The present invention provides an optical composition from which an optical article having reduced poor appearance such as cloudiness and optical strain during lens base material production can be obtained, and when a photochromic compound is added, a photochromic cured body having excellent photochromism and mechanical strength can also be formed, and a polyrotaxane used therefor. The polyrotaxane has a composite molecular structure formed of an axle molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axle molecule, satisfying at least one of (X) and (Y). (X): A side chain having a secondary or tertiary hydroxyl group is introduced into at least part of the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane. (Y): A side chain having a group represented by -A (A is an organic group, and contains at least one hydroxyl group) is introduced into at least part of the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane, and a pKa of the hydroxyl group of the compound represented by H-A is 6 or more and less than 14.

The present invention aims to provide a polyester resin composition capable of producing a molded article having excellent stretchability. The present invention also aims to provide a molded article including the polyester resin composition. The present invention relates to a polyester resin composition including: a polyester resin; and a polyrotaxane that has a cyclic molecule, a linear molecule threading through a cavity of the cyclic molecule in a skewered manner, and capping groups capping both ends of the linear molecule.

A resin composition includes a first (meth)acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of about 500 or less, a second (meth)acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of about 6,000 or more, a radical polymerization initiator, and a polyrotaxane compound, where the resin composition has a viscosity in a range of about 1.0 mPa.Math.s to about 100 mPa.Math.s at 25? C.

A conducting composition includes a topological polymer (e.g., a polyrotaxane polymer) and poly(3,4-ethylene-dioxy thiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS). Devices may include a conducting layer including the conducting compositions, e.g., a device comprising a conducting layer, wherein the conducting layer includes a polyrotaxane polymer and a PEDOT:PSS array. The devices are useful in bioelectronics, including high-resolution electrophysiological monitoring of deformable tissues and localized neuromodulation for high-precision control of individual muscle activities.

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to polyrotaxanes comprising a poloxamer core and at least one cyclodextrin and methods for treating Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) and imaging (e.g., MRI) using the polyrotaxanes various embodiments of the present invention.

To provide a photochromic coating composition comprising (A) a polyrotaxane having a composite molecular structure formed by an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axial molecule, (B) a photochromic compound and (C) a polyurethane resin and/or precursor thereof.

This composition provides a laminate which exhibits excellent photochromic properties (color optical density and fading speed), moldability and surface hardness.

The present invention aims to provide a polycarbonate resin composition having impact resistance at high levels in good balance, a production method thereof, and a molded body of the polycarbonate resin composition. The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition containing a polycarbonate resin (A) having a constitution unit derived from a compound represented by formula (1) and polyrotaxane (B), a production method thereof, and a molded body of the resin composition.

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The present invention provides an adhered structure in which members of the same or different materials are adhered to each other with a high adhesive strength and a method for producing the adhered structure. The adhered structure of the present invention comprises a first solid member, a second solid member, and an adhesive member. The first solid member and the second solid member are adhered to each other through the adhesive member. The adhesive member contains a polymer. The polymer is chemically bonded to the first solid member and the second solid member.

The present invention relates to a composition for preparing a solid electrolyte including a polyrotaxane compound, a cross-linking agent, a lithium salt, and an organic solvent, wherein the cross-linking agent includes a compound represented by Formula 1 below and a compound represented by Formula 2, a method for preparing a solid electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery including thermal-curing the composition for preparing a solid electrolyte, a solid electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery including a thermo-cured product of the composition for preparing a solid electrolyte, and a lithium secondary battery including the solid electrolyte.

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to polyrotaxanes comprising a poloxamer core and at least one cyclodextrin and methods for treating Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) and imaging (e.g., MRI) using the polyrotaxanes various embodiments of the present invention.