A liquid crystal polymer film that includes a liquid crystal polymer having an endothermic peak temperature that exceeds 330° C., the endothermic peak temperature being a temperature resulting from when the liquid crystal polymer is heated to 400° C. in an inert atmosphere, then cooled to room temperature at a temperature decreasing rate of 40° C./min or more, and measured using a differential scanning calorimeter while being heated again at a temperature increasing rate of 40° C./min.

A positive resist composition is provided comprising (A) a specific sulfonium salt as quencher, (B) a sulfonium salt consisting of a fluorinated sulfonate anion and a sulfonium cation as acid generator, and (C) a base polymer comprising repeat units having an acid labile group. The resist composition has a high sensitivity and resolution, improved LWR or CDU, and a broad process window and forms a pattern of good profile after exposure.

A medical device capable of transmitting a radiofrequency signal to and/or receiving a radiofrequency signal from an external device is provided. The medical device comprises at least one component that contains a polymer composition that exhibits a dielectric constant of greater than about 6 at a frequency of 2 GHz, wherein the polymer composition includes a liquid crystalline polymer.

Provided is a polycarbonate of Chemical Formula 1: ##STR00001## wherein in Chemical Formula 1: Ar is C.sub.6-60 arylene unsubstituted or substituted with C.sub.1-10 alkyl; and n and m are each independently an integer from 1 to 50, provided that n+m is 2 or more, and a preparation method thereof.

The present invention provides an aromatic polyester having several operative functional groups and a method for producing same. An aromatic polyester comprising a polycarboxylic acid component and a polyhydric alcohol component as a copolymerization component, wherein the aromatic polyester comprises a polycarboxylic acid component having an operative functional group by 50 mol % or more when a total amount of the polycarboxylic acid component is taken as 100 mol %, and the aromatic polyester comprises an aromatic polyhydric alcohol component by 50 mol % or more when a total amount of the polyhydric alcohol component is taken as 100 mol %.

A liquid-crystal polymer includes at least one repeating unit having a spiro structure, and the repeating unit occupies 1 mol % to 20 mol % of the liquid-crystal polymer. The liquid-crystal polymer is composed of the following repeating units: 1 mol % to 20 mol % of ##STR00001##
10 mol % to 35 mol % of ##STR00002##
10 mol % to 35 mol % of ##STR00003##
10 mol % to
50 mol % of ##STR00004##
and 10 mol % to 40 mol % of ##STR00005##
AR.sup.1 is ##STR00006##
wherein each of ring R and ring S is independently a C.sub.3-20 ring, ring R and ring S share a carbon atom, and each of K.sup.1 and K.sup.2 is independently a C.sub.5-20 conjugated system. Each of AR.sup.2, AR.sup.3, AR.sup.4, and AR.sup.5 is independently AR.sup.6 or AR.sup.6—Z—AR.sup.7.

A method for synthesizing an aliphatic polyester block copolymer regulated by carbon monoxide. The method uses an organic cobalt metal complex as a convertible catalyst and includes: first regulating an anionic ring-opening copolymerization reaction between an aliphatic acid anhydride and an epoxy compound; then using carbon monoxide as a conversion agent for conversion to obtain a catalyst having a new catalytic active site; and regulating a vinyl monomer to perform active free radical polymerization to obtain an aliphatic polyester block copolymer having a controllable structure. The described synthesis method uses a convertible catalyst and a conversion agent, combines two controllable polymerization reactions which have different but compatible mechanisms, and obtains a block copolymer by means of a “one-pot” reaction.

Provided are a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) film and a laminate comprising the same. The LCP film has a first surface and a second surface opposite each other, and a Kurtosis (Rku) of the first surface ranges from 3.0 to 60.0. With the Rku, the LCP film is able to improve the peel strength with a metal foil and ensure that a laminate comprising the same maintains the merit of low insertion loss.

A method for synthesizing an aliphatic polyester block copolymer regulated by carbon monoxide. The method uses an organic cobalt metal complex as a convertible catalyst and includes: first regulating an anionic ring-opening copolymerization reaction between an aliphatic acid anhydride and an epoxy compound; then using carbon monoxide as a conversion agent for conversion to obtain a catalyst having a new catalytic active site; and regulating a vinyl monomer to perform active free radical polymerization to obtain an aliphatic polyester block copolymer having a controllable structure. The described synthesis method uses a convertible catalyst and a conversion agent, combines two controllable polymerization reactions which have different but compatible mechanisms, and obtains a block copolymer by means of a “one-pot” reaction.

In order to maintain high haze value of thermoplastic liquid crystalline polymer while to improve total light transmittance, provided is a thermoplastic liquid crystalline polymer molded body having a haze value of 99% or higher, and a thermal expansion coefficient of 16 to 27 ppm/° C., and satisfying a correlation between a light absorption coefficient (ε) and a thickness (x) as: ε≤0.21x.sup.−0.55.