Abstract: Novel polymer compositions are disclosed, along with their use as well service fluids, for example as completion fluids, work-over fluids or drilling fluids, comprising water soluable copolymers having sulfonate groups and carboxylate groups, along with alkali metal salts of carboxylic acid. Exemplary copolymer has 5 to 95 wt. % structural units derived from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or salt thereof, and 5 to 95 wt. % structural units derived from acrylic acid or salt thereof. A salt of the polymer may be used, such as the sodium, potassium, ammonium and calcium salts. Exemplary alkali metal salts of the polymer composition include sodium, potassium and cesium salts of formic acid and/or acetic acid in amounts suitable to develop high temperature viscosity suitable for such well servicing fluids. The polymer composition is hydrateble/soluable in a brine of sodium and/or potassium and/or cesium salts of formic and/or acetic acid.

Abstract: A printing fluid composition with an additive which functions as a compatibilizer between the hydrophilic material coating a media surface and the hydrophobic thermal transfer overcoat (TTO) material used in a clear protective TTO overcoat and a method of using such an printing fluid composition to promote adhesion of such TTO material and a digitally printed medium.

Abstract: This invention concerns a process for production of copolymers, especially functionalized, or, at least partially fluorinated copolymers by means of a polymerization process comprising: co-polymerizing, in aqueous emulsion, one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene, trifluoroethylene, vinylidene fluoride, vinyl fluoride, ethylene, chorotrifluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, perfluoromethyl vinyl ether, and perfluoroethyl vinyl ether with a fluorinated co-monomer having limited water solubility, said comonomer being dispersed in the form of droplets of certain sizes.

Abstract: Ethylene homopolymers and copolymers having a broad molecular distribution, excellent toughness and improved processability are disclosed. These polymers may be prepared by use of a single metallocene catalyst system in a single reactor in the gas phase. These polymers of density typically 0.85-40.95 are defined in particular by their melt strength (MS) and long chain branching (LCB) characteristics and are particularly suitable for use in low density film applications.

Abstract: A surface active agent composition is prepared including: a polymerizable monomer surface active agent and a polymerizable dimer surface active agent represented by the following chemical formula. In the following chemical formula, R1s each are independently an alkyl group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, R2s each are independently hydrogen or a methyl group, As each are independently an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted alkylene group, and ns each are independently an integer from 0 to 200. The surface active agent composition is capable of providing for an emulsion exhibiting excellent mechanical stability and polymerization stability, which in turn is capable of forming a film having sufficiently high adhesion and water resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and use of water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymers for oil field applications. Specifically, the present invention relates to polymers containing allyloxy linkage andits functional dervatives for use in oil field applications as fluid additives for drilling and cementing processes.

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of a copolymer of polymerizable unsaturated monomer containing at least one kind of ionic functional group selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salt group and sulfonic acid group, nonionic polymerizable unsaturated monomer having polyoxyalkylene chain, and other ethylenically unsaturated monomer, as a pigment dispersing resin for water-based paint or water-based ink.

Abstract: A polymer comprising recurring units of formula (1-1) or (1-2) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are H or C1-15 alkyl, R1 and R2, and R3 and R4, taken together, may form a ring; R5 and R6 are H, C1-15 alkyl, acyl or alkylsulfonyl groups or C2-15 alkoxycarbonyl or alkoxyalkyl groups which may have halogen substituents; and k=0 or 1, and having a Mw of 1,000-500,000 is novel. A resist composition comprising the polymer as a base resin is sensitive to high-energy radiation, has excellent sensitivity, resolution, etching resistance, and minimized swell and lends itself to micropatterning with electron beams or deep-UV.

Abstract: A high-molecular-weight monoallylamine polymer aqueous solution containing a monoallylamine polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 180,000 is prepared by polymerizing a monoallylamine sulfate in an aqueous medium in the presence of a specific radical polymerization initiator, and thereby providing the above high-molecular-weight monoallylamine polymer in an aqueous solution. High-molecular-weight monoallylamine polymer for various uses can be efficiently prepared.

Abstract: In a process for preserving a mineral molding by coating the surface of the mineral molding with an aqueous composition comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, the dispersed polymer P comprises an ethylenically unsaturated acid of the 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid type polymerized into it in free-radically polymerized form.

Abstract: The present invention deals with the composition, and application of novel phosphate polymers. The polymeric compounds are useful as emulsifying agents, softening, anti-tangle, and conditioning agents for use in personal care applications due to their outstanding mildness.

