121 |
Polycarbometallane |
US10026025 |
2001-12-21 |
US06545110B2 |
2003-04-08 |
Kirk J. Abbey; Fernando J. Gomez; Kenneth B. Wagener |
A polymer having a backbone repeat unit that includes at least two metal atoms bonded to each other and only one ethylenically unsaturated functional group wherein the backbone unit preferably has a structure of —C(R3)═C(R3)—[C(R3)(R4)]n—[M(R1)(R2)]a—[C(R3)(R4)]p— wherein n is 0 to 4; a is at least 2; p is 0 to 4; R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl having 4 or fewer carbon atoms, alkenyl having 4 or fewer carbon atoms, or aromatic having one ring; R3 and R4 are each independently selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and M is a metal atom selected from at least one of Sn, Ge, Pb, Hg, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu and Zn. The polymer has at least 20 weight percent metal, preferably at least 50 weight percent metal, based on the weight of the polymer. |
122 |
Polycarbometallane |
US09298288 |
1999-04-23 |
US06340731B1 |
2002-01-22 |
Kirk J. Abbey; Fernando J. Gomez; Kenneth B. Wagener |
A polymer having a backbone repeat unit that includes at least two metal atoms bonded to each other and only one ethylenically unsaturated functional group wherein the backbone unit preferably has a structure of —C(R3)═C(R3)—[C(R3)(R4)]n—[M(R1)(R2)]a—[C(R3)(R4)]p— wherein n is 0 to 4; a is at least 2; p is 0 to 4; R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl having 4 or fewer carbon atoms, alkenyl having 4 or fewer carbon atoms, or aromatic having one ring; R3 and R4 are each independently selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and M is a metal atom selected from at least one of Sn, Ge, Pb, Hg, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu and Zn. The polymer has at least 20 weight percent metal, preferably at least 50 weight percent metal, based on the weight of the polymer. |
123 |
Conducting polymer transition metal hybrid materials and sensors |
US09201743 |
1998-12-01 |
US06323309B1 |
2001-11-27 |
Timothy M. Swager; Richard Kingsborough; Shitong S. Zhu |
Conductive properties are optimized in conducting polymers, made up of organic units and metal ions, by tailoring the position of metal ions with respect to conductive pathways or by selecting components such that the redox potential of organic units and metal ions differs by no more than 250 mV. Very small devices, and articles in which a high percentage of metal ions are redox active, are provided. Articles that can serve as sensors include metal ions with at least one free reactive site that can accommodate an analyte for conductivity change detection. Chemoresistive devices, field effect transistors, and signal amplifiers are provided. |
124 |
Carbodiimide polymers as precursors for C/N and B/C/N materials |
US367291 |
1999-08-10 |
US6127510A |
2000-10-03 |
Ralf Riedel; Edwin Kroke; Axel Greiner |
Novel C/N-- and B/C/N polymers which can be obtained by reaction of (a) a carbodiimide having the formula R.sub.3 E--NCN--ER.sub.3, in which R includes a group selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and aryl groups, and E comprises a component selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, and Sn, and (b) a halogenotriazine. Methods for making and using said polymers. |
125 |
Polycondensates and polymerizates made from hydrolyzable and
polymerizable silanes |
US805985 |
1997-02-25 |
US6124491A |
2000-09-26 |
Herbert Wolter; Werner Storch |
The invention includes hydrolyzable and polymerizable silanes, methods of making them and using them to obtain silicic acid(hetero)polycondensates and silicic acid(hetero)polymerizates. The hydrolyzable and polymerizable silanes have the formula I, ##STR1## wherein A=O, S, NH or C(O)O; wherein B=a straight chain or branched organic residue with at least one C.dbd.C double bond and from 4 to 50 carbon atoms;R is an alkyl group, alkenyl group, aryl group, alkylaryl group or an arylalkyl group;R' is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, arylene group, arylenealkylene group or alkylenearylene group each having zero to ten carbon atoms, with the proviso that the substituted groups each have at least one oxygen atom, sulfur atom and/or amine group substituent;R.sup.1 represents nitrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, arylene and alkylenearylene group each having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein said substituted alkylene groups, arylene groups and alkylenearylene groups each have at least one oxygen atom, sulfur atom and/or amine group substitutent;X represents hydrogen, halogen, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, acyloxy group, alkylcarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group or --NR".sub.2 ;R" is H, alkyl or aryl;Z=CO or CHR.sup.4, wherein R.sup.4 is H, alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl; andwherein a=1, 2 or 3;b=0, 1 or 2;with the proviso that a+b necessarily=3;and c=1, 2, 3 or 4;and d=0 or 1. |
126 |
Electron-deficient porphyrins and processes and intermediates for
preparing same |
US129620 |
1998-08-05 |
US6100392A |
2000-08-08 |
Michael J. Therien; Stephen DiMagno |
Electron-deficient porphyrins are provided, as well as processes and intermediates for their preparation. In preferred embodiments, the electron-deficient porphyrins are prepared by condensing pyrrole derivatives and removing water thus formed from the resulting reaction mixture. |
