The present invention provides a SMC of which excessive thickening with time is suppressed while of which sufficient initial thickening by an isocyanate-based thickener is maintained, particularly of which a decrease in flowability at the time of molding to be easily actualized in the case of containing an aromatic vinyl compound such as styrene is suppressed, and which exhibits excellent storage stability and moldability, a molding material for obtaining the SMC, and a fiber-reinforced composite material using the SMC. The invention provides a molding material including: a matrix resin composition containing the following Component (A), the following Component (B), the following Component (D) and the following Component (E); and the following Component (C), in which a proportion of the Component (E) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a sum of the Component (A) and the Component (B) is 0.002 part by mass or more and 0.08 part by mass or less: Component (A): a compound having either or both of a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group and a polymerizable unsaturated group, Component (B): an aromatic vinyl compound, Component (C): a reinforcing fiber bundle having a fiber length of 5 mm or more and 120 mm or less, Component (D): an isocyanate compound, and Component (E): a metal chelate compound.

The present invention provides: a light diffusing agent which enables the achievement of a resin molded body having excellent light diffusibility, light transmission properties, surface hardness and the like; a resin composition which contains this light diffusing agent; and a molded body. One embodiment of the present invention provides a light diffusing agent which contains a copolymer that contains a (meth)acrylate constituent unit (A) represented by general formula (1) and a polyvalent vinyl constituent unit (B) that is copolymerizable with the constituent unit (A).

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The present invention provides: a light diffusing agent which enables the achievement of a resin molded body having excellent light diffusibility, light transmission properties, surface hardness and the like; a resin composition which contains this light diffusing agent; and a molded body. One embodiment of the present invention provides a light diffusing agent which contains a copolymer that contains a (meth)acrylate constituent unit (A) represented by general formula (1) and a polyvalent vinyl constituent unit (B) that is copolymerizable with the constituent unit (A).

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A phosphorus-containing resin, wherein the phosphorus-containing resin comprises a structure as below:

##STR00001## wherein R.sup.A and R.sup.B are each independently a phenylethene group; Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2 are each independently a bivalent arylene group. The phosphorus-containing resin of the instant disclosure has high reactivity, and may crosslink with other materials, making the flame-retardant and heat-resistant composition possess excellent flame-retardant and heat resistance effect, therefore having high industrial value.

Intraocular lens materials are disclosed. They are soft and very deformable and have a high refractive index, and a high glistening resistance in fully hydrated state. They are particularly suitable for making wet-packed intraocular lenses (IOLs) which can be delivered through sub 2.0 mm incisions.

Disclosed herein are a curable composition which is capable of producing a cured product having a low Abbe's number and increased durability, and a curable composition with suppressed viscosity increase. Provided is a compound represented by General Formula (A). Also provided are a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula (A), a predetermined (meth)acrylate monomer, and at least one selected from a photoradical polymerization initiator and a thermal radical polymerization initiator; a cured product formed by curing the curable composition; an optical component; and a lens. ##STR00001##

The present invention provides mixtures of compounds and compounds having the formula:

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which are useful as functionalized photoinitiators and which may be used directly or after further functionalization in various photo-curable coating compositions, including varnishes, lacquers, printing inks and the like. The present invention also relates to a process to prepare the mixtures and the compounds. The present invention also provides radiation-curable surface coating compositions which include at least one of the compounds of the present invention as a photoinitiator. The compounds are especially suitable for radiation curable formulations which are intended for applications where low extracables or leachables are used such as printing inks for food packaging.

The present invention relates to the use of copolymers of alkyl acrylates, specific unsaturated carboxylic esters and optionally ethylene that combine a low glass transition temperature with oil resistance in the manufacture of vulcanizable mixtures, the crosslinking thereof and thereby obtainable vulcanizates and shaped articles.

The present invention relates to the use of copolymers of alkyl acrylates, specific unsaturated carboxylic esters and optionally ethylene that combine a low glass transition temperature with oil resistance in the manufacture of vulcanizable mixtures, the crosslinking thereof and thereby obtainable vulcanizates and shaped articles.

The invention relates to a copolymer that can be used as wetting agent and dispersant and contains i) 40-73 mole percent of a base structural unit (A) and ii) 27-60 mole percent of a substituted dicarboxylic acid derivative structural unit (B), the structural unit (B) containing species having a bisamide structure and species having quaternized amino groups.