Disclosed herein is a composite prepared by dispersing silver flakes in a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), phosphoric acid (H.sub.3PO.sub.4), and poly(3,4-ethyl-ene-dioxythiophene) (PEDOT):poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PSS) polymer mixture. The polymer blend can provides conductive pathways between the silver flakes, leading to superior electrical properties even at large deformations.

A polymer includes a first repeating unit and a second repeating unit forming a main chain, the first repeating unit including at least one first conjugated system, and the second repeating unit including at least one second conjugated system and a multiple hydrogen bonding moiety represented by Chemical Formula 1.

The present invention relates to a method for the polymerization of cycloolefins by ring-opening metathesis. The reaction is carried out in the presence of at least one particular catalyst, selected from the ruthenium alkylidene complexes comprising at least one 1-aryl-3-cycloalkyl-imidazolin-2-ylidene ligand and mixtures thereof. The invention also relates to a kit for implementing this method.

The present invention relates to a resin composition that comprises an acetoacetate ester compound with at least two acetoacetate ester functional groups, an acrylate compound with at least two acrylate functional groups, and a tertiary amine curing catalyst. This resin composition acts as an isocyanate-free binder that is less toxic to the environment. The invention further discloses a method for preparation fiber reinforced parts comprising fibers and said resin composition as well as a method for the preparation of foundry molds for the casting industry, which is based on said binder.

Methods for fabricating three-dimensional objects by 3D-inkjet printing technology are provided. The methods utilize curable materials that polymerize via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) for fabricating the object. Systems suitable for performing these methods and kits containing modeling material formulations usable in the methods are also provided.

Disclosed herein are self-healing conductive network compositions. The networks can contain one or more conductive polymers and one or more supramolecular complexes. The supramolecular complex can be introduced into conductive polymer matrix, resulting in a network of the two components. In this network, the nanostructured conductive polymer gel constructs a 3D network to promote the transport of electrons and mechanically reinforce the network while the supramolecular complex contributes to self-healing property and also conductivity. The networks disclosed herein are useful for various applications such as self-healing electronics, artificial skins, soft robotics and biomimetic prostheses.

The present invention pertains to a resin formed article obtained by forming a resin composition that comprises a cycloolefin resin and a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, the styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer having a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 150,000, and having a difference in refractive index (ΔnD) of more than −0.002 to less than +0.002 with respect to the cycloolefin resin, the resin composition having a residual ratio of 0.10 wt % or less when analyzed based on the residue on ignition test method specified in the Japanese Pharmacopeia, the resin composition having a light transmittance (optical path length: 3 mm) of 55% or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm when the resin composition is formed in a shape of a sheet having a thickness of 3.0 mm, and subjected to light transmittance measurement, and the resin composition having a Charpy impact strength of 5 to 40 kJ/m.sup.2 when the resin composition is formed to have a thickness of 4.0 mm, a length of 80.0 mm, and a width of 10.0 mm, and subjected to the notched Charpy impact test specified in JIS K 7111-1 at 23° C.

The present invention provides an anion exchange resin capable of producing an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a battery electrode catalyst layer. The anion exchange resin of the present invention has a hydrophobic unit, a hydrophilic unit and divalent fluorine-containing groups. The hydrophobic unit has divalent hydrophobic groups composed of one aromatic ring or a plurality of aromatic rings that are repeated via carbon-carbon bond. The hydrophilic unit has divalent hydrophilic groups composed of one aromatic ring or a plurality of aromatic rings, at least one of which has an anion exchange group, that are repeated via carbon-carbon bond. The divalent fluorine-containing groups have a specific structure and are bonded via carbon-carbon bond to the hydrophobic unit and/or the hydrophilic unit and/or a moiety other than these units.

A frontally polymerized polymeric body includes, according to a first embodiment, a deformable polymer comprising polydicyclopentadiene (pDCPD) and/or poly(5-ethylidene-2-norbornene) (pENB), where the deformable polymer has a fracture strain of at least about 0.5 mm mm.sup.−1. According to a second embodiment, the frontally polymerized polymeric body includes a first polymer comprising pDCPD and/or pENB, and a second polymer adjacent to the first polymer also comprising the pDCPD and/or the pENB. The second polymer is more or less deformable than the first polymer. Thus, the frontally polymerized polymeric body exhibits spatially varying mechanical and/or other properties.

The present invention provides: a copolymer (A) which is a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing one or plural cycloolefin monomers and one or plural acyclic olefin monomers, or a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing two or more cycloolefin monomers, wherein the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the copolymer is 100° C. or higher, the refractive index of the copolymer is 1.545 or higher, and the Abbe's number of the copolymer is 50 or larger, and at least one of the cycloolefin monomers is a deltacyclene.