Abstract: Polymers for photoresists and monomers for incorporation into those polymers are disclosed. The polymers comprise at least two components: an acid labile component and a photolytically stable and acid-stable component. The polymers may also contain a third, photoacid generator (PAG) component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula (I) their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).

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.

Abstract: A semiconducting polymer of Formula (I): wherein X is independently selected from S, Se, O, and NR, wherein R is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, and —CN; Ar is independently a conjugated divalent moiety; a is an integer from 1 to about 10; and n is an integer from 2 to about 5,000. The resulting semiconducting polymer is suitable for use in organic thin film transistors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to particles produced by drying aqueous dispersions of nanoureas and to methods for the production thereof.

Abstract: Cyanurate compositions are provided that are particularly useful as a reagent to form a resin component of a coating composition underlying an overcoated photoresist. Preferred isocyanurates compound comprise substitution of multiple cyanurate nitrogen ring atoms by at least two distinct carboxy and/or carboxy ester groups.

Abstract: A composition comprising a homopolymer or a copolymer comprising bithiophene units for use in, for example, low band gap materials including uses in organic photovoltaic active layers. The band gap and other properties can be engineered by polymerization methods including selection of monomer structure and ratio of monomer components. In addition, a dimer adapted for making alternating copolymers further comprising one first monomer moiety comprising at least one bithiophene moiety compound covalently linked to one second monomer moiety comprising a different bithiophene moiety or at least one moiety that is not a bithiophene. The composition can be copolymerized to form an alternating copolymer that can be further processed to form a polymeric film used in a printed organic electronic device.

Abstract: A conductive polymer having a high carrier transport ability, a conductive layer formed using the conductive polymer, an electronic device provided with the conductive layer having a high reliability, and electronic equipment provided with such an electronic device are provided. The conductive polymer includes a linear main chain, a plurality of carrier transport structures which contribute to carrier transport and each of which is represented by the following formula (1), and a linking structure which branches off from the main chain to link each of the carrier transport structures to the main chain: General Formula (1) where each R1 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, and the R1s are the same or different.

Abstract: A synthetic polymer has a water-soluble or water-swellable polyethyleneglycol backbone and terminal groups and/or intermediate groups of blocks of hydrophobes of alkyl- or aryl compounds containing a polymerizable cyclic monomer or a polymerizable double bond (or alkene) group or derivatives thereof. The blocks of hydrophobes are composed of two or more units of the same or different hydrophobes. These synthetic polymers are used as rheology modifiers, especially in latex paints.

Abstract: Organic coating compositions, particularly antireflective coating compositions, are provided that comprise that comprise a diene/dienophile reaction product. Preferred compositions of the invention are useful to reduce reflection of exposing radiation from a substrate back into an overcoated photoresist layer and/or function as a planarizing, conformal or via-fill layer.

Abstract: Microparticle comprising a cross-linked polymer comprising (a) a cross-linker comprising two or more radically polymerizable groups, preferably selected from the group consisting of alkenes, sulfhydryl (SH), thioic, unsaturated esters, unsaturated urethanes, unsaturated ethers, and unsaturated amides; (b) a monofunctional reactive diluent comprising maximum one unsaturated C—C bond represented by the formula R0—C(R1)?CHR2 Formula (I) wherein —R0 is chosen depending on the structure of a selected active agent (c) to be loaded into the microparticle and is chosen to have a structure that when combined with the other components of the microparticle provides a higher affinity of the selected active agent (c) for the microparticle; —each R1 is chosen from hydrogen and substituted and unsubstituted, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon groups which groups optionally contain one or more moieties selected from the group of ester moieties, ether moieties, thioester moieties, thioether moieties, carbamate

Abstract: A process for preparing highly branched melamine polymers, wherein melamine is reacted with 1.5 to 4 mol, per mole of melamine, of one or more diamines or polyamines having at least two primary amino groups, it being possible for up to 25 mol % of the diamines or polyamines to have three or more primary amino groups and for up to 50 mol % of the diamines or polyamines to be replaced by amines having only one primary amino group, in the presence of an acidic catalyst.

Abstract: Process for catalytically preparing (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated amides and use thereof.

