Disclosed herein are water-soluble polymers comprising hydrolyzable cross-linked monomer units, and methods for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean formation using the water-soluble polymers.

The invention relates to aqueous polymer dispersions, comprising a water insoluble polymer P in the form of dispersed polymer particles, which is obtainable by free radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M, which comprise a) at least one monomer M1 which exhibits two ethylenically unsaturated moieties which are connected by a linker which comprises a disulfide moiety, and b) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer M2, which has a low water solubility. The invention also relates to processes for preparing such an aqueous polymer dispersion, to solid polymer compositions in powder form, obtainable by drying such polymer dispersions, to the use of such polymer dispersions in a coating material, adhesive or sealant and to a methods of coating a surface of a substrate which comprises applying an aqueous coating composition, which contains such an polymer dispersion.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of composite materials, and disclosed are a xylan-based double network nanocomposite hydrogel and the preparation and application thereof. The method includes: (1) adding a graphite oxide powder into deionized water, and ultrasonically dispersing to obtain a GO water dispersion; (2) adding xylan into deionized water, heating and stiffing to obtain a xylan solution; (3) adding a water-soluble calcium salt, a reaction monomer and the xylan solution into the GO water dispersion, stiffing and dispersing uniformly under an ice-bath condition, adding an initiator, a cross-linking agent and an accelerator, and stiffing to mix well so as to obtain a mixed solution; (4) subjecting the mixed solution of step (3) to a drying reaction, to obtain the xylan based double network nanocomposite hydrogel. The composite hydrogel obtained in the present invention has high mechanical properties, is biodegradable and has good biocompatibility. The present invention is applicable in the field of biomedicine, such as tissue engineering, drug sustained-release, cell culture scaffold and cartilage tissue, etc.

An adhesive composition having excellent adhesiveness to a cycloolefin resin or the like. The adhesive composition of the present invention includes a polymer having a repeating unit derived from a polymerizable compound represented by formula (I): Y—N(Ar)(R) Formula (I), in which Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C14 aryl group or an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C10 aryl C1 to C3 alkyl group; R represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C3 to C6 cycloalkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C14 aryl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C10 aryl C1 to C3 alkyl group; and Y represents a polymerizable functional group. In Formula (I), a substituent on Ar and a substituent on R can bond to form a divalent organic group.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sensor in which a molecularly imprinted polymer is immobilized on the surface, the sensor having homogeneous performance and excellent reproducibility of measurement. The present invention provides a sensor comprising: a conductive particle having a molecularly imprinted polymer on the surface; and a support.

Provided is a stationary phase for chromatography, the stationary phase being made of inorganic carrier particles to which is bonded a polymer having a hydrophilic group on repeating units of a main chain thereof, and being produced by a particular production method.

Provided is a stationary phase for chromatography, the stationary phase being made of inorganic carrier particles to which is bonded a polymer having a hydrophilic group on repeating units of a main chain thereof, and being produced by a particular production method.

Backlight module, light guide plate, and preparation method for conductive hydrogel thereof. Main body of light guide plate is optical-glass material. Cavity is provided in light guide plate, filled with conductive hydrogel. Either end of light guide plate is provided with electrode electrically connected to conductive hydrogel in cavity. When not electrified, conductive hydrogel is in liquid state, when electrified, conductive hydrogel in cavity changes to gel state. Microcrystal particles are added to conductive hydrogel to improve light refection function and light diffuse reflection function of light guide plate and backlight module, to allow more light rays to penetrate through light guide plate to improve luminous efficacy. Addition of quantum dots or fluorescent powder to conductive hydrogel can further increase color gamut of backlight, such that liquid crystal display device has better effect.

The invention relates to poly-amide bonded hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) stationary phases and novel HILIC methods for use in the characterization of large biological molecules modified with polar groups, known to those skilled in the art as glycans. The invention particularly provides novel, poly-amide bonded materials designed for efficient separation of large biomolecules, e.g. materials having a large percentage of larger pores (i.e. wide pores). Furthermore, the invention advantageously provides novel HILIC methods that can be used in combination with the stationary phase materials described herein to effectively separate protein and peptide glycoforms by eliminating previously unsolved problems, such as on-column aggregation of protein samples, low sensitivity of chromatographic detection of the glycan moieties, and low resolution of peaks due to restricted pore diffusion and long intra/inter-particle diffusion distances.

Methods for manufacturing a polymer dispersion, polymer dispersions, and their use are provided herein. The methods of manufacturing the polymer dispersion comprise the steps of providing a reaction mixture in an aqueous medium comprising a polymeric dispersant and a monomer composition comprising radically polymerizable monomers, and subjecting the monomer composition in the reaction mixture to a radical polymerization to synthesize a dispersed polymer so as to form the polymer dispersion, wherein the radical polymerization is performed in presence of a metal scavenger system comprising a metal scavenger and an acid. These polymer dispersions are designated as water-in-water (w/w) polymer dispersions.