In some embodiments, a process for producing a cyclic olefin includes introducing a polymer to a metathesis catalyst in a reaction vessel under reaction conditions. The process includes obtaining a cyclic olefin product comprising the cyclic olefin. In some embodiments, a process for producing a cyclic olefin includes introducing an article comprising a polymer to a metathesis catalyst in a reaction vessel under reaction conditions. The process includes obtaining a cyclic olefin product comprising the cyclic olefin.

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions encompassing a latent organo-ruthenium catalyst, an organo-ruthenium compound and a pyridine compound along with one or more monomers which undergo ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) when said composition is heated to a temperature from 80° C. to 150° C. or higher to form a substantially transparent film. Alternatively the compositions of this invention also undergo polymerization when subjected to suitable radiation. The monomers employed therein have a range of refractive index from 1.4 to 1.6 and thus these compositions can be tailored to form transparent films of varied refractive indices. The compositions of this invention further comprises inorganic nanoparticles which form transparent films and further increases the refractive indices of the compositions. Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful in various opto-electronic applications, including as coatings, encapsulants, fillers, leveling agents, among others.

A reactant composition for forming a polymer via metal-free ring-opening metathesis polymerization may comprise a stabilizer, a stabilizing reactant comprising a stabilizing moiety covalently bound to a reactant moiety, or both; wherein the stabilizer is a halogenated alcohol and the stabilizing moiety is derived from a halogenated alcohol. The reactant composition further comprises a strained cyclic unsaturated monomer; an initiator; a mediator; and optionally, one or more of a co-monomer, a crosslinker, and a chain transfer agent.

A crosslinkable composition containing: a liquid monocyclic olefin ring-opened polymer (A) having a reactive group at a polymer chain end thereof and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 to 50,000; and a crosslinkable compound (B) having, in the molecule, two or more functional groups reactive with the reactive group at the polymer chain end of the monocyclic olefin ring-opened polymer (A).

The present invention relates to photosensitive compositions containing polynorbornene (PNB) polymers and certain additives that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs and certain multifunctional crosslinking agents, and two or more phenolic compounds which are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation and exhibit improved mechanical properties.

An adhesive composition is described comprising unpolymerized cyclic olefin, a ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) catalyst or precatalyst thereof, and one or more adhesion promoter polymers. In one embodiment, the adhesion promoter is a polyolefin comprising maleic anhydride or silicon-containing moieties. In one embodiment, a combination of at least one polymeric polyisocyanate and at least one polyolefin comprising maleic anhydride or silicon-containing moieties provides a synergistic improvement. In another embodiment, a polymeric polyisocyanate adhesion promoter comprising oxygen atoms in the backbone has been found useful for bonding substrates such as polyamide, polyether ether ketone, or polyether imide. Also described are methods of bonding a substrate and articles, such as an electric battery cold plate assembly.

Provided is a ring-opened copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a norbornene compound represented by general formula (I) below, a structural unit derived from a monocyclic olefin, and a branched structural unit, wherein the content of the branched structural unit is 0.005 to 0.08 mol % in the total repeating structural units of the ring-opened copolymer:

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wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1-20 linear saturated hydrocarbon group, or a substituent containing a halogen atom, a silicon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom, and m is 0 or 1.

Free-standing non-fouling polymers and polymeric compositions, monomers and macromonomers for making the polymers and polymeric compositions, objects made from the polymers and polymeric compositions, and methods for making and using the polymers and polymeric compositions.

The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, macromonomers of Formula (I), and salts thereof; methods of preparing the macromonomers, and salts thereof; Brush prodrugs (polymers); methods of preparing the Brush prodrugs; compounds of Formula (II); conjugates of Formula (III), and salts thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Brush prodrug, or a conjugate or a salt thereof; kits comprising: a macromonomer or a salt thereof, a Brush prodrug, a compound, a conjugate or a salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition; methods of using the Brush prodrugs, or conjugates or salts thereof; and uses of the Brush prodrugs, and conjugates or salts thereof. These chemical entities may be useful in delivering pharmaceutical agents to a subject or cell.

Provided is a hydrogenated product of a cyclic polymer including a cyclic chain that includes a repeating unit of a ring-opened cycloolefin.