University of Massachusetts

US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Ravi Mosurkal

Jayant Kumar

Ramaswamy Nagarajan

Lian Li

Zhiyu Xia

Lynne Ann Samuelson

Rajesh Kumar

Arthur C Watterson

Virinder Singh Parmar

Weeradech Kiratitanavit

Shiran Yu

Claire Lepont

Vincent B Tucci

Siddhant Iyer

Disclosed herein is a curable composition with high optical transparency and good oxygen and moisture barrier properties, compositions for making the same, and methods of making and of using the same.

Oxygen and moisture barrier compositions and related methods

A synergistic flame retardant composition comprising a phenolic compound comprising condensed tannin, hydrolysable tannin, lignin, cardanol, quercetin, catechin, epicatechin, anthocyanidin, catechol, dopamine, hydroxytyrosol, adrenaline, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, gallic acid, digallic acid, methyl gallate, ellagic acid, phloroglucinol, hexahydroxydiphenic acid, luteic acid, casuarictin, or a combination thereof; and a phosphorus-containing compound comprising a Ccarbocyclic polyol substituted with at least one phosphate group.

Synergistic flame retardant compositions and fiber blends including the same

A flexible circuit module is disclosed. The flexible circuit module includes a fabric member including a plurality of fibers having non-conductive elements, and conductive elements oriented through the plane of the fabric. Each conductive element includes a first fiber element strand and a first unterminated end opposite the first fiber element strand, and a second fiber element strand having second unterminated end opposite the second fiber element strand. The fabric member further includes a first side with the first fiber element strands extending therefrom and a second side with second fiber element strands extending therefrom. A first hook-and-loop busbar is conductively connected to the first fiber element strands and a second hook-and-loop busbar is conductively connected to the second fiber element strands.

Electrical system with hook-and-loop busbars

A method of forming a crosslinked polyphenol, the method comprising: reacting a bio-based phenolic compound comprising at least one phenolic hydroxyl group, with a crosslinking agent comprising at least two functional groups reactive with the phenolic hydroxyl group, wherein the at least two functional groups are each independently a halogen group, acid halide group, sulfonyl halide group, glycidyl group, anhydride group, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, to provide the crosslinked polyphenol.

Crosslinked phenolic compound, method of forming, and polymer composition containing the same

A polymer is characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (I): or a copolymer thereof. A crosslinked polymer characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V): or a copolymer thereof, wherein at least one such repeat unit of a first polymer strand is crosslinked with at least one repeat unit of a second polymer strand by at least one bridging unit, the first and second polymer strands and the repeat unit being components of the crosslinked polymer.

Mixed organic and inorganic polymers

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Lowell, MA, United States of America

Ravi Mosurkal