127 |
Ultrafine metal oxide powders by flame spray pyrolysis |
US562296 |
1995-11-22 |
US5958361A |
1999-09-28 |
Richard M. Laine; Clint R. Bickmore; David R. Treadwell; Kurt F. Waldner |
Ultrafine metal oxide and mixed metal oxide ceramic particles are prepared by flame spray pyrolysis of a ceramic precursor solution containing one or more gycolato polymetallooxanes dissolved in a volatile organic solvent. Recycle of the nanosized particles disposed in additional ceramic precursor solution leads to larger particles. The metal oxide and mixed metal oxide particles may be converted to the respective nitrides by high temperature ammonolysis. The process produces high quality ceramic particles from inexpensive and relatively non-toxic reagents in high space-time yield. |
128 |
Pyrrolic compounds |
US352555 |
1994-12-08 |
US5817830A |
1998-10-06 |
Michael J. Therien; Stephen DiMagno |
Novel methylpyrroles are provided, as well as processes for their preparation. |
129 |
Metal-mediated cross-coupling with ring-metalated porphyrins |
US600207 |
1996-02-12 |
US5756723A |
1998-05-26 |
Michael J. Therien; Stephen G. DiMagno |
Porphyrins substituted with, for example, vinyl and acetylene groups are provided, along with polymers containing the same. In preferred embodiments, the substituted porphyrins are prepared by coupling halogenated porphyrins with anionic groups via metal-mediated cross-coupling reactions under stoichiometric or catalytic conditions. |
130 |
Hydrolyzable and polymerizable silanes |
US439204 |
1995-05-11 |
US5717125A |
1998-02-10 |
Herbert Wolter; Werner Storch |
The invention includes hydrolyzable and polymerizable silanes, methods of making them and using them to obtain silicic acid(hetero)polycondensates and silicic acid(hetero)polymerizates. The hydrolyzable and polymerizable silanes have the formula I, ##STR1## wherein A=O, S, NH or C(O)O; wherein B=a straight chain or branched organic residue with at least one C.dbd.C double bond and from 4 to 50 carbon atoms; R is an alkyl group, alkenyl group, aryl group, alkylaryl group or an arylalkyl group; R' is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, arylene group, arylenealkylene group or alkylenearylene group each having zero to ten carbon atoms, with the proviso that the substituted groups each have at least one oxygen atom, sulfur atom and/or amine group substituent; R.sup.1 represents nitrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, arylene and alkylenearylene group each having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein said substituted alkylene groups, arylene groups and alkylenearylene groups each have at least one oxygen atom, sulfur atom and/or amine group substitutent; X represents hydrogen, halogen, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, acyloxy group, alkylcarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group or --NR".sub.2 ; R" is H, alkyl or aryl; Z=CO or CHR.sup.4, wherein R.sup.4 is H, alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl; and wherein a=1, 2 or 3; b=0, 1 or 2; with the proviso that a+b necessarily=3; and c=1, 2, 3 or 4; and d=0 or 1. |
131 |
Mo adsorbent for .sup.99 Mo-.sup.99m Tc generators and manufacturing
thereof |
US650317 |
1996-05-20 |
US5681974A |
1997-10-28 |
Yoshio Hasegawa; Mizuka Nishino; Taketoshi Takeuchi; Katsuyoshi Tatenuma; Masakazu Tanase; Kiyoyuki Kurosawa |
Mo adsorbent for .sup.99 Mo-.sup.99m Tc generators has a skeleton structure having mainly repeating units represented by the general formula; ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom or alkoxide group having one to six carbon atoms, 10% or more of X is halogen, R is an alkylene, polymethylene, or carbon chain having unsaturated bond, repeating unit (D) is bonded to any one of repeating units (A), (B), and (C), the branch structure is controlled by the content of repeating units (A), (B), and (C), the adsorbent is insoluble in water and adsorbs selectively only Mo from an aqueous solution containing Mo, and elutes .sup.99m Tc generated from a radioactive isotope .sup.99 Mo. This Mo adsorbent uses .sup.99 Mo obtained from natural Mo by (n, .gamma.) method, therefore, a generator having the same size as conventional .sup.99m Tc generators is realized. |
132 |
Hybrid material and process for producing the same |
US449720 |
1995-05-24 |
US5656709A |
1997-08-12 |
Yoshiaki Fukushima; Masaaki Tani |
A hybrid material includes a layer containing an octahedral sheet comprising octahedra linked with each other to provide a sheet-like structure and a tetrahedral sheet comprising tetrahedra linked with each other to provide a sheet-like structure; and an organic portion bonded by covalent bond to an element located at the tetrahedral site of the tetrahedra constituting the layer; each of the octahedra having an element at the octahedral site thereof with a valence in the range of from 3.5 to 4.5 on average over the entire octahedral sheet, and each of the tetrahedra having an element at the tetrahedral site thereof with a valence in the range of from 4.5 to 5.5 on average over the entire tetrahedral sheet. A process for fabricating the hybrid material and a process for controlling the content of the organic and inorganic components of the hybrid material are also provided. Any type of organic component is allowed to be incorporated in the hybrid material. |
