Abstract:
There are described q oligomer-polymer composition [optionally substantially free of styrene ( =20 wt-% of a higher itaconate diester (preferably dibutyl itaconate—DBI); (b) less than 23 wt-% acid monomer but also sufficient to have an acid value less than 150 mg KOH/g of polymer, (c) optionally with less than 50 wt-% of other itaconate monomers, and (d) optionally less than 77 wt-% of other monomers not (a) to (c). The DBI may be biorenewable. One embodiment is an aqueous dispersion of vinyl sequential polymer of two phases: A) 40 to 90 wt-% of a vinyl polymer A with Tg from −50 to 30° C.; and B) 10 to 60 wt-% of a vinyl polymer B with Tg from 50 to 130° C.; where DBI is used to prepare A and/or B and polymer A has from 0.1 to 10 wt-% of at least one acid-functional olefinically unsaturated monomer. Another embodiment is an aqueous polymer coating composition of a vinyl oligomer C of Mw from 1,000 to 150,000 g/mol and an acid value >5 mgKOH/g; and a vinyl polymer D of Mw >=80,000 g/mol and an acid value
Abstract:
There is described a low number average molecular weight (MN 75° C.) copolymer (optionally a solid grade oligomer (SGO)) that comprises (a) at least 20 wt-% of itaconate functional monomer(s), (b) not more than 40% of a hydrophilic monomer, preferably an acid functional monomer(s) in an amount sufficient to achieve an acid value from 65 to 325 mg KOH per g of solid polymer; (c) optionally not more than 70% of other monomers not being either (a) or (b), having a max content of vinyl aromatic monomer(s) of 40 wt-% and/or max content of methacrylate(s) of 40 wt-%; where the weight percentages of monomers (a), (b) and (c) are calculated as a proportion of the total amount of monomers in the copolymer being 100%.
Abstract:
An aqueous emulsion comprising at least a covalently bound vinyl oligomer and vinyl polymer, wherein said vinyl oligomer comprises 5 to 85 mol % of vinyl monomers bearing quaternary ammonium ion functional groups or quaternisable amine functional groups and is obtained by a controlled radical polymerisation of at least one vinyl monomer via a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer mechanism in solution in the presence of a control agent and a source of free radicals; wherein said vinyl polymer is obtained by emulsion polymerisation of vinyl monomers in the presence of the vinyl oligomer; wherein the weight % ratio of vinyl oligomer to vinyl polymer is in the range of from 0.5:99.5 to 65:35.
Abstract:
There is described use of a biorenewable copolymers in one or more of: in a topical and/or personal care composition, as a binder for toner, as an encapsulating agent for a colorant, as a hybrid colorant, as additive for sheet moulding compounds, as a plastic pigment, as a filler for composite materials such as concrete, as a filler for coatings and/or waxes; and/or as a spacer in a display; where the biorenewable copolymer comprises (a) at least 8. 5 wt-% preferably >=20 wt-% of a higher itaconate diester (preferably dibutyl itaconate—DBI); (b) less than 23 wt-% acid monomer but also sufficient to have an acid value less than 150 mg KOH/g of polymer, (c) optionally with less than 50 wt-% of other itaconate monomers, and (d) optionally less than 77 wt-% of other monomers not (a) to (c). The DBI may be biorenewable. One embodiment is an aqueous dispersion of vinyl sequential polymer of two phases: A) 40 to 90 wt-% of a vinyl polymer A with Tg from −50 to 30° C.; and B) 10 to 60 wt-% of a vinyl polymer B with Tg from 50 to 130° C.; where DBI is used to prepare A and/or B and polymer A has from 0.1 to 10 wt-% of at least one acid-functional olefinically unsaturated monomer.
