Provided herein are porous polymer monolith materials and processes that enable integration of blood fractionation, specific nucleic acid amplification and/or detection of nucleic acids from whole blood.

Provided herein are porous polymer monolith materials and processes that enable integration of blood fractionation, specific nucleic acid amplification and/or detection of nucleic acids from whole blood.

Provided is a compound, which is represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR00001##
where X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently represent an acrylic group or a methacrylic group, R.sup.1 to R.sup.8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and “n” represents an integer of from 1 to 10.

Provided is a compound, which is represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR00001##
where X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently represent an acrylic group or a methacrylic group, R.sup.1 to R.sup.8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and “n” represents an integer of from 1 to 10.

An electrochromic element is provided. The electrochromic element includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode with a gap therebetween, and a color developing layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The color developing layer includes an electrochromic compound that develops and discharges color by a redox reaction and a compound having an adsorption group adsorptive to the first electrode.

The present invention pertains to: a polymerizable compound represented by a formula (I); a polymerizable composition comprising the polymerizable compound and an initiator; a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable compound or the polymerizable composition; and an optically anisotropic article comprising the polymer. The present invention provides a polymerizable compound, a polymerizable composition, and a polymer that have a practical low melting point, exhibit excellent solubility in a general-purpose solvent, can be produced at low cost, and can produce an optical film that achieves uniform conversion of polarized light over a wide wavelength band, and also provide an optically anisotropic article.

Provided is a compound, which is represented by the following general formula (1):

##STR00001##

where X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently represent an acrylic group or a methacrylic group, R.sup.1 to R.sup.8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and “n” represents an integer of from 1 to 10.

Provided is a compound, which is represented by the following general formula (1):

##STR00001##

where X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently represent an acrylic group or a methacrylic group, R.sup.1 to R.sup.8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and “n” represents an integer of from 1 to 10.

The present invention provides a polymerizable composition containing a specific polymerizable compound and a fluorosurfactant having, in its molecule, a pentaerythritol skeleton or a dipentaerythritol skeleton. The invention also provides an optically anisotropic body, a retardation film, an antireflective film, and a liquid crystal display device that are produced using the polymerizable composition of the present invention. The present invention is useful because, when an optically anisotropic body is produced by photo-polymerization of the polymerizable composition, three features including the leveling properties of the surface of the optically anisotropic body, offset onto the substrate, and liquid crystal alignment can be improved simultaneously.

Provided is a compound having a wide temperature range exhibiting liquid crystallinity and excellent precipitation suppression and solubility; and a polymerizable composition, a cured product, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device, each using the compound. The compound is represented, for example, by Formula (1) or (2).

##STR00001##