Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.

3m Innovative Properties Company

H.b. Fuller Licensing & Financing Inc.

H.b. Fuller Company

Bing Wang

Sumita Basu Mitra

Scott R Culler

Garth L Wilkes

John E Greenzweig

Mark E Hackbarth

Sharon M Rozzi

Yihong Yao

Brandon Higgs

Linda Chang

Lorin Roskos

Disclosed is a moisture curable sealant composition that includes silane functional poly-&#x3b1;-olefin polymer, thermoplastic elastomer, and tackifying agent.

One-part moisture curable hot melt silane functional poly-alpha-olefin sealant composition

A process for making an insulating glass assembly is disclosed, the process including applying a sealant composition to a surface of a spacer; contacting the sealant composition with a glass pane, and applying pressure on the glass pane to bond the glass pane to the spacer through the sealant composition, the pressure being applied at an ambient temperature of from about 15&#xb0; C. to about 60&#xb0; C.

Low-temperature press process for making insulating glass assemblies

Use of metallofluorocomplexes for dental compositions

Dental compositions are provided comprising a) a polymerizable component, b) a fluoride-releasing material, c) a hydrophilic component, d) a polymerization initiator, and e) an acidic component. This dental composition is substantially free of added water, and has a Water Uptake Value of at least about 1.5 g of water per 100 g composition in 2 weeks. Compositions are also provided that comprise a) a polymerizable component, b) acid reactive filler, c) a hydrophilic component, d) a polymerization initiator, and e) an acidic component. The above materials are provided in amounts sufficient that the resulting composition has extremely desirable rheological properties.

Fluorid-releasing compositions and compositions with improved rheology

Fluoroaluminosilicate dental cement glasses are treated with an aqueous silanol treating solution and optionally with an additional organic compound. The treated glasses form cements with improved strength. The silanol can be ethylenically-unsaturated and can contain acidic groups, and, if so, is novel in its own right.

Treated fluoroaluminosilicate glass

Ethylenically unsaturated polymeric alkoxysilanes useful for treating

A curable dental composition comprising an ethylenically unsaturated moiety, an oxidizing agent and metal complexed ascorbic acid is claimed. The incorporation of metal complexed ascorbic acid provides a curable composition that exhibits improved color stability. The metal complexed ascorbic acid is particularly useful as a component of a paste:paste glass ionomer dental cement.

Color stability of dental compositions containing metal complexed

Treated fluoroaluminosilicate glass and cement thereof

Fully alkoxysilane-functionalized aliphatic polyamine compounds

Method for treating fluoroaluminosilicate glass

A series of new high abrasion resistance coating materials have been prepared utilizing organic/inorganic hybrid materials formed by cohydrolyzing a metal alkoxide sol (e.g. silicon, aluminum, titanium, or zirconium metal alkoxide sol) with one or more bis(trialkoxysilane-containing) organic components or related functionalized species. These hybrid materials show optical clarity and improve the abrasion resistance of polymer substrates when applied as coatings and cured on such substrates.

High abrasion resistance coating materials from organic/inorganic hybrid

New hybrid materials have been prepared by combining a titanium alkoxide sol with high a refractive index phosphine oxide-containing oligomeric component (triethoylsilane-capped poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide). These materials are prepared by the sol-gel method. The final products are transparent and display high refractive index (n.sub.D =1.66-1.80). The refractive index of these hybrid materials display a linear relationship with titanium oxide content.

High refractive-index hybrid material prepared by titanium alkoxide and

New hybird materials prepared by incorporating a metal alkoxide sol, which is adapted to yield a high refractive-index metal oxide (e.g., titanium dioxide or zirconium dioxide), with a high refractive-index organic polymeric component (e.g., a triethoxysilane-capped poly(arylene ether) ketone or poly(arylene ether) sulfone) have been developed by the sol-gel method. The final products are transparent and display a high refractive index (n.sub.D =1.60-1.76). The refractive index of these hybrid materials has a linear relationship with the metal oxide content.

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