A polymer compound for a conductive polymer including one or more repeating units a shown by the following general formula (1), and having a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000,

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wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sup.2 represents any of a single bond, an ester group, and a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally containing either or both of an ether group and an ester group; R.sup.3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms with one or more hydrogen atoms in R.sup.3 being substituted by a fluorine atom(s); Z represents any of a single bond, a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, an ether group, and an ester group; and a is a number satisfying 0<a1.0.

The present invention relates to: a polymerizable compound (I), wherein Y.sup.1 to Y.sup.6 are a chemical single bond, OC(O), C(O)O or the like, G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 are a divalent aliphatic group, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are an alkenyl group, A.sup.x is a fused ring group represented by a formula (II), wherein X is NR.sup.3, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and D is a substituted or unsubstituted ring having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that includes at least one nitrogen atom, A.sup.y is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, A.sup.1 is a trivalent aromatic group or the like, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 are a divalent aromatic group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms or the like, and Q.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

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An object of the invention is to provide polymerizable compounds having excellent optical characteristics and suited as materials for optically anisotropic articles, compositions containing the polymerizable compounds, polymers obtained by polymerising the polymerizable compounds, optically anisotropic articles formed of the polymers, and liquid crystal display devices including the optically anisotropic articles.

An object of the invention is to provide polymerizable compounds having excellent optical characteristics and suited as materials for optically anisotropic articles, compositions containing the polymerizable compounds, polymers obtained by polymerising the polymerizable compounds, optically anisotropic articles formed of the polymers, and liquid crystal display devices including the optically anisotropic articles.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymerizable compound suitable as a material for optically anisotropic bodies having excellent optical properties, a composition containing the polymerizable compound, a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable compound, an optically anisotropic body formed of the polymer, and a liquid crystal display device including the optically anisotropic body.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymerizable compound suitable as a material for optically anisotropic bodies having excellent optical properties, a composition containing the polymerizable compound, a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable compound, an optically anisotropic body formed of the polymer, and a liquid crystal display device including the optically anisotropic body.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a monomer which can provide a cured product having both high toughness and rigidity. The present invention is a (meth)acrylate (D) which is a reaction product of a thiol compound (A) having two or more mercapto groups; an iso(thio)cyanate compound (B) having two or more iso(thio)cyanato groups; and a hydroxy (meth)acrylate compound (C) having one or more polymerizable groups.

Disclosed herein are macromolecules, compositions thereof, and methods of making the same. In one aspect, the macromolecule are immobilized to a surface. In one aspect, provided herein are compositions, systems and kits comprising the macromolecules.

Disclosed herein are macromolecules, compositions thereof, and methods of making the same. In one aspect, the macromolecule are immobilized to a surface. In one aspect, provided herein are compositions, systems and kits comprising the macromolecules.