The invention relates to an efficient method for producing polyoxyalkylene polyols with equivalent molar masses between 9500 and 23000 g/mol from one or more H-functional starter compounds, and one or more alkylene oxides in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, characterized in that the alkylene oxide metering rate is reduced once a calculated equivalent molar mass of between 8000 and 9500 g/mol is reached.

To provide a glycolic acid copolymer composition that can be solidification- and extrusion-molded and that improves rate of decrease in thickness of the molded article during degradation. The glycolic acid copolymer composition according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a glycolic acid copolymer and a carboxylic anhydride, the glycolic acid copolymer including two or more straight macromolecular chains A, each containing a repeating unit derived from glycolic acid and being chemically bonded to a particular macromolecular chain B that is different from the macromolecular chain A, and a weight average molecular weight of the composition is 150000 or greater.

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.

The present invention is method comprising the steps of a) contacting 4-hydroxyphenone and a salt thereof with propylene oxide in a reactor heated to a temperature in the range of from 100? C. to 200? C. to form a poly(propylene oxide)-benzophenone intermediate; then b) contacting the intermediate with ethylene oxide in the heated reactor to form an alkoxylated benzophenone substituted with propylene oxide groups and ethylene oxide groups. The method of the present invention is useful for preparing a non-volatile alkoxylated benzophenone photoinitiator that gives long lasting gloss retention in an exterior architectural coating.

This invention provides a composite type heavy oil demulsifier and its preparation methods. The demulsifier includes two effective constituents. The constituent I is an amino nonionic dendritic polyether and the constituent II is a dendritic ester acid. The structural formula is presented as Formula I and II, respectively. The demulsifier has good abilities in interfacing between oil and water and reducing viscosity. It has good demulsification performance in breaking crude oil emulsion and is useful in heavy crude oil production and petroleum refining.

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.

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.

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.

A polymeric invert emulsifier is provided which is particularly suitable for use in demanding environments.

Described herein are substituted polyetheramines with a low melting point which are obtainable by condensation of at least two N-(hydroxyalkyl)amines to obtain a polyetheramine and subsequent reaction of at least one remaining hydroxy group and/or, if present, at least one secondary amino group of said polyetheramine with ethylene oxide and at least one further alkylene oxide to obtain a substituted polyetheramine. Uses of such substituted polyetheramines in fields of cosmetic formulations, as crude oil emulsion brakers, in pigment dispersions of ink jets, in electro paintings, or in cementitious compositions as well as methods wherein said substituted polyetheramines are used in said fields are described herein.