Abstract: A label for applying to an optical recording media including a film or paper layer coated with an ink receptive coating on one major surface and a layer of repositionable non-pressure sensitive adhesive coated onto the other major surface.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition based on (co)polymers of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof which has an at least two-phase domain structure and also an outgassing level of less than 10 ?g/g, based on the weight of the composition, when measured by the tesa method.

Abstract: A golf ball which is excellent in durability, sufficient to be used in a golf practice range, wherein the golf ball includes a core, a cover covering the core, and a mark printed on the surface of the cover, wherein: the cover is formed from a mixture of an ionomer and an epoxy group-containing polymer and the mark is printed with an ink containing a pigment, an isocyanate compound, and a base resin which is curable with the isocyanate compound.

Abstract: A composition coextrudable with PVDF comprises in parts by weight: 20 to 40 parts of PVDF; 40 to 60 parts of PMMA; 5 to 18 parts of an acrylic elastomer; 1 to 4 parts of a UV absorber; the total making 100 parts. Coextruded films comprise a layer of the above coextrudable composition directly attached to the latter; and a PVDF-based layer comprising, as main constituents, 50 to 100 parts of PVDF per 50 to 0 parts of PMMA respectively. The PVDF layer may be in the form of two layers: one placed against the coextrudable layer and comprising, as main constituents, 50 to 90 parts of PVDF per 50 to 10 parts of PMMA respectively; and the other (also called the outer layer) comprising, as main constituents, 75 to 100 parts of PVDF per 25 to 0 parts of PMMA respectively. The resultant products are generally applied to substrates, e.g. as protective films.

Abstract: The invention concerns a high-frequency weldable and low-temperature flexible polymer mixture containing a copolymer of ethylene with a polar comonomer selected from the group of vinyl esters of saturated C2-C8 carboxylic acids, C1-C12 alkyl acrylates, and/or methacrylates, with the comonomer content being less than approximately 25% by weight, a terpolymer and/or copolymer of ethylene, propylene, and/or butylene, and a polar comonomer, with the comonomer content being less than approximately 25% by weight, and a thermoplastic polyolefin. The invention also provides a sheet or a molded piece containing the polymer mixture according to the invention and use thereof. Articles made with the polymer exhibit a high degree of low-temperature flexibility and favorable thermal stability together with sufficient high-frequency weldability and favorable welding seam strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive composition comprising (i) a fluoropolymer, (ii) an electrically conductive product and (iii) a triblock copolymer ABC, the three blocks A, B and C being linked together in this order, each block being either a homopolymer or a copolymer obtained from two or more monomers, block A being linked to block B and block B to block C by means of a covalent bond or an intermediate molecule linked to one of these blocks via a covalent bond and to the other block via another covalent bond, and such that: block A is compatible with the fluoropolymer, block B is incompatible with the fluoropolymer and is incompatible with block A, block C is incompatible with the fluoropolymer, block A and block B. The invention also relates to the components manufactured with the above composition. These components may be plates, films, tubes, rods, centrifugal pump components and containers.

Abstract: Provided are a thermoplastic resin composition which is excellent in oil resistance, heat resistance, weatherability, impact resistance, transparency, and moldability, and which can be produced economically, an elastomer composition with low hardness and high tensile strength which is excellent in oil resistance and compression set, and a molded object produced by molding the thermoplastic resin composition or elastomer composition. The composition is produced by compounding a thermoplastic resin or an elastomer with a block copolymer having at least one methacrylic ester polymer block and at least one acrylic ester polymer block.

