Abstract: According to the present invention, a functional sheet, comprising a polarizing or photochromic functional layer and protective layers provided on both surfaces of the functional layer can be provided. The protective layers include an aromatic polycarbonate resin sheet or film. At least one of the protective layers is a co-extruded sheet or film including an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer and an acrylic-based resin layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the aromatic polycarbonate resin layer. At least one surface of the functional sheet is of the acrylic-based resin layer. Also according to the present invention, a lens using such a functional sheet can be provided.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a functional sheet, comprising a polarizing or photochromic functional layer and protective layers provided on both surfaces of the functional layer can be provided. The protective layers include an aromatic polycarbonate resin sheet or film. At least one of the protective layers is a co-extruded sheet or film including an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer and an acrylic-based resin layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the aromatic polycarbonate resin layer. At least one surface of the functional sheet is of the acrylic-based resin layer. Also according to the present invention, a lens using such a functional sheet can be provided.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a functional sheet, comprising a polarizing or photochromic functional layer and protective layers provided on both surfaces of the functional layer can be provided. The protective layers include an aromatic polycarbonate resin sheet or film. At least one of the protective layers is a co-extruded sheet or film including an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer and an acrylic-based resin layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the aromatic polycarbonate resin layer. At least one surface of the functional sheet is of the acrylic-based resin layer. Also according to the present invention, a lens using such a functional sheet can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a structure matter composed of (a) oxidized form thin film particle(s) which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a thickness of 0.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The present inventions provide a polarizing film and a polarizing sheet of which the resistance for the response in the vertical direction against the direction for the extension. [Means to Solve the Problem] In a multi-layered polarizing sheet comprising a laminated body in which a polarizing layer consisting of a polarizing film is held between two transparent plastic materials and is adhered to them, the polarizing layer is produced by dyeing a film made of poly(vinyl alcohol) and the like having a weight average molecular weight of 150,000-500,000 and by extending it. The non-glaring product and polarizing sheet for a liquid crystal display are produced by using the multi-layered polarizing sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-glaring material having an excellent property to cut ultraviolet rays, and having an excellent appearance and optical property as well as easy producibility and processibility, and a method for producing the non-glaring material. A non-glaring laminated body consisting of two transparent plastic material layers, a polarizing film layer which is held between the two transparent plastic material layers, and a synthetic adhesive layer which adheres the plastic material layer to the polarizing film layer, wherein at least one of the adhesive layers includes a fluorescent whitening agent and an ultraviolet ray absorber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a structure matter composed of (a) oxidized form thin film particle(s) which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a thickness of 0.

Abstract: A process for producing aligned carbon nanotube films, wherein a carbon compound is decomposed using a substrate that is coated with an element having no catalytic ability by itself and which loads a metallic element having catalytic ability or a compound thereof, thereby forming a film of fine carbon nanotubes on the surface of the substrate which are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.

Abstract: There are provided a composite which is formed of a component (a) or a component (b) and a component (c), or the component (a) or the component (b) and a component (d), and is suitable for various uses such as an electrically-conductive material, (a) oxidized form thin film particles which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a carbon skeleton, have a thickness of 0.4 nm to 10 nm and a planar-direction size of at least 20 nm and have lyophilic to a liquid having a relative dielectric constant of at least 15, (b) reduced form thin film particles obtained by partially or completely reducing the above thin film particles so as to have an oxygen content of 0 to 35 wt %, (c) a macromolecule as a matrix component, and (d) low molecular-weight parts which bond a plurality of the thin film particles by a covalent bond, a process for the production of the composite, and a method for reducing oxidized form thin film particles.

Abstract: There are provided a composite which is formed of a component (a) or a component (b) and a component (c), or the component (a) or the component (b) and a component (d), and is suitable for various uses such as an electrically-conductive material, (a) oxidized form thin film particles which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a carbon skeleton, have a thickness of 0.4 nm to 10 nm and a planar-direction size of at least 20 nm and have lyophilic to a liquid having a relative dielectric constant of at least 15, (b) reduced form thin film particles obtained by partially or completely reducing the above thin film particles so as to have an oxygen content of 0 to 35 wt %, (c) a macromolecule as a matrix component, and (d) low molecular-weight parts which bond a plurality of the thin film particles by a covalent bond, a process for the production of the composite, and a method for reducing oxidized form thin film particles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a structure matter composed of (a) oxidized form thin film particle(s) which are obtained by oxidizing graphite, have a thickness of 0.

