The present disclosure relates to an ion-conductive polymer, an electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrode. The ion-conductive polymer includes a first monomer represented by Formula 1 below.

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In Formula 1, A, L.sub.1 to L.sub.2, L.sub.11, a1 to a2, a11, R.sub.1 to R.sub.3, and n1 to n2 are as defined in the detailed description.

In one embodiment the invention relates to a method of preparing a polyrotaxane, said method comprising: performing a radical copolymerization of at least (a) a first polymerizable monomer having a stopper group, and of at least (b) a second polymerizable hydrophobic monomer, wherein said second monomer is complexed by a ring-shaped molecule, and of at least (c) a third polymerizable hydrophilic monomer; wherein during said copolymerization a copolymer threading said ring-shaped molecule is formed, wherein during said copolymerization said first monomer having a stopper group is incorporated into the chain of said copolymer at least partially between the ends thereof, and wherein said stopper groups prevent said ring-shaped molecule from disassembling from the copolymer; and wherein the amount of said first monomer having a stopper group is of from 0.1 mol % to 20 mol % based on 100 mol % of the total amount of polymerizable monomers. In another embodiment the invention relates to a method of preparing a polyrotaxane, said method comprising: performing a radical copolymerization of at least (a) a first polymerizable monomer having a stopper group, and of at least (b) a second polymerizable partially hydrophilic monomer, wherein said second monomer is complexed by a ring-shaped molecule, and wherein said second monomer has a solubility in water at 20° C. of from 5 g/L to 40 g/L; wherein during said copolymerization a copolymer threading said ring-shaped molecule is formed, wherein during said copolymerization said first monomer having a stopper group is incorporated into the chain of said copolymer at least partially between the ends thereof, and wherein said stopper groups prevent said ring-shaped molecule from disassembling from the copolymer; and wherein the amount of said first monomer having a stopper group is of from 0.1 mol % to 20 mol % based on 100 mol % of the total amount of polymerizable monomers. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of preparing cross-linked polyrotaxanes and cross-linked polyrotaxanes which can be prepared using such methods. Thus, the present invention also relates to polyrotaxane and crosslinked polyrotaxanes. The invention also relates to products which contain the polyrotaxanes or cross-linked polyrotaxanes or which can be prepared from the polyrotaxanes or the cross-linked polyrotaxanes. The present invention further relates to the use of polyrotaxanes or cross-linked polyrotaxanes in various applications, such as the use as a self-healing material.

Disclosed is a conjugated diene polymer comprising a conjugated diene as a monomeric unit. The conjugated diene polymer is obtained by a polymerization reaction in a reaction solution comprising a conjugated diene, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of limonene, terpinene, and terpinolene, and an organoalkali metal compound as a polymerization initiator. Mz/Mn is 1.7 or more and 4.0 or less, when Mz is a Z-average molecular weight of the conjugated diene polymer, Mn is a number average molecular weight of the conjugated diene polymer, and the Z-average molecular weight and the number average molecular weight are values in terms of polystyrene by gel permeation chromatography.

A conjugated diene polymer satisfying following conditions (1) to (4): (1) the conjugated diene polymer has two or more peaks in a molecular weight distribution curve obtained by measurement with gel permeation chromatography (GPC); (2) the molecular weight distribution curve contains a peak (A) having a peak molecular weight of 500,000 to 2,500,000 and a peak (B) having a peak molecular weight of 150,000 to 600,000; (3) a total value of an area of the peak (A) and an area of the peak (B) is 70% or more of a total area of the molecular weight distribution curve; and (4) an absolute value of difference between a glass transition temperature of a conjugated diene polymer in the peak (A) (Tg (A)) and a glass transition temperature of a conjugated diene polymer in the peak (B) (Tg (B)) is 2° C. to 30° C.

A conjugated diene polymer satisfying following conditions (1) to (4): (1) the conjugated diene polymer has two or more peaks in a molecular weight distribution curve obtained by measurement with gel permeation chromatography (GPC); (2) the molecular weight distribution curve contains a peak (A) having a peak molecular weight of 500,000 to 2,500,000 and a peak (B) having a peak molecular weight of 150,000 to 600,000; (3) a total value of an area of the peak (A) and an area of the peak (B) is 70% or more of a total area of the molecular weight distribution curve; and (4) an absolute value of difference between a glass transition temperature of a conjugated diene polymer in the peak (A) (Tg (A)) and a glass transition temperature of a conjugated diene polymer in the peak (B) (Tg (B)) is 2° C. to 30° C.

[Problem to be Solved] Provided is a method for producing a non-petrochemical-derived conjugated diene polymer using an alcohol derived from a non-petrochemical raw material.

[Means to Solve the Problem] In the present invention, the method is characterized in that a non-petrochemical-derived conjugated diene polymer is produced using an alcohol derived from a non-petrochemical raw material having an iron content of 0.0001 mg/L to 2 mg/L.

Polymer composition obtained from polymerization of C.sub.5 olefin composition, use for making an adhesive, and article or composite containing it.

Polymer composition obtained from polymerization of C.sub.5 olefin composition, use for making an adhesive, and article or composite containing it.

The present disclosure provides a novel and practical alcohol and derivatives thereof which have more industrial value than existing petrochemical raw materials. The present disclosure further provides ethanol, characterized in that a peak in gas chromatography measured by gas chromatograph mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has at least one peak with a retention time selected from (A) a peak of 5 minutes 25 seconds to 5 minutes 35 seconds and two peaks of 2 minutes 55 seconds to 3 minutes 5 seconds; (B) a peak of 12 minutes 30 seconds to 12 minutes 40 seconds; (C) a peak of 6 minutes 36 seconds to 6 minutes 45 seconds; and (D) a peak of 15 minutes 00 seconds to 15 minutes 15 seconds.

Disclosed herein are a modified high cis polydiene polymer, processes for preparing the modified high cis polydiene polymer, and tire rubber compositions containing the modified high cis polydiene polymer. The processes make use of a functionalizing compound of formula I or formula II and a coupling agent to prepare the modified high cis polydiene polymer from a quantity of conjugated diene monomer polymerized using a lanthanide-based catalyst system. The modified high cis polydiene polymer includes at least one polymer chain having a residue from the functionalizing compound and a residue from the coupling agent and can be utilized in tire rubber compositions in combination with other ingredients such as fillers.