Abstract: A photochromic chromene compound which develops a color of a neutral tint, has high color optical density, a high fading speed and high durability, and has an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure represented by the following formula as the basic skeleton, wherein a sulfur-containing substituent selected from thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group and heteroarylthio group is bonded to the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom(s).

Abstract: A laminated product has a multilayer structure comprising an optical base and a cured polyurethane resin layer formed thereon from a moisture-curable polyurethane resin and/or a precursor therefor. The polyurethane resin layer is formed by applying a coating fluid comprising a moisture-curable polyurethane resin and/or precursor therefor and a solvent having a boiling point of 70° C. or higher and a solubility parameter of 8 or larger. Also provided is a coating material comprising a radical-polymerizable monomer ingredient, a silicone or fluorochemical surfactant, and a photochromic compound. In producing a photochromic optical article, excellent adhesion between a base and a photochromic layer is attained.

Abstract: A polymerization curable composition comprising a specific polyfunctional polymerizable monomer having a hard molecular structure with an L-scale Rockwell hardness of its homopolymer of 60 or more, a specific polyfunctional polymerizable monomer and a photochromic compound, a photochromic lens substrate composed of a cured product of the polymerization curable composition, and a lens comprising the photochromic lens substrate. The substrate and lens show excellent photochromic properties such as high color development density and high fading rate, and the cured product has excellent substrate properties such as hardness, heat resistance and impact resistance as well as strength (toughness) that allows for its use in rimless spectacles.

Abstract: A photochromic optical article comprising an optical substrate having a photochromic layer which is formed on at least one surface thereof and contains a photochromic compound is dispersed in a resin, and a thin metal oxide layer formed on the photochromic layer, wherein an indenonaphthopyran compound is used as the photochromic compound, the photochromic layer having a thickness of 30 to 50 ?m, and the thin metal oxide layer has a thickness of 0.01 to 10 ?m. The photochromic optical article has excellent photochromic properties, effectively suppresses a decrease in the photochromic properties caused by deterioration due to oxidation and features very excellent photochromic light resistance.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising (1) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a silicon compound having a silanol group or a functional group for forming a silanol group upon hydrolysis and no radically polymerizable group, such as ?-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, (2) 100 parts by weight of radically polymerizable monomers and (3) 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of a photochromic compound, wherein the radically polymerizable monomers include a radically polymerizable monomer having an epoxy group in the molecule, such as glycidyl methacrylate. This curable composition is capable of forming a photochromic coating layer which shows excellent photochromic properties such as high color development density and fast fading rate, is free from the dissolution of the photochromic compound, exhibits high adhesion to a substrate through a simple pre-treatment and has excellent hard coating applicability.

Abstract: A chromene compound of this invention, as shown in the following formula: characterized by having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as a basic structure, and having a substituent which is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group such as methoxyphenyl group, or a substituted or unsubsterituted heteroaryl group such as thienyl group bonding to a carbon atom at the seventh position of the indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure. The photochromic compound exhibits a color tone of a neutral tint when it develops a color, features a high color-developing sensitivity and a high fading rate, and has a good photochromic resistance.

Abstract: The resist according to the present invention includes any one of tetrachloromethyl tetramethoxycalix [4] arene and trichloromethyl tetramethoxycalix [4] arene. The resist including such kind of components is soluble in the solvent having less effect to worsen a working environment, namely, ethyl lactate (EL), propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME), propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (PGMEA), ethyl propionate, n-butyl acetate and 2-heptanone. It can be developed by tetra-methyl ammonium hydroxide in addition to the above mentioned solvent. By exposing this resist by electronic ray, high resolution of 8 nm is attained, and by using this resist as a mask, various materials can be formed into a hyperfine shape. According to such kind of resist, a photosensitive resist material which has high resolution and solvable to solvents having less effect to worsen the working environment and can be developed by the solvents, a exposure method using it, and a hyperfine processing method using it are provided.

Abstract: A process for producing a composition comprising (A) a metal oxide sol containing an amine compound, such as diisopropylamine, (B) a polycondensable silicon compound having an epoxy group, such as ?-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, and (C) a curing catalyst such as tris(2,4-pentanedionato)aluminum (III), the process comprising the steps of: mixing the component (A) with the component (B) at a temperature of 10° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. for 6 hours or longer; and mixing the obtained mixture with the above component (C). There is provided a process for producing the coating composition to provide a hard coat which has excellent adhesion, scratch resistance, solvent resistance and weatherability when it is applied to the surface of a synthetic resin lens and is free from fine holes or depressions on the surface, particularly a hard coat having a high refractive index.

Abstract: There is provided a coating composition which can be applied to a substrate such as a plastic lens so as to form a photochromic coating layer having good photochromic properties and excellent adhesion to the substrate on the surface of the substrate. This composition comprises, for example, as monomer components, 0.1 to 20 wt % of monomer having a group which produces a silanol group through hydrolysis such as ?-methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane and 0.1 to 50 wt % of monomer having at least one oxycarbonyl group in a molecule. The composition can further contain a maleimide compound as a monomer component and further desirably contains an amine compound.

Abstract: A layered product comprising an optical substrate having, on at least one surface thereof, a photochromic surface layer constituted by a resin in which a photochromic compound is dispersed, and an ultraviolet ray-absorbing film of a thickness of 0.1 to 100 ?m formed on the photochromic surface layer of the optical substrate, the ultraviolet ray-absorbing film having a transmission factor of not smaller than 50% for a ray of light of 360 nm and a transmission factor of not larger than 10% for a ray of light of 320 nm. The layered product features a very high photochromic light resistance without causing a drop in the color density while effectively preventing the oxidation and deterioration of the photochromic compound.

