Transition Metal Containing Patents (Class 526/241)
  • Patent number: 10696758
    Abstract: This invention relates to metallocene compounds having a group substituted at the 3 position of at least one cyclopentadienyl ring represented by the formula —CH2—SiR?3 or —CH2—CR?3 and R? is a C1 to C20 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Subramaniam Kuppuswamy, Matthew W. Holtcamp, David M. Fiscus, Matthew S. Bedoya, Laughlin G. McCullough, Xuan Ye
  • Patent number: 10040885
    Abstract: A method for preparing a polymeric material doped with at least one first metal element and at least one second metal element, including: a) copolymerization of a first monomer containing a first metal element and of a second monomer containing a chelating group of a second metal element, to obtain a polymeric material containing (i) recurrent units deriving from the polymerization of the first monomer, the recurrent units containing the first metal element and (ii) recurrent units deriving from the polymerization of the second monomer, the recurrent units containing chelating groups of a second metal element, and when the first metal element is different from the second metal element, b) contacting the material from a) with a solution containing the second metal element, in return for which the second metal element is complexed with the chelating groups, where b) is optional when the first and second metal element are identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Stephane Cadra, Pierre Pouponneau, Alexia Balland Longeau
  • Patent number: 10030114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the specific production of a polymer material doped by a first metal element, which is gold, and at least one second metal element, the first metal element and the at least one second metal element being identical or different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Stéphane Cadra, Pierre Pouponeau, Alexia Balland Longeau
  • Patent number: 9768397
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to phenylenediamine compounds, which may be used as precursors in preparing diazaborole compounds and phosphorescent diazaborole metal complexes. The present disclosure also relates to diazaborole compounds, diazaborole metal complexes, and electroluminescent emission materials and electronic devices thereof. The present disclosure further relates to processes for preparing the phenylenediamine compounds and diazaborole metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Alexander Bilyk, Mark Bown, Kazunori Ueno, Michelle Groarke
  • Patent number: 9499651
    Abstract: A process for preparing a copolymer including one or more phosphorus-containing mer units, the process comprising anionically polymerizing conjugated diene monomer, vinyl organophosphine monomer, and optionally monomer copolymerizable therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Terrence E. Hogan, William L. Hergenrother
  • Patent number: 9362190
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor element that can have the high adhesion between a substrate made of an oxide or the like and a metal film, a semiconductor element includes a substrate made of an oxide, a semiconductor element structure provided on an upper surface of the substrate, and a metal film provided on a lower surface of the substrate, in which the metal film contains nanoparticles made of an oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Shioji, Masafumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 9181375
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to potassium ion sensors and monomers derived from such sensors. The disclosure also provides for polymers (e.g., random copolymers, nanoparticles, polymer thin films, and sensors) having polymerized monomeric potassium ion sensors as described herein. These compounds and polymers are useful for measuring intracellular and extracellular potassium ion concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yanqing Tian, Deirdre Meldrum, Xianfeng Zhou, Fengyu Su, Roger H. Johnson, Cody Youngbull
  • Patent number: 9090742