Abstract: The present invention deals with the composition, and application of novel phosphate polymers. The polymeric compounds are useful as emulsifying agents, softening, anti-tangle, and conditioning agents for use in personal care applications due to their outstanding mildness.

Abstract: An image-forming material is described, comprising on an support an acid-generating agent selected from a sulfonic acid ester of a specific structure generating an acid by the action of heat and the polymer thereof, and a compound causing a light absorption change in the absorption region of from 350 to 700 nm by an intramolecular or intermolecular reaction by the action of an acid. The image-forming material has a high sensitivity and excellent storage stability and gives low haze and good images in the case of performing image formation using a high-output laser light.

Abstract: A method for producing a polymeric material, said method comprising subjecting a starting material which includes two multiple bonds which are activated so that they will take part in a polymerisation reaction and wherein the multiple bonds are sufficiently close togeter to ensure that cyclopolymerisation will preferentially occur; to suitable conditions under which said polymerisation reaction will occur, provided that the starting marerial is other than triallyamine hydrochloride. The method can be used to produce polymers for various processes including adhesives, network polymers, liquid crystal polymers etc.

Abstract: A water-soluble, crosslinkable protective colloid is provided having a molecular weight of least than 500,000 comprising: a) 20 to 959 by weight of monomer units containing sulphonic acid or sulphonate groups, b) 4 to 800 by weight of monomer units containing N-methylol or N-alkoxymethyl groups, and c) 0.1 to 20% by weight of hydrophobic monomer units such as water insoluble ethylenically unsaturated compounds and the hydrophobic end groups of initiator radicals or regulator molecules. Optionally, up to 50% by weight of the monomer units containing sulphonic acid or sulphonate groups can be replaced by monomer units containing carboxyl groups or monomer units containing amide groups.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a process for the cross-linking of modified engineering thermoplastics, in particular, of polymeric sulfinic acids or sulfinic acid salts. In particular, the invention pertains to a process for the preparation of cross-linked polymers, characterized in that solutions of polymeric sulfinic acids or sulfinic acid salts (—SO2Me), optionally in the presence of organic di- or oligohalogeno compounds [R(Hal)x], are freed from solvent and cross-linked to polymers, wherein Me stands for a monovalent or polyvalent metal cation; R stands for an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl residue containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and Hal stands for F, Cl, Br or I.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ink which comprises mixing an ink vehicle, a colorant and a latex generated by the polymerization of a mixture of olefinic monomers, wherein at least one of said olefinic monomers is an ionic sulfonate monomer and which polymerization is accomplished in the presence of an anionic surfactant, and a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: This polymeric, acrylamide-free water retention agent, intended inter alia for drilling fluids in the high-temperature range and based on vinylic sulfonic acids, may be composed of the two principal components A and B, component A being selected from the group a) consisting of vinylic substituted sulfonic acid of the series 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS), vinylsulfonic acid, methallylsulfonic acid or styrenesulfonic acid, salts thereof with a valence of at least 1, or mixtures thereof, or b) a divalent salt of homopolymers or copolymers of a vinylic substituted sulfonic acid of the series 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS), vinylsulfonic acid, methallylsulfonic acid or styrenesultonic acid or mixtures thereof. In the case where component A comprises group a), the polymer further comprises component B) composed of a) from 4.99 to 60 mol % of an unsaturated, polybasic, cis-positioned carboxylic acid monomer and b) from 0.

Abstract: An emulsion-polymerized addition copolymer formed from a monomer mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated monomers including from more than 4 to 15 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid functional monomer, and from 0.05 to 5 wt % based on the weight of said mixture of at least one polymerizable surfactant monomer comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic functional groups, wherein said hydrophobic functional group comprises a polymerizable group within it, is useful as a binder in an ink jet ink having improved print quality.

Abstract: Linear, branched or crosslinked polymer, capable of being obtained by polymerization of N-alkylacrylamide, in which the alkyl radical is linear or branched and comprises from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with one or more monomers chosen from cationic monomers, monomers comprising at least one partially salified or completely salified strong acid functional group or monomers comprising at least one partially salified or completely salified weak acid functional group. A method of preparing the polymer is also disclosed.

