A bipolar membrane comprising a cation exchange mat of one or more cation exchange polymers, an anion exchange mat of one or more anion exchange polymers, and an internal 3D bipolar interface, disposed between the cation and anion exchange layers, including a mixture of at least one cation exchange polymer and at least one anion exchange polymer, such that an interface of the at least one cation exchange polymer and the at least one anion exchange polymer is the internal 3D bipolar interface that has a large area, and the at least one cation exchange polymer in the 3D bipolar interface is connected to the one or more cation exchange polymers of the cation exchange layer, and the at least one anion exchange polymer in the 3D bipolar interface is connected to the one or more anion exchange polymers of the anion exchange layer.

Insulating films suitable for use in magnet wire, electrical machines, and other applications may include at least one layer formed from extruded material. The extruded material may include a blend of a first polymeric material and a second polymeric material different than the first polymeric material. The first polymeric material may include one of polyetheretherketone, polyaryletherketone, polyetherketoneketone, polyphenylsulfone, polyphenylene sulfide, or polybenzimidazole, and the second polymeric material may include one of polyphenylsulfone, polyetherimide, polyethersulfone, polyphenylene sulfide, polycarbonate, or polyester.

An aromatic polysulfone resin having a repeating unit represented by Formula (I) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (II), in which a ratio (m:n) of a molar content (m) of the repeating unit represented by Formula (I) to a molar content (n) of the repeating unit represented by Formula (II) is 1:2,000 to 1:200.

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The present specification relates to a block polymer and a polymer electrolyte membrane including the same, a membrane-electrode assembly including the polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly and a redox flow battery including the polymer electrolyte membrane.

Multicomponent copolymers including two or more types of repeat units is presented. In one example, the multicomponent copolymer includes at least one repeat unit AC having a structure (I), at least one repeat unit DC having a structure (II), and at least one repeat unit BC having a structure (III) or (V). The multicomponent copolymer may be cross-linked via a cross-linking agent. A polymer blend including the multicomponent copolymer or a cross-linked copolymer and a second polymer is also provided. The multicomponent copolymer may be a random or a block copolymer. The structural units of the multicomponent copolymers provide improved, tunable properties, such as improved biocompatibility and hydrophilicity, protein fouling, and mechanical properties, to the copolymers and/or the membranes fabricated from the copolymers.

The present invention relates to the technical field of polymer science, and disclosed thereby is a bio-based polyarylene ether resin containing a furan ring structure and a preparation method thereof. A bio-based monomer containing a furan ring structure furan-2,5-bis(4-fluorophenyl)methanone (BFBF), which is inventively prepared by using a bio-based derivative furan dicarboxylic acid (FDAC), undergoes a nucleophilic substitution reaction with one or more from a dihydric phenol monomer and a dihalobenzophenone monomer to prepare a bio-based homopolymerized or copolymerized polyaryletherketone resin containing a furan ring structure. The introduction of a bio-base into the field of special engineering plastics diversifies the types of polyaryletherketone resins, while also effectively responding to an oil crisis.

The present invention relates to a polymer composition (C) comprising at least one polyamide (P1), and from 1 to 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of (C), of at least one functionalized polymer (P2), wherein P2 is a poly(aryl ether sulfone) (PAES) having at least one functional group (SO.sub.3.sup.), (M.sup.p+).sub.1/p in which M.sup.p+ is a metal cation of p valence. The present invention also relates to articles incorporating the polymer composition (C) and the use of functionalized polymer (P2) as a compatibilizer in the polymer composition (C) comprising two immiscible polymers.

Disclosed is a polycarbonate resin composition including (1) a polyester compound having a structure of chemical formula 1 as defined herein or a phenyl-arylene ether sulfone compound having a structure of chemical formula 2 as defined herein; (2) a polycarbonate block copolymer; and (3) a thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonate resin or a polysiloxane-polycarbonate resin; and a molded product including the same. The polycarbonate resin composition exhibits remarkably excellent heat resistance compared to existing high heat resistance polycarbonate resins, and has an excellent balance of physical properties such as fluidity.

A PEKK polymer powder, having a d.sub.0.9-value less than 150 m, wherein the PEKK polymer has a Td(1%) of at least 500 C., as measured by thermal gravimetric analysis according to ASTM D3850, heating from 30 C. to 800 C. under nitrogen using a heating rate of 10 C./min. A method for producing a PEKK powder for the use in a method for manufacturing a 3D object, in which the PEKK has a Td(1%) of at least 500 C., as measured by thermal gravimetric analysis according to ASTM D3850, heating from 30 C. to 800 C. under nitrogen using a heating rate of 10 C./min, and the powder has been manufactured by grinding from a coarser powder and has a d.sub.0.9-value less than 150 m, as measured by laser scattering in isopropanol.

A porous membrane includes a polymer which includes one or more structural units selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by Formula (I) and a structural unit represented by Formula (II), in which a content of the structural unit represented by Formula (II) is 1% by mass or more and less than 10% by mass with respect to a total mass of the structural unit represented by Formula (I) and the structural unit represented by Formula (II)

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