A method for forming a photoresist relief image including applying a layer of a coating composition on a substrate; and disposing a layer of a photoresist composition on the layer of the coating composition, wherein the coating composition comprises an amine-containing polymer comprising a hydrocarbon-substituted amino group and having nitrogen atoms in an amount from 3 to 47 weight percent, based on a total weight of the amine-containing polymer.

A non-leaching mediator may include a polymer having a polymeric backbone, and a plurality of phenothiazine groups bonded to the polymeric backbone. The plurality of phenothiazine groups may include at least one of a phenothiazine group having the general formula (IV): ##STR00001##
and salts thereof, where n is about 9 and R represents the polymeric backbone to which the phenothiazine group is bonded, and a phenothiazine group having the general formula (V): ##STR00002##
and salts thereof, where n is about 9 and R represents the polymeric backbone to which the phenothiazine group is bonded.

Embodiments presented herein relate to various polymers. Some of the polymer embodiments are heparin binding polymers. Some embodiments of the heparin binding polymers can be employed to bind to heparin for methods such as separating, purifying, removing, and/or isolating heparin and heparin like molecules.

Provided is a compound represented by the following formula: ##STR00001##
Y.sup.1 to Y.sup.8 each represent a chemical single bond, O, S, OC(O), C(O)O, OC(O)O, NR.sup.1C(O), C(O)NR.sup.1, OC(O)NR.sup.1, NR.sup.1C(O)O, NR.sup.1C(O)NR.sup.1, ONR.sup.1, or NR.sup.1O, R.sup.1 being a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 each represent a divalent linear aliphatic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. that optionally includes O, S, OC(O), C(O)O, OC(O)O, NR.sup.3C(O), C(ONR.sup.3, NR.sup.3, or C(O). Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each represent an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms. A.sup.1 represents a trivalent aromatic group. A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 each represent a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms. A.sup.4 and A.sup.5 each represents a divalent aromatic group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms. Q.sup.1 represents a alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an organic group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms that includes at least one of an aromatic hydrocarbon ring and a heteroaromatic ring, or a hydrogen atom. n and m each represent 0 or 1.

A water soluble polymer or polymeric adduct has a backbone comprising a plurality of segments with amine functional groups and hydroxyl functional groups with a number average molecular weight of about 5.00 to 1,000,000 Daltons. The polymeric adduct may be formed as an addition product by reacting at least one multifunctional amine compound reacted with a one or more polyfunctional epoxy compounds and/or one or more monofunctional epoxy compounds, such that there are 1.3 to 3.8 reactive amine functional groups per reactive epoxy functional group. An aqueous solution of the polymer or polymeric adduct has a viscosity of about 100 centipoise to 100,000 centipoise and a pH value of about 8 to 12 when the solution comprises 70 wt. % of the polymer or polymeric adduct dissolved in water. The polymeric adducts are useful fast setting additives for emulsions due to excellent stability when blended with anionically stabilized latex.

Techniques regarding killing of a pathogen with one or more ionene compositions having antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise contacting a Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe with a chemical compound. The chemical compound can comprise an ionene unit. Also, the ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. The ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality. The method can further comprise electrostatically disrupting a membrane of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe in response to the contacting.

Provided is a phthalonitrile-based resin, comprising repeat units formed by the reaction of a phthalonitrile compound and a curing agent,

wherein the phthalonitrile compound comprises 4,4-bis(3,4-dicyanophenoxy)diphenyloxide of the following Chemical Formula 1 and 4,4-bis(3,4-dicyanophenoxy)biphenyl of the following Chemical Formula 2 at a weight ratio of 30:70 to 90:10:

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Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain crosslinked amine polymers and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of a target species from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits.

Process for cleaning soiled metal surfaces characterized in such cleaning is carried out using a composition that comprises at least one alkoxylated polyethylenimine (B) with a polydispersity Q=M.sub.w/M.sub.n of at least 3.5 and an average molecular weight M.sub.w in the range of from 2,500 to 1,500,000 g/mol.

An etheramine mixture comprising one or more polyether diamines, methods for its production, and its use as a curing agent for epoxy resins. The etheramine mixture may also be used in the preparation of polyamides and polyurea compounds.