    Abstract: A method is provided for synthesizing a metal (M) meso-tetraphenylporphyrin polymer. The method begins with the provision of a free-base (H2)-meso-tetra-4-(trialkylsilyl)ethynylphenylporphyrin (H2-tetra-C?C-TriAS-TPP) including a trialkylsilyl (TriAS) moiety attached to an ethynyl termini. In response to a reaction with a metal (M)-containing material, the H2-tetra-C?C-TriAS-TPP is converted to a metal (M)-tetra-4-(trialkylsilyl)ethynylphenylporphyrin (M-tetra-C?C-TriAS-TPP). Then, the M-tetra-C?C-TriAS-TPP is converted to a M-tetra-4-ethynylphenylporphyrin (M-tetra-C?C-TPP) monomer by removing the trialkylsilyl (TriAS) moiety from the ethynyl termini. Finally, a plurality of M-tetra-C?C-TPP monomers are coupled together to supply a metal (M)-meso-tetraphenylporphyrin polymer (M-poly-meso-TPP), whereby meso-phenyl groups of adjacent M-tetra-C?C-TPP monomers in the M-poly-meso-TPP are connected through a butadiyne linking moiety. In one aspect, the metal is zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Vail, David Evans
  • Patent number: 9035003
    Abstract: A magnetic particle-polymer hybrid material can include: a substance having a structure of Formula 1 or derivative or salt thereof: Z(Y-Triazole-CH2—X—CH2—(FP)n)m (Formula 1), wherein Z is a magnetic particle smaller than 1 mm; n and m are independently integers; Y includes a first linker having an alkyl and/or aryl linked to the magnetic particle; X is CH2 or a heteroatom; FP is a functionalized polymer having: a first structure derived from a first norbornene compound linked to the magnetic particle through the Y-Triazole-CH2—X—CH2 linker; and one or more monomeric units each including a second structure derived from a second norbornene compound, where one of the monomeric units is linked to the first structure through a saturated or unsaturated alkyl, each monomeric unit includes a functional group capable of binding with another substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Kansas
    Inventors: Paul Ronald Hanson, Oliver Reiser, Alexander Schätz, Alan Rolfe
  • Patent number: 9023586
    Abstract: The invention provides a positive resist composition, wherein a polymer compound having the weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000 and comprising a repeating unit having a hydrogen atom in a carboxyl group and/or in a phenolic hydroxy group therein been substituted by an acid-labile group and a repeating unit “a” having a cyclopentadienyl complex shown by the following general formula (1) is used as a base resin therein. There can be a positive resist composition having not only small edge roughness (LER and LWR) while having a higher resolution than conventional positive resist compositions, but also a good pattern form after exposure and an extremely high etching resistance, especially a positive resist composition using a polymer compound suitable as a base resin for a chemically amplifying resist composition; and a patterning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 9017923
    Abstract: The invention provides a negative resist composition including, as a base resin, a polymer that contains at least a repeating unit “a” having a cyclopentadienyl complex and is represented by the following general formula (1). There can be a negative resist composition, especially a chemically amplified negative resist composition that has a higher resolution than conventional hydroxystyrene-based and novolak-based negative resist compositions, a good pattern configuration after exposure, and further excellent etching resistance, and a patterning process using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 9012579
    Abstract: A method comprising contacting at least one metal salt of an organic acid with at least one aromatic compound in a reaction zone under conditions suitable for the formation of a polymer, wherein the metal salt of an organic acid comprises a metal and at least one unsaturated organic acid moiety. A composition comprising polystyrene and a metal salt of cinnamic acid. An article made from a composition comprising polystyrene and a metal salt of cinnamic acid. A composition comprising polystyrene and a salt of a fatty acid. An article made from a composition comprising polystyrene and a salt of a fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Olga Khabashesku
  • Patent number: 9006346
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for a golf ball and a golf ball which have high resilience while maintaining soft compression and also have low spin on driver shots, and therefore can achieve a long flight distance. The present invention relates to a resin composition for a golf ball, including an ionomer resin consisting of a metal ion-neutralized copolymer of (A) a C3-8 ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (B) a C3-8 ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, the ionomer resin having a mass ratio of (A)/(B) of 10/90 to 25/75, and a degree of neutralization of 30 to 105 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Shiga, Ryo Murakami, Yoshiyuki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8968886
