A titanium oxide aerogel particle has absorption at wavelengths of 450 nm and 750 nm in a visible absorption spectrum, a surface to which a metal compound containing a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group is bonded via an oxygen atom, a BET specific surface area in a range of 120 m.sup.2/g to 1,000 m.sup.2/g, and a value A is in the range of 0.03 to 0.3. The value A is calculated by formula: A={(peak intensity of CO bond+peak intensity of CO bond)/(peak intensity of CC bond+peak intensity of CC bond)}. In the formula, the peak intensity is a value determined from a C 1s XPS spectrum.

The present invention relates to an organic/heterometallic hybrid polymer including a plurality of organometal complexes and a plurality of transition metals, the organic/heterometallic hybrid polymer, wherein the plurality of organometal complexes are linked in a linear manner by sandwiching each of the plurality of transition metals therebetween, the organometal complexes include two ligands each having a terpyridyl group and one connector having Ru(dppe).sub.2 and two ethynylene groups, and the two ligands are linked by the connector, so that a nitrogen atom at position 1 of the terpyridyl group is directed toward the terminal side of the molecule of the organometal complex, and the terpyridyl groups of at least two different organometal complexes of the plurality of organometal complexes are bound to one of the transition metals through a coordinate bond, thereby linking the plurality of organometal complexes while sandwiching the plurality of transition metals alternately therebetween.

The invention provides a metallopolymer coordination network comprising one or more coinage or similar metals and a glyme or glyme-equivalent. The composition has an amorphous polymer network that is significantly stronger than previously reported supramolecular hydrogels synthesized without glyme. Glyme chain length and water content strongly influence the mechanical, electronic, and optical behavior of the network.

The present disclosure provides a series of new and improved porous polyamide aerogels derived from multifunctional aromatics that combine the high mechanical strength of aramids with the pore structure of aerogels. The polyamide aerogels have a hyperbranched structure, relatively low density, high porosity and may be derived from functionalized monomers having more aromatic groups than functional groups. The present disclosure also provides a new method for producing the porous polyamide aerogels by polymerizing an aromatic multifunctional carboxylic acid or a ferrocene multifunctional carboxylic acid with a polyfunctional aromatic isocyanate at moderate reaction conditions followed by drying with liquid CO.sub.2. Also disclosed are various methods of use of these polyamide aerogels in a variety of applications, particularly in the generation of various precious metal catalysts. Thus, monolithic nanoporous carbon-supported Fe, Au, Pt, Pd, Co, Ni, Ru, and Rh catalysts are disclosed herein, which are derived by pyrolysis and transmetalation via galvanic replacement of ferrocene-based polyamide aerogels.

A colorless composite material according to an embodiment includes glass fibers, and inorganic-organic hybrid resin having inorganic bonds and organic bonds, wherein the inorganic bonds are M-O-M bonds and M denotes a metallic element, wherein the metallic element is one of Ti, Zr and Al.

The present invention relates to an organic/heterometallic hybrid polymer including a plurality of organic metal complexes and a plurality of transition metals, the organic/heterometallic hybrid polymer, wherein

the plurality of organic metal complexes are linked in a linear manner by sandwiching each of the plurality of transition metals therebetween,

the organic metal complexes include two ligands each having a terpyridyl group and one connector having Ru(dppe).sub.2 and two ethynylene groups, and the two ligands are linked by the connector, so that a nitrogen atom at position 1 of the terpyridyl group is directed toward the terminal side of the molecule of the organic metal complex, and

the terpyridyl groups of at least two different organic metal complexes of the plurality of organic metal complexes are bound to one of the transition metals through a coordinate bond, thereby linking the plurality of organic metal complexes while sandwiching the plurality of transition metals alternately therebetween.

A protective film having low reflectance and improved resistant to cracks is disclosed, along with a display device including the protective film and a method of manufacturing the protective film. The protective film includes a base layer, a hard coating layer disposed on the base layer, and a low refractive layer disposed on the hard coating layer and containing dodecafluoroheptyl acrylate (DFHA).