Abstract: A coating agent composition obtained by mixing fine inorganic oxide particles, a polymerizable alkoxysilane compound, a polymerizing catalyst, an acid aqueous solution and an organic solvent, and satisfying the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) the polymerizing catalyst is at least partly an acetylacetonato complex; (2) a ?-dicarbonyl compound (excluding acetylacetonato complex) having two carbonyl groups in the molecule via a carbon atom, is further contained as a catalyst stabilizer; and (3) the fine inorganic oxide particles and the alkoxysilane compound are contained in a total amount of 23 to 40% by mass.

Abstract: A photochromic optical article comprising an optical substrate having a photochromic layer which is formed on at least one surface thereof and contains a photochromic compound is dispersed in a resin, and a thin metal oxide layer formed on the photochromic layer, wherein an indenonaphthopyran compound is used as the photochromic compound, the photochromic layer having a thickness of 30 to 50 ?m, and the thin metal oxide layer has a thickness of 0.01 to 10 ?m. The photochromic optical article has excellent photochromic properties, effectively suppresses a decrease in the photochromic properties caused by deterioration due to oxidation and features very excellent photochromic light resistance.

Abstract: A polymerization curable composition prepared by blending specific amounts of a photochromic compound and a specific light stabilizer such as bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)sebacate with monomer components including a specific bifunctional monomer having a structure that two phenylene groups are bonded together by a specific group, such as 2,2-bis(4-methacryloyloxypolyethoxyphenyl)propane, a polyfunctional polymerizable monomer having a functionality of 3 or more such as trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, and a monomer other than these in a specific ratio. The polymerization curable composition provides a cured product having excellent photochromic properties such as fast fading rate and sufficiently high drilling strength that allows for its use in rimless spectacles and has high long-term storage stability.

Abstract: A chromene compound of this invention, as shown in the following formula: characterized by having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as a basic structure, and having a substituent which is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group such as methoxyphenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group such as thienyl group bonding to a carbon atom at the seventh position of the indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure. The photochromic compound exhibits a color tone of a neutral tint when it develops a color, features a high color-developing sensitivity and a high fading rate, and has a good photochromic resistance.

Abstract: A layered product comprising an optical substrate having, on at least one surface thereof, a photochromic surface layer constituted by a resin in which a photochromic compound is dispersed, and an ultraviolet ray-absorbing film of a thickness of 0.1 to 100 ?m formed on the photochromic surface layer of the optical substrate, the ultraviolet ray-absorbing film having a transmission factor of not smaller than 50% for a ray of light of 360 nm and a transmission factor of not larger than 10% for a ray of light of 320 nm. The layered product features a very high photochromic light resistance without causing a drop in the color density while effectively preventing the oxidation and deterioration of the photochromic compound.

Abstract: A method of producing a laminate comprising preparing a substrate having curved surfaces; applying a photpolymerizable and curable composition containing a photochromic compound and a phosphorus-containing photopolymerization initiator onto the curved surfaces of the base member; and curing the photopolymerizable and curable composition by the irradiation with an active energy ray having a relative intensity profile of 0 to 5% of wavelength components of not shorter than 200 nm but shorter than 300 nm, 25 to 75% of wavelength components of not shorter than 300 nm but shorter than 400 nm and 25 to 75% of wavelength components of not shorter than 400 nm but not longer than 500 nm while maintaining the substrate at not higher than 100° C.

Abstract: A photochromic composition and a coating composition comprising a molecular compound of a chromene compound and an aromatic compound. The photochromic composition provides a photochromic optical material as a cured product and the coating composition is applied to a lens substrate and cured to provide a photochromic optical material. The above molecular compound is also provided.

Abstract: A laminated product has a multilayer structure comprising an optical base and a cured polyurethane resin layer formed thereon from a moisture-curable polyurethane resin and/or a precursor therefor. The polyurethane resin layer is formed by applying a coating fluid comprising a moisture-curable polyurethane resin and/or precursor therefor and a solvent having a boiling point of 70° C. or higher and a solubility parameter of 8 or larger. Also provided is a coating material comprising a radical-polymerizable monomer ingredient, a silicone or fluorochemical surfactant, and a photochromic compound. In producing a photochromic optical article, excellent adhesion between a base and a photochromic layer is attained.

Abstract: A photochromic laminate comprising a base material of a thermoplastic resin having light-transmitting property, a crosslinked resin layer formed on the surfaces of the base material and containing inorganic colloidal particles in an amount of 20 to 40% by mass, and a photochromic coating formed on the surfaces of the crosslinked resin layer. Though the laminate has the layer exhibiting photochromic property formed thereon by the coating method, the surfaces of the base material of a thermoplastic resin are suppressed from being whitened or swollen. Therefore, the base material exhibits excellent optical properties, a high adhesiveness to the photochromic coating, and superior durability.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising (1) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a silicon compound having a silanol group or a functional group for forming a silanol group upon hydrolysis and no radically polymerizable group, such as ?-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, (2) 100 parts by weight of radically polymerizable monomers and (3) 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of a photochromic compound, wherein the radically polymerizable monomers include a radically polymerizable monomer having an epoxy group in the molecule, such as glycidyl methacrylate. This curable composition is capable of forming a photochromic coating layer which shows excellent photochromic properties such as high color development density and fast fading rate, is free from the dissolution of the photochromic compound, exhibits high adhesion to a substrate through a simple pre-treatment and has excellent hard coating applicability.