Abstract: A process for producing aligned carbon nanotube films, wherein a carbon compound is decomposed using a substrate that is coated with an element having no catalytic ability by itself and which loads a metallic element having catalytic ability or a compound thereof, thereby forming a film of fine carbon nanotubes on the surface of the substrate which are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.

Abstract: Thin-film-like particles and isolated films of an extremely small thickness having a skeleton constructed by carbons are provided. The thin-film-like particles take independent shapes, have a thickness of 0.4 to 10 nm and a breadth in a planar direction of 20 nm or more, and can disperse in a liquid having a relative dielectric constant of 15 or more. The thin-film-like particles are obtained by promoting separation of layers in oxidation of graphite. The particles in their dispersion are placed, along with the dispersion, on a mesh, and dried to obtain an isolated thin film. The thin-film-like particles are reduced to obtain thin-film-like graphite particles and these collective matters.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin consisting essentially of structural units of the structure formula (1) and the structure formula (2), wherein a molar ratio of the structure formula (1)/the structure formula (2) is 70/30 to 5/95.

Abstract: Thin-film-like particles and isolated films of an extremely small thickness having a skeleton constructed by carbons are provided. The thin-film-like particles take independent shapes, have a thickness of 0.4 to 10 nm and a breadth in a planar direction of 20 nm or more, and can disperse in a liquid having a relative dielectric constant of 15 or more. The thin-film-like particles are obtained by promoting separation of layers in oxidation of graphite. The particles in their dispersion are placed, along with the dispersion, on a mesh, and dried to obtain an isolated thin film. The thin-film-like particles are reduced to obtain thin-film-like graphite particles and these collective matters.

Abstract: A polycarbonate resin obtainable by reaction of pentacyclopentadecanedimethanol with carbonic acid diester and a polycarbonate resin obtainable by reaction of pentacyclopentadecanedimethanol, an aromatic dihydroxy compound and carbonic acid diester having a low photoelastic constant and a good balance between refractive index and Abbe's number.

Abstract: An oxygen-absorbing composition comprising (a) a powdery or particulate crosslinked polymer containing carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds and having a high heat resistance and being easy to grind due to crosslinked structure, and (b) a catalyst. The oxygen-absorbing composition can be used in a dry state and can be utilized in an oxygen absorbent package. An oxygen-absorbing multilayered body can be formed from the oxygen-absorbing composition. A sheet or a film oxygen-absorbing multilayered body can be made from the oxygen-absorbing composition.

Abstract: An oxygen absorbent is provided which includes a multilayered body formed from a plurality of thin resin layers laminated over one another. At least one laminated side of this multilayered body is constructed as an oxygen-absorbing surface. The multilayered body includes an oxygen-absorbing layer of a resin composition in which an oxygen-absorbing component is dispersed and which is made porous; a non-porous oxygen-permeable layer which is permeable to oxygen; and a porous oxygen-permeable layer which serves as a protection layer for the non-porous oxygen-permeable layer. The layers are thermally bonded to one another and the resulting laminate is drawn to simultaneously enlarge the pores in the porous layers.

Abstract: Optical device to optically connect an outside optical fiber with an optical waveguide through the connecting medium of an optical fiber with ferrule located within the hole of the optical receptacle that is fixed at the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide and the outside optical connectors are optically connected with high accuracy and small optical loss. Because no damage is caused to the optical waveguide by attachment or removal of the optical connectors, the optical performance of the optical device is not reduced.

Abstract: A multi-terminal star coupler having a circuit constituted by optical waveguides integrated on a substrate. For example, in a four-terminal star coupler, four uniformly three-dividing optical couplers are provided for branching from any one terminal to the other three terminals, and an optical waveguide from any one terminal to another terminal not adjacent to the one terminal includes an intersection portion where the optical waveguide intersects another optical waveguide lead from another terminal adjacent to the one terminal.