The present specification relates to a compound comprising an aromatic ring, a polymer comprising the same, a polyelectrolyte membrane comprising the same, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the polyelectrolyte membrane, a fuel cell comprising the membrane-electrode assembly, and a redox flow battery comprising the polyelectrolyte membrane.

The invention relates to vicinal diol ether derivatives of certain polyether polymers, compositions comprising the same, and methods of making the same via reaction with substituted or unsubstituted epoxides, and methods of using the same.

A poly(etherimide) includes repeating units derived from polymerization of a biphenol dianhydride and an organic diamine. A method of making the poly(etherimide) includes contacting the biphenol dianhydride and the organic diamine under conditions effective to provide a poly(etherimide). The poly(etherimide) can be useful in a variety of articles, for example in an optoelectronic component.

A process for preparing non-naturally-occurring defined monomer sequence polymers is provided, and in which a high degree of synthetic control is obtained by the use of solvent resistant diafiltration membranes. Also provided is a process for separating non-naturally-occurring defined monomer sequence polymers from synthetic by-products or excess reagents using solvent resistant diafiltration membranes, and a use of a solvent resistant diafiltration membrane in processes for preparing and separating non-naturally-occurring defined monomer sequence polymers.

The present specification relates to a polymer with improved acid resistance, a polymer electrolyte membrane including the same, a membrane-electrode assembly including the polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly, and a redox flow battery including the polymer electrolyte membrane.

The invention relates to polyethers, polyamines, and polythioethers, as well as to processes for synthesizing them, e.g., using olefins as starting material.

A white photosensitive resin composition, a white spacer, a light conversion layer, and a light-emitting device are provided. The white photosensitive resin composition includes a polymerizable compound (A), an alkali-soluble resin (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C), a solvent (D), and a white pigment (E). The polymerizable compound (A) includes an ethylenically-unsaturated monomer (A-1) represented by formula (I-1) and a thiol compound (A-2) having two or more thiol groups in one molecule, wherein based on 100 mass % of the polymerizable compound (A), a total content of the ethylenically-unsaturated monomer (A-1) and the thiol compound (A-2) is 10 mass % to 98 mass %.

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A flexible polyurethane foam material with strong support and high elasticity is made by foaming the following raw materials by weight: 80-120 parts of lignin-based block copolymer molecular-level combined polyether; 45-65 parts of isocyanate; 0.5-5 parts of foaming catalyst; 1-10 parts of water; and 1-3 parts of foam stabilizer; the lignin-based block copolymer molecular-level combined polyether is based on lignosulfonate, molecular chain of lignosulfonate is cut and embedded by using solvation effect of polyether polyol to form a molecular-level combined polyether that is polymerized and formed by aromatic polymer fragments of lignosulfonate and aliphatic polymer fragments of polyether polyol. The foaming catalyst can be a foaming catalyst commonly used in the technical field.

A lignin-based block copolymer molecular-level combined polyether is based on lignosulfonate, a molecular chain of lignosulfonate is cut and embedded by using solvation effect of polyether polyol to form a molecular-level combined polyether that is polymerized and formed by aromatic polymer fragments of lignosulfonate and aliphatic polymer fragments of polyether polyol. The present invention uses a type of molecular mixing technology with a special structure to re-edit and splice the lignin molecular fragments of the hard segment on the microscopic level with the polymer polyols of the soft segment on the macroscopic level, to obtain a molecular-level combined polyether by a method of block copolymerization. Such a molecular-level combined polyether has dual characteristics of strong support and softness, which perfectly solves the problem how to balance strong support and softness of flexible polyurethane foam materials.

The invention relates to a process for producing semi-aromatic polyethers based on an aliphatic diol, to semi-aromatic polyethers based on an aliphatic diol obtained by said process, and to the use of said semi-aromatic polyethers based on an aliphatic diol for manufacturing membranes, manufactured parts and coatings.