The disclosure relates to polymers obtained by polymerizing in the presence of a Bronsted acid or a Lewis acid catalyst, a monomer comprising a 1,3-diisoalkenylarene, a 1,4-diisoalkenylarene, or mixtures thereof. The polymer comprises at least one of repeat units (A), (B), (C), and (D); wherein R.sup.1 is H or a C1-C8 alkyl group.

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The polymers have high T.sub.g and exhibit good solubility in non-polar solvents, forming substantially gel-free solutions. The polymers are useful for producing crosslinked materials having good physical properties. The crosslinked materials are valuable for further downstream uses, such as copper clad laminates.

An optical laminate that does not cause a so-called reddening phenomenon even when driven or maintained under extremely harsh conditions (e.g., very high temperature conditions), or a reddening-resistant layer applied thereto.

Provided is a phase difference film formed of a resin containing a polymer having crystallizability, and having an NZ factor of less than 1. A production method of the phase different film includes: bonding a second film to one or both surfaces of a first film formed of a resin containing the polymer having crystallizability and having a glass transition temperature Tg (° C.) and a melting point Tm (° C.), to obtain a third film, the second film having a shrinkage percentage in at least one direction at (Tg+30)° C. of 5% or more and 50% or less; heating the third film to Tg° C. or higher and (Tg+3)° C. or lower to obtain a fourth film; and heating the fourth film to (Tg+50)° C. or higher and (Tm−40)° C. or lower.

Disclosed is a method for producing an electrolytic capacitor, the method including the steps of preparing an anode foil that includes a dielectric layer, a cathode foil, and a fiber structure; preparing a conductive polymer dispersion liquid that contains a conductive polymer component and a dispersion medium; producing a separator by applying the conductive polymer dispersion liquid to the fiber structure and then removing at least a portion of the dispersion medium; and producing a capacitor element by sequentially stacking the anode foil, the separator, and the cathode foil. The dispersion medium contains water. The fiber structure contains a synthetic fiber in an amount of 50 mass % or more. The fiber structure has a density of 0.2 g/cm.sup.3 or more and less than 0.45 g/cm.sup.3.

Chemically inert, mechanically tough, cationic metallo-polyelectrolytes designed as durable anion-exchange membranes (AEMs) via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of cobaltocenium-containing cyclooctene with triazole as the only linker group, followed by backbone hydrogenation to provide a new class of AEMs with a polyethylene-like framework and alkaline-stable cobaltocenium cation for ion transport, which exhibit excellent thermal, chemical and mechanical stability, as well as high ion conductivity.

An optical laminate or a reddening-resistant layer. The optical laminate does not cause a reddening phenomenon even when driven or maintained under extremely harsh conditions (e.g., very high temperature conditions), or a reddening-resistant layer applied thereto.

The first aspect of the present invention relates to an ophthalmic composition comprising (A) one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of terpenoid, a tocopherol, and a benzyl ammonium compound and a salt thereof, wherein the ophthalmic composition is contained in a container in which a portion or the whole of a part coming into contact with the ophthalmic composition is formed from a resin containing a cyclic olefin. The second aspect of the present invention relates to an ophthalmic composition comprising (A2) a surface active component and (B2) a buffer, wherein the ophthalmic composition is contained in a container in which a portion or the whole of a part coming into contact with the ophthalmic composition is formed from a resin containing a cyclic olefin.

A resin multilayer substrate that includes a substrate having a plurality of laminated resin layers containing a norbornene-based polymer. A resin layer has an altered portion altered by a surface treatment and formed at an interface with a resin layer adjacent thereto in a lamination direction. An adhesion at an interface having the altered portion is greater than an adhesion at an interface with a non-altered portion.

Provided are a polymer semiconductor including a first structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, a stretchable polymer thin film including the same, and an electronic device. ##STR00001## Definitions of Chemical Formulas 1 and 2 are as described in the detailed description.

A shaping material contains a crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin. More specifically, the crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin in the shaping material has a melting point of 200° C. or higher, and content of chlorobenzene-soluble components in the shaping material is 1,000 ppm or less as an o-dichlorobenzene-equivalent value based on gas chromatography analysis with o-dichlorobenzene as a standard substance.