Abstract: A composition comprising an ethylene-based polymer is made by a process comprising the steps of: (A) contacting under first polymerization conditions at least ethylene and at least one molecular catalyst to form a first ethylene-based polymer, and (B) contacting under second polymerization conditions the first ethylene-based polymer of (A) with at least additional ethylene and a carbon-carbon free radical initiator of Structure (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each, independently, hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group and wherein, optionally, two or more R groups (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6) form a ring structure, with the proviso that at least one of R2 and R5, and at least one of R3 and R6 is a hydrocarbyl group of at least two carbon atoms, to form the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric compound used to a colored resin composition for a color filter, which contains a structure represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2 and has excellent heat resistance and light resistance and improved chemical resistance. Therefore, the compound can be applied to various materials, particularly, a display material such as a resin composition for a color filter.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plant for performing polymerization, such as the polymerization of ethylene, having a recycle connection with two or more cooling channels arranged in parallel, a process for polymerization and downstream processes, and a plant for polymerization, comprising the following plant components in fluid communication: a) A reactor with an inlet side and an outlet side; b) A recycle connection positioned in fluid communication between the outlet side of the reactor and the inlet side of the reactor; wherein the recycle connection comprises two or more cooling channels arranged in parallel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic block copolymer comprising at least one PA block and at least one PB block. The PA block represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer A, and the PB block represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer B. Monomer A is a vinyl, acrylic, diolefin, nitrile, dinitrile, acrylonitrile monomer, a monomer with reactive functionality, or a crosslinking monomer. Monomer B is a radically polymerizable triglyceride or mixtures thereof, typically in the form of a plant or animal oil. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a thermoplastic block copolymer or novel thermoplastic statistical copolymers by polymerizing a radically polymerizable monomer with a radically polymerizable triglyceride or mixtures thereof via reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization (RAFT), in the presence of an free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent.

Abstract: A process to form an ethylene-based polymer comprises polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene, at least one monomeric chain transfer agent, and at least one chain transfer agent system comprising at least one chain transfer agent (CTA) in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator and in a reactor configuration comprising at least two reaction zones, reaction zone 1 and reaction zone i (i?2), wherein the reaction zone i is downstream from reaction zone 1. The ratio of “the activity of the CTA system of the feed to the first reaction zone” to the “activity of the CTA system of the cumulative feed to the reaction zone i,” (Z1/Zi), is less than or equal to (0.8?0.2*log(Cs)), wherein Cs is from 0.0001 to 10.

Abstract: A process to form an ethylene-based polymer comprises polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene, at least one symmetrical polyene and at least one chain transfer agent system comprising at least one chain transfer agent (CTA) in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator and in a reactor configuration comprising at least two reaction zones, reaction zone 1 and reaction zone i (i?2), wherein reaction zone i is downstream from reaction zone 1. The ratio of “the activity of the CTA system of the feed to the first reaction zone” to the “activity of the CTA system of the cumulative feed to the reaction zone i,” (Z1/Zi), is less than or equal to (0.8-0.2*log(Cs)), wherein Cs is from 0.0001 to 10.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethylene polymer comprising moieties according to Formula (IB): wherein R is a moiety comprising ?1 and ?10 carbon atoms; wherein R1 and R2 are each individually hydrogen or a moiety comprising ?1 and ?5 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 may be the same or different; wherein the ethylene polymer has a molecular weight distribution of ?3.0 and ?40.0; the ethylene polymer has a melting temperature of ?115° C.; the ethylene polymer has a density ?935 and ?960 kg/m3; the ethylene polymer is essentially free from chromium, hafnium, zirconium and tetrahydrofuran; for the fraction of the ethylene polymer having a molecular weight >100 kg/mol, the intrinsic viscosity of the ethylene polymer is related to the molecular weight according to the inequality: log I.V.<0.65*log M?3.

