3M Innovative Properties Company

Corning Research & Development Corporation

Corning Incorporated

Yangbin Chen

Ming-Jun Li

Pushkar Tandon

Scott Robertson Bickham

Michael A Kropp

Bradley Jerome Blazer

Eric G Larson

Ruchi Sarda Tandon

Ching-Kee Chien

Allen Michael Miller

Christopher Mark Quinn

Binhong Lin

Randy Curtis Smith

A composition is described comprising a ring opening metathesis polymerization catalyst or precatalyst thereof; and an unreactive dispersant having a viscosity at 25° C. of at least 10 Pa·sec at a shear rate of 1 1/sec. Also described is a cartridge (e.g. or a dispensing and mixing apparatus) comprising such composition. The cartridge typically comprises a first chamber comprising unpolymerized cyclic olefin; and a second chamber comprising the catalyst and dispersant. Also described are compositions including two-part compositions and methods of bonding a substrate.

Compositions comprising romp catalyst and dispersant, cartridges, and methods

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a cable jacket having a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first inner surface defines a central bore along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable also includes optical fibers disposed within the central bore and a buffer tube surrounding the optical fibers. The buffer tube has a second inner surface and a second outer surface. The optical fiber cable also includes an armor layer disposed between the first inner surface of the cable jacket and the second outer surface of the buffer tube and a water-blocking adhesive disposed between the armor layer and the first outer surface of the buffer tube. The water-blocking adhesive extends along the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable and around a circumference of the buffer tube.

Optical fiber cable having buffer coupled to armor using water-block adhesive and method

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Yangbin Chen