133 |
Electron-deficient porphyrins and processes and intermediates for
preparing same |
US234651 |
1994-04-28 |
US5599924A |
1997-02-04 |
Michael J. Therien; Stephen DiMagno |
Electron-deficient porphyrins are provided, as well as processes and intermediates for their preparation. In preferred embodiments, the electron-deficient porphyrins are prepared by condensing pyrrole derivatives and removing water thus formed from the resulting reaction mixture. |
134 |
Polymeric luminophores for sensing of oxygen |
US353924 |
1994-12-12 |
US5580527A |
1996-12-03 |
Thomas W. Bell; Suresh K. Sahni; Terje A. Skotheim |
The present invention relates to polymeric luminophores which contain ruthenium, osmium, and rhenium complexes covalently attached to polymer matrices. The polymeric luminophores are capable of having their luminescence quenched by molecular oxygen and may be coated on optical fibers to form sensing elements to detect oxygen in gases and fluids. |
135 |
Inorganic-organic composite polymers and methods of making |
US344786 |
1994-11-22 |
US5569736A |
1996-10-29 |
Mira A. Josowicz; Gregory J. Exarhos |
The invention is a composition of an inorganic-organic polymer composite and a method of making it. The inorganic portion of the fundamental polymer composite polymer repeat is a speciated inorganic heterocyclic compound, and the organic portion of the polymer repeat is a cyclic organic radical anion compound having at least two charged sites. The composition of the present invention is made by combining a cyclic organic radical anion compound with a speciated inorganic heterocyclic compound by a nucleophilic substitution thereby forming a polymer of an inorganic-organic composite. The cyclic organic radical anion compound is preferably generated electrochemically. The nucleophilic substitution is alternately carried out chemically or electrochemically. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes performing the nucleophilic substitution at the cathode of an electrochemical cell. |
136 |
Method of treating wart |
US316848 |
1994-10-03 |
US5560925A |
1996-10-01 |
Kiichi Sawai; Takahiko Mitani; Naohisa Ninomiya; Yoshiro Ishiwata |
Wart of human being is prevented or cured by administration of a pharmaceutical composition containing an eight structural polymer of 2-oxygermylpropionic acid having an empirical formula of C.sub.6 H.sub.10 Ge.sub.2 O.sub.7, a minimum constitutional unit of (O.sub.1/2).sub.3 GeCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 COOH and the following stereostructure: ##STR1## wherein R stands for --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 COOH and m is an integer of 137.+-.84. |
137 |
Method for the preparation of organic solvent-soluble polytitanosiloxanes |
US390737 |
1995-02-17 |
US5548050A |
1996-08-20 |
Nobuo Kushibiki; Yoko Sugata; Toshio Suzuki |
The invention is a method for the preparation of organic solvent-soluble polytitanosiloxanes that contain units with the formulas R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.(3-a) SiO.sub. 1/2 (M units), SiO.sub. 4/2 (Q units) and TiO.sub. 4/2. The method comprises hydrolyzing tetraalkyl titanate or a partial hydrolyzate-condensate thereof and tetraalkyl silicate or a partial hydrolyzate-condensate thereof using water in an amount which is less than 80% of the amount theoretically necessary for the hydrolysis of all the alkoxy groups, and reacting the cohydrolyzate-cocondensate with at least 1 silane compound with the formula R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.3-a) SiOR.sup.3, where in the preceding formulas, R.sup.1 is the hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, R.sup.2 is a monovalent organic group, R.sup.3 is the hydrogen atom or an acyl group having no more than 8 carbon atoms, and a is an integer with a value of 0 to 3. |
138 |
Expandable thermoplastic polymers containing organic boron-silicon
compounds, and a process for their preparation |
US379527 |
1995-02-01 |
US5498640A |
1996-03-12 |
Michael Witt; Rolf Henn |
Expandable thermoplastic polymers in particle form comprising a) at least one organic boron-silicon compound, b) at least one thermoplastic polymer and c) a blowing agent, a process for their preparation, and the foams produced using these expandable thermoplastic polymers. |
139 |
Ring-metalated porphyrins |
US64468 |
1993-05-20 |
US5493017A |
1996-02-20 |
Michael J. Therien; Stephen G. DiMagno |
Reaction products comprising ring-metalated porphyrins are provided that are useful in the synthesis of porphyrin polymers and porphyrins substituted with, for example, vinyl and acetylene groups. |
140 |
Cellulated bodies produced from phosphorous polymers |
US355071 |
1994-12-13 |
US5488016A |
1996-01-30 |
Hermann L. Rittler |
There is disclosed an amorphous, polymeric material that contains phosphorous, aluminum and carbon atoms, and that is the reaction product of a buffered liquid mixture of a source of phosphorous, such as 85% phosphoric acid, a source of aluminum, such as boehmite, and an organic liquid buffer, such as a carboxylic acid. The polymeric material may be converted to a glassy or crystalline solid by heating to a temperature of at least 150.degree. C., and may be cellulated. |