PROCESS FOR PROVIDING POLYMERS COMPRISING HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE

• Main Authors: WILCZAK, Wojciech A, NICHOLSON, Lee M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.06.2021
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; ADHESIVES; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DYES; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; WORKING-UP

Provided herein are polymer (e.g., PET) compositions comprising exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), methods of preparing and methods of using thereof. The methods for preparing the polymer (e.g., PET) compositions include providing a reactant mixture comprising exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and a first monomeric or oligomeric reactant, and polymerizing the first monomeric or oligomeric reactant. Also provided are containers (e.g., bottles) prepared using the polymer (e.g., PET) compositions comprising exfoliated h-BN.