Molecular blended polymer and process for preparing the same

• US 6,852,810 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2002
• Issued: 02/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Ting, Ching, Chen, Joung-Yei, Chan, Shu-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Rabago, Roberto
• Application Number:
  US10/107,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20030187159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,048 Days
• Field of Search: 526/113, 526/114, 526/118, 526/119, 526/346, 525/191, 525/197, 525/221, 525/240, 525/241
• US Class Current: 526/113
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 2/00 Processes of polymerisation
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 2/44 Polymerisation in the presence of compounding ingredients, e.g. plasticisers, dyestuffs, fillers

Abstract

The present invention provides a molecular blended polymer that includes two or more types of polymers blended at the molecular level. At least one monomer is polymerized in the presence of two or more kinds of catalysts supported on a mesoporous molecular sieve having a pore size of 20 Å to 500 Å. The polymerization occurs in the pore of the mesoporous molecular sieve and is controlled at the molecular level. Thus, the polymer material is controlled extremely well and the function and physical properties of the polymer material are greatly enhanced.

Claims

1. A process for preparing a molecular blended polymer, wherein the molecular blended polymer includes two or more types of polymers blended at the molecular level, wherein the process includes:

providing a mesoporous molecular sieve having a pore size of 20 Å

to 500 Å

; and

contacting the mesoporous molecular sieve, at least one monomer, and a catalytically effective amount of two or more kinds of catalysts under polymerizing conditions to undergo polymerization.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the process includes:

providing a mesoporous molecular sieve having a pore size of 20 Å

to 500 Å

; and

preparing a supported catalyst by reacting the mesoporous molecular sieve and two or more kinds of catalysts; and

polymerizing at least one monomer under polymerizing conditions in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of the supported catalyst.

3. The process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is an acidic crystalline material.

4. The process as claimed in claim 3, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve has a surface area of at least 100 m²/g.

5. The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is MCM-50.

6. The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is MCM-41.

7. The process as claimed in claim 6, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is a hexagonal-arranged MCM-41.

8. The process as claimed in claim 6, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is a MCM-41 having tubules-within-a-tubule morphology.

9. The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is SBA-15.

10. The process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is a three-dimensional material.

11. The process as claimed in claim 10, wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is MCM-48.

12. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of metallocene catalysts, Ziegler-Natta catalysts, free radical polymerization catalysts, cationic polymerization catalysts, anionic polymerization catalysts, ring-opening polymerization catalysts, condensation polymerization catalysts and mixtures thereof.

13. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monomer contains an olefinic fragment or an alkyne fragment.

14. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monomer contains a functional group that can undergo a condensation reaction.

15. The process as claimed in claim 14, wherein the monomer contains a carboxyl group (—

COOH), a primary, secondary, or tertiary amine group, or a hydroxyl group (—

OH) that can undergo a condensation reaction.

16. The process as claimed in claim 12, wherein the monomer is styrene, the catalysts include a metallocene catalyst and a free radical polymerization catalyst, and the molecular blended polymer includes syndiotactic polystyrene and atactic polystyrene blended in the pore of the mesoporous molecular sieve.

17. The process as claimed in claim 12, wherein the monomer includes styrene and ethylene, the catalysts include a metallocene catalyst and a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, and the molecular blended polymer includes syndiotactic polystyrene and polyethylene blended in the pore of the mesoporous molecular sieve.

18. The process as claimed in claim 12, wherein the monomer includes styrene and ethylene, the catalysts include a metallocene catalyst and a free radical polymerization catalyst, and the molecular blended polymer includes atactic polystyrene and polyethylene blended in the pore of the mesoporous molecular sieve.

19. The process as claimed in claim 12, wherein the monomer includes styrene and ethylene, the catalysts include a free radical polymerization catalyst and a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, and the molecular blended polymer includes atactic polystyrene and polyethylene blended in the pore of the mesoporous molecular sieve.

20. A process for preparing a molecular blended polymer, wherein the molecular blended polymer includes two or more types of polymers blended at the molecular level, wherein the process includes:

providing a mesoporous molecular sieve having a pore size of 20 Å

to 500 Å

; and

preparing a supported catalyst by reacting the mesaporous molecular sieve and two or more kinds of catalysts; and

polymerizing at least one monomer under polymerizing conditions in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of the supported catalyst,

wherein the mesoporous molecular sieve is an acidic crystalline material having a surface area of at least 100 m²/g, which is MCM-50, MCM-41, SBA-15, or MCM-48.