Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Yuan-Ju (Ray) Chen

Weiqing Weng

Robert Norman Webb

Anthony Jay Dias

David Y Chung

David Yen-Lung Chung

Alan Anthony Galuska

Timothy Daniel Shaffer

Michael Brendan Rodgers

Michael Francis McDonald

John Patrick Soisson

James Richard Ayers

An elastomeric nanocomposite is produced from an isobutylene-based polymer and a layered nanofiller. The process of preparing the nanocomposite includes the steps of a) polymerizing isobutylene monomers and multiolefin monomers to produce an isobutylene-based polymer; b) completing at least one mass transfer dependent stage in the process wherein, after completion of the stage and prior to any recovery of the polymer, the polymer is dissolved in a solvent to create a polymer cement; c) contacting the layered nanofiller and the polymer solvent to obtain the nanocomposite; and d) recovering the nanocomposite. The layered nanofiller may be in a slurry prior to contacting with the polymer cement.

Elastomeric nanocomposite manufacturing

The invention relates to new polymerization processes using hydrofluorocarbons to produce polymers. In particular, the invention relates to new polymerization processes using turbulent flow reactor systems using diluents including one or more hydrofluorocarbon(s) to produce polymers.

Reactor systems for use in polymerization processes

A branched isobutylene-styrenic elastomer with a broad molecular weight distribution is disclosed comprising an interpolymer of an isoolefin monomer as isobutylene, a styrenic monomer such as p-methylstyrene, and a multiolefin such as divinylbenzene. The elastomer has improved green strength, relaxation characteristics, and processability in melt processing, while retaining excellent aging characteristics and barrier properties, and can be used in a blend with a linear isobutylene-p-alkylstyrene elastomer to improve processability of the linear elastomer. Also disclosed are a method for processing the linear elastomer with an effective amount of the branched elastomer to improve processability, and nanocomposites, curable compositions, cured compositions and useful articles formed from the branched elastomer and the linear-branched elastomer blends.

Processable branched isoolefin-alkylstyrene elastomers

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Yuan-Ju (Ray) Chen