Abstract: 1) Hydrophilic fluoropolymers obtained by radical polymerization, in a precipitating medium, of a mixture of monomers composed of at least one monomer with a perfluoroalkyl side chain, of one or more ionic or ionizable hydrophilic monomer(s) and optionally of one or more nonionic hydrophilic monomer(s). 2) Use of these polymers as dispersants or thickeners and as additives in multipurpose fire-fighting emulsifiers.

Abstract: Fluorocopolymers resulting from the polymerization of a polyfluoromonomer, of an aminoalcohol (meth)acrylate and of methacrylic acid in a distillable organic solvent, and aqueous compositions containing them.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel ion-exchange membranes, their method of preparation and their uses. The membranes are made of a polymer obtained from a monomer or a mixture of bifunctional monomers of general formula [T-SO2—Y—SO2T′]−M+. The polymers are useful in an alkali-chloride electrolysis process, as a separator in an electrochemical preparation of inorganic and organic compounds, as a separator between an aqueous and an organic phase, or as a catalyst for Diels-Alder additions, Friedel-Craft reactions, aldol condensations, cationic polymerizations, esterifications, and acetal formations.

Abstract: Multifunctional electroactive copolymers are provided. The copolymers may be A-B-A triblock copolymers, brush-type graft copolymers, or variations thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the copolymers are “dual use” in that they comprise both a light emitting segment and a charge transport segment. Methods of synthesizing the novel electroactive copolymers are provided as well, as are opto-electronic devices, particularly LEDs, fabricated with the novel copolymers.

Abstract: Provided are a substantially transparent adhesive composition for hard tissue, and a method for producing it; the adhesive composition exhibits good adhesiveness to hard tissue, especially to both enamel and dentin, and has the advantage of improved bonding durability especially in water; this contains (a) a substantially water-insoluble, acid group-containing polymerizable monomer which has, in the molecule, at least one hydrocarbon group selected from an alkylene group having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms and an aromatic group, and/or its salt, and (b) water, and has pH of from 1.0 to 6.0.

Abstract: A novel class of high temperature ion-containing poly(aromatic) polymers is disclosed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing a thiosulfate salt containing polymer comprising reacting at least one thiosulfate salt with at least one halogenated styrenic monomer to form a styrenic thiosulfate salt monomer represented by Formula (1); 1

Abstract: Disclosed are ethylenically unsaturated amine salts of sulfonic, phosphoric and carboxylic acids. The salts are surface active agents which are useful in a variety of applications as primary and/or secondary surfactants. The salts are especially useful as surfactants in emulsion polymerization reactions.

Abstract: Water-soluble or water-swellable crosslinked copolymers consisting essentially of structural units of the formula 1 1

Abstract: Use of neutralized or partially neutralized copolymers obtainable from A) from 50 to 99% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and B) from 1 to 50% by weight of at least one comonomer chosen from the groups a) to d) or also mixtures of different monomers from groups a) to d) a) monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid esters with a saturated C8- to C30-alcohol b) N-alkyl- or N,N-dialkyl-substituted carboxamides, the alkyl radicals independently of one another being aliphatic or cycloaliphatic alkyl radicals having at least 8 to 18 carbon atoms, c) vinyl esters of aliphatic C8- to C30-carboxylic acids, d) C8- to C18-alkyl vinyl ethers, for the preparation of hair cleansers.

Abstract: A cement composition comprising a polymeric latex prepared by aqueous emulsion polymerization of a monomeric mixture comprising styrene and butadiene in the presence of a seed polymer prepared by aqueous emulsion polymerization of styrene and a salt of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid.

Abstract: Novel branched or crosslinked polymers containing (meth)acrylamidopropyltrimethyl ammonium halide; (meth)acrylic acid or 2-(meth)acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid; methylene bis-acryamide and the like; and a C4-C22 alkyl (meth) acrylate and the use thereof in papermaking, subterranean well drilling and well cementing operations is disclosed.

Abstract: Improved methods of treating water and hydrocarbon producing subterranean formations to reduce the water permeability thereof are provided. The methods basically comprise introducing into the formation a water flow resisting chemical which attaches to adsorption sites on surfaces within the porosity of the formation and reduces the water permeability thereof without substantially reducing the hydrocarbon permeability thereof. The water flow resisting chemical is comprised of a polymer of at least one hydrophilic monomer and at least one hydrophobically modified hydrophilic monomer.

