Empire Technology Development LLC

Georgius Abidal Adam

Angele Sjong

William Brenden Carlson

Feng Wan

Timothy Martin Londergan

Scott Andrew Needham

Anita Needham

Mordehai Margalit

Vincenzo Casasanta, Iii

Kenichi Hashizume

Bradley Kirk Roberts

Christopher John Buntel

Disclosed are plasticizers, salts thereof, chelates thereof and cleavage derivatives thereof, that exhibit a superior combination of properties. The plasticizers can be used for a variety of purposes, including food preparation, cosmetics, beverages and polymeric matrices. The plasticizers can be prepared by esterifying gallic acid, fulvic acid, or tannic acid.

Edible plasticizers for food and food packaging films

Disclosed herein are gemini surfactants, and methods for making and using these gemini surfactants. These gemini surfactants may be incorporated in paints and coatings to provide hydrophilic and/or self-cleaning properties.

Gemini surfactant and their use

Inorganic siloxane ladder polymers with metal-aza/thio crown complexes, and methods of making and using such siloxane ladder polymers are disclosed. The polymers described herein may exhibit self-healing properties, a low dielectric constant, and a low refractive index. These siloxane ladder polymers are anchored to transparent, high-refractive index (RI) metal nanoparticles, such as ZrO, via aza/thio crown macromolecules. The siloxane ladder polymers may be considered as 'living polymer network' since the polymer active chain ends may further undergo anionic polymerization.

Inorganic siloxane ladder composites and methods of their preparation

Fluorinated siloxane compositions, and methods of making and using the fluorinated siloxanes are disclosed. The polymers described herein may exhibit self-healing properties, a low dielectric constant, and a low refractive index. In some embodiments, a method of making a siloxane compound may involve contacting a silicon metal with a fluorinated compound to form a dichlorosilane compound, hydrolyzing the dichlorosilane compound to form a fluorinated tetrasiloxane compound, and contacting the fluorinated tetrasiloxane compound with a metal catalyst to form a fluorinated cyclic siloxane (D4) compound.

Fluorinated siloxanes and methods for their preparation

Disclosed are antioxidative, natural compounds, their salts, chelates and cleavage derivatives that exhibit a superior combination of properties. The compounds can be used for a variety of purposes, including stabilizing foods, cosmetics, beverages and nutritional supplement. The compounds can be prepared by substantially cleaving a humic acid of formula I to provide at least one antioxidant compounds of formula II, formula III, formula IV, formula V, formula VI, salts, or chelates thereof.

Antioxidant humic acid derivatives and methods of preparation and use

Antimicrobial or antiseptic polymers may be produced by incorporation of an antimicrobial ingredient into the polymer by grafting, copolymerization, or via a combined antimicrobial/plasticizer ingredient. The polymer may be produced as a masterbatch, or a ready to process polymer for producing antimicrobial products. The reactions may be conducted in a reactive extruder to provide a single-step synthesis.

Antimicrobial polymers and methods for their production

Thermal conductive compositions, methods for their preparation, and use are provided, which include, for example, as thermal sinks, heat transfer systems, and other uses.

Conductive thermal compositions, uses thereof, and methods for their preparation

Polymeric barriers for organic light emitting diodes are formed in-situ by encapsulation or polymerization. Encapsulation with melamine-cyanurate is performed using sublimation reaction technique. An encapsulation technique involves curing a layer of resin made by mixing a polyaza aryl compound, such as melamine, melam, or melem, with a cyanuryl triglycidyl ether. Another encapsulation technique involves curing a layer of resin made by mixing the polyaza aryl aromatic compound in 2,4,6-tricyanatophenyl glycidyl ether or tetracyanatobenzene applied to an organic light emitting diode. Photo catalytic curing of the coating may be achieved in the presence of catalysts such as titanium IV oxide acetylacetonate.

Nano-encapsulating polymers with high barrier properties

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of making phenolic compounds, and resins comprising these phenolic compounds. The compounds include multifunctional epoxies, amino glycidyl derivatives, and multi-functional amines prepared from hydroxymethyl derivatives of phenols and bisphenols. In one embodiment, a compound is of formula I wherein Ris H or Z; each R, R, and R, independently, are &#x2014;N(Z), &#x2014;N(CH&#x2014;O&#x2014;Z), &#x2014;N(CHCH&#x2014;O&#x2014;Z), &#x2014;N(CHOH), &#x2014;N(CHNH), &#x2014;O&#x2014;Z, &#x2014;CH&#x2014;O&#x2014;Z, &#x2014;CHCH&#x2014;O&#x2014;Z, &#x2014;CHOH, &#x2014;CHNH, &#x2014;O&#x2014;C&#x2014;(CH), or &#x2014;O-(alkylene)-CH; and Z is 

Phenolic epoxy compounds

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of making phenolic compounds and phenolic resins. The resins include multifunctional epoxies, amino glycidyl derivatives, alkanoate derivatives, alkyl ether derivatives, and multi-functional amines prepared from hydroxymethyl derivatives of novolac resin.

Multi-functional phenolic resins

Disclosed are antioxidative natural compounds, their salts, chelates and cleavage derivatives that exhibit a superior combination of properties. The compounds can be used for a variety of purposes, including the stabilization of polymers. The compounds can be prepared by substantially cleaving a humic acid of formula I followed by esterification to provide at least one antioxidant compounds of formula V, formula VI, formula VII, formula VIII, salts thereof, or chelates thereof.

Humic acid derivatives and methods of preparation and use

Disclosed herein are derivatives of phenolic and melamine compounds, methods of making these derivatives, and methods of using them. The compounds include phenolic and melamine compounds with multi-functional acrylate groups, polyethylene glycol and amino groups. The compounds may be cured to form resins that may be used in a variety of applications, such as paints, hydrogels, polyacrylate super absorbent polymers (SAPs), adhesives, composites, sealants, fillers, fire retardants, crosslinking agents, and the like.

Multi-functional acrylates

Methods for converting waste streams from the wood pulping industry to high-value surfactants are described. For example, isolated lignin and lignosulfonate or waste streams containing lignin and lignosulfonate can be directly converted to surfactants, or they can be first converted to methylol derivatives and treated with further reagents to produce surfactants.

Lignin-based surfactants

Hydrophilic coating compositions and methods to make and use the compositions are disclosed. The compositions include a polymer comprising a plurality of isocyanate groups and a blocking agent contacting at least one of the plurality of isocyanate groups.

Self-renewing hydrophilic organic coatings

Compositions, coatings, and energy storage fabrications made of support polymers or active waxes in a grafted matrix to an amorphous wax and at least one functional compound and their methods of preparation are presented. Amorphous waxes are typified by paraffin waxes. Functional compounds include various fatty alcohols, fatty acids, ester, amines, and amidoalkylamines. Sulfonated and oxidized ion exchange resins may be grafted to the matrix. The compositions are capable of storing or releasing energy upon a physical phase change transition.

Growing community of inventors

Edensor Park, Australia

Georgius Abidal Adam