SPRAYABLE POLYURETHANE/UREA ELASTOMER FOR AGRICULTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20190031912A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US15780379

    申请日:2016-11-30

    Inventor: Raju ADHIKARI

    Abstract: A process for preparing a polymeric membrane for materials used in crop production comprising: a) providing an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane or polyurethane-urea elastomer comprising segments formed from the copolymer segment of Formula I A1-[Y1]n-L-[Y2]q-A2   Formula I wherein A1 is an end capping group; A2 is hydrogen or an end capping group; each [Y1]n and [Y2]q is independently selected from a polyether macrodiol, polycarbonate macrodiol, polyester macrodiol, and wherein at least one of [Y1]n and [Y2]q is a polyester macrodiol; L is a divalent linking compound independently selected from urethane, urea, carbonate, ester, and phosphonate; n is an integer of 2 to 50; q is an integer of 2 to 50; and b) spraying the aqueous dispersion onto materials to be used in crop production to form a polymeric membrane on the materials.

    HYDROPHOBIC-HYDROPHILIC SWITCHABLE POLYMERS FOR USE IN AGRICULTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20190055470A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:US16078758

    申请日:2017-03-21

    Abstract: A process for regulating the water retention of soil materials used in agriculture involving providing a composition comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of a urethane, a urethaneurea, a thiocarbamate and mixtures thereof, said polymer comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments; and applying the composition onto soil materials used in agriculture to form a polymer film thereon, wherein the hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments together provide reversible hydrophobic-hydrophilic switching in response to water, such that the film surface switches from a relatively hydrophobic state in dry conditions to a relatively hydrophilic state in response to the presence of water in contact with the film surface.

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