Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate polymer readily at a low cost without using any special polymerization facilities. Thus, the invention provides a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate polymer obtained by reacting a (meth)acrylate polymer with an alcohol containing a fluorine atom represented by General Formula 1: Rf(CH2)nOH??(1) wherein Rf is a fluoroalkyl group or a fluoroalkyl ether group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms containing at least one or more fluorine atoms and n is an integer of 0 to 10 as well as a method for producing the same.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composition whose birefringence has been controlled. The object can be attained by a resin composition composed essentially of a resin (A) containing glutarimide units and acrylic ester units and a resin (B) containing glutarimide units, acrylic ester units, and aromatic vinyl units. The resin composition of the present invention is easy to manufacture, inexpensive, excellent in terms of transparency and heat resistance, and easily controllable in terms of orientation birefringence. Further, the resin composition of the present invention can be developed to be applied to an optical molding product of which transparency and heat resistance are required.

Abstract: To realize an imide resin which is favorable in optical use. The imide resin according to the present invention includes: a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1); a repeating unit represented by General Formula (2); and a repeating unit represented by General Formula (3), wherein an orientation birefringence of the imide resin ranges from ?0.1×10?3 to 0.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate polymer readily at a low cost without using any special polymerization facilities. Thus, the invention provides a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate polymer obtained by reacting a (meth)acrylate polymer with an alcohol containing a fluorine atom represented by General Formula 1: Rf(CH2)nOH??(1) wherein Rf is a fluoroalkyl group or a fluoroalkyl ether group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms containing at least one or more fluorine atoms and n is an integer of 0 to 10 as well as a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A film is provided which comprises a thermoplastic resin A having a substituted or non-substituted imide group at a side chain of the resin A, and a thermoplastic resin B having a substituted or non-substituted phenyl group and a nitrile group at a side chain of the resin B. The film has a retardation value of 0 to 1000 nm, a light transmission of 85% or more, and a haze of 2% or less.

Abstract: A film is provided which comprises a thermoplastic resin A having a substituted or non-substituted imide group at a side chain of the resin A, and a thermoplastic resin B having a substituted or non-substituted phenyl group and a nitrile group at a side chain of the resin B. The film has a retardation value of 0 to 1000 nm, a light transmission of 85% or more, and a haze of 2% or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a siloxane random copolymer having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I) (II) and (III) at random and a resin composition containing the same. ##STR1## Further, the invention relates to a process of producing a siloxane copolymer comprising the step of reacting at least one polycarbonate and/or dicarbonate of diol and, if needed, at least one diester of dicarboxylic acid with at least one specified silicon compound in the presence of an esterifying or ester exchange catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement in the process for preparing a calixarene derivative in which the rotation of its benzene units are hindered and which comprises replacing all or a part of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups of a calixarene derivative represented by the general formula: ##STR1## and is characterized by conducting the reaction in the presence of an alkaline earth metal. According to the present invention, an asymmetric calixarene derivative having a "cone" conformation can be selectively prepared by virtue of the template effect of the metal.