Abstract: A functional lens having a functional laminate (A) including a first optical sheet (Aa), a second optical sheet (Ab) and a functional layer (Ac) existent between these two sheets and having photochromic properties and/or polarizability and a synthetic resin layer (B) existent on at least one of the first optical sheet (Aa) and the second optical sheet (Ab) of the functional laminate (A), and adhesive strength between the first optical sheet (Aa) and/or the second optical sheet (Ab) and the synthetic resin layer (B) is not less than 50 N, wherein the reactive functional group of the surface modified area is an hydroxy group, thiol group, carboxy group, amino group, sulfo group, (thio)isocyanate group, allyl group, (meth)acrylic group, vinyl group, epoxy group, oxetane group or a thioepoxy group.

Abstract: A method of producing a plastic lens having a cured coating layer, comprising the steps of: forming an uncured coating layer from a photocurable coating composition comprising at least a) a photochromic compound, b) a radically polymerizable monomer and c) a photopolymerization initiator on one surface of a plastic lens; and irradiating the plastic lens having the uncured coating layer with light from an LED having an emission peak wavelength of 350 nm or more to less than 450 nm from above the outer surface of the uncured coating layer to cure the uncured coating layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition for an optical material, containing (A) 100 parts by mass of a radical polymerizable monomer, (B) 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of an ultraviolet absorber composed of a benzotriazole compound having a specific structure, which has a maximum absorption wavelength of 360 nm or more and less than 380 nm and an absolute value of the difference in solubility parameter (SP value) from the radical polymerizable monomer (A) of 5.5 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less, (C) 1 to 5 parts by mass of an ultraviolet absorber which is at least one selected from a benzotriazole compound, a benzophenone compound and a triazine compound and has a maximum absorption wavelength of less than 360 nm, and (D) 0.05 to 0.5 parts by mass of a radical polymerization initiator.

Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition capable of firmly bonding polymer sheets together, comprising: (I) 100 parts by mass of an end-unreactive urethane urea resin; and (III) 4.0 to 20 parts by mass of a polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups in the molecule, wherein the polyisocyanate compound (III) contains (IIIA) a polyisocyanate compound having an isocyanate group bonded to secondary carbon and (IIIB) a polyisocyanate compound having 4 to 30 carbon atoms in the molecule other than the component (IIIA), and the amount of the component (IIIB) is 10 to 500 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the component (IIIA).

Abstract: The present invention is an optical material composition containing (A) 100 parts by mass of a polymerizable monomer, and (B) 0.001 to 0.3 parts by mass of a UV absorbent having a maximum absorption wavelength of 360 nm or more and less than 380 nm and having a specific structure, and an optical material formed of the composition. According to the present invention, there can be provided an optical material composition containing a UV absorbent and having good long-term storage stability, and an optical material formed of the composition, in particular, an optical material composition capable of forming a plastic lens having a high blue light cut rate.

Abstract: A functional lens comprising a functional laminate (A) having a functional layer (Ac) having photochromic properties and/or polarizability between a first optical sheet (Aa) and a second optical sheet (Ab) both made of a resin such as polyamide resin and a synthetic resin layer (B) made of a resin such as allyl resin or polythiourethane resin on the first optical sheet (Aa) and/or the second optical sheet (Ab) of the functional laminate (A) and having an adhesive strength between the first optical sheet (Aa) and/or the second optical sheet (Ab) and the synthetic resin layer (B) of not less than 50 N.

Abstract: The optical article of the invention contains a photochromic compound, and a first compound having an absorption peak in a wavelength range of 550 to 600 nm, has a laminate structure in which (A) a first functional layer containing at least a photochromic compound and (B) a lens substrate independently exist, has a luminous transmittance of 30% or more in the state with no photochromic compound coloration, has a luminous transmittance of 25% or less in the state with photochromic compound coloration, and has a minimum transmittance of 0.1 to 20% in a wavelength range of 550 to 600 nm, in a state with photochromic compound coloration. According to the invention, there is provided a novel photochromic optical article exhibiting excellent photochromic properties, visibility and anti-glare properties, and further having a high contrast (red, green and blue can be clearly differentiated and the outline and protrusions/recesses of objects are clear).

Abstract: The present invention provides a photochromic curable composition capable of providing a cured product excellent in appearance, a photochromic optical article including the cured product, and a method for producing the same. According to an embodiment, there is provided a photochromic curable composition including (A) a siloxane having an acyclic polysiloxane bond and at least one of a radically polymerizable group and a group reactive with a radically polymerizable group, (B) a radically polymerizable monomer component, and (C) a photochromic compound.

