Abstract: A laser-decomposable resin composition, includes: (A) a polymer compound containing a structure represented by formula (0) as a repeating unit in a main chain of the polymer compound: wherein R1 represents H or a hydrocarbyl group which may have a substituent; and (B) a photo-latent or heat-latent catalyst, and a pattern-forming material, includes: a layer containing the laser-decomposable resin composition.

Abstract: Methods for making biomaterials for use as a tissue sealant, kits containing precursors for forming the biomaterials, and the resulting biomaterials are described herein. The biomaterials are formed from a composition comprising at least a first and a second precursor molecule, wherein: i) the first precursor molecule is a poly(ethylene glycol) based polymer having x nucleophilic groups selected from the group consisting of thiol or amino groups, wherein x is greater than or equal to 2 ii) the second precursor molecule is of the general formula: A-[(C3H6O)n—(C2H4O)m—B]i wherein m and n are integers from 1 to 200 i is greater than 2 A is a branch point B is a conjugated unsaturated group The precursors are selected based on the desired properties of the biomaterial. Optionally, the biomaterials contain additives, such as thixotropic agents, radiopaque agents, or bioactive agents.

Abstract: Partially and fully fluorinated alkyl substituted thienothiophene monomers (and polymers thereof) wherein the monomers are represented by the formula: wherein R is a partially or fully fluorinated primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and X and X? are independently selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br, I, MgCl, MgBr, Mgl, Sn(R?)3, CH?CHR?, —OR?, —COOR?, —S—COR?, —B(OR?)2, —COR?, —C?CH, and a polymerizable cyclic pi-conjugated carbon-ring structure optionally comprising S, N or O heteroatoms; wherein R? is a primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R? is H or a primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymeric resin blends containing polyelectrolyte resins blended into a polymer or copolymer matrix. Specifically, the polyelectrolyte resins are (co)polymers without hydrolyzable groups. The matrix polymer is a tough, and highly chemical-resistant (co)polymer, preferably a fluoropolymer. The polymeric resin blend is useful for forming films, and especially films useful for MEAs for use in fuel cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer blend membranes of sulfonated and nonsulfonated polysulfones, methods for the preparation the membrane, and fuel cells comprising the same. The blend membranes can be obtained by varying drying condition and concentration of casting solution. The membranes have improved methanol barrier property, proton conductivity and membrane selectivity.

Abstract: Provided are a conducting polymer film composition comprising a graft copolymer of a self-doped conducting polymer and an organic opto-electronic device comprising a conducting polymer film formed of the above-mentioned composition. In the graft copolymer, the conducting polymer and a polyacid are connected to each other via chemical binding. Therefore, the composition of the present invention can be used in organic opto-electronic devices with minimal or no dedoping occurring from heat generated inside the device. As a result, the present invention can improve efficiency and life-time of the organic opto-electronic device.

Abstract: Electrically conductive preformed compositions comprising sulfur-containing polymers in shaped form and the use of preformed compositions in shaped form to seal apertures are disclosed. The preformed compositions can be used to seal an aperture having EMI/RFI shielding effectiveness.

Abstract: High-performance thin film Film having a thickness of below 100 ?m, containing a polymer composition (C) containing a poly(aryl ether sulfone) material (P), composed of at least one poly(biphenyl ether sulfone) (P1), or at least one poly(biphenyl ether sulfone) (P1) and at least one poly(aryl ether sulfone) (P2) different from poly(biphenyl ether sulfone) (P1), and at least one fluorocarbon polymer.

Abstract: A polymer blend having at least one polysulfide component and at least one polythioether component is disclosed. The polymer blend offers numerous advantages, including the ability to compatibilize formulations based on either polysulfide chemistry or polythioether chemistry alone. Compositions comprising the polymer blend, particularly sealant formulations for use in aerospace applications, are also disclosed, as are multilayer sealant assemblies and methods for repairing the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides sintered polymeric materials and methods of making the same which are useful in a variety of applications. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a sintered polymeric material comprising at least one plastic and at least one elastomer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a copolymer coordination compound including two or more kinds of complexes, and a method of preparing the same. Herein, each of the complexes includes an organic ligand and a metal ion, and the two or more kinds of complexes are arranged in a line in a regular or irregular order, and are coordinated to each other. Also, the disclosed copolymer coordination compound functions as a gelator in a solvent, and is formed into a gel.

