Ecole Polytechnique Féderale De Lausanne (epfl)

École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (epfl)—technology Transfer Office (tto)

Daniel Görl

Christopher Plummer

Shuichi Haraguchi

Oguzhan Oguz

The invention describes a composition containing a) a functionalized polymerthat comprises at least one polyester segmentand at least one, in particular at least two, polymer aggregating segmentcapable of forming non-covalent bonds based on a supramolecular interaction, b) an aggregating additivethat comprises at least one additive aggregating segmentcapable of forming non-covalent bonds based on the same supramolecular interaction as the polymer aggregating segments, wherein the polymer aggregating segmentsand the additive aggregating segmentare ditopic, wherein the polymer aggregating segmentsand the additive aggregating segmentare designed such that they can form aggregatesthat contain polymer aggregating segmentsand additive aggregating segments, and wherein the polyester segment () has a number average molecular weight of from 10'000 g/mol to 500′000 g/mol. The invention also describes a functionalized polymerthat comprises at least one polyester segmentand at least two polymer aggregating segmentscapable of forming non-covalent bonds based on a supramolecular interaction, wherein the polymer aggregating segmentsare ditopic and designed such that they can form aggregates and wherein the polyester segmenthas a number average molecular weight of from 10′000 g/mol to 500′000 g/mol. The invention also describes a method for the preparation of sheets, films, fibers, or molded parts from the composition or the functionalized polymeraccording to the invention, sheets, films, fibers, or molded parts comprising a composition or a functionalized polymeraccording to the invention, and the use of the composition according to the invention for the preparation of sheets, films, fibers, or molded parts.

Composition and method for the preparation of sheets, films, fibers, and molded parts

The invention describes a composition containing a) a functionalized polymer () that comprises at least one polymer segment () and at least two polymer aggregating segments () capable of forming non-covalent bonds based on a supramolecular interaction, b) an aggregating additive () that comprises at least one additive aggregating segment () capable of forming non-covalent bonds based on the same supramolecular interaction as the polymer aggregating segments (), wherein the polymer aggregating segments () and the additive aggregating segment () are ditopic, wherein the polymer aggregating segments () and the additive aggregating segment () are designed such that they can form aggregates () that contain polymer aggregating segments () and additive aggregating segments (), and wherein the aggregating additive () has a molecular weight of from 50 g/mol to 2000 g/mol. The invention also describes a method for the preparation of the composition according to the invention, the use of an aggregating additive () with a functionalized polymer (), and the use of the composition according to the invention.

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