The invention is directed to a conjugate having the general formula (I)

##STR00001## Wherein AR, MU and MU* are repeating units of a polymer and MU and MU* are polymer modifying units or band gap modifying units which are evenly or randomly distributed along the polymer main chain, G1 and G2 stand for hydrogen, halogen or an antigen recognizing moiety, with the provision that at least one of G1 or G2 is an antigen recognizing moiety, a is 10 to 100 mol %, b is 0 to 90 mol % c is 0.1 to 90 mol % d is 1 to 10 000; with the provisio that a+b+c=100 mol % characterized in that AR is connected in the polymer chain via the 2,2′ or 3,3′ or 4,4′ or 5,5′ or 6,6′ or 7,7′ or 8,8′ positions according to general formula (II)

##STR00002## Wherein the remaining positions 2,2′; 3,3′; 4,4′; 5,5′; 6,6′; 7,7′ and 8,8′ are substituted with same or different residues selected from the group consisting of H, SO.sub.2CF.sub.3, SO.sub.2R.sub.a, CF.sub.3, CCl.sub.3, CN, SO.sub.3H, NO.sub.2, NR.sub.aR.sub.bR.sub.c.sup.+, CHO, CORa, CO.sub.2Ra, COCl, CONRaRb, F, Cl, Br, I, R.sub.a, OR.sub.a, SR.sub.a, OCOR.sub.a, NR.sub.aR.sub.b, NHCOR.sub.a, CCR.sub.a, aryl-, heteroaryl-, C.sub.6H.sub.4OR.sub.a or C.sub.6H.sub.4NRaRb, with Ra-c independently hydrogen, alkyl-, alkenyl-, alkinyl-, heteroalkyl-, aryl-, heteroaryl-, cycloalkyl-, alkylcycloalkyl-, heteroalkylcycloalkyl-, heterocycloalkyl-, aralkyl- or a heteroaralkyl residue or (CH.sub.2).sub.x(OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2).sub.yO(CH.sub.2).sub.zCH.sub.3, wherein x is an integer from 0 to 20; y is an integer from 0 to 50 and z is an integer from 0 to 20.

The present disclosure provides an aerogel comprising conductive polymers and cellulose nanofibrils (CNF). The present disclosure also provides a sensor comprising the aerogels of the present invention.

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions encompassing a latent organo-ruthenium catalyst, an organo-ruthenium compound and a pyridine compound along with one or more monomers which undergo ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) when said composition is heated to a temperature from 80° C. to 150° C. or higher to form a substantially transparent film. Alternatively the compositions of this invention also undergo polymerization when subjected to suitable radiation. The monomers employed therein have a range of refractive index from 1.4 to 1.6 and thus these compositions can be tailored to form transparent films of varied refractive indices. The compositions of this invention further comprises inorganic nanoparticles which form transparent films and further increases the refractive indices of the compositions. Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful in various opto-electronic applications, including as coatings, encapsulants, fillers, leveling agents, among others.

An osmium-containing conjugated polymer and methods thereof. A structural formula of the osmium-containing conjugated polymer is formula I, a reaction formula of the osmium-containing conjugated polymer is a formula II.

The present invention relates to photosensitive compositions containing polynorbornene (PNB) polymers and certain additives that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs and certain multifunctional crosslinking agents, and two or more phenolic compounds which are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation and exhibit improved mechanical properties.

An ion-conducting material, a core-shell structure containing the ion-conducting material, an electrode prepared with the core-shell structure and a metal-ion battery employing the electrode are provided. The core-shell structure includes a core particle and an organic-inorganic composite layer formed on the surface of the core particle for encapsulating the core particle. The core particle includes lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel cobalt oxide, lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, or lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide. Also, the organic-inorganic composite layer includes nitrogen-containing hyperbranched polymer and an ion-conducting material. The ion-conducting material is a lithium-containing linear polymer or a modified Prussian blue, wherein the modified Prussian blue has an ion-conducting group and the lithium-containing linear polymer has an ion-conducting segment.

A method for forming an electrochromic polymer block includes: forming each of reaction units by reacting two or more electron-donor groups, wherein each of the reaction units includes (i) a first backbone formed by the two or more electron-donor groups and (ii) at least one reactive functional group connected to each end of the first backbone; and forming the electrochromic polymer block by reacting at least two of the reaction units with acid-catalyzed cationic polymerization, wherein the electrochromic polymer block includes a second backbone formed by two or more of the first backbones.

This hole collection layer composition for an organic photoelectric conversion elements comprises: a charge-transporting substance formed of a polyaniline derivative represented by formula (1); fluorochemical surfactant; metal oxide nanoparticles; and a solvent. The hole collection layer composition provides a thin film having excellent adhesiveness to an active layer of an organic photoelectric conversion element. ##STR00001## {R.sup.1-R.sup.6 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a sulfonic acid group, a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkoxy group, a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 thioalkoxy group, a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkyl group, etc. Meanwhile, one of R.sup.1-R.sup.4 is a sulfonic acid group and at least one of the remaining R.sup.1-R.sup.4 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkoxy group, a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 thioalkoxy group, a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkyl group, etc., and m and n are numbers that satisfy 0≤m≤1, 0≤n≤1, and m+n=1.}

A light-emitting composition comprising: a light-emitting group and a polymer comprising: a repeat unit of formula Ar.sup.1 wherein Ar.sup.1 is an arylene repeat unit which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; and a repeat unit of formula (I): (I) wherein Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.3 each independently represent a C.sub.6-20 arylene group or a 5-20 membered heteroarylene group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents and CB represents a conjugation-breaking group which does not provide a conjugation path between Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.3; wherein the polymer has a solubility in water or a C.sub.1-8 alcohol at 20° C. of at least 0.1 mg/ml. The composition may be a light-emitting polymer in which the polymer contains the light-emitting group. The light-emitting composition may be part of a particle containing the polymer and a matrix material, e.g. silica. The light-emitting composition may be used in an assay for detection of a target analyte.

There is provided a conductive composite having excellent conductivity and able to form a conductive film with which film loss in a resist layer is low. The conductive composite of the present invention includes a conductive polymer and a surfactant. When a critical micelle concentration of the surfactant is less than 0.1% by mass, a content of the surfactant is 5 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the conductive polymer. In addition, when the critical micelle concentration of the surfactant is 0.1% by mass or more, the content of the surfactant is more than 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the conductive polymer.