Abstract:
A polymer includes a linker represented by Formula I ([OR1OCH2OR2OCH2]m), where R1 and R2 are, independently, alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, heteroarylene, or alkylarylalkylene; and the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 500 g/mol to about 2,000,000 g/mol, and m is 1 to 1000.
Abstract:
An antifouling composition including a compound having a dioxaborinane moiety is provided. Methods of killing, or deterring the growth of, one or more organisms on an article include coating or impregnating the article with the antifouling composition, where the organisms live in fresh water or salt water.
Abstract:
A co-polymer includes a polymerization product of: a first monomer: and a second monomer represented by (R1O)(R2O)B-L-X1—PG2 where: L is absent, or is alkylenyl, alkenylenyl, or arylene, wherein the alkylenyl and alkenylenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms; X1 is absent, or is amino, oxo, thio, or phosphino; PG2 is a polymerizable group; R1 and R2 are independently H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, C(O)R3, C(O)OR3, C(O)NHR3, or R1 and R2 together with the oxygen atoms to which they are bonded join to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; and R3 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl, wherein the alkyl and alkenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms.
Abstract:
A method of processing a material, the method including infiltrating a first disintegration fluid into a material at a first pressure, the first disintegration fluid including at least one supercritical noble gas, the first pressure being higher than a critical pressure of the first disintegration fluid, and disintegrating the material into particles by depressurizing the material from the first pressure to a second pressure, the second pressure being lower than the critical pressure of the first disintegration fluid.
Abstract:
A cleaning system can include a noble gas, and one or more vessels configured to convert the noble gas into a supercritical fluid, and/or receive and clean an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state. A cleaning process can include converting a noble gas into a supercritical fluid state; and cleaning an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state so as to remove one or more contaminants from the article of manufacture. A cleaning composition can include a noble gas in a supercritical fluid state, and a textile article of manufacture having one or more contaminants located in the supercritical noble gas.
Abstract:
A dioxaborinane compound, or salt thereof, where boron has two oxy substituents, each independently substituted with H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, —C(O)R3, —C(O)OR3, —C(O)NHR3, or the two oxy substituents, together with the oxygen atoms to which they are bonded, join to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; and R3 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl, where the alkyl and alkenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms; and where boron also has the substituent -L-X1-PG1; where L may be absent, or alkylenyl, alkenylenyl, or arylene, where the alkylenyl and alkenylenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms; X1 is absent, or is amino, oxo, thio, or phosphino; and PG1 is a polymerizable group. The dioxaborinane compound can be used as a wood preservative.