Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer composition comprising a fluorine-containing solvent of the formula R1—O—R2 wherein R1 is a C5-12 linear or branched polyfluoroalkyl group which may have an ether bond, and R2 is a C1-5 linear or branched alkyl group, and a fluorine-containing amorphous polymer having a fluorine-containing ring structure in its main chain, dissolved in the solvent.

Abstract: An optical waveguide provided on a substrate, which comprises a core for transmitting light and a clad formed around the core, wherein the clad is made of a fluorinated alicyclic structure-containing polymer having functional groups.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing resin composition comprising at least one fluorine-containing polycyclic compound (A) selected from the group consisting of the following compounds (A1), (A2) and (A3), and a polymer (B) having a fluorine-containing alicyclic structure: (A1) a fluorine-containing non-condensed polycyclic compound having at least two fluorine-containing rings bonded by a bond containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of a triazine ring, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom and a metal atom, each of said fluorine-containing rings being a carbon ring or a heterocyclic ring, (A2) a fluorine-containing non-condensed polycyclic compound having at least three fluorine-containing rings bonded directly or by a bond containing a carbon atom, each of said fluorine-containing rings being a carbon ring or a heterocyclic ring, (A3) a fluorine-containing condensed polycyclic compound which is a condensed polycyclic compound composed of at least three carbon rings or heterocyclic r

Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer composition comprising a fluorine-containing solvent of the formula R1—O—R2 wherein R1 is a C5-12 linear or branched polyfluoroalkyl group which may have an ether bond, and R2 is a C1-5 linear or branched alkyl group, and a fluorine-containing amorphous polymer having a fluorine-containing ring structure in its main chain, dissolved in the solvent.

Abstract: A low dielectric resin composition comprising the following components (a) and (b), and the dielectric constant of a coating film formed by this composition being at most 3:(a) a resin having functional groups in its molecule and being soluble in a solvent; and(b) a partially hydrolyzed condensate of alkoxysilanes of the formula R.sup.1.sub.m R.sup.2.sub.n Si(OR.sup.3).sub.4-m-n, wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which may be the same or different, is a non-hydrolyzable group, R.sup.3 is an alkyl group, and m and n are integers of from 0 to 3 satisfying 0.ltoreq.m+n.ltoreq.3.