Abstract:
Provided is a modified vinyl alcohol polymer which is superior in water solubility, viscosity stability of an aqueous solution thereof, and water resistance of a film thereof. The modified vinyl alcohol polymer has a group represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 represents: an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; an alkoxy group having an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; a hydroxy group; or a group represented by -OM, wherein M represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, R2 represents a group including a siloxane structure, and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
Abstract:
A binder for glass fiber nonwoven comprising a polyvinyl alcohol, the polyvinyl alcohol having a shape with an aspect ratio of 1.9 to 30 and a degree of saponification of 99.0 mol % or more.
Abstract:
A problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide a diverting agent which gradually dissolves in water. The present invention relates to a diverting agent containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and a method of filling a fracture using the diverting agent.
Abstract:
Provided is a dispersion assistant useful for suspension polymerization of vinyl-based compounds. The dispersion assistant comprises a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer (A) comprising a constituent unit represented by the general formula (1) shown below at 0.1 to 10 mol % per polyvinyl alcohol monomer unit and having a saponification degree of 15 to 70 mol %. (In the formula, R denotes an alkyl group.)
Abstract:
Provided is a crude oil dispersion stabilizer containing a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, wherein a degree of saponification of the vinyl alcohol-based polymer is greater than 70 mol % and 82 mol % or less, and the total content of carboxyl groups and lactone rings is 0.02 to 1 mol % relative to all structural units of the vinyl alcohol-based polymer. According to this, there is provided a crude oil dispersion stabilizer capable of dispersing or emulsifying a highly viscous crude oil, thereby reducing the viscosity and allowing the resulting crude oil dispersion liquid or emulsion to be present stably for a long time.
Abstract:
Described herein is a transparent graphene and polymer based nanocomposite barrier film that provides gas, fluid, and/or vapor resistance. Also described is a barrier film where the graphene may be selected from reduced graphene oxide, graphene oxide, and is also functionalized or crosslinked. Also described is a barrier film where there is crosslinking between the graphene and/or the polymers to provide enhanced water resistance. A barrier device is also described that incorporates the barrier film and further comprises a substrate and a protective coating, encompassing the barrier film. Also described are methods for making the aforementioned barrier films and related devices.
Abstract:
A degradable EVOH high-barrier composite film, characterized in that the materials of various layers in the composite film all obtain approximately-consistent biodegradability by introducing biomass, and the additive amount of the additive master batch in the materials of each layer is controlled within the range of 0.3-15% of the total mass of the materials of the corresponding layer; the hydrophilic activity of the hydrophilic groups in the additive master batch should be greater than or equal to that of the hydrophilic groups in the materials of each layer; by adding the additive master batch, the mole ratios of the hydrophilic groups to carbon atoms of the materials of various layers tend to be consistent, namely, the bioactivities tend to be consistent, so that the degradation rates of the materials of various layers in the composite film tend to be consistent. The present invention makes contribution to obtaining approximately-consistent bioactivities and approximately-consistent biodegradation rates by balancing the mole ratios of the hydrophilic groups to carbon atoms in the materials of various layers, and the appearance, the functions and the physical and mechanical properties of a product remain unchanged.
Abstract:
Compositions and methods of making a modified polyhydroxylated polymer comprising a polyhydroxylated polymer having reversibly modified hydroxyl groups, whereby the hydroxyl groups are modified by an acid-catalyzed reaction between a polydroxylated polymer and a reagent such as acetals, aldehydes, vinyl ethers and ketones such that the modified polyhydroxylated polymers become insoluble in water but freely soluble in common organic solvents allowing for the facile preparation of acid-sensitive materials. Materials made from these polymers can be made to degrade in a pH-dependent manner. Both hydrophobic and hydrophilic cargoes were successfully loaded into particles made from the present polymers using single and double emulsion techniques, respectively. Due to its ease of preparation, processability, pH-sensitivity, and biocompatibility, of the present modified polyhydroxylated polymers should find use in numerous drug delivery applications.
Abstract:
Polyvinyl alcohol-stabilized polymers in mineral building material compositions, contain one or more polyvinyl alcohols comprising one or more tertiary amine groups or one or more quaternary ammonium groups.
Abstract:
A process for treating a solid substrate coupled to a polyol, wherein said polyol bears free hydroxyl groups, comprising the grafting of at least one fatty acid having an aliphatic chain comprising at least 12 carbon atoms onto said solid substrate coupled to a polyol by esterification of at least one free hydroxyl group of said polyol.