Abstract: The invention has an object of providing a curable resin composition, an optical component, and a lens having excellent mold printability and excellent mold releasability. The invention relates to a curable resin composition including an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer having 2 or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule; a polymer having a radically polymerizable group; a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound; and a phosphoric acid ester, in which the phosphoric acid ester is contained by greater than 0.02 mass % and equal to or less than 3 mass % with respect to a mass of the curable resin composition; an optical component and a lens including the curable resin composition; and a method for manufacturing an optical component.

Abstract: A compound lens produced by heating and pressing a semi-cured product of a curable resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate monomer, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound, and a photo-radical initiator and a transparent substrate arranged so as to be in contact with the semi-cured product in a state in which a molding die is filled with the semi-cured product and the transparent substrate, and obtaining a cured product by allowing the semi-cured product to be thermally polymerized, exhibits an excellent transfer property, a small number of bubble mixtures, and excellent heat resistance and crack resistance.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition in which a modified rubber excellent in low temperature resistance is dispersedly added in a polyamide resin matrix to improve the low temperature resistance (cyclic fatigue resistance) of the polyamide resin, the composition maintaining its fluidity even at a high content of modified rubber, thus allowing film formation, and exhibiting excellent low temperature resistance. The thermoplastic resin composition includes a polyamide resin (A) and a modified rubber (B) having an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group and is characterized in that the modified rubber (B) having an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group is modified with a hydrogen bonding compound (C) having a functional group reacting with an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group and a functional group capable of hydrogen bonding with an amide bond or a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: Provided are a curable composition exhibiting excellent solvent solubility while maintaining a high refractive index; an optical component using such a curable composition; and a compound. The curable composition contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1) and at least one kind selected from thermal radical polymerization initiators or photo radical polymerization initiators. In Formula (1), Ar1 to Ar4 each independently represent an aromatic ring, at least one of Ar1, . . . , or Ar4 represents a benzothiazole ring, a benzoxazole ring, an aromatic ring containing a benzothiazole ring or a benzoxazole ring, or an aromatic ring having a benzothiazolyl group or a benzoxazolyl group as a substituent, and two or more of Y1 to Y4 represent a polymerizable group.

Abstract: The invention has an object of providing a curable resin composition, an optical component, and a lens having excellent mold printability and excellent mold releasability. The invention relates to a curable resin composition including an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer having 2 or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule; a polymer having a radically polymerizable group; a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound; and a phosphoric acid ester, in which the phosphoric acid ester is contained by greater than 0.02 mass % and equal to or less than 3 mass % with respect to a mass of the curable resin composition; an optical component and a lens including the curable resin composition; and a method for manufacturing an optical component.

Abstract: A curable resin composition comprising a (meth)acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound represented by the general formula below, and a thermal or a photo-radical polymerization initiator makes it possible to produce a cured product with minimized occurrence of burring during molding and high product yield after molding. The cured product has good heat coloration resistance and low Abbe's number. R11, R12, R15, and R16 represent a substituent and A represents an atomic group necessary for forming a cyclic structure.

Abstract: Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers have superior gas barrier properties, but are inferior in bending fatigue resistance. The present invention improves bending fatigue resistance without reducing the gas barrier property and heat resistance. An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 to 50 percent by mole is modified by incorporating 0.01 to 1% mol of a structural unit expressed by the following formula (3): wherein, n indicates an integer of 2 to 5, m indicates an integer of 10 to 20, and R1 indicates a C1 to C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group provided that R1 may contain a mercapto group, thioester group, sulfenamide, vinyl group, methacryloxy group, or acryloxy group. The modified ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer may be used as a gas barrier resin and this gas barrier resin may be shaped or laminated and used in various applications such as in pneumatic tires and hoses.

Abstract: A heat-resistant cured product is efficiently produced by obtaining a semi-cured product where a curable resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate monomer, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound and a thermal radical-polymerization initiator is processed by at least one of photoirradiation and heating to give a semi-cured product having a complex viscosity of from 105 to 108 mPa·s at 25° C. and at a frequency of 10 Hz; and putting the semi-cured product in a forming die for pressure formation therein, and heating it therein for thermal polymerization to give a cured product.

Abstract: A curable resin composition comprising a (meth)acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound represented by the general formula below, and a thermal or a photo-radical polymerization initiator makes it possible to produce a cured product with minimized occurrence of burring during molding and high product yield after molding. The cured product has good heat coloration resistance and low Abbe's number. R11, R12, R15, and R16 represent a substituent and A represents an atomic group necessary for forming a cyclic structure.

Abstract: A compound lens produced by heating and pressing a semi-cured product of a curable resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate monomer, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound, and a photo-radical initiator and a transparent substrate arranged so as to be in contact with the semi-cured product in a state in which a molding die is filled with the semi-cured product and the transparent substrate, and obtaining a cured product by allowing the semi-cured product to be thermally polymerized, exhibits an excellent transfer property, a small number of bubble mixtures, and excellent heat resistance and crack resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curable resin composition comprising a polymer (A) that has a main chain comprising carbon atoms and a side chain having a polymerizing unsaturated linking group and has a cyclic structure in the main chain and/or the side chain, and a compound having a polymerizing unsaturated group. The curable resin composition has good optical characteristics, good heat resistance and good moldability.

