Abstract: A fluorine-containing curable composition containing (A) A fluorine-containing amino compound having primary or secondary amino groups at both ends, said compound being represented by the formula (1): Y-Q-Rf—(X—Rf)n-Q-Y??(1) wherein Rf is a divalent perfluorooxyalkylene group, each Q is independently a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and, optionally, containing an oxygen atom and/or a nitrogen atom, X is a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and, optionally, containing an oxygen atom and/or a nitrogen atom, Y is an organic group having a primary or secondary amino group and 1 to 20 carbon atoms and, optionally, containing an oxygen atom, and n is an integer of from 1 to 20, (B) An epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups in a molecule, in an amount such that the amount of the epoxy groups is 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to triarylamine compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and electronic devices and applications comprising at least one layer containing at least one of the new compounds. The compounds can be used as monomers to create homopolymers or copolymers.

Abstract: A process for producing a perfluoropolymer, the process including extruding a polymer obtained by polymerizing a perfluoromonomer to prepare strands, and bringing a gas comprising from 3 to 50 volume % of fluorine gas into contact with the strands; the process being conducted on an apparatus that includes an extruder for melting and extruding the polymer obtained by polymerizing a perfluoromonomer, a die having a plurality of pores for preparing the strands from the molten polymer extruded, and a fluorination tank for bringing the gas comprising from 3 to 50 volume % of fluorine gas into contact with the strands.

Abstract: A magnetic disk with which further reduction of magnetic spacing can be realized and which has high reliability under such circumstances of a lower floating amount of a magnetic head involved in the recent rapid increase in recording density and of extremely severe environmental resistance involved in diversification in use applications is provided.

Abstract: A membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells which is excellent in water repellency and gas diffusivity and which exhibits a high output power density, can be obtained by using, as an electrolyte material for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, a fluoropolymer obtained by contacting a fluoropolymer which is excellent in gas diffusivity and which has alicyclic structures in its main chain and further has sulfonic acid groups, with fluorine gas for fluorination to increase water repellency and stabilize the molecule ends.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hyperbranched copolymer networks containing hyperbranched copolymers that have perfluorocarbon and organosilicon entities that have high hydrophobicity, or high oleophobicity, or high thermal stability, or good adhesion to substrates, or any combinations thereof. This invention provides a further desirable combination of properties that include solubility before crosslinking, chemical resistance, and easy processibility. The copolymers may be crosslinked with a variety of crosslinking agents to give either rigid or elastomeric networks.

Abstract: To provide a crosslinkable fluorinated aromatic prepolymer which is capable of forming a cured product having a low relative permittivity, high heat resistance, low birefringence and high flexibility, and its uses.

Abstract: Fluorinated compounds of the invention are represented by the following general formula (I): (in formula (I), Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent a C10 or greater aromatic hydrocarbon or C4 or greater heterocyclic group, R1 represents hydrogen or a monovalent substituent, R2 and R3 each independently represent a monovalent substituent, and s1 and t1 each independently represent an integer of 0 or greater. When s1 is 2 or greater, the multiple R2 groups may be the same or different, and when t1 is 2 or greater the multiple R3 groups may be the same or different.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorine-containing polymer having: (A) a repeating unit derived from a fluorine-containing monomer which is represented by the following formula: CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)—Y—[—(CH2)m—Z—]p—(CH2)n—Rf??(I) (B) a repeating unit derived from a monomer containing no fluorine atom, and if necessary (C) a repeating unit derived from a crosslinkable monomer. This fluorine containing polymer has excellent water repellency, oil repellency and antifouling property.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an organic silicon compound which has a vinyl group more reactive than those of the conventional organic silicon compounds and can be bonded with another compound. The present organic silicon compound is represented by the following formula (1), wherein R1 is, independently of each other, a vinyl group or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkylene group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and R3 is, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms.

Abstract: A one pot method of preparing cyclic carbonyl compounds comprising an active pendant pentafluorophenyl ester group is disclosed. The cyclic carbonyl compounds can be polymerized by ring opening methods to form ROP polymers comprising repeat units comprising a side chain pentafluorophenyl ester group. Using a suitable nucleophile, the pendant pentafluorophenyl ester group can be selectively transformed into a variety of other functional groups before or after the ring opening polymerization.

Abstract: Novel aromatic AB2 imide monomer with thermally reactive trialkylsiloxy and aryl fluoride moieties, which can be polymerized to form hyperbranched aromatic polyimides in the presence of a metal fluoride catalyst. Nanoclay composites were generated by either (i) direct blending of a preformed hyperbranched aromatic polyimide and Closite nanoclay (?20 wt %) or (ii) blending of the AB2 monomer, CsF catalyst and Closite nanoclay (?20 wt %) followed by thermal solid-state polymerization of the AB2 monomer homogeneously dispersed in the nanoclay.

