Solenis Technologies, L.p.

Hercules Corporation

Kate Marritt Lusvardi

Qu-Ming Gu

Sachin Borkar

Joseph M Mahoney

Mingxiang Luo

Tuyen T Nguyen

Richard J Riehle

Samuel Anthony Thompson

Robert Alan Gelman

Fushan Zhang

John C Harrington

Anita N Chan

Herbert Thompson Conner

Patrick Joseph Cowan

Frank P Tise

Cecil Coutinho

Frank Driessen

Petrus Wilhelmus Franciscus Arisz

Mary Jean Cash

Petrus Wilhelmus Franciscus Arisz Arisz

Frank Peine Tise

High molecular weight ethylene (meth)acrylic acid (EAA) dispersions and methods for producing the same are provided. An exemplary method for producing a high molecular weight ethylene (meth)acrylic acid (EAA) dispersion includes mixing an ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid (EAA) copolymer, having a mass flow index (MFI) of no greater than about 300 g/10 min at 190° C. and 2.16 kg, and a base at a temperature of at least about 100° C. to form a molten phase in which the EAA copolymer is relaxed by the base. The exemplary method further includes mixing water with the molten phase at least until the molten phase disperses into the water to form the high molecular weight EAA dispersion.

Aqueous dispersions and methods for production

A graft copolymer composition of a vinyl monomer and a functionalized vinylamine-containing base polymer and a method of preparing the graft copolymer. It also relates to a paper product made using the composition as a papermaking additive.

Modified vinylamine containing polymers and their use in papermaking

A method of improving dry strength and/or drainage of a paper or paperboard by adding to a paper or paperboard furnish, a graft copolymer composition of a vinyl monomer and a functionalized vinylamine-containing base polymer graft copolymer.

Modified of improving dry strength and/or drainage of a paper or paperboard

A method of increasing the drainage performance of a pulp slurry during the manufacture of paper products by adding (a) at least one microfibrillated cellulose and (b) at least one associative polymer or at least one branched or crosslinked copolymer to the pulp slurry. This addition occurs before the dewatering step where the pulp slurry is formed into a fibrous mat.

Method of increasing drainage performance of a pulp slurry during manufacture of paper products, and products therefrom

Provided is a method of making paper and paperboard. In particular graft copolymers of vinyl monomers and functionalized vinylamine-containing base polymers by Michael addition are added to a paper furnish. The composition can be used alone or in combination with other additives for use in paper making and to improve paper making processes such as paper dry and wet strength properties.

Modified vinylamine-containing polymers and their use in papermaking

This invention relates to non-uniformly substituted ('blocky') hydroxyethylcelluloses (HECs) and derivatives thereof that exhibit associative behavior in both neat solutions and in filled systems. The HECs and derivatives thereof exhibit unique and highly desirable rheology and are more efficient in thickening aqueous systems than prior art HEC products. These blocky HECs can be distinguished from prior art and commercial HEC products by having an unsubstituted anhydroglucose trimer ratio (U3R) greater than 0.21 and the hydroxyethyl molar substitution greater than about 1.3 and less than about 5. This invention also relates to processes for making blocky HEC and uses thereof in functional systems.

Blocky hydroxyethylcellulose, derivatives thereof, process of making and uses thereof

A method for producing derivatized microfibrillar polysaccharide, including but not limited to cellulose, derivatized by steric and/or electrostatic forces, where the electrostatic forces are provided by anionic charge or by a combination of both anionic and cationic charge, by stabilizing and/or microfibrillating a polysaccharide starting material. A method of modifying the rheological properties of a composition of matter using derivatized microfibrillar polysaccharide. Method of improving coatings, paper manufacture, and the stability of emulsions, dispersions, and foams using a derivatized microfibrillar polysaccharide. Compositions that include derivatized microfibrillar polysaccharide, including paper compositions, comestible compositions, non-comestible spreadable compositions, and emulsions, dispersion, and foams.

Derivatized microfibrillar polysaccharide

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Kate Marritt Lusvardi