Abstract: A monomer with a chromophore group represented by Formula (I): wherein AR1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; AR2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, with the proviso that one of R, AR1, and AR2 has a substituent with a polymerizable functional group. The monomer can be advantageously used to prepare polymeric dispersants for pigment dispersion, especially inkjet inks.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coating composition for forming a coating film having extremely high scratch resistance which could not be achieved up to now, concretely, such a degree of scratch resistance that even if the surface of a coating film is rubbed under strong external force by a cloud of sand flying and others while car washing and running, the surface can endure it.

Abstract: This invention pertains generally to supramolecular polymers comprising a polymeric molecule linked to a first CB[8] guest molecule and an attachment compound linked to a second CB[8] guest molecule, wherein the first and second CB[8] guest molecules form a ternary host-guest complex with a CB[8] molecule which non-covalently links the polymeric molecule and the attachment compound in a supramolecular polymer. These polymers are useful as vehicles for delivery of a therapeutic compound for use in a method of treatment of the human or animal body, in particular for use in a method of delivering the therapeutic compound to a target site in an individual. The invention also provides methods for the preparation of the supramolecular polymers.

Abstract: Biaxially-oriented nylon film according to the present invention is biaxially-oriented nylon film made from nylon. In the biaxially-oriented nylon film, an elongation ratio of the film in each of four directions (an MD direction, a TD direction, a 45 degree direction and a 135 degree direction) until a film rupture is 70 percent or more, the elongation ratio being measured in a tensile test (testing conditions: a sample width is 15 mm; a distance between gauge points is 50 mm; and a tensile speed is 100 mm/min), and a stress ratio A (?1/?2) between a tensile stress ?1 and a tensile stress ?2 in a stress-strain curve obtained in the tensile test of the film is 2 or more in each of the four directions, the tensile stress ?1 being a value at a point where the elongation ratio becomes 50 percent while the tensile stress ?2 being a value at an yield point.

Abstract: There is provided an underlayer coating forming composition for lithography that is used in lithography process of manufacture of semiconductor device; and an underlayer coating having a high dry etching rate compared with photoresist. Concretely, it is a composition for forming an underlayer without use of crosslinking reaction by an strong acid catalyst, and an underlayer coating forming composition containing a component having an epoxy group (a polymer, a compound) and a component having a phenolic hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a protected carboxyl group or an acid anhydride structure (a polymer, a compound).

Abstract: There is provided an anti-reflective coating forming composition comprising a polymer having a pyrimidinetrione structure, imidazolidinedione structure, imidazolidinetrione structure or triazinetrione structure and a solvent. The anti-reflective coating obtained from the composition has a high preventive effect for reflected light, causes no intermixing with photoresists, and can use in lithography process by use of a light having a short wavelength such as ArF excimer laser beam (wavelength 193 nm) or F2 excimer laser beam (wavelength 157 nm), etc.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrathin polymer film formed by homopolymerization or copolymerization of a cucurbituril derivative with an organic monomer and a method of forming the same. The ultrathin polymer film has a thickness of 10 nm or less, and can retain its film shape even after being separated from a substrate.

Abstract: To provide a coating fluid for forming a film, which is curable sufficiently by heat treatment at a low temperature of at most 70° C. to form a cured film excellent in abrasion resistance and which is excellent in storage stability, a film obtained from the coating fluid for forming a film, and a process for forming the film. A coating fluid for forming a film, which comprises a polysiloxane (A) obtained by condensation polymerization of a silicon compound of the formula (1) as the essential component, and a compound (B) of the formula (2): Si(OR1)4??(1) wherein R1 is a C1-5 hydrocarbon group, each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 which are independent of one another, is a hydrogen atom or a C1-12 organic group.