Abstract: A process for purifying a polyol(per)fluoropolyether derivative [polyol (P)] from a mixture (M) of hydroxyl(per)fluoropolyether derivatives, such polyol (P) comprising one or more hydroxyl(per)fluoropolyether derivatives [PFPEs (OH)] comprising at least one (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene chain (chain Rf) and at least one end-group having formula (t3): —CF2CH2OCH2CH(OH)CH2OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH, such mixture (M) comprising said polyol (P) and at least one hydroxyl(per)fluoropolyether derivative [PFPE (OH)] different from polyol (P) and comprising at least one chain Rf and at least one end-group selected from end-groups having formula (t1): —CF2CH2OH and formula (t2): —CF2CH2OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a perfluoropolyether-modified polysiloxane represented by general formula (1): wherein Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; X is a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group; Q is a divalent organic group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; R1, R2, and R3 are, independently of each other, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group; a, b, c, and d are, independently of each other, an integer of from 0 to 200, provided that a total of a, b, c and d is 1 or larger; e is an integer of 0 or 1; and z is an integer of from 5 to 100; a method for preparing the same; and a defoaming agent comprising the same.

Abstract: A crosslinkable fluorine-containing compound, which is an adduct compound having a crosslinkable group, wherein the adduct compound is an adduct of a fluorine-containing compound having, per molecule, 2 or more terminal fluorine-containing vinyl groups each directly bonded to an oxygen atom, and a compound having 2 or more groups represented by —XH, where X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.

Abstract: What is disclosed relates to polymers that resist dissolution in organic solvents, are vasodilators, and are tunable explosives. These polymers also form solvent resistant coatings and solvent resistant fibers as well as bonding materials.

Abstract: An aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion comprising an aqueous medium, fluoropolymer particles, and an amine oxide surfactant. Coagulated fluoropolymer resin is produced from the dispersion by adding an acidic reagent in sufficient amount to cause coagulation and separation of the coagulated fluoropolymer resin from the aqueous medium. Another particulate component such as particular polymer, filler, pigment, solid lubricant, etc., may be added to the dispersion and co-coagulated to form a mixture of coagulated fluoropolymer resin and particulate component.

Abstract: Embodiments of this invention are directed to substituted polyaniline nanofibers and methods of synthesizing and using the same. The invention is also directed to polyaniline derivatives that can be synthesized without the need for templates or functional dopants by using an initiator as part of a reaction mixture.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a fluoropolymer, wherein polymerization using a carboxylate ester bond-containing carboxylic acid derivative as a surfactant in an aqueous medium to give the fluoropolymer is conducted, the above carboxylate ester bond-containing carboxylic acid derivative has a carboxylate ester bond and —COOM (M representing H, NH4, Li, Na or K), the above carboxylate ester bond may optionally be substituted by fluorine atom.

Abstract: An optionally substituted oligomer or polymer comprising a repeat unit of formula (I); wherein each Ar1 and Ar3 is the same or different and independently represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; n is at least 1; Ar2 represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl comprising a linking ring to which the two nitrogen atoms are both directly linked; and at least one of Ar2 and either or both of Ar1 is substituted with at least one substituent.

Abstract: A surface agent includes two end portions and a middle portion disposed between the end portions. The end portions include a terminal section and a midsection. The terminal section includes at least one surface active functional group. The midsection includes at least one perfluoroethyl ether unit. The middle portion includes at least one perfluorobutyl ether unit.

Abstract: To provide a process for efficiently producing a perfluoropolymer having unstable terminal groups reduced. A process for producing a fluorination-treated perfluoropolymer, which comprises melting a thermoplastic perfluoropolymer to form strands and contacting the polymer strands with a fluorine gas. For fluorination-treatment of the perfluoropolymer, an apparatus 10 is used, which comprises a melt extruder 11 for melting and extruding the perfluoropolymer, a die 12 for forming the melt extruded polymer into continuous strands 1 and a fluorination tank 13 for contacting the continuous strands 1 with a fluorine gas.