Abstract: A polymer compound having a structure represented by the formula (1) as defined herein at a main chain terminal, and a positive photosensitive composition containing a polymer compound having a structure represented by the following formula (1) as defined herein at a main chain terminal and a photoacid generator capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for modifying a composite resin, capable of efficiently obtaining a composite resin with the impact resistance or the like improved. A method for modifying a composite resin containing both an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin or either, and a carbon compound, wherein a modified carbon compound having a wet index (measurement temperature 25° C.) of 40 dyn/cm or more with a silicatizing flame treatment, in which a modifier compound having at least a silane atom is used as a fuel, applied on the surface of a carbon black, a graphite or the like as a carbon compound.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel graft polymer that has excellent proton conductivity, is capable of regulating hydrogen permeability, methanol permeability, and the like, and can serve as a starting material for a polymer electrolyte membrane, which facilitates moisture balance control and efficient operation of a fuel cell. A polymer electrolyte membrane composed of such graft polymer is also provided. This graft polymer comprises a main chain comprising a hydroxyl group-containing polymer and a graft chain comprising a polymer containing a sulfonic acid group-containing monomer.

Abstract: A sulfonation method to treat a polymer substrate to provide a hydrophilic layer with an improvement in at least one of anti-fogging, anti-static, wettability, lubricity, anti-microbial and/or transparency properties. The articles formed thereby find excellent application in a wide range of areas.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a curable sealant composition and method for its preparation are provided. The composition includes a polymer which is prepared by functionalizing a poly(conjugated diene) with a curable group such as tetra-substituted silicon compound and then substantially hydrogenating the functionalized polymer in the presence of 2-jegler type catalyst. The composition can further include additional curable sealant ingredient selected from the group consisting of plasticizers, fillers, reinforcing agents, modifiers, curing catalysts/hardeners, stabilizers, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A selfbonding enamel containing resins which are capable of crosslinking with one another, comprising (A) 5 to 95 wt % of at least one resin with nucleophilic groups selected from the group consisting of OH, NHR, SH, C(O)NHR, carboxylate, CH-acidic groups and Carbanions, (B) 0 to 70 wt % of at least one amide group-containing resin and (C) 0 to 30 wt % of at least one polyurethane resin, (D) 0 to 30 wt % of at least one epoxy resin, (E) 5 to 95 wt % of at least one organic solvent, wherein the resins of either component (A) and/or, if component (B) is contained in the composition, component (B) contain ?-carboxy-?-oxocycloalkyl carboxylic acid amide groups the coatings of the selfbonding enamel have excellent adhesion to electrically conductive wires high sticking properties and high re-softening temperatures.

Abstract: The instant invention is an improved cure system composition and a method for curing chlorinated elastomer compositions. The cure system composition includes a polymercapto crosslinking agent; an inorganic base; and an onium salt. The onium salt has a formula selected from the group consisting of formula (I) and formula (II); wherein Z is a nitrogen or phosphorous atom, R1 to R4 are independently alkyl or aryl groups containing between 2 and 8 carbon atoms, and the total number of carbon atoms on R1-R4 is between 10 and 14; wherein R5 and R6 are alkyl groups containing between 1 and 8 carbon atoms, and the total number of carbon atoms on R5-R6 being between 5 and 9; and wherein X is an anion.

Abstract: Crosslinkable polymeric materials are disclosed useful for the temporal stabilization of a poling-induced noncentrosymmetric host lattice containing guest nonlinear optical chromophores. The materials are also suitable as crosslinkable coatings in the absence of chromophores. Also disclosed is a method of crosslinking such polymeric material.

Abstract: An aqueous ink composition comprising: a pigment, having a particle diameter as determined by the light scattering method of no less than 20 nm and no more than 200 nm; and a water dispersible polymer, having a styrene-equivalent number average molecular weight of as determined by gel permeation chromatography no less than 5000 and no more than 200000, having a surface tension of no less than 20 mN/m and no more than 40 mN/m, and wherein the abovementioned pigment is a polymer-coated pigment that is coated with the abovementioned water dispersible polymer, is provided. The water-dispersible polymer may be a copolymer of monomers, mainly comprising acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and an acrylate and/or methacrylate. With this ink composition, the printing quality can be improved.

Abstract: The curable composition of this invention is a curable composition comprising 1 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide and 0.0005 to 10 parts by weight of a redox reaction initiator containing at least one metal selected from copper, iron, lead, potassium, manganese, indium, nickel and cobalt per 100 parts by weight of a polysulfide polymer with a viscosity of 0.5 to 50 Pa·s at 25° C. The curable composition of this invention has good curing properties. The cured material obtained by curing the curable composition of this invention is not swollen or does not decline in strength even if it is immersed in hot water for a long period of time, showing good water resistance. The curable composition of this invention can be suitably used as a sealant of double glazings, aircraft, civil engineering and architecture.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of making graft copolymers, and articles having such graft copolymers. The methods may provide better control than in radicalization or photoinitiated polymerization techniques. For example, a graft copolymer can be prepared by reacting an alkoxide ion with a polymer. The alkoxide, in turn, can be provided by any suitable technique, for example, by reacting an alcohol with a base. In some embodiments of the invention, the graft copolymers may be a normally hydrophobic polymer, such as a polysulfone, that has been made more hydrophilic due to the attachment of hydrophilic side groups such as polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol. The copolymers of the invention have many uses, for example, in films or porous membranes.

Abstract: Spirotetrathiocarbamates (STOCs) or oxa substituted compounds (SOTOCs) of Formula I: Formula (I) or bisSTOC or bisSOTOC compounds of Formula II: Formula (II) wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and X8, are independently O or S; and preferably at least two and up to all four of X1, X2, X3 and X4, and at least two and up to all four of X5, X6, X7, and X8 are sulfur; Z is —CmR22m wherein m=1 to 4; —C(R2)2SC(R2)2—, C(R2)2SSC(R2)2—, or —C(R2)OC(R2)2; n is from 0 to 4; M is selected from CH2Cl, CH2SC(O)R1, CH2SC(S)R1, CH2S(CH2CH2S)qH wherein q is 0, 1 or 2; —CR2?CH2, —CH2OC(O)CR2?CH2, CH2N?C?S, CH2N?C?O, CH2NR2H, CH2OH, CH2SCH2CH2CR2?CH2, phenyl, C(R2)phenyl, furan, thiophene, halogen, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C3-C6 heretocyclics, thiol, H, (III) or (IV) wherein A is S, O or phenyl; x is 0 or 1; R1 is C1-C22 alkyl; and R2 is H or C1-C22 alkyl have excellent optical properties. Methods for preparing these compositions and optical lenses prepared from the compounds are also provided.

Abstract: A polysulfone is provided with a nitrogen-containing functional group having an affinity to an acid, an electrolyte membrane using the polysulfone, and a fuel cell including the electrolyte membrane. In particular, the polysulfone includes a nitrogen-containing functional group that has an affinity to an acid, such as a phosphoric acid, thereby having an excellent acid retaining ability. In an electrolyte membrane including the polysulfone and an acid, the amount of the retained acid can be controlled. Therefore, the electrolyte membrane has a high ionic conductivity and a high mechanical strength. A polysulfone blend of polysulfone and a thermoplastic resin prevents the dissolution of polysulfone by phosphoric acid, so that an electrolyte membrane using the polysulfone blend has an improved durability. A cross-linked reaction product of polysulfone, a cross-linking agent and a polymerization product of polysulfone, a thermoplastic resin, and a cross-linking agent strongly resist a phosphoric acid.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition is disclosed comprising a continuous phase of at least one thermoplastic polymer; and a non-polymeric precursor polymerizable to provide a polymerized reinforcing phase dispersed within the thermoplastic polymer. The precursor is polymerized after dispersion into the continuous phase of thermoplastic polymer. The flexural modulus of the thermoplastic polymer is thereby increased. Methods of making and using the composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: A polymer comprising structural units of the formula I is prepared according to a novel method, in which the starting compound R1 ‘S—(CHR’2)—Ar—(CHR2)—SR1 is polymerized with a base, preferably in an aprotic solvent. The polymer comprises 50 to 1000 structural units of the formula I. The solution comprising the polymer thus prepared has a lower viscosity than a solution of a similar polymer with a greater chain length. The solution comprising the polymer thus prepared may be applied as a layer on a substrate. Electronic components with layers prepared with the polymer of the invention show better properties.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, in which the composition is capable of meeting requirements of overcoming decrease in production yield of a resin composed of a thioepoxy compound, the decrease being caused by variations in refractive index, hue, and optical strain. In a polymerizable composition containing a compound having at least one structure represented by the above formula (where R1 represents a hydrocarbon having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2, R3, and R4 each represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom.), the total of a thioepoxy compound A, which has at least one structure represented by formula (2) and at least one structure represented by formula (3), and a thioepoxy compound B, which has at least one structure represented by formula (4) and at least one structure represented by formula (3), is 4 mass percent or less with respect to the total mass of the polymerizable composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to ion conducting random copolymers that are useful in forming polymer electrolyte membranes used in fuel cells.

Abstract: A block copolymer for use as a solid polymer electrolyte, said block copolymer having at least first and second segments, the first segments being hydrophilic segments provided with acidic substituents for proton transport and the second segments being hydrophobic segments having substantially no acidic substituents and serving for the mechanical integrity of the solid polymer electrolyte. Also described and claimed are an ion-conductive membrane made from block copolymers of the aforementioned kind as well as methods of preparing such block copolymers and membranes based thereon. The membranes have improved proton conductivity and improved mechanical properties in the presence of water making them particularly suitable for use in fuel cells.

Abstract: The invention concerns a coating for a smoothing and/or polishing element, particularly a flexible grinding wheel, provided with a flexible abrasive insert, for smoothing and polishing stone material, consisting essentially of: a blend of epoxy resin and polysulfide; a thixotrope; primary amines; and synthetic diamond treated by a polyvinyl-formal primer.

Abstract: This invention presents polymers and copolymers comprising repeating units of thieno[3,4-b]thiophene. Water-borne dispersions of such polymers and copolymers can be cast by conventional methods to provide uniform, thin films which possess utility in numerous electroactive applications including electrochromic displays, optically transparent electrodes and antistatic coatings. The compositions of this invention can be doped with conventional p-dopants or n-dopants. The invention also presents an aqueous process for preparing such compositions of matter.

Abstract: Processes for preparing block copolymers and the block copolymers prepared therefrom comprising at least two types of homoblock, all belonging to the polysulfone family, wherein each of the said homoblocks has an identical or different molecular weight of at least 1000 and comprises at least 5% of the overall weight of the block copolymer, and wherein the block copolymer has a molecular weight of at least 2000, the process steps comprising preparing each of the aforesaid homoblocks by reacting at least one aromatic diol with at least one aromatic dihalo compound, one of which contains at least one sulfone group, in at least one aprotic solvent in the presence of at least one alkali, optionally in the presence of an azeotropic agent and then reacting the aforesaid homoblocks together in at least an aprotic solvent, optionally followed by end-capping said block copolymer.

Abstract: A sulfonated aromatic polyether ketone of the formula (II) [Ar—O—Ar?—CO—Ar?—O—Ar—CO—Ar?—CO—] ??(II) in which from 1% to 100% of the O-phenylene-CO units are substituted with an SO3M group and sulfonated and unsulfonated O-phenylene-CO units can be in any desired sequence with respect to one another, the radicals Ar, Ar? and Ar? independently of one another are substituted or unsubstituted 1,2-, 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene rings, and M, taking into account the ionic valencies, comprises one or more elements selected from the following group: H, NR4+, where R is H or C1-C4-alkyl, or an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or a metal from subgroup 8, and is preferably H, NR4+, Li, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe or Pt.

Abstract: The alicyclic compound of the present invention has a five- or more membered ring structure having an epithioethylene linkage and/or an epidithioethylene linkage, and has tow or more sulfur atoms in its molecule. Optical materials produced by curing the alicyclic compound or a composition containing the alicyclic compound by polymerization show high refractive index.

Abstract: A thiol-ene polymeric material is disclosed. The material is produced by the photopolymerization of reactants having thiol and olefin moieties. The material can incorporate encapsulated components, including cells. Additionally, the material can be derivatized by reacting the polymeric material with components such as proteins.

Abstract: An acid-doped, single-layer or multilayer polymer membrane comprising at least one layer A of a polymer blend with contains: a) from 0.1 to 99.9% by weight of one or more polymers comprising recurring azole units of the formula 1A and/or 1B: wherein the radicals Ar, Ar1, and Ar2 are tetravalent, divalent or trivalent aromatic or heteroaromatic groups and the radicals X are each and oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or an amino group bearing a hydrogen atom, a 1-20 carbon group, in admixture with b) from 99.9 to 0.1% by weight of a polysulfone containing recurring unit having no sulfonic acid groups.

Abstract: A method for forming a conjugated polymer which is doped by a dopant includes the steps of (a) adding a doping agent comprising a dopant moiety to a solution containing the conjugated polymer or a precursor thereof and, optionally, a second polymer, the dopant moiety being capable of bonding to the conjugated polymer, precursor thereof or the second polymer; (b) allowing the dopant moiety to bond to the conjugated polymer, precursor thereof or the second polymer to perform doping of the conjugated polymer, wherein the amount of doping agent added in step (a) is less than the amount required to form a fully doped conjugated polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition for forming an anti-reflective coating layer for a display device, comprising a fluorinated silane with low surface tension, a conductive polymer with antistatic properties, water, and a solvent. Thus, the coating film of the present invention prepared by coating the composition has high anti-reflection, excellent stain resistance to liquid-phase stains such as fingerprints and the solid-phase stains such as dust by controlling the refractive index, surface energy, and conductivity, and thus can be usefully applied to the outermost side of a display device, regardless of the type of substrates such as a Braun tube or a flat display film and the presence of other coating layers such as a hard coating layer and an anti-glare coating layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers or oligomers containing at least sulfonite groups (P-(SO2)nX, X=1?(n=1), 2?(n=2) or 3?(n=3) valent metal cation or H+ or ammonium ion NR4+ wherein R=alkyl, aryl, H), which are obtained by completely or partially reducing polymers or oligomers containing at least SO2Y-groups (Y=F, Cl, Br, I, OR, NR2 (R=alkyl and/or aryl and/or H), N-imidazolyl, N-pyrazolyl) by means of suitable reducing agents in a suspension or in a solution form. The invention also relates to polymers and polymer(blend) membranes which are obtained by further reacting the obtained sulfinated polymers, especially by alkylation of the sulfinate groups with mono- di- or oligo functional electrophiles. The invention further relates to methods for producing the sulfinated polymers and for further reacting the sulfinated polymers with electrophiles by S-alkylation.

Abstract: The present invention discloses soluble copolymers of aniline and thiophene having a general formula I. Wherein: m and n each independently represents an integer, with m?1 and n?2. R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 each independently represents, hydrogen atom, or a liner or branched or cyclo aliphatic group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aromatic group having from 5 to 30 carbon atoms, or any other functional group, but at least one among R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 is not a hydrogen atom. The present invention also teaches methods for the synthesis, characterization and application of the disclosed copolymers.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aromatic sulfonic acid ester derivative represented by the formula (1); in the formula, X is an atom or a group selected from a halogen atom excluding fluorine, —OSO3CH3 and —OSO3CF3, A is a divalent electron attractive group, B is a divalent electron donating group or a direct bonding, Ra is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, Ar is an aromatic group having a substituent of —SO3Rb (wherein Rb is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms), m is an integer of 0 to 10, n is an integer of 0 to 10 and k is an integer of 1 to 4. Also disclosed is a process for producing a polyarylene having a sulfonic acid group, which process comprises the steps of coupling polymerization of an aromatic compound containing the derivative of the formula (1), to prepare a polyarylene and hydrolysis of the polyarylene, and which process has high safety and is easily capable of controlling the amount of sulfonoc acid group introduced into a polymer and the introducing position thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to molding compositions comprising A) from 39 to 99% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether sulfone built up from bifunctional monomer units, B) from 1 to 20% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether sulfone containing, based on the total weight of component B, from 0.1 to 10% by weight of units which derive from 1,1,1-tris(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane, C) from 0 to 60% by weight of at least one filler, D) from 0 to 40% by weight of at least one impact-modifying rubber, and E) from 0 to 40% by weight of one or more various additives, where the percentages by weight of components A to E give 100% in total, and also to a process for preparing these molding compositions, to their use, and to moldings, films, fibers, or foams obtainable from these molding compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer particles comprising a polymer bead stabilized by vinylsulfonyl-functionalized polymers grafted to the surface of the bead, as well as a particle composition comprising monodisperse polymer beads stabilized by vinylsulfonyl-functionalized polymers, wherein the vinylsulfonyl-functionalized polymers are grafted to the surfaces of the beads. The invention also includes a method of preparing monodisperse polymer particles comprising preparing a homogeneous solution of an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer, an initiator, and a polymeric stabilizer, wherein the polymeric stabilizer consists of repetitive units, wherein the repetitive units comprise latent vinylsulfonyl moiety, polymerizing the homogeneous solution, and converting the latent vinylsulfonyl moiety to vinylsulfonyl moieties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for vulcanizing caoutchouc or latex by adding a mixture M which contains a component a) from a1) 20 to 96% by weight of sulfur, a2) 4 to 80% by weight of a complexing agent, and optionally other additives b) to caoutchouc or latex and then vulcanizing the mixture. The inventive method is characterized in that the average particle size of the primary particles of component a) ranges from 0.05 to 20 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to the following: a method for step-by-step alkylation of primary polymeric amines by step-by-step deprotonation with a metallo-organic base and a subsequent reaction with an alkyl halide; a method for modifying tertiary polymeric amines with other functional groups; polymers with secondary/tertiary amino groups and with quaternary ammonium groups; polymers with secondary/tertiary amino groups and other functional groups, especially cation exchanger groupings; membranes consisting of the above polymers, either non-crosslinked or ionically or covalently cross-linked; acid-base-blends/membranes, and a method for producing same, consisting of basic polymers with polymers containing sulphonic acid, phosphonic acid or carboxyl groups; the use of ion exchanger polymers as membranes in membrane processes, e.g.

Abstract: A water-dilutable polyester resin ABCD having a mass fraction of from 1 to 10% of units derived from unsaturated cocondensed building blocks, an olefinic double bond content of from 10 to 2 000 mmol/kg, and a sulfonic acid group content of from 20 to 300 mmol/kg, modified if desired by copolymerizing olefinically unsaturated monomers in the presence of the polyester resin, a process for preparing them, and their use in particular in one-component coating compositions in combination with amino resin curatives.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermosetting resin compositions useful for mounting onto a circuit board semiconductor devices, such as chip size or chip scale packages (“CSPs”), ball grid arrays (“BGAs”), land grid arrays (“LGAs”), and the like, each of which having a semiconductor chip, such as large scale integration (“LSI”), on a carrier substrate, as well as compounds useful in such compositions. The compositions include compounds having a thermally cleavable linkage, and include an episulfide group within the compound. The compositions of this invention are reworkable when subjected to appropriate conditions.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion; a preparation process therefor; its use for coating; a printing ink containing the aqueous dispersion; an electro-conductive layer containing a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.2 g/L and a polyanion derived from an aqueous dispersion thereof; and an antistatic layer containing a copolymer of at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of less than 2.2 g/L with at least one 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene compound with a solubility in water at 25° C. of at least 2.

Abstract: The thermoplastic molding composition comprises components A, C, D, E and, where appropriate, B, F and G, the total weight of which is 100% by weight, and also component H: a) as component A, from 5 to 94.8% by weight of at least one polyaryl ether sulfone, b) as component B, from 0 to 20% by weight of at least one functionalized polyaryl ether sulfone, c) as component C, from 5 to 94.8% by weight of at least one polyamide, d) as component D, from 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one epoxy resin, e) as component E, from 0.1 to 60% by weight of fibrous or particulate fillers or a mixture of these, f) as component F, from 0 to 40% by weight of impact-modifying rubbers which have functional groups, g) as component G, from 0 to 40% by weight of other conventional additives and processing aids, h) as component H, from 100 ppm to 0.5% by weight, based on the amounts of components A to G, of copper bromide and/or copper iodide.

Abstract: A process for producing plastic lenses, having higher refractive index and Abbe's number without remarkably deteriorating basic physical properties such as mechanical strength, impact resistance and transparency, and plastic lenses. The process comprises mixing 1) a prepolymer with 2) a mixture comprising sulfur in an epithio group-containing compound and 3) a catalyst.