    Abstract: This invention is directed to perylene-diimide aromatic dianion compounds, process of preparation and uses thereof. The perylene-diimide aromatic dianion compounds of this invention are stable in aqueous solution and can be used for photofunctional and electron transfer systems in aqueous phase. This invention is also directed to supramolecular polymers derived from perylene-diimide compounds and to uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boris Rybtchinski, Elijah Shirman, Alona Ustinov, Netanel Ben-Shitrit, Haim Weissman, Elisha M. Krieg, Galina Golubkov, Jonathan Baram
  • Publication number: 20150005463
    Abstract: A method is provided for synthesizing a metal (M) meso-tetraphenylporphyrin polymer. The method begins with the provision of a free-base (H2)-meso-tetra-4-(trialkylsilyl)ethynylphenylporphyrin (H2-tetra-C?C-TriAS-TPP) including a trialkylsilyl (TriAS) moiety attached to an ethynyl termini. In response to a reaction with a metal (M)-containing material, the H2-tetra-C?C-TriAS-TPP is converted to a metal (M)-tetra-4-(trialkylsilyl)ethynylphenylporphyrin (M-tetra-C?C-TriAS-TPP). Then, the M-tetra-C?C-TriAS-TPP is converted to a M-tetra-4-ethynylphenylporphyrin (M-tetra-C?C-TPP) monomer by removing the trialkylsilyl (TriAS) moiety from the ethynyl termini. Finally, a plurality of M-tetra-C?C-TPP monomers are coupled together to supply a metal (M)-meso-tetraphenylporphyrin polymer (M-poly-meso-TPP), whereby meso-phenyl groups of adjacent M-tetra-C?C-TPP monomers in the M-poly-meso-TPP are connected through a butadiyne linking moiety. In one aspect, the metal is zinc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Sean Vail, David Evans
  • Publication number: 20150005464
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a metalloporphyrin polymer on a substrate. The method creates a functionalized substrate by attaching an anchor group of a linker, including a terminal alkyne group, to a substrate surface. The functionalized substrate is then exposed to metalloporphyrin monomers, where each metalloporphyrin monomer includes at least two terminal alkyne groups. A plurality of metalloporphyrin monomers (e.g., zinc porphyrin monomers) are thus linked via the metalloporphyrin monomer terminal alkyne groups, forming a metalloporphyrin polymer attached to the substrate. In one aspect, linking the plurality of metalloporphyrin monomers via the metalloporphyrin monomer terminal alkyne groups includes forming butadiyne groups between adjacent metalloporphyrins. Then, forming the metalloporphyrin polymer attached to the substrate includes attaching the metalloporphyrin polymer, via a metalloporphyrin monomer terminal alkyne group, to the terminal alkyne group of an associated linker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Vail, David R. Evans, Jong-Jan Lee
  • Patent number: 8859698
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing macromolecule and a method of preparing the sulfur-containing macromolecule comprising a polymerization step are provided, where the sulfur-containing macromolecule contains internal units of formula (I) and the polymerization step is formula (II) wherein n is greater than 1, said precursor comprises alkyne having one or more acetylene groups and thiol having one or more thiol groups; and R is remainder of said thiol excluding said thiol groups, R? is remainder of said alkyne excluding said acetylene groups, and R and R? are selected from organic or organometallic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Benzhong Tang, Ka Wai Jim, Anjun Qin, Wing Yip Lam, Jianzhao Liu
  • Patent number: 8846855
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions including heterocyclic organic compounds based on fused thiophene compounds, polymers based on fused thiophene compounds, and methods for making the monomers and polymer along with uses in thin film-based and other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Mingqian He, Jianfeng Li, James Robert Matthews, Weijun Niu, Arthur L Wallace
  • Publication number: 20140286875
    Abstract: Oxygen sensing luminescent dyes, polymers and sensors comprising these sensors and methods of using these sensors and systems are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Profusa, Inc.
