Patent ID: 8106142

Claim:
A polyacetylinic oligomer comprising the formula: D-A-D wherein D is an endcap including at least one crosslinking functionality, wherein D is wherein φ=phenyl; G=—SO 2 —, —S—, —O—, —CH 2 —, —CO—, —SO—, C 3 F 6 , or NHCO; and R 1 =amine, hydroxyl, acid chloride, or anhydride, where R 1 is the point of attachment to A; and A is a backbone selected from the group consisting of imidesulfone; ether; ethersulfone; amide; imide; ester; estersulfone; etherimide; amideimide; oxazole; oxazole sulfone; thiazole; thiazole sulfone; imidazole; and imidazole sulfone; wherein, said backbone includes one or more ethynyl functional groups incorporated therein.