Abstract: There is desribed a novel process for preparing interpolymers comprising ethylene and at least two monomer units selected from heteroatom substituted olefin monomer units derived from a compound of the formula XV wherein E and G represent the same or different heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, which are bound to a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or are joined by a linking group; and n is 0 or an integer from 1-20; or 2,3-dihydrofuran, or vinylcyclopropane, and interpolymers prepared thereby, including novel interpolymers having melting peak temperatures (Tm) equal to or greater than 50° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and use of water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymers for oil field applications. Specifically, the present invention relates to polymers containing allyloxy linkage and its functional dervatives for use in oil field applications as fluid additives for drilling and cementing processes.

Abstract: What is disclosed is the preparation and use of synthetic water soluble copolymers useful in modifying the water permeability characteristics of subterranean hydrocarbon producing formations. The copolymers are in the form of dilute, pumpable, homogeneous, aqueous solutions and comprise a crosslinked synthetic copolymerizate with intramolecular and intermolecular crosslinking in a non-gelled state and a molecular size/shape corresponding to a K-value of 220-450.

Abstract: The present invention, for example, provides a production process for a water-soluble polymer which is suitable for a component of a scale inhibitor which controls the formation of scale even in joint use with anticorrosives such as zinc-based or condensed phosphoric acid-based ones, and has so excellent gelation resistance as to be difficult to precipitate, and contains no or little phosphorus.

Abstract: A novel method for making improved cement fluid loss additives comprising copolymers of acrylamide having desirable viscosity and fluid loss control properties. The method combines (1) the use of oxygenated make-up water to dissolve acrylamide monomers, derivatives or mixtures thereof to form a reaction mixture for polymerization of the monomers with (2) a second “condition” or set of conditions. The second “condition” or set of conditions is either (a) using of two heating stages to induce polymerization, or (b) adding a small amount of acrylic acid to the reaction mixture before exposing the reaction mixture to a temperature sufficient to polymerize the monomers. The two heating stages of (a) involve (i) an initial, lower temperature stage followed by (ii) a higher temperature stage.

Abstract: A water soluble or water dispersible polymer composition is disclosed. The polymer has the repeat units characterized by the formula I: Wherein E is the repeat unit remaining after polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound; preferably, a carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, phosphonic acid, or amide form thereof or mixtures thereof. R1 is H or lower (C1-C4) alkyl. G is —CH2— or —CHCH3—; R2 is &Parenopenst;CH2—CH2—O&Parenclosest;n or &Parenopenst;CH2—CHCH3—O&Parenclosest;n where n ranges from about 1 to 100, preferably about 1 to 20. X is an anionic radical selected from the group consisting of SO3, PO3, or COO; Z is H or hydrogens or any water soluble cationic moiety which counterbalances the valence of the anionic radical X, including but not limited to Na, K, Ca, or NH4. F, when present, is a repeat unit having the structure of formula II: wherein X and Z are the same as in Formula I. R4 is H or lower (C1-C4) alkyl.

Abstract: Adhesives useful in applying articles, such as tapes, labels, signs, decals, emblems, car moldings, protective or optical films, etc., to surfaces to which articles normally do not adhere well, such as surfaces containing fluorine and polycarbonate, for example. The adhesives include a copolymer of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers, one or more monoethylenically unsaturated secondary or tertiary amide-functional monomers, and optionally one or more acidic monomers.

Abstract: A polymer comprising recurring units of formula (1-1) or (1-2) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are H or C1-15 alkyl, R1 and R2, and R3 and R4, taken together, may form a ring; R5 and R6 are H, C1-15 alkyl, acyl or alkylsulfonyl groups or C2-15 alkoxycarbonyl or alkoxyalkyl groups which may have halogen substituents; and k=0 or 1, and having a Mw of 1,000-500,000 is novel. A resist composition comprising the polymer as a base resin is sensitive to high-energy radiation, has excellent sensitivity, resolution, etching resistance, and minimized swell and lends itself to micropatterning with electron beams or deep-UV.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rheology stabilizer or thinner for high-temperature high-pressure high-mineralized degree drilling fluids, methods of their preparation and use. The rheology stabilizer is a copolymer synthesized by an olefinic acid, ester of an olefinic acid, a sulfonic acid containing unsaturated linkage(s), an amide or imide containing unsaturated linkage(s), a quaternary compound containing olefinic linkage(s) reacting chemically with phosphorous acid or hypophosphorous acid, more particularly, copolymer of acrylic acid, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate, N-(4-sulfophenyl)-maleimide, allyltrimethylammonium chloride and phosphorous acid. The copolymers have very high resistance to high-temperature high-pressure high-valence ions, can high-effectively adjust the rheology and thixotropy of drilling fluids, and can be used as the rheology stabilizer, thinner, clay and shale stabilizer of drilling fluids.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to ion-sensitive, hard water dispersible polymers. The present invention is also directed to a method of making ion-sensitive, hard water dispersible polymers and their applicability as binder compositions. The present invention is further directed to fiber-containing fabrics and webs comprising ion-sensitive, hard water dispersible binder compositions and their applicability in water dispersible personal care products.