    Inventors: Soya Gamsey, Natalie Wisniewski, Kristen Helton, William McMillan
  • Patent number: 8829114
    Abstract: A method for making a polystyrene ionomer comprises: preparing a metallic comonomer within styrene monomer to form a reaction mixture; and placing the reaction mixture under conditions suitable for the formation of a polymer composition. The metallic comonomer can be a metal acrylate, formed by contacting a metal complex and an acrylate precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Gray, Scott Cooper, Jason Clark
  • Patent number: 8822633
    Abstract: Luminescent polymers having sterically twisted arylene repeat units are provided, which are particularly suited as electroluminescent polymers. Monomers necessary for the synthesis of the sterically twisted polyarylene are provided, as are electroluminescent device utilizing these polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew L. Marrocco, Virgil J. Lee, Farshad J. Motamedi
  • Patent number: 8822713
    Abstract: Coordination complexes of at least one metal element with at least one aromatic monomer are provided. The at least one aromatic monomer may comprise at least one aromatic ring, which ring comprising at least one ethylenic group, at least one hydroxide group —OH, at least one oxime group and salts thereof. The metal element may be in the form of a metal alkoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Comissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Alexia Balland Longeau, Stéphane Cadra, Jérôme Thibonnet
  • Publication number: 20140225041
    Abstract: Hybrid materials and nanocomposite materials, methods of making and using such materials. The nanoparticles of the nanocomposite are formed in situ during pyrolysis of a hybrid material comprising metal precursor compounds. The nanoparticles are uniformly distributed in the carbon matrix of the nanocomposite. The nanocomposite materials can be used in devices such as, for example, electrodes and on-chip inductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Lynden A. Archer, Zichao Yang, Shyamal Kumar Das
  • Publication number: 20140212328
    Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relate to the use, devices, and compounds for generating singlet oxygen. In some embodiments, the singlet oxygen can be used for fluid purification and/or sterilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: William Brenden Carlson, Gregory David Phelan
  • Publication number: 20140212753
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of active materials for organometallic and organometallic-inorganic hybrid electrodes and particularly active materials for organometallic and organometallic-inorganic hybrid cathodes for lithium-ion batteries. In certain embodiments the organometallic material comprises a ferrocene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Qian Huang, John P. Lemmon, Daiwon Choi, Lelia Cosimbescu
  • Publication number: 20140206830
    Abstract: Silicone-containing monomer of formula (I); wherein said silicone-containing monomer comprises a silicone-containing moiety and an oxazolidinone moiety and wherein R is a silicone-containing moiety, and R1 may be an H, wherein A represents the oxazolidinone ring of the oxazolidinone moiety and R2 is a divalent C1-25 alkylene or C6-30 arylalkylene. The monomer is used for the preparation of a composition for use in manufacturing of ophthalmic lenses potentially with anti-infective properties. Also, methods of making the present monomers are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: James Parakka, Ananth Iyer, Durgaprasad Chalasani, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20140200319
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to potassium ion sensors and monomers derived from such sensors. The disclosure also provides for polymers (e.g., random copolymers, nanoparticles, polymer thin films, and sensors) having polymerized monomeric potassium ion sensors as described herein. These compounds and polymers are useful for measuring intracellular and extracellular potassium ion concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizo
    Inventors: Yanqing Tian, Deirdre Meldrum, Xianfeng Zhou, Fengyu Su, Roger H. Johnson, Cody Youngbull
  • Patent number: 8778235
    Abstract: A colorant multimer includes, as a partial structure of a colorant moiety, a dipyrromethene metal complex compound or tautomer thereof obtained from: (i) a dipyrromethene compound represented by the following Formula (M); and (ii) a metal or a metal compound: wherein in Formula (M), R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Ito, Masaru Yoshikawa, Yuki Mizukawa, Kenta Ushijima, Shinichi Kanna, Haruki Inabe, Yoshihiko Fujie, Akiyoshi Goto, Yushi Kaneko, Hiroaki Idei
  • Publication number: 20140170560
    Abstract: The invention provides a negative resist composition including, as a base resin, a polymer that contains at least a repeating unit “a” having a cyclopentadienyl complex and is represented by the following general formula (1). There can be a negative resist composition, especially a chemically amplified negative resist composition that has a higher resolution than conventional hydroxystyrene-based and novolak-based negative resist compositions, a good pattern configuration after exposure, and further excellent etching resistance, and a patterning process using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun HATAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140170563
