Fina Technology, Inc.

University of Connecticut

Texas State University

Kaneka Corporation

The South China University of Technology

Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.

Luyi Sun

Leland Daniels

Fengkui Li

John Ashbaugh

Mark Leland

Songshan Zeng

Michael Musgrave

David J Rauscher

Jose M Sosa

Tim J Coffy

Likuo Sun

Robert Dotter

Mahesh Patkar

Jerome Thierry-Mieg

Dianyun Zhang

Michael Allen McLeod

Juan Aguirre

Theodore Harris

Dang Le

Zhanhu Guo

David Smith

Kuangyu Shen

Suying Wei

Tianlei Zhou

Young Lim

Marina Dabaghian

Michael Mcleod

Ryan Albores

Jingjing Liu

Jiahua Zhu

Rui Li

Anna Marie Lachance

Songshan Zheng

Thomas D'Auria

Young Hoon Lim

Weixing Wang

Masaya Kotaki

Song Chen

Lan Liu

The invention relates to a nanocomposite coating system that exhibits superior barrier properties for reducing the ingress of unwanted guest species such as moisture (e.g., water vapor) and a facile method for preparing the same nanocoating system on an industrial scale. The current coating materials are able to reduce the overall ingress of unwanted guest species in a substantial improvement over the prior art.

Nanocomposite coating system via one-step co-assembly

An article includes a substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate. The coating includes a binder and a plurality of nanosheets. The plurality of nanosheets are arranged in layers and are oriented with their largest surfaces being substantially parallel to a surface of the substrate upon which they are disposed.

Biomimetic hybrid nanocoating composition, methods of use thereof and coatings produced therefrom

Disclosed is a stretchable, three-dimensional tubular structure formed due to processing-induced wrinkles to result in a platform for stretchable interactive electronics. The three-dimensional tubular structure is fabricated simply by releasing a pre-stretched two-dimensional film-substrate precursor, and the resulting wrinkled surface shows a strong directional dependence that drives the tube formation.

Shape adaptive wrinkle-driven 3D tubular structure for stretchable interactive electronics

Disclosed herein is a thermal radiation modulation system comprising a first low emissivity layer comprising a plurality of distributed, strain-dependent cracks, the first low emissivity layer comprising a first polymer composite layer and a first mirror-like metal layer with low emissivity covering a surface of the first polymer composite layer; a first elastomer layer bonded to the first low emissivity layer opposite to the mirror-like metal layer; and optionally a first stretchable heater, the first stretchable heater is attached to the first elastomer layer opposite to the first low emissivity layer, wherein a top surface of the first low emissivity layer comprising the mirror-like metal layer has a lower emissivity relative to the first elastomer layer. Methods of making and use of the system are further described.

Stretchable thermal radiation modulation system via mechanically tunable surface emissivity

Disclosed are adhesives comprising a first compound comprising three or more 1,2-dihydroxybenzene groups; and a second compound that is a functionalized polymer; wherein the first compound and second compound are in the form of a mixture, and wherein the adhesive has adhesive properties when wet. Additional embodiments to methods of preparing an adhesive, adhesives prepared by the method, and articles prepared from the adhesive are disclosed.

High performance adhesives; methods of making; and use

Hybrid organic/inorganic coating compositions of nanometer thickness are described, where the organic layer is a clay-containing layer comprising a clay and a hydrophilic polymer and the inorganic layer is a metal-containing layer comprising a metal with a refractive index greater than 1.5, where the coating compositions allow for the generation and tenability of iridescent color through control of the coat thickness.

Reversible multi-responsive and multi-patterned nanocoatings

A polymer composition of polypropylene copolymer and 1 to 50% by weight of hard resin. The polypropylene copolymer is either an impact copolymer or a random copolymer. The polymer composition can be used to make injection stretch blow molded articles having improved top load strength.

Polymer compositions for injection stretch blow molded articles

A polymer composition adapted for use in injection stretch blow molding may include a metallocene random propylene-based copolymer in the absence of a clarifier. The metallocene random propylene-based copolymer may exhibit a melting point of from 105&#xb0; C. to less than 175&#xb0; C., a recrystallization temperature ranging from 85&#xb0; C. to 100&#xb0; C. as measured by DSC, a microtacticity ranging from 89% to 99%, a molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 170,000 to 210,000, and a melt flow rate of from about 1 dg/min. to about 40 dg/min. A method of forming an injection stretch blow molded (ISBM) article may include providing the metallocene random propylene-based copolymer, injection molding the metallocene random propylene-based copolymer in the absence of a clarifier into a preform, and stretch-blowing the preform into an article.

Injection stretch blow molded articles and random copolymers for use therein

A moisture responsive system comprising: a thin film polymer layer, wherein the thin film polymer comprises a hydrophilic polymer; and a substrate polymer layer, wherein the substrate polymer comprises a hydrophobic elastomer; wherein the thin film polymer layer is attached to the substrate polymer layer at a bottom surface of the thin film polymer layer and the thin film polymer layer has a top surface opposing the bottom surface is provided. A method of making a moisture responsive system, comprising: applying a thin film polymer layer to a foundation; applying a substrate polymer layer on the thin film polymer layer; curing the substrate polymer layer to form a thin film polymer layer/substrate polymer bilayer; and removing the thin film polymer layer/substrate polymer bilayer from the foundation is provided. A method of using such a moisture responsive system by applying moisture to the moisture responsive system is provided.

Moisture responsive materials, methods of making and methods of use

A mechanochromic system comprising a first inorganic/polymer composite layer; and a first elastomer layer bonded to the composite layer to form a composite/elastomer assembly, methods of making, and methods of use thereof are provided.

Stimuli responsive materials, methods of making, and methods of use thereof

Polymer articles and processes of forming polymer articles are described herein. The processes generally include providing a propylene based polymer formed from a metallocene catalyst and melt processing the propylene based polymer to form a polymer article.

Polypropylene for reduced plate out in polymer article production processes

An ISBM article is disclosed wherein the ISBM article is made from an HDPE resin having a MI2 of 0.1 to 5.0 dg/min as measured by ASTM D-1238; 190&#xb0; C./2.16 kg, a density of from 0.940 to 0.970 g/cc as measured by ASTM D792, a peak molecular weight of greater than 40,000 g/mol and a zero shear viscosity between 15,000 and 250,000 Pa&#xb7;sec.

Solid-state stretched HDPE

By controlling the pre-treatment of biomass materials and pyrolysis conditions, silica samples with various surface areas and levels of crystallinity were synthesized. With proper treatment, biogenic silica nanoaggregate (25-30 nm in diameter) can be synthesized from biomass materials. The characterizations revealed that the silica nanoaggregates were composed of smaller primary silica nanoparticles (ca. 4.2 nm in diameter). Under controlled melting catalyzed by metal salt cations, the silica nanoaggregates may be fuse to form semi-crystalline porous silica frameworks with tunable pore size and structural integrity. Organosilicon complexes were synthesized from the bio derived silica nanoaggregates.

Silica nanoaggregates and organosilicon complexes and methods of forming them from biomass materials

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