Patent ID: 7897715

Claim:
A compound made by a process comprising: providing one or more carborane-containing compounds having the formula: providing one or more aromatic compounds having the formula: wherein each R is an independently selected alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, haloalkyl, or haloaryl group; wherein C b is a divalent carboranyl group; wherein each U is an independently selected unsaturated hydrocarbon group; wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 are each selected from a first aromatic group and a bisphenol residue; wherein at least one of Ar 1 and Ar 2 is the first aromatic group; wherein each Ar is an independently selected second aromatic group; wherein each n is an independently selected nonnegative integer; wherein n′ and n″ are independently selected positive integers; wherein m, w, x, y, and z are each independently selected from 0 and 1; wherein if y is 0 than x and z are 0 and w is 1; and wherein if y is 1 than x and z have different values and w equals z; and reacting the carborane-containing compound and the aromatic compound with one or more crosslinkers having at least two silyl hydrogen atoms.