    Abstract: The invention provides a positive resist composition, wherein a polymer compound having the weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000 and comprising a repeating unit having a hydrogen atom in a carboxyl group and/or in a phenolic hydroxy group therein been substituted by an acid-labile group and a repeating unit “a” having a cyclopentadienyl complex shown by the following general formula (1) is used as a base resin therein. There can be a positive resist composition having not only small edge roughness (LER and LWR) while having a higher resolution than conventional positive resist compositions, but also a good pattern form after exposure and an extremely high etching resistance, especially a positive resist composition using a polymer compound suitable as a base resin for a chemically amplifying resist composition; and a patterning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun HATAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140154616
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coloring composition with satisfactory heat resistance, no discoloration, excellent developability, and no development residues on a substrate and pixels of other colors, providing, a coloring composition for a color filter including (A) a polymer having a dye skeleton and (B) an organic solvent, wherein the content of an unreacted monomer component having the dye skeleton which is capable of forming (A) the polymer having the dye skeleton is less than or equal to 1 mass % with regard to (A) the polymer having the dye skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzo NAGATA, Hiroaki IDEI, Atsuyasu NOZAKI, Kenta USHIJIMA, Yushi KANEKO, Yousuke MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20140151615
    Abstract: A coloring composition which suppresses color loss of the colored pattern to be formed, and may form a colored pattern which has excellent developability and heat resistance is provided. A colored cured film which suppresses color loss of the colored pattern to be formed, and may form a colored pattern which has excellent developability and heat resistance, a color filter which is provided with the colored pattern, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A solid state imaging device which has excellent color loss resistance and heat resistance is provided. A coloring composition of the present invention includes a resin (A) having a dye structure in which a peak area occupied by a component having a molecular weight of 2000 or less is below 10% in respect to a peak area of a total molecular weight distribution of the resin (A) which is measured using gel permeation chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi HITOMI, Yuzo NAGATA, Hiroaki IDEI, Kazuya OOTA, Yousuke MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 8703298
    Abstract: The gas-barrier film of the present invention basically comprises a polymer of a polyvalent metal salt of an unsaturated carboxylic acid compound which gives an infrared absorption spectrum in which the ratio of the absorbance A0 at around 1,700 cm?1 attributable to V C?O of the carboxylic acid group to the absorbance A at around 1,520 cm?1 attributable to V C?O of the carboxylate ion, A0/A, is lower than 0.25, and this gas-barrier film and a gas-barrier layered body having the film can be manufactured by applying a solution of a polyvalent metal salt of an unsaturated carboxylic acid compound having a degree of polymerization lower than 20 to at least one side of a substrate layer and then polymerizing the polyvalent metal salt of the unsaturated carboxylic acid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Tohcello Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakamura, Tomoyoshi Hakamata, Akira Nomoto
  • Patent number: 8697824
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel ion-exchange membranes, their method of preparation and their uses. The membranes are made of a polymer obtained from a monomer or a mixture of bifunctional monomers of general formula [T-SO2—Y—SO2-T?]?M+. The polymers are useful in an alkali-chloride electrolysis process, as a separator in an electrochemical preparation of inorganic and organic compounds, as a separator between an aqueous and an organic phase, or as a catalyst for Diels-Alder additions, Friedel-Craft reactions, aldol condensations, cationic polymerizations, esterifications, and acetal formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hydro Quebec
    Inventors: Christophe Michot, Michel Armand
  • Publication number: 20140087066
    Abstract: Compositions containing certain organometallic oligomers suitable for use as spin-on, metal hardmasks are provided, where such compositions can be tailored to provide a metal oxide hardmask having a range of etch selectivity. Also provided are methods of depositing metal oxide hardmasks using the present compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Deyan WANG, Jibin SUN, Peng-Wei CHUANG, Peter TREFONAS, III, Cong LIU
