Disclosed herein are glycidol-based polymers, nanoparticles, and methods related thereto useful for a variety of applications, including, but not limited to, drug delivery. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

An amine functional compound is provided comprising: i. at least one segment consisting of at least one ether unit and at least one ester unit, wherein the ether units and ester units are connected by an ether link or an ester link, and wherein the sum of the number of ether units and ester units is at least three, and wherein the ether units and ester units are arranged in random order, and ii. at least one amine group ii. selected from a tertiary amine group, a salt of a tertiary amine group and a quaternary ammonium group, and wherein each segment i. is covalently linked to the at least one amine group ii. via a linkage comprising an urethane group and another group selected from an urethane group, an urea group, a biuret group and an allophanate group.

The present disclosure relates to triblock and pentablock copolymers and methods of making thereof. Aspects of the disclosure further relate to block copolymer hydrogels that exhibit both fatigue resistance and fracture resistance with superior rates of recovery.

Disclosed are novel phosphono-phosphate compounds, monomers, and polymer compositions that have targeted uses with divalent cations and surfaces having divalent cations. These compounds can be used to deliver actives to surfaces such as calcium hydroxyapatite.

Provided is a resin film, including: a basic substance; hollow silica particles provided in the basic substance; and a surface modifying agent including an oil repellent surface modifying agent and a lipophilic surface modifying agent.

Disclosed are oral care compositions of novel phosphono-phosphate and anionic group containing polymer compositions that have targeted uses with divalent cations and surfaces having divalent cations. These compounds can be used to deliver anionic character to surfaces such as calcium hydroxyapatite for use in oral care applications.

This invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of a high molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol by the continuous addition of starter (CAOS) process. This process enables a shorter cycle time while maintaining a low viscosity in high molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyether polyols.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a polyether polyol comprising: continuously feeding into a reactor which contains a composite metal cyanide complex catalyst and (i) a poly (oxyalkylene) polyol or (ii) a polyether polyol obtainable by the process according to the invention: (a) ethylene oxide, (b) a substituted alkylene oxide, (c) optionally a starter compound having a hydroxyl functionality of from 1 to 8, wherein the weight ratio of the total amount of ethylene oxide fed to the total amount of the substituted alkylene oxide fed is of from 50:50 to 95:5, and wherein the ethylene oxide concentration is below 13,000 parts per million by weight (ppmw) per minute during continuously feeding ethylene oxide, wherein the ethylene oxide concentration is defined as the weight of ethylene oxide in the reactor based on the total weight of the reactor contents.

This invention relates to process for preparing low viscosity polyoxyalkylene polyols (P) that have a narrow molecular weight distribution. This process comprises reacting a H-functional starter substance (S.sub.i), a H-functional starter substance (S.sub.x) and a H-functional starter substance (S.sub.c) with one or more alkylene oxides in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst. The resultant polyoxyalkylene polyols (P) have a functionality of 2 to 8 and a hydroxyl number of greater than 35 to 115 mg KOH/g polyol.

This invention relates to a process for preparing low viscosity polyoxyalkylene polyols (P) that have a narrow molecular weight distribution. This process comprises reacting a H-functional starter substance (S.sub.i), a H-functional starter substance (S.sub.x) and a H-functional starter substance (S.sub.c) with one or more alkylene oxides in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst. The resultant polyoxyalkylene polyols (P) have a functionality of 2 to 8 and a hydroxyl number of 5 to 35 mg KOH/g polyol.