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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Geoffrey Coates, Lansing, NY (US);
James Eagan, Austin, TX (US);
Anne Lapointe, Ithaca, NY (US);
Frank S. Bates, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY (US);
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A semicrystalline multiblock copolymer includes alternating blocks of semicrystalline isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and semicrystalline polyethylene (PE), having a block arrangement according to formula (I):(iPP)(PE)(iPP)(PE)   (I),wherein p is 0 or 1; m is 0 or 1; n is 0 or 1; the sum of p, m, and n is 1, 2, or 3; and the sum of w, x, y, and z is greater than or equal to 40 kg/mol, with the provisos that: when m and n are 0, the sum of w and x is greater than or equal to 140 kg/mol; and when p and n are 0, the sum of y and x is greater than or equal to 140 kg/mol. Related compositions and methods are also provided.