An alcoholic solution of a partially quaternarized polyvinylpyridine polymer is provided. The alcoholic solution has biocidal and biocompatibility properties. The alcoholic solution is ready-to-graft in order to confer biocidal properties on various surfaces and to prevent biofilm formation on such surfaces.

An alcoholic solution of a partially quaternarized polyvinylpyridine polymer is provided. The alcoholic solution has biocidal and biocompatibility properties. The alcoholic solution is ready-to-graft in order to confer biocidal properties on various surfaces and to prevent biofilm formation on such surfaces.

The invention provides: imidazole and imidazolium compounds of formulas (I) and (II):

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polymers containing a plurality of imidazolium-containing repeating units of formula (III):

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and membranes and devices comprising the polymers. Also provided are methods of making the inventive compounds and polymers.

Provided is an active-energy-ray-curable composition including: a monomer (A) having a hydrogen-bonding capacity; and a compound (B) having a hydrogen-bonding capacity and containing straight-chain alkyl containing 4 or more carbon atoms, wherein a cured product of the active-energy-ray-curable composition is a solid that exhibits a compressive stress of 2 kPa or higher in response to compression by 1%, and wherein the active-energy-ray-curable composition is a liquid in an environment of 60 degrees C.

Provided is an active-energy-ray-curable composition including: a monomer (A) having a hydrogen-bonding capacity; and a compound (B) having a hydrogen-bonding capacity and containing straight-chain alkyl containing 4 or more carbon atoms, wherein a cured product of the active-energy-ray-curable composition is a solid that exhibits a compressive stress of 2 kPa or higher in response to compression by 1%, and wherein the active-energy-ray-curable composition is a liquid in an environment of 60 degrees C.

A method for reducing the transmittance of ultraviolet radiation through an intraocular lens to 10% or less at 370 nm by (a) polymerizing a mixture comprising: at least one first monomer and a second monomer comprising a trisaryl-1,3,5-triazine moiety, (b) forming an optic portion from the copolymer wherein the second monomer is present in about 0.10 to about 0.20 percent by weight of the overall polymer and wherein the optic portion of the intraocular lens displays essentially the same physical properties such as, for example, refractive index as the optic portion of the intraocular lens formed from the polymerized mixture of (a) without the second monomer, but otherwise identical conditions. Additionally, a method for preventing the transmittance of at least 90% of ultraviolet radiation at 370 nm through a foldable intraocular lens comprising: (a) incorporating a monomer comprising a 4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-3-hydroxyphenoxy moiety into at least one polymer and (b) forming the polymer into a material suitable for use as an intraocular lens, wherein the monomer comprising a 4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-3-hydroxyphenoxy moiety comprises 0.10 to 0.15 weight percent of the overall dry polymer.

A method for reducing the transmittance of ultraviolet radiation through an intraocular lens to 10% or less at 370 nm by (a) polymerizing a mixture comprising: at least one first monomer and a second monomer comprising a trisaryl-1,3,5-triazine moiety, (b) forming an optic portion from the copolymer wherein the second monomer is present in about 0.10 to about 0.20 percent by weight of the overall polymer and wherein the optic portion of the intraocular lens displays essentially the same physical properties such as, for example, refractive index as the optic portion of the intraocular lens formed from the polymerized mixture of (a) without the second monomer, but otherwise identical conditions. Additionally, a method for preventing the transmittance of at least 90% of ultraviolet radiation at 370 nm through a foldable intraocular lens comprising: (a) incorporating a monomer comprising a 4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-3-hydroxyphenoxy moiety into at least one polymer and (b) forming the polymer into a material suitable for use as an intraocular lens, wherein the monomer comprising a 4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-3-hydroxyphenoxy moiety comprises 0.10 to 0.15 weight percent of the overall dry polymer.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a charge generation layer provided on the conductive substrate, a charge transport layer provided on the charge generation layer, and a surface protective layer provided on the charge transport layer, in which the surface protective layer is a cured film formed of a composition that contains a resin (X) having at least one of a unit represented by Formula (X1) or a unit represented by Formula (X2) and a reactive group-containing charge transport material containing a reactive group and a charge-transporting skeleton in an identical molecule.

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An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a charge generation layer provided on the conductive substrate, a charge transport layer provided on the charge generation layer, and a surface protective layer provided on the charge transport layer, in which the surface protective layer is a cured film formed of a composition that contains a resin (X) having at least one of a unit represented by Formula (X1) or a unit represented by Formula (X2) and a reactive group-containing charge transport material containing a reactive group and a charge-transporting skeleton in an identical molecule.

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Disclosed herein is a preparation method of homopolymer nanoparticles without using a surfactant. The homopolymer nanoparticles prepared thereby are expected to be widely used not only as a template of a semiconductor metal oxide, a drug delivery system (DDS), an electron transport layer (ETL), and a seed having vertical structural shape, but also in a high precision field such as replacement of an organic device polystyrene bead film.