Disclosed herein are an optical resin composition whose orientation birefringence and photoelastic birefringence are both very low and which has high transparency and which provides a film having few surface defects and excellent mechanical strength, and a film comprising the optical resin composition. Also disclosed herein is a film that has optical isotropy and excellent transparency even after stretching.

The optical resin composition contains a thermoplastic resin and a multistep-polymerized graft copolymer obtained by polymerizing, in the presence of crosslinked polymer-containing particles formed by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing a monomer represented by the following formula (4) and a polyfunctional monomer, a monomer mixture containing a monomer represented by the following formula (4) and another monofunctional monomer copolymerizable therewith.

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Disclosed herein are an optical resin composition whose orientation birefringence and photoelastic birefringence are both very low and which has high transparency and which provides a film having few surface defects, high heat stability, high solvent resistance, and excellent surface appearance, and a film comprising the optical resin composition.

The optical resin composition comprises: a resin (A) having a maleimide unit represented by the formula (5) and a (meth)acrylic ester unit; and a glutarimide acrylic resin (B). The resin composition may further comprise multi-layered particles.

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A water- and oil-proofing composition which can provide an article with high utility oil resistance is provided. A water- and oil-proofing composition comprising a fluorinated polymer comprising units based on the following monomer (a) and units based on the following monomer (b), a fatty acid ester of polyglycerin and an aqueous medium: Monomer (a): a compound represented by CH.sub.2CHR.sup.f (wherein R.sup.f is a C.sub.1-8 perfluoroalkyl group). Monomer (b): a monomer copolymerizable with the monomer (a).

Disclosed is a composition useful for forming blown films. The composition includes (a) an ungrafted ethylene-based polymer, (b) a nanocomposite containing a polyamide and montmorillonite, (c) a compatibilizer comprising a maleic anhydride grafted ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer and/or a maleic anhydride grafted ethylene-butyl acrylate copolymer, and (d) optionally, an ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer. Also disclosed is a blown film made from a composition containing an ungrafted ethylene-based polymer, a nanocomposite containing a polyamide and montmorillonite, a compatibilizer comprising a maleic anhydride grafted ethylene-based polymer, and optionally, an EVOH copolymer. These films can have improved optical and/or mechanical properties compared to films made without the nanocomposite.