PDI derivatives useful as opto-electronically active materials or for the synthesis of such materials. Certain compounds herein function as efficient electron acceptors and are useful as electron active components of electronic devices.

The disclosure provides a film composition, wherein the film composition includes an oligomer and a crosslinking agent. The oligomer can have a structure represented by Formula (I)

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, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1-20 alkyl group, C.sub.2-20 alkenyl group, C.sub.6-12 aryl group, C.sub.6-12 alkylaryl group, C.sub.5-12 cycloalkyl group, C.sub.6-20 cycloalkylalkyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, or alkylcarbonyloxy group; R.sup.1 is not hydrogen when R.sup.2 is hydrogen; a is 0 or 1; 100n1; 100m1; and when n is not 0, the ratio of n to m is from 3:1 to 1:4. The weight ratio of the oligomer and the crosslinking agent can be from 9:1 to 3:7. The oligomer has a number average molecular weight (Mn) from 1,000 to 8,000.

Provided are an electronic device and an organic electroluminescence element both of which are excellent in optical properties as well as long-term storage stability and scratch resistance. Herein, the electronic device includes at least one functional layer on a resin substrate, and the electronic device is configured so that the functional layer contains a component with a structure of XYX as a resin component; X and X independently include at least any one of the formulae (1)(7) respectively; and Y is a bivalent group including at least one S atom and one aromatic ring.

A crosslinkable composition containing: a liquid monocyclic olefin ring-opened polymer (A) having a reactive group at a polymer chain end thereof and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 to 50,000; and a crosslinkable compound (B) having, in the molecule, two or more functional groups reactive with the reactive group at the polymer chain end of the monocyclic olefin ring-opened polymer (A).

A charge transport material containing at least one charge transport polymer selected from the group consisting of a first charge transport polymer having one or more monovalent conjugated diene-containing groups, and a second charge transport polymer having one or more monovalent dienophile-containing groups.

An organic semiconductor element in which an organic semiconductor layer contains a compound of Formula (1) and/or a compound of Formula (2) or contains a polymer having a structure of any one of Formulae (9) and (10):

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One embodiment relates to an organic electronic material containing a charge transport polymer or oligomer having a crosslinking group represented by formula (1) shown below at two or more terminal portions.

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Low molecular weight, high Tg resins, with applications including tire additives and adhesives. An oligomer is obtained by ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a sterically encumbered cyclic monomer with an olefinic chain transfer agent. The sterically encumbered cyclic monomer and the olefinic chain transfer agent are present in the polymerization at a molar ratio of from 2:1 to about 40:1. Also, methods for making the oligomer by ROMP.

A solid electrolytic capacitor that comprises a capacitor element, a lead wire, an anode termination, and a cathode termination is provided. The capacitor element contains a sintered porous anode body, a dielectric that overlies the anode body, and a solid electrolyte that overlies the dielectric. Further, the lead wire is in electrical contact with the anode body and contains a first region that is located in proximity to a surface of the capacitor element. The lead wire contains a core that extends outwardly from the surface, and an oxide layer coats at least a portion of the core within the first region.

There is provided a rectifying element which is provided with an insulating base, (a) a pair of electrodes composed of a first electrode and a second electrode and (b) a semiconductor layer arranged between the pair of electrodes, wherein the components (a) and (b) are provided on a first surface of the insulating base. The rectifying element is configured such that the semiconductor layer (b) contains carbon nanotube composites each of which comprises a carbon nanotube and a conjugated polymer adhered onto at least a part of the surface of the carbon nanotube. The present invention provides a rectifying element having excellent rectifying properties by a simple process.