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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Charles R. Hickenboth, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Cynthia Kutchko, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew J. Kryger, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a polymer composition that includes a polymer having at least one polymer segment represented by the following Formula (I), With reference to Formula (I): M independently for each w is a residue of a monomer; φ is a residue of a mechanochromic compound having at least two reactive groups that are each independently bonded to one monomer residue M; w, independently for each z, is an integer of at least 1; and z is an integer of at least 2. The mechanochromic compound is selected from at least one of the following, and