An amphiphilic polymeric material which has a straight or branched chain polymer backbone and a multiplicity of side chains attached to the backbone, wherein the backbone is a copolymer of at least one ethylenically-unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon monomer and maleic anhydride, or is a terpolymer of maleic anhydride, ethylene, and a further ethylenically unsaturated monomer. A method of synthesizing said polymeric material is also provided, together with chewing gum bases, compositions and emulsions comprising amphiphilic polymeric materials.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article manufactured using the same. More specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes 100 parts by weight of a base resin consisting of an acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A-1) containing acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.15 μm as a core, an acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A-2) containing acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 0.6 μm as a core, an aromatic vinyl polymer (B-1), and a heat-resistant aromatic vinyl polymer (B-2); and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a polyolefin elastomer (C). Within this range, the thermoplastic resin composition may have a heat deflection temperature (HDT) of 89° C. or more.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article manufactured using the same. More specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes 100 parts by weight of a base resin consisting of an acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A-1) containing acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.15 μm as a core, an acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A-2) containing acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 0.6 μm as a core, an aromatic vinyl polymer (B-1), and a heat-resistant aromatic vinyl polymer (B-2); and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a polyolefin elastomer (C). Within this range, the thermoplastic resin composition may have a heat deflection temperature (HDT) of 89° C. or more.

A process for preparing a composition by free-radical polymerization of a monomer composition comprising: a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid containing monomer or anhydride thereof; b) optionally at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer different from a) but copolymerizable therewith; and c) at least one crosslinking monomer containing at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups. The monomer composition is polymerized in an organic medium having a solubilizing effect on one or more of the monomeric ingredients, but substantially none on the resulting polymer. The polymerization is conducted in the presence of a free radical forming catalyst and at least one steric stabilizing polymer polymerized from a vinyl lactam and a copolymerizable monomer selected from a short chain alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, a long chain alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, and combinations thereof.

A process for preparing a composition by free-radical polymerization of a monomer composition comprising: a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid containing monomer or anhydride thereof; b) optionally at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer different from a) but copolymerizable therewith; and c) at least one crosslinking monomer containing at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups. The monomer composition is polymerized in an organic medium having a solubilizing effect on one or more of the monomeric ingredients, but substantially none on the resulting polymer. The polymerization is conducted in the presence of a free radical forming catalyst and at least one steric stabilizing polymer polymerized from a vinyl lactam and a copolymerizable monomer selected from a short chain alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, a long chain alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, and combinations thereof.

A process for preparing a composition by free-radical polymerization of a monomer composition comprising: a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid containing monomer or anhydride thereof; b) optionally at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer different from a) but copolymerizable therewith; and c) at least one crosslinking monomer containing at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups. The monomer composition is polymerized in an organic medium having a solubilizing effect on one or more of the monomeric ingredients, but substantially none on the resulting polymer. The polymerization is conducted in the presence of a free radical forming catalyst and at least one steric stabilizing polymer polymerized from a vinyl lactam and a copolymerizable monomer selected from a short chain alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, a long chain alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, and combinations thereof.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method of making a reaction inhibiting polymer having a formula of M—CO—NR. The method may comprise reacting PAA with an organic coupling reagent and at least one alicyclic amine to produce the reaction inhibiting polymer. In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of making an acryloyl monomer having a formula of R.sub.a—CO—NR may comprise reacting an acrylic acid with an organic coupling reagent and an alicyclic amine to form the acryloyl monomer. R.sub.a may be an alkylene moiety, M may be a poly(acrylic) acid backbone. NR may be an alicyclic amine moiety coupled to the polymer backbone or coupled to the alkylene moiety.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method of making a reaction inhibiting polymer having a formula of M—CO—NR. The method may comprise reacting PAA with an organic coupling reagent and at least one alicyclic amine to produce the reaction inhibiting polymer. In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of making an acryloyl monomer having a formula of R.sub.a—CO—NR may comprise reacting an acrylic acid with an organic coupling reagent and an alicyclic amine to form the acryloyl monomer. R.sub.a may be an alkylene moiety, M may be a poly(acrylic) acid backbone. NR may be an alicyclic amine moiety coupled to the polymer backbone or coupled to the alkylene moiety.

Disclosed herein are structures and techniques utilizing directed self-assembly for microelectronic device fabrication. For example, a microelectronic structure may include a patterned region including a first conductive line and a second conductive line, wherein the second conductive line is adjacent to the first conductive line; and an unordered region having an unordered lamellar pattern, wherein the unordered region is coplanar with the patterned region.

A composition contains an amine compound, metal oxide particles, and a binder polymer having an acid group, in which the amine compound has, as a substituent on a nitrogen atom in the amine compound, a substituent which includes a linking group having a linking chain length of 3 or more, and a weight-average molecular weight of the amine compound is 100 or more.