A biomedical device is disclosed. The biomedical device includes a polymerization product of a biomedical device-forming mixture containing (a) one or more grafted glycosaminoglycan polymers including a glycosaminoglycan having a polymer backbone and one or more side chains comprising an ethylenically unsaturated reactive-containing residue grafted onto the polymer backbone, and (b) one or more non-silicone biomedical device-forming monomers.

A biomedical device is disclosed. The biomedical device includes a polymerization product of a biomedical device-forming mixture containing (a) one or more grafted glycosaminoglycan polymers including a glycosaminoglycan having a polymer backbone and one or more side chains comprising an ethylenically unsaturated reactive-containing residue grafted onto the polymer backbone, and (b) one or more non-silicone biomedical device-forming monomers.

Described is a silicone hydrogel contact lens having non-uniform morphology. The contact lens may be made from a reactive mixture comprising: a silicone-containing component; a hydrophilic component; a non-reactive polymeric internal wetting agent; and a polymerization initiator, the contact lens having an oxygen permeability of at least about 60 barrers, and wherein the molar ratio in the lens of the polymeric non-reactive internal wetting agent to silicone, without a surface treatment, is greater in the lens's surface than in its bulk.

Described is a silicone hydrogel contact lens having non-uniform morphology. The contact lens may be made from a reactive mixture comprising: a silicone-containing component; a hydrophilic component; a non-reactive polymeric internal wetting agent; and a polymerization initiator, the contact lens having an oxygen permeability of at least about 60 barrers, and wherein the molar ratio in the lens of the polymeric non-reactive internal wetting agent to silicone, without a surface treatment, is greater in the lens's surface than in its bulk.

The invention is directed to an adhesive composition including at least one rubber component, a solvent, and at least one powdered superabsorber polymer. The invention also relates to a method for bonding a roofing membrane to a substrate using the adhesive composition as a contact adhesive, to fully adhered membrane roofing system, and to the use of adhesive composition for adhering roofing membranes to substrates by contact bonding.

The invention is directed to an adhesive composition including at least one rubber component, a solvent, and at least one powdered superabsorber polymer. The invention also relates to a method for bonding a roofing membrane to a substrate using the adhesive composition as a contact adhesive, to fully adhered membrane roofing system, and to the use of adhesive composition for adhering roofing membranes to substrates by contact bonding.

Covalently linked linear polyethylenimine (PEI) clusters are provided that change conformation depending upon changes in counterion concentrations. The structures may be used for the storage, delivery, and/or transport of substances.

One aspect of the present invention relates to a coated resin particle including: a water-absorbent resin particle; and a coating layer that coats at least a part of a surface of the water-absorbent resin particle, in which the coating layer contains a water-soluble component in which a solubility in 100 g of water is in a range of 1.0 g or more and 150 g or less at 25° C.

The present invention provides a water-soluble polymer composition which is suppressed in decrease of the viscosity over time if formed into an aqueous solution that contains iron ions. A water-soluble polymer composition which contains a water-soluble polymer, a phenolic antioxidant and an inorganic salt other than a transition metal salt, wherein the content of the inorganic salt is from 0.001 part by mass to 10 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the water-soluble polymer.

The present invention relates to an adhesive composition containing a base polymer and a moisture-curable component, wherein the base polymer contains a polymer having no functional group which reacts with the moisture-curable component, and a water content of the base polymer after storage at 25° C. and 50% RH for 24 hours is 0.1% by weight or less, and wherein the moisture-curable component is contained in an unreacted state, an adhesive layer made from the adhesive composition, and an adhesive sheet including the adhesive layer.