Abstract: A method of producing a polymeric material including subjecting a starting material to conditions under which polymerisation occurs. The starting material includes a group of sub-formula (XIII) where R16 is selected from hydrogen, halo, nitro, hydrocarbyl, optionally substituted or interposed with functional groups, or R2 and R3 are independently selected from (CR6R7)n or a group CR8R9, CR6R7CR8R9 or CR8R9CR6R7 where n is 0, 1 or 2 and R6 and R7 are independently selected from hydrogen or alkyl, and either one of R8 or R9 is hydrogen and the other is an electron withdrawing group, or R8 or R9 together form an electron withdrawing group. R4 and R5 are independently selected from CH or CR1o where CR1o is an electron withdrawing group, X1 is a group CX2X3, Y1 is a group CY2Y3, and X2 X3, and, if present, Y2 and Y3, are each a C1 to C4 alkyl group.

Abstract: A composition having a bismaleimide oligomer and preparation methods thereof are provided. The composition having a bismaleimide oligomer comprises a bismaleimide oligomer, wherein the bismaleimide oligomer is in an amount of more than 75 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the composition. Specifically, the bismaleimide oligomer is prepared by reacting bismaleimide monomers with batch-added barbituric acid.

Abstract: Golf balls that have at least one layer formed from a cationic polyurea material. In particular, the compositions of the invention, which include a polymer backbone including urea linkages with cationic groups, may be formed from an isocyanate-containing component and an isocyanate-reactive component, at least one of which includes precursor cationic groups, in the presence of an alkylating, quaternizing, or ternarizing agent.

Abstract: Disclosed are polymers that include components produced from renewable resources and methods for forming the disclosed polymers. The polymers include the reactive intermediates that in turn include components derived from, for example, lactide or sorbitol. The reactive intermediates can be polymerized with each other as well as with more traditional resins to form polymeric networks. In one embodiment, the disclosed intermediates can be utilized in forming vinyl ester resins. In particular, the vinyl ester-styrene resins and thermoset networks formed therefrom including the disclosed intermediates can include lower styrene content than previously known vinyl ester-styrene resins, and can exhibit physical characteristics such as glass transition temperature and flexural strength properties equal to previously known vinyl ester-styrene resins that include a higher styrene content.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel ultra-thin hydrophobic and oleophobic layer, formed by self-assembly on a solid substrate surface, of compounds of the general formula A-B in which A represents a group of the formula in which Z represents C or N+, X represents C—H or C-L, L being an electron-attracting group selected from F, CF3, NO2 and N(CH3)3+, Y represents H or CH5, or Y forms a 5- or 6-atom heterocycle with X, T represents NH, CO, CONH or NH2+U?, U? being a soluble anion, and B represents a C1-C20 linear aliphatic alkyl group partially or completely substituted with F, and a method of preparing this layer and its use as a harrier film.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a moisture curable composition in the form of a hot melt. The inventive compositions contain hydrolyzable silyl groups connected to a polymer which is capable of crosslinking when exposed to moisture.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising a polyurea formed from a reaction mixture comprising: (a) a first component comprising an isocyanate, the first component having a viscosity of ?2000 centipoise at a temperature ?7° C.; and (b) a second component comprising an amine. Substrates coated at least in part with such a composition are also disclosed. Footwear coated at least in part with polyurea are also disclosed.

Abstract: A compound having the formula below. X is hydroxyl, a sulfonic ester or salt thereof, a phosphonate or salt thereof, a carboxylate or salt thereof, or a boronic ester or salt thereof. The value n is an integer greater than or equal to 2. A polymer made by polymerizing the compound. A method of: reacting NH2—(CH2—CH2—O)n—CH2—CH2—OH with thiophene acid chloride to form a (SC4H3)—CO—NH—(CH2—CH2—O)n—CH2—CH2—OH amide; reacting the amide with a vinyl sulfonic ester, a vinyl phosphonate, a vinyl carboxylate, or a vinyl boronic ester to form an intermediate; and converting the intermediate to a salt form.