Abstract: An ESCAP type polymer which has a controlled structure wherein the groups protecting phenolic hydroxyl groups have been selectively or partly eliminated or decomposed with an acid and no carboxylic acid residues are contained and which is a narrow-disperse polymer and is suitable for use as a material for a chemical amplification type resist for excimer lasers which has excellent resolution. The process is characterized by subjecting either an alkenylphenol in which the phenolic hydroxyl group has been protected or the alkenylphenol and a vinylaromatic compound to anionic polymerization together with a (meth)acrylic ester to give a block copolymer and eliminating only a given proportion of the groups protecting the phenolic hydroxyl groups from the block copolymer with an acid reagent. Thus, an alkenylphenol copolymer is synthesized which has a ratio of the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to the number-average molecular weight (Mn), (Mw/Mn), of 1.00 to 1.50 and has no carboxylic acid residues.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of a block copolymer comprising at least two polymeric blocks A composed mainly of a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymeric block B composed mainly of a conjugated diene compound, or a hydrogenated block copolymer thereof, (d) 5 to 50 parts by weight of an organic peroxide, and (e) 10 to 80 parts by weight of one or more substances selected from the group consisting of multifunctional vinyl compounds and multifunctional (meth)acrylate compounds. The present invention provides a master batch of an organic peroxide in which the organic peroxide is so uniformly dispersed in a thermoplastic resin that crosslinking and/or decomposition occur uniformly, a method of preparing the same, a thermoplastic resin composition obtained using the master batch and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: A composition, in particular a cosmetic composition, comprising, in an appropriate medium, at least one polymer with a highly specific ordered structure is disclosed. These compositions find a specific application in the field of make-up and are capable of being applied to the skin, semi-mucous membranes and/or mucous membranes. In particular, these compositions can be provided in the form of a transfer-free make-up composition.

Abstract: Hot-melt processable adhesive, such as pressure-sensitive-adhesive (PSA) or heat-activatable adhesive, compositions of the present invention possess a broad formulation latitude and adequate cohesive strength after application for use in high performance applications. Hot-melt processable adhesives of the invention comprise at least one block copolymer comprising at least two A blocks and at least one B block. The A and B blocks are derived from monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, which monomers result in saturated polymer backbones without the need for subsequent hydrogenation upon their polymerization. Preferably, the block copolymer is a (meth)acrylate block copolymer.

Abstract: An improved tough, transparent polymer alloy comprised of 90 to 20 weight percent of a brittle polymer with a weight average molecular weight greater than 180,000; 0 to 60 weight percent of a rubbery polymer; 0 to 80 weight percent of a ductile polymer; and between greater than 0.4, i.e. between 0.5 and 3 weight percent of a plasticizer, i.e. mineral oil which resides in the brittle polymer. The brittle polymer can have molecular weights between 220,000 and 300,000, and may be as high as 400,000. In one of the preferred embodiments the brittle polymer is a copolymer of styrene and methyl methacrylate which copolymer ranges between 50 and 55 weight percent, the rubbery polymer is 0 weight percent, the ductile polymer is a styrene butadiene block copolymer ranging between 45 and 50 weight percent, and the mineral oil is 1.5 weight percent. Notched IZOD impact strength ranges between 1.0 to 6.0 ft-lb./in., preferably between 2.0 and 4.5 ft-lb./in. The haze can be less than 1.5% or it can be between 1 and 4%.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive based on block copolymers, said block copolymers having at least one unit composed of three successive polymer blocks comprising alternating polymer blocks P(A) and P(B), wherein P(A) has a softening temperature of from −80° C. to 0° C., and is comprised of at least one acrylic or methacrylic acid derivative of the general formula CH2═CH(RI)(COORII)  (I)  and at least one acrylated monomer of the general formula CH2═CH(RIII)(COORIV)  (II), and P(B) represents a homopolymer or copolymer block having a softening temperature of from 20° C. to 175° C., and the polymer blocks P(A) and P(B) are not homogeneously miscible with each other.

Abstract: Strippable systems comprising at least one pressure sensitive adhesive based on at least one block copolymer, wherein said at least one block copolymer is based at least in part on (meth)acrylic acid derivatives, the block copolymers containing at least the unit P(A)-P(B)-P(A) composed of at least one polymer block P(B) and at least two polymer blocks P(A), where P(A) independently of one another represent homopolymer or copolymer blocks of monomers A, the polymer blocks P(A) each having a softening temperature in the range from +20° C. to +175° C., P(B) represents a homopolymer or copolymer block of monomers B, the polymer block P(B) having a softening temperature in the range from −100° C. to +10° C., and the polymer blocks P(A) and P(B) are not homogeneously miscible with one another.

