The present invention provides, among other aspects, stabilized chromophoric nanoparticles. In certain embodiments, the chromophoric nanoparticles provided herein are rationally functionalized with a pre-determined number of functional groups. In certain embodiments, the stable chromophoric nanoparticles provided herein are modified with a low density of functional groups. In yet other embodiments, the chromophoric nanoparticles provided herein are conjugated to one or more molecules. Also provided herein are methods for making rationally functionalized chromophoric nanoparticles.

The present invention relates to functionalized polymers including a poly(phenylene) structure. The structure can include any useful modifications, such as the inclusion of one or more reactive handles having an aryl group. Methods and uses of such structures and polymers are also described herein.

A method of forming a polymer comprising a conjugated backbone and side-groups pendant from the conjugated backbone wherein the method comprises the steps of: polymerising one or more monomers to form a precursor polymer comprising the conjugated backbone and precursor groups pendant from the conjugated backbone, and subsequently converting the precursor groups to the side-groups.

This disclosure relates to polymers and polymeric membranes that incorporate functionalized copoly(1,2,4-triazole)s. The polymers and polymeric membranes can be used in sour natural gas separation applications.

A non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid comprising a fluid loss additive wherein the fluid loss additive comprises the reaction product of (i) a functional polymer and (ii) an oligomerized fatty acid. A method of conducting an oil-field operation comprising placing a non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid downhole wherein the non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid comprises a fluid loss additive comprising the reaction product of (i) a functional polymer and (ii) an oligomerized fatty acid.

A cyclopentene ring-opening polymer having, at a polymer chain end, a structure where a polymer chain and a group containing an alkoxysilyl group are bonded through NH and having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 1,000,000, wherein the structure is a structure represented by the following general formula (1): pCPY1-NHY2-Si(OR1)a(R2)3-a (1) where, in the general formula (1), pCP represents a cyclopentene ring-opening polymer chain, Y1 represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, Y2 represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which NH may be interposed, and a is an integer of 1 to 3.

The present invention concerns ortho-Terphenyls of general formula (I); wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H; CN; NO.sub.2; and saturated, unsaturated or aromatic C.sub.1-C.sub.40 hydrocarbon residues, which can be substituted 1- to 5-fold with F, CI, OH, NH.sub.2, CN and/or NO.sub.2, and wherein one or more CH.sub.2-groups can be replaced by O, NH, S, C(O)O, OC(O) and/or C(O); and X and Y are the same or different, and selected from the group consisting of F, CI, Br, I, and OTf (trifluoromethanesulfonate); and their use for the preparation of graphene nanoribbons as well as a process for the preparation of graphene nanoribbons from said ortho-Terphenyls.

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A non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid comprising a fluid loss additive wherein the fluid loss additive comprises the reaction product of (i) a functional polymer and (ii) an oligomerized fatty acid. A method of conducting an oil-field operation comprising placing a non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid downhole wherein the non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid comprises a fluid loss additive comprising the reaction product of (i) a functional polymer and (ii) an oligomerized fatty acid.

The present invention is a compound for forming a metal-containing film, being a reaction product between a compound having two or more diol structures per molecule and a Sn compound, and being a monomolecular compound containing two or more Sn atoms per molecule. This can provide: a metal compound having better dry etching resistance than conventional organic underlayer film materials and also having high filling and planarizing properties; a composition for forming a metal-containing film containing the compound; and a patterning process in which the composition is used as a resist underlayer film material.

Provided are graphene nanoribbons with controlled zig-zag edge and cove edge configuration and methods for preparing such graphene nanoribbons. The nanoribbons are selected from the following formulae.

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