US 11,905,379 B2
Associative polymers and related compositions, methods and systems
Julia A. Kornfield, Pasadena, CA (US); and Ming-Hsin Wei, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed by CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,559.
Application 17/894,559 is a continuation of application No. 17/240,028, filed on Apr. 26, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/240,028 is a continuation of application No. 16/581,603, filed on Sep. 24, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/581,603 is a continuation of application No. 15/913,828, filed on Mar. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,472,470, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Application 15/913,828 is a continuation of application No. 14/859,181, filed on Sep. 18, 2015, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/052,355, filed on Sep. 18, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0235127 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08G 83/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/16 (2006.01); C08L 101/02 (2006.01); C10L 1/236 (2006.01); C08L 101/08 (2006.01); F17D 1/17 (2006.01); C08G 61/08 (2006.01); C10L 10/02 (2006.01); C08K 5/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/195 (2006.01); C10L 10/08 (2006.01)
CPC C08G 83/005 (2013.01) [C08G 61/08 (2013.01); C08G 83/00 (2013.01); C08G 83/008 (2013.01); C08K 5/0008 (2013.01); C08L 101/02 (2013.01); C08L 101/025 (2013.01); C08L 101/08 (2013.01); C10L 1/1658 (2013.01); C10L 1/195 (2013.01); C10L 1/236 (2013.01); C10L 10/02 (2013.01); C10L 10/08 (2013.01); F17D 1/17 (2013.01); C08F 2438/01 (2013.01); C08G 2261/132 (2013.01); C08G 2261/1644 (2013.01); C08G 2261/3323 (2013.01); C08G 2261/418 (2013.01); C08G 2261/63 (2013.01); C08G 2261/64 (2013.01); C08G 2261/72 (2013.01); C10L 2230/22 (2013.01); C10L 2250/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling a physical and/or chemical property in a non-polar composition, the system comprising at least two between
at least one host composition having a dielectric constant equal to or less than 5, and
at least one framing associative polymer comprising
a linear, branched, or hyperbranched polymer backbone having at least two ends and a functional group presented at two or more ends of the at least two ends of the linear, branched, or hyperbranched polymer backbone;
wherein the linear, branched, or hyperbranched polymer backbone is substantially soluble in the at least one host composition, and
wherein a number of the functional groups presented at the two or more ends is formed by associative functional groups each capable of undergoing an associative interaction with another associative functional group in the at least one host composition with an association constant (k) wherein

OG Complex Work Unit Math
in which Rg is the radius of gyration of the framing associative polymer in the non-polar composition in nanometers, Na is Avogadro's constant; and nF is the average number of the associative functional groups in the framing associative polymer
the at least one host composition and at least one framing associative polymer for combined use to provide a non-polar composition in which the at least at a concentration c selected between from about 0.05c*to about 10c*,

OG Complex Work Unit Math
in which Mw is the weight averaged molecular weight, Rg is the radius of gyration, and Na is Avogadro's constant
depending on the weight averaged molecular weight and/or Radius of gyration of the at least one framing associative polymer and on the physical and/or chemical property to be controlled.