Abstract: A laminate (C) of a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising: a thermoplastic resin composition (A) having an permeation coefficient of 10×10?12 cc·cm/cm2·sec·cmHg or less, laminated with a thermoplastic polymer composition (B) having a melt viscosity of 500-2000 Pa·s and a Young's modulus at a room temperature of 1-400 MPa, wherein the thickness of a layer of the thermoplastic resin composition (A) is 0.05-10 ?m and the air permeation coefficient of the laminate (C) of 20×10?12 cc·cm/cm2·sec·cmHg or less, and a pneumatic tire using the above laminate (C) as an inner liner.

Abstract: A low permeability rubber laminate having an excellent bondability, air pressure retaining property and durability and containing (A) at least one low permeability resin layer having an average thickness d of 0.05 ?m<d<5 ?m containing an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene composition ratio of 20 to 50 mol % and a degree of saponification of 90% or more and (B) at least one diene-based rubber composition layer containing 1 to 25 parts by weight of a silane-based coupling agent having a functional group reactive with rubber and having an alkoxysilyl group, based upon 100 parts by weight of the diene-based rubber and a pneumatic tire using the same as an inner liner.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is, in a thermoplastic elastomer composition in which a modified rubber is dispersed and filled in an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer matrix in order to improve the low-temperature durability of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, to reduce the extrusion load during extrusion molding thereof into a film without deteriorating the low-temperature durability. The present invention is a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and a modified rubber (B) dispersed in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), wherein the modified rubber (B) has an acid anhydride group or epoxy group and is dynamically cross-linked by a compound (C) having at least two amino groups. This thermoplastic elastomer composition can be suitably used in the production of an inner liner of a pneumatic tire.

Abstract: A heat-resistant cured product is efficiently produced by obtaining a semi-cured product where a curable resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate monomer, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound and a thermal radical-polymerization initiator is processed by at least one of photoirradiation and heating to give a semi-cured product having a complex viscosity of from 105 to 108 mPa·s at 25° C. and at a frequency of 10 Hz; and putting the semi-cured product in a forming die for pressure formation therein, and heating it therein for thermal polymerization to give a cured product.

Abstract: A low permeability laminate obtained by laminating (A) a thermoplastic resin composition layer containing (i) 50 to 90% by weight of an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 to 50 mol % and a saponification degree of 90% or more, (ii) 50 to 10% by weight of an aliphatic polyamide resin having 90 mol % or more of an ?-caprolactam-derived component and (iii) 3 to 50 parts by weight of a sulfonamide-based plasticizer, based upon 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the components (i) and (ii) and (B) at least one rubber composition layer, a layer of a thickness ?B of layer (B)/a thickness ?A of layer (A) (?B/?A) being 10 or more, followed by being heat treated within a range of 130° C. to 210° C. capable of molding and processing for a long time and a pneumatic tire using the same.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is, in a thermoplastic elastomer composition in which a modified rubber is filled and dispersed in a polyamide resin matrix in order to improve the low-temperature durability of the polyamide resin, to reduce the extrusion load during extrusion molding thereof into a film without deteriorating the low-temperature durability. The present invention is a thermoplastic elastomer composition (E) comprising a modified polyamide resin (C) and a modified rubber (D) dispersed in the modified polyamide resin (C), the modified polyamide resin (C) being a resin obtained by melt-blending an polyamide resin (A) and a compound (B) capable of reacting with a terminal amino group of a polyamide resin, wherein the modified rubber (D) has an acid anhydride group or epoxy group and is dynamically cross-linked by a compound (F) having at least one disulfide bond and at least two amino groups.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises a modified rubber having excellent low-temperature durability dispersed in a polyamide resin matrix in order to improve the low-temperature durability or repeated fatigue resistance of the polyamide resin and which maintains its flowability and can be formed into a film even at a high content of the modified rubber, and has excellent low-temperature durability. The thermoplastic resin composition comprises a modified polyamide resin (A) obtained by melt blending 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin (A1) and 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of a compound (A2) capable of binding to a terminal amino group of the polyamide resin, at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the polyamide resin (A1), and a modified rubber (B) having an acid anhydride group, an epoxy group, or a carboxyl group or a derivative thereof. The compound (A2) is preferably a monofunctional epoxy compound.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition, which includes a halogenated isoolefin/para-alkylstyrene copolymer rubber dispersed in a polyamide resin in order to improve the fatigue durability of a polyamide resin, while maintaining high flowability of the polyamide. A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a continuous phase composed of a modified polyamide resin (A) and a dispersed phase composed of a halogenated isoolefin/para-alkylstyrene copolymer rubber (B) is provided. The modified polyamide resin (A) is a resin obtained by melt-kneading 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin (C) with not less than 0.05 part by weight and less than 3 parts by weight a compound (D), such as a monofunctional epoxy compound, capable of binding to a terminal amino group of the polyamide resin at a temperature not lower than the melting point of the polyamide resin (C). The composition can be used as an inner liner of a pneumatic tire.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition, which includes a halogenated isoolefin/para-alkylstyrene copolymer rubber dispersed in a polyamide resin in order to improve the fatigue durability of a polyamide resin, while maintaining high flowability of the polyamide. A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a continuous phase composed of a modified polyamide resin (A) and a dispersed phase composed of a halogenated isoolefin/para-alkylstyrene copolymer rubber (B) is provided. The modified polyamide resin (A) is a resin obtained by melt-kneading 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin (C) with not less than 0.05 part by weight and less than 3 parts by weight a compound (D), such as a monofunctional epoxy compound, capable of binding to a terminal amino group of the polyamide resin at a temperature not lower than the melting point of the polyamide resin (C). The composition can be used as an inner liner of a pneumatic tire.