Abstract: Methods for making a high density polyethylene composition are provided. The methods can include contacting ethylene and at least one non-ethylene comonomer with a catalyst system in a gas phase reactor in the presence of hydrogen at an ethylene partial pressure of 100 psi or more to produce a polyethylene copolymer. In one or more embodiments, the catalyst system can include one or more bis amides. The resulting polyethylene copolymer can have a density of about 0.945 g/cm3 or more; a melt index (I2) of about 5 dg/min to about 50 dg/min; a melt index ratio (I21/I2) of about 20 to about 35; and a molecular weight distribution of about 3.0 to about 10.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an organic polymer fine particle which can be hardly fallen off from a film when used as an anti-blocking agent for a film. The organic polymer fine particle according to the present invention is characterized in comprising a (meth)aclylate polymer crosslinked by a bifunctional crosslinkable monomer and a hindered phenol antioxidant or a component derived therefrom, wherein a ratio of a structure unit composed of the bifunctional crosslinkable monomer in the (meth)aclylate polymer crosslinked by the bifunctional crosslinkable monomer is 5 mass % or more and 35 mass % or less, the sedimentation start time is 16 seconds or more, an amount of Al measured by a high-frequency inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometric analysis method is 1 ppm or less, and an amount of a sulfur atom measured by a high-frequency inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometric analysis method is 300 ppm or less in the organic polymer fine particle.

Abstract: An aqueous copolymer dispersion is formed by emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising (a) 20 to 80 wt. % of one or more (meth)acrylic acid esters A, whose homopolymer(s) have a Tg>25° C. and at least one has a biorenewable carbon content of at least 50 wt. % of the total carbon content of the ester; (b) 19 to 79 wt. % of one or more (meth)acrylic acid esters B whose homopolymer(s) have a Tg<25° C.; (c) 0.5 to 10 wt. % of at least one monomer selected from unsaturated sulfonic, phosphoric and phosphonic acids, and unsaturated carboxylic acids, anhydrides and amides thereof; (d) up to 10% by weight of one or more functional monomers selected from hydrolysable silane compounds, epoxy-containing compounds, ureido-containing compounds and carbonyl-containing compounds, and (e) less than 5 wt. % of one or more further monomers, wherein the total percentages of comonomers (a) to (e) equals 100%.

Abstract: Modelling material which includes (a) at least one radically polymerizable monomer, (b) at least one initiator for the radical polymerization and (c) at least one inert component. The inert component (c) is soluble in the polymer formed by polymerization of the monomer (a), wherein the solubility of component (c) decreases as the temperature increases, with the result that a phase separation takes place above a particular temperature. The material is suitable in particular for the production of models of dental restorations for investment casting processes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a functionalized diene monomer-containing polymer containing first and second functionalizing groups, processes for preparing the functionalized polymer, and rubber compositions containing the functionalized polymer. The functionalized polymer contains polymer chains comprises of at least one conjugated diene monomer optionally in combination with at least one vinyl aromatic monomer wherein each polymer chain is functionalized at its chain end with at least the first functionalizing group and is coupled via the first functionalizing group to the second functionalizing group.

Abstract: A polyether having a functional group that is reactive to isocyanate with at least one polyisocyanate, which has an average isocyanate functionality in the range of 2.4 to 3.5, and at least one vinyl compound, which has a functional group that is reactive to isocyanate, wherein the molar ratio of polyether to vinyl compound lies in the range of 3:1 to 1:3 and the ratio of the sum of the molar quantities of polyether and vinyl compounds to isocyanate groups lies in the range of 1.5:1 to U.5. Corresponding vinylterminated prepolymers have the advantage of low visocity together with good water solubility and therefore can be used advantageously for applications as injection agents.

Abstract: A self-healing polymer material that includes a multiphase copolymer, and a method of making the copolymer, are provided. The multiphase copolymer includes one or more hydrogen bond-forming copolymer segments, each segment including a polymerized acrylamide monomer and a polymerized acrylic monomer. The polymerized acrylamide monomer includes functional groups that form hydrogen bonds in the multiphase copolymer, and is present in the one or more copolymer segments in an amount sufficient for self-healing of the multiphase copolymer.