Abstract: Biopolymers and biopolymer blends, including block copolymers, prepared via enzyme-mediated catalysis preferably in a microorganism host in which the reaction conditions are selected to produce biopolymers and biopolymer blends having particular chemical compositions and microstructures.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for producing a polymer by a living radical polymerization method which is also applicable to the polymerization of a methacrylate monomer, and a methacrylate-based polymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution which is produced by the above process. Specifically, the present invention relates to a process for producing a methacrylate-based polymer by a atom transfer radical polymerization method in which a polymerizable monomer containing at least one methacrylate monomer is polymerized in the presence of a redox catalyst comprising a metal complex containing at least one transition metal as a central metal selected from the group consisting of elements of Groups 7 to 11 of the Periodic Table, using an organohalogen compound or a halogenated sulfonyl compound as a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: An acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC) blend having improved impact resistance (e.g., increased Izod impact) and improved flow properties (e.g., capillary rheology/shear viscosity) can be achieved by the addition of an ethylene/acrylate ester copolymer (e.g., ethylene/n-butyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene/methyl acrylate copolymer, or the like) or certain functionalized terpolymers thereof (e.g., ethylene/n-butyl acrylate/glycidyl terpolymer, ethylene/n-butyl acrylate/carbon monoxide terpolymer, and the like) to the ABS/PC alloy. The blends exhibiting improved impact resistance characteristics according to the instant invention are particularly useful in diverse applications requiring high impact strength.

Abstract: A process for forming certain aqueous polymeric dispersions including a first emulsion polymer having an average particle diameter of 150 to 3000 nanometers and a second emulsion polymer having an average particle diameter of 40 to 600 nanometers where at least the first emulsion polymer particles, when dry, contain at least one void is provided. Also provided are the aqueous polymeric dispersions made by the process and paper or paperboard coatings and paints including the aqueous polymeric dispersions.

Abstract: A golf ball maintaining favorable shot feeling, exhibiting great spin rate when hit by a short iron or the like, and that easily comes to a halt, and with high spin maintenance is provided. In a golf ball including a core and a cover surrounding the core, the cover includes an ionomer resin (A component), a thermoplastic elastomer with a rubber component or a modified product thereof (B component), and a resin (C component) having solubility with the thermoplastic elastomer with a rubber segment or a modified product thereof. The mixed ratio of the A component/B component is 0.25-4, and the C component/B component is 0.1-0.9.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to produce a polymer, which is free from the troubles of the coloration and the decrease in the mechanical properties of molded articles (films, etc.), crosslinkage failure, migration (stain) or the like, by the living radical polymerization method wherein the content of impurities consisting of a transition metal and its ligand employed as a polymerization activator is reduced. A process for producing a polymer is described, comprising: a) the step of performing a polymerization reaction by using a monomer, a transition metal and its ligand and a polymerization initiator to form a polymer; and b) the step of eliminating the transition metal and its ligand contained in the polymer under the condition of a viscosity of 100 Pa·s or below, wherein the step b comprises: b1) the former step of eliminating the transition metal and its ligand insoluble in the polymer; and b2) the latter step of eliminating the transition metal and its ligand dissolved in the polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to block copolymer compositions capable of being processed by the application of pressure. The invention also provides methods for predicting phase diagrams of polymer blends and block copolymers, particularly block copolymers comprising hard and soft blocks having properties described herein. The methods of the invention allow prediction of polymeric systems which can be processed under conditions that do not promote polymer degradation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic polymer composition having good flexibility, a molded or formed product containing the composition and having a desired balance between its flexibility and its mechanical properties, and methods of making and using the composition and the molded or formed product.

