Abstract:
Polymeric foams and elastomer/hydrogel bicontinuous composite structures derived from high internal phase emulsions and possessing shape-memory characteristics are disclosed, as well as processes for forming the same and uses thereof in, for example, manufacturing of various articles.
Abstract:
A method for reducing the adherence of a High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) to belt surfaces in a multi-tiered curing oven is provided. The method comprises forming a High Internal Phase Emulsion from an oil phase comprising monomer, cross-linking agent, emulsifier, an aqueous phase and photoinitiator; depositing the High Internal Phase Emulsion on an extrusion belt; exposing the High Internal Phase Emulsion to an Ultraviolet light source to partially polymerize the top surface of the High Internal Phase Emulsion; moving the High Internal Phase Emulsion to a multi-tiered curing oven such that the partially polymerized top surface of the High Internal Phase Emulsion is contacted with a curing oven belt in the multi-tiered curing oven; and polymerizing the monomer component in the oil phase of the High Internal Phase Emulsion at a temperature of from about 20° C. to about 150° C. for a time sufficient to from a High Internal Phase Emulsion foam.
Abstract:
Polymeric foams and elastomer/hydrogel bicontinuous composite structures derived from high internal phase emulsions and possessing shape-memory characteristics are disclosed, as well as processes for forming the same and uses thereof in, for example, manufacturing of various articles.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a polymer foam with density in the range from 5 to 120 kg/m3 composed of a polymer component including at least one styrene polymer and from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a flame retardant mixture including at least one phosphorus compound of the formula PR1R2R3. A process for producing the polymer is also disclosed.
Abstract translation:公开了一种密度为5至120kg / m 3的聚合物泡沫体,其由包含至少一种苯乙烯聚合物的聚合物组分和0.1至5重量份的阻燃混合物组成,所述阻燃剂混合物包含至少一种式 PR1R2R3。 还公开了聚合物的制造方法。
Abstract:
An RF inductor such as a Tesla antenna splices nanotube ends together to form a nanostructure in a polymer foam matrix. High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) is gently sheared and stretched in a reactor comprising opposed coaxial counter-rotating impellers, which parallel-align polymer chains and also carbon nanotubes mixed with the oil phase. Stretching and forced convection prevent the auto-acceleration effect. Batch and continuous processes are disclosed. In the batch process, a fractal radial array of coherent vortices in the HIPE is preserved when the HIPE polymerizes, and helical nanostructures around these vortices are spliced by microhammering into longer helices. A disk radial filter produced by the batch process has improved radial flux from edge to center due to its area-preserving radial vascular network. In the continuous process, strips of HIPE are pulled from the periphery of the reactor continuously and post-treated by an RF inductor to produce cured conductive foam.
Abstract:
A polymer foam with density in the range from 5 to 120 kg/m3, comprising a) a polymer component, comprising at least one styrene polymer, b) from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight (based on 100 parts by weight of component a)) of a flame retardant mixture, comprising b1) at least one phosphorus compound of the formula (I) having phosphorus content in the range from 5 to 80% by weight, based on the phosphorus compound, (X1)s═PR1R2R3 (I) where the definitions of the symbols and indices in the formula (I) are as follows: R1 is C1-C16-alkyl, C1-C10-hydroxyalkyl, C1-C16-alkenyl, C1-C16-alkoxy, C1-C16-alkenoxy, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkoxy, C6-C10-aryl, C6-C10-aryloxy, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkyl, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkoxy, SR9, COR10, COOR11, CONR12R13; R2 is C1-C16-alkyl, C1-C10-hydroxyalkyl, C1-C16-alkenyl, C1-C16-alkoxy, C1-C16-alkenoxy, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkoxy, C6-C10-aryl, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkyl, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkoxy, SR9, COR10, COOR11, CONR12R13; R3 is H, SH, SR4, OH, OR5, or a —(Y1)n—[P(═X2)uR6—(Y2)n]m—P(═X3)tR7R8 group; or two groups R1, R2, R3 form, together with the phosphorus atom bonded thereto, a ring system; X1, X2 and X3 are identical or different and, independently of one another, O or S; Y1 and Y2 are identical or different, being O or S; R4, R5, R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13 are identical or different, being C1-C12-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, which may either have no substitution or may have one or more C1-C4-alkyl groups as substituents, or being C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkynyl, C6-C10-aryl, or C6-C10-aryl-C1-C4-alkyl; R6, R7, and R8 are identical or different and, independently of one another, C1-C16-alkyl, C1-C16-alkenyl, C1-C16-alkoxy, C1-C16-alkenoxy, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkoxy, C6-C10-aryl, C6-C10-aryloxy, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkyl, C6-C10-aryl-C1-C16-alkoxy, SR9, COR10, COOR11, CONR12R13; n is 1 if Y1 and, respectively, Y2 is O, and is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 if Y1 and, respectively, Y2 is S; m is an integer from 0 to 100; s, t, and u are, independently of one another, 0 or 1; and b2) elemental sulfur.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method for reducing monomer loss during curing of a high internal phase emulsion. The method has the steps of: forming a water-in-oil emulsion, curing the monomer component in the emulsion in a saturated steam environment, and forming a saturated polymeric foam material. The water-in-oil emulsion has an aqueous phase and an oil phase comprising a monomer component.
Abstract:
A method for producing a porous cross-linked polymer sheet capable of slicing quickly is provided. This method comprises a step for obtaining a porous cross-linked polymer by forming and polymerizing an HIPE, a step for dehydrating the porous cross-linked polymer, and a step for subsequently slicing the dehydrated porous cross-linked polymer. According to this invention, by performing the step of dehydration prior to the conventional step of slicing, it is made possible to prevent the porous cross-linked polymer from adhering to the blade and the guides provided for a slicer, and allow the slicing to be attained quickly. By removing the salt from the polymer, it is further made possible to prevent a production device from gathering rust and the porous cross-linked polymer from permitting adhesion of rust thereto.
Abstract:
An object of this invention is to provide a method for the production of a porous cross-linked polymer, which permits the polymerization (curing) of a water in oil type high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) in such an exceptionally brief time as not more than 30 minutes, preferably not more than 10 minutes without impairing the stability of the HIPE. The object of this invention mentioned above can be accomplished by a method for the production of a porous cross-linked polymer which comprises steps of mixing an oil phase containing a polymerizing monomer, a cross-linking monomer, and a surfactant as essential components with a water phase containing water as an essential component thereby obtaining a water in oil type high internal phase emulsion and heating said emulsion to a prescribed curing temperature thereby polymerizing the emulsion, wherein said emulsion is formed in a thickness of not more than 50 mm and the temperature-increasing rate of the emulsion is not less than 5° C./minute.