An osmium-containing conjugated polymer and methods thereof. A structural formula of the osmium-containing conjugated polymer is formula I, a reaction formula of the osmium-containing conjugated polymer is a formula II.

An ion-conducting material, a core-shell structure containing the ion-conducting material, an electrode prepared with the core-shell structure and a metal-ion battery employing the electrode are provided. The core-shell structure includes a core particle and an organic-inorganic composite layer formed on the surface of the core particle for encapsulating the core particle. The core particle includes lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel cobalt oxide, lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, or lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide. Also, the organic-inorganic composite layer includes nitrogen-containing hyperbranched polymer and an ion-conducting material. The ion-conducting material is a lithium-containing linear polymer or a modified Prussian blue, wherein the modified Prussian blue has an ion-conducting group and the lithium-containing linear polymer has an ion-conducting segment.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one polymer which contains triarylamine repeating units, and at least one metal complex, to methods for the production thereof, and the use thereof in electronic devices, especially in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=Organic Light Emitting Diode). The present invention also relates to organic electroluminescent devices which contain said compositions

A ladder tetrazine polymer is disclosed.

The invention discloses an adhesion agent composition comprising at least one C.sub.3-C.sub.200 olefin compound having at least one metathesis active double bond, wherein the olefin is substituted or unsubstituted; and at least one compatibilizing functionality for interacting with a substrate surface. The substrate surface can be any surface, for example, silicate glasses, silicate minerals, metals, metal alloys, ceramics, natural stones, plastics, carbon, silicon, and semiconductors. The invention also discloses articles of manufacture utilizing these adhesion agents as well as methods for adhering a polyolefin to a substrate surface.

The invention relates to new conjugated semiconducting polymers containing thermally cleavable side groups. The thermally cleavable side groups are selected from among carbonate groups and carbamate groups, By thermally cleaving side groups, the solubility or the polymers can he reduced in a targeted manner. The polymers are used as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPDs), organic light emitling diodes (OLEDs), and organic field effect transistors (OFETs).

The present disclosure is directed to methods of making a polymer, including exposing a reaction mixture including a strained cyclic unsaturated monomer and an organic initiator to a stimulus to provide an activated organic initiator, whereby the activated organic initiator is effective to polymerize the strained cyclic unsaturated monomer via a 4-membered carbocyclic intermediate to provide a polymer having constitutional units derived from the strained cyclic unsaturated monomer.

Provided are methods for straightening hair, which comprise contacting the hair with a hair straightening agent and one or more aminosilicones, and, optionally, one or more epoxysilicones. Also provided are compositions, which include a carrier, a hair straightening agent, and an effective amount of one or more aminosilicones, and, optionally, one or more epoxysilicones. Additionally provided are products, which include one or more hair straightening agents, an effective amount of one or more aminosilicones, and instructions for applying the hair straightening agent(s) and aminosilicone(s) to the hair. The products of the invention may optionally include an effective amount of one or more epoxysilicones and instructions for applying the epoxysilicone(s) to the hair.

The invention relates to a process for producing a conjugated polymer blend. The process for producing the conjugated polymer blend comprises the mixture of: a polymer A (X-Y), where X is

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and Y is

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and h is a substituent, a polymer B (X-Y′) where X is

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Y′ is

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and j is a substituent, and an acceptor. In this process h and j are different substituents and independently selected from each other.

The present invention provides a method of forming N-hydroxysuccinimide ester-functionalized paracyclophane. The present method is carried out by adding 4-carboxyl-paracyclophane into N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) and N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) to form N-hydroxysuccinimide ester-functionalized paracyclophane. The present invention further provides a chemical film on a substrate and a method of forming the same, wherein the chemical film includes N-hydroxysuccinimide ester-functionalized poly-para-xylylene.