  • Patent number: 8648157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-containing compositions comprising a metal-containing precursor unit (MU), a prepolymer unit (PU), and a catalyst or an initiator capable of inducing a combining reaction of ethylenically unsaturated groups of the metal-containing precursor unit and the prepolymer unit. In another embodiment, the composition comprises MU and a catalyst or initiator capable of inducing a combining reaction of the metal-containing precursor units. Both MU and PU contain additional functional groups, which may be selected to impart compatibility with each other and to produce optically clear films. The metal-containing compositions can be used to produce films or articles having a transmittance of at least 90% and index of refraction in the range of 1.4 to 1.8 in the 400-700 nm range of light and 1.4 to 2.4 in the 150-400 nm range of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Pryog, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph J. Schwab
  • Patent number: 8642719
    Abstract: A method of making a polymer, including: heating, for a sufficient time and temperature, to polymerize a homogenous mixture including of at least one polymerizable monomer, and a solvent mixture comprised of at least a first liquid and a second liquid, the first liquid being a stronger solvent for the product polymer than the weaker second liquid, and the polymer product precipitates from the homogenous mixture during the heating, as defined herein. Also disclosed are semiconducting articles and printable inks prepared with the resulting narrow polydispersity polymers, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Mingqian He, James Robert Matthews, Michael Lesley Sorensen
  • Patent number: 8637620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a polymeric material doped with metal elements, comprising a step of polymerization of at least one monomer comprising at least one ethylenic function, said monomer being complexed with a metal element. Use of the materials obtained by means of this process as catalysts, or luminescent or magnetic materials, or as elements for laser targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Alexia Balland Longeau, Louis Moreau, Jérôme Thibonnet, Emilie Velasquez
  • Publication number: 20140011955
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for synthesis of composite materials involving gas phase plasma polymerization to covalently plasma graft an organic molecule onto inorganic particles; covalently binding an organic monomer to the functionalized inorganic particles; and, polymerizing the organic monomers into inorganic/organic hybrid polymer composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Richard B. Timmons, Dattatray Wavhal, Dhiman Bhattacharyya, Narayan Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20140011973
    Abstract: The invention discloses a compound having branching alkyl chains, the method for preparing the same and use thereof in photoelectric devices. By applying the branching alkyl chains as the solubilizing group to the preparation of organic conjugated molecules (for example, organic conjugated polymers), the number of methylenes between the resultant alky side chains and the backbone, i.e., m>1, which can effectively reduce the effect of the alkyl chains on the backbone ?-? stacking, thereby ensuring the solubility of the organic conjugated molecule while greatly increasing the mobility of their carriers. It is suitable for an organic semiconductor material in photoelectric devices such as organic solar cells, organic light emitting diodes and organic field effect transistors, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jian PEI, Ting LEI, Jinhu DOU
  • Patent number: 8592539
    Abstract: Methods of forming a cobaltocenium-containing polymer are provided through polymerizing a plurality of cobaltocenium-containing monomers via controlled radical polymerization or controlled ring-opening polymerization. Each cobaltocenium-containing monomer comprises a cobaltocenium moiety covalently connected to a polymerizable group. Cobaltocenium-containing monomers are also provided that include a cobaltocenium moiety covalently connected to a polymerizable group. Cobaltocenium-containing polymers are also generally provided, such as the polymers formed according to any of the methods or from any of the monomers discussed herein. Methods are also generally provided for exchanging an anion associated with a cobaltocenium side group of a cobaltocenium-containing polymer with a new anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Chuanbing Tang, Lixia Ren
  • Publication number: 20130302563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photopolymerizable composition and an optical sheet comprising a cured resin layer formed therefrom. The polymerizable composition shows a high refractive index and excellent light resistance and is thus useful for an optical sheet assembly for a backlight unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hong Gu Hwang, Kyung Jong Kim, Chang Won Park, Eui Young Shin, Chang Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 8552129
