The present invention provides polymers and methods of preparing the same. In certain embodiments, the polymers comprise acrylate repeating units that have been derivatized (e.g., reduced and/or substituted) to form new polymeric structures. In certain embodiments, the polymers described herein self-assemble to form well-defined nanostructures. In some instances, the nanostructures exhibit relatively small d-spacing (e.g., a d-spacing value of 10 nm or less). Due to their properties, the polymers described herein are useful in a variety of applications including functional materials and biomedical applications.

The present invention provides polymers and methods of preparing the same. In certain embodiments, the polymers comprise acrylate repeating units that have been derivatized (e.g., reduced and/or substituted) to form new polymeric structures. In certain embodiments, the polymers described herein self-assemble to form well-defined nanostructures. In some instances, the nanostructures exhibit relatively small d-spacing (e.g., a d-spacing value of 10 nm or less). Due to their properties, the polymers described herein are useful in a variety of applications including functional materials and biomedical applications.

Provided is a multi-component copolymer comprising conjugated diene units, non-conjugated olefin units and aromatic vinyl units, wherein: a weight-average molecular weight of chain parts, divided by the conjugated diene units and each containing one or more of the non-conjugated olefin units and/or one or more of the aromatic vinyl units, is 50,000 or more. A rubber composition comprising the multi-component copolymer, a crosslinked rubber composition, and a rubber article comprising the crosslinked rubber composition are also provided.

Provided is a multi-component copolymer comprising conjugated diene units, non-conjugated olefin units and aromatic vinyl units, wherein: a weight-average molecular weight of chain parts, divided by the conjugated diene units and each containing one or more of the non-conjugated olefin units and/or one or more of the aromatic vinyl units, is 50,000 or more. A rubber composition comprising the multi-component copolymer, a crosslinked rubber composition, and a rubber article comprising the crosslinked rubber composition are also provided.

The present invention relates to the use of diblock copolymers as surfactants, and to a method for producing diblock copolymers, containing a hydrocarbon-containing block A and a polyether carbonate-containing block B, by attaching alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide to H-functional starters in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, characterized in that the H-functional starter has an OH functionality of 1, and the H-functional starter is selected from one or more compounds of the group of monofunctional alcohols having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, and no further catalyst is used in addition to the DMC catalyst.

The present invention relates to the use of diblock copolymers as surfactants, and to a method for producing diblock copolymers, containing a hydrocarbon-containing block A and a polyether carbonate-containing block B, by attaching alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide to H-functional starters in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, characterized in that the H-functional starter has an OH functionality of 1, and the H-functional starter is selected from one or more compounds of the group of monofunctional alcohols having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, and no further catalyst is used in addition to the DMC catalyst.

The use of a block copolymer of the following structure. Wherein R and R.sup.1 may be the same or different and each independently represents an alkyl or aryl group, X may be hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.20 alkyl group which may be branched or linear and wherein the aromatic ring substituent joined to polymer B is positioned meta or para to the aromatic ring substituent joined to polymer A and, wherein polymer A is a polymer (or copolymer) of ethylene and polymer B is a polymer of monomers selected from vinyl acetate, C.sub.1-C.sub.9 acrylate esters, acrylic acid and mixtures thereof as an additive in polyethylene or polyethylene terephthalate to improve the adhesion between co-extruded layers of the polyethylene and the polyethylene terephthalate and laminated films derived from such use.

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A block polymer comprising a first block and a second block is provided. The first block contains aromatic -mono-olefin units, and the second block contains both 1,3-diene units and mono-olefin units.

A (iso-styrene/trans-butadiene): diene-terminated copolymer is described which includes (i) a polymeric block of styrene-butadiene consisting of a random sequence of butadiene in trans conformation and styrene in isotactic configuration, and (ii) a terminal polymeric block consisting of a sequence of one or more dienic monomers.

A (iso-styrene/trans-butadiene): diene-terminated copolymer is described which includes (i) a polymeric block of styrene-butadiene consisting of a random sequence of butadiene in trans conformation and styrene in isotactic configuration, and (ii) a terminal polymeric block consisting of a sequence of one or more dienic monomers.