Abstract: PEG-POE, PEG-POE-PEG, and POE-PEG-POE block copolymers have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic blocks. They form micelles in aqueous solution, making them suitable for encapsulation or solubilization of hydrophobic or water-insoluble materials; and they also form bioerodible matrices for the sustained release of active agents, especially when the POE block(s) contain at least one unit containing an &agr;-hydroxy acid.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a rubber component comprising a sulfur cured rubber composition composed of, based on 100 parts by weight of rubber (phr): (a) 99 to 50 parts by weight of a first rubber containing olefinic unsaturation; and (b) 1 to 50 parts by weight of a second rubber which is different from said first rubber and which is an elastomeric block copolymer of (1) from 15 to 65 percent by weight, based on the total block copolymer, of butadiene, and (2) from 35 to 85 percent by weight, based on the total block copolymer, of styrene, which block copolymer has: (a) at least two blocks A which have polymerized units of styrene, a glass transition temperature Tg above 25° C.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition that includes a first reactant having functional groups; a second reactant having functional groups coreactive with the functional groups of the first reactant; and a block copolymer flow control agent. The block copolymer includes a first block made up of residues of a radically polymerizable fluoroalkyl(meth)acrylate monomer, a second block made up of residues of a second radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and optionally a third block made up of residues of a third radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The first, second and third blocks are made of different residues from each other and the block copolymer has a polydispersity index of less than 2.5. Also disclosed is a method of coating a substrate including the steps of applying the present thermosetting composition to the substrate; coalescing the thermosetting composition to form a substantially continuous film; and curing said thermosetting composition by the application of heat.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for making composite articles, including optical lenses, which includes the steps of obtaining a substrate; placing a semi-solid-like polymerizable composition in contact with at least one of the front or back surface of the substrate; compressing or heating the resulting semi-solid/substrate sandwich between two mold halves, where the mold contacting the semi-solid polymerizable material has a desired surface geometry; and exposing the semi-solid/substrate sandwich to a source of polymerizing energy. The resulting composite article has the desirable characteristics of the substrate but is also easily fabricated as a result of the semi-solid molding process. Also included within the present invention is a composite article comprising a substrate portion and at least one layer of a cured resin bonded to the substrate portion, the cured resin comprising an interpenetrating crosslinked polymer network of reactive plasticizer within a dead polymer.

Abstract: Synthetic roofing products such as simulated slate and clay tile shingles, and other products, such as flower pots, floor coverings, plastic pallets and the like are compression molded from a mixture of ultra low density polyethylene binder and a filler which may comprise recycled rubber products such as E.D.P.M (ethylene propylene diene monomer) and S.B.R. (styrene butadiene rubber). Colorants may be added to the mixture prior to final molding. Many of the products, especially synthetic shingles, are less expensive, easier to handle, and more durable than the slate or clay tile shingle product simulated.

Abstract: Radiation curable adhesive comprising an epoxidized block copolymer, a saturated block copolymer and/or a rosin derived alcohol, and a photoinitiator.

Abstract: A low temperature-curable connecting material for anisotropically electroconductive connection, which can be cured at lower temperature with reduction of shrinkage of the material upon curing, whereby an accumulation of internal stresses is avoided to thereby increase the bonding strength and the reliability of electric continuity in the connection while securing an electrically insulating separation between the neighboring electrodes, the connection material comprising an adhesive mass for bonding and connecting elements having electrodes thereon in a correspondingly confronting relationship, wherein the adhesive mass comprises a polymerizable component subject to radical polymerization and to cross-linking, a polymerization initiator and a block copolymer having a segment compatible with the polymerizable component and a segment incompatible with the polymerizable component.

Abstract: Synthetic roofing products such as simulated slate and clay tile shingles, and other products, such as flower pots, floor coverings, plastic pallets and the like are compression molded from a mixture of ultra low density polyethylene binder and a filler which may comprise recycled rubber products such as E.D.P.M (ethylene propylene diene monomer) and S.B.R. (styrene butadiene rubber). Colorants may be added to the mixture prior to final molding. Many of the products, especially synthetic shingles, are less expensive, easier to handle, and more durable than the slate or clay tile shingle product simulated.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition is provided comprising: (a) a crosslinking agent having at least two functional groups that are reactive with epoxides; and (b) a non-gelled, epoxy functional polymer prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization, in the presence of an initiator having at least one radically transferable group.

