General Electric Company

Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.v.

Cytiva Sweden Ab

Patrick Joseph McCloskey

Paul Michael Smigelski, Jr

Timothy Brydon Burnell

David Michel Dardaris

Arunkumar Natarajan

Julia L Lee

Eugene Pauling Boden

Kwok Pong Chan

James Alfred Day

Joseph A King, Jr

Matthew Jeremiah Misner

Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov

Gary Charles Davis

Ganesh Kailasam

Daniel Joseph Brunelle

Theodorus L Hoeks

Brian Lee Lawrence

Jan Henk Kamps

Norberto Silvi

Hongyi Zhou

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo

James Anthony Cella

Robert James Perry

Tomoaki Shimoda

Mark Howard Giammattei

Jimmy Lynn Webb

John Patrick Lemmon

Thomas Link Guggenheim

Marc Brian Wisnudel

David Roger Moore

Jie Jerry Liu

Robert Russell Gallucci

Paul Dean Sybert

Yang Cao

James Edward Pickett

William John Koros

Joseph John Shiang

Eric James Pressman

Xiaolei Shi

Susan Adams Nye

Peter David Phelps

Robert Edgar Colborn

Patricia Chapman Irwin

Swaminathan Sivaram

Thomas L Evans

Sheldon J Shafer

Marc Dubois

Timothy Edward Banach

Hans-Peter Brack

Evgenia Mikhailovna Kim

Alberto Nisoli

Warren William Reilly

Narayan Ramesh

Edward Kung

William David Richards

Hiromi Ishida

Jan Pleun Lens

Kathryn Lynn Longley

Gautam Chatterjee

Daniel Francis Lowery

Eric Thomas Gohr

Elliott West Shanklin

Katherine Campbell Glasgow

Gary R Faler

Takashi Nagai

Paul Edward Howson

Dibakar Dhara

Akihiro Saito

Oltea Puica Siclovan

Sarah Elizabeth Genovese

Godavarthi S Varadarajan

Wie-Hin Pan

Kazushige Inoue

Bhaskar Bhairavnath Idage

Cathryn Ellen Olsen

Paul Russell Wilson

Ye-Gang Lin

Hans Peter Brack

Louisa Ruth Carr

David Gilles Gascoyne

Paul William Buckley

Ronald James Wroczynski

Luca P Fontana

Joseph Anthony Suriano

Dennis Karlik

Gurram Kishan

Kristi Jean Narang

Srinivas Prasad Sista

John Aibangbee Osaheni

Gregory Allen O'Neil

Andrew Arthur Paul Burns

Rein Mollerus Faber

Kenichi Ishiwa

Takato Kimura

Sumeet Jain

Vicki Herzl Watkins

Dmitry Vladimirovich Dylov

Joseph John Caringi

Matthew Hal Littlejohn

Brian James Grimmond

Multicomponent copolymers including two or more types of repeat units is presented. In one example, the multicomponent copolymer includes at least one repeat unit AC having a structure (I), at least one repeat unit DC having a structure (II), and at least one repeat unit BC having a structure (III) or (V). The multicomponent copolymer may be cross-linked via a cross-linking agent. A polymer blend including the multicomponent copolymer or a cross-linked copolymer and a second polymer is also provided. The multicomponent copolymer may be a random or a block copolymer. The structural units of the multicomponent copolymers provide improved, tunable properties, such as improved biocompatibility and hydrophilicity, protein fouling, and mechanical properties, to the copolymers and/or the membranes fabricated from the copolymers.

Zwitterion-functionalized multicomponent copolymers and associated polymer blends and membranes

A membrane including a block copolymer is presented. The block copolymer includes at least one block A including structural units having a formula (I), and at least one block B including structural units having a formula (II). A hollow-fiber membrane for hemodialysis or hemofiltration, and associated block copolymer are also presented.

Zwitterion-functionalized block copolymer membranes and associated block copolymer composition

The invention provides improved hollow fiber membranes having at least two layers, and methods for forming the same. The methods include co-extruding a first composition, a second composition, and a third composition to form a dual layer hollow fiber membrane. The first composition includes a glassy polymer; the second composition includes a polysiloxane; and the third composition includes a bore fluid. The dual layer hollow fiber membranes include a first layer and a second layer, the first layer being a porous layer which includes the glassy polymer of the first composition, and the second layer being a polysiloxane layer which includes the polysiloxane of the second composition.

