Maruzen Petrochemical Company, Limited

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shinji Sugihara

Koichi Sato

Sakae Suda

Ikuo Nakazawa

Masayuki Ikegami

Masahiro Endo

Sadahito Aoshima

Norihiro Yoshida

Tomohiro Masukawa

Kento Fujiura

Provided are core/shell type polymeric particles including a shell and a core, in which the particles can be produced by a method using neither a surfactant nor a high-molecular-weight azo initiator, exhibit satisfactory dispersibility in aqueous medium, and are useful as, for instance, a dispersant, a metal-protecting stabilizer, or a metal adsorbent. A core/shell type polymeric particle including a shell including a hydrophilic vinyl ether polymer (a) and a core including a hydrophobic polymer (b).

Core/shell type polymer microparticles, dispersion of particles, and method for producing said microparticles

A core-shell type polymeric particle may exhibit good dispersibility in an aqueous medium and excellent flame retardance. A core-shell type polymeric particle may include a core including a hydrophobic polymer (c) and a shell including a copolymer having a repeating unit (a) derived from vinyl phosphonic acid or a vinyl phosphonic acid ester and a repeating unit (b) of formula (α): wherein Ris H or a methyl group, Ris a single bond or a carbonyl group, and ring Qis a substituted or unsubstituted 4 to 10 membered nitrogen-containing heterocycle.

Core-shell-type polymer fine particles having phosphonic acid or phosphonic acid ester structure, particle dispersion, molded article, and method for producing said fine particles

[Object] To provide a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer containing a hydrocarbon group in a stable and efficient manner, wherein decomposition of the monomer and generation of polyacetal are suppressed. [Means for solving problem] The method for producing a vinyl ether polymer containing a hydrocarbon group according to the present invention comprises the step of polymerizing vinyl ether represented by the following formula (1):

Method for producing vinyl ether polymer containing hydrocarbon group by radical polymerization

A method for producing a vinyl ether polymer containing an oxyethylene chain is provided, including a the step of polymerizing vinyl ether represented by formula (1) in the presence of water as a polymerization solvent, a basic compound as an additive, and an organic azo-based compound as a radical polymerization initiator, and in pH of 5 or more, and the amount of the basic compound used is 0.01 to 0.5 mol % based on an amount of the vinyl ether. Formula (1) is wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbons, and n represents an integer from 1 to 10.

Method for producing vinyl ether polymer containing oxyethylene chain by radical polymerization

[Object] To provide a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer having a hydroxyl group on the side chain, wherein the vinyl ether polymer having a low viscosity and excellent workability and processability is produced in a simple and efficient method. [Means for solving problem] The present invention relates to a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer having a hydroxyl group on the side chain, characterized in that vinyl ether comprising a hydroxyl group is subjected to radical polymerization by using an oil-soluble azo polymerization initiator, in the presence of a mixed solvent comprising water and an organic solvent selected from alcohol or cyclic ether radical polymerization.

Method for producing vinyl ether polymer having hydroxyl group on side chain and temperature-responsive polymer mixture

A method for producing a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether polymer according to the present invention includes: a step of radical polymerizing at least one vinyl ether selected from vinyl ether having a hydroxyl group represented by the following formula (2):  wherein Rrepresents an alkylene group which is straight-chained, branched or comprises an alicyclic structure, and p is 1, 2, or 3, in the presence of water as a polymerization solvent and an azo compound represented by the following formula (1) as a polymerization initiator:  wherein Rto Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and Rand Reach independently represent an alkoxy group optionally having a substituent group or an alkyl amino group optionally having a substituent group.

Method for producing hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether polymer

An alkenyl ether-vinyl ester copolymer contains a repeating unit derived from a hydroxyl group-containing alkenyl ether represented by the following formula (1), and a repeating unit derived from a vinyl ester represented by the following formula (2): where R, R, and Reach independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Rrepresents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; Rrepresents an acyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and p represents an integer of from 1 to 3. The alkenyl ether-vinyl ester copolymer exhibits temperature responsiveness showing a change in hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity at a prescribed temperature as a critical point and has a lower critical solution temperature to water of from 1&#xb0; C. to 99&#xb0; C.

Alkenyl ether-vinyl ester copolymer

To provide a method for producing a polymer that is capable of providing an alkenyl ether polymer having a molecular weight, a molecular weight distribution, and a composition that are controlled, with a vinyl ether having a hydroxyl group, and a block copolymer thereof. To provide a polymer obtained by the method as a macro chain transfer agent capable of performing reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. Livingness can be imparted to radical polymerization of a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether by performing the radical polymerization in the presence of a particular RAFT agent and a radical polymerization initiator, and a block copolymer with another radically polymerizable vinyl monomer can be obtained by using the resulting living polymer as a macro chain transfer agent capable of performing reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization.

Method for producing alkenyl ether polymer

A method of producing a homopolymer or random copolymer of hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether by polymerizing a monomer component comprising at least one hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether using an oil-soluble radical polymerization initiator in the absence or presence of a solvent.

Method for producing homopolymer or random copolymer of hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether

The present invention relates to a stimuli-responsive composition that comprises a polymer, a solvent and a substance having a predetermined function. One embodiment of the present invention is a composition comprising a block polymer, a solvent and a substance having a predetermined function. The present invention also relates to an ink composition containing the composition, an image-forming method and an image-forming apparatus using the composition, and a recording medium applying the composition. Further, the present invention relates to an ABC type block polymer compound wherein the polymer is an ABC type triblock polymer, and wherein at least one of the blocks in the triblock polymer changes in nature from solvophilic to solvophobic or from solvophobic to solvophilic in response to stimuli, and more preferably, the A component, then the B component, and finally the C component respond to the stimuli.

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