Eastman Chemical Company

Arlanxeo Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Bridgestone Corporation

Synthomer Adhesive Technologies LLC

Mark William Ingratta

Mark S Pavlin

Soumendra Kumar Basu

Joseph Alexander Deloach

Wei Min Cheng

George Joseph Kutsek

Terri Roxanne Carvagno

Sharon X Guo

Koichi Saito

Christopher Lee Lester

Gregory J E Davidson

Phil Magill

Mark Stanley Pavlin

The present invention is generally related to various types of compositions that comprise a polyindane resin. In particular, the polyindane resins may be utilized in various polymer-based and elastomer-based formulations in order to enhance several properties and characteristics of those formulations. More specifically, elastomeric compositions are provided that comprise at least one polyindane resin, which may be used to replace or enhance the functionality of existing hydrocarbon resins used in elastomeric formulations. The elastomeric compositions may be used to produce various tire components.

Tires comprising polyindane resins and uses thereof

The present invention is generally related to various types of compositions that comprise a polyindane resin. In particular, the polyindane resins may be utilized in various polymer-based and elastomer-based formulations in order to enhance several properties and characteristics of those formulations. More specifically, adhesive formulations are provided that comprise at least one polyindane resin, which may be used to replace or enhance the functionality of existing hydrocarbon resins typically used in adhesive formulations. Compositions comprising at least one thermoplastic elastomer and at least one polyindane resin are also provided.

Adhesives comprising polyindane resins

A polymer composition is provided with a multi-modal molecular weight distribution of a halo-containing polymer. The halo-containing polymer is has multi-functional phosphine linkages at less than 10% of halo sites of the halo-containing polymer that were available before multi-functional phosphine linking. A process for producing a polymer composition having a multi-modal molecular weight distribution involves dispersing a multi-functional phosphine compound in a halo-containing polymer, the halo-containing polymer comprising a total number of available halo sites, and reacting the multi-functional phosphine compound with the halo-containing polymer at an elevated temperature to produce the polymer composition in which less than 10% of the total number of available halo sites are reacted with the phosphine compound to provide multi-functional phosphine linkages in the halo-containing compound.

Polymer compositions having a halo-containing polymer with a multi-functional phosphine linkage

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