automobile interior and exterior materials.

Abstract: The instant invention provides a coating composition, a process of making a coating composition, a coated article, and a method of making such articles. The coating composition according to the present invention comprises: (a) a dispersion comprising; one or more base polymers; at least one first pigment partially encapsulated by said one or more base polymers, wherein said first pigment is a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZnO, Al2O3, combinations thereof; optionally one or more stabilizing agents; and a liquid media; and (b) optionally a binder composition.

Abstract: Provided is a composite of saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer from which films excellent in gas barrier properties and film rigidity and highly inhibited from having fish eyes are obtained. It is a process for producing a composite of saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer, which comprises: mixing a composition (a) containing a saponified product of ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (A1) and having a moisture content of 50% by weight or higher with a water-swellable layered inorganic compound (B) to obtain a composition (C); and mixing the composition (C) in the state of having a moisture content of 10% by weight or higher and less than 60% by weight with a saponified product of ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (A2).

Abstract: The invention relates to the use, as a dispersant and/or a grinding aid agent for pigments and/or mineral fillers in aqueous suspension, of a water soluble polymer with a controlled structure obtained by a controlled free radical polymerization process putting into practice a particular alkoxyamine as a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: The surface of hydrophobically-modified smectite clays (i.e., organophilic clays) are modified using a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the hydrophilic surface-modification of a hydrophobically-modified smectite clay with a hydrophilic polymer, renders the organoclays adequately dispersible in water.

Abstract: Disclosed are: an organic-inorganic complex dispersion improved in film formability and adhesion to a base material. The organic-inorganic complex dispersion comprises an aqueous medium and particles of a complex dispersed in the aqueous medium, wherein the complex has a three-dimensional network structure formed by a polymer of a monomer comprising a monomer represented by general formula (1) and at least one inorganic material selected from a water-swellable clay mineral and silica. Also disclosed is an antifogging material manufactured by using the organic-inorganic complex dispersion. Further disclosed is a cell culture substratum improved in the detachability of cells cultured on the substratum, which is manufactured by using the organic-inorganic complex dispersion. Still further disclosed are manufacturing methods for same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material, particularly a composite material designed as a molded body and/or suited for the production of molded bodies, composed of polymer materials and a porous mineral matrix, said composite material expanding under the action of liquids, particularly aqueous liquids and/or aqueous oil emulsions, and storing said liquids, characterized in that the matrix it comprises includes crushed and/or ground, open-pored, expanded/expanded perlite in the form of sharp-edged perlite particles and at least one natural and/or synthetic cross-linked and/or partially cross-linked polymer and/or polymer forming a hydrogel.

Abstract: A water-dispersible composition including a nanofiller-containing epoxy resin and a low temperature nonionic surfactant having a molecular weight of less than about 7,000 Daltons; and optionally an anionic surfactant or optionally a high temperature nonionic surfactant. The water-dispersible composition can be used to prepare an aqueous dispersion of the nanofiller-containing epoxy resin. The aqueous dispersion advantageously has a long shelf- stability. One method for preparing the aqueous dispersion includes using a high internal phase ratio emulsion process.

Abstract: An aqueous barrier coating composition in the form of a dispersion includes: (a) water; (b) a polyester matrix polymer; (c) a platy to hyperplaty kaolin filler having an average shape factor of at least about 40:1, the composition being further characterized in that: (i) the composition has a solids content of from more than 20 weight percent up to 70 percent by weight; (ii) the composition has a weight ratio of polyester matrix polymer:kaolin filler of from 4:1 to 0.75:1; and (iii) a film formed from the composition exhibits at least 5-fold reduction in oxygen permeability as compared with a like film formed of said polyester matrix polymer. Also disclosed are barrier coatings derived from the compositions as well as packaging composites incorporating a barrier film formed from the compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of organic modifier-free exfoliated nano clay-polymer composite. The manufacturing method of organic modifier-free exfoliated nano clay-polymer composite includes (S1) dispersing layered clay nanoparticles and dissolving a thermoplastic polymer in an acidic solvent; (S2) adding the product of step (S1) to a polymer non-solvent incapable of dissolving the polymer, but capable of dissolving the organic modifier separated from the organized layered clay nanoparticles; and (S3) separating an organic modifier-free exfoliated nano clay-polymer composite from the product of step (S2). The inventive manufacturing method can maximally improve the physical properties of composites through the addition of the exfoliated clay nanoparticles by removing the organic modifier that may deteriorate physical properties of the composite from the exfoliated clay nanoparticles dispersed therein.

