Disclosed are high refractive index, hydrophobic, acrylic materials. These materials have both high refractive index and a high Abbe number. This combination means the materials have a low refractive index dispersion and thus are especially suitable for use as intraocular lens materials. The materials are also suitable for use in other implantable ophthalmic devices, such as keratoprostheses, corneal rings, corneal implants, and corneal inlays.

A photosensitive resin composition is also provided that includes a polymer precursor selected from a polyimide precursor and a polybenzoxazole precursor; a photo-radical polymerization initiator; and a solvent, in which an acid value of an acid group contained in the polymer precursor and having a neutralization point in a pH range of 7.0 to 12.0 is in a range of 2.5 to 34.0 mgKOH/g, and either the polymer precursor contains a radically polymerizable group or the photosensitive resin composition includes a radically polymerizable compound other than the polymer precursor.

The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing an alpha-substituted acrylate, the process comprising: a) combining starting materials comprising an alpha-(halomethyl) acrylate and an organozinc compound, thereby forming a product comprising the alpha-substituted acrylate.

A polymer having a first monomer operatively connected to Rose Bengal, a second monomer, and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of ionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof. The Rose Bengal in polymer in an amount effective for rendering the polymer antimicrobial or antiviral upon exposure of said polymer to light; and the polymer produces singlet oxygen from air in the presence of light. A substrate have these features is also included.

A polymer having a first monomer operatively connected to Rose Bengal, a second monomer, and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of ionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof. The Rose Bengal in polymer in an amount effective for rendering the polymer antimicrobial or antiviral upon exposure of said polymer to light; and the polymer produces singlet oxygen from air in the presence of light. A substrate have these features is also included.

A conventional polymerization inhibitor is for example an agent to scavenge radicals generated during storage of a radical polymerizable compound and used to stably handle the radical polymerizable compound, but is unnecessary when the radical polymerizable compound is to be subjected to radical polymerization reaction, and is preferably removed at the time of the radical polymerization reaction. The object of the present invention is to obviate inconvenience of removing the polymerization inhibitor at the time of radical polymerization. The radical polymerization control agent contained in a radical polymerizable composition of the present invention functions as a radical polymerization inhibitor for example stored in a dark place, but loses its radical polymerization inhibiting effect when polymerization is initiated while being irradiated with light at a certain specific wavelength at the time of polymerization. Thus, radical polymerization of the radical polymerizable compound is easily initiated without increasing the amount of a radical polymerization initiator. That is, the radical polymerization control agent of the present invention is a radical polymerization control agent which is a corn pound having an effect to inhibit radical polymerization of a radical polymerizable compound and which loses the radical polymerization inhibiting effect under irradiation with light rays containing light within a wavelength range of from 300 nm to 500 nm.

An infrared-absorbing composition includes particles of an infrared-absorbing coloring agent and a solvent, in which the particles in the infrared-absorbing composition have two or more maximal absorption wavelengths exhibited in a wavelength range of 650 to 1500 nm, and in the range, in a case where an absorbance at a maximal absorption wavelength existing on a second shortest wavelength side is set to 1, an absorbance at a maximal absorption wavelength existing on a shortest wavelength side is 0.6 to 2.0.

A method for producing (meth) acrylic resin at a low cost while maintaining high transparency even in long-term production using a polymerization apparatus is provided. A (meth) acrylic resin is obtained by the method comprising storing a thiol chain transfer agent in a tank made of an austenitic stainless steel with a Mo content of 0.5 to 7.0% by mass, transferring the thiol chain transfer agent to a polymerization reactor made of an austenitic stainless steel with a Mo content of 0.5 to 7.0% by mass via a pipe made of an austenitic stainless steel with a Mo content of 0.5 to 7.0% by mass, radical-polymerizing methyl methacrylate in the polymerization reactor to obtain a reaction product, and then removing an unreacted material from the reaction product.

The present invention provides a dental polymerizable composition that requires less discharging force, is easily formable, has low polymerization shrinkage stress during curing, and exhibits high stain resistance and surface gloss when cured. The present invention relates to a dental polymerizable composition including a (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A), a polymerizable monomer (B), and a polymerization initiator (C). The (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A) consists of a (meth)acrylic polymer block (a) having a curable functional group and a (meth)acrylic polymer block (b) having no curable functional group. The curable functional group has a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1):

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A polymerization reactor of the present invention includes a container body 1 and a jacket 2 covering the outer surface of the container body 1 and defining a passage for passing a cooling/heating medium between itself and the outer surface of the container body. The container body 1 is made of a clad metal plate including a support metal layer 11a having an inner surface at an inner side of the container body and an outer surface at an outer side of the container body, and an inner corrosion-resistant metal skin layer 11b bonded to the inner surface of the support metal layer and being smaller in thickness than the support metal layer.