Abstract: A molecular-oriented polymer gel and its cast film obtained by self-assembly of a self-organizable amphiphilic compound and a monomer interacting with the amphiphilic compound, and then polymerizing the monomer, and their production methods.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing polyurethane particulate and polyurethane particulate prepared therefrom. The polyurethane particulate has properties such that it is easy to control to a spherical form, the polyurethane particulate can be prepared in a desired particle size, the color thereof is stably exhibited, a washing process thereof is easy because almost no foam is generated in the washing process, and the preparation cost can be lowered because the particles do not lump and a separate grinding process is not needed, by using an inorganic suspension stabilizer in the manufacture process of the polyurethane particulate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink comprising a colorant, an initiator, and a phase change ink carrier, said carrier comprising (A) a compound which is the reaction product of a mixture comprising (1) an isocyanate; and (2) a component comprising (a) an alcohol having at least one ethylenic unsaturation; (b) an amine having at least one ethylenic unsaturation; (c) an acid having at least one ethylenic unsaturation; or (d) mixtures thereof, (B) a phase change inducing component, said phase change inducing component containing at least one hydroxyl group, said phase change inducing component having a melting point of about 40° C. or higher, and (C) an optional curable viscosity modifying ester, said ink being curable upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: A semiconducting polymer of Formula (I): wherein X is independently selected from S, Se, O, and NR, wherein R is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, and —CN; Ar is independently a conjugated divalent moiety; a is an integer from 1 to about 10; and n is an integer from 2 to about 5,000. The resulting semiconducting polymer is suitable for use in organic thin film transistors.

Abstract: A pigment dispersing polymer comprising a backbone having one or more urea groups and having polymeric side chains extending therefrom. The dispersing polymer may be formed from the reaction of a compound having one or more carbodiimide groups with acid functional resins such as acid functional polyesters, acid functional acrylics, acid functional polyethers, and fatty acids.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rheology control agent for coating compositions. The rheology control agent includes a compound having the Formula (I) including isomers or mixtures of isomers thereof: wherein p is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and R2, R3, R4, X and Y groups are described in the specification. The solvent-borne coating compositions containing the rheology control agent have improved rheology control on application and are useful for OEM, refinishing or repainting the exterior of automobile and truck bodies and parts thereof.

Abstract: A branched multiblock polybenzimidazole-benzamide copolymer, specifically, one consisting of a repeating unit represented by Formula 1, and a method for preparing the same; an electrolyte membrane using the branched multiblock copolymer, a consistent electrolyte paste/gel and a method for preparing the same; a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) using the electrolyte membrane and the consistent electrolyte paste/gel and a method for preparing the same; and a fuel cell prepared from the membrane-electrode assembly. The electrolyte membrane according to the present invention has high hydrogen ion conductivity over a wide temperature range, and excellent physical properties such as mechanical properties, chemical resistance and thermal stability. Deterioration of the membrane properties is effectively controlled by phosphoric acid doping and high hydrogen ion conductivity is realized even with a low phosphoric acid doping level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a polyamic acid dope solution composition, a method for preparing a hollow fiber using the composition and a hollow fiber prepared by the method. More specifically, disclosed are a method for preparing a hollow fiber, comprising preparing a polyamic acid dope solution composition comprising polyhydroxyamic acid, polythiolamic acid or polyaminoamic acid, spinning the composition to prepare a hollow fiber, and imidizing and thermally rearranging the hollow fiber, and the hollow fiber prepared by the method. In accordance with the method, a hollow fiber made of a high free volume polymer membrane can be prepared by spinning the dope solution composition to prepare a hollow fiber and thermally rearranging the hollow fiber via thermal treatment. The hollow fiber thus prepared exhibits excellent gas permeability and selectivity, thus being suitable for use as a gas separation membrane.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyurethane urea elastic fiber containing 5-40% by weight of a polyurethane compound, wherein the compression deformation starting temperature determined by thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is not less than 150° C. but not more than 180° C. and time for thermal cutting at 180° C. is not less than 30 seconds.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymers which comprise at least partially cross-linked main chains constructed from repeat units of the general formula I and possibly repeat units of the general formula II and also possibly repeat units comprising five- or six-membered aza aromatics or nitrogen-containing heterocycles. Polymers of this type are used as additive in electroplating baths since these enable a better layer thickness distribution of the electroplated layer.

Abstract: Initiators for atom transfer radical polymerizations are described. The initiators have an azlactone or ring-opened azlactone moiety to provide telechelic (co)polymers.

Abstract: An exemplary stiffener includes at least one polyimide layer and at least one polyetherimide layer adhered to the at least one polyimide layer.

