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AssigneeIowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsEric W. Cochran, R. Christopher Williams, Nacu Hernandez, Elvira Joana Ferreira Peralta, Michael John Forrester
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The present invention relates to a thermoplastic copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer comprising plural acrylated polyol monomeric units having different degrees of acrylation of hydroxyl groups. The acrylated polyol monomeric units have an average degree of acrylation greater than 1 and less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol. The present invention also relates to a method of making the thermoplastic copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer, and using them in various applications, such as asphalt rubber modifiers, adhesives, or an additive in a fracking fluid for oil fracking.
A thermoplastic copolymer comprising plural acrylated polyol monomeric units having different degrees of acrylation of hydroxyl groups, wherein the acrylated polyol monomeric units have an average degree of acrylation greater than 1 and less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol, and wherein the polymer chain of the thermoplastic copolymer is based on polymerization of radically polymerizable acrylic (O═C—C═C) moieties.
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