Abstract: The manufacturing process of a material of nanocomposites of the resin includes providing a nano-clay platelets liquid; adding a modification agent into the nano-clay platelets liquid, then stirring in a first time in a first temperature for making a cake product; taking the cake product heated in a second temperature and then crumbling the cake product for making a first powder; moving the water out of the first powder for making a second powder; adding a resin into the second powder, then stirring and baking for making the material of nanocomposites of the resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising (a) at least one (meth)acrylic polymer; (b) at least one vinyl acetate polymer selected from vinyl acetate homopolymer and vinyl acetate copolymers comprising in polymerized form vinyl acetate and ethylene; (c) water; and (d) optionally up to 50% by weight of an inorganic filler, based on the total weight of the aqueous dispersion, wherein the weight ratio of (meth)acrylic polymer(s) (a) to vinyl acetate polymer(s) (b) is from 70:30 to 30:70. The aqueous dispersion may be used as a joint compound or sealing compound.

Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions prepared by combining nanomaterials with a halide-containing polymer, thereby forming a combined polymer matrix having dispersed nanomaterials within the matrix. The nanomaterials may be carbon-based nanotubes, in some applications. A halide-containing monomer is combined with nanotubes, and then polymerized in some compositions. In other applications, a halide-containing polymer is solution processed with nanotubes to form useful compositions in the invention. Also disclosed are probes for near field detection of radiation.

Abstract: An aqueous composition having less than 1 wt % surfactant. The aqueous composition contains a first polymer, a second polymer and a synthetic clay. The first polymer contains (meth)acrylate ester(s) of a polyethylene glycol having 15 to 30 ethylene oxide residues and a C10-C22 alkyl group on one end. The second polymer contains C3-C6 carboxylic acid monomer(s) and C2-C3 hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate(s).

Abstract: A resin composition, substrate material, sheet, laminated board, resin-bearing copper foil, copper-clad laminate, TAB tape, printed circuit board, prepreg and adhesive sheet are provided which exhibit improved physical properties, dimensional stability, heat resistance and flame retardance, particularly high-temperature physical properties. A resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin and 0.1-65 parts by weight of an inorganic compound, the resin composition having a mean linear expansion coefficient (?2) of 1.0×10?3 [° C.?1] or below over the temperature range from a temperature 10° C. higher than a glass transition temperature of the resin composition to a temperature 50° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the resin composition.

Abstract: A substantially non-elastic incompressible composition, which substantially does not quickly self-level under standard operating conditions, includes: a suspending agent which reacts substantially as a solid when subjected to forces below a critical force, and which becomes substantially flowable when subjected to forces above said critical force; ceramic microparticulates dispersed within the suspending agent; flexible-walled microparticulates dispersed within the suspending agent; and celled macroparticulates dispersed within the suspending agent. The composition provides an incident energy absorbing property. The incident energy may include sound energy, and the microparticulates and macroparticulates may convert some of the sound energy into heat, or may diffract the sound energy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rheological additive comprising illite clay, smectic clay and an attapulgite suitable for controlling the application characteristics of a coating material for porous bodies.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for protecting exterior surfaces of automobiles and other products, or components of products, against abrasion, abrasive dust, water, acid rain, etc. The methods involve applying to a surface a protective coating composition comprising a polyvinyl butyrate emulsion and a relatively inert extender. The emulsion is dried to form a water-resistant protective coating that can be removed from the underlying surface by peeling when no longer desired.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyamide sheet silicate compositions, containing an untreated clay mineral and a water-soluble polyamide, the concentration of the clay material being greater than 30% by weight. Furthermore the invention relates to nanocomposites which contain clay minerals distributed homogeneously in a water-insoluble thermoplastic matrix. These nanocomposites are produced by mixing the polyamide sheet silicate composition and a water-insoluble thermoplastic in the melt.

Abstract: A resin composition characterized as containing (A) a synthetic resin having a melting temperature of 300° C. or above and (B) a platy inorganic filler incorporated in the resin and having the following properties; pH of aqueous dispersion: 5.5-8.0, amount of extracted alkalis: Na 30 ppm or below and K 40 ppm or below, maximum diameter a: 50 ?m or below, thickness b: 1.0 ?m or below, and aspect ratio (a/b): 20 or above.

Abstract: A silicone rubber emulsion composition comprising (A) 100 parts diorganopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups, (E) 0 to 60 parts reinforcing silica filler, (B) 10 to 250 parts water containing a smectite clay, (C) 0.1 to 15 parts emulsifier, and (D) a cross-linking agent (e.g., an organohydrogenpolysiloxane) in an amount sufficient for cross-linking component (A) and a catalyst (e.g., a platinum-type catalyst). A method for preparing the aforementioned emulsion composition comprising mixing components (A) and (E) with other components in a high-speed stirrer-equipped mixer. A method of manufacturing a silicone rubber comprising either heating and dehydrating the aforementioned emulsion composition.

