A composition for shielding against electromagnetic radiation includes: a) at least one conductive filler; and b) a polymer matrix including at least one polyurethane containing urea group. The at least one polyurethane containing urea group has a degree of branching from 0 to 20%. In an embodiment, the polymer matrix comprises at least one non-conductive matrix polymer which is different from the at least one polyurethane containing urea group.

Disclosed herein are crosslinked polycarbonates, composition thereof and methods thereof. The crosslinked polycarbonates can be prepared from allyl or epoxy polycarbonates. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Compositions and methods regarding guanidinium functionalized polycarbonates that provide potent antimicrobial activity against multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria, including Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) are provided. According to an embodiment, an antimicrobial guanidinium-functionalized polymer is provided that comprises a hydrophobic molecular backbone with cationic guanidinium moieties respectively bound to the hydrophobic molecular backbone via butyl spacer groups. The antimicrobial guanidinium-functionalized polymer self-assembles into a micelle structure with hydrophobic residuals of the antimicrobial guanidinium-functionalized polymer buried inside the micelle structure and the cationic guanidinium moieties exposed on an external surface of the micelle structure to target pathogens.

The invention relates to the synthesis and process thereof of a Quorum Sensing (QS) based polymer formed by the process of ring opening polymerization/ring opening copolymerization. The formed homopolymer or heteropolymer or copolymer displays increased half-life, bioactivity and biostability in stimulating the microbial quorum sensing in a predetermined microbial population.

Compositions and methods regarding guanidinium functionalized polycarbonates that provide potent antimicrobial activity against multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria, including Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) are provided. According to an embodiment, an antimicrobial guanidinium-functionalized polymer is provided that comprises a hydrophobic molecular backbone with cationic guanidinium moieties respectively bound to the hydrophobic molecular backbone via butyl spacer groups. The antimicrobial guanidinium-functionalized polymer self-assembles into a micelle structure with hydrophobic residuals of the antimicrobial guanidinium-functionalized polymer buried inside the micelle structure and the cationic guanidinium moieties exposed on an external surface of the micelle structure to target pathogens.

Polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers generically include one or more units each of which necessarily has a 1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group or a 1,1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group. According to specific disclosures herein, polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers have one or more S1 units represented by the formula:

##STR00001##

wherein n is an integer equal to or higher than 1, m is 0 or 1, A is H or CH.sub.3, and wherein each of X and Y is a specifically defined group.

Polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers generically include one or more units each of which necessarily has a 1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group or a 1,1,2,4-substituted cyclohexane group. According to specific disclosures herein, polymers and methods of making the same are described whereby the polymers have one or more S1 units represented by the formula: ##STR00001##
wherein n is an integer equal to or higher than 1, m is 0 or 1, A is H or CH.sub.3, and wherein each of X and Y is a specifically defined group.

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of synthesizing a glycidyl azide homopolymer comprising contacting a glycidyl azide monomer, an initiator, and a Lewis acid sufficient to form the glycidyl azide homopolymer; wherein the glycidyl azide homopolymer is directly polymerized from the glycidyl azide monomer. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a method of making a glycidyl azide polymer comprising contacting one or more of a glycidyl azide monomer, an epoxide monomer, carbon dioxide, an initiator, and a Lewis acid in a reaction medium to form a glycidyl azide polymer.

The present invention provides a thermally decomposable binder that achieves a reduced residual carbon after sintering, and that can be subjected to a dewaxing treatment at a relatively low temperature in a non-oxidative atmosphere. More specifically, the present invention provides an aliphatic polycarbonate that has a structure obtained by neutralizing a Brnsted acid with an organic onium salt in a side chain.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic copolymer resin having excellent heat resistance and transparency and a process for producing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a thermoplastic copolymer resin which is obtained by copolymerizing an ester oligomer having a specific structure with a polycarbonate oligomer, exhibits remarkably excellent heat resistance, and has excellent physical property balance such as transparency, impact strength, fluidity, etc.; a method for producing the same; and a molded article comprising the same.