Eastman Chemical Company

Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh

Synthomer Adhesive Technologies LLC

Peter Versluijs

Carla Recker

Terri Roxanne Carvagno

Sebastian Finger

Fabian Peters

Hubert Hirschlag

Jacobus Gillis De Hullu

Mark Arigo

Christopher George Robertson

Janine Klomp

Mutombo Joseph Muvundamina

Michel Hendrikus Theelen

Derek William Bamborough

Elisabeth Eduarda Catharina Geertruida Gielens

Clazina Cornelia Adriana Adriaanse

Modified thermoplastic hydrocarbon thermoplastic resins are provided, as well as methods of their manufacture and uses thereof in rubber compositions. The modified thermoplastic resins are modified by decreasing the relative quantity of the dimer, trimer, tetramer, and pentamer oligomers as compared to the corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin polymers, resulting in a product that exhibits a greater shift in the glass transition temperature of the elastomer(s) used in tire formulations. This translates to better viscoelastic predictors of tire tread performance, such as wet grip and rolling resistance. The modified thermoplastic resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the modified thermoplastic resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, snow performance, and wet braking performance.

Modified resins and uses thereof

A radiation-curable adhesive composition comprising at least one tackifier resin and at least one radiation-curable composition is provided wherein the tackifier resin comprises monomer repeating units from at least one aromatic monomer and at least one acrylate monomer. Processes to produce the radiation-curable adhesive composition as well as articles comprising the radiation-curable adhesive compositions are also provided.

Radiation-curable adhesive compositions

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