Abstract:
Gel polymer electrolyte compositions including a cross-linked three-dimensional polymer network and an electrolyte composition comprising an electrolyte and water are disclosed. The gel polymer electrolyte compositions can be included in an aqueous electrochemical cell, in which a gel polymer electrolyte can be positioned between an anode and a cathode. Methods of forming a gel polymer electrolyte in the form of a film, and methods of forming an aqueous electrochemical cell including a gel polymer electrolyte, are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Polymeric materials and products, including sheet flooring materials prepared from the polymeric materials, and processes for preparing the polymeric materials, are disclosed. The polymeric materials include a polylactic acid-based polymer in combination with plasticizer and a compatibilizer, and optionally include a filler. The polymeric material can include between about 30 to about 50 percent by weight polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene glycol, polyglycolide, ethylene vinyl acetate, polycarbonate, polycaprolactone, polyhydroxyalkanoates, or polyolefins modified with polar groups, for example, ionomers. The plasticizer is typically an epoxidized vegetable oil or esterified and epoxidized vegetable oil and is typically present in an amount of between about 10 and about 50% by weight. In some embodiments, the compatibilizer is a polyolefin modified with one or more polar functional groups, and is typically present in an amount of between about 5 and about 10% by weight. The material can be used in decorative surface coverings, such as a floor coverings, particularly when it is in the form of a polymeric sheet. The polymeric material can be present in at least one layer of a floor covering, which floor covering can also include one or more additional layers such as wear layers, foamed or foamable layers, top coat layers and design layers. The additional layers can also include the polymeric material.
Abstract:
Polyester blends of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene isophthalate coated with an alkylene carbonate such as ethylene carbonate or propylene carbonate crystallize more quickly and at lower temperature than uncoated pellets, reducing the tendency of the pellets to stick together during the crystallization process prior to solid-state polymerization.
Abstract:
Stabilizer mixture for organic material, in particular for plastics, comprising (a) one or more chroman derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## (b) one or more organic phosphites of the general formula II ##STR2## or an organic phosphonite of the formula III ##STR3## or mixtures of the phosphites II and the phosphonite III and c) one or more amines of the general formula IV ##STR4## where the components (a) and (b) are present in the ratio of from 1:5 to 1:14 by weight and the component (c) is present in an amount of from 0.01 to 2.0% of the weight of (a)+(b) in the stabilizer mixture.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of cyclic carbonates as demoulding agents for thermoplastic polycarbonates, and to the incorporation of these cyclic carbonates into the thermoplastic polycarbonates.
Abstract:
Polymeric phosphonium salts useful for enhancing the chemiluminescence produced by 1,2-dioxetanes are described. The polymers are preferably water soluble and used in immunoassays and nucleic acid assays with enzyme triggerable 1,2-dioxetanes.