Abstract: A functional lens comprising a functional laminate (A) having a functional layer (Ac) having photochromic properties and/or polarizability between a first optical sheet (Aa) and a second optical sheet (Ab) both made of a resin such as polyamide resin and a synthetic resin layer (B) made of a resin such as allyl resin or polythiourethane resin on the first optical sheet (Aa) and/or the second optical sheet (Ab) of the functional laminate (A) and having an adhesive strength between the first optical sheet (Aa) and/or the second optical sheet (Ab) and the synthetic resin layer (B) of not less than 50 N.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a photochromic curable composition for providing a cured product having excellent durability and appearance; and a cured product (photochromic laminate) having a particularly favorable appearance. A photochromic curable composition according to an embodiment includes: (A1) a first hindered amine compound having at least one reactive group selected from the group consisting of a radically polymerizable group and a group reactive with a radically polymerizable group; (B) a radically polymerizable monomer comprising a polyrotaxane component (B1) having a radically polymerizable group while not having a piperidyl group; and (C) a photochromic compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition for an optical material, containing (A) 100 parts by mass of a radical polymerizable monomer, (B) 0.005 to 0.5 parts by mass of a tetraazaporphyrin compound having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less, and (C) 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of an ultraviolet absorber having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 330 nm or more and 350 nm or less. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a curable composition for an optical material, capable of being suitably used as a coating material that can easily provide an optical material having good antiglare properties and excellent weather resistance.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a resin composition having excellent photochromic properties and mechanical properties. The present invention relates to a resin composition containing (i) a urethane-based resin having a propylene glycol chain in a molecular chain thereof and (ii) a photochromic compound, wherein the intensity ratio of PMIpst to PMIcp (PMIpst/PMIcp) is 8.0 or more and 40.0 or less when PMIpst indicates the total spectral intensity of 16 ppm or more and 20 ppm or less including the spectral intensity of a carbon atom of a methyl group in the propylene glycol chain as measured by 13C-PST/MAS NMR and PMIcp indicates the total spectral intensity of 16 ppm or more and 20 ppm or less including the spectral intensity of the carbon atom of the methyl group in the propylene glycol chain as measured by 13C-CP/MAS NMR.

Abstract: A primer composition for optical articles includes (A) a urethane prepolymer which is a reaction product of an aromatic polyisocyanate compound and a polyol compound, and which has a reactive group at an end, the reactive group being selected from among an isocyanate group and a hydroxyl group, (B) a light absorbing compound which has a maximum absorption wavelength within the range of from 320 nm to 650 nm (inclusive) and (C) an organic solvent which has a solubility parameter of 8 (cal/cm3)1/2 or more, while containing no active hydrogen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photochromic compound including a polyvalent residue on which at least one group having a photochromic moiety is substituted, and at least one long-chain group not containing a photochromic moiety and having a molecular weight of 300 or more is further substituted; and a curable composition containing the same. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to provide a photochromic compound which has high solubility in a polymerizable compound serving as a matrix while retaining high photochromic characteristics and is hardly affected by the matrix; and a curable composition containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound for optical materials, and a curable composition, a cured body and an optical article containing the compound for optical materials. According to an embodiment, there is provided a compound for optical materials represented by Formula (Ia) below: In Formula (Ia), X1 and X2 are each NH, S, or O. R1 is a 1- to 30-valent organic residue. R3 is a group composed of a polymer having a repeating unit selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)mO—, —(CH2CH2O)—, —(CH(CH3)CH2O)—, —(CH2CH(CH3)O)—, — (C(?O)—CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2O)—, —(C(?O)—O—CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2O)—, and —(C(?O)—O—CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2O)—, a random copolymer having at least two repeating units selected from the group, or a block copolymer having at least two repeating units selected from the group.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a photochromic compound capable of exhibiting photochromic properties regardless of matrix, and the compound is stably dispersed without aggregation in a process of molding (curing) an optical base material. According to the present invention, a polymer photochromic compound, which has a block polymeric group of an oligomeric chain group having relatively favorable compatibility with a solid matrix and an oligomeric chain group having poor compatibility with a solid matrix, forms a nano- to micro-phase separation structure in a solid matrix. The compound does not rely on the solid matrix, its dispersibility is improved and aggregation is prevented or reduced, whereby excellent photochromic properties can be exhibited.

Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition capable of firmly bonding polymer sheets together, comprising: (I) 100 parts by mass of an end-unreactive urethane urea resin; and (III) 4.0 to 20 parts by mass of a polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups in the molecule, wherein the polyisocyanate compound (III) contains (IIIA) a polyisocyanate compound having an isocyanate group bonded to secondary carbon and (IIIB) a polyisocyanate compound having 4 to 30 carbon atoms in the molecule other than the component (IIIA), and the amount of the component (IIIB) is 10 to 500 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the component (IIIA).

Abstract: The present invention provides: a curable composition which contains a bismuth compound, wherein a phosphoric acid ester having a (meth)acryloyl group is bonded to bismuth, and a nitrile compound having a radically polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; a cured body which is obtained by curing this curable composition; a multilayer body which is composed of the above-described cured body and a cured body that is obtained by curing a photochromic curable composition; and a radiation protective material which is formed of the above-described cured body or the above-described multilayer body.

Abstract: A photochromic hydroxyurethane compound of the present invention is characterized in that, on condition of having at least one photochromic moiety as the photochromic minimal unit in a molecule, it has a hydroxyurethane constitutional unit represented by Formula (1): —X—O—CO—NH—??(1) In the formula, X is an oxygen-containing chain organic group having a hydroxyl group as a substituent, or a hydrogen atom in the hydroxyl group is substituted by any one of (A): a photochromic group having the photochromic moiety; (B): a polymerization reactive group having a polymerizable substituent; (C) an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; (D) a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; or (E): an aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms (each of the groups (C)-(E) can be bonded to an oxygen atom derived from the hydroxyl group via the oxygen-containing chain organic group).

Abstract: A photochromic compound of the present invention comprises at least two monovalent photochromic basic structure groups PC including a T-type photochromic moiety, the photochromic basic structure groups being bonded to an organic group having a non-SO aromatic ring containing neither a sulfur atom nor an oxygen atom.