The invention of the present application is a laminate in which thermoplastic polyurethane is used, excellent antifouling and adhesion properties are obtained, and glue residue is minimized. The laminate is provided with a substrate film formed from thermoplastic polyurethane, and an adhesive layer formed on one surface side of the substrate film. The substrate film has a surface layer on the opposite side of the first surface, a mixture of the thermoplastic polyurethane and a curable resin composition being present in the surface layer. The content ratio of the curable resin composition is configured so as to gradually decrease from the surface of the surface layer towards the interior of the substrate film. The curable resin composition contains at least one fluorine compound selected from the group consisting of fluorosilsesquioxane and fluorosilsesquioxane polymers, and a curable resin. The adhesive layer has a surface roughness of 350-750 nm.

The invention of the present application is a laminate in which thermoplastic polyurethane is used, excellent antifouling and adhesion properties are obtained, and glue residue is minimized. The laminate is provided with a substrate film formed from thermoplastic polyurethane, and an adhesive layer formed on one surface side of the substrate film. The substrate film has a surface layer on the opposite side of the first surface, a mixture of the thermoplastic polyurethane and a curable resin composition being present in the surface layer. The content ratio of the curable resin composition is configured so as to gradually decrease from the surface of the surface layer towards the interior of the substrate film. The curable resin composition contains at least one fluorine compound selected from the group consisting of fluorosilsesquioxane and fluorosilsesquioxane polymers, and a curable resin. The adhesive layer has a surface roughness of 350-750 nm.

This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.

The invention provides a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker which comprises (1) a polydiorganosiloxane polymer chain comprising dimethylsiloxane units and hydrophilized siloxane units each having one methyl substituent and one monovalent C.sub.4-C.sub.40 organic radical substituent having two to six hydroxyl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the hydrophilized siloxane units to the dimethylsiloxane units is from about 0.035 to about 0.15, and (2) two terminal (meth)acryloyl groups. The hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker has a number average molecular weight of from about 3000 Daltons to about 80,000 Daltons. The present invention is also related to a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises repeating units derived from a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker of the invention.

A novel imprint material and film produced from the material, on which a pattern is transferred. An imprint material having: a component (A); a component (B); a component (C); and a component (D), wherein, (A): a compound of Formula (1), Formula (2), or Formula (3):

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wherein, X is C.sub.1-5 linear alkylene, R.sup.1 is H or CH.sub.3; each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 is independently H, CH.sub.3, or C.sub.2H.sub.5; and the sum of the number of carbon atoms on R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 is 0 to 2; (B): a silsesquioxane compound having a repeating unit of Formula (4), and having two or more polymerizable groups of Y; (C): a silicone compound having a repeating unit of Formula (5), and having two polymerizable groups on its ends:

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wherein, each of R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 is independently C.sub.1-3 alkyl; R.sup.5 is C.sub.1-3 alkylene; and k is 0 to 3; and (D): photopolymerization initiator.

This invention relates to copolymers AB having moieties derived from vinyl-terminated polysiloxanes A with more than one vinyl group bound to the polysiloxane, and moieties derived from two or more alkyl esters B of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein at least two different alkyl esters B1 and B2 are used; the alkyl group of the first alkyl ester B1 of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid has from one to five carbon atoms, the alkyl group of the second alkyl ester B2 of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid has from six to thirty carbon atoms, and moieties derived from at least one hydroxyalkyl ester B3 of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid, the ester B3 having at least one hydroxyl group in the alkyl group, and from two to six carbon atoms in the alkyl group, to a process for their preparation, and to a method of use thereof as flow modifiers in coating compositions.

A curable composition includes (i) an acrylic functional silicone material; (ii) an acrylic functional organic material; (iii) an acrylic functional urethane material; and optionally (iv) metal oxide particles. Upon curing, the compositions provide a coating that may exhibit good optical clarity, adhesion to various plastics, and good antifog performance.

Provided is a monomer composition for contact lenses, which uses a polysiloxane monomer to produce a polymer that shows satisfactory surface hydrophilicity and oxygen permeability, and that is excellent in modulus and elongation at break. It has been found that a monomer composition containing a phosphorylcholine group-containing polysiloxane monomer, a monovinyl ether monomer, and the like can achieve the above-mentioned object.

Provided is a monomer composition for contact lenses, which uses a polysiloxane monomer to produce a polymer that shows satisfactory surface hydrophilicity and oxygen permeability, and that is excellent in modulus and elongation at break. It has been found that a monomer composition containing a phosphorylcholine group-containing polysiloxane monomer, a monovinyl ether monomer, and the like can achieve the above-mentioned object.

In an aspect, a method of synthesizing a graft copolymer comprises the steps of: copolymerizing a first macromonomer and a first reactive diluent; wherein said first macromonomer comprises a first backbone precursor directly or indirectly covalently linked to a first polymer side chain group; wherein said reactive diluent is provided in the presence of the first macromonomer at an amount selected so as to result in formation said graft copolymer having a first backbone incorporating said diluent and said first macromonomer in a first polymer block characterized by a preselected first graft density or a preselected first graft distribution of said first macromonomer. In some embodiments of this aspect, said preselected first graft density is any value selected from the range of 0.05 to 0.75. In some methods, the composition and amount of said diluent is selected to provide both a first preselected first graft density and a first preselected first graft distribution.