A three-dimensional scaffold structure and a process for its manufacture. The scaffold structure has a polymer system obtainable by photostructuring a starting material containing precursor molecules or inorganic polymers thereof having an organically polymerizable radical with at least one CC double bond, an inorganically polymerizable silane-based radical and a functional group or derivative thereof.

A three-dimensional scaffold structure and a process for its manufacture. The scaffold structure has a polymer system obtainable by photostructuring a starting material containing precursor molecules or inorganic polymers thereof having an organically polymerizable radical with at least one CC double bond, an inorganically polymerizable silane-based radical and a functional group or derivative thereof.

Various embodiments disclosed relate to a resin having a structure of at least one of Formula I and Formula II: In Formula I or Formula II R.sup.1, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 can each be independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and substituted or unsubstituted (C.sub.1-C.sub.10)alkyl. R.sup.2 is (C.sub.1-C.sub.10) alkylene. L is a substituted or unsubstituted (C.sub.1-C.sub.10)alkylene or (C.sub.3-C.sub.10)cycloalkylene. In Formula I or Formula II, n or m is greater than or equal to 0, and wherein the resin has an average molecular weight of less than 10,000 g/mol.

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Methods of embedding particles (e.g., nanoparticles) in a coating, the methods including contacting a first surface of a particle layer with a curable resin, followed by curing the curable resin to form a coating having a first coating surface and an opposing second coating surface, resulting in the particles being concentrated at the first coating surface. Also provided are applications for materials prepared according to the disclosed methods in, for example, hardcoating and nano-replication via reactive ion etching.

Provided is a compound that can be used for a resin for a resist having excellent sensitivity, resolution, and etching resistance, or the like, by a compound represented by the following formula (1):

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(wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sub.2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, m represents an integer of 0 to 5, and n represents an integer of 0 to 4).

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer comprising plural acrylated polyol monomeric units having different degrees of acrylation of hydroxyl groups. The acrylated polyol monomeric units have an average degree of acrylation greater than 1 and less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol. The present invention also relates to a method of making the thermoplastic copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer, and using them in various applications, such as asphalt rubber modifiers, adhesives, or an additive in a fracking fluid for oil fracking.

Disclosed herein are methods for transferring carbon nanotubes on a hydrogel scaffold. Carbon nanotubes are formed on a substrate and directly transferred onto a hydrogel surface. Carbon nanotubes transferred according to the present disclosure can be used in tissue engineering applications and electrode coating applications.

Provided are a bisphenol represented by the general formula (1), a method for producing the bisphenol, and a polyarylate resin, a (meth)acrylate compound and an epoxy resin which are derived from the bisphenol. In the formula (1), R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 are the same or different, and each represent an alkyl group, an aryl group or a halogen atom, n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 are the same or different, and each represent an integer of 1 to 4, and k.sub.1 to k.sub.4 are the same or different, and each represent 0 or an integer of 1 to 4. When at least one of k.sub.1 to k.sub.4 is 2 or more, corresponding R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 may be the same or different.

A method of preparing a branched polymer comprises the free radical polymerisation of a multivinyl monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, using a source of radicals, wherein the extent of propagation is controlled relative to the extent of chain transfer to prevent gelation of the polymer. The average length of each vinyl polymer chain within the product is short.

Provided is a water-soluble composition for optical three-dimensional modeling having little burden on the environment, which enables the production of a three-dimensional model that has both little warping deformation and excellent mechanical characteristics, while exhibiting good adhesion between cured film layers during the production process of the three-dimensional model; and a method for producing a three-dimensional model, which uses this composition for optical three-dimensional modeling. Specifically provided is a water-soluble composition for optical three-dimensional modeling, which contains (A) 10-70% by mass of a water-soluble cationically polymerizable compound that is an ether derivative compound of a sorbitol having a glycidyl ether structure, (B) 1-30% by mass of a water-soluble radically polymerizable compound having a methacryl group and/or an acryl group, (C) 0.1-20% by mass of an antimony-free cationic polymerization initiator that is a sulfonium compound or a bis(alkylphenyl)iodonium compound, and (D) 0.1-20% by mass of a radical polymerization initiator.