Abstract: A method of producing a building material using environment-friendly loess includes preparing an environment-friendly composition by mixing 10˜90 parts by weight of at least one selected from among loess, kaolin, clay and grayish blue powdered soil, 3˜50 parts by weight of a resin coating agent, 0.1˜25 parts by weight of an inorganic pigment, and 1˜60 parts by weight of water; and molding the environment-friendly composition at 10 second˜20 minute intervals by introducing it into a molding machine having a temperature of 50˜550° C. and an internal pressure of 1˜20 kg/cm2. A method of producing a container using environment-friendly loess includes preparing an environment-friendly composition by mixing 10˜90 parts by weight of at least one selected from among loess, kaolin, clay and grayish blue powdered soil, 3˜50 parts by weight of a resin coating agent, 0.

Abstract: The invention consists of a process for preparation of self-binding pigmentary particles, dry or in aqueous suspension or dispersion, using in a particular stage of the process a reverse emulsion formed from a dispersion in an oily phase of water particles and of at least one polymer of acrylamide with an acrylic monomer.

Abstract: A silicone rubber emulsion composition comprising (A) 100 parts diorganopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups, (E) 0 to 60 parts reinforcing silica filler, (B) 10 to 250 parts water containing a smectite clay, (C) 0.1 to 15 parts emulsifier, and (D) a cross-linking agent (e.g., an organohydrogenpolysiloxane) in an amount sufficient for cross-linking component (A) and a catalyst (e.g., a platinum-type catalyst). A method for preparing the aforementioned emulsion composition comprising mixing components (A) and (E) with other components in a high-speed stirrer-equipped mixer. A method of manufacturing a silicone rubber comprising either heating and dehydrating the aforementioned emulsion composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for tailoring theology of an aqueous or water-borne coating composition using a system comprising an amount of a first hydrophobically modified polymer comprising a polymer backbone modified with a first hydrophobe and an amount of a second hydrophobically modified polymer comprising the first hydrophobically modified polymer further modified with a second hydrophobe. By incorporating a system comprising at least two hydrophobically modified polymers into water-borne coatings where the amount of all of the hydrophobically modified polymers are able to be independently adjusted, the resultant coatings may be tailored to attain a desired combination of Stormer or Brookfield viscosity and ICI viscosity.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a silica slurry in water is described. The proposed silica slurry can be advantageously used as a constituent of a coating formulation for a paper comprising precipitated silica and/or silica gel as well as at least one further fine particulate pigment, in particular for an offset paper. The method includes, in the given sequence, the steps a) making a dispersion of the at least one further fine particulate pigment in water, b) adding the silica in dry powdery form to that dispersion.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention includes an aqueous composition for coating articles including isocyanate resins. The coating composition includes from about 50% to about 100% by weight of at least one thermoplastic acrylic polymer; from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight titanium dioxide; and water. The composition has a basic pH, a solids ratio of from about 58% to about 69% by weight, and is substantially free of quartz pigments.

Abstract: This invention relates to phenolic resin compositions containing less than 5 percent by weight of wholly inorganic expansible clay particles well dispersed therein, methods for making the same, and articles incorporating the same. The wholly inorganic clay particles are added to a phenolic resin liquid, where the clay form as added can range between a powder and a dilute aqueous dispersion. The resulting phenolic resin and clay compositions have improved physical properties and increased adhesion to other materials.

Abstract: A silicone rubber emulsion composition comprising (A) 100 parts diorganopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups, (E) 0 to 60 parts reinforcing silica filler, (B) 10 to 250 parts water containing a smectite clay, (C) 0.1 to 15 parts emulsifier, and (D) a cross-linking agent (e.g., an organohydrogenpolysiloxane) in an amount sufficient for cross-linking component (A) and a catalyst (e.g., a platinum-type catalyst). A method for preparing the aforementioned emulsion composition comprising mixing components (A) and (E) with other components in a high-speed stirrer-equipped mixer. A method of manufacturing a silicone rubber comprising either heating and dehydrating the aforementioned emulsion composition.

Abstract: An arc extinguishing resin processed article having excellent flame retardancy is disclosed, in which the contribution to rise in inner pressure is small, a pyrolysis gas that can efficiently extinguish an arc generated upon the interruption of a circuit can be generated, and heat resistance withstanding the rise in temperature generated in such a case and pressure resistance withstanding the rise in inner pressure are provided, and a circuit breaker using the arc extinguishing resin processed article are disclosed. The arc extinguishing resin processed article comprises a resin composition comprising (A) a polyolefin resin containing a hydroxyl group in an amount of from 0.2 to 0.