Abstract: An improved process for emulsion polymerization of fluoropolymers, such as polytetrafluoroethylene, employs reduced amounts of fluorinated emulsifiers. The addition of europium III chloride facilitates emulsion polymerization of fluoropolymers having comparable quality to those fluoropolymers made using conventional processes employing greater amounts of environmentally undesirable fluorinated emulsifiers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer represented by the following formula (1), wherein Rf is a group having a perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group; W1 is a divalent organosiloxane group having at least one group represented by the following formula (2); W2 is a monovalent group selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkenyloxyalkyl group, an aryl group and an organosiloxane group represented by the following formula (3), and the combinations thereof, the monovalent group having 1 to 300 carbon atoms and being optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms; Q is, independently of each other, a divalent linking group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, or fluorine atoms; and p is an integer of from 1 to 20, wherein X is a hydrolysable group; R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; y is an integer of from 1 to 5; and a is 2 or 3, wherein, R2 a

Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical laminate comprising a light-transparent base material and a low-refractive index layer provided on the light-transparent base material, the low-refractive index layer simultaneously having both contamination preventive properties and slipperiness. The optical laminate comprises a light-transparent base material, and a hard coat layer and a low-refractive index layer provided in that order on the light-transparent base material, wherein the low-refractive index layer contains a contamination preventive agent and/or a slipperiness imparting agent, and contamination preventive agent and/or slipperiness imparting agent are added so that the concentrations of the contamination preventive agent and/or slipperiness imparting agent have a concentration gradient from the surface of the hard coat layer toward the surface of the low-refractive index layer.

Abstract: Linear perfluoropolyethers of formula: T—O (CF2O)n (CF2CF2O)m (CF2CF2CF2O)r (CF2OF2CF2CF2O)s—T1 ??(I) wherein n, m, r, s are integers such that the polymer number average molecular weight is comprised between 700 and 100,000 and the n/(n+m+r+s) ratio ranges from 0.05 to 0.40, and respective preparation process by addition of a peroxidic perfluoropolyether of formula (III): T4—O(CF2O)n, (CF2CF2O)m, (O)h—T5 ??(III) having a PO from 1.8 to 4, to a perfluoropolyether oil preheated at a temperature comprised between 150° C. and 250° C. and subsequent exhaustive fluorination of the obtained compound.

Abstract: An aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion comprising an aqueous medium, fluoropolymer particles, and an amine oxide surfactant. Coagulated fluoropolymer resin is produced from the dispersion by adding an acidic reagent in sufficient amount to cause coagulation and separation of the coagulated fluoropolymer resin from the aqueous medium. Another particulate component such as particular polymer, filler, pigment, solid lubricant, etc., may be added to the dispersion and co-coagulated to form a mixture of coagulated fluoropolymer resin and particulate component.

Abstract: A crosslinked fluoroaromatic polymer having at least one crosslinked fluoropolymer chain and at least one fluorinated aromatic segment, wherein the crosslinked fluoropolymer chain is crosslinked to the fluorinated aromatic segment via a nucleophilic curing agent, and processes for preparation thereof.

Abstract: Polymers made by polymerization or cyclization condensation of a fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer represented by the formula [1] wherein “a” represents an integer from 1 to 4. The monomer contains a plurality of polymerizable amines in the molecule and at the same time one or more hexafluoroisopropyl group(s). With this structure it can be used as an effective polymerizable monomer, which can exhibit water repellency, oil repellency, low water absorptive property, heat resistance, weather resistance, corrosion resistance, transparency, photosensitivity, low refractive index property, low dielectric property, etc., and it can be used for advanced polymer material fields.

Abstract: What is disclosed relates to polymers that resist dissolution in organic solvents, are vasodilators, and are tunable explosives. These polymers also form solvent resistant coatings and solvent resistant fibers as well as bonding materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a block copolymer having at least one block having an acid group and at least one block having substantially no acid group, wherein one end group of a repeating unit in at least one block of all blocks is oxygen and/or sulfur, and at least one repeating unit of a block having substantially no acid group contains a halogen atom. The block copolymer of the present invention gives a polymer electrolyte membrane which is excellent not only in heat resistance and proton conductivity but also in water resistance and chemical stability, and is useful as an electrolyte for a proton conducting membrane etc. of a fuel cell.

Abstract: Provided are pi-conjugated polymer materials that are useful for photoelectric transducer elements having high hole transportability and excellent durability, that are useful for light-emitting elements having superior emitting properties and excellent durability, and that are useful for active layers of thin film transistors. The pi-conjugated polymers comprise a constitutional unit expressed by the General Formula (I) or (II): in which, Ar represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a heterocyclic group that may have a substituent; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aromatic hydrocarbon group that may have a substituent; Ar1 represents a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon or a heterocycle that may have a substituent; in which, Ar represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a heterocyclic group that may have a substituent; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aromatic hydrocarbon group that may have a substituent.

