Provided is a photochromic curable composition which forms a cured body that develops excellent photochromic properties. The photochromic curable composition (A) includes: a polyrotaxane monomer wherein, in a polyrotaxane compound having a composite molecular structure composed of an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules threaded onto the axial molecule, and side chains having OH groups introduced into the cyclic molecules, 1 mol % or more to less than 100 mol % of OH groups in the side chains are modified with a compound having a radical-polymerizable group, (B) a photochromic compound, and (C) a polymerizable monomer other than the (A) polyrotaxane monomer.

Provided is a photochromic curable composition which forms a cured body that develops excellent photochromic properties. The photochromic curable composition (A) includes: a polyrotaxane monomer wherein, in a polyrotaxane compound having a composite molecular structure composed of an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules threaded onto the axial molecule, and side chains having OH groups introduced into the cyclic molecules, 1 mol % or more to less than 100 mol % of OH groups in the side chains are modified with a compound having a radical-polymerizable group, (B) a photochromic compound, and (C) a polymerizable monomer other than the (A) polyrotaxane monomer.

The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a laminate or a laminated lens, comprising obtaining a first plastic substrate having a front surface and a back surface, treating the front surface of the first plastic substrate or the back surface of the first plastic substrate, and laminating a second plastic substrate on the treated front surface of the first plastic substrate or the treated back surface of the first plastic substrate. The treating may include applying a polyurethane resin to a surface of the first plastic substrate. The method may further comprise treating a surface of the second plastic substrate. The method may further comprise applying activator to the treated surfaces of the first plastic substrate and the second plastic substrate and laminating by apposing the treated surfaces of the first plastic substrate and the second plastic substrate.

The photochromic cyclic compound of the present invention is represented by Formula (1) below:

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in the formula, L is a divalent bridging group and PC is a divalent T-type photochromic basic structural group having a naphthopyran structure, where one end of the bridging group L is bonded to at least the 3-position of the naphthopyran structure.

An optimized photochromic dye microenvironment isolated from and dispersed within a distinct host phase.

An optimized photochromic dye microenvironment isolated from and dispersed within a distinct host phase.

An automobile headlamp comprising a light source; a photochromic lens; and a one-way mirror positioned between the light source and the photochromic lens such that when viewing the light source through the photochromic lens, the one-way mirror conceals at least a portion of the light source.

An automobile headlamp comprising a light source; a photochromic lens; and a one-way mirror positioned between the light source and the photochromic lens such that when viewing the light source through the photochromic lens, the one-way mirror conceals at least a portion of the light source.

The invention relates to an ophthalmic lens configured to exhibit a clear state and optionally at least one darker state. The lens has a front and a rear surface (Cx and Cc) respectively defining a front and a rear side of the lens, the lens having in the clear state (FS) a visual transmittance at an AOI of 0° greater than 81%, the lens comprising: - a substrate having a front and a rear main face respectively adjacent the front and rear surface, and - at least one multilayered interferential coating comprising a front multilayered interferential coating which surmounts the front main face and which comprises at least one absorbing front layer in the visible region. In said clear state, a total visual reflectance for the lens Rv_t_rear from the rear and front surface, measured from the rear side at an AOI of 35°, is less than 5.0%, and in said clear state, the difference R.sub.v_t_front - R.sub.v_t_rear of the total visual reflectance from the rear and front surface, measured from the front side at an AOI of 15°, and of from the rear and front surface, measured from the rear side at an AOI of between 0 and 15°, is greater than 1.0 %.

A composition comprising a diarylethene photochromic anodic species, a cathodic species and an electrolyte that comprises a supporting electrolyte and a solvent. Electrochromic devices such as optical filters are prepared from such compositions.