The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the pair of substrates and contains a liquid crystal material, and an alignment layer which is in contact with the liquid crystal layer. In this liquid crystal display device, at least one of the pair of substrates has a retardation layer on a side toward the liquid crystal layer, the alignment layer aligns a liquid crystal compound in the liquid crystal material, the retardation layer contains a polymer formed by polymerization of at least one monomer, and the at least one monomer includes a specific monomer.

The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the pair of substrates and contains a liquid crystal material, and an alignment layer which is in contact with the liquid crystal layer. In this liquid crystal display device, at least one of the pair of substrates has a retardation layer on a side toward the liquid crystal layer, the alignment layer aligns a liquid crystal compound in the liquid crystal material, the retardation layer contains a polymer formed by polymerization of at least one monomer, and the at least one monomer includes a specific monomer.

This compound which has excellent solvent solubility and compatibility with a resin, and which can generate bases and radicals with high efficiency by being irradiated with active energy rays, is represented by formula (1), where, in formula (1), R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent a hydroxy group or an alkoxy group; the R.sub.4's independently represent an organic group containing a thioether bond; R.sub.7 and R.sub.9 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbons; R.sub.8 represents an alkylene group or an arylene group; and X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. A photopolymerization initiator can include said novel compound; and a photosensitive resin composition can include said photopolymerization initiator, from which a cured product can be obtained that has high sensitivity and no metal corrosion.

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This compound which has excellent solvent solubility and compatibility with a resin, and which can generate bases and radicals with high efficiency by being irradiated with active energy rays, is represented by formula (1), where, in formula (1), R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent a hydroxy group or an alkoxy group; the R.sub.4's independently represent an organic group containing a thioether bond; R.sub.7 and R.sub.9 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbons; R.sub.8 represents an alkylene group or an arylene group; and X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. A photopolymerization initiator can include said novel compound; and a photosensitive resin composition can include said photopolymerization initiator, from which a cured product can be obtained that has high sensitivity and no metal corrosion.

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A self-healing polymer network containing a physical crosslinking agent, a composition therefor, and an optical element comprising the same is provided. The self-healing polymer network comprises a polymer derived from monomers including self-healing monomers each having a first polymerizable functional group and at least one of urethane, urea, or amide group chemically linked to the first polymerizable functional group, wherein the polymer has a backbone formed by polymerizing the first polymerizable functional groups of the self-healing monomers and a plurality of side groups each having at least one of urethane, urea, or amide group chemically linked to the backbone. In addition, the self-healing polymer network comprises a physical crosslinking agent which is an alcohol mixture having at least two of monool, diol, triol, and tetraol or the higher polyol and crosslinking the polymer by physically crosslinking the urethane, urea, or amide group of the side groups.

The present invention discloses a hyperbranched cationic mussel-imitated polymer and a method of preparing the same. The hyperbranched polymer disclosed in the present invention has the excellent mussel-imitated non-selective adhesive property, good biocompatibility and adhesive strength adjustability. The method of the present invention includes the following steps: (A) adding an initiator, a RAFT agent and a first reaction mixture to a vessel containing DMF to form a second reaction mixture; (B) stirring the second reaction mixture until homogenous, and introducing argon to a reaction system to remove oxygen in the reaction system; (C) heating and stirring the second reaction mixture to carry out a reaction; (D) after a product with a desired molecular weight being produced, the reaction system being exposed to air and cooled rapidly in a cold water bath to terminate the reaction; and (E) purifying the product to obtain the hyperbranched cationic mussel-imitated polymer.

The present invention discloses a hyperbranched cationic mussel-imitated polymer and a method of preparing the same. The hyperbranched polymer disclosed in the present invention has the excellent mussel-imitated non-selective adhesive property, good biocompatibility and adhesive strength adjustability. The method of the present invention includes the following steps: (A) adding an initiator, a RAFT agent and a first reaction mixture to a vessel containing DMF to form a second reaction mixture; (B) stirring the second reaction mixture until homogenous, and introducing argon to a reaction system to remove oxygen in the reaction system; (C) heating and stirring the second reaction mixture to carry out a reaction; (D) after a product with a desired molecular weight being produced, the reaction system being exposed to air and cooled rapidly in a cold water bath to terminate the reaction; and (E) purifying the product to obtain the hyperbranched cationic mussel-imitated polymer.

Some embodiments described herein relate to new polymer coatings for surface functionalization and new processes for grafting pre-grafted DNA-copolymers to surface(s) of substrates for use in DNA sequencing and other diagnostic applications.

Some embodiments described herein relate to new polymer coatings for surface functionalization and new processes for grafting pre-grafted DNA-copolymers to surface(s) of substrates for use in DNA sequencing and other diagnostic applications.

The present invention discloses a hyperbranched cationic mussel-imitated polymer and a method of preparing the same. The hyperbranched polymer disclosed in the present invention has the excellent mussel-imitated non-selective adhesive property, good biocompatibility and adhesive strength adjustability. The method of the present invention comprises the following steps: (A) adding an initiator, a RAFT agent and a first reaction mixture to a vessel containing DMF to form a second reaction mixture; (B) stirring the second reaction mixture until homogenous, and introducing argon to a reaction system to remove oxygen in the reaction system; (C) heating and stirring the second reaction mixture to carry out a reaction; (D) after a product with a desired molecular weight being produced, the reaction system being exposed to air and cooled rapidly in a cold water bath to terminate the reaction; and (E) purifying the product to obtain the hyperbranched cationic mussel-imitated polymer.