Patent ID: 9410020
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B81B,B81C,B82Y,C08G,C08J,C08L

Claim Text:
1. A method of forming a composition comprising adding together a plurality of particle brush systems wherein each of the particle brush systems comprises a particle and a polymer brush comprising a plurality of polymer chains attached to the particle, wherein the plurality of polymer chains of the polymer brush exhibit modeled variable chain conformations as the degree of polymerization of the polymer chains increases so that the polymer brush comprises a concentrated polymer brush region with stretched polymer chains and a semi-dilute polymer brush region with relaxed chains that is radially outside of the concentrated polymer brush region, wherein the degree of polymerization of the polymer brush is no less than 10% less than a critical degree of polymerization and no more than 20% greater than the critical degree of polymerization, wherein the critical degree of polymerization is defined as the degree of polymerization required to achieve a transition from the concentrated polymer brush region to the semi-dilute polymer brush region.