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E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

John Chiefari

Ezio Rizzardo

Graeme Moad

San Hoa Thang

Christian Hornung

Simon Saubern

Roshan Tyrrel Mayadunne

Alexei Alexeyevich Gridnev

Charles T Berge

Jeffery W Johnson

Patrick Craig Howlett

Catherine Louise Moad

Maria Forsyth

Albert Mau

Almar Postma

Massimo Benaglia

Roshan Mayadunne

Gerry Swiegers

Gerry Wilson

Kristine Barlow

Nicolas Goujon

Xiaojuan Hao

An electrolyte composition comprising (i) a block copolymer, (ii) an organic electrolyte (e.g. an ionic liquid), and (iii) a lithium salt, wherein the block copolymer comprises a non-ionic block and an ionic block, the non-ionic block comprising polymerised residues of hydrophobic monomers, and the ionic block comprising polymerised monomer residues having covalently coupled thereto (a) a pendant organic ionic liquid cation, the pendant organic ionic liquid cation having a counter anion, (b) a pendant anionic moiety, the pendant anionic moiety having a counter cation, or (c) a combination thereof, and the electrolyte composition has at least two glass transition temperature (Tg) values.

Electrolyte composition

The invention provides for a process for removing thiocarbonylthio groups from polymer prepared by RAFT polymerization, the process comprising:

RAFT polymers

A method of preparing polymer, the method comprising polymerizing one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers of formula (I)  

Raft polymerisation

The present invention relates to a process for continuously preparing polymer by RAFT solution polymerization, the process comprising: introducing into a flow reactor a reaction solution comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, RAFT agent, non-reactive solvent and free radical initiator; and promoting RAFT polymerization of the one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers within the reactor so as to form a polymer solution that flows out of the reactor.

Continuous flow polymerisation process

The invention provides in one aspect a process for preparing a microgel by RAFT polymerizing in the presence of a RAFT chain transfer agent, one or more solvophobic monomers and one or more solvophilic monomers to form one or more block copolymers comprising one or more solvophobic blocks and one or more solvophilic blocks wherein the solvophobic block is insoluble in a dispersing medium and the solvophilic block is soluble in the dispersing medium. The block copolymer is dispersed in the dispersing medium to form micelles, which is then stabilized to form the microgel. The dispersing medium can be aqueous or lipophilic. The method of the present invention also permits one to encapsulate a wide variety of materials, such as pigments, dye molecules, and aluminum flakes used in metallized paints.

Process of microgel synthesis and products produced therefrom

A free radical polymerization process suitable for synthesizingpolymers is disclosed. The process utilizes novel sulfur based chain transfer agents and is widely compatible over a range of monomers and reaction conditions. Novel polymers having low pollydispersity and predictable specific polymer architecture and molecular weight are produced by the process. The polymers produced by the process are suitable for use as binders in automotive OEM and refinish coatings.

Polymerization process with living characteristics and polymers made therefrom

A free radical polymerization process suitable for synthesizing polymers is disclosed. The process utilizes novel sulfur based chain transfer agents and is widely compatible over a range of monomers and reaction conditions. Novel polymers having low polydispersity and predictably specific polymer architecture and molecular weight are produced by the process. The polymers produced by the process are suitable for use as binders in automotive OEM and refinish coatings.

Method of macromonomer synthesis

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