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Patent US7795344 - Nano-particle preparation and applications - Google Patents
A nano-particle composition including a poly(alkenylbenzene) core and a poly(conjugated diene), a poly(alkylene), or a poly(alkenylbenzene) surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter of less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation...http://www.google.com/patents/US7795344?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7795344 - Nano-particle preparation and applications
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Also published as CN1639203A, CN100500705C, DE60229061D1, EP1432740A2, EP1432740B1, US6872785, US6956084, US7238751, US7544740, US7553909, US7718738, US8057899, US20030149185, US20030198810, US20050192408, US20050197462, US20060084722, US20070027264, US20070238836, US20090048390, WO2003085040A2, WO2003085040A3
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25. The composition of claim 22, wherein the surface layer further comprises a functional group, the functional group selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid, alcohol, amine, formyl, tin, silicon, silyl ether, and mixtures thereof.
The experiment and the procedure of Example 24 were repeated. In this experiment, the reactor was charged with 8.53 ml of 0.95 M solution of HMI-Pr-lithium in hexane. GPC analysis of the product showed that the molecular weight (Mw) of the particle polymer is 1,259,000. The polydispersity of the segment is 1.12. The particles were also examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results showed that the average particle size was ˜40 nm, and the dispersity of the particle size was about 1.1.
The reactor was first charged with 508 g of hexane. Then, the reactor was charged with 1.03 kg of butadiene/hexane blend that contains 21.8 wt % of butadiene. The batch was then heated to 57° C. After the temperature stabilized, polymerization was initiated with 5.53 mL of a 0.95 M solution of HMI-Pr-lithium in hexane. The reactor batch temperature was then maintained at 57° C. for the duration of polymerization. After 2 hours (when the reaction was finished), the reactor was charged with 340 g of styrene/hexane blend that contained 33 wt % if styrene. After additional two-hour reaction, the reactor was charged with 1.8 kg hexane, then 50 mL of divinyl benzene. The reactor was maintained at 57° C. for another two-hour period, and the reactor was then discharged. The product was dropped into acetone/isopropanol (˜95/5) blend, and dried. GPC analysis of the product showed that the molecular weight (Mw) of the particle polymer is 1,475,600. The polydispersity of the segment is 1.11. The particles were also examined by TEM, demonstrating, an average particle size of ˜40 nm, and a dispersity of about 1.1.
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U.S. Classification 524/526, 525/240, 525/332.2, 525/193, 525/99, 523/201
International Classification C08L23/02, C08K3/36, C08L53/00, C08L9/06, C08F297/04, B60C1/00, C08F257/02, C08L21/00, C08F12/36, C08L9/00, C08L53/02, C08F257/00, C08L23/16, C09D151/00, C08L51/00, C08F279/00, C08F287/00, C08L23/00
Cooperative Classification B82Y30/00, C08L51/006, C08F297/04, C08L23/16, C08L23/22, C08F285/00, C08L21/00, C08F287/00, C08L53/025, C08L53/00, C08K2201/011, C08F8/04, C08L53/02, C08F297/02, C08F257/00, C08L9/06, Y10T428/2998, Y10T428/2991, B60C1/0025, C08K3/04, Y10T152/10495, B60C1/0016, C08F279/00, C08L51/00, C08L51/003, C08F257/02, B60C1/00, Y10T428/298, C08F8/00, C08K5/01
European Classification B82Y30/00, C08L23/22, C08L21/00, C08L53/02B, C08L23/16, C08L51/00B, C08L51/00C, C08F8/04, C08L9/06, C08L53/02, C08F297/02, C08F285/00, C08L53/00, C08F8/00, C08F287/00, C08F297/04, C08F279/00, C08F257/00, B60C1/00J, B60C1/00, C08F257/02, B60C1/00H