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High-Efficiency Styrenic Block Copolymers

High-efficiency polymers can help formulators by reducing viscosity or increasing formulation flexibility.
Paul Dalley Val Kirby Mike Myers
May 1, 2013

Today’s hot-melt formulators face many challenges, including variations in the availability of raw material supply and the pressure to reduce formulation costs. High-efficiency polymers can help formulators by reducing formulation viscosity or increasing formulation flexibility, which allows for the exchange of resin or oil for polymers.


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Self-Assembling Acrylic Block Copolymers for Enhanced Adhesives Properties

A new type of acrylic copolymer has been developed that features block structures and controlled functional group placement due to a controlled radical polymerization process.
Jean-Marc Boutillier Jean-Pierre Disson Mickael Havel Raber Inoubli Stephanie Magnet Christian Laurichesse Daniel Lebouvier
May 1, 2013

Acrylic polymers are widely used in pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) applications in the form of emulsion, solvent or radiation-cured systems. They combine good UV resistance, transparency, tailored tack, and stiffness due to a large choice of acrylic and methacrylic comonomers.


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CRODA: Dispersant

April 24, 2013
Zephrym ColorFX is a novel amine functional dispersant technology that reportedly allows for the development of coatings with richer, deeper and truer colors.
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