Patent ID: 8883895
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B82Y,C08K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A composition comprising: a matrix comprising a polymer, wherein said polymer comprises less than 90 weight percent of a poly(conjugated diene), wherein said polymer comprises less than 90 weight percent of a polysiloxane; and a nanofiller comprising a mixture of agglomerations of cage compounds selected from the group consisting of a borane cage compound, a metal complex thereof, and a residue thereof, wherein said cage compounds comprise at least 7 cage atoms, wherein said cage compounds are not covalently bound to said polymer, and wherein said composition is a nanocomposite, wherein said nanocomposite has an increased or decreased glass transition temperature, storage modulus, loss modulus, thermal stability, or melt viscosity, as compared to said polymer.