Cross-linked polyvinyl polymers comprising charged groups and methods of making are disclosed. The polymers are effective and durable adsorbent of dyes from aqueous solutions. Also, a method of removal of dyes from contaminated water is disclosed.

Cross-linked polyvinyl polymers comprising charged groups and methods of making are disclosed. The polymers are effective and durable adsorbent of dyes from aqueous solutions. Also, a method of removal of dyes from contaminated water is disclosed.

A polymer electrolyte for a lithium battery, wherein the polymer electrolyte includes a polymerization product of a lithium ion conductive compound including an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a lithium ion conductive unit, and an ion-exchangeable functional group; and a heteroatom-containing ionic liquid polymerizable with the lithium ion conductive compound.

A polymer electrolyte for a lithium battery, wherein the polymer electrolyte includes a polymerization product of a lithium ion conductive compound including an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a lithium ion conductive unit, and an ion-exchangeable functional group; and a heteroatom-containing ionic liquid polymerizable with the lithium ion conductive compound.

A curable thermosetting resin composition, including a multicomponent copolymer and an epoxy resin. The multicomponent copolymer is a ternary or quaternary copolymer having structural units selected from the group consisting of unit (I), unit (II), unit (III) and (IV). The structural unit (I) is ##STR00001##
the structural unit (II) is ##STR00002##
the structural unit (III) is ##STR00003##
and the structural unit (IV) is ##STR00004## where m, n, r and s are natural numbers denoting the molar fraction of corresponding building blocks in the copolymers respectively, R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, aromatic group and aliphatic group, and AR is an aromatic group; and the epoxy resin is one or more selected from a group consisting of aromatic epoxy compound, alicyclic epoxy compound and aliphatic epoxy compound.

The present invention is to provide a dispersant which has excellent dispersibility and which is able to inhibit the oxidation of dispersed particles. Disclosed is a dispersant comprising a graft copolymer having a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (I) and a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR00001##
(Symbols shown in the general formulae (I) and (II) are as described in the Description.)

The present invention is to provide a dispersant which has excellent dispersibility and which is able to inhibit the oxidation of dispersed particles. Disclosed is a dispersant comprising a graft copolymer having a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (I) and a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR00001##
(Symbols shown in the general formulae (I) and (II) are as described in the Description.)

A flame-retardant polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material having a phosphate-terminated side-chain is disclosed.

The invention provides a radically polymerizable compound wherein an acid group is joined via a spacer group to a polyethyleneimine group. The polyethyleneimine group has at least one radically polymerizable group in the side chain and/or terminally. The invention relates further to a process for preparing such compounds by cationic polymerization of oxazolines, to the use of such compounds as constituents of a dental material, and to a dental material comprising the compounds of the invention.

Cross-linked polyvinyl polymers comprising charged groups and methods of making arc disclosed. The polymers are effective and durable adsorbent of dyes from aqueous solutions. Also. a method of removal of dyes from contaminated water is disclosed.