A thermoplastic wrap film including polyisobutylene succinic anhydride (PIBSA) is disclosed herein.

A flame-retardant antimicrobial agent is a polymer microsphere with the surface grafted thereof with a guanidine salt. The polymer microsphere has a cross-linked structure composed of a structural unit A derived from maleic anhydride, a structural unit B derived from a monomer M, and a structural unit C derived from a cross-linking agent. The monomer M is selected from a C.sub.4-C.sub.9 aliphatic olefin or a mixture thereof, and the guanidine salt comprises at least one guanidine salt having the property of flame resistance. The flame-retardant antimicrobial agent has both a good antimicrobial effect and a good flame-retardant effect. A flame-retardant antimicrobial thermoplastic resin composition containing the flame-retardant antimicrobial agent also has a good flame-retardant and antimicrobial performance and a good overall performance.

A flame-retardant antimicrobial agent is a polymer microsphere with the surface grafted thereof with a guanidine salt. The polymer microsphere has a cross-linked structure composed of a structural unit A derived from maleic anhydride, a structural unit B derived from a monomer M, and a structural unit C derived from a cross-linking agent. The monomer M is selected from a C.sub.4-C.sub.9 aliphatic olefin or a mixture thereof, and the guanidine salt comprises at least one guanidine salt having the property of flame resistance. The flame-retardant antimicrobial agent has both a good antimicrobial effect and a good flame-retardant effect. A flame-retardant antimicrobial thermoplastic resin composition containing the flame-retardant antimicrobial agent also has a good flame-retardant and antimicrobial performance and a good overall performance.

A method for producing block copolymers can include polymerizing a feedstock comprising a monomer and a comonomer under first polymerization conditions in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor to produce a first effluent comprising a first polyolefin block, an unreacted monomer, and an unreacted comonomer; blending the first effluent with a coordinative chain transfer polymerization agent to produce a mixture; and polymerizing the mixture in a separator under second polymerization conditions to cause the unreacted monomer and the unreacted comonomer to polymerize onto one end of the first polyolefin block as a second polyolefin block, thereby forming a block copolymer, wherein the first polyolefin block has a first comonomer content and the second polyolefin block has a second comonomer content that is different than the first comonomer content. The method can further include polymerizing in presence of a second coordinative chain transfer polymerization agent in a second separator.

The present invention relates to a method for halogenating an isobutene-isoprene copolymer by using an organic hypochlorite. By using the method of the present invention, a hydrogen halide byproduct may be rapidly recycled into a halogenating agent and reused. As a result, a halogenated isobutene-isoprene copolymer having the high content of secondary allyl halogen functional groups may be prepared by increasing the participation ratio of the halogenating agent in reaction and suppressing the rearrangement of the secondary allyl halogen functional groups. The halogenated isobutene-isoprene copolymer prepared according to the present invention may be effectively used in the crosslinking reaction with other rubber, and is industrially useful.

The present invention relates to a method for halogenating an isobutene-isoprene copolymer by using an organic hypochlorite. By using the method of the present invention, a hydrogen halide byproduct may be rapidly recycled into a halogenating agent and reused. As a result, a halogenated isobutene-isoprene copolymer having the high content of secondary allyl halogen functional groups may be prepared by increasing the participation ratio of the halogenating agent in reaction and suppressing the rearrangement of the secondary allyl halogen functional groups. The halogenated isobutene-isoprene copolymer prepared according to the present invention may be effectively used in the crosslinking reaction with other rubber, and is industrially useful.

Methods of post-polymerization modification of a polymer are provided herein. The present methods comprise the step of reacting a polymer with at least one nucleophile in a nucleophilic substitution reaction performed without a solvent to produce a functionalized polymer. The nucleophile can be selected from the group consisting of thioacetate, phenoxide, alkoxide, carboxylate, thiolate, thiocarboxylate, dithiocarboxylate, thiourea, thiocarbamate, dithiocarbamate, xanthate, thiocyanate. Nucleophilic substitution reaction can be performed in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst. Nucleophilic substitution reaction can also be performed via a two-step in-situ reactive mixing process with the initial formation of the polymer-amine ionomer (polymer-NR.sub.3.sup.+Br) which catalyzes the subsequent nucleophilic substitution with a second nucleophile to form a bi-functional polymer.

Methods of post-polymerization modification of a polymer are provided herein. The present methods comprise the step of reacting a polymer with at least one nucleophile in a nucleophilic substitution reaction performed without a solvent to produce a functionalized polymer. The nucleophile can be selected from the group consisting of thioacetate, phenoxide, alkoxide, carboxylate, thiolate, thiocarboxylate, dithiocarboxylate, thiourea, thiocarbamate, dithiocarbamate, xanthate, thiocyanate. Nucleophilic substitution reaction can be performed in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst. Nucleophilic substitution reaction can also be performed via a two-step in-situ reactive mixing process with the initial formation of the polymer-amine ionomer (polymer-NR.sub.3.sup.+Br) which catalyzes the subsequent nucleophilic substitution with a second nucleophile to form a bi-functional polymer.

Disclosed herein are graft polymers having a copolymer backbone and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon branches for use as a nanofiller dispersant and methods for making the same. Also disclosed are elastomeric nanocomposite compositions comprising a halobutyl rubber matrix, nanoparticles of graphite or grapheme, and the graft polymer. Such elastomeric nanocomposite compositions are suitable as tire innerliners or innertubes.

Disclosed herein are graft polymers having a copolymer backbone and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon branches for use as a nanofiller dispersant and methods for making the same. Also disclosed are elastomeric nanocomposite compositions comprising a halobutyl rubber matrix, nanoparticles of graphite or grapheme, and the graft polymer. Such elastomeric nanocomposite compositions are suitable as tire innerliners or innertubes.