An electrolyte suitable for use in lithium ion batteries contains 100 parts by weight of aprotic solvent, 1 to 50 parts by weight of lithium-containing conducting salt, 4 to 50 parts by weight of vinylene carbonate, and cyclic phosphonamide of the general formula 1

##STR00001## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 are each hydrocarbyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by fluoro, chloro or silyl groups and which has 1-20 carbon atoms, where two or three of the radicals R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 may be joined to one another, and n has a value of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. The electrolyte is used in a lithium-ion battery which comprises a cathode, an anode, a separator, and the electrolyte.

Complexes and devices, such as organic light emitting devices and full color displays, including a compound of the formula wherein: M is Pd.sup.2+, Ir.sup.+, Rh.sup.+, or Au.sup.3+; each of V.sup.1, V.sup.2, V.sup.3, and V.sup.4 is coordinated to M and is independently N, C, P, B, or Si; each of L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3, and L.sup.4 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, carbene, or N-heterocyclic carbene; and Z is O, S, NR, CR.sub.2, SiR.sub.2, BR, PR, where each R is independently substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4 alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl.

There are provided compounds of formula I, ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.5, X.sup.1, X.sup.2, Ar, L, A, A.sup.1, E and G have meanings given in the description, which compounds have antiinflammatory activity (e.g. through inhibition of one or more of members of: the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes; Syk kinase; and members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases) and have use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, eye and intestines.

A semiconducting composition comprising a semiconducting polymer and a semiconducting non-polymeric polycyclic compound, wherein the semiconducting polymer comprises units of A and/or B: ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, x, y, p, q, r, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.9, R.sub.10 and R.sub.11 have any of the meanings defined in the description.

The present invention relates to a metallocene compound having novel structure which can provide various selectivity and activity to polyolefin copolymers, a preparation method thereof, and a preparation method of polyolefin using the metallocene compound.

The present invention provides: a novel organic titanium compound having an effect as an adhesion promoter by itself; a production method of such organic titanium compound; and a room temperature-curable resin composition containing such organic titanium compound both as a curing catalyst and as an adhesion promoter. Provided are an organic titanium compound represented by an average composition formula (I):

Ti(OR.sup.1).sub.4-a(Y.sub.3Si-A-O—CO—CH═C(O)R).sub.a (wherein R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, A represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, Y represents a hydrolyzable group, and a represents a number satisfying 0<a<4); a production method of such organic titanium compound; and a room temperature-curable resin composition that contains a room temperature-curable resin.

The present invention relates to processes for polymerizing unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers. The present invention also relates to a precatalyst having the structure of Formula (I):

M{C(SiHAlk.sub.2).sub.3}.sub.3  (I),

and to a catalyst comprising the structure of Formula (II):

MC(SiHAlk.sub.2).sub.3X.sub.2  (II),

and methods for preparation thereof.

The present invention relates to a novel metallocene compound, a catalyst composition including the same, and a method of preparing an olefinic polymer by using the same. The metallocene compound according to the present invention and the catalyst composition comprising the same can be used for producing olefinic polymers, have outstanding polymerizing ability, and can produce olefinic polymers of ultra high molecular weight. In particular, when the metallocene compound according to the present invention is employed, an olefinic polymer of ultra high molecular weight can be obtained because it shows high polymerization activity even when it is supported on a carrier and maintains high activity even in the presence of hydrogen because of its low hydrogen reactivity.

The present invention relates to a novel metallocene compound, a catalyst composition including the same, and a method of preparing an olefinic polymer by using the same. The metallocene compound according to the present invention and the catalyst composition comprising the same can be used for producing olefinic polymers, have outstanding polymerizing ability, and can produce olefinic polymers of ultra high molecular weight. In particular, when the metallocene compound according to the present invention is employed, an olefinic polymer of ultra high molecular weight can be obtained because it shows high polymerization activity even when it is supported on a carrier and maintains high activity even in the presence of hydrogen because of its low hydrogen reactivity.

A type of polyester yarn for an industrial sewing thread and preparing method thereof are provided. The preparing method is composed of a viscosity enhancing by a solid state polycondensation and a melt spinning for a modified polyester, and the modified polyester is a product of esterification and polycondensation of evenly mixed terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, tert-butyl branched dicarboxylic acid, trimethylsilyl branched diol and a doped Sb.sub.2O.sub.3 powder, wherein the tert-butyl branched dicarboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of 5-tert-butyl-1,3-benzoic acid, 2-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid, 3-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid and 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid. Moreover, the modified polyester is dispersed with a doped ZrO.sub.2 powder. An obtained fiber has an intrinsic viscosity drop of 23-28% when stored at 25° C. and R.H. 65% for 60 months.