One embodiment of the invention provides polyisobutylene (PIB) oligomers that are end-functionalized with ruthenium (Ru) catalysts. Such nonpolar catalysts can be dissolved in nonpolar solvents such as heptane, or any other nonpolar solvent that is otherwise not latently biphasic (i.e., if two or more solvent components are present, they remain miscible with each other throughout the entire reaction process, from the addition of substrate through to the removal of product). Substrate that is dissolved in the nonpolar solvent with the catalyst is converted into product. The lower solubility of the product in the nonpolar solvent renders it easily removable, either by extraction with a more polar solvent or by applying physical means in cases where the product precipitates from the nonpolar solvent. In this manner the catalysts are recycled; since the catalysts remain in the nonpolar solvent, a new reaction can be initiated simply by dissolving fresh substrate into the nonpolar solvent.

There are provided a novel cyclic olefin compound having a photoreactive group and a photoreactive polymer. The cyclic olefin compound is applicable to various photoreactions, such as of liquid crystal alignment layers and can be preferably used as a precursor of various organic compounds or polymers.

A process to produce a polyolefin reactive telechelic pre-polymer comprising reacting alkyl-c/5-cyclooctene and optionally czs-cyclooctene, in the presence of a multifunctional chain transfer agent possessing two or more amino groups wherein the two or more amino groups are protected by one or more protecting groups under ring opening metathesis polymerization conditions to form a dicarbamate telechelic unsaturated polyolefm pre-polymer is provided.

A method for producing a hydrogenated ring-opening metathesis polymer includes subjecting a cyclic olefin to ring-opening metathesis polymerization in the presence of a polymerization catalyst to produce a ring-opening metathesis polymer, and hydrogenating at least some of carbon-carbon double bonds of the ring-opening metathesis polymer, at least one ruthenium compound selected from a group made of a ruthenium compound represented by a formula (I), (II), (III), and (IV) being used as the polymerization catalyst; and a resin composition having a hydrogenated ring-opening metathesis polymer produced by this method. It is possible to industrially advantageously produce a hydrogenated ring-opening metathesis polymer that exhibits especially excellent light transmittance.

A nanocapsule includes a shell including a polymer and a protein, a nucleic acid, or a combination thereof. The polymer has repeating units of Formula (I) (I) wherein X, L1, R1, and y are as described herein. The nanocapsule further includes a core comprising an oil. A composition is also disclosed including a plurality of the nanocapsules dispersed in an aqueous solution. The nanocapsules prepared according to the methods described herein are particularly useful for the delivery of proteins and nucleic acids into cells.

This invention relates to methods and compositions for preparing linear and cyclic polyolefins. More particularly, the invention relates to methods and compositions for preparing functionalized linear and cyclic polyolefins via olefin metathesis reactions. Polymer products produced via the olefin metathesis reactions of the invention may be utilized for a wide range of materials applications. The invention has utility in the fields of polymer and materials chemistry and manufacture.

The present invention is directed to brush block copolymer compositions comprising first and second homopolymers or random copolymers whose presence provides access to photonic bandgaps in the infrared frequency range, their use in this capacity, and methods of making the same. The specific parameters associated with these compositions are described within the specification.

The present invention pertains to: a polymerizable composition comprising a cycloolefin-based monomer represented by a formula (I), and a polymerization catalyst, wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, etc, m is an integer from 0 to 6n+6, and n is an integer from 1 to 3. As a result of the present invention, a polymerizable composition that is useful as a material for producing a cycloolefin-based resin formed article that exhibits excellent adhesion to a metal, a cycloolefin-based polymer obtained from the polymerizable composition, a cycloolefin-based resin formed article, and a laminate that includes a metal foil and a cycloolefin-based resin layer that is situated adjacent to the metal foil are provided. ##STR00001##

Provided is a resin composition comprising 50 to 80 wt % of a norbornene-based polymer, and 20 to 50 wt % of a hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a content of a low-molecular-weight component having a molecular weight of 1000 or less in the resin composition being 3 wt % or less, in which the hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer is an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene block copolymer having a styrene content of 40 wt % or more, or a block copolymer that includes an aromatic vinyl compound-based polymer block and an isobutylene-based polymer block having a styrene content of 15 wt % or more. Also, a medical drug container that shows very low protein adsorption with the passage of time is produced using such a resin composition.

The present invention is a hydrogenated syndiotactic crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer having a melting point of 280 C. or higher and a syndiotacticity of higher than 90%, and a syndiotactic dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, and a method for producing the syndiotactic dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, and a method for producing the hydrogenated syndiotactic crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, and a formed article, and a method for producing the formed article.

One aspect of the invention provides a hydrogenated syndiotactic crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer having a high melting point of 280 C. or higher, and a syndiotacticity of higher than 90%.