A composite material obtained by impregnating a fibrous filler to which a hydrocarbon-based resin is attached with a polymerizable composition containing a cycloolefin monomer and a metathesis polymerization catalyst is provided. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a composite material which has no impregnation unevenness and can give a composite material molded article having excellent strength.

A composite material obtained by impregnating a fibrous filler to which a hydrocarbon-based resin is attached with a polymerizable composition containing a cycloolefin monomer and a metathesis polymerization catalyst is provided. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a composite material which has no impregnation unevenness and can give a composite material molded article having excellent strength.

An elastomeric composition and method incorporating a hydrocarbon polymer modifier with improved permanence. The composition comprises elastomer, filler and silane-functionalized hydrocarbon polymer modifier (Si-HPM) made in a pre-reaction adapted to couple the Si-HPM to the elastomer, filler or both, wherein the Si-HPM comprises an interpolymer of monomers chosen from piperylenes, cyclic pentadienes, aromatics, limonenes, pinenes, amylenes, and combinations thereof.

An elastomeric composition and method incorporating a hydrocarbon polymer modifier with improved permanence. The composition comprises elastomer, filler and silane-functionalized hydrocarbon polymer modifier (Si-HPM) made in a pre-reaction adapted to couple the Si-HPM to the elastomer, filler or both, wherein the Si-HPM comprises an interpolymer of monomers chosen from piperylenes, cyclic pentadienes, aromatics, limonenes, pinenes, amylenes, and combinations thereof.

The present technology relates to a method for producing a single-ion conducting polymer comprising grafting a thiol functionalized conductor compound onto a polymer compound to obtain the single-ion conducting polymer. In certain embodiments, the thiol functionalized conductor compound can be grafted onto polymers having low Tg which result in single-ion conducting polymers having improved conductivity.

The present technology relates to a method for producing a single-ion conducting polymer comprising grafting a thiol functionalized conductor compound onto a polymer compound to obtain the single-ion conducting polymer. In certain embodiments, the thiol functionalized conductor compound can be grafted onto polymers having low Tg which result in single-ion conducting polymers having improved conductivity.

Polyolefin elastomers are widely employed commodity polymers. There remains a desire to expand the structural diversity of polyolefin elastomers to facilitate their use in additional applications. Polyolefin elastomers may be graft copolymers that comprise: a first polymer chain comprising at least a first olefinic monomer comprising isobutylene and a second olefinic monomer bearing a benzylic carbon atom or an allylic carbon atom, and a second polymer chain bonded to the benzylic carbon atom or the allylic carbon atom of the first polymer chain. The second polymer chain comprises at least one monomer that is not present in the first polymer chain. The second polymer chain may be bonded to the first polymer chain by generating a carbanion upon the benzylic carbon atom or the allylic carbon atom and growing the second polymer chain by anionic polymerization.

Polyolefin elastomers are widely employed commodity polymers. There remains a desire to expand the structural diversity of polyolefin elastomers to facilitate their use in additional applications. Polyolefin elastomers may be graft copolymers that comprise: a first polymer chain comprising at least a first olefinic monomer comprising isobutylene and a second olefinic monomer bearing a benzylic carbon atom or an allylic carbon atom, and a second polymer chain bonded to the benzylic carbon atom or the allylic carbon atom of the first polymer chain. The second polymer chain comprises at least one monomer that is not present in the first polymer chain. The second polymer chain may be bonded to the first polymer chain by generating a carbanion upon the benzylic carbon atom or the allylic carbon atom and growing the second polymer chain by anionic polymerization.

The invention relates to a compound of formula (I), wherein: A1 and A.sub.2 represent, independently of one another, a binding group comprising at least one nitrogen atom; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 represent, independently of one another, a linkage group; and x is an integer between 2 and 6, preferably between 3 and 6. The invention also relates to a rubber composition comprising said compound.

The invention relates to a compound of formula (I), wherein: A1 and A.sub.2 represent, independently of one another, a binding group comprising at least one nitrogen atom; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 represent, independently of one another, a linkage group; and x is an integer between 2 and 6, preferably between 3 and 6. The invention also relates to a rubber composition comprising said compound.