A liquid lens including (i) a first liquid and a second liquid disposed within a containment region, the first liquid and the second liquid forming an interface between the first liquid and the second liquid; (ii) an electrode; and (iii) an insulating layer separating the electrode from the first liquid and the second liquid, the insulating layer comprising a polymeric material and a slippery omniphobic covalently attached liquid that is chemically bonded to the polymeric material, the slippery omniphobic covalently attached liquid providing a surface contacting one or more of the first liquid and the second liquid. The polymeric material of the insulating layer can be a poly(para-xylylene). The slippery omniphobic covalently attached liquid can include units of a silicone or polyolefin, each unit individually bound to a repeating unit of the polymeric material. A liquid lens where the insulating layer has a quality factor at least 200.

A rubber composition for a tire containing a cyclopentene ring-opening polymer and a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber. The rubber composition is a cross-linked rubber with excellent wet grip and low heat buildup properties.

Provided is a rubber composition for a tire containing a rubber component including 15 to 55 wt % of an end modified group-containing cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a glass transition temperature of −120 to −90° C. and 45 to 85 wt % of an end modified group-containing solution polymerized conjugated diene polymer having a glass transition temperature of −60 to −10° C. and having an aromatic vinyl monomer unit content ratio of more than 30 wt % and 50 wt % or less, a silica, and a silane coupling agent including a monosulfide group and/or a thiol group, wherein the content of the silica with respect to 100 parts by weight of the rubber component is 30 to 200 parts by weight, and the content of the silane coupling agent including a monosulfide group and/or a thiol group with respect to 100 parts by weight of the silica is 0.3 to 20 parts by weight.

A cycloolefin rubber having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 800,000, having a silyl group at the polymer chain end, and containing a fatty acid ester of a polyvalent alcohol. A cycloolefin rubber excellent in processability at the time of blending and kneading and excellent in low heat buildup property can be provided.

The present invention relates to a novel compound having an alkoxysilyl group and an active ester group, a method for preparing the same, a composition comprising the same, and a use, wherein the novel compound exhibits improved low moisture absorption and/or low dielectric properties when cured as an epoxy composition, but is not accompanied by loss of thermal expansion characteristics. Disclosed are a novel compound of formulae AF to LF having an alkoxysilyl group and an active ester group, and a method for preparing the same, a composition comprising the same, and a use of same.

Provided is a charge-transporting composition for a perovskite photoelectric conversion element, the composition containing: a charge-transporting substance made of a conductive polymer; an organic silane compound; and a solvent.

1) Hydrocarbon copolymer P comprising 2 alkoxysilane end groups F.sup.1 and F.sup.2 of formulae: F.sup.1: (RO).sub.3-tR.sub.tSi(CH.sub.2).sub.g1- and F.sup.2: (CH.sub.2).sub.d1SiR.sub.t(OR).sub.3-t; or F.sup.1: (RO).sub.3-tR.sub.tSiRO(O)C(CH.sub.2).sub.g2 and F.sup.2: (CH.sub.2).sub.d2C(O)ORSiR.sub.t(OR).sub.3-t; wherein t is 0, 1 or 2; g1 and d1 are 1, 2 or 3; g2 and d2 are 0, 1, 2 or 3; R et R represent a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl; R is a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkylene radical; the main chain comprising motifs (I) and (II) in which R.sup.0 is in particular the methyl radical; and the number average molecular mass Mn thereof being between 400 and 100,000 g/mol. 2) Method for producing said copolymer, comprising: (i) a step of heating a statistical bipolymer A selected from a poly(butadiene-isoprene), a poly(butadiene-myrcene) and a poly(butadiene-farnesene); and subsequently (ii) a step of heating the formed product, in the presence of a chain transfer agent of formula (C). 3) Adhesive composition comprising said copolymer.

The present invention relates to a novel compound having an alkoxysilyl group and an active ester group, a method for preparing the same, a composition comprising the same, and a use, wherein the novel compound exhibits improved low moisture absorption and/or low dielectric properties when cured as an epoxy composition, but is not accompanied by loss of thermal expansion characteristics. Disclosed are a novel compound of formulae AF to LF having an alkoxysilyl group and an active ester group, and a method for preparing the same, a composition comprising the same, and a use of same.

Polymer of formula (1) bearing an alkoxysilane end group: ##STR00001## in which: is a double or single bond; each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is H, a halo, an alkoxycarbonyl or an alkyl, m and p are each from 0 to 5, each of R and R is an alkyl, Z is an alkylene, optionally interrupted with COO, q is 0 or 1, r is 0, 1 or 2, and n is such that the number-average molar mass of the polymer (1) is from 400 to 50 000 g/mol, and the polydispersity index of the polymer (1) is from 1.0 to 2.0. Preparation by ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Use as an adhesion promoter or a reactive plasticizer.

Provided is a rubber composition for a tire containing a rubber component including 15 to 55 wt % of an end modified group-containing cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a glass transition temperature of 120 to 90 C. and 45 to 85 wt % of an end modified group-containing solution polymerized conjugated diene polymer having a glass transition temperature of 60 to 10 C. and having an aromatic vinyl monomer unit content ratio of more than 30 wt % and 50 wt % or less, a silica, and a silane coupling agent including a monosulfide group and/or a thiol group, wherein the content of the silica with respect to 100 parts by weight of the rubber component is 30 to 200 parts by weight, and the content of the silane coupling agent including a monosulfide group and/or a thiol group with respect to 100 parts by weight of the silica is 0.3 to 20 parts by weight.