A conductive polymer composite includes (A) a -conjugated polymer and (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit a which is shown by the following general formula (1) having weight-average molecular weight thereof in the range of 1,000 to 500,000, ##STR00001##
wherein, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sup.2 represents a single bond, an ester group, or a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms which may optionally contain any one of an ether group and an ester group or both; Z represents a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, or an ester group; and a is in the range of 0<a1.0. There can be provided a conductive polymer composite which has excellent filterability and film-formability by spin coating, and also can form a conductive film having high transparency and excellent flatness when the film is formed with the composite.

A polymer comprising recurring units derived from organic unsaturated planar ring monomers. The recurring units are stacked, linked to one another by linkers, and are capable of undergoing oxidation and/or reduction, and the polymer is electrically conducting.

A method for preparing polymers by direct heteroarylation or arylation polycondensation is described herein. The method includes preparing a reaction mixture including at least a monomer to be polymerized, a catalyst and a ligand; heating the reaction mixture; and, optionally, end-capping the reaction mixture.

A hardmask composition includes a polymer including a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a solvent. ##STR00001## In the Chemical Formula 1, A, B, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same as defined in the detailed description.

The present invention relates to nanoparticle compositions and, in particular, to composite polymeric nanoparticle compositions. A composite nanoparticle described herein comprises a photoluminescent polymeric component and a photo-thermal polymeric component. The photoluminescent polymeric component and the photo-thermal polymeric component can each comprise a single polymeric species or multiple polymeric species.

The present invention refers to processes for preparing catalyst loaded polyphenylene particles, the so-obtained polyphenylene particles and their use as catalysts.

A compound having the structure Red-R-M, wherein: Red is a redox center; R is a bridging group; and M is a monomer giving rise to an electronically conductive polymer, is provided. Also provides are polymers obtained by polymerization of such compounds and uses in electronic devices of such polymers, for example uses in batteries.

The present disclosure provide a nitrogen-containing compound, which includes a segment I with a formula of

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wherein a represents number of methylene groups, a is a positive integer, Ar.sub.1 is an aryl structural unit, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently selected from H, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are connected and form a poly-membered ring together with a N atom to which they are connected.

An improved dispersion, which is particularly suitable for use in forming a hybrid capacitor, and improved method for forming a hybrid capacitor, and an improved capacitor is provided. The method comprises forming a dispersion comprising a conductive polymer, a dispersing agent, a monomer of the conductive polymer and a molar excess of anionic counterion per mole of conductive polymer and monomer. The dispersion is homogenized to form a homogenized dispersion. A capacitor is formed comprising a conductive layer formed from the homogenized dispersion.

The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, macromonomers of Formula (I), and salts thereof; methods of preparing the macromonomers, and salts thereof; Brush prodrugs (polymers); methods of preparing the Brush prodrugs; compounds of Formula (II); conjugates of Formula (III), and salts thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Brush prodrug, or a conjugate or a salt thereof; kits comprising: a macromonomer or a salt thereof, a Brush prodrug, a compound, a conjugate or a salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition; methods of using the Brush prodrugs, or conjugates or salts thereof; and uses of the Brush prodrugs, and conjugates or salts thereof. These chemical entities may be useful in delivering pharmaceutical agents to a subject or cell.