Abstract: A method for making poly(ether-ester) and poly(butylene terephthalate) nanocomposite materials by polymerization in the presence of exfoliated fibrous clay nanoparticles includes dispersing the nanoparticles in a mixture of diol and water before polymerization, thereby improving the dispersion of the nanoparticles in the final nanocomposite. This results in enhanced mechanical properties, such as modulus, in articles made from the nanocomposite.

Abstract: Novel coated substrates are disclosed wherein a substrate is coated with a coating composition that forms good hermetic seals at very low temperatures and exhibits good blocking and slip characteristics. Such coating composition is comprised of an aqueous dispersion of a substantially non-polar copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin having less than 20 carbon atoms, and an additive selected from the group consisting of an anti-blocking and slip agent, a coalescent and wetting agent, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The surface of hydrophobically-modified smectite clays (i.e., organophilic clays) are modified using a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the hydrophilic surface-modification of a hydrophobically-modified smectite clay with a hydrophilic polymer, renders the organoclays adequately dispersible in water.

Abstract: A nanocomposite of a halogenated elastomer and an inorganic, exfoliated clay, suitable for use as an air barrier, is disclosed. The halogenated elastomer can be a polymer comprising C4 to C7 isoolefin derived units, para-methylstyrene derived units, and para(halomethylstyrene) derived units, or can be a butyl-type rubber. The nanocomposite can be formed by contacting an aqueous slurry of inorganic clay with a polymer cement while agitating vigorously to form emulsions or micro-emulsions to intimately mix the inorganic clay and the elastomer. The nanocomposite so formed has improved air barrier properties and is suitable for use as an innerliner or innertube.

Abstract: An adhesive composition of between 10-70% by weight of a latex emulsion, between 30-80% by weight of an acrylic, between 0.05-5% by weight of a surfactant, and between 1-50% by weight of water, and an adhesive application system for applying the adhesive composition having the adhesive, a propellant, a pressure container for containing the adhesive and the propellant under pressure, and a valve system to regulate the flow of the adhesive and propellant out of the pressure container.

Abstract: The present invention is a process to produce a nanocomposite of a elastomer and organic clay, e.g. an exfoliated clay, suitable for use as an air barrier. The process can include the steps of: (a) contacting a solution (10) of butyl rubber in an organic solvent with a halogen (12) to form a halogenated butyl rubber solution (16); (b) neutralizing the halogenated butyl rubber solution; (c) functionalizing at least a portion (18) of the halogenated butyl rubber; (d) mixing a dispersion (22) of clay with the functionalized butyl rubber (18) to form a masterbatch (26) comprising a polymer-clay nanocomposite; (e) combining the masterbatch (26) with the rest of the halogenated butyl rubber solution (20) to form a second mixture (28); (e) recovering the nanocomposite from the second mixture (28). The nanocomposite so formed has improved air barrier properties and is suitable for use as a tire innerliner or innertube.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for producing a clay/AMO complex by modifying layered inorganic silicate clay with the intercalating agent AMO (amine-terminated Mannich oligomer). The AMO is prepared by polymerizing polyoxyalkylene amine having molecular weight over 1000, p-cresol and formaldehyde. The present invention also discloses a method for producing nanosilicate plates by extracting the AMO from the above complex with a hydroxide or a chloride of alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal. The extracted AMO can be recycled for reusing.

Abstract: An aqueous primer dispersion which contains surfactant-stabilized polymer particles, an organic solvent and a mineral thicker, when coated onto a fluorocarbon substrate, significantly increase the bond strength between the fluorocarbon substrate and a subsequently applied water-derived protective coating, provided that the amount of surfactant-stabilized polymer particles in the aqueous primer dispersion, if any, is about 8 wt. % or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to reinforcing glass strands and the structures of such glass strands having an improved wet aging resistance and equipped with a coating composition, obtained from a solution and/or a suspension and/or an emulsion, that comprises (in % by weight of solids): 60 to 95% of at least one polymer 2 to 18% of nanoparticles. It also relates to a coating composition suitable for coating said strands and strand structures, its production method and the composites incorporating the strands and strand structures.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aqueous dispersion and a method for making said dispersion, and more particularly, a dispersion that comprises a nanoclay such as a tubular clay (e.g. halloysite), a fluoropolymer and the requisite surfactants for dispersion stability. In various embodiments, and applications thereof to substrates and the like, the dispersion improves the manufacturability of articles that include coating fluoropolymer dispersions while retaining the unique properties of the fluoropolymer coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an exfoliating agent and to a process for producing random form of nanoscale silicate plates. The exfoliating agent applied in the present invention has the formula: wherein n=1 to 5 and R is a polyoxypropylene group, poly(oxyethylene/oxypropylene) group, polyoxybutylene group, or polyoxyethylene group. In this invention, layered silicate clays are exfoliated into random silicate plates by acidifying AMO with inorganic acid, adding the acidified AMO to layered silicate clay with agitation, and adding sodium hydroxide or chloride of alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal, in ethanol, water and a hydrophobic organic solvent to the intermediate product and repeating phase separation procedures to isolate random silicate plates from water phase.

