A liquid crystal aligning agent composition for forming a liquid crystal alignment film that can exhibit excellent alignment and electrical characteristics and simultaneously having enhanced durability, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the liquid crystal aligning agent composition, and a liquid crystal alignment film comprising an aligned and cured product of the liquid crystal aligning agent composition and a liquid crystal display device comprising the liquid crystal alignment film.

The present invention provides a separation membrane suitable for separating water from a liquid mixture containing an alcohol and water. A separation membrane 10 according to the present invention contains polyimide including a structural unit represented by formula (1). A is a linking group having a solubility parameter, in accordance with a Fedors method, of more than 5.0. B is a linking group having a solubility parameter of more than 8.56. R.sup.1 to R.sup.6 each are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a sulfonic group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms. Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 each are a divalent aromatic group.

A curable epoxy composition, comprising: an epoxy resin composition comprising one or more epoxy resins, each independently having at least two epoxy groups per molecule; an epoxy resin curing agent; optionally a curing catalyst; and a functionalized polyetherimide prepared from a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.4-40 bisanhydride, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-40 organic diamine, and optionally an organic compound, wherein the functionalized polyetherimide includes a reactive end group of the formula (C.sub.1-40 hydrocarbylene)-NH.sub.2, (C.sub.1-40 hydrocarbylene)-OH, (C.sub.1-40 hydrocarbylene)-SH, (C.sub.4-40 hydrocarbylene)-G, wherein G is an anhydride group, a carboxylic acid, a carboxylic ester, or a combination thereof, wherein the functionalized polyetherimide has a total reactive end group concentration of 50-1,500 μeq/g and 0.05-1,000 ppm by weight of residual organic diamine, wherein the functionalized polyetherimide is obtained by precipitation from a solution using an organic anti-solvent, or by devolatilization, and the organic compound comprises at least two functional groups/molecule.

Provided are a coloring resin composition including a resin, a coloring material, and a solvent, in which the resin is a polyimide or polyimide precursor including a repeating unit represented by Formula (1-1) or Formula (1-2), and a content of the coloring material is 30 mass % or more with respect to a total solid content of the composition; a film; a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device.

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The present invention provides an amic acid ester oligomer having a structure of Formula (1) or (1′): ##STR00001## wherein G, P, R, R.sub.x, D, E and m are those as defined in the specification. The present invention also provides a polyimide precursor composition or a photosensitive polyimide precursor composition comprising the amic acid ester oligomer, as well as a polyimide prepared from the composition.

The present invention relates to a polyimide precursor composition, and a polyimide film manufactured using same. According to the present invention, since a polyimide film is manufactured from a mixture of a polyimide precursor having a structure that is advantageous to surface charge accumulation and a polyimide precursor having a structure capable of exhibiting high heat-resistant characteristics, a flexible device using the polyimide film as a substrate can have both improved charge accumulation characteristics caused by an electric field to be generated during the operation of a TFT device and heat high heat-resistant characteristics.

Provided is a porous polyimide composition having low colorability and high light transmittability. Provided is a porous polyimide composition, in which an average pore size (L) obtained by the following expression based on a pore volume (V) and a BET specific surface area (A) determined by a gas adsorption method: L = 4V/A; is 5 nm or more and 500 nm or less, a light transmittance at 450 nm at a film thickness of 1 mm is 10% or more and 100% or less, and a degree of polymerization (n) is 5 or more and less than 40. [Selected Drawing] None

The invention generally relates to shape memory films that are tri-functionally crosslinked and that comprise multiple, non-terminal, phenylethynyl moieties. In addition, the present invention relates methods of fabricating such films. Due to the improved properties of such SMPS, the SMP designer can program in to the SMP mechanical property enhancements that make the SMP suitable, among other things, for advanced sensors, high temperature actuators, responder matrix materials and heat responsive packaging.

Disclosed are a proton exchange membrane made of a crystalline sulfonated polyimide block copolymer, a preparation method and use thereof. The crystalline sulfonated polyimide block copolymer has a chemical structure as shown in Formula (I), in which Ar1 group is an aromatic group containing a naphthyl group, Ar2 group is an aromatic group containing at least one sulfonate group, and x is in the range of 5-100, m is in the range of 1-200, and n is in the range of 5-500.

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A polyimide composition includes 1 to 99 weight percent, preferably 70 to 99 weight percent, more preferably 75 to 95 weight percent of a first polyimide; and 1 to 99 weight percent, preferably 1 to 30 weight percent, more preferably 2 to 25 weight percent of a second polyimide, wherein the first polyimide and the second polyimide are different, and wherein the polyimide composition has a melt flow rate that is greater than a melt flow rate of the first polyimide and less than a melt flow rate of the second polyimide; an apparent viscosity that is less than an apparent viscosity of the first polyimide and less than an apparent viscosity of the second polyimide; and a notched Izod impact strength that is greater than a notched Izod impact strength of the first polyimide and greater than a notched Izod impact strength of the second polyimide.