A photocurable composition is provided. A cured product formed by curing the photocurable composition has reworkability and excellent heat resistance while having flexibility. The photocurable composition includes a telechelic acrylic polymer having an acryloyl group at both ends; a polyfunctional acrylic polymer having acryloyl groups; a monofunctional acrylic monomer; and a fumed silica including at least one of a hydrophilic fumed silica or a fumed silica having a polar group. The photocurable composition has a Martens hardness of 0.07 to 0.75 N/mm.sup.2, where the Martens hardness is a hardness after the photocurable composition is cured.

A photocurable composition is provided. A cured product formed by curing the photocurable composition has reworkability and excellent heat resistance while having flexibility. The photocurable composition includes a telechelic acrylic polymer having an acryloyl group at both ends; a polyfunctional acrylic polymer having acryloyl groups; a monofunctional acrylic monomer; and a fumed silica including at least one of a hydrophilic fumed silica or a fumed silica having a polar group. The photocurable composition has a Martens hardness of 0.07 to 0.75 N/mm.sup.2, where the Martens hardness is a hardness after the photocurable composition is cured.

A photocurable composition is provided. A cured product formed by curing the photocurable composition has reworkability and excellent heat resistance while having flexibility. The photocurable composition includes a telechelic acrylic polymer having an acryloyl group at both ends; a polyfunctional acrylic polymer having acryloyl groups; a monofunctional acrylic monomer; and a fumed silica including at least one of a hydrophilic fumed silica or a fumed silica having a polar group. The photocurable composition has a Martens hardness of 0.07 to 0.75 N/mm.sup.2, where the Martens hardness is a hardness after the photocurable composition is cured.

A photocurable composition is provided. A cured product formed by curing the photocurable composition has reworkability and excellent heat resistance while having flexibility. The photocurable composition includes a telechelic acrylic polymer having an acryloyl group at both ends; a polyfunctional acrylic polymer having acryloyl groups; a monofunctional acrylic monomer; and a fumed silica including at least one of a hydrophilic fumed silica or a fumed silica having a polar group. The photocurable composition has a Martens hardness of 0.07 to 0.75 N/mm.sup.2, where the Martens hardness is a hardness after the photocurable composition is cured.

The invention discloses one method of producing polyether polymer dispersant and polyether polymer, wherein the dispersant is a copolymer macromolecule prepared by the propylene oxide or ethylene oxide with an average molecular weight of 6000 to 20000, with containing at least one benzene ring group and one polymerizable carbon-carbon double or triple bond polymer. The preparation method of the dispersant is: synthesizing a basic polyether polyol, adding a cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride into the polyether polyol, then the polyether polyol is reacted with an epoxy compound with the polymerizable double bond, and capping with an epoxy compound to obtain the dispersant; preparing the polymer polyol by the basic polyol, an unsaturated vinyl monomer styrene and acrylonitrile, a polymerization initiator, the dispersant and an optional chain transfer agent; the basic polyether is a polyether polyol with a functionality of 3 to 8.

In an aspect, a method of synthesizing a graft copolymer comprises the steps of: copolymerizing a first macromonomer and a first reactive diluent; wherein said first macromonomer comprises a first backbone precursor directly or indirectly covalently linked to a first polymer side chain group; wherein said reactive diluent is provided in the presence of the first macromonomer at an amount selected so as to result in formation said graft copolymer having a first backbone incorporating said diluent and said first macromonomer in a first polymer block characterized by a preselected first graft density or a preselected first graft distribution of said first macromonomer. In some embodiments of this aspect, said preselected first graft density is any value selected from the range of 0.05 to 0.75. In some methods, the composition and amount of said diluent is selected to provide both a first preselected first graft density and a first preselected first graft distribution.

The present invention describes novel macromonomers containing polyisobutene groups and homo- or copolymers thereof.

The present invention provides a modified block copolymer composition comprising a modified block copolymer containing at least one aromatic vinyl polymer block and at least one conjugated diene polymer block, and having at least one modified terminal modified with a compound having a silicon atom and an acrylic group and/or a methacrylic group.

The invention discloses one method of producing polyether polymer dispersant and polyether polymer, wherein the dispersant is a copolymer macromolecule prepared by the propylene oxide or ethylene oxide with an average molecular weight of 6000 to 20000, with containing at least one benzene ring group and one polymerizable carbon-carbon double or triple bond polymer. The preparation method of the dispersant is: synthesizing a basic polyether polyol, adding a cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride into the polyether polyol, then the polyether polyol is reacted with an epoxy compound with the polymerizable double bond, and capping with an epoxy compound to obtain the dispersant; preparing the polymer polyol by the basic polyol, an unsaturated vinyl monomer styrene and acrylonitrile, a polymerization initiator, the dispersant and an optional chain transfer agent; the basic polyether is a polyether polyol with a functionality of 3 to 8.

Metallated aminosilane compounds for use as functional initiators in anionic polymerizations and processes for producing an aminosilane-functionalized polymer using the metallated aminosilane compounds to initiate anionic polymerization of at least one type of anionically polymerizable monomer. Preferred use of the metallated aminosilane compounds results in rubber compositions for use in tires comprising an aminosilane functionalized polymer.