Abstract: A method of polymerizing poly(cyclic)olefin monomers encompassing (a) combining a monomer composition containing the poly(cyclic)olefin monomers, a non-olefinic chain transfer agent and an activator compound to form a mixture; (b) heating the mixture; and (c) adding a polymerization catalyst containing Ni and/or Pd. The non-olefinic chain transfer agent includes one or more compounds selected from H2, alkylsilanes, alkylalkoxysilanes, alkylgermanes, alkylalkoxygermanes, alkylstannanes, and alkylalkoxystannanes. The activator is characterized as having an active hydrogen with a pKa of at least 5. The resulting poly(cyclic)olefin polymers can be used in photoresist compositions.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate polymer readily at a low cost without using any special polymerization facilities. Thus, the invention provides a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate polymer obtained by reacting a (meth)acrylate polymer with an alcohol containing a fluorine atom represented by General Formula 1: Rf(CH2)nOH??(1) wherein Rf is a fluoroalkyl group or a fluoroalkyl ether group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms containing at least one or more fluorine atoms and n is an integer of 0 to 10 as well as a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A perfluoropolyether-polyorganosiloxane block copolymer represented by the following formula (1), the block copolymer having a number average molecular weight, reduced to polystyrene, of from 2,000 to 20,000, W2-Q-Rf-Q-(W1-Q-Rf-Q)g-W2??(1) wherein Rf is a perfluoropolyether block, W1 is a polyorganosiloxane block having at least one group represented by the following formula (2) wherein X is a hydrolyzable group, R1 is a C1-4 alkyl group or a phenyl group, y is an integer of from 1 to 5, and a is 2 or 3, Q is a C2-12 divalent connecting group which may contain an oxygen atom and/or nitrogen atom, W2 is an organosiloxane residue having a group represented by the aforesaid formula (1), and g is an integer of from 1 to 11.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer represented by the formula [1], [Chem. 31] wherein “a” represents an integer of 1-4. This monomer has a plurality of polymerizable amines in the molecule and at the same time a hexafluoroisopropyl group(s). With this, it can be used as an effective polymerizable monomer, which can exhibit water repellency, oil repellency, low water absorptive property, heat resistance, weather resistance, corrosion resistance, transparency, photosensitivity, low refractive index property, low dielectric property, etc., and can be used for advanced polymer material fields.

Abstract: Fluoroelastomer gum or crumb is isolated from fluoroelastomer dispersions by the addition of a water-soluble polymeric coagulating agent to the dispersion. This coagulating agent comprises either a homopolymer of ethylene oxide (CH2CH2O—) or a copolymer of ethylene oxide. Specific examples of such copolymers include, but are not limited to ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymers and ethylene oxide-butylene oxide copolymers. The viscosity average molecular weight (Mv), determined by rheology, of the coagulant polymer must be at least 500,000 and preferably greater than 2,000,000.

Abstract: Polymers made by polymerization or cyclization condensation of a fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer represented by the formula [1] wherein “a” represents an integer from 1 to 4. The monomer contains a plurality of polymerizable amines in the molecule and at the same time one or more hexafluoroisopropyl group(s). With this structure it can be used as an effective polymerizable monomer, which can exhibit water repellency, oil repellency, low water absorptive property, heat resistance, weather resistance, corrosion resistance, transparency, photosensitivity, low refractive index property, low dielectric property, etc., and it can be used for advanced polymer material fields.

Abstract: It is to provide a compound which has a low vapor pressure and low viscosity, which is less problematic in deterioration during its use and which is useful as e.g. a lubricant, a surface modifier or a surfactant. A fluoropolyether compound represented by the formula (X—)xY(—Z)z, wherein X is a group represented by the formula HO—(CH2CH2O)a.(CH2CH(OH)CH2O)b—(CH2)c—CF2O(CF2CF2O)d— (wherein “a” is an integer of from 0 to 100, b is an integer of from 0 to 100, c is an integer of from 1 to 100, and d is an integer of from 1 to 200), Z is a group represented by the formula RFO(CF2CF2O)g— (wherein RF is e.g. a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group having an etheric oxygen atom inserted between carbon-carbon atoms, and g is an integer of from 3 to 200), Y is e.g. a (x+z) valent perfluorinated saturated hydrocarbon group, x is an integer of at least 2, z is an integer of at least 0, and (x+z) is an integer of from 3 to 20.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for the manufacture cola medical implant, said process comprising: reacting a mixture of non functional, monofunctional, and bifunctional perfluoropolyethers comprising hydroxyl terminal groups, wherein the average functionality is of at least 1.97 [mixture (M)] with suitable reactants for producing a thermoplastic elastomer; moulding the so-obtained thermoplastic elastomer for yielding at least a part of the medical implant. It has been surprisingly found that by using a mixture of perfluoropolyethers having high functionality, it is advantageously possible to manufacture, by moulding thermoplastic elastomers therefrom, medical implants which exhibit improved biocompatibility and which are submitted to reduced chemicals extraction by biological fluids.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for production of a copolymer for photoresists in which the bias of the monomer composition ration is small. This method for production is a method for production of a copolymer for photoresists, which copolymer containing at least two types of repeating units, the method having a supplying step of supplying a monomer solution and a solution containing a polymerization initiator into a polymerization reaction system, wherein the range of fluctuation of the monomer composition ratio of unreacted monomers is within the range between minus 15% and plus 15% or the standard deviation of the monomer composition ratio of unreacted monomers is within 2 in the polymerization reaction system during the period from the start of the polymerization reaction to the end of supplying of the monomer solution.