Abstract: Described herein are copolymers, and methods of making and utilizing such copolymers. Such copolymers have at least two blocks: a first block that has at least one unit that is hydrophilic at physiologic pH, and a second block that has hydrophobic groups. This second block further has at least one unit with a group that is anionic at about physiologic pH. The described copolymers are disruptive of a cellular membrane, including an extracellular membrane, an intracellular membrane, a vesicle, an organelle, an endosome, a liposome, or a red blood cell. Preferably, in certain instances, the copolymer disrupts the membrane and enters the intracellular environment. In specific examples, the copolymer is endosomolytic.

Abstract: The present invention is a hydrogenated block copolymer [D] obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer [C] that comprises two or more polymer blocks [A] and one or more polymer blocks [B], the block [A] comprising a monomer unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound, and the block [B] comprising a monomer unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound, the copolymer [D] having a low-temperature-side tan ? peak temperature of ?20 to 20° C. and a high-temperature-side tan ? peak temperature of 100° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing polymeric carbodiimides by addition of cesium salts and to polymeric carbodiimides produced by this process and to the use thereof as a hydrolysis inhibitor, especially in polyurethane (PU)-based systems, preferably thermoplastic TPU, PU adhesives, PU casting resins, PU elastomers or PU foams.

Abstract: Disclosed are latent two-part polyurethane adhesives that rapidly develop adhesive strength when cured by application of infrared radiation containing a polyol component which includes; one or more polyols having a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 400 to 2000 and a nominal hydroxyl functionality of 2 to 3; one or more aliphatic diol chain extenders; one or more latent room temperature organometallic catalysts; and one or more multifunctional polyols having a functionality of greater than 3; b) a polyisocyanate component containing one or more polyisocyanate compounds; and v) a carboxylic acid-blocked cyclic amidine compound, vi) a phenol-blocked cyclic amidine compound or both of v) one or more carboxylic acid-blocked cyclic amidine compounds and vi) one or more phenol-blocked cyclic amidine compounds which may be located in the polyol component or the isocyanate component. Further disclosed are methods of bonding structures together using the latent two-part polyurethane adhesives.

Abstract: Polyurethane prepolymers having non-linear short chain diols and/or soft diisocyanates incorporated into the backbone are used to provide cured polyurethane coatings having a high hard segment content and low haze. The polyurethane prepolymers can also be used to improve the dispersion of filler in cured polyurethane compositions having a high filler loading. Cured coatings prepared from the two-part polyurethane systems meet the requirements for aerospace applications.

Abstract: A process of: providing a polyfunctional compound selected from polyisocyanate, polyacrylate, and polyepoxy; and reacting the polyfunctional compound with a hydroxyl- or amine-terminated silyl-containing compound. The polyfunctional compound and the sylil-containing compound are at least difunctional. A thermoset made by this process.

Abstract: The invention concerns a new polyol composition from isopropylidenediphenol-based polyethers, which are used in an advantageous manner for the production of polyurethane-polyisocyanurate (PUR-/PIR) rigid foams, as well as their production and use in PUR/PIR rigid foams.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more specifically, an objective of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery in which, since an isocyanate-containing monomer is introduced to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte to induce a urethane reaction with LiOH on a surface of a lithium transition metal oxide to form a coating layer including a urethane bond-containing oligomer on the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide, and thereby side reactions caused by HF in the battery are minimized, capacity characteristics are improved, and adhesion between a positive electrode and a separator is enhanced to minimize the swelling phenomenon of the battery.

Abstract: A polyurethane composition comprising an aldehyde scavenger, a polyurethane product, and a process for making polyurethane foam are disclosed. The scavenger compounds can reduce, if not eliminate, the emissions of aldehydes from polyurethane foams. The scavenger compounds comprise at least one member selected from the group consisting of: phenol or substituted phenol, a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound, a polyamine bearing a 1,3-propanediamino function, melamine, a 1,2-diaminocycloalkane, an ammonium salt; a compound containing the bisulfite anion, titanium dioxide and aminosiloxane.

