Amphiphilic polymer micelles and use thereof

S Warren, X Wang - US Patent App. 11/818,023, 2008 - Google Patents
A nano-particle composition including a polar core and a hydrophobic surface layer is
provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm …

Nano-sized polymer-metal composites

X Wang, JE Hall, GGA Böhm, CJ Lin - US Patent 7,112,369, 2006 - Google Patents
A polymer nanoparticle is provided. The nanoparticle includes an inner layer having
alkenylbenzene monomer units. The nanoparticle further includes an outer layer having …

Nanoparticles with controlled architecture and method thereof

X Wang, VJ Foltz, P Sadhukhan - US Patent 7,538,159, 2009 - Google Patents
The present invention provides polymer nanoparticles with a controlled architecture of nano-
necklace, nano-cylinder, nano-ellipsoid, or nano-sphere. The polymer nanoparticle …

Polymer nano-strings

X Wang - US Patent 7,179,864, 2007 - Google Patents
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Multi-layer nano-particle preparation and applications

X Wang, VJ Foltz - US Patent 7,238,751, 2007 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A multi-layer nano-particle composition including a poly mer core and at
least two additional layers is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter …

Non-spherical nanoparticles made from living triblock polymer chains

X Wang, M Rackaitis, VJ Foltz, ED Kelley… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
The present invention provides polymeric nanoparticles com prising triblock and optionally
diblock copolymer chains. The architecture of the polymeric nanoparticles may be con …

Preparation of polymer nanocomposites by dispersion destabilization

MI Knudson Jr, CE Powell - US Patent 6,849,680, 2005 - Google Patents
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Rubber compound for tire tread rubber

G Heinrich, W Herrmann, N Kendziorra… - US Patent …, 2004 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A sulfur-curable rubber compound for a tire tread rubber of, in particular, a
racing tire, which compound comprises at least one diene rubber, at least one filler and at …

Rubber composition containing functionalized polymer nanoparticles

X Wang, JE Hall, GGA Böhm, CJ Lin - US Patent 7,897,690, 2011 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A polymer nanoparticle is provided. The nanoparticle includes an inner
layer having alkenylbenzene monomer units. The nanoparticle further includes an outer …

Method for clay exfoliation, compositions therefore, and modified rubber containing same

X Wang, H Fudemoto, JE Hall, S Araki, T Hogan… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
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