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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Shaw Ling Hsu, Sunderland, MA (US);
Sahas Rathi, Westborough, MA (US);
Edward Coughlin, Amherst, MA (US);
Xiaolang Chen, Chengdu, CN;
Charles S. Golub, Westford, MA (US);
Michael J. Tzivanis, Chicopee, MA (US);
Michael A. Zimmerman, North Andover, MA (US);
Nicholas Orf, Natick, MA (US);
Choung H. Lai, Acton, MA (US);
Shaw Ling Hsu, Sunderland, MA (US);
Sahas Rathi, Westborough, MA (US);
Edward Coughlin, Amherst, MA (US);
Xiaolang Chen, Chengdu, CN;
Charles S. Golub, Westford, MA (US);
Michael J. Tzivanis, Chicopee, MA (US);
Michael A. Zimmerman, North Andover, MA (US);
Nicholas Orf, Natick, MA (US);
Choung H. Lai, Acton, MA (US);
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A composition includes a blend of (a) a multi-block copolymer including at least one block of an elastomeric polymer and at least one block of a first polymer including a chiral polymer having a stereo isomeric configuration; and (b) a second polymer including an anti-chiral polymer corresponding to the chiral polymer in (a), wherein the second polymer includes an opposite handed stereo isomeric configuration to the chiral polymer in (a); wherein the blend of the chiral polymer and the anti-chiral polymer form stereo complex sites. A flexible tubing material further includes the blend. In an embodiment, a method of making the blend material is also provided.