Abstract:
Novel conductive polyanionic polymers and methods for their preparion are provided. The polyanionic polymers comprise repeating units of weakly-coordinating anionic groups chemically linked to polymer chains. The polymer chains in turn comprise repeating spacer groups. Spacer groups can be chosen to be of length and structure to impart desired electrochemical and physical properties to the polymers. Preferred embodiments are prepared from precursor polymers comprising the Lewis acid borate tri-coordinated to a selected ligand and repeating spacer groups to form repeating polymer chain units. These precursor polymers are reacted with a chosen Lewis base to form a polyanionic polymer comprising weakly coordinating anionic groups spaced at chosen intervals along the polymer chain. The polyanionic polymers exhibit high conductivity and physical properties which make them suitable as solid polymeric electrolytes in lithium batteries, especially secondary lithium batteries.
Abstract:
A polythiophene wherein the monomer segments thereof contain 1 wherein A is a side chain; B is hydrogen or a side chain; and D is a divalent segment, and wherein the number of A-substituted thienylene units (I) in the monomer segments is from about 1 to about 10, the number of B-substituted thienylene units (II) is from 0 to about 5, and the number of divalent segments D is 0 or 1.
Abstract:
A chemical compound which has an electron donor group, an electron acceptor group, and a conjugated bridging element bridging between the electron donor group and the electron acceptor group. The chemical compound has a readily displaceable electron, is capable of emitting photoluminescent radiation. A dipole character is present therein only in the excited state of the compound. The compounds are suitable for use in optical devices and, particularly, can be used for photoluminescence quenching devices.
Abstract:
A thermoset polymer has a repeating unit comprising at least one crosslinking group having at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond and at least two crosslinking bonds, at least one borate group, at least one silyl group and/or at least one siloxyl group. The thermoset polymer of the present invention may be prepared by reacting a first compound having at least one alkynyl group, and at least one group selected from silyl groups and siloxyl groups, with a second compound selected from boric acid, hydrocarbon boronic acid, hydrocarbon borate, and pyroboric acid under reaction conditions sufficient to crosslink a sufficient number of alkyne bonds to form the thermoset polymer. The thermoset polymer of the present invention possesses both the processability of an organic polymer and the thermal and oxidative stability of an inorganic polymer. The thermoset polymer of the present invention may be further processed into a ceramic material by pyrolysis.
Abstract:
A polymer for use in an optical device comprising one or more regions, where the or each region comprises (i) a first structural unit having general formula I: where mnull1 or 2 and which contains at least one substituent, and the at least one substituent is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, heteroaryl and heteroaryloxy groups, each of which may be further substituted; and (ii) a second structural unit Ar selected from the group consisting of heteroaryl, triarylamine and/or 2,7-fluorenyl; such that where mnull1 the or each region comprises a unit having general formula II: wherein, the at least one substituent has a molecular weight of less than 300.
Abstract:
A polymer which comprises triarylamine units, which polymer comprises one or more structural units comprising Arh-NAr2, where Arh comprises a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group and each Ar is the same or different and comprises a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group and excluding the copolymer where the polymer backbone contains one or more divinylenearylene units.
Abstract:
Novel chain polymers comprising weakly basic anionic moieties chemically bound into a polyether backbone at controllable anionic separations are presented. Preferred polymers comprise orthoborate anions capped with dibasic acid residues, preferably oxalato or malonato acid residues. The conductivity of these polymers is found to be high relative to that of most conventional salt-in-polymer electrolytes. The conductivity at high temperatures and wide electrochemical window make these materials especially suitable as electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries.
Abstract:
The aim of the present invention is a process for manufacturing boron nitride fibres, in particular continuous boron nitride fibres with good mechanical properties, which may be used for producing ceramic composite materials such as BN/BN composites, thermostructural parts or antenna radomes. It provides and uses a precursor polymer of formula (I) below: 1 in which n is a whole number, R1 and R2, identical or different, represent independently an alkyl group, and R3 represents an amino group, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl or a boryl.
Abstract:
A phenolic resin obtainable by reacting a dihydroxy compound of the following formula (1) with a phenolic compound, 1 wherein the dihydroxy compound is partially dehydrated.
Abstract:
The invention discloses materials that adsorb readily to the surfaces of body tissues in situ and provide a steric barrier between such tissues, so that tissue adhesions, which typically form following surgical procedures, are minimized. These materials contain a polymer of hydrophilic molecules such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) bound to a polymer that spontaneously adsorbs to biological tissue such as phenylboronic acid (PBA). The PEG-PBA co-polymer can be formed in a variety of geometries. The materials can also be used to coat prosthetics and other implants.