Provided is a curable resin composition which can be molded by casting to obtain composite materials each composed of a polycarbonate resin and an acrylic resin and having high transparency and high impact strength. More specifically, provided is a curing resin composition comprising an acrylic monomer having a saturated group, a polycarbonate resin having an unsaturated-group-containing terminal structure at a molecular end, and a free-radical polymerization initiator.

Curable organopolysiloxane compositions and their cured products with superior properties are described as well as their uses as materials for optical devices, such as LEDs.

A new class of silicone monomers, providing transparent materials and imparting hydrophilic properties have been developed. These materials are incorporated into ophthalmic devices such as soft and rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses. These new silicone monomers include Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) with two polymerizable groups and six organofunctional groups. These types of structures incorporate at least two available sites for polymerization allowing for the incorporation of the silsesquioxane cage into the backbone of a macromolecule. Additional functional sites allow the design of specific chemical features which address needed material properties.

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is substantially free from coloration, and contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) a polyamide resin; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 20 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition.

The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition that can form a molded article having excellent feel and transparency and to provide a molded article thereof. A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising components (A) to (C), listed below, component (A): a propylene-based polymer; component (B): a block copolymer and/or a hydrogenated product thereof, the block copolymer including at least two polymer blocks P and at least one polymer block Q, the at least two polymer blocks P primarily including aromatic vinyl compound units, the at least one polymer block Q primarily including conjugated diene compound units; and component (C): an aryl-group-containing organopolysiloxane.

The present invention provides a polyimide film, which comprises a polyimide having a structure represented by formula (I):

##STR00001## in which A is a residue group of an aromatic diamine containing a sulfonyl group in its main chain moiety, R.sub.1 is a residue group of an aromatic dianhydride, R.sub.2 is a residue group of an aliphatic dianhydride, m and n are each independently a positive integer, a diamine monomer constituting the polyimide is only composed of the aromatic diamine containing the sulfonyl group in its main chain moiety, and the polyimide is surface-dried at 75° C. to 155° C. in the process of forming the polyimide film. The polyimide film of the present invention has transparency and UV absorption properties.

Provided is an alicyclic epoxy compound product used in applications for forming a cured product excellent in heat resistance and transparency. The alicyclic epoxy compound product according to an embodiment of the present invention includes 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl(3,4-epoxy)cyclohexanecarboxylate, a purity of which is of not less than 98.5 wt. %, and each content of a compound represented by Formula (a) below, a compound represented by Formula (b) below, a compound represented by Formula (c) below, and a compound represented by Formula (d) below is not greater than 0.5 wt. %. ##STR00001##

Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition exhibiting both high transmittance and low haze and having excellent transparency and excellent scratch resistance and toughness. The thermoplastic resin composition of the present disclosure contains 50% to 99% by mass of methacrylic resin (A) and 1