Abstract:
The current invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous binder composition free of organic solvent, the process comprising at least the following steps: A) preparing a hydrophilic vinyl polymer (Polymer A) by polymerisation of a monomer composition A that contains: Ai) at least one carboxylic acid functional olefinically unsaturated monomer; and Aii) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer different than Ai); and Aiii) optionally at least one wet adhesion promoting olefinically unsaturated monomer different than Ai and Aii); where Polymer A has an acid value (AV) from 32 to 98 mg KOH/g of solid Polymer A; B) preparing a hydrophobic vinyl polymer (Polymer B) by emulsion polymerization of a monomer composition B in the presence of Polymer A where the monomer composition B contains: Bi) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer; Bii) optionally carboxylic acid functional olefinically unsaturated monomer different than Bi); and Biii) optionally wet adhesion promoting olefinically unsaturated monomer different than Bi); where Polymer B has an acid value (AV) of no more than 23.4 mg KOH/g of solid polymer B, wherein at least a part of the carboxylic acid groups that are present in Polymer A and Polymer B are neutralized during or following the steps A and/or B to form a (partially) neutralized polymer emulsion; where the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of Polymer A is lower than the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of polymer B; and wherein the process is further characterized by the presence of a further step C) reacting at least 10 mol % of the carboxylic acid and/or carboxylate salt groups of the (partially) neutralized polymer emulsion with an iminating agent to produce an iminated polymer C; wherein the total amount of surfactant applied in steps A, B and C is at most 0.5 wt. %, based on the total weight of monomers charged for the preparation of polymer A and polymer B.
Abstract:
There is described a low number average molecular weight (MN 75° C.) copolymer (optionally a solid grade oligomer (SGO)) that comprises (a) at least 20 wt-% of itaconate functional monomer(s), (b) not more than 40% of a hydrophilic monomer, preferably an acid functional monomer(s) in an amount sufficient to achieve an acid value from 65 to 325 mg KOH per g of solid polymer; (c) optionally not more than 70% of other monomers not being either (a) or (b), having a max content of vinyl aromatic monomer(s) of 40 wt-% and/or max content of methacrylate(s) of 40 wt-%; where the weight percentages of monomers (a), (b) and (c) are calculated as a proportion of the total amount of monomers in the copolymer being 100%.
Abstract:
There are described a dispersion of polymeric beads where the beads comprise a copolymer composition comprising (preferably consisting essentially of): copolymers (and processes for making them) comprising (a) at least 8.5 wt-% preferably >=20 wt-% of a higher itaconate diester (preferably dibutyl itaconate—DBI); (b) less than 23 wt-% acid monomer but also sufficient to have an acid value less than 150 mg KOH/g of polymer, (c) optionally with less than 50 wt-% of other itaconate monomers, and (d) optionally less than 77 wt-% of other monomers not (a) to (c). The DBI may be biorenewable. A further embodiment is an aqueous suspension polymerization process for preparing vinyl polymer beads from olefinically unsaturated monomers and a free-radical initiator, where at least 10 wt-% of the monomer is DBI.
Abstract:
A process for obtaining an aqueous emulsion comprising a block copolymer by the solution polymerisation of vinyl monomers to obtain block [B] in the presence of a) a radical precursor; and b) an iodine atom containing block [A]; where block [A] and [B] together comprise 0 to 2 wt % of methacrylic acid; where block [A] and block [B] together comprise ≧2.5 wt % of vinyl monomers bearing ionic or potentially ionic water-dispersing groups not including methacrylic acid; and performing a post polymerisation reaction on the block copolymer emulsion obtained in step II; and wherein said aqueous emulsion has a free vinyl monomer level
Abstract:
There is described a polymer blend of a first and second polymer comprising: a) a first polymer of: vinyl (co)polymer; alkyd; urethane acrylic copolymer; polyurethane and/or polyester; b) a second copolymer from: b1) optionally at least 10 wt-% of one or derivatives of itaconic acid and/or isomers thereof; b2) up to 20 wt-% of one or more acid functional (or potentially acid functional) monomer(s) and b3) vinyl monomer(s) where wt % of each monomer (b1 to b3) is based on total (b) and where at least one of the first and second polymer is obtained from an itacon-functional monomer such as itaconic acid and/or its derivatives.
Abstract:
There is described a process for preparing an silane-functional oligomer (such as an alkoxysilane polyurethane) suitable for use as a crosslinkable coating component, the process comprising the steps of: 1) reacting an aminoalkyl silane with a cyclic carbonate, lactone or lactam to form a hydroxyl (OH) or imino (NH) functional silane intermediate, 2) reacting the silane intermediate from step 1) (optionally immediately without isolation) with a diisocyanate (diNCO) to form a silane functional polyurethane; where in step 2) the molar ratio of the total amount OH or NH groups on the silane intermediate of step 1) to the diisocyanate is from 1.8 to 2.2 (preferably about 2.0) and the resultant silane polymer is substantially-free of isocyanate groups thereon.