A transparent conductive gas barrier laminate according to the present disclosure includes a transparent gas barrier film and a transparent conductive layer in this order from outside toward inside. In the laminate, the transparent gas barrier film has a b* value of more than 0 in a L*a*b* color system, and the transparent conductive layer contains a conductive polymer and has a b* value of less than 0 in the L*a*b* color system.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to thermoelectric polymer aerogels. In one aspect, a method includes depositing a solution on a substrate. The solution comprises a thermoelectric polymer. Solvent of the solution is removed to form a layer of the thermoelectric polymer. The layer is placed in a polar solvent to form a gel comprising the thermoelectric polymer. The gel is cooled to freeze the polar solvent. The gel is placed in a vacuum environment to sublimate the polar solvent from the gel to form an aerogel comprising the thermoelectric polymer.

The present invention provides a method of producing polymer particles by precipitation polymerisation, the method comprising: providing a reaction solution comprising (i) solvent, (ii) a photo-active compound that upon being subjected to a wavelength of light forms two o-quinodimethane structures, and (iii) a multi-dienophile compound; subjecting the reaction solution to the wavelength of light, which promotes step-growth Diels-Alder polymerisation of the photo-active and multi-dienophile compounds; wherein as a result of the step-growth Diels-Alder polymerisation polymer precipitates from the reaction solution and self-assembles into the polymer particles.

Disclosed is a reduction kit including a reducing compound and an open-cell polymer foam, the surface of which includes a polymer having a catechol unit. Also disclosed is a reducing composition including an open-cell foam, the surface of which includes a polymer having a catechol unit, the foam being functionalized by a reducing compound. The use of the kit or composition as a reagent in reduction reactions is also disclosed.

PEGylated polyhemoglobin nanocapsules are provided, wherein the nanocapsules each include a core including polyhemoglobin, a polymer shell encapsulating the core, a polydopamine layer on an exterior surface of the shell, and poly(ethylene glycol) adhered by the polydopamine to the shell. A method of forming PEGylated polyhemoglobin nanocapsules includes extracting hemoglobin from red blood cells. The method further includes polymerizing the hemoglobin to provide polyhemoglobin. The polyhemoglobin is then encapsulated in a plurality of polymer shells to form a plurality of polyhemoglobin nanocapsules. In addition, a polydopamine is deposited on an external surface of the polyhemoglobin nanocapsules. Poly(ethylene glycol) is then adhered to the polyhemoglobin nanocapsules with the polydopamine to provide a plurality of PEGylated polyhemoglobin nanocapsules.

Disclosed herein is a composite prepared by dispersing silver flakes in a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), phosphoric acid (H.sub.3PO.sub.4), and poly(3,4-ethyl-ene-dioxythiophene) (PEDOT):poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PSS) polymer mixture. The polymer blend can provides conductive pathways between the silver flakes, leading to superior electrical properties even at large deformations.

A method for manufacturing a fullerence/PEDOT:PSS mixed solution includes the following steps: Step 1, preparing a fullerence solution by mixing fullerence molecules and water or a strong polar solvent, wherein the fullerence molecules are fullerence or fullerence derivants and the fullerence derivants are water-soluble fullerence derivants or water-insoluble fullerence derivants; and Step 2, mixing the fullerence solution and a PEDOT:PSS dilute solution of a certain concentration at a mass ration of 1:100 to 100:1 via mechanical agitation or ultrasonication to form a fullerence/PEDOT:PSS mixed solution in homogeneous dispersions.

An electroconductive film including a substrate film, and an organic electroconductive layer disposed on the substrate film, wherein the substrate film is formed of a resin containing an alicyclic structure-containing polymer having crystallizability, a thickness of the substrate film is 5 m or more and 50 m or less, and a crystallization degree of the alicyclic structure-containing polymer having crystallizability is 30% or more. The alicyclic structure-containing polymer having crystallizability is preferably a hydrogenated product of a ring-opening polymer of dicyclopentadiene.

A surface protective film comprising a base film and a resin film thereon can be bonded to a substrate having a circuit-forming surface and separated therefrom after processing. The resin film is formed of a resin composition comprising (A) a silphenylene-siloxane skeleton-containing resin, (B) a compound capable of reacting with an epoxy group in the resin to form a crosslinked structure, (C) a curing catalyst, and (D) a parting agent.

A method of preparing an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) sheet includes: a first step of hydrophilizing the surface of an ABS substrate by coating a surfactant solution on the substrate; a second step of washing the surfactant-coated ABS substrate with distilled water and drying the surfactant-coated ABS substrate; a third step of forming an intermediate film by coating poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophen)-polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT-PSS) on top of the dried ABS substrate; and a fourth step of coating a fluorinated polymer solution of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) on top of the intermediate film.