Abstract: Multifunctional electroactive copolymers are provided. The copolymers may be A-B-A triblock copolymers, brush-type graft copolymers, or variations thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the copolymers are “dual use” in that they comprise both a light emitting segment and a charge transport segment. Methods of synthesizing the novel electroactive copolymers are provided as well, as are opto-electronic devices, particularly LEDs, fabricated with the novel copolymers.

Abstract: Aqueous coating composition, for example for use as a clear or pigmented top coat or a primer, comprising: a) a polyol or a mixture of polyols having at least two hydroxy groups per molecule and: i a content C of carboxylate- and/or carboxylic acid-functional groups and ii a content S of sulfonate- and/or sulfonic acid-functional groups, and b) one or more cross-linkers capable of reacting with hydroxy groups. A Polyol having a content C of carboxylate- and/or carboxylic acid-functional groups and a content S of sulfonate- and/or sulfonic acid-functional groups, the total content C+S being between 0.09 and 0.6 mmol/gram polyol, and the ratio C/S having a value between 0.5 to 20 and a process for preparing the polyol resin.

Abstract: A polymeric latex prepared by aqueous emulsion polymerization of a monomeric mixture comprising styrene and butadiene in the presence of a seed polymer prepared by aqueous emulsion polymerization of styrene and a salt of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid.

Abstract: Cross-linked copolymers which are obtainable by polymerising a neutral diluent monomer or monomers, a monomer or monomers bearing a center of permanent positive charge, and a bifunctional and/or trifunctional cross-linking agent, are suitable for use in contact lenses. Process for producing them by copolymerization, contact lens material comprising them, contact lenses made of them and processes for producing contact lenses from them.

Abstract: The present invention relates to organic anti-reflective coating polymers suitable for use in manufacturing a semiconductor device using a photolithography process for forming ultrafine-patterns with a 193 nm ArF beam, and preparation methods therefor. Anti-reflective coating polymers of the present invention contain a monomer having a phenyl group and amide linkage with high light absorbency at the 193 nm wavelength. When the polymers of the present invention are used in an anti-reflective coating in a photolithography process for forming ultrafine-patterns, the polymers eliminate the standing waves caused by changes in the thickness of the photoresist layer, by the spectroscopic property of the lower layers of the semiconductor wafer and by changes in CD due to diffractive and reflective light originating from the lower layer, thereby resulting in the stable formation of ultrafine-patters suitable for 64 M, 256 M, 1 G, 4 G and 16 G DRAM semiconductor devices and a great improvement in the production yield.

Abstract: Novel polymer compositions are disclosed, along with their use as well service fluids, for example as completion fluids, work-over fluids or drilling fluids, comprising water soluable copolymers having sulfonate groups and carboxylate groups, along with alkali metal salts of carboxylic acid. Exemplary copolymer has 5 to 95 wt. % structural units derived from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or salt thereof, and 5 to 95 wt. % structural units derived from acrylic acid or salt thereof. A salt of the polymer may be used, such as the sodium, potassium, ammonium and calcium salts. Exemplary alkali metal salts of the polymer composition include sodium, potassium and cesium salts of formic acid and/or acetic acid in amounts suitable to develop high temperature viscosity suitable for such well servicing fluids. The polymer composition is hydrateble/soluble in a brine of sodium and/or potassium and/or cesium salts of formic and/or acetic acid.

Abstract: Cross-linked copolymers which are obtainable by polymerizing a neutral diluent monomer or monomers, a monomer or monomers bearing a center of permanent positive charge, and a bifunctional and/or trifunctional cross-linking agent, are suitable for use in contact lenses. Process for producing them by copolymerization, contact lens material comprising them, contact lenses made of them and processes for producing contact lenses from them.