Patent ID: 8796672

Claim:
A polymer selected from the formula: wherein: R 1 and R 2 independently are selected from H, a C 1-40 alkyl group, a C 2-40 alkenyl group, a C 1-40 haloalkyl group, and an organic group comprising 1-4 cyclic moieties, wherein: each of the C 1-40 alkyl group, the C 2-40 alkenyl group, and the C 1-40 haloalkyl group can be optionally substituted with 1-10 substituents independently selected from a halogen, —CN, NO 2 , OH, —NH 2 , —NH(C 1-20 alkyl), —N(C 1-20 alkyl) 2 , —S(O) 2 OH, —CHO, —C(O)—C 1-20 alkyl, —C(O)OH, —C(O)—OC 1-20 alkyl, —C(O)NH 2 , —C(O)NH—C 1-20 alkyl, —C(O)N(C 1-20 alkyl) 2 , —OC 1-20 alkyl, —SiH 3 , —SiH(C 1-20 alkyl) 2 , —SiH 2 (C 1-20 alkyl), and —Si(C 1-20 alkyl) 3 ; each of the C 1-40 alkyl group, the C 2-40 alkenyl group, and the C 1-40 haloalkyl group can be covalently bonded to the imide nitrogen atom via an optional linker; and each of the 1-4 cyclic moieties in the organic group can be the same or different, can be covalently bonded to each other or the imide nitrogen via an optional linker, and can be optionally substituted with 1-5 substituents independently selected from a halogen, oxo, —CN, NO 2 , OH, ═C(CN) 2 , —NH 2 , —NH(C 1-20 alkyl), —N(C 1-20 alkyl) 2 , —S(O) 2 OH, —CHO, —C(O)OH, —C(O)—C 1-20 alkyl, —C(O)—OC 1-20 alkyl, —C(O)NH 2 , —C(O)NH—C 1-20 alkyl, —C(O)N(C 1-20 alkyl) 2 , —SiH 3 , —SiH(C 1-20 alkyl) 2 , —SiH 2 (C 1-20 alkyl), —Si(C 1-20 alkyl) 3 , —O—C 1-20 alkyl, —O—C 1-20 alkenyl, —O—C 1-20 haloalkyl, a C 1-20 alkyl group, a C 1-20 alkenyl group, and a C 1-20 haloalkyl group; R 3 and R 4 , at each occurrence, are independently selected from a) H, b) halogen, c) —CN, d) —NO 2 , e) —OH, f) —CHO, g) —C(O)—C 1-10 alkyl, h) —C(O)—C 6-14 aryl, i) —C(O)OH, j) —C(O)—OC 1-10 alkyl, k) —C(O)—OC 6-14 aryl, l) —C(O)NH 2 , m) —C(O)NH—C 1-10 alkyl, n) —C(O)N(C 1-10 alkyl) 2 , o) —C(O)NH—C 6-14 aryl, p) —C(O)N(C 1-10 alkyl)-C 6-14 aryl, q) —C(O)N(C 6-14 aryl) 2 , r) a C 1-40 alkyl group, s) a C 2-40 alkenyl group, t) a C 2-40 alkynyl group, u) a C 1-40 alkoxy group, v) a C 1-40 alkylthio group, and w) a C 1-40 haloalkyl group; U is a conjugated linear or polycyclic linker; m is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; x is a real number and 0<x<1; and n is an integer between 4 and 1,000.