Abstract: Compounds with chain transfer groups of the formula I, II, III and IV wherein a is 1 or 2; Ar and Ar1 inter alia are phenyl; Ar2 inter alia is phenylene, these groups being unsubstituted or substituted; X is a direct bond, —O—, —S— or —N(R6)—; Y inter alia is hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl; M1 is —NR3R4 or —OH, or M1 is Ar when R1 and R2 are alkoxy, or aryloxy; R1 and R2 independently of one another e.g. are C1-C8alkyl; R3 and R4 for example are C1-C12alkyl, or together are C3-C7alkylene; R5 inter alia is C1-C6alkylene or a direct bond; R6 is for example hydrogen; and Z is a divalent radical, provided that at least one of the radicals Ar, Ar1, Ar2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 or Y is substituted by SH groups; are suitable for the thermal preparation of macrophotoinitiators which are polymerized photochemically to give block-copolymers.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a curable, water-based coating composition utilized in waterborne coating systems such as a waterborne primer system. The coating composition is the reaction product of a water-dispersible cross-linking agent and a water-based copolymer prepared by free-radical polymerization. The copolymer is the reaction product of a first block and a second block. The first block is the reaction product of a plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers. One of the ethylenically unsaturated monomers includes a functional group suitable for reaction with the cross-linking agent. The functional group in the first block is preferably a carbonate, carbamate, or hydroxyl functional group. Other monomers in the plurality include acrylic acid and methyl methacrylate. The first block is also the reaction product of a vinylaromatic hydrocarbon monomer such as diphenylethylene. The second block is the reaction product of a non-functional, ethylenically unsaturated monomer.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having well-balanced pressure-sensitive adhesive force and cohesive force without causing any safety or economy problems, a process for the preparation of the same and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets using the same are disclosed. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises a crosslinked polymer obtained by crosslinking a block copolymer comprising at least two of a styrene-based polymer block A and an acrylic polymer block B having a structural unit represented by the general formula (1):—[CH2═C(R1)COOR2]— wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R2 represents a C2-14 alkyl group, bonded each other, such as A-B or B-A type block copolymer and A-B-A type block copolymer.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a rubber component comprising a sulfur cured rubber composition composed of, based on 100 parts by weight of rubber (phr):

Abstract: A molding material as based on from 60 to 98% by weight of a hard matrix A comprising polymerized or copolymerized units of at least one vinylaromatic monomer or at least one vinylaromatic monomer and at least one polar comonomer and from 2 to 40% by weight, the percentages in each case being based on the molding material comprising A and B, of a soft phase B formed from a hydrogenated or unhydrogenated block copolymer prepared by anionic polymerization and comprising a vinylaromatic monomer V and a diene D, having at least one random or quasi-random block (V/D) of vinylaromatic monomer and diene and containing from 10 to 80% by weight, based on the soft phase B, of occlusions of matrix material (a) formed during the polymerization of the hard matrix A in the presence of the block rubber, and said molding material is used for the production of films, sheets or moldings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hydrocarbon resins and the process for preparing them. In particular, the invention relates to the production of hydrocarbon/acrylic hybrid resins which are suitable for use in formulating adhesives, printing inks, and other coating compositions.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition is provided comprising: (a) a crosslinking agent having at least two functional groups that are reactive with epoxides; and (b) a non-gelled, epoxy functional polymer prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization, in the presence of an initiator having at least one radically transferable group.

Abstract: In a process for the preparation of derivatized carbon monoxide copolymers, functionalized linear, strictly alternating carbon monoxide copolymers of carbon monoxide, at least one 1-alkene (A), where (A) is an aryl compound substituted by at least one terminal allyl or homoallyl moiety and by at least one hydroxyl or amino group, or an a-olefinically unsaturated aliphatic alcohol, and, if desired, at least one C2-C20-1-alkene (B) are reacted with an organic compound (C) having at least one electrophilic group in an aprotic organic solvent.

Abstract: Block copolymers containing at least two blocks are provided and comprise: (a) a first block containing residues of at least one first ethylenically unsaturated radically polymerizable monomer that is free of hydroxy functionality, e.g., 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, and a minor amount of at least one hydroxy functional ethylenically unsaturated radically polymerizable monomer, e.g., hydroxypropyl methacrylate; and (b) a second block containing residues of at least one second ethylenically unsaturated radically polymerizable monomer that is free of hydroxy functionality, e.g., iso-butyl methacrylate, and a minor amount of at least one hydroxy functional ethylenically unsaturated radically polymerizable monomer. The calculated Tg of the second monomer of the block copolymer is at least 20° C. greater than the calculated Tg of the first monomer.

