Embodiments of the invention relate to a novel class of polymers with superior mechanical properties and chemical stability, as compared to known polymers. These polymers are particularly well suited for use in anion exchange membranes (AEMs), including those employed in fuel cells. Novel methods for the manufacture of these polymers are also described.

Embodiments of the invention relate to a novel class of polymers with superior mechanical properties and chemical stability, as compared to known polymers. These polymers are particularly well suited for use in anion exchange membranes (AEMs), including those employed in fuel cells. Novel methods for the manufacture of these polymers are also described.

Embodiments of the invention relate to a novel class of polymers with superior mechanical properties and chemical stability, as compared to known polymers. These polymers are particularly well suited for use in anion exchange membranes (AEMs), including those employed in fuel cells. Novel methods for the manufacture of these polymers are also described.

Provided is a vessel having reduced non-specific adsorption of protein to an inner wall surface of an accommodating member. The vessel includes an accommodating member obtained through shaping of a shaping material that contains a resin. An inner wall surface of the accommodating member has a zeta-potential at pH 7.0 of less than ?40.0 mV and a dispersion term component of surface free energy of less than 24.5 mJ/m.sup.2.

A polymer includes: a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I-1) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I-2). In Formulae (I-1) and (I-2), X and X each independently represent a divalent group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms and containing an aromatic ring; Y represents a divalent group having 5 to 50 carbon atoms, the divalent group including an alicyclic ring and alkylene groups, and the alkylene groups each having 1 to 10 carbon atoms connecting carbon atoms included in carbonyl groups adjacent to Y with the alicyclic ring; Y represents a divalent group having 3 to 50 carbon atoms and containing an alicyclic ring directly bonded to carbon atoms included in carbonyl groups adjacent to Y; and m and n each represent an integer from 3 to 1,000.

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A random copolymer includes a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I) and a repeating unit represented by the following formula (II). In formula (I), R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an organic group (however, a case in which any one of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 is a phenyl group and the rest of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 are hydrogen atoms is excluded). In formula (II), R.sup.5 to R.sup.8 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 1 to 20, or a group including one or more atoms selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a silicon atom, an oxygen atom, and a nitrogen atom, R.sup.5 to R.sup.8 may be bonded to one another to form a ring, and m is an integer of 0 to 2.

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The present application provides a block copolymer and uses thereof. The block copolymer of the present application exhibits an excellent self-assembling property or phase separation property, and can be provided with a variety of required functions without constraint.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a patterned substrate. The method may be applied to a process of manufacturing a device such as an electronic device or integrated circuit, or another use, for example, to manufacture an integrated optical system, a guidance and detection pattern of a magnetic domain memory, a flat panel display, a LCD, a thin film magnetic head or an organic light emitting diode, and used to construct a pattern on a surface to be used to manufacture a discrete tract medium such as an integrated circuit, a bit-patterned medium and/or a magnetic storage device such as a hard drive.

A method of producing polymer fibers and/or particles by direct polymerization of monomers without use of any external high energy sources (such as heat or UV) is described. The method may be used to fabricate polymer fibers, fiber mats, 3D polymer fiber structures, and polymer nano- and microparticles. Polymer fibers may be used to create fiber mats which can be utilized in a variety of applications.

A resin composition includes 90 to 50% by weight of (A) a polyamide having 7 or more average carbon atoms per amide functional group and containing no aromatic ring; 10 to 50% by weight of (B) a polyamide having an aromatic ring and being crystalline, based on 100% by weight of the total of the component (A) and the component (B); and 5 to 75 parts by weight of (C) a carbon fiber, based on 100 parts by weight of the polyamide including (A) and (B).