Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hologram recording material composition comprising a radical polymerizable compound being solid at an ordinary temperature and having a 9,9-diarylflourene skeleton, a polymeric binder and a plasticizer, the composition being excellent in transparency and diffraction efficiency, which are characteristics required for a hologram. The hologram recording material composition comprises a thermoplastic resin (A) which is soluble in a solvent, a radical polymerizable compound (B) which is solid at an ordinary temperature and at ordinary pressure and has the 9,9-diarylfluorene skeleton and at least one radical polymerizable unsaturated double bond, a plasticizer (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D). A weight percentage ratio of the thermoplastic resin (A), the radical polymerizable compound (B) and the plasticizer (C), (A):(B):(C) is 10 to 80:10 to 80:10 to 80.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hologram recording material composition which is excellent in transparency and diffraction efficiency. The hologram recording material composition comprises a thermoplastic resin (A) which is soluble in a solvent, a radical polymerizable compound (B) which is solid at an ordinary temperature and at ordinary pressure and has the 9,9-diarylfluorene skeleton and at least one radical polymerizable unsaturated double bond, a plasticizer (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D). A weight percentage ratio of the thermoplastic resin (A), the radical polymerizable compound (B) and the plasticizer (C), (A):(B):(C) is 10 to 80:10 to 80:10 to 80. A refractive index of the radical polymerizable compound (B) is larger than a weighted mean of that of the thermoplastic resin (A) and that of the plasticizer (C).

Abstract: The present invention provides a thiophene derivative and the polymer thereof as expressed in the following formulas, which will respond to light and electricity and which are best suited for use as photorecording materials and light-electricity conversion elements. ##STR1## where n and m are independent integral numbers greater than 0; R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a trialkylsilyl group; the R.sub.2 s together with the ethylenic linkage form a ring and said R.sub.2 s taken together are an optionally substituted alkylene group or --COOCO-- or the R.sub.2 s independently represent cyano; and R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are hydrogen or alkyl.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic sulfide compound represented by a general formula (I) ##STR1## (where R.sup.1 represents --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --O--, or --CH.sub.2 --S--). According to this invention, a novel cyclic sulfide compound which gives high refractive index and high Abbe number can be obtained. The polymerizable compositions for manufacturing optical products with this compound as their main component can be readily molded into plastic lenses which give superhigh refractive indices and high Abbe numbers or those which give high refractive indices and high Abbe number with low sp.grs. in addition thereto. The castings obtained from said polymerizable compositions are useful as plastic lenses for glasses, manifesting optical uniformity and being excellent in processability, transparency, and thermal, impact and light resistance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic sulfide compound represented by a general formula (I) ##STR1## (where R.sup.1 represents --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --O--, or --CH.sub.2 --S--). Polymerizable compositions for manufacturing optical products with this compound as their main component can be readily molded into plastic lenses which give superhigh refractive indices and high Abbe numbers or those which give high refractive indices and high Abbe number with low sp.grs. in addition thereto. The castings obtained from said polymerizable compositions are useful as plastic lenses for glasses, manifesting optical uniformity and being excellent in processability, transparency, and thermal, impact and light resistance. Further these polymerizable resin compositions are usable preferably as such optical products as prisms, optical fibers, optical disc substrates, color filters, or infrared absorption filters.

Abstract: A polyviologen modified electrode which comprises an insoluble film of polyviologen polymerized on a base electrode by electrochemical reduction and electrodeposition of monomer represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## Wherein R.sup.1 is a divalent group selected from the groups consisting of alkylene, cycloalkylene, arylene and arylalkylene or a trivalent group selected from the groups consisting of alkanetriyl, cycloalkanetriyl, arylalkanetriyl and aryltriyl; X.sup.- is a counter anion; m is 2 or 3, which electrode has no performance problem in connection with the solubility to water and organic solvent and the annealing phenomenon.