The polymerizable composition prevents precipitation and the like of crystals and has high storage stability. A polymer compound is added to the polymerizable composition. In a case where a film-shaped polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition is prepared, a tilt angle formed with an air interface is small, and glances of reflected light when a circularly polarizing plate is obtained by combining the polymer with a polarizing plate are removed. In addition, there is provided a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition, and an optically anisotropic body using the polymer. The polymerizable composition includes a reverse dispersible compound represented by General Formula (I), and a compound represented by General Formula (II).

The polymerizable composition prevents precipitation and the like of crystals and has high storage stability. A polymer compound is added to the polymerizable composition. In a case where a film-shaped polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition is prepared, a tilt angle formed with an air interface is small, and glances of reflected light when a circularly polarizing plate is obtained by combining the polymer with a polarizing plate are removed. In addition, there is provided a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition, and an optically anisotropic body using the polymer. The polymerizable composition includes a reverse dispersible compound represented by General Formula (I), and a compound represented by General Formula (II).

The present disclosure relates to a matting agent including polymer particles, a matting polymer composition including a matting agent, and a method of producing polymer particles. The polymer particles may be produced by a simple process using a suspension polymerization method, and is relatively easy to control a degree of crosslinking. In addition, in a case where a matting polymer composition is prepared using a matting agent including the polymer particles, it is possible to manufacture a molded article having excellent appearance and matting effect without deterioration of the existing mechanical properties such as impact strength and tensile strength of a thermoplastic polymer, and in particular, an excellent matting effect may be exerted even in the extrusion processing, which has been difficult to achieve in the related art.

The present invention provides a polymerizable composition having low birefringence which contains at least two types of polymerizable compounds represented by Formula (I):

Q.sup.1-Sp.sup.1A-L.sub.mSp.sup.2-Q.sup.2(I) in the formula, A represents a phenylene or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, L represents OC(O), OC(O)O, and the like, m represents 3 to 12, Sp.sup.1 and Sp.sup.2 represent an alkylene of which CH.sub.2 may be substituted with O or the like, and the like, and Q.sup.1 and Q.sup.2 represent a polymerizable group, and the like, in which when a number obtained by dividing the number of trans-1,4-cyclohexylenes represented by A by m is set to mc, the polymerizable compounds include a polymerizable compound satisfying 0.5<mc<0.7 and a polymerizable compound satisfying 0.1<mc<0.3. A film such as a low birefringence phase difference film or a reflection film having high selectivity in a reflection wavelength range can be provided by using the polymerizable composition.

A reaction product of: (a)) at least one cinnamyl alcohol or ester of cinnamic acid; (b) at least one unsaturated polyester resin, at least one vinyl ester resin, or a mixture of an unsaturated polyester resin and a vinyl ester resin; (c) at least one (meth)acrylated vegetable oil; and (d) a free radical initiator system.

A reaction product of: (a)) at least one cinnamyl alcohol or ester of cinnamic acid; (b) at least one unsaturated polyester resin, at least one vinyl ester resin, or a mixture of an unsaturated polyester resin and a vinyl ester resin; (c) at least one (meth)acrylated vegetable oil; and (d) a free radical initiator system.

The present disclosure relates to a matting agent including polymer particles, a matting polymer composition including a matting agent, and a method of producing polymer particles. The polymer particles may be produced by a simple process using a suspension polymerization method, and is relatively easy to control a degree of crosslinking. In addition, in a case where a matting polymer composition is prepared using a matting agent including the polymer particles, it is possible to manufacture a molded article having excellent appearance and matting effect without deterioration of the existing mechanical properties such as impact strength and tensile strength of a thermoplastic polymer, and in particular, an excellent matting effect may be exerted even in the extrusion processing, which has been difficult to achieve in the related art.

The present invention is a polymer having structural units, units of formula I, units of formula II and units of either formula IIIa or formula IIIb:

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The polymer improves the low-temperature properties of fuel oils from petroleum sources and especially from vegetable or animal sources.

Methacrylated cardanol glycidyl ethers, diglycidyl ethers, intermediates and derivatives thereof are described herein. Compositions and polymers made with such compounds as well as methods of preparation thereof are also described. For example, compounds of Formulas: wherein n, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 can each represent various different entities are described in the present disclosure.

The present invention provides a mixture including a compound that has a mesogenic group and satisfying an expression represented by Expression (1):

1.0YI/n50.0Expression (1)

wherein YI represents a yellowness index of the mixture and n represents a refractive index anisotropy of the compound having a mesogenic group. In a case of producing an optical anisotropic body constituted by a composition prepared by using the compound, repellence hardly occurs, and the mixture exhibits excellent alignment properties in a case of using the optical anisotropic body. Furthermore, a composition that contains the mixture and an optical anisotropic body that uses the composition are provided.