A polymerizable composition suitable for producing a molded article that can maintain a high refractive index and a low Abbe's number and can be restrained from dimensional changes due to a high-temperature thermal history has (a) 100 parts by mass of a specific reactive silsesquioxane compound, (b) 10 to 500 parts by mass of a specific fluorene compound and (c) 1 to 100 parts by mass of a specific aromatic vinyl compound. A cured product can be obtained by curing the polymerizable composition.

The present invention relates to the manufacture of a new class of hybrid aerogels with a 3-D reticulated structure. First, the organic and inorganic components of the structure are distributed on a molecular level in such a way that all of the organic components of the precursor are chemically bonded to each other and to the inorganic component. Second, in the new hybrid aerogels, the pores are separated by solid walls like reticulated open-cell foams without the particulate solid parts and also the present invention is a process for preparing a hybrid aerogel without aging step having a nonparticulate-reticulated structure comprises of a polymeric precursor that is crosslinked by a linkage without forming particulate structure.

A polymerizable composition suitable for producing a molded article that can maintain a high refractive index and a low Abbe's number and can be restrained from dimensional changes due to a high-temperature thermal history has (a) 100 parts by mass of a specific reactive silsesquioxane compound, (b) 10 to 500 parts by mass of a specific fluorene compound and (c) 1 to 100 parts by mass of a specific aromatic vinyl compound. A cured product can be obtained by curing the polymerizable composition.

The invention relates to hydrophobing additives on the basis of silica, one or more silicone resins and one or more functionalized alkylalkoxysilanes, the alkyl groups thereof carrying at least one amino, carboxylic acid, epoxy or hydroxy group.

The present invention relates to a hydrogel contact lens having a wet surface, and a manufacturing method therefor and, more specifically, to a hydrogel contact lens and a manufacturing method therefor wherein the hydrogel contact lens satisfies basic physical properties of a hydrogel contact lens and has excellent wettability by forming a hydrophilic surface layer of an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) structure on a surface of the hydrogel contact lens.

A method of forming a particle includes, in a disperse phase within an aqueous suspension, polymerizing a plurality of mer units of a hydrophilic monomer having a hydrophobic protection group, thereby forming a polymeric particle including a plurality of the hydrophobic protection groups. The method further includes converting the polymeric particle to a hydrophilic particle.

The present invention relates to a fast particulate superabsorbent polymer composition comprising a polymer comprising a neutralized aluminum salt solution applied to the surface of a particulate superabsorbent polymer; wherein an aqueous solution of the neutralized aluminum salt has a pH value from about 5.5 to about 8; and subsequent to subjecting the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition to the Processing Test, the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition has a permeability stability index of from about 0.60 to about 0.99, and a compressibility from 1.30 mm.sup.2/N to about 4 mm.sup.2/N as measured by the Compression Test, and wherein the particulate superabsorbent polymer composition may have a Vortex time of from 25 to 60 seconds and absorbency under load at 0.9 psi of from 15 to 21 g/g.

A method of forming a particle includes, in a disperse phase within an aqueous suspension, polymerizing a plurality of monomer units of a hydrophilic monomer having a hydrophobic protection group, thereby forming a polymeric particle including a plurality of the hydrophobic protection groups. The method further includes converting the polymeric particle to a hydrophilic particle.

A method of forming a particle includes, in a disperse phase within an aqueous suspension, polymerizing a plurality of mer units of a hydrophilic monomer having a hydrophobic protection group, thereby forming a polymeric particle including a plurality of the hydrophobic protection groups. The method further includes converting the polymeric particle to a hydrophilic particle.

A process for for making a cross-linked polyethylene article includes: (A) feeding a blend comprising a cross-linkable silane-group containing polyethylene copolymer and at least one additive to an extruder, (B) feeding a liquid comprising a silanol condensation catalyst to said extruder to form a mixture with said blend, (C) extruding said mixture to form an article and (D) cross-linking said article. The article may be a pipe or cable.