Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1A) below wherein the symbols are as defined in the description:

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Also disclosed are a composition containing at least one of the compound and a formed article of the compound.

An example of a bottlebrush polymer has a polymer backbone and a plurality of individual brush moieties bonded to the polymer backbone. The individual brush moieties include a ketone, a hydrophilic segment, and a surface adhesive terminal group. The brush moieties can be functionalized and/or cross-linked.

Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

The invention provides novel synthetic methods for oligonucleotide polymerization reactions that separate the deprotection and cleavage step following solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis into two separate steps, thereby providing fully protected hydrophobic oligonucleotides that can be further manipulated in organic solvents. The disclosed methods enable the synthesis of new structures, such as brush DNA and brush RNA polymers and micellar spherical nucleic acids (SNAs

The invention relates to a process for producing a conjugated polymer blend. The process for producing the conjugated polymer blend comprises the mixture of: a polymer A (X-Y), where X is ##STR00001##
and Y is ##STR00002##
and h is a substituent, a polymer B (X-Y) where X is ##STR00003##
Y is ##STR00004##
and j is a substituent, and an acceptor. In this process h and j are different substituents and independently selected from each other.

The present invention is directed to a versatile and high performance zwitterionic CP platform, which integrates all desired functions into one material. This zwitterionic CP consists of the conducting backbone and multifunctional zwitterionic side chains. Non-conducting zwitterionic materials gain electronic conductivity through the conducting backbone and CPs obtain excellent biocompatibility, sensitivity to environmental stimuli and controllable antifouling properties via multifunctional zwitterionic side chains. Unique properties from two distinct materials (conducting materials and zwitterionic materials) are integrated into one material without sacrificing any properties. This platform can potentially be adapted for a range of applications (e.g. bioelectronics, tissue engineering, wound healing, robotic prostheses, biofuel cell, etc.), which all require high performance conducting materials with excellent antifouling/biocompatibility at complex biointerfaces. This conducting material platform will significantly advance the development of conducting polymers in the field of biomedicine and biotechnology.

Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.

The present invention provides a method of forming paracyclyophane containing disulfide functional group. The paracyclophane is prepared by adding 3,3-dithiodipropionic acid (DPDPA) and N-ethyl-N-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)carbodiimide (EDC) into 4-aminomethyl [2,2] paracyclophane. The present invention further provides a chemical film and a method of forming the same. The chemical film contains poly-p-xylylene with disulfide functional group and is formed on a substrate by a chemical vapor deposition process.

The present invention generally relates to the field of conducting polymers. More specifically, the present invention relates to polymerisable monomers comprising a probe capable of binding one or more nucleic acids or comprising a nucleic acid or an analogue thereof, conducting polymers comprising monomer units of such monomers, and methods of making such polymers. The present invention also relates to sensors comprising the polymers, sensor systems comprising the sensors, methods of making the sensors, and methods for determining the presence or absence or amount of targets employing the sensors. The present invention also relates to methods, systems and apparatuses for amplifying nucleic acids employing the conducting polymers.