A method of forming a crosslinked polymer and an anion, the method comprising the step of reacting a first polymeric substituent comprising a nucleophilic group and a second polymeric substituent comprising an electrophilic group wherein the first polymeric substituent is a substituent of a first polymer and the second polymeric substituent is a substituent of the first polymer or a second polymer. The first and second polymers may be non-conjugated or conjugated. The crosslinked polymers may be used in electrochemical devices, for example battery cells.

PDI derivatives useful as opto-electronically active materials or for the synthesis of such materials. Certain compounds herein function as efficient electron acceptors and are useful as electron active components of electronic devices.

A long-length film formed of a resin containing a polymer having crystailizability, wherein the long-length film has an orientation axis perpendicular to a long side direction of the long-length film, the long-length film has an Nz factor Nz1 satisfying (formula 1), the long-length film has a birefringence n satisfying (formula 2), and the polymer has a crystallization degree X satisfying (formula 3):
1.0Nz11.15(formula 1)
0.01n0.1(formula 2)
15%X(formula 3).

The present invention relates to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte and a gel polymer electrolyte prepared using the same, and specifically provides a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte including a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a polymer A having an epoxy group represented by Formula 1, and a polymer B having an amine group and a cyanide group represented by Formula 2, wherein the polymers A and B are included in an amount of 1 to 20 wt % based on the total weight of the composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, and wherein a gel polymer electrolyte for a secondary battery can be prepared that includes a polymer network formed by combining the polymer A having an epoxy group represented by Formula 1 and the polymer B having an amine group and a cyanide group represented by Formula 2 in a three-dimensional structure.

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.

In one aspect, composite polymeric compositions are described herein which, in some embodiments, are thermally responsive to electromagnetic radiation for the destruction of microbes and associated biofilms. Briefly, a composite polymeric composition comprises a polymeric matrix and photo-thermal particles comprising conjugated polymer dispersed in the polymeric matrix, the photo-thermal particles providing sufficient heat to destroy microbial species upon irradiation with infrared radiation.

The present invention relates to a novel polyfluorene appended with protected glutamic acid of Formula (I) for heterogeneous enantioselective separation and sensing of amino acids, amino alcohol, hydroxyl acid, sugar, aromatic drug and ascorbic acid from racemic mixture in water and process for preparation thereof. The present invention further provides a process for separation of enantiomers and diastereomers into their individual isomers using a polyfluorene compounds of Formula (I). ##STR00001##

Described herein are compositions comprising hole carrier materials, typically conjugated polymers, and poly(aryl ether sulfones)s, ink compositions comprising hole carrier materials and poly(aryl ether sulfones)s, and uses thereof, for example, in organic electronic devices.

A solid electrolytic capacitor containing a capacitor element is provided. The capacitor element contains a sintered porous anode body, a dielectric that overlies the anode body, and a solid electrolyte that overlies the dielectric. An anode lead extends from the front surface of the capacitor element in the longitudinal direction. An anode termination is in contact with the anode lead at a connection region, wherein the ratio of the distance between the connection region and the front surface of the capacitor element to the length of the capacitor is 0.13 or more. A cathode termination is in electrical connection with the solid electrolyte and a casing material encapsulates the capacitor element and anode lead. Further, an interfacial coating that is disposed on at least a portion of the anode termination and/or cathode termination and is in contact with the casing material.

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.