3m Innovative Properties Company

University of Minnesota

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Douglas A Hanggi

Peter W Carr

Eric F Funkenbusch

Thomas P Weber

Jerald K Rasmussen

George W Griesgraber

Robert T Fitzsimons, Jr

Patrick L Coleman

Masayuki Nakamura

Martin P Rigney

Terry L Davis

Wes A Schafer

Matthew T Scholz

Brant Ulrick Kolb

Gaddam N Babu

Kristin LaVelle Thunhorst

Xiaodong Zhang

Audrey A Sherman

Sumita Basu Mitra

David B Olson

Ramesh C Kumar

Richard G Hansen

Bradley Dene Craig

Richard Paul Rusin

Dong-Wei Zhu

Amanda Catherine Engler

Louis C Haddad

Ranjani V Parthasarathy

Hannah C Cohen

James Patrick DiZio

Haoming Rong

Gaddam N Badu

Paula D'Nell Ario

Dale J Case

David Duane Johnson

A copolymer composition that includes a silicone copolymer, methods of making the composition, and articles that include the composition, wherein the copolymer composition includes a silicone copolymer having a backbone composition that includes: silicone segments in an amount of 5 wt-% to 40 wt-%, based on the total weight of the silicone copolymer; hydrophilic segments in an amount of 40 wt-% to 75 wt-%, based on the total weight of the silicone copolymer; and reinforcing segments in an amount of 5 wt-% to 30 wt-%, based on the total weight of the silicone copolymer, wherein the reinforcing segments are derived from the reaction of one or more chain extenders with one or more multi-functional isocyanates, multi-functional carboxylic acids, multi-functional anhydrides, multi-functional esters, and/or multi-functional acid halides; wherein the silicone segments, hydrophilic segments, and reinforcing segments are connected through urea, urethane, amide, and/or oxamide linkages; wherein the hydrophilic segments and the reinforcing segments are present in a weight ratio of 1.8:1 to 8:1; and the hydrophilic segments and the silicone segments are present in a weight ratio of 1.3:1 to 4.5:1.

Silicone copolymers, methods of making, and articles

Guanidine-functionalized particles and methods of making and using such particles.

Guanidine-functionalized particles and methods of making and using

A composition is disclosed. The composition comprises at least one polymeric colorant having a polymer component with a colorant component covalently bound thereto, a medicament, and a liquid vehicle. The at least one colorant component does not react directly or indirectly with the medicament. Methods of using the polymeric colorants, including a method for the preparation of skin as a site for a surgical procedure and a method of treating a medical condition, are also provided.

Polymeric colorant compositions and methods of use

A dental material comprising a hardenable resin and silica particles dispersed within the hardenable resin, wherein the silica particles have an average diameter of less than about 200 nm and are present in an amount greater than about 40 wt % of the weight of the dental material. The dental material may further comprise a heavy metal oxide. The dental material can be used as dental adhesives, artificial crowns, anterior or posterior fillings, casting materials, cavity liners, cements, coating compositions, mill blanks, orthodontic devices, restoratives, prostheses, and sealants.

Dental materials with nano-sized silica particles

The invention discloses methods for making foams comprising functionalized metal oxide nanoparticles by photopolymerizing or thermally polymerizing emulsions comprising a reactive phase and a phase immiscible with the reactive phase components. Foams made from water-in-oil emulsions, including high internal phase emulsion are also disclosed. Articles and uses for the foams are also described.

Foams containing functionalized metal oxide nanoparticles and methods of making same

A dental material comprising a hardenable resin, a non-heavy metal oxide particle and a heavy metal oxide. The dental materials can be radiopaque, strong, translucent, or resistant to toothbrush abrasion, or combinations thereof.

Radiopaque dental materials with nano-sized particles

The present invention encompasses novel coated particles that are well suited for use as absorption media in chromatographic processes. The coated particles comprise a substrate, such as aluminum, silicon, titanium or zirconium oxide particles, containing polymerized silane moieties on a surface of the substrate. The silane moieties include two or three olefinic groups as well as at least on useful ligand. Methods of preparing these coated particles are also described.

Silane coated particle

An adsorption medium that includes a finely divided substrate provided on at least a portion of its surface with the polymerization product of a silane that includes (a) two or three olefinic groups having the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.m CH.dbd.CH.sub.2, where m is between 0 and 3, inclusive, and (b) at least one ligand selected to interact with a substance brought into contact with the adsorption medium to adsorb at least a portion of the substance on the surface of the adsorption medium.

Adsorption medium and method of preparing same

Carbon-clad zirconium oxide particles are disclosed which are useful in sorbent applications, particularly as packing materials for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). A method for the preparation of chromatographic support material is also disclosed which utilizes low pressure.

Carbon-clad zirconium oxide particles

Polymer-coated carbon-clad inorganic oxide particles are disclosed which are useful in sorbent applications, particularly as packing materials for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). A method for the preparation of a chromatographic support material is also disclosed which comprises coating carbon-clad inorganic oxide particles with a monomer or oligomer and cross-linking the monomer or oligomer.

Polymer-coated carbon-clad inorganic oxide particles

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Douglas A Hanggi