Disclosed are novel phosphono-phosphate polymer compositions with multi-valent cations in aqueous solutions. These compositions can further include mono or multivalent anions.

A phosphorus (P) containing oligomer, a polyester resin having excellent flame retardancy and a high degree of polymerization by including a constitutional unit derived from the phosphorus containing oligomer, a thermoplastic resin composition including the polyester resin, and a molded article using the thermoplastic resin composition are provided.

An extruded film manufactured by a process having the steps of manufacturing a compounded composition by compounding: a polyolefin; a first component that is: a polyethylene glycol, a polyethylene glycol mono-ester, a polyethylene glycol di-ester, a polycaprolactone, a polypropylene glycol, a polypropylene glycol mono-ester, a polypropylene glycol di-ester, a polyethylene-glycol polypropylene-glycol copolymer, an ester prepared from a copolymer of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol, a polyethylene-glycol polycaprolactone copolymer, or a polypropylene-glycol polycaprolactone copolymer; a second component that is a phosphorus-containing compound having one of the following two structures:

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wherein each R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 is independently selected and is a C.sub.10-C.sub.18 alkyl moiety; n is an integer ranging from 3 to 11; and the sum of x.sub.1+x.sub.2 is an integer ranging from 1-251, or

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wherein each R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is independently selected and is a C.sub.10-C.sub.18 alkyl moiety; m is an integer ranging from 3 to 11; and x is an integer ranging from 1 to 122; and a third component that is a salt; wherein the compounded composition does not include a fluorine-containing compound; and manufacturing an extruded film using the compounded composition, wherein the film has reduced melt fracture relative to a film manufactured by the same process and with a compounded composition that is otherwise the same but does not include the first, second, or third component.

A functionalized diblock copolymer having the chemical structure shown in Formula I. The functionalized diblock copolymer or polymer particles can be widely used in tumor imaging, tumor therapy and other fields. It not only has good safety, realizes faster and adjustable degradation and removal of polymers (by changing the structure and number of functional groups) under acidic conditions, but also has excellent specific and high-quality imaging effects at the target site, with high signal-to-noise ratio, clear boundaries, long half-life, etc., which solves the problem of fluorescence imaging technology in real-time intraoperative navigation, and thus has a good industrialization prospect.

A functionalized diblock copolymer having the chemical structure shown in Formula I. The functionalized diblock copolymer or polymer particles can be widely used in tumor imaging, tumor therapy and other fields. It not only has good safety, realizes faster and adjustable degradation and removal of polymers (by changing the structure and number of functional groups) under acidic conditions, but also has excellent specific and high-quality imaging effects at the target site, with high signal-to-noise ratio, clear boundaries, long half-life, etc., which solves the problem of fluorescence imaging technology in real-time intraoperative navigation, and thus has a good industrialization prospect.

Polyphosphate compositions are produced by a process that includes the steps of continuously introducing a phosphate compound into a polymerization vessel, polymerizing the phosphate compound at a temperature of 250-450? C. for a time period sufficient to form the polyphosphate composition, and continuously discharging the polyphosphate composition from the polymerization vessel. The phosphate compound can be fed to the polymerization vessel in the form of an aqueous slurry containing 5-50 wt. % of the phosphate compound. Resulting polyphosphate compositions often contain at least 8 wt. % of a polyphosphate and less than 35 wt. % of the phosphate compound.

Polyphosphate compositions are produced by a process that includes the steps of continuously introducing a phosphate compound into a polymerization vessel, polymerizing the phosphate compound at a temperature of 250-450? C. for a time period sufficient to form the polyphosphate composition, and continuously discharging the polyphosphate composition from the polymerization vessel. The phosphate compound can be fed to the polymerization vessel in the form of an aqueous slurry containing 5-50 wt. % of the phosphate compound. Resulting polyphosphate compositions often contain at least 8 wt. % of a polyphosphate and less than 35 wt. % of the phosphate compound.

A flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer, a process for forming a flame-retardant polymer, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer are disclosed. The flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety with functional groups that can participate in a polymerization reaction, such as allyl, epoxy, or propylene carbonate functional groups. The process for forming the flame-retardant polymer can include forming an aconitic acid derivative, forming a phosphorus-based flame-retardant molecule, and reacting the aconitic acid derivative with the phosphorus-based flame-retardant molecule to form a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer, which is then polymerized. The aconitic acid derivative can be synthesized from aconitic acid obtained from a bio-based source. The material in the article of manufacture can be a resin or adhesive, and the article of manufacture can further comprise an electronic component.

A flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer, a process for forming a flame-retardant polymer, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer are disclosed. The flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety with functional groups that can participate in a polymerization reaction, such as allyl, epoxy, or propylene carbonate functional groups. The process for forming the flame-retardant polymer can include forming an aconitic acid derivative, forming a phosphorus-based flame-retardant molecule, and reacting the aconitic acid derivative with the phosphorus-based flame-retardant molecule to form a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer, which is then polymerized. The aconitic acid derivative can be synthesized from aconitic acid obtained from a bio-based source. The material in the article of manufacture can be a resin or adhesive, and the article of manufacture can further comprise an electronic component.

Disclosed is a rare-earth complex polymer including trivalent rare-earth ions and a phosphine oxide bidentate ligand represented by the formula (1). One phosphine oxide bidentate ligand is coordinated to the two rare-earth ions, and crosslinks the same.

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