Hollow fiber membranes and methods for forming same

A method for synthesis of N-methyl piperazine diphenolamide is presented. The method includes contacting diphenolic acid with N-methyl piperazine to form a reaction mixture; and heating the reaction mixture to form a reaction product including N-methyl piperazine diphenolamide. An associated composition is also presented.

Method for synthesis of N-methyl piperazine diphenolamide and related composition

The present invention relates to modular sterically enhanced emission dye (SEED) clusters, wherein multiple SEED molecules are appended to a single polymeric chain.

High-density fluorescent dye clusters

A method for storing holographic data, said method comprising: step (A) providing an optically transparent substrate comprising a polymer composition and a light absorbing chromophore, said polymer composition comprising a continuous phase and a dispersed phase, said dispersed phase being less than about 200 nm in size; and step (B) irradiating a volume element of the optically transparent substrate with a holographic interference pattern, wherein the pattern has a first wavelength and an intensity both sufficient to cause a phase change in at least a portion of the dispersed phase within the volume element of the substrate to produce within the irradiated volume element refractive index variations corresponding to the holographic interference pattern, thereby producing an optically readable datum corresponding to the volume element.

Method for storing holographic data

An optical data storage medium is provided. The optical data storage medium includes a polymer matrix; a reactant capable of undergoing a change upon triplet excitation, thereby causing a refractive index change; and a non-linear sensitizer capable of absorbing actinic radiation to cause upper triplet energy transfer to said reactant. The refractive index change capacity of the medium is at least about 0.005. The non-linear sensitizer comprises a triarylmethane dye.

Optical data storage media and methods for using the same

Optical data storage media for bit-wise recording of a microhologram using an incident radiation at a wavelength of about 405 nm are provided. The optical storage medium includes (a) a non-photopolymer polymer matrix; (b) a non-linear sensitizer comprising a phenylethynyl platinum complex, wherein the non-linear sensitizer is capable of triplet-triplet energy transfer from an upper triplet state (T) of the non-linear sensitizer to a lower triplet state (T) of a reactant, wherein 'n' is an integer greater than 1; and (c) a reactant capable of undergoing a chemical change upon the triplet-triplet energy transfer from the non-linear sensitizer, thereby causing a refractive index change in the medium to record the microhologram.

Optical data storage media

A polymer composite prepared by melt blending, comprising an amorphous polymer; and a crystallizable polymer; wherein upon cooling the polymer composite, the amorphous polymer forms a continuous phase and the crystallizable polymer forms a dispersed phase, and wherein the dispersed phase is less than 200 nanometers in size.

Method of forming holograms in polymer composites with confined crystallization

The present disclosure relates generally to optical data storage media, and more specifically, to holographic storage media. In one embodiment, an optical storage medium includes a polymer matrix having one or more polymer chains. The optical storage medium also includes a reverse saturable absorption (RSA) sensitizer disposed within the polymer matrix that is configured to become excited upon exposure to light having an intensity above an intensity threshold and configured to transfer energy to a reactant. The optical storage medium also includes a diphenyl cyclopropene (DPCP)-derivative reactant disposed within the polymer matrix and capable of undergoing a modification upon receiving an energy transfer from the excited sensitizer that changes a refractive index of the optical medium.

Reactants for optical data storage media and methods for use

The invention relates generally to optical data storage media, and more specifically, to holographic storage media. In one embodiment, an optical storage medium composition includes a polymer matrix. Disposed within the polymer matrix is a reactant capable of undergoing a modification that alters the refractive index of the composition upon receiving an energy transfer from an excited sensitizer. A non-linear sensitizer is also disposed within the polymer matrix, and the sensitizer includes a metal-substituted subphthalocyanine (M-sub-PC) reverse saturable absorber configured to become excited upon exposure to light beyond an intensity threshold at approximately 405 nm and configured to transfer energy to the reactant.

Reverse saturable absorbtion sensitizers for optical data storage media and methods for use

Monodentate gold ethynyl complexes having a gold-carbon bond and a gold-phosphorous bond, specifically, of formula I, may be useful in optoelectric devices, 

Monodentate gold ethynyl complexes

There are provided compositions, optical data storage media and methods of using the optical data storage media. The compositions comprise a non-linear sensitizer comprising one or more subphthalocyanine reverse saturable absorbers capable of absorbing actinic radiation to cause upper triplet energy transfer to a reactant that undergoes a photochemical change upon triplet excitation.

Compositions, optical data storage media and methods for using the optical data storage media

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