Abstract: An adhesive composition of between 10-70% by weight of a latex emulsion, between 30-80% by weight of an acrylic, between 0.05-5% by weight of a surfactant, and between 1-50% by weight of water, and an adhesive application system for applying the adhesive composition having the adhesive, a propellant, a pressure container for containing the adhesive and the propellant under pressure, and a valve system to regulate the flow of the adhesive and propellant out of the pressure container.

Abstract: An aqueous latex coating composition and method of making an aqueous latex coating composition that comprises at least one oligomeric ethylene glycol derivative having the structure RO—(CH2—CH2—O—)n—H, at least one latex polymer, and water, wherein R is H or C1-C4 alkyl and preferably H, and n is from 3 to 9, preferably from 3 to 8, and more preferably from 3 to 6. The oligomeric ethylene glycol derivative functions as both a coalescing solvent and freeze-thaw stabilizer without contributing to the VOC content of the composition.

Abstract: A thermoplastic water-curable composition which is excellent in mechanical properties, heat resistance, dimensional stability, and moldability and from which a mechanical part of a complicated shape can be produced: a molding formed from the thermoplastic water-curable composition; and a process for producing the molding. The thermoplastic water-curable composition comprises: a thermoplastic resin which upon contact with water undergoes a cross-linking reaction and thus comes to have a high molecular weight, desirably one having silane groups in inner parts thereof and a water-curable composition, the amount of water-curable composition being desirably 200 to 700 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the resin The molding is formed from the thermoplastic water-curable composition. The process comprises molding the thermoplastic water-curable composition into a given shape and then bringing the molding into contact with water to age and cure it.

Abstract: A method of producing nanoclays comprising the steps of preparing a first intercalant alkali salt of a carboxylic acid, adding the first intercalant to a swelled clay at a temperature of at least 50° C. so that the metal ions on the clay surface forms a complex with the carboxyl group that enlarges the space between the two galleries of clay. The method further comprises the step of adding an organic acid as a second intercalant to the clay modified by the first intercalant to form a clay/organic salt/organic acid complex. The clay/organic salt/organic acid complex may be post processed by precipitating, homogenizing with a solution comprising of water and alcohol, filtering, drying, milling, and sieving to produce the desired nanoclay.

Abstract: Processes for utilizing various emulsion polymerization procedures for preparing aqueous nanocomposite dispersions are disclosed. The disclosed processes include both in-situ polymerizations in the presence of at least partially exfoliated, lightly modified clays as well as admixtures of polymer dispersions with at least partially exfoliated, lightly modified clay dispersions. The disclosed nanocomposite dispersions are useful for preparing a variety of materials, such as coatings, adhesives, caulks, sealants, plastics additives, and thermoplastic resins. Processes for preparing polymer nanocomposite powders and use of these powders as plastic resin and plastics additives are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to grout compositions that are suitable for packaging in pressurized containers. The compositions comprise a mineral filler that has average particle size greater than about 160 micrometers in which the mineral particles exhibit a Mohs hardness less than about 6.5.

Abstract: The present invention provides barrier films having reduced gas permeability for use in packaging and coating applications. The barrier films comprise an anisotropic liquid crystalline composite layer formed from phyllosilicate-polymer compositions. Phyllosilicate-polymer liquid crystalline compositions of the present invention can contain a high percentage of phyllosilicate while remaining transparent. Because of the ordering of the particles in the liquid crystalline composite, barrier films comprising liquid crystalline composites are particularly useful as barriers to gas transport.

Abstract: The present invention is directed, in part, to improved nanocomposite compositions and processes for preparing same. Specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a process for preparing an aqueous nanocomposite dispersion, wherein the process comprises: polymerizing via suspension polymerization a suspension comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a hydrophobically modified clay to form the nanocomposite dispersion after polymerization, wherein the hydrophobically modified clay is dispersed in the monomer. Other embodiments include processes for preparing aqueous nanocomposite particles, colloids, and dispersions using hydrophobically modified clays in aqueous systems and compositions comprising same.