Abstract: To provide a coating fluid for forming a film, which is curable sufficiently by heat treatment at a low temperature of at most 70° C. to form a cured film excellent in abrasion resistance and which is excellent in storage stability, a film obtained from the coating fluid for forming a film, and a process for forming the film. A coating fluid for forming a film, which comprises a polysiloxane (A) obtained by condensation polymerization of a silicon compound of the formula (1) as the essential component, and a compound (B) of the formula (2): Si(OR1)4??(1) wherein R1 is a C1-5 hydrocarbon group, each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 which are independent of one another, is a hydrogen atom or a C1-12 organic group.

Abstract: The present invention concerns shape memory composites, methods of preparing same and the use of these composites, for example, for products prepared by injection moulding techniques or coating applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin for optical-semiconductor-element encapsulation containing a polyimide which is produced by imidizing a polyimide precursor obtained by subjecting 5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride or maleic anhydride, an aliphatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride, and an aliphatic diamine compound to a condensation polymerization reaction. The resin of the invention has excellent heat resistance and excellent light-transmitting properties. In addition, the present invention also relates to an optical semiconductor device containing an optical semiconductor element encapsulated with the resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified colored pigment comprising a colored pigment having an attached organic group. The organic group is attached to the colored pigment via at least one carbon atom of a C—C single bond or double bond, wherein the C—C single bond or double bond is not a component of an aromatic system. The organic group further comprises at least one activating group on at least one carbon atom of the C—C single bond or double bond. A method of preparing a modified colored pigment is also disclosed, as are aqueous and non-aqueous dispersions, e.g., including ink jet inks, comprising the modified colored pigments.

Abstract: Described herein are implantable medical devices comprising a biocompatible polymer comprising a triggerable bioadhesive property that allows the device to adhere to body tissue. The triggerable bioadhesive property of the polymer can be triggered or activated by exposure to a stimulus. Also, the present invention pertains to methods of making an implantable medical device comprising a biocompatible polymer comprising a triggerable bioadhesive property that allows the device to adhere to body tissue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked polymeric nanospheres having a star-shaped structure of the core-branch type, in which the branches are of a hydrophilic nature and the core is of a polymeric, crosslinked, hydrophobic nature and forms the imprint of all or at least part of a target molecule and to a process for preparing them.

Abstract: A polyurethane resin is synthesized from a compound represented by the following Formula (1), a polymerizable composition includes the polyurethane resin, a planographic printing plate precursor includes a photosensitive layer including the composition, and a method produces a diol compound that can be used as a raw material of the polyurethane resin. In Formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a single bond or an alkylene group optionally having a substituent, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and A represents a divalent or higher linking group, provided that R1 and R2 are not both a single bond.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and compositions for producing a hydrophilic coating on a surface of a solid material. The method comprises a cleaning step and a coating step. The cleaning step may be preceded by an initial cleaning step and it may optionally be succeeded by a preconditioning step prior to the coating step. The cleaning step comprises cleaning and preconditioning a surface of a material by use of a first cleaning fluid composition comprising ceria (CeO2) particles. The coating step comprises treatment by use of a coating fluid composition comprising photocatalytically active nanoparticles of titania (TiO2). An advantage of the method of the invention is that the method may be carried out at temperatures in the range 5 to 50° C. No further heating is required. Thereby, the method may easily be used for treating materials such as windows, furniture, tiles, walls, etc.

Abstract: A method of making a hydroxyl terminated precursor for polyurethane is disclosed. The method comprises heating a vegetable oil-polyol mixture of modified vegetable oil containing about two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule and a polyether polyol having about two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule at a temperature of at least about 25 degrees Celsius and at a pressure of about 1 atmosphere. The mixture has a hydroxyl equivalent ratio of about 1:1 vegetable oil to polyol. The method further comprises mixing for at least about 10 minutes an isocyanate containing about two or more isocyanato groups per molecule at least about 25 degrees Celsius to the vegetable oil-polyol mixture at a molar equivalent ratio of at least 2:1 vegetable oil-polyol mixture to isocyanate to react the isocyanate with the mixture to form the hydroxyl terminated precursor.