Chain scission resist compositions suitable for EUV lithography applications may include monomer functional groups that improve the kinetics and/or thermodynamics of the scission mechanism. Chain scission resists may include monomer functional groups that reduce the risk that leaving groups generated through the scission mechanism may chemically corrode processing equipment.

This application discloses a white-light hyperbranched conjugated polymer, a method for preparing the same and its use. The polymer uses a red phosphorescent Ir(III) complex as a core and polyfluorene derivative blue fluorescent materials as a framework which either contains or does not contain carbazole derivatives, and the white light hyperbranched polymers realize white-light emission by adjusting the content of the red phosphorescent Ir(III) complex connected using the complementation of blue and red color. The electroluminescent spectrum of the conjugated polymer in the present application covers the whole visible light emission area and is close to the pure white light emission, by which the conjugated polymer could be used as a material used in light-emitting layer to prepare the organic electroluminescent devices.

The present invention discloses thiourea-containing dendrimers and thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymers, and respectively a preparation method for the thiourea-containing dendrimer and a preparation method for the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer, and a thiourea-containing dendrimer and a thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer having increased water solubility prepared by using the thiourea-containing dendrimer and the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer as raw materials. Finally, disclosed are applications of the thiourea-containing dendrimers and the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymers in the preparation of antitumor and antimicrobial drugs. The thiourea-containing dendrimer and the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer have a significant growth inhibitive effect on solid tumors and low toxicity to normal tissues, and thus can be used for preparing drugs for treating malignant tumors. The thiourea-containing dendrimer and the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer also have a good antimicrobial effect on various bacterial strains and thus can be used for preparing antiviral or antibacterial drugs.

The present invention relates to hyperbranched polymers, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the starting compounds necessary for the preparation. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of the hyperbranched polymers according to the invention in electronic devices and to the electronic devices themselves.

Provided is a hyperbranched polymer having such a backbone that is readily decomposable by an acid. The hyperbranched polymer is derived from, via reaction, monomers including a monomer (X) and a monomer (Y). The monomer (X) contains three or more hydroxy groups per molecule. The monomer (Y) contains two or more groups represented by General Formula (y) per molecule. The monomer (X) includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of cyclodextrins, compounds represented by General Formula (I), pillararenes, compounds represented by General Formula (II), compounds represented by General Formula (III), and compounds represented by General Formula (IV). The monomer (Y) includes a compound represented by General Formula (1). General Formulae (y), (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (1) are expressed as follows:

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A method for the production of hyperbranched polyacrylates includes the step of reacting acrylic inimers through controlled living polymerization in aqueous conditions. The inimers may have the formula: ##STR00001##
Wherein X is a halogen, a thiocarbonylthio or nitroxide group, and R is hydrogen, methyl, dodecyl, and groups containing mesogenin substituents, fluorocarbon substituents, siloxane substituents and oxyethylene substituents. In particular, the aqueous condition is emulsion or miniemulsion. The polymerization may be reverse ATRP, SN&RI and AGET polymerization or RAFT polymerization (with thiocarbonylthio X groups) or nitroxide mediated polyeization (with nitroxide X groups).

One or more embodiments of the present invention provide a hyperbranched amino-acid-based PEU polymer for use in regenerative medicine and/or drug delivery applications has tunable mechanical and thermal properties, but is sufficiently stable to permit such things as ethyloxide sterilization without degradation and/or significant loss of function. These hyperbranched amino acid-based poly(ester urea) (PEU) by interfacial polycondensation between linear and branched amino acid-based polyester monomers and a urea forming material such as trisphosgene or phosgene. By controlling the amount of branched monomer incorporated into the copolymer, the mechanical properties and water uptake abilities of the resulting hyperbranched amino acid-based PEUs may be tuned. The hyperbranched PEUs nanofibers are sterilizable with ETO and are stable for long periods of ETO sterilization, elevated temperature and exposure to aqueous environments. In various embodiments, these hyperbranched amino acid-based PEUs are also biodegradable and can be formed into fibers.

The present invention relates to amphiphilic star-like polyether. The core molecule is an aliphatic hyperbranched polyether polyol, which is further alkoxylated, first with ethylene oxide or combinations of ethylene oxide and C.sub.3-C.sub.20 alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, and/or glycidol, and then with a C.sub.3-C.sub.20 alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, or combination of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, then optionally anionically modified. The resulting amphiphilic star-like polyether thus has an inner core based on an aliphatic hyperbranched polyether polyol, an inner shell predominantly containing polyethylene oxide units, the inner shell comprising at least 3 ethylene oxide units and an outer shell predominantly containing polypropylene oxide units, the outer shell comprising at least 3 propylene oxide units. They optionally contain anionic groups instead of hydroxyl groups on the periphery of the macromolecule. The invention further relates to their use as additive in laundry formulations and to their manufacturing process.

The invention relates to branched polymers which find use in gene therapy applications as nucleic acid transfection agents. In particular, the invention provides biodegradable, hyperbranched polymers which can be used in gene delivery and which provide improved transfection efficiencies which at the same time are safe and non-toxic.

A process for the high-yield preparation of p-(R)calix[9-20]arenes.