Abstract: A polyisocyanate composition contains a modified product of xylylene diisocyanate and a modified product of pentamethylene diisocyanate, and/or a modified product of the xylylene diisocyanate and the pentamethylene diisocyanate. The ratio of the pentamethylene diisocyanate with respect to the total amount of the xylylene diisocyanate and the pentamethylene diisocyanate is 30 mol % or more and 80 mol % or less.

Abstract: An anhydride-free impregnating resin for an electrical insulation body, the impregnating resin has an epoxy resin, a curing agent and nanoscale and/or microscale inorganic particles. An impregnable electrical insulating tape for an electrical insulation body has a curing agent applied to the electrical insulating tape. A method includes producing an electrical insulation body An electrical insulation body includes an anhydride-free impregnating resin, where the impregnating resin has an epoxy resin, a curing agent and nanoscale and/or microscale inorganic particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an amine-based curing agent comprising at least 1% by weight of at least one tertiary amine and, optionally, primary and/or secondary amines. The tertiary amine is preferably an N-substituted piperidine tertiary amine and, more preferably, N-hydroxyethyl piperidine (NHEP). The present invention also relates to an epoxy resin composition formed using this amine-based curing agent and a method of making the epoxy resin composition. These tertiary amines enhance desirable properties of epoxy resin compositions without the negative impact on mechanical properties in the cured product normally seen with tertiary amine-based curing agents.

Abstract: An oligomer, composition, and composite material employing the same are provided. The oligomer has a structure represented by Formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, C1-20 alkyl group, C2-20 alkenyl group, C6-12 aryl group, C6-12 alkylaryl group, C5-12 cycloalkyl group, C6-20 cycloalkylalkyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, or alkylcarbonyloxy group; R1 is not hydrogen when R2 is hydrogen; a is 0 or 1; n?0; m?1; n:m is from 0:100 to 99:1; the oligomer has a number average molecular weight of less than or equal to 12,000; and the repeat unit and the repeat unit are arranged in a random or block fashion.

Abstract: Polyarylene polymers formed from an aromatic dialkyne monomer having a solubility enhancing moiety and having relatively high weight average molecular weights and a relatively low polydispersity show improved solubility in certain organic solvents and are useful in forming relatively thick dielectric material layers in a single coating step.

Abstract: The invention provides for polyfluoreno[4,5-cde]oxepine conjugates and their use in methods of analyte detection.

Abstract: An aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, an aliphatic diol or a derivatives thereof and/or as succinic acid, a butane diol, or a both-hydroxy-terminated polyether having the number of carbon atoms of 4 to 1000, each of which is derived from a biomass resource and has nitrogen atoms in an amount of 0.01 to 100 ppm. Products and methods using these materials are also provided.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an improved method for synthesizing a branched poly(hydroxyl acid) polymer comprising effecting polycondensation reaction of a monomer mixture comprising: (i) at least one hydroxyl acid having only one hydroxyl group and only one carboxylic acid group [hydroxyacid (A)]; (ii) at least one polyol comprising at least three hydroxyl groups and being free from carboxylic acid group [polyol (H)]; (iii) at least one polyacid comprising at least three carboxylic acid groups and being free from hydroxyl groups [polyacid (O)]; and (iv) at least one carboxylic acid having one or two carboxylic acid groups and being free from hydroxyl group [acid (C)], wherein the amount of said acid (C) is such that the number of carboxylic acid groups thereof is comprised between 0.0001 to 0.010% with respect to the number of hydroxyl groups of hydroxyacid (A).