Abstract: A novel polymer electrolyte is provided that enables a solid polymer electrolyte used in fuel cells, for example, to have sufficient proton conductivity even in a low-water-content state or a zero-water-content state by using a monomer compound represented by the general formula (1), and a graft copolymer compound in which the monomer compound represented by the general formula (1) is graft-copolymerized to the main chain of a fluorine-containing hydrocarbon polymer. Tf indicates a trifluoromethane sulfonyl group (—SO2CF3).

Abstract: Waste reduction, including hazardous waste reduction in photoimaging processes can be accomplished by improving diffusional resolution of cationic curable compositions. The addition of fluorinated polymers including fluorinated surfactants provides improved diffusional resolution in cationic and/or radical based photoimaging formulations allowing for image accuracy improvements, and reduced product and process waste quantity and disposal cost. These fluorinated surfactants also allow for increased cure speed, and non-hazardous constituent formulations that result in less wasted material and time.

Abstract: A composition of matter includes a plurality of fluoropolymer chains. Each of the fluoropolymer chains is chemically bonded to at least one organic graft. The at least one organic graft includes a phenoxy group, a linking group, and at least one silane end group. The phenoxy group is chemically bonded to the fluoropolymer chain, and the linking group chemically bonds the phenoxy group with the at least one silane end group.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lubricant agent comprises a fluorine polymer represented as follows: R1—O—(R3O)l(R4O)m(R5O)n(R6O)o(R7)p-R2 where, R1 is a perfluoroalkyl group of C1 to C10, R2 is an organic group including at least one of three or more polar groups and carbon-carbon pi bonding, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are perfluoroalkylene groups of C1 to C4, respectively, R7 is an alkylene group or the perfluoroalkylene group of C1 to C10, and l, m, n, o, and p each indicate zero or a positive integer and do not concurrently indicate zero.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a fluoropolymer, wherein polymerization using a carboxylate ester bond-containing carboxylic acid derivative as a surfactant in an aqueous medium to give the fluoropolymer is conducted, the above carboxylate ester bond-containing carboxylic acid derivative has a carboxylate ester bond and —COOM (M representing H, NH4, Li, Na or K), the above carboxylate ester bond may optionally be substituted by fluorine atom.

Abstract: To provide a process for producing fluoropolymer particles, whereby formation of fine particles is suppressed.

Abstract: To provide a crosslinkable fluorinated aromatic prepolymer which is capable of forming a cured product having a low relative permittivity, high heat resistance, low birefringence and high flexibility, and its uses.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing an organic-inorganic hybrid glassy material, including the sequential steps of (a) concentrating a starting sol of an organic-inorganic hybrid glassy material, thereby yielding a precursor material having meltability; (b) melting the precursor material; (c) subjecting a product of the step (b) to a heating treatment under reduced pressure; and (d) subjecting a product of the step (c) to a high-temperature heat treatment at 300° C. or higher.

Abstract: A process for preparing peroxidic perfluoropolyethers having a perioxidic content (PO) lower than or equal to 1.2 of formula A-CF2O(CF2CF2O)m(CF2O)n—(CF2CF2OO)ml(CF2OO)n1CF2—B??(I) Wherein A, B equal to or different from each other are —C1, —F, —F2CC1, —COF, —OCOF, —CF3, m, m1, n, n1 are integers such that the (m+m1)/(n+n1) ratio is between 0.6 and 1.3 and the m/n ration is between 0.5 and 1.2; the number average molecular weight is in the range 35,000-45,000, by tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) photooxidation in the presence of UV light, at a temperature from ?80° C. to ?40° C., in the presence of a mixture of solvents formed of HFC-227 (hepta-fluoropropane) and a solvent selected between HFC-125 (pentafluoroethane) and FC-218 (perfluoropropane).