A microporous polymeric composition including a matrix polymer having a fractional free volume of at least 0.1 and dispersed particles having a hypercrosslinked polymer.

The invention provides a hyperbranched polybenzene, preparation method and use thereof. The method includes: under an inert gas atmosphere, a monomer with two internal acetylenyl groups undergoes polymerization reaction in a solvent in the presence of a catalyst to obtain the hyperbranched polybenzene. The monomer in the polymerization reaction is a monomer with internal acetylenyl groups, and the catalyst is a nonmetallic catalyst p-toluenesulfonic acid. The polymerization reaction has simple conditions, is convenient and environmentally friendly, and overcomes the problem that the catalyst residue caused by the use of metal catalyst in conventional cyclotrimerization reaction, which affects the polymer properties. Due to the typical aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active tetraphenyl ethylene units, the tetraphenylethylene-containing hyperbranched polymers of the present invention has high fluorescence quantum yields in the aggregation state and has fully conjugated structures. The hyperbranched polybenzenes can be used as chemical sensors and have an application prospect for polymer light-emitting diodes.

The present disclosure relates to synthesis of porous polymer networks and applications of such materials. The present disclosure relates to a method of fabricating of a porous polymer network comprising: (a) providing: (i) a first reactant comprising a plurality of compounds comprising at least one acetyl group, said plurality of compounds comprising at least one compound type, and (ii) a second reactant comprising an alkylsulfonic acid, and (b) creating a solution of said reactants, (c) casting said solution in a form, and (d) treating said solution under such conditions so as to produce a porous polymer network. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a porous polymer network which has a basic structure selected from the group consisting of

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The present invention relates to a ligand-containing conjugated microporous polymer, which is obtained by covalent coupling of a conjugated microporous polymer and a uranium complexing ligand. The conjugated microporous polymer comprises an aromatic ring and/or a heterocyclic ring. The uranium complexing ligand is selected from the group consisting of a compound with a group containing phosphorus, a compound with a group containing nitrogen, and a compound with a group containing sulfur. The invention further provides use of the ligand-containing conjugated microporous polymer as a uranium adsorbent. The ligand-containing conjugated microporous polymer the invention is capable of adsorbing the radioactive element uranium in strongly acidic and strong-radiation environments.

The present invention disclosed a novel squaraine linked metalloporphyrin based 2D-sheet polymer catalyst of formula (I), process for preparation thereof and use of said catalyst for efficient photo- and electro-catalytic splitting of water.

Described herein are associative polymers capable of controlling a physical and/or chemical property of non-polar compositions and related compositions, methods and systems. Associative polymers herein described have a non-polar backbone and functional groups presented at ends of the non-polar backbone, with a number of the functional groups presented at the ends of the non-polar backbone formed by associative functional groups capable of undergoing an associative interaction with another associative functional group with an association constant (k) such that the strength of each associative interaction is less than the strength of a covalent bond between atoms and in particular less than the strength of a covalent bond between backbone atoms.

One embodiment relates to a branched polymer production method including reacting a monomer component containing at least reactive monomers (1) and (2) described below. The reactive monomer (1) has at least a conjugation unit and three or more reactive functional groups bonded to the conjugation unit, wherein the three or more reactive functional groups include two types of reactive functional groups that are mutually different. The reactive monomer (2) has at least a conjugation unit and two reactive functional groups bonded to the conjugation unit, wherein one of the two reactive functional groups is a group capable of reacting with one type of reactive functional group selected from among the two types of reactive functional groups, and the other of the two reactive functional groups is a group capable of reacting with the other type of reactive functional group selected from among the two types of reactive functional groups.

Disclosed herein is a porous polymeric material having a repeating unit according to Formula (I) or (IV), wherein each of A and E has a -conjugated system and each of X and G contain a flexible tetraphenylethylene (TPE) group. Also disclosed herein are fluorescent chemical sensors or biosensors or environmental monitoring assay or nanosheets or a composite material comprising the polymer, and a method of detecting a volatile organic chemical or a metal ion in solution phase.

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One embodiment relates to a branched polymer production method that includes reacting a monomer component containing at least a reactive monomer (1) described below. The reactive monomer (1) has at least a conjugation unit and three or more reactive functional groups bonded to the conjugation unit, and the three or more reactive functional groups include two types of reactive functional groups that are mutually different.

Described herein are associative polymers capable of controlling a physical and/or chemical property of non-polar compositions and related compositions, methods and systems. Associative polymers herein described have a non-polar backbone and functional groups presented at ends of the non-polar backbone, with a number of the functional groups presented at the ends of the non-polar backbone formed by associative functional groups capable of undergoing an associative interaction with another associative functional group with an association constant (k) such that the strength of each associative interaction is less than the strength of a covalent bond between atoms and in particular less than the strength of a covalent bond between backbone atoms.