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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2005
Caiguo Gong, Pearland, TX (US);
Anthony Jay Dias, Houston, TX (US);
Weiqing Weng, Houston, TX (US);
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Bellaire, TX (US);
Carmen Neagu, Friendswood, TX (US);
Molly Westermann Johnston, Baytown, TX (US);
Beverly Jean Poole, Houston, TX (US);
Kriss Randall Karp, Copley, OH (US);
Caiguo Gong, Pearland, TX (US);
Anthony Jay Dias, Houston, TX (US);
Weiqing Weng, Houston, TX (US);
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Bellaire, TX (US);
Carmen Neagu, Friendswood, TX (US);
Molly Westermann Johnston, Baytown, TX (US);
Beverly Jean Poole, Houston, TX (US);
Kriss Randall Karp, Copley, OH (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention provides for processes for preparing a nanocomposite compositions including the steps of: contacting a multifunctional intercalant including a cationic moiety separated from an anionic moiety by at least 1 carbon, with a clay at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to produce an at least partially intercalated clay; and contacting the at least partially intercalated clay with a functionalized interpolymer including one or more functional groups, at a temperature, and for a period of time sufficient to produce the nanocomposite compositions. Cured nanocomposite compositions, and articles including such nanocomposite compositions are also provided.