A PROCESS FOR INCORPORATING AN INTERPENETRATING NETWORK OR BLEND INTO THE SURFACE LAYER OF A POLYMERIC ARTICLE

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APP PUB NO 20120077038A1
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12893020

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The present invention provides a plastic article containing a first polymer and an interpenetrating network or blend of a second polymer infused in a surface layer of the first polymer, wherein the second polymer is the product of photopolymerizing, in a de-oxygenated environment, a reactive monomer in the presence of one or more radical photoinitiators. The present invention also provides a process for the infusion of a surface layer polymer interpenetrating network (“IPN”) or interpenetrating blend (“IPB”) into plastic articles. By inclusion of a second polymer within the pre-existing first polymer, surface modification of the physical and chemical properties of the host polymer may be enhanced.

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BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE LLC100 BAYER ROAD PITTSBURGH PA 15205-9741

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Hedden, Ronald C Lubbock, US 6 56
Lentz, Daniel M Woodbury, US 15 27
Pyles, Robert A Bethel Park, US 53 400

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