Biocompatible, mechanically-dynamic thermoresponsive devices, methods for forming the devices, and exemplary applications for the devices are described. The devices include a series of wells therein and provide for temperature-controlled mechanostimulation of single cells or groups of cells that can be retained in the wells of a device. Mechanostimulation can be single instance of any duration, continuous, or regular or irregular cyclic mechanostimulation of single cells, cell clusters, cell spheroids, or organoids and may be utilized in any of a variety of biomedical applications including, without limitation, cellular engineering, cellular phenotyping, and drug discovery/screening.

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.

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.

Method of manufacturing, and use of cross-linked polymeric hydrogels as final dosage forms for the oral delivery of compounds with nutritional and/or therapeutic value, including but not limited to supplements, cell-based therapies, and active pharmaceutical ingredients.

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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Provided are a composition for forming an underlayer film for imprinting, including a curable component, and a particulate metal which has a particle diameter of 10 nm or larger, as measured by a single particle ICP-MASS method, and contains at least one kind of iron, copper, titanium, or lead, in which a content of the particulate metal is 50 ppt by mass to 10 ppb by mass with respect to the composition; a method for producing a composition for forming an underlayer film for imprinting; a pattern producing method; a method for manufacturing a semiconductor element; a cured product; and a kit.

A liquid composition that contains a polymerizable compound and a solvent, and that can form a porous resin. The liquid composition, when stirred, transmits at least 30 percent of incident light having a wavelength of 550 nm. The haze value of an containing the liquid composition increases by 1.0 percent or more when the element containing the liquid composition is cured.

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 are a method for producing indium tin oxide particles, the method including a step of obtaining a precursor solution including indium and tin by heating an indium carboxylate having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and a tin carboxylate having 1 to 3 carbon atoms in a solvent including a carboxylic acid having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a step of obtaining a reaction solution including indium tin oxide particles by adding dropwise, at a dropping rate of 1.0 mL/min or more, the obtained precursor solution to a solvent which has a hydroxyl group, has 14 to 22 carbon atoms, and has a temperature of 230 C. to 320 C., and a step of, after a completion of the dropwise addition of the precursor solution, retaining the obtained reaction solution under a temperature condition of 230 C. to 320 C. for 60 minutes to 180 minutes; and a method for producing a curable composition including the obtained indium tin oxide particles.

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.