The present disclosure relates to a clay-polyacrylate composite comprising layers of clay intercalated with polyacrylate, wherein the layers of clay comprises at least one organosilane coupling agent comprising an acrylate moiety; and wherein the polyacrylate comprises a first acrylate monomer and a second acrylate monomer having different solubility. A surfactant-free method of synthesizing the said clay-polyacrylate composite and a method for coating are also provided. In a preferred embodiment, the first acrylate monomer is a hydrophilic acrylate monomer, e.g. 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and the second acrylate monomer is a hydrophobic acrylate monomer, e.g. 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. The clay-acrylate composite can be used for forming a barrier coating, which exhibits low water and low oxygen permeability.

The present disclosure relates to a clay-polyacrylate composite comprising layers of clay intercalated with polyacrylate, wherein the layers of clay comprises at least one organosilane coupling agent comprising an acrylate moiety; and wherein the polyacrylate comprises a first acrylate monomer and a second acrylate monomer having different solubility. A surfactant-free method of synthesizing the said clay-polyacrylate composite and a method for coating are also provided. In a preferred embodiment, the first acrylate monomer is a hydrophilic acrylate monomer, e.g. 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and the second acrylate monomer is a hydrophobic acrylate monomer, e.g. 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. The clay-acrylate composite can be used for forming a barrier coating, which exhibits low water and low oxygen permeability.

The super absorbent polymer comprises: a base polymer powder including a first crosslinked polymer of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least partially neutralized acidic groups; and a surface crosslinked layer formed on the base polymer powder and including a second crosslinked polymer in which the first crosslinked polymer is further crosslinked via a surface crosslinking agent, wherein the super absorbent polymer has: a fixed height absorption (FHA) of 22.5 g/g to 29 g/g, a saline flow conductivity (SFC) of 35 (.Math.10.sup.−7 cm.sup.3.Math.s/g) or more, and T-20 of 180 seconds or less.

An active energy ray-curable resin composition containing: a reaction product (X) of a component (A) and a component (B) below: (A) at least one selected from the group consisting of meta-xylylenediamine and para-xylylenediamine; (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids represented by the following general formula (1) and derivatives of the unsaturated carboxylic acids: ##STR00001## wherein, in the formula (1), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having from 7 to 13 carbon atoms; (C) a compound having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a glycidyl group and an isocyanate group, and an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing group; and (D) a phosphoric acid derivative having an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing group.

An optical resin material for chromatic aberration correction is provided including at least 5% by mass of a compound (component A) represented by formula (1) or formula (3), in which R.sub.1 to R.sub.6 each independently represent a structure represented by formula (2), in which the broken line represents a binding site; n1 represents an integer of 0 to 3; n2 represents an integer of 0 or 1; n3 represents an integer of 0 to 4; R.sub.7 represents hydrogen, an acryl group, a methacryl group, a cyanoacryl group, a cyclic ether group, an allyl group, a propargyl group, a hydroxy group, an isocyanate group, chlorine, or an optionally branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and X represents an alkylene glycol chain having 2 to 7 carbon atoms or a lactone-modified ketone chain, in which R.sub.1 to R.sub.6 each independently represent a structure represented by formula (2).

The present invention is directed to a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a reaction product of: (a) diethyleneglycol bischloroformate, ethyleneglycol bischloroformate, or combinations thereof; (b) allyl alcohol; (c) optionally, a cyclic polyol selected from the group consisting of a cycloaliphatic polyol having at least one secondary hydroxyl group, a heterocyclic polyol having primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, and mixtures thereof; and (d) optionally, at least one linear or branched aliphatic polyol having two to six hydroxyl groups; and (B) an organic peroxide comprising at least three peroxide groups. A polymerizate and/or an optical article comprising the polymerizable compositions of the invention are also provided.

The present invention is directed to a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a reaction product of: (a) diethyleneglycol bischloroformate, ethyleneglycol bischloroformate, or combinations thereof; (b) allyl alcohol; (c) optionally, a cyclic polyol selected from the group consisting of a cycloaliphatic polyol having at least one secondary hydroxyl group, a heterocyclic polyol having primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, and mixtures thereof; and (d) optionally, at least one linear or branched aliphatic polyol having two to six hydroxyl groups; and (B) an organic peroxide comprising at least three peroxide groups. A polymerizate and/or an optical article comprising the polymerizable compositions of the invention are also provided.

A photochromic curable composition comprising a radically polymerizable monomer having at least one oxetanyl group in one molecule, a photochromic compound and radically polymerizable monomers other than the above polymerizable monomer, and a photochromic cured body obtained by polymerizing the photochromic curable composition.

A solid polymer electrolyte precursor composition includes (i) one or more organic solvents; (ii) one or more cellulosic polymers dissolved in the organic solvent(s); (iii) one or more polymerizable components dissolved or dispersed in the organic solvent(s); (iv) one or more photo-initiators dissolved or dispersed in the organic solvent(s), where at least one of the one or more photo-initiators, following irradiation with light, promotes polymerization of at least one of the one or more polymerizable components; (v) one or more lithium ion sources dissolved or dispersed in the organic solvent(s); (vi) one or more plasticizers dissolved or dispersed in the organic solvent(s); and (vii) one or more ceramic particles dissolved or dispersed in the organic solvent(s).

Provided is a hollow resin particle that can reduce the dielectricity and dielectric loss tangent of a resin layer by introducing an empty area thereinto, and can be obtained by forming a hollow portion in a simple manner. Also provided is a method of producing such hollow resin particle in a simple manner. A hollow resin particle according to an embodiment of the present invention is a hollow resin particle including a shell portion and a hollow portion surrounded by the shell portion, wherein the shell portion contains an aromatic polymer (P1) obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition containing an aromatic crosslinkable monomer (a), an aromatic monofunctional monomer (b), and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based monomer (c) having a specific structure.