Patent ID: 7928153

Claim:
An oligomer represented by structural formula I: wherein: each of R and Q is a moiety independently selected from the group consisting of a substituted or an unsubstituted aliphatic, aryl and heteroaryl; m is an integer having a value between 1 and 4; n is an integer having a value between 1 and about 10; and each E is a moiety independently selected from the group consisting of acrylate, methacrylate, maleimide, styrenic, vinyl ester, olefin, allyl, vinyl ether, itaconate, fumarate, epoxy, oxetane, oxazoline, benzoxazine, cyanate ester and propargyl ether, with the further proviso that when R or Q is a substituted aryl, the substitutent in the substituted aryl is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, hydroxy, oxo, an alkoxy, mercapto, a cycloalkyl, a substituted cycloalkyl, a heterocyclic, a substituted heterocyclic, an aryl, a substituted aryl, a heteroaryl, a substituted heteroaryl, an aryloxy, a substituted aryloxy, a halogen, a haloalkyl, cyano, nitro, nitrone, an amino, an amido, —C(O)H, —S—, —S(O) 2 —, —OC(O)—O—, —NR′—C(O)—, —NR′—C(O)—NR′—, —OC(O)—NR′—, wherein R′ is selected from the group consisting of H, a lower alkyl, an acyl, an oxyacyl, carboxyl, carbamate, sulfonyl, sulfonamide and sulfuryl.