Abstract: There are disclosed a resin composition which is excellent in rubber elasticity, oil maintainability and adhesivity to a metal, and comprises a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a (a1) hydrogenated block copolymer which is obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer consisting essentially of a polymer block composed principally of a vinyl aromatic compound and a polymer block composed principally of a conjugated diene compound, which has a weight average molecular weight of at least 200,000, in which the polymer block composed principally of a vinyl aromatic compound is polystyrene, and in which the content by weight of the polystyrene moiety contained in the hydrogenated block copolymer is 20 to 40% ; a (b1) non-aromatic rubber-softening agent having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive component (A), a thermosetting adhesive component (B) and a compound (C) obtained by addition/condensation reaction of a polysiloxane oligomer with a silane coupling agent. This composition is excellent in storage stability and can bond metals, etc. with large bonding strength. Further, sheeting thereof enables simplifying bonding steps.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition comprising a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of (a) polycarboxylic acid functional polymer, and (b) epoxide functional crosslinking agent having at least two epoxide groups, e.g., triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC), is described. The polycarboxylic acid functional polymer is prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization and has well defined polymer chain architecture and polydispersity index of less than 2.0. The thermosetting compositions of the present invention have utility as powder coatings compositions.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition containing in percentages by weight based on the total weight of the composition, about 5% to about 90% vulcanized rubber crumb; about 5% to about 60% polyolefin; about 2% to about 30% uncured rubber or styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer; and about 2% to about 30% vinyl polymer selected from vinyl homopolymers, copolymers and mixtures. The composition in total contains less than 15% styrene block copolymer.

Abstract: A multiple layer structure comprising a skin layer composed of a polypropylene copolymer with styrene ethylene-butene styrene block copolymer within a range of 0-20% by weight skin layer, and, a radio frequency (“RF”) susceptible layer adhered to the skin layer. The RF layer has a first component of a propylene based polymer, a second component of a nonpropylene polyolefin, a third component of a radio frequency susceptible polymer, and a fourth component of a polymeric compatibilizing agent wherein the radio frequency susceptible polymer is selected from the group consisting of ethylene acrylic acid copolymers, ethylene methacrylic acid copolymers, polyimides, polyurethanes, polyesters, and polyureas.

Abstract: A material for producing a building material or a shaped article, wherein said material comprises a melt-mixture of thermoplastic material and rubber material.

Abstract: Polar polymers having the following formula: FG-(Q)d-Rn-Z-J-[A(R1R2R3)]x   (I) wherein FG is H or a protected or non-protected functional group; Q is a polar hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of a polar compound selected from group consisting of esters, amides, and nitrites of acrylic and methacrylic acid, and mixtures thereof; d is an integer from 10 to 2000; R is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of a compound selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene hydrocarbons, alkenylsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof; n is an integer from 0 to 5; Z is a branched or straight chain hydrocarbon group which contains 3-25 carbon atoms, optionally containing aryl or substituted aryl groups; J is oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; [A(R1R2R3)]x is a protecting group, in which A is an element selected from Group IVa of the Periodic Table of Elements; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from the group consisting

Abstract: The use of microphase-separated polymer blends, comprising A-B-C triblockcopolymers containing an elastomeric middle block B and A′-C′ diblockcopolymers, for the preparation of permeable membranes.

Abstract: A pigment dispersion useful for forming coating compositions containing dispersed pigment, a carrier liquid and an AB-block polymer dispersant (binder); the AB block polymer has a number average molecular weight of about 5,000-20,000 and contains 20-80% by weight of a polymeric A segment and correspondingly 80-20% by weight of a polymeric B segment; wherein the polymeric A segment of the block polymer is of polymerized glycidyl (meth)acrylate monomers reacted with an acid from the group of aromatic carboxylic acids or aliphatic carboxylic acids; and the B segment is of polymerized alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers having 1-12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, hydroxy alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers having about 1-4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group; and wherein the weight ratio of pigment to binder in the dispersion is about 1/100-200/100.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a block copolymer containing 1-50 first polymer segments and 1-50 second polymer segments. Each first polymer segment has an average mole fraction of monomers possessing a branch point of 0.0001 to 1, whereas each second polymer segment has an average mole fraction of monomers possessing a branch point of 0 to 0.5. The average molecular weights range from 5-2,000 kDa for the first polymer segments, which constitute 5-95% by weight of the block copolymer. The average molecular weights also range from 5-2,000 kDa for the second polymer segments, which constitute 5-95% by weight of the block copolymer. The ratio of the average mole fraction of monomers possessing a branch point of the second polymer segments to that of the first polymer segments is 0 to 0.5. An example of such a copolymer has ethylene oxide or ethylene oxide/propylene oxide as the first polymer segment and polysulfone as the second polymer segment. This block copolymer can further be blended with a bulk polymer.