Listed below are MMI's patents in the Specialty Coatings arena. Our Technology Transfer overview page explains the process of licensing technology from MMI.

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001 - Dendrimer-Based Networks Containing Lyophilic Organosilicon and Hydrophilic Polyamidoamine Nanoscopic Domains
Dendrimer-based, honeycomb-like, nano-structured networks are prepared from radially layered poly(amidoamine-organosilicon), PAMAMOS, dendrimers having hydrophilic polyamidoamine, PAMAM, interiors and organosilicon, OS, exteriors.

Categories: MEMBRANES; SPECIALTY COATINGS; SENSORS
Keywords:Dendrimer networks, Hydrophilic and hydrophobic nano domains, Poly(amidoamine-organosilicon), PAMAMOS, films, coating

002 - Radially Layered Copoly(amidoamine-organosilicon) Dendrimers
PAMAMOS dendrimers are a new class of globular, radially layered, copolymeric nano-sized molecules consisting of hydrophilic and nucleophilic polyamidoamine (PAMAM: -[(CH₂)₂-C(O)-N(H)-(CH₂)₂-N]n<) interiors and hydrophobic organosilicon (OS: -R-SiX₃) exteriors.

Categories: MEMBRANES; SPECIALTY COATINGS; DELIVERY SYSTEMS
Keywords:Poly(amidoamine-organosilicon) dendrimers, PAMAMOS, Inverted unimolecular nanoscopic micelles, Copolymeric dendrimers, Surface

003 - Silicon Containing Multi-Arm Star Polymers
Amphiphilic multi-arm star polymers are made from hydrophilic polyamidoamine (PAMAM: -[(CH₂)₂-C(O)-N(H)-(CH₂)₂-N]n<) dendrimer cores and hydrophobic polymethylene, -(CH₂)_n-CH₃,  or polydimethylsiloxane, -(SiR₂O)_n-SiR₃, arms.

Categories: SPECIALTY COATINGS
Keywords: Multi-arm star polymers, PAMAM dendrimer cores, Silicon in the star arms, Polysiloxanes, Amphiphilic star polymers

004 - Dendrimer-Based Sponges and Metal Composites
Dendrimer-based, honeycomb-like, nano-structured networks prepared from radially layered poly(amidoamine-organosilicon), PAMAMOS, dendrimers having spheroidal nucleophilic and hydrophilic polyamidoamine, PAMAM, domains embedded in a hydrophobic organosilicon, OS, matrix are capable of encapsulating a variety of electrophilic nanoscopic guest species.

Categories: SPECIALTY COATINGS; DELIVERY SYSTEMS
Keywords: Dendrimer networks, Nanocomplexes, Nanocomposites, Encapsulation of nanoscopic metallic particles, Poly(amidoamine-organosilicon), PAMAMOS, Films, Coatings

010 - Hyperbranched Polycarnosilanes, Polycarbosilonxanes, Polycarbosilazanes and Copolymers Thereof
Hyperbranched polycarbosilanes, polycarbosiloxanes, polycarbosilazanes, and copolymers thereof are prepared by reacting a monomer having 2 or more functional groups A and no other functional groups capable of reacting significantly during the polymerization reaction with another monomer having 3 or more functional groups B and no other functional groups capable of reacting significantly during the polymerization reaction.

Categories: PHOTONICS; MEMBRANES; SPECIALTY COATINGS; SENSORS
Keywords: Hyperbranched Polymers, Silicon-containing hyperbranched polymers, Polycarbosiloxanes, Bimolecular nonlinear polymerization

011 - Hyperbranched Polymers by Multimonomer Polymerization
This technology enables preparation of hyperbranched polymers by bimolecular non-linear polymerization (BMNLP) in which a monomer A_X is reacted with another monomer B_y where A and B are functional groups that do not react with themselves but do react with each other and x and y are numbers of those groups per respective monomer molecule.

Categories: PHOTONICS; MEMBRANES; SPECIALTY COATINGS; SENSORS
Keywords: Multimonomer nonlineqr polymerization, Polyureas, Polyurethanes, Polyamidoamines, Polyamides, Polyesters

012 - Hyperbranched Polyurethanes, Polyamidoamines, Polyamides and Polyesters
This patent describes a method for end-group siliconization of amine-terminated hyperbranched polymers, such as polyureas, polyamides, polyamidoamines, etc.

Categories: PHOTONICS; MEMBRANES; SPECIALTY COATINGS; DELIVERY SYSTEMS
Keywords: Siliconized hyperbranched polymers, Polyureas, Polyurethanes, Polyamidoamines, Polyamides, Polyesters, Sol-gel chemistry, Crosslinked hyperbranched polymer coatings

013 - Hyperbranched Polymers with Latent Functionality and Methods of Making Same
This technology enables the preparation of hyperbranched polymers with a plurality of at least two different types of functional groups by the method of bimolecular nonlinear polymerization.

Categories: PHOTONICS; MEMBRANES; SPECIALTY COATINGS
Keywords: Hyperbranched polymers, Silicon-containing hyperbranched polymers, Latent functionality, Polycarbosiloxanes, Hydrosilylation, Alkoxysilyl groups

014 - Crosslinked Networks from Multifunctional Hyperbranched Polymers
This technology is for the preparation of crosslinked networks from hyperbranched polymers that contain a plurality of intramolecular functional groups (i.e., groups other than end-groups) that are not reactive during the polymer synthesis nor during the crosslinking reaction but can become reactive subsequently to these if the material is exposed to appropriate reaction conditions.

Categories: PHOTONICS; SPECIALTY COATINGS; OTHER
Keywords: Hyperbranched polymer networks, Silicon-containing hyperbranched polymers, Hyperbranched polymers with latent functionality, Polycarbosiloxanes, Hydrosilylation, Alkoxysilyl groups

015 - Crosslinked Networks Containing Nanoscopic Reinforcing Domains
This technology is for the preparation of crosslinked networks from silicon-containing hyperbranched polymers in which nano-scaled reinforcing structures are randomly distributed within and covalently bonded to the hyperbranched network domains.

Categories: PHOTONICS; SPECIALTY COATINGS; OTHER
Keywords: Hyperbranched polymer networks, Silicon-containing hyperbranched polymers, Polycarbosiloxanes, Nanoscopic silica domains, Hydrosilylation, Alkoxysilyl hydrolysis and subsequent silanol condensation reaction