A method for producing a maleimide compound having a group represented by the formula (a1), the method including condensing a primary amino group in a raw material compound having the primary amino group and dicarboxylic anhydride represented by the formula (a2) to generate a group represented by the formula (a3); and heating a compound having the group represented by the formula (a3), and converting the group represented by the formula (a3) into the group represented by the formula (a1).

Disclosed herein are graft polymers having a copolymer backbone and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon branches for use as a nanofiller dispersant and methods for making the same. Also disclosed are elastomeric nanocomposite compositions comprising a halobutyl rubber matrix, nanoparticles of graphite or grapheme, and the graft polymer. Such elastomeric nanocomposite compositions are suitable as tire innerliners or innertubes.

Disclosed herein are graft polymers having a copolymer backbone and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon branches for use as a nanofiller dispersant and methods for making the same. Also disclosed are elastomeric nanocomposite compositions comprising a halobutyl rubber matrix, nanoparticles of graphite or grapheme, and the graft polymer. Such elastomeric nanocomposite compositions are suitable as tire innerliners or innertubes.

An alcohol-based composition may contain an acryl-modified polyolefin resin and exhibit a good adhesion even at a high solid content, suppress an increase in viscosity, and have good stability such as dispersibility and sustainable stability. A dispersion composition may contain at least a modified polyolefin resin dispersed in a dispersing medium containing an alcohol solvent and an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent. The modified polyolefin resin may be modified with a (meth)acrylic acid component containing at least a (meth)acrylic ester of formula (I) and a (meth)acrylic ester of formula (II). The total content of the structure derived from the (meth)acrylic acid component in the dispersion composition is 3% to 94% by weight, relative to 100% by weight as a total amount of the modified polyolefin resin and (meth)acrylic acid component polymer, and a solid fraction in the dispersion composition is 30% to 80% by weight.

An alcohol-based composition may contain an acryl-modified polyolefin resin and exhibit a good adhesion even at a high solid content, suppress an increase in viscosity, and have good stability such as dispersibility and sustainable stability. A dispersion composition may contain at least a modified polyolefin resin dispersed in a dispersing medium containing an alcohol solvent and an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent. The modified polyolefin resin may be modified with a (meth)acrylic acid component containing at least a (meth)acrylic ester of formula (I) and a (meth)acrylic ester of formula (II). The total content of the structure derived from the (meth)acrylic acid component in the dispersion composition is 3% to 94% by weight, relative to 100% by weight as a total amount of the modified polyolefin resin and (meth)acrylic acid component polymer, and a solid fraction in the dispersion composition is 30% to 80% by weight.

Disclosed are self-assembled propylene-based bi-layer compositions having a skin layer comprising a propylene-based elastomer-toughened composition and a core layer comprising a propylene-based fiber-reinforced composition, wherein the propylene-based elastomer-toughened composition and propylene-based fiber-reinforced composition self-assemble upon mixing into the skin layer and the core layer. Processes for producing these self-assembled propylene-based compositions are also disclosed.

Disclosed are self-assembled propylene-based bi-layer compositions having a skin layer comprising a propylene-based elastomer-toughened composition and a core layer comprising a propylene-based fiber-reinforced composition, wherein the propylene-based elastomer-toughened composition and propylene-based fiber-reinforced composition self-assemble upon mixing into the skin layer and the core layer. Processes for producing these self-assembled propylene-based compositions are also disclosed.

Compositions may include those of the formula: (I) wherein R1 is an alkyl chain having a carbon number in the range of greater than 40 to 200, R2 is a multiester, R3 is hydrogen, an ion, or an alkyl chain having a carbon number in the range of 1 to 200, m is an integer selected from 0 to 4, and n is an integer selected from the range of 0 to 4, wherein the sum of m and n is 1 or greater. Compositions may include a reaction product of a polyisobutylene-substituted succinic anhydride and a hydroxy-functional dendrimer, wherein the molar ratio of polyisobutylene-substituted succinic anhydride to hydroxy-functional dendrimer is within the range of 10:1 to 30:1.

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Compositions may include those of the formula: (I) wherein R1 is an alkyl chain having a carbon number in the range of greater than 40 to 200, R2 is a multiester, R3 is hydrogen, an ion, or an alkyl chain having a carbon number in the range of 1 to 200, m is an integer selected from 0 to 4, and n is an integer selected from the range of 0 to 4, wherein the sum of m and n is 1 or greater. Compositions may include a reaction product of a polyisobutylene-substituted succinic anhydride and a hydroxy-functional dendrimer, wherein the molar ratio of polyisobutylene-substituted succinic anhydride to hydroxy-functional dendrimer is within the range of 10:1 to 30:1.

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The cyclic olefin-based resin composition of the present invention is a cyclic olefin-based resin composition including: a cyclic olefin-based copolymer (A); and inorganic fine particles (B) having a surface modified by a modifier, in which the modifier is one kind or two or more kinds selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acid ester, an organic phosphonic acid, a phosphonic acid ester, a carboxylic acid, a sulfonic acid, a hydrocarbon compound having an amino group, and a silane coupling agent, and the inorganic fine particles (B) exist in a state of being dispersed in the cyclic olefin-based copolymer (A).