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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2005
Caiguo Gong, Pearland, TX (US);
Carmen Neagu, Friendswood, TX (US);
Beverly Jean Poole, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony Jay Dias, Houston, TX (US);
Kriss Randall Karp, Copley, OH (US);
Molly Westermann Johnston, Baytown, TX (US);
Caiguo Gong, Pearland, TX (US);
Carmen Neagu, Friendswood, TX (US);
Beverly Jean Poole, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony Jay Dias, Houston, TX (US);
Kriss Randall Karp, Copley, OH (US);
Molly Westermann Johnston, Baytown, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a nanocomposite of a star branched elastomer and a clay. The nanocomposite can be a mixture of a halogenated star branched elastomer and a clay, desirably an exfoliated clay, suitable for use as an air barrier. The halogenated star-branched elastomer can be the primary halogenated elastomer in the blend, and a ratio of the star-branched elastomer to clay can be from 2:1 to 500:1.