The present invention relates to a photo-cross-linkable shape-memory polymer and a preparation method therefor. The shape-memory polymer according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a photo-cross-linkable functional group, and thus a shape-memory polymer having a melting point suitable for a physiological or medical application device can be provided. Particularly, a method for preparing the shape-memory polymer, according to one embodiment of the present invention, uses a catalyst for inducing the simultaneous ring-opening polymerization of two monomers (CL, GMA) during synthesis of the shape-memory polymer, thereby enabling the synthesis time of the shape-memory polymer to be reduced, and shape-memory polymers having various melting points can be readily prepared by controlling the introduction amounts of CL and GMA.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that improves not only durability but also bending characteristics of a polarizing plate, an optical laminate and a polarizing plate, both of which are prepared with said pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a display device comprising the optical laminate and the polarizing plate.

Disclosed is an acrylic thermoplastic resin composition containing an acrylic multilayer structure polymer particle (A) and an acrylic block copolymer (B). The component (A) has, as an inner layer, a rubber component layer (I) of a copolymer of 50-99.99 mass % of an acrylic acid ester monomer unit, 49.99-0 mass % of an additional monofunctional monomer unit, and 0.01-10 mass % of a polyfunctional monomer unit, and has, as an outermost layer, a thermoplastic resin component layer (II) of a copolymer of 40-100 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit and 60-0 mass % of an additional monomer unit and having Mn of 30,000 or smaller. A layer (I)/layer (II) mass ratio is 30/70 to 90/10. An average particle size of the component (A) is 150 nm or smaller. The component (B) has Mw of 32,000 to 300,000. A mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 1/99 to 99/1.

A polymer composition comprising star macromolecules is provided. Each star macromolecule has a core and five or more arms, wherein the number of arms within a star macromolecule varies across the composition of star molecules. The arms on a star are covalently attached to the core of the star; each arm comprises one or more (co)polymer segments; and at least one arm and/or at least one segment exhibits a different solubility from at least one other arm or one other segment, respectively, in a reference liquid of interest.

A polymer composition comprising star macromolecules is provided. Each star macromolecule has a core and five or more arms, wherein the number of arms within a star macromolecule varies across the composition of star molecules. The arms on a star are covalently attached to the core of the star; each arm comprises one or more (co)polymer segments; and at least one arm and/or at least one segment exhibits a different solubility from at least one other arm or one other segment, respectively, in a reference liquid of interest.

The present invention provides an adhesive composition for optical use, including a polyester-based urethane acrylate oligomer, an acrylate-based monomer, a photoinitiator, and a Anti-hydrolysis agent, and an optical device equipped with an adhesive layer including photocured products of the adhesive composition for optical use.

An adhesive composition which is excellent in adhesion to various hardly adhesive materials such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene, polypropylene, modified polyphenylene ether, polyphenylene sulfide, and a cycloolefin polymer. Further, an adhesive composition containing the following components (A) to (C) may be described Component (A): (Meth) acrylic triblock elastomer having a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 or more, Component (B): (Meth) acrylate monomer having no hydroxyl group and having a phenoxy group, and Component (C): Radical initiator.

The present application relates to a neutral layer composition. The present application can provide a neutral layer composition capable of forming a neutral layer, which can be effectively applied in the formation of a polymeric film comprising a vertically aligned self-assembled block copolymer.

A biodegradable based polymers for the production of biodegradable medical applications is provided. The biobased material has a copolymer constituted by dextran modified with glycidyl methacrylate and poly (#-caprolactone) modified with 2-isocyanatoethylmethacrylate, which are combined in different formulations and used to produce membranes, 3-D scaffolds and hollow tubes that can be used as biomedical devices for diverse applications, such as drug delivery systems, tissue engineering scaffolds, repair and regeneration of peripheral nerves, among others.

A resin useful for producing objects is provided, which resin contains a photoinitiator of low cytotoxicity. The resins may be suitable for use in additive manufacturing techniques such as bottom-up and top-down stereolithography, produce objects that are bioresorbable and non-cytotoxic, and/or produce objects that are flexible or elastic. Methods of use of the resin and objects produced therefrom are also provided.