Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, and telechelic block polymers and methods of using such polymers in curable compositions to produce medical devices such as orthodontic appliances comprising the polymeric compositions comprising the telechelic block polymers.

An aspect of the present invention relates to a resin composition, which contains a modified polyphenylene ether compound of which a terminal is modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond and a free radical compound, in which the free radical compound has at least one free radical group selected from the group consisting of structures represented by Formulas (1), (2), (3) and (4) in a molecule.

An end-group functionalized polymer having one or more end groups according to the general formula (I)

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wherein
R1 represents a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, preferably aliphatic, hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms which, in addition to C and H, may contain one or more heteroatoms, preferably independently of one another selected from O, N, S or Si;
R2, R3 are identical or different and represent saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and wherein the hydrocarbon group may contain, in addition to C and H atoms, one or more heteroatoms, preferably selected from the group consisting of O, N, S and Si;
A represents a residue selected from the group consisting of O-R4-OH, R5-OH and R6-NH-R7, preferably O-R4-OH wherein R4, R5 and R6 represent a saturated or unsaturated linear or branched hydrocarbon group which, in addition to C and H atoms, may contain one or more heteroatoms, independently selected from O, N, S or Si and which contains from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and wherein
R7 represents H or a linear or branched or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and which, in addition to C and H atoms, may contain one or more heteroatoms, preferably selected from O, N, S or Si;
and wherein the polymer is a homopolymer of a conjugated diene or a copolymer of at least one or more conjugated diene and one or more vinylaromatic monomer and, optionally one or more other comonomers. Also provided are a process for making the polymers and articles made with the polymers.

The present disclosure relates to a capped dual-headed organoaluminum composition having the formula (I) and processes to prepare the same. In at least one aspect, the capped dual-headed organoaluminum compositions can be used in olefin polymerization.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one (per)fluoropolyether base oil and at least one polymer obtained by the copolymerization of (per)fluoropolyether (PFPE), tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and at least one non-homopolymerizable olefin.

A rubber composition for a tire contains a diene rubber, silica, and a specific modified butadiene polymer, wherein the diene rubber contains an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene rubber A and at least one rubber component B selected from an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene rubber b1 other than the rubber A and a butadiene rubber b2 having a weight average molecular weight of ≥15000. A content of the aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene rubber A is from 30 to 90% by mass, and a content of the rubber component B is from 10 to 70% by mass, an average TG of the diene rubber is lower than −20° C., a content of the silica is from 80 to 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, and a content of the modified butadiene polymer is from 1.0 to 25.0% by mass with respect to content of the silica.

Provided are a terminally modified diene-based polymer having excellent mechanical properties and also a method for producing the same. The terminally modified diene-based polymer is obtainable by allowing a diene-based polymer terminated with ketone or aldehyde groups to react with an aminophosphonic acid compound represented by general formula (1) or (2):

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wherein in formulas (1) and (2), R.sub.1 and R.sub.4 each represent a C.sub.1-10 alkanediyl group, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be the same or different and each represent hydrogen, a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, or a phenyl group, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.8, and R.sub.9 may be the same or different and each represent hydrogen, a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, or a phenyl group, and R.sub.7 represents hydrogen or a hydroxyl group.

A polymer having a hydrophobic polymer chain derived from monomers of farnesene and other optional monomers, such as dienes and vinyl aromatics. The polymer also includes one or more terminal functional groups, such as an amino group, a glycidyl group, a carboxylic acid group, a (meth)acrylate group, a silane group, an isocyanate group, an acetoacetate group, a phenolic group, and a hydroxyl group. Functional groups, such as carboxylic acids, may also be grafted along the hydrophobic polymer chain. The polymer may be incorporated in curable compositions that optionally include one or more polymer resins having similar functional groups. Methods for preparing the curable polymer compositions are also provided. The curable or cured form of the polymer composition may be used in various products, such as a sealant, a coating, a caulk, an electric potting compound, a membrane, a sponge, a foam, an adhesive, or a propellant binder.

Disclosed is a functionalizing method for the end functionalisation of trans-1,4 stereo-regular polydiene chains obtained by the coordination catalytic polymerisation of at least one conjugated diene monomer. It also relates to a polydiene having a trans-1,4 chain formation rate of at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, and an end functionalisation rate higher than 70%, preferably higher than 80%, and more preferably higher than 90%.

The present invention relates to a rubber composition having excellent abrasion resistance and improved tensile properties and viscoelasticity properties by controlling compatibility among rubber components, and a tire manufactured using the same.