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a branched aromatic ionomer, and a process of making it, by co-polymerizing a first monomer comprising an aromatic moiety and an unsaturated alkyl moiety and a second monomer represented by the general formula: [R-AZ]y-MX wherein R is a hydrocarbon chain having from 2 to 40 carbons and at least one polymerizable unsaturation; A is an anionic group; M is a cationic group; Z is ?1 or ?2; X is +1, +2, +3, +4, or +5; and y is an integer having a value of from 1 to 4. The branched aromatic ionomer has a melt flow index ranging from 1.0 g/10 min. to 13 g/10 min. Optionally the melt flow index ranges from 1.3 g/10 min. to 1.9 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gaustad, Juan J. Aguirre, Joe Shuler
  • Patent number: 8512879
    Abstract: A polymer useful in an optoelectronic device comprises structural unit of formula I: wherein R1 is, independently at each occurrence, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; a is, independently at each occurrence, an integer ranging from 0-4; Ar1 is aryl or heteroaryl; Ar2 is fluorene; R2 is alkylene, substituted alkylene, oxaalkylene, CO, or CO2; R3, R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted alkyl; substituted alkoxy, substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted heteroaryl; and L is derived from phenylpyridine, tolylpyridine, benzothienylpyridine, phenylisoquinoline, dibenzoquinozaline, fluorenylpyridine, ketopyrrole, 2-(1-naphthyl)benzoxazole)), 2-phenylbenzoxazole, 2 phenylbenzothiazole, coumarin, thienylpyridine, phenylpyridine, benzothienylpyridine, 3 methoxy-2-phenylpyridine, thienylpyridine, phenylimine, vinylpyridine, pyridylnaphthalene, pyridylpyrro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qing Ye, Jie Lu, Kelly Scott Chichak
  • Patent number: 8492496
    Abstract: A copolymer comprises the reaction product of (a) (meth)acrylate functionalized nanoparticles, (b) vinyl monomer, and (c) silicone macromer. The (meth)acrylate functionalize nanoparticles are selected from the group consisting of silica nanoparticles, zirconia nanoparticles, titania nanoparticles, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ramesh C. Kumar, Taun L. McKenzie, Ying-Yuh Lu
  • Publication number: 20130184421
    Abstract: The field of this invention relates to supramolecular functional materials, particularly to coordination networks, more particularly to coordination polymers, more particularly to metal based one-dimensional coordination polymers. The metal based one-dimensional coordination polymers comprises a repeat unit [L1-M-L2]n where L1 and L2 are one of a plurality of carboxylate ligands and L1 can be the same as L2, M is a metal, particularly a transition metal, and n is an integer from 1 to infinity. The metal based one-dimensional coordination polymers display one or more physico-chemical properties giving at least one functionality to the supramolecular material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
    Inventor: University of the Witwatersrand
  • Publication number: 20130158219
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, in particular phosphinic ligands of metal complexes, as well as to metal complexes including said ligands and to supported catalysts including said metal complexes or said compounds. The invention also relates to methods for synthesizing said compounds, to complexes, and to supported catalysts, as well as to intermediate products used in said synthesis methods. The invention further relates to the uses of said compounds. The compounds of the invention are ferrocene compounds which have been functionalized so as to be capable of being heterogenized. The invention can be used in particular in the field of heterogeneous catalysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: Universite de Bourgogne, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Jean-Cyrille Hierso, Matthieu Beauperin, Philippe Meunier
  • Publication number: 20130112921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes which contain polymerisable groups and to the polymers obtained using these metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these polymers. The metal complexes are compounds of the formula (1), containing a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2) or formula (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 8426038
    Abstract: Organic electroluminescence devices including phosphorescent polymer compounds having high light-emitting efficiency and long luminescent life. These phosphorescent polymer compounds include a structural unit that is derived from a compound of Formula (1) below as a side-chain thereof. In Formula (1), L1 and L2 are two different kinds of ligands, and are selected from Formulae (a1) to (a6) and (b1) to (b6), respectively, as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: RE44096
    Abstract: There is provided a material which is free from fading into white due to surface scattering and is useful as a laminated article having excellent adhesion and practical low reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sato, Tsuyoshi Itagaki, Yasuo Itami