An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.

An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.

A gel composition is herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, the composition comprises a (i) a styrenic block copolymer, (ii) an oil; and (iii) optional additives; wherein the styrenic block copolymer comprises: a diblock polymer having a monoalkenyl arene block, designated A, a conjugated diene block, designated B, an isoprene attachment, designated i, and wherein the styrenic block copolymer can have structure ABi or iAB; the isoprene attachment i is substantially unsaturated and the conjugated diene block B is substantially saturated. The gel composition before curing exhibits thixotropic behavior, and the gel composition after curing is either solid or has a viscosity at 25 C. at a shear rate of 20 s.sup.1 of at least 30000 mPa.Math.s.

The present invention relates to thermally conductive composite materials comprising an ultrahigh molecular weight (UHMW) polymer and a filler material in an amount of greater than about 60 wt % and uses thereof, including in fused deposition modeling and 3-D printing for making articles. The invention also relates to making the composite materials in solution. The composite materials possess desirable thermal conductivity and at least acceptable physical and/or mechanical properties.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a wet gel includes a crosslinked silicone resin in which a silicone resin composition is solidified; a first liquid capable of dissolving the silicone resin composition; and one of a solid capable of being dissolved in the first liquid, and a second liquid such that a degree of swelling, when the crosslinked silicone resin is immersed in the second liquid, is less than a degree of swelling when the crosslinked silicone resin is immersed in n-dodecane, wherein the second liquid is capable of being mixed with the first liquid.

Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing a low-molecular-weight gellant, an inorganic solid electrolyte having conductivity of ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table, and a dispersion medium, a mixture, complexed gel, an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and an all-solid state secondary battery for which the solid electrolyte composition, the mixture, and the complexed gel are used, and methods for manufacturing an all-solid state secondary battery, complexed gel, an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and an all-solid state secondary battery.

Provided are a composition which has good elastomer solubility, is thus capable of increasing a concentration of solid contents, and is capable of forming a film having excellent drying properties, surface morphology, and heat resistance, a process for producing a sheet, a sheet, a laminate, and a laminate with a device wafer.

This composition includes an elastomer having a 5% thermal mass reduction temperature of 375 C. or higher when heated at an elevation rate of 20 C./min from 25 C., a solvent represented by the following General Formula (1) and having a boiling point of 160 C. or higher, and a solvent having a boiling point of lower than 120 C. In General Formula (1), R.sup.1 to R.sup.6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group.

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The present invention relates to a method for producing nanocomposite dispersions comprising composite particles of inorganic nanoparticles and organic polymers in a continuous phase, especially in a dispersion medium, as well as to the nanocomposite dispersions thus obtained and to the use thereof.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a wet gel includes a crosslinked silicone resin in which a silicone resin composition is solidified; a first liquid capable of dissolving the silicone resin composition; and one of a solid capable of being dissolved in the first liquid, and a second liquid such that a degree of swelling, when the crosslinked silicone resin is immersed in the second liquid, is less than a degree of swelling when the crosslinked silicone resin is immersed in n-dodecane, wherein the second liquid is capable of being mixed with the first liquid.

Disclosed herein are various cable gel seal arrangements and thermoplastic gels useful therein. The thermoplastic gels are prepared from a composition including a styrene triblock copolymer, a styrene diblock copolymer, an oil extender, and an additive selected from poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide), a C9 resin, poly(alpha-methylstyrene), a coumarone-indene resin, and combinations thereof, wherein the additive has a T.sub.g from about 95 C. to about 200 C. The thermoplastic gels advantageously exhibit low compression set.