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 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.

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: The CMP laminated polishing pad of the present invention includes at least a polishing layer and an under layer, wherein the under layer contains a resin obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable composition containing: (A) a polyrotaxane monomer having at least two polymerizable functional groups in a molecule; and (B) a polymerizable monomer other than the polyrotaxane monomer having at least two polymerizable functional groups in a molecule. According to the present invention, a polishing pad having not only good wear resistance but also excellent polishing characteristics (high polishing rate, low scratch property, and high flatness) can be provided.

Abstract: Provided is a photochromic curable composition which forms a cured body that develops excellent photochromic properties. The photochromic curable composition (A) includes: a polyrotaxane monomer wherein, in a polyrotaxane compound having a composite molecular structure composed of an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules threaded onto the axial molecule, and side chains having OH groups introduced into the cyclic molecules, 1 mol % or more to less than 100 mol % of OH groups in the side chains are modified with a compound having a radical-polymerizable group, (B) a photochromic compound, and (C) a polymerizable monomer other than the (A) polyrotaxane monomer.

Abstract: The photochromic cyclic compound of the present invention is represented by Formula (1) below: in the formula, L is a divalent bridging group and PC is a divalent T-type photochromic basic structural group having a naphthopyran structure, where one end of the bridging group L is bonded to at least the 3-position of the naphthopyran structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a photochromic curable composition which contains (A) a (meth)acrylate composition that contains from 24 to 100% by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate which has three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in each molecule and (B) a photochromic compound that is obtained by bonding at least one specific naphthopyran to a long-chain group having a number average molecular weight of from 300 to 10,000; and a photochromic optical article which is obtained by polymerizing this photochromic curable composition.

Abstract: A primer composition for optical article, the composition includes (A) an urethane prepolymer that is a reactant between (A1) a polyisocyanate compound having two or more isocyanate groups per molecule and (A2) at least one polyol compound having two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule and being selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate polyols, polyester polyols, and polycaprolactone polyols, and that has two or more isocyanate groups per molecule protected by a blocking agent; (B) an active hydrogen-containing compound having, per molecule, two or more active hydrogen functional groups having an active hydrogen; and (C) an organic solvent not having an active hydrogen.

Abstract: Provided is a moisture curable polyurethane composition that is a moisture curable polyurethane having an isocyanate group on one end of a molecule thereof. The moisture curable polyurethane composition contains a moisture curable polyurethane (A) and an organic solvent (B). The moisture curable polyurethane (A) is obtainable by reacting a polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups in a molecule thereof (A1) with a low-molecular weight polyol compound having at least two hydroxyl groups in a molecule thereof and having a number average molecular weight of 50-300 (A2). Also provided is a laminate including an optical substrate and a polyurethane resin layer comprising the moisture curable polyurethane composition.

Abstract: A photochromic curable composition comprising a radically polymerizable monomer having at least one oxetanyl group in one molecule, a photochromic compound and radically polymerizable monomers other than the above polymerizable monomer, and a photochromic cured body obtained by polymerizing the photochromic curable composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical composition from which an optical article having reduced poor appearance such as cloudiness and optical strain during lens base material production can be obtained, and when a photochromic compound is added, a photochromic cured body having excellent photochromism and mechanical strength can also be formed, and a polyrotaxane used therefor. The polyrotaxane has a composite molecular structure formed of an axle molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axle molecule, satisfying at least one of (X) and (Y). (X): A side chain having a secondary or tertiary hydroxyl group is introduced into at least part of the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane. (Y): A side chain having a group represented by -A (A is an organic group, and contains at least one hydroxyl group) is introduced into at least part of the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane, and a pKa of the hydroxyl group of the compound represented by H-A is 6 or more and less than 14.

Abstract: An ophthalmic medical device including a photochromic polymer having higher transparency under an inactive state through use of a photochromic monomer. An ophthalmic medical device according to one embodiment that includes a photochromic polymer obtained by polymerizing monomer components including a photochromic monomer and a lactam ring-containing monomer, wherein a content ratio of the lactam ring-containing monomer in the monomer components is from 10 wt % to 50 wt %. The ophthalmic medical device is typically a contact lens or an intraocular lens.

Abstract: A chromene compound which can exhibit excellent photochromic properties. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, at least one of R1 or R2 represents the group having the radical-polymerizable group, wherein the group having a radical-polymerizable group is represented by the following formula (2) (wherein R10 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and l represents an integer of from 0 to 50); and the ring Z that is represented by the following formula (Z) and is spiro-bonded to a carbon atom located at position-13 in the formula (1) is preferably an aliphatic cyclic group that may have a substituent, the group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms for forming the ring together with the carbon atom at the 13-position, or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photochromic optical article including a pair of optical article plates bonded together through an adhesive layer containing a photochromic compound and at least one resin selected from a urethane resin, an epoxy resin, and an acrylic resin, wherein a deviation of the thickness of the adhesive layer on a concentric circle from the central point of the pair of optical article plates is within ±10%. In accordance with the present invention, in the photochromic optical article formed of a pair of optical article plates bonded together through an adhesive layer, a photochromic optical article in which the thickness of the photochromic adhesive layer is prescribed, and which is free from problems, such as a lowering of the appearance quality, can be provided.