Abstract: A composition of matter including a crosslinked bottlebrush polymer, wherein the crosslinker units in the composition of matter are soluble with the bottlebrush polymer. In one example, the crosslinked bottlebrush polymer is tailored as a single phase (solvent free) elastomer useful in a capacitive pressure sensing device. A novel embodiment of the present invention further includes demonstration of a universal approach to form solvent-free bottlebrush polymer networks by photo-crosslinking mixtures of well-defined bottlebrush precursors and bis-benzophenone-based additives. This method has been proven effective with a wide variety of different side-chain chemistries.

Abstract: An acrylic resin film is provided that may include graft copolymer particles (A) with a multilayer structure and graft copolymer particles (B) with a multilayer structure, wherein the graft copolymer particles (A) may have an average particle size in the range of 20 to 150 nm, the graft copolymer particles (B) may have a larger average particle size than the graft copolymer particles (A). The graft copolymer particles (A) may include a cross-linked elastomer (A1) and a graft polymer layer (A2), the graft polymer layer (A2) being closer to a surface layer than the cross-linked elastomer (A1). Further, a constituent unit may be derived from an acrylate with an alkyl ester moiety having two or more carbon atoms constitutes 8% or less by mass of the graft polymer layer (A2), the graft copolymer particles (B) may contain a cross-linked elastomer (B1).

Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a liquid crystal composition for an optical element comprising the same, a polymer polymerized from the same, an optically anisotropic body comprising a cured material or polymerized reactant of the liquid crystal composition or the polymer, and an optical element for a display device comprising the optical anisotropic body are disclosed herein: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, A1 to A3, B1 to B3, R1 to R3, P1 to P3, R4 to R8, l, m, n, p, q r, k, and L1 to L3 are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an antithrombotic coating material in which a high molecular weight polymer can be obtained by a solution polymerization using a radical polymerization initiator. The above-mentioned task is achieved by a method for producing an antithrombotic coating material, including steps of: preparing a methanol solution containing a monomer represented by formula (1): wherein in formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 are the same as those described in the specification, respectively; adding a radical polymerization initiator having a 10-hour half-life temperature of 60° C. or less to the methanol solution to prepare a polymerization reaction liquid; and polymerizing the monomer.

Abstract: A method for treating a subterranean formation that includes preparing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid, a relative permeability modifier (RPM) and a particulate and performing a treatment operation by injecting the treatment fluid into a portion of the subterranean formation.

Abstract: An inventive medical device includes an implantable device, such as an electrochemical sensor. The implantable device has an implantable portion configured for insertion into a patient, a contact portion configured for connection to another device, and an interconnecting portion connecting the implantable portion and the contact portion. A housing is provided that has a first part that is removably connectable with a second part to form a sterile packaging to seal the implantable portion against a surrounding environment. The first part comprises a first sealing surface and the second part comprises a second sealing surface and the first and second sealing surfaces interact to form a sealing area. The interconnecting portion of the implantable device extends through the sealing area. An inventive method of producing the medical device is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for polymerization, wherein the monomers are used in the form of solid particles in an aqueous phase. The polymers obtained thereby can be oxidized further to polymers which can be used as electrical charge storage means, especially secondary batteries.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polymer, and a mixture or a formulation and an organic electronic device containing same, and applications thereof, and further a monomer of which the polymer is made; the polymer comprises on its side chain a repeating structure unit E, characterizing in that its S1(E)?T1(E))?0.35 eV or even less, which may allow the said polymer having thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) property. Thus a TADF polymer suitable for printing processes is provided, thereby reducing OLED manufacturing costs.

Abstract: Disclosed are a flame-retardant bismaleimide resin and a preparation method thereof comprising: forming an eugenol salt suspensoid from a whole biomass eugenol in the present of a strong alkali metal base, adding dropwisely a solution of phosphorus oxychloride in methyl chloride to react to obtain a biomass-based phosphate flame-retardant; mixing bismaleimide, 2,2?-diallylbisphenol with the obtained phosphate, curing and posttreating to obtain the flame-retardant bismaleimide resin. Compared with petroleum-based bismaleimide resin, the flame-retardant bismaleimide resin prepared by the present invention is obtained from eugenol derived from biomass, and the raw material is green and renewable. It maintains mechanical properties and processing properties of the petroleum-based bismaleimide resin and has an excellent flame-retardant property.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a polymeric material including a plurality of polymer subunits and an active cross-linker, wherein the active cross-linker is covalently linked to the plurality of polymer subunits. The active cross-linker offers a key building block for constructing novel molecular architecture in chemomechanical soft materials and illustrates a new approach to tailor material properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel optical elements having improved UV protection. The optical element comprises a light adjustable optical element with a UV absorbent layer applied to at least one surface of the optical element. The invention is particularly useful in light adjustable intraocular lenses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and using the same.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an antithrombotic coating material in which a high molecular weight polymer can be obtained by a solution polymerization using a radical polymerization initiator. The above-mentioned task is achieved by a method for producing an antithrombotic coating material, including steps of: preparing a methanol solution containing a monomer represented by formula (1): wherein in formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 are the same as those described in the specification, respectively; adding a radical polymerization initiator having a 10-hour half-life temperature of 60° C. or less to the methanol solution to prepare a polymerization reaction liquid; and polymerizing the monomer.

Abstract: A composition for forming an interlayer insulating film including a polymerizable monomer, an alkali-soluble elastomer containing a polymerizable group, an imide compound represented by general formula (z-1), and a polymerization initiator, an interlayer insulating film containing a polymerized product thereof, a method for forming an interlayer insulating film pattern, and a device including the interlayer insulating film on a support. In the formula (z-1), R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, Rz00 represents a divalent organic group containing an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and/or an aromatic hydrocarbon group, Rz01 and Rz02 represent an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, and n1 and n2 are 0 or 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to anaerobically curable compositions demonstrating resistance to elevated temperature conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound capable of improving the dispersibility of color pigments in a water-insoluble solvent; and a pigment-dispersing agent. The present invention also provides a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner, which have satisfactory tinting strength. The present invention provides the compound containing a polymer having a monomer unit having a specific chemical structure, the compound having a moiety also having a specific structure.

Abstract: A recording material includes a dye-bonded polymer compound which contains a polymer compound to which a one-photon absorption dye is bonded, and a glass transition temperature of the recording material is higher than 200° C. An optical information recording medium includes a recording layer and an intermediate layer adjacent to the recording layer, and the recording layer contains the above-described recording material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal phthalocyanine polymer that includes a repeating structural unit obtained by amide bonding of a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1a) to a structural unit represented by the following general formula (2a): With general formula (1a), L is a divalent or trivalent metal ion belonging to Period 3 to Period 5 on the long-form periodic table. With general formula (2a), M is a divalent or trivalent metal ion belonging to Period 3 to Period 5 on the long-form periodic table.

Abstract: Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling diblock copolymers of the formula (I): wherein R1-R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing porous membranes. Embodiments of the membranes contain the diblock copolymer self-assembled into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such membrane which involves spray coating a polymer solution containing the diblock copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by annealing the thin film in a solvent vapor and/or soaking in a solvent or mixture of solvents to form a nanoporous membrane.

Abstract: Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling block copolymers, for example, a diblock copolymer of the formula (I): wherein R1—R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing nanoporous membranes. Embodiments of the membranes contain the block copolymer that self-assembles into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such membrane which involves spray coating a polymer solution containing the diblock copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by annealing the thin film in a solvent vapor and/or soaking in a solvent or mixture of solvents to form a nanoporous membrane.

Abstract: Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling diblock copolymers of the formula (I): wherein R1-R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing porous membranes. Embodiments of the membranes contain the diblock copolymer that self-assembles into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such a membrane which involves hybrid casting a polymer solution containing the diblock copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by evaporation of some of the solvent from the thin film, and coagulating the resulting this film in a bath containing a nonsolvent or poor solvent for the diblock copolymer.

Abstract: Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling block copolymers, for example, diblock copolymers of the formula (I): wherein R1-R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing nanoporous membranes. Embodiments of the membranes contain a block copolymer that self-assembles into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such membrane which involves spin coating a polymer solution containing the block copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by annealing the thin film in a solvent vapor and/or soaking in a solvent or mixture of solvents to form a nanoporous membrane.

Abstract: Disclosed are self-assembled structures formed from self-assembling diblock copolymers of the formula (I): wherein R1-R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing nanoporous membranes. In embodiments of the self-assembled structure, the block copolymer self-assembles into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such self-assembled structure which involves spin coating a polymer solution containing the diblock copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by solvent annealing of the film. Further disclosed is a method of preparing porous membranes from the self-assembled structures.

Abstract: Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling block copolymers, for example, a diblock copolymer of the formula (I): wherein R1-R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing nanoporous membranes. Embodiments of the membranes contain the block copolymer that self-assembles into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such membrane which involves hybrid casting a polymer solution containing the block copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by evaporation of some of the solvent from the thin film, and coagulating the resulting this film in a bath containing a nonsolvent or poor solvent for the block copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to anaerobically curable compositions containing a benzoxazine component and which demonstrates resistance to elevated temperature conditions and/or accelerated cure speed.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a cross-linked isocyanurate homopolymer or other cross-linked triazine homopolymers in the form of a microbead that is porous or non-porous; methods of making; and methods of using the compositions are disclosed.

Abstract: A multi-layer film for reducing microbial contamination on a surface. The multi-layer film can include a core layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, an adhesive layer disposed adjacent the first surface of the core layer, and an antimicrobial layer disposed adjacent the second surface. The antimicrobial layer can include a cross-linked matrix and an antimicrobial agent dispersed within the cross-linked matrix, where the cross-linked matrix is derived from a polymerizable precursor comprising a material selected from the group consisting of a polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable polymer having a molecular weight of about 1,000 or less, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to ophthalmic devices that are loaded with therapeutic agent. The devices provide prolonged release of the therapeutic agent to the eye. The ophthalmic devices are typically formed of an ophthalmic material that is particularly desirable for the loading of therapeutic agent and/or the therapeutic agent is typically particularly desirable for loading to the ophthalmic material.

Abstract: An optical film including a polymer including a repeating unit A including a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formulas 1 to 3, or a combination thereof; and a repeating unit B derived from a monomer having an unsaturated bond copolymerizable with the repeating unit A, wherein the optical film has a short wavelength dispersion of an in-plane phase-difference value (Re) (450 nm/550 nm) ranging from about 0.81 to about 1.20, and a long wavelength dispersion of an in-plane phase-difference value (Re) (650 nm/550 nm) ranging from about 0.90 to about 1.18: wherein, in Chemical Formulas 1 to 3, the variables R1 to R21 are defined herein.

Abstract: Porphyrin polymers of Structure 1, where n is an integer (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or greater) are synthesized by the method shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B. The porphyrin polymers of Structure 1 are soluble in organic solvents such as 2-MeTHF and the like, and can be synthesized in bulk (i.e., in processes other than electropolymerization). These porphyrin polymers have long excited state lifetimes, making the material suitable as an organic semiconductor for organic electronic devices including transistors and memories, as well as solar cells, sensors, light-emitting devices, and other opto-electronic devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and using the same.

Abstract: A resist composition comprising a polymer comprising recurring units (a) of formula (1) and having a Mw of 1,000-500,000 as base resin is provided. R1 is H or methyl, X is a single bond or —C(?O)—O—R5—, R2 is a single bond or C1-C4 alkylene, R3 is C2-C8 alkylene, R4 is an acid labile group, R5 is a single bond or C1-C4 alkylene, and 0<a?1.0. The composition is of dual-tone type in that an intermediate dose region of resist film is dissolved in a developer, but unexposed and over-exposed regions of resist film are insoluble.

Abstract: Provided are: a method for controlling the decoloration reaction rate and color density of a fast light-modulating material to levels suitable for practical use; and a fast light-modulating material having a decoloration reaction rate and a color density which are suitable for practical use. A polymer obtained by polymerizing a paracyclophane-bridged hexaarylbisimidazole compound having a radical-polymerizable group, and a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing the compound with a (meth)acrylic acid compound or a sensitizer having a radical-polymerizable group can achieve controlled decoloration reaction rates, photosensitivity and color tones.

Abstract: A resist composition which generates acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, and which includes a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, the base component (A) including a polymeric compound (A1) having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-0) shown below (wherein V11 represents an aliphatic cyclic group with or without a substituent; R1 represents a lactam-containing cyclic group or a sultam-containing cyclic group; Y1 represents an oxygen atom (—O—), an ester bond (—C(?O)—O—) or a single bond; and W2 represents a group formed by a polymerization reaction of a polymerizable group-containing group).

Abstract: A polymer is obtained from a hydroxyphenyl methacrylate monomer having an acid labile group substituted thereon. A positive resist composition comprising the polymer as a base resin has a very high contrast of alkaline dissolution rate before and after exposure, a high resolution, a good profile and minimal line edge roughness of a pattern after exposure, a retarded acid diffusion rate, and good etching resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed are soft, high refractive index, acrylic device materials. The materials contain a copolymeric additive for glistening resistance.

Abstract: Arylamine compounds comprising an arylamine core and at least one addition-polymerizable group X selected from the group consisting of formula (A); said addition polymerizable group attached to one ring of the arylamine core through a spacer of general formula (1): C(R1R2)—(C(R3R4))m; wherein, R1 and R2, independent of one another, each represent a C1-C8 alkyl group or an aryl group of from 5 to 30 carbon atoms, R3 and R4, independent of one another, are hydrogen, a C1 to C8 alkyl group or an aryl group of from 5 to 30 carbon atoms and m is an integer of from 0 to 6, or through a fluorene subunit of general formulae (2) or (3); wherein R5 represents hydrogen, C1 to C8-alkyl, or C5 to C30 aryl, and R6 and R7, independently of one another represent C1 alkylene or a C5 to C30 arylene group, provided that R6 and R7 both carry an addition-polymerizable group X and R5 is not hydrogen if R6 is methylene.

Abstract: Asymmetric bifunctional silyl (ABS) monomers comprising covalently linked pharmaceutical, chemical and biological agents are described. These agents can also be covalently bound via the silyl group to delivery vehicles for delivering the agents to desired targets or areas. Also described are delivery vehicles which contain ABS monomers comprising covalently linked agents and to vehicles that are covalently linked to the ABS monomers. The silyl modifications described herein can modify properties of the agents and vehicles, thereby providing desired solubility, stability, hydrophobicity and targeting.

Abstract: A polymer and an organic light-emitting device including the polymer.

Abstract: Novel methods and materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and to methods for making and using the same are disclosed herein. More particularly, relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and implanting IOLs made therefrom are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, which improves light emission efficiency of the element and is applicable to a wet process, and an organic electroluminescent element, which is obtained using the polymer. The polymer for an organic electroluminescent element includes a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1) in a repeating unit constituting a main chain. Further, the organic electroluminescent element includes organic layers between an anode and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one of the organic layers includes the polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, including an indolocarbazole skeleton in the repeating unit constituting a main chain. In the general formula (1), Z represents an N-indolocarbazolyl group, W represents a charge transporting group, m and n represent molar ratios, m represents 0 to 95 mol %, and n represents 5 to 100 mol.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cyclic olefin compound, a photoreactive polymer, and an alignment layer comprising the photoreactive polymer, where the cyclic olefin compound can be used to provide the photoreactive polymer having not only excellences in liquid crystal alignment and alignment rate but also readiness for change in the alignment direction depending on the polarization direction.

Abstract: A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, wherein the base component (A) includes a polymeric compound (A1) having a structural unit (a5) represented by general formula (a5-1). In the formula (a5-1), R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms; each of Ra and Rb independently represents a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, and Ra and Rb may be mutually bonded to form a ring.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dental restorative material which comprises a thermolabile compound of Formula I: [(Z1)m-Q1-X)]k-T-[Y-Q2-(Z2)n]l??Formula I, in which T represents a thermolabile unit which contains at least one thermolabile group based on non-covalent interactions, Z1 and Z2 in each case independently represent a polymerizable group selected from vinyl groups, CH2?CR1—CO—O— and CH2?CR1—CO—NR2— or an adhesive group selected from —Si(OR)3, —COOH, —O—PO(OH)2, —PO(OH)2, —SO2OH and —SH, Q1 in each case independently is missing or represents an (m+1)-valent linear or branched aliphatic C1-C20 radical which can be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—, —O—CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—O— or —NR3—CO—NR3—, Q2 in each case independently is missing or represents an (n+1)-valent linear or branched aliphatic C1-C20 radical which can be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—, —O—CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—O— or —NR3—CO—NR3—, X and Y in each case independently are missing or represent —O—,

Abstract: The invention relates to a monomer (6, 14) carrying an imidazole-type heterocycle (3). According to the invention, the chemical structure of said monomer (6, 14) comprises at least one unit of formula (I) wherein R1 comprises an alkenyl grouping and R2 comprises a grouping for protecting one of the nitrogen atoms of the heterocycle. The invention also relates to a monomer carrying a benzimidazole-type heterocycle, and to protected polymers obtained from said monomers, deprotected polymers produced by the protected polymers, a proton exchange membrane based on deprotected polymers, and a fuel cell provided with said membrane. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for producing the above-mentioned monomers and polymers.

Abstract: A polymeric material including units capable of having a cationic charge at a pH of from about 4 to about 12; provided that the polymeric material has an average cationic charge density from about 2.75 or less units per 100 daltons molecular weight at a pH of from about 4 to about 12. The polymeric material is a suds enhancer and a suds volume extender for hand dishwashing compositions and personal care products such as soaps, shaving cream foam, foaming shaving gel, foam depiliatories and shampoos. The polymers are also effective as a soil release agent in fabric cleaning compositions. The polymers are also useful in agrochemical foam, fire-fighting foam, hard surface cleaner foam, and coagulant for titanium dioxide in paper making.

Abstract: The present teachings relate to new semiconducting polymers. The polymers disclosed herein can exhibit high carrier mobility and/or efficient light absorption/emission characteristics, and can possess certain processing advantages such as solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dental restorative material which comprises a thermolabile or photolabile polymerizable compound of Formula I: [(Z1)m-Q1-X)]k-T-[Y-Q2-(Z2)n]1??Formula I, in which T represents a thermolabile or photolabile group, Z1 and Z2 in each case independently represent a polymerizable group selected from vinyl groups, CH2?CR1—CO—O— and CH2?CR1—CO—NR2— or an adhesive group selected from —Si(OR)3, —COOH, —O—PO(OH)2, —PO(OH)2, —SO2OH and —SH, wherein at least one Z1 or Z2 is a polymerizable group, Q1 in each case independently is missing or represents an (m+1)-valent linear or branched aliphatic C1-C20 radical which can be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—, —O—CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—O— or —NR3—CO—NR3—, Q2 in each case independently is missing or represents an (n+1)-valent linear or branched aliphatic C1-C20 radical which can be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—, —O—CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—O— or —NR3—CO—NR3—, X and Y in each case independently are missing

Abstract: A resist composition contains (A) a resin having a structural unit represented by the formula (I), (B) an acid generator and (D) a compound represented by the formula (II), wherein R1, ring X1, R3, R4, m, and n are defined in the specification.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bituminous composition containing at least one bitumen and at least one polyolefin capable of forming a supramolecular assembly comprising one or more associative group(s). The invention also relates to the use of such bituminous composition for the preparation of asphalt mixtures useful for the coating of rolling surfaces, for the preparation of water-proofing coatings, and for the preparation of adhesive formulations.