Methods and hydrogels for preventing or reducing cellular adhesion and protein adsorption to a tissue (e.g. cardiac tissue) are disclosed. The hydrogels generally include at least three component polymers, a first polymer including an aminooxy group, a second polymer including a reactive oxo group, that are cross-linked by oxime bonds and a third polymer including a catechol group, that causes better retention on the cardiac tissue. The hydrogels are suitable for binding to and coating a tissue or cell. The hydrogels operate to reduce cellular adhesions and protein adsorption to the tissue or cell.

A core/shell polymer material suitable for three-dimensional printing is provided. The core/shell polymer material may include at least one amorphous polymer as a core particle and at least one semicrystalline polymer as a shell material surrounding the core particle.

A composition includes particular amounts a poly(phenylene ether), a first polyamide, hydrogenated block copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic and a conjugated diene, pentaerythritol tetrastearate, and bisphenoxyethanol fluorene. The composition can be particularly well-suited for use in a reinforced thermoplastic composition including a reinforcing carbon filler.

A resin composition contains a styrenic block copolymer, a radical polymerizable compound, and at least one free radical compound selected from the group consisting of a compound (A) represented by Formula (1), a compound (B) represented by Formula (2), and a compound (C) having two or more of at least one group selected from groups represented by Formulas (3-1) and (3-2).

An oligomer (2,6-dimethylphenylene ether) is provided. Its structure is shown as follows: ##STR00001##
which comprises separately independent hydrogen; alkyl or phenyl; separately independent —NR—, —CO—, —SO—, —CS—, —SO.sub.2—, —CH.sub.2—, —O—, null, —C(CH.sub.3).sub.2—, or ##STR00002##
and a hydrogen, ##STR00003##
The features of the cured products include a high glass-transition temperature, a low dielectric feature, preferred thermal stability, and good flame retardancy. The present invention effectively controls the number-average molecular weight of the product to obtain excellent organic solubility.

This disclosure relates to CO.sub.2-philic crosslinked polyethylene glycol membranes useful for natural gas purification processes. Also provided are methods of using the membranes to remove CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2S from natural gas.

The invention relates to vicinal diol ether derivatives of certain polyether polymers, compositions comprising the same, and methods of making the same via reaction with substituted or unsubstituted epoxides, and methods of using the same.

The invention relates to vicinal diol ether derivatives of certain polyether polymers, compositions comprising the same, and methods of making the same via reaction with substituted or unsubstituted epoxides, and methods of using the same.

Provided is a curable compound product having excellent storage stability that is rapidly cured upon heating to form a cured product having ultra-high heat resistance. The curable compound product according to the present disclosure has the following characteristics (a) to (e): (a) A number average molecular weight (calibrated with polystyrene standard) is from 1000 to 15000. (b) A proportion of a structure derived from an aromatic ring in a total amount of the curable compound product is 50 wt. % or greater. (c) Solvent solubility at 23° C. is 1 g/100 g or greater. (d) The glass transition temperature is from 80 to 230° C. (e) A viscosity (η.sub.0) of a 20 wt. % NMP solution obtained by subjecting the curable compound product to a reduced-pressure drying process and then dissolving the reduced-pressure-dried curable compound product in NMP, and a viscosity (η.sub.10) of the 20 wt. % NMP solution after being left to stand for 10 days in a desiccator maintained at 23° C. satisfy the Equation (E): η.sub.10/η.sub.0<2(E).

Provided is a curable compound product having excellent storage stability that is rapidly cured upon heating to form a cured product having ultra-high heat resistance. The curable compound product according to the present disclosure has the following characteristics (a) to (e): (a) A number average molecular weight (calibrated with polystyrene standard) is from 1000 to 15000. (b) A proportion of a structure derived from an aromatic ring in a total amount of the curable compound product is 50 wt. % or greater. (c) Solvent solubility at 23° C. is 1 g/100 g or greater. (d) The glass transition temperature is from 80 to 230° C. (e) A viscosity (η.sub.0) of a 20 wt. % NMP solution obtained by subjecting the curable compound product to a reduced-pressure drying process and then dissolving the reduced-pressure-dried curable compound product in NMP, and a viscosity (η.sub.10) of the 20 wt. % NMP solution after being left to stand for 10 days in a desiccator maintained at 23° C. satisfy the Equation (E): η.sub.10/η.sub.0<2(E).