Provided is a photo-curable composition capable of creating a three-dimensional object excellent in both of: stiffness and strength; and toughness. Specifically, provided is a photo-curable composition including: a blocked isocyanate represented by the general formula (1); a chain extender; and a photo-radical generator: ##STR00001##
wherein, in the general formula (1), A.sub.1 to A.sub.4 each independently represent a structure represented by the following general formula (2), and B represents a structure represented by the following general formula (3) ##STR00002##

The present invention relates to polymerizable compositions which contain components that can be crosslinked both via isocyanurate bonds and by a radical reaction mechanism. The invention further relates to methods by way of which polymers can be produced from said compositions.

The present invention relates to a resin composition for forming an optical film, an optical film, and a polarizing plate, in which the resin composition for forming an optical film improves adhesion between an antiglare layer and a light-transmitting substrate film and enables the antiglare layer and the optical film to exhibit excellent optical properties such as appropriate haze, low gloss value, and excellent antiglare properties. The composition for forming an optical film is a resin composition for forming an optical film for forming an infiltration layer and an antiglare layer having surface irregularities on a light-transmitting substrate film, and comprises: a binder-forming compound including a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound having three or more functionalities, and a permeable compound having a hydrophilic functional group and a photo-curable functional group; two or more light-transmitting fine particles having a sub-micron (sub-μm) scale; and a permeable solvent capable of dissolving at least a part of the light-transmitting substrate film, wherein the binder-forming compound and the permeable solvent have a weight ratio of 1:0.04 or more.

The present invention relates to covalent adaptable networks (CANs) having exchangeable crosslinks which are able to undergo repeated covalent bond reshuffling through photo-activation at ambient temperatures. The invention provides covalent adaptable network forming compositions as well as methods of forming, remolding and recycling the CANs of the invention.

Processes for preparing a polymer polyol (PMPO) in which a base polyol is continuously produced in a continuous base polyol reactor, the base polyol is continuously discharged from the continuous base polyol reactor; the base polyol is continuously introduced to a continuous PMPO reactor, which is different from the continuous base polyol reactor, and PMPO is continuously removed from the PMPO reactor. Production plant configured to carry out such processes are also described.

The present invention provides a coating film having a structure represented by the following general formula (1) (in the formula, R.sup.11 is a residue formed by removing one isocyanate group from a polyisocyanate, and R.sup.12 is an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sup.13 is a residue formed by removing one hydroxyl group from a polyol), wherein a König hardness of the coating film is 20 or more, in an SS curve measurement of a tensile test, the coating film has an elastic deformation region and a plastic deformation region, and in the SS curve measurement, a stress at an inflection point stress between the elastic deformation region and the plastic deformation region is 5 MPa or more. ##STR00001##

A composition is provided including a compound (A) represented by Formula (1) and a compound (B) represented by Formula (2), wherein the compound (B) is contained in an amount of 0.00002 to 0.2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the compound (A): (R.sub.1—COO).sub.n—R.sub.2—(NCO).sub.m . . . (1) (in Formula (1), R.sub.1 is an ethylenically unsaturated group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is an (m+n)-valent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; and n and m are each an integer of 1 or 2) ##STR00001##
(in Formula (2), R is (—R.sub.2—(OCO—R.sub.1), and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same as those in Formula (1)).

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of detecting, sensors (e.g., chromogenic sensor), kits, compositions, and the like that related to or use tunable macroporous polymer. In an aspect, tunable macroporous materials as described herein can be used to determine the presence of a certain type(s) and quantity of liquid in a liquid mixture.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of detecting, sensors (e.g., chromogenic sensor), kits, compositions, and the like that related to or use tunable macroporous polymer. In an aspect, tunable macroporous materials as described herein can be used to determine the presence of a certain type(s) and quantity of liquid in a liquid mixture.

A method for producing a carbodiimide compound, comprising a carbodiimide production step of reacting an aliphatic tertiary isocyanate compound (A) in the presence of an organic alkali metal compound (B) having Lewis basicity.