A method to form a phase change material (PCM). The method includes preparing a polymer solution by mixing an amount of a polymer in a solvent and mixing the polymer solution with an UiO-66 metal-organic framework (MOF) to form a composite. The polymer is a polyethylene glycol (PEG). The method further includes subjecting the composite to ultrasonic agitation and evaporating the solvent from the composite to form the PCM. After the evaporation of the solvent, particles of the PCM exhibit rounded octahedral structures.

Described herein are associative polymers capable of controlling a physical and/or chemical property of non-polar compositions and related compositions, methods and systems. Associative polymers herein described have a non-polar backbone and functional groups presented at ends of the non-polar backbone, with a number of the functional groups presented at the ends of the non-polar backbone formed by associative functional groups capable of undergoing an associative interaction with another associative functional group with an association constant (k) such that the strength of each associative interaction is less than the strength of a covalent bond between atoms and in particular less than the strength of a covalent bond between backbone atoms.

Polymeric mist control materials, methods of forming polymeric mist control materials, and methods of using such materials for mist control are provided. The polymeric mist control additives are formed of molecules comprised predominantly of monomers that confer high solubility in fuel and include associative groups that attract each other in donor-acceptor manner, and are incorporated such that multiple associative groups are in close proximity (“clusters”), such that the clusters are separated by very long non-associative sequences.

The invention provides a polymerizable composition and a hydrogel obtained or obtainable from the polymerizable composition. The polymerizable composition comprises cucurbituril and a first monomer having a guest for the cucurbituril, wherein the total monomer concentration, C.sub.mon, within the polymerizable composition is at least 0.5 M. The composition may be an aqueous composition.

The invention provides a polymerizable composition and a hydrogel obtained or obtainable from the polymerizable composition. The polymerizable composition comprises cucurbituril and a first monomer having a guest for the cucurbituril, wherein the total monomer concentration, C.sub.mon, within the polymerizable composition is at least 0.5 M. The composition may be an aqueous composition.

A resin composition including a first polymer having a host group in a side chain and a second polymer having a carboxyl group in a side chain, wherein the first polymer has a hydroxyl group. Also disclosed is a polymer having a host group (A) and a carboxyl group (B), wherein the polymer has a number-average molecular weight of 50,000 to 5,000,000; a method for producing a polymer which includes performing an ester group-forming reaction with a first polymer having a host group in a side chain and a second polymer having a carboxyl group in a side chain; a binder for an electrochemical device including the polymer; an electrode mixture including the binder; an electrode including the binder; an electrochemical device including the electrode; and a secondary battery including the electrode.

A method for forming self-assembled inorganic nanostructures. The method includes forming a mixture by adding a plurality of inorganic nanostructures to an aqueous solution under atmospheric pressure. Forming the mixture includes adding a first plurality of inorganic nanostructures to the aqueous solution and adding a second plurality of inorganic nanostructures to the aqueous solution. The first plurality of inorganic nanostructures has a first plurality of superficial sites with an opposite-signed surface zeta potential respective to a surface zeta potential of a second plurality of superficial sites of the second plurality of inorganic nanostructures.

A metal coordination polymer, in particular, a layered metal coordination polymer, can be used as a precursor to form nanostructures of various morphologies and composition. Metal based nanostructures can be prepared from the metal coordination polymers. The nanostructures may have various catalytic properties. The layered metal coordination polymer includes two or more layers, each layer including metal atoms coordinated to an organic linker to form a metal coordination polymer layer.

The invention provides a polymerizable composition and a hydrogel obtained or obtainable from the polymerizable composition. The polymerizable composition comprises cucurbituril and a first monomer having a guest for the cucurbituril, wherein the total monomer concentration, C.sub.mon, within the polymerizable composition is at least 0.5 M. The composition may be an aqueous composition.

The present invention relates to a “one-pot” method for preparing an aqueous solution of nanoparticles with amphiphilic block copolymers and comprising polypeptide units, the method comprising at least one step (E1), in an aqueous solvent, consisting of bringing together: —at least one hydrophilic polymer (P1) comprising at least one amine function, and —at least one hydrophobic α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydride monomer.