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing a polyether polyol in a continuous reaction cycle. In the method, a low molecular-weight alcohol is polymerized with an alkylene oxide to obtain a low molecular-weight polymer. The low molecular-weight polymer is used as an initiator to react with the alkylene oxide and the low molecular-weight alcohol in the presence of a DMC catalyst and an acid promoter to obtain an intermediate-target polymer. A portion of the intermediate-target polymer is used for producing the target polymer, and the other portion is recycled for reproduction of the intermediate-target polymer. In the present disclosure, no initiator prepared with a base catalyst is used, and thus the loss of material and the discharge of residue and waste water are reduced. The DMC concentration is kept constant in the target polymer during the production such that the dewatering time and induction time are greatly reduced.

Abstract: A polyamide moulding composition with particularly good tensile strain at break consisting of the following constituents: (A) 50 to 100% by weight of at least one transparent polyamide composed of: (a1) 55 to 77 mol % of acyclic, aliphatic diamine having 5-10 carbon atoms; (a2) 23 to 45 mol % of cycloaliphatic diamine having 6-36 C atoms, where the proportions of (a1) and (a2) are based on the entirety of the diamines used; (a3) 40 to 80 mol % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid or a mixture of such dicarboxylic acids; and (a4) 20 to 60 mol % of acyclic, aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, or a mixture of such dicarboxylic acids, where the proportions of (a3) and (a4) are based on the entirety of the dicarboxylic acids used; and (B) 0-50% by weight of additives,; where the entirety of components (A) and (B) gives 100% by weight.

Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin with high transparency and high heat aging resistance. The polyamide resin contains a diamine-derived structural unit and a dicarboxylic acid-derived structural unit, the diamine-derived structural unit being such that 70 mol % or more thereof is derived from 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, and the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural unit being such that 10 to 90 mol % thereof is derived from isophthalic acid, 90 to 10 mol % of thereof is derived from a straight chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, and the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural unit containing substantially no terephthalic acid-derived structural unit.

Abstract: A polymer having a backbone of alternating N atoms and aromatic or heteroaromatic groups including a repeating structure of formula (I) wherein: R3 independently in each occurrence is a substituent; m is 0 or a positive integer; Ar1 and Ar2 are an aryl or heteroaryl group and at least one group selected from Ar1 and Ar2 has formula (II) wherein: each x is independently 0 or a positive integer; each y is independently 0 or a positive integer, and R1 and R2 independently in each occurrence is a substituent.

Abstract: A polyimide precursor composition including a polyimide precursor, and a fine particle having an optical anisotropy; and a polyimide composition including a polyimide, and a fine particle having an optical anisotropy.

Abstract: To provide: a method of manufacturing granular polyarylene sulfide (PAS) with improved particle strength while improving the yield of the granular PAS by introducing and recovering PAS with a moderate molecular weight in granular PAS; and granular PAS. A method of manufacturing granular PAS according to the present invention includes: a polymerizing step of subjecting a dihalo aromatic compound and at least one type of sulfur source selected from the group consisting of alkali metal sulfides and alkali metal hydrosulfides to polymerization reaction in an organic amide solvent; and a cooling step of cooling the reaction product mixture after the polymerizing step. Addition of a phase separation agent to the reaction product mixture is started at a point in time from the start of the polymerizing step to before the start of forming granular PAS in the cooling step, and when the temperature of the reaction product mixture is 245° C.

Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing polyarylene sulfide (PAS) while efficiently recovering an organic amide solvent at a low energy cost, without using an organic solvent, from washing wastewater produced by washing a raw material mixture containing PAS and an organic amide solvent using a solvent containing water; a method of manufacturing PAS by reducing the amount of water supplied when washing the raw material mixture using a solvent containing water; and PAS manufactured by these methods.

Abstract: The present invention is able to provide a curable composition which contains a poly(meth)acrylate compound having a fluorene ring (component (A)), a polythiol compound having a thioalkyl structure (component (B)), an ene compound having a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon skeleton (component (C)), and a polymerization initiator (component (D)). A curable composition according to the present invention is especially useful as an adhesive for optical applications, and has high refractive index as an optical characteristic, while having low contractility, photocurability, colorlessness and transparency, viscosity suitable for work, and the like.

Abstract: Generation of cyclic siloxanes in silicone compositions containing quartz flour as a filer is reduced by incorporating a basic substance into the composition prior to adding filler.

Abstract: The use of an amidine of formula (I) and/or a conversion product thereof as a catalyst for the crosslinking of a composition based on silane group-containing polymers. The amidine of formula (I) and the conversion products thereof are essentially odourless at room temperature and non-volatile and accelerate the crosslinking of the composition very well without impairing the storage stability of the composition, and are very compatible in the composition. As a result, the compositions do not have a tendency to separate, migrate or evaporate the catalyst.

Abstract: A soft structure fiber reinforcement technology is provided. In an example embodiment, the fiber reinforced elastomeric sheet comprises a sheet of elastomeric matrix; and a fiber array comprising a plurality of fibers embedded within the elastomeric matrix. Each fiber of the array of fibers has a tensile modulus that is significantly greater than the tensile modulus of the elastomeric matrix. The fiber reinforced elastomeric sheets may be used in grasping or gripping robots, walking or jumping robots, artificial muscles, compliant prosthetics, impact and/or vibration dampening soft structures, passive soft structure configured to passively restrict deformation in an unwanted direction while allowing deformation in another direction, and/or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resinous adhesion promoter composition comprising a random copolymer having first and second constitutional monomeric units, the first monomeric units comprising functional groups that promote adhesion to a substrate and the second monomeric units being derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomers and comprising other functional groups that promote adhesion to a substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a polymer film at high productivity: during a process for drying gripped portions of both edges of a gel film, a first heat treatment is performed by blowing hot air in the film width direction and a second heat treatment is performed by blowing hot air at gripped portions of both edges of the gel film in a direction parallel to the film running direction.

Abstract: Synthesis and growth of large area free-standing ultra-thin two-dimensional (2D) polymeric films including 2D covalent organic frameworks (COF) are achieved by utilizing fluorocarbon-soluble fluorinated aldehyde derivatives and hydrocarbon-soluble amine derivatives at a liquid-liquid interface of respective fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon solvents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-adhesive article comprising a non-random fabric of bundles of carbon fibres and a thermosetting epoxy resin composition. The self-adhesive article exhibits high surface adhesion and excellent dimensional stability at room temperature. The self-adhesive article is ideally suited to reinforce structural components, particularly vehicles or ancillary vehicle components. The structural components reinforced by the self-adhesive article exhibit improved impact and torsional strength.

Abstract: A coated substrate includes a finger-guiding haptics with an outer surface. The outer surface has at least two microstructured regions each of which has a sliding friction coefficient which are respectively different from each other, and at least one of a running elevation and a running depression which are parallel.

Abstract: Hydrophilic fluoroplastic substrates and methods of making hydrophilic fluoroplastic substrates from 4-acryloylmorpholine are disclosed.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a thermoset polyester foam includes the following successive steps: (a) providing an expandable and thermosetting composition containing a polyol component including at least one element selected from glycerol, diglycerol and glycerol oligomers; a polyacid component including citric acid; a surfactant selected from alkyl polyglycosides and mixtures of an anionic surfactant and a cationic surfactant, and an esterification catalyst; (b) introducing the expandable and thermosetting composition into a mold or applying the expandable composition to a support; and (c) heating the expandable and thermosetting composition at a temperature at least equal to 135° C. so as to react the polyol component with the polyacid component and form a block of thermoset polyester foam.

Abstract: A trifluoroacetic acid-based etchant is described that can remove a sacrificial component of a multi-component polymer, e.g., a self-assembled block copolymer. The etchant can operate at a high etch rate and with excellent selectivity. The etchant can remove a hydrolysable sacrificial component such as a polylactide block from a self-assembled block copolymer. The etchant enables the macroscopic preservation of the nanostructure morphologies of self-assembled copolymers (e.g., poly(styrene-block-lactide) copolymers) and can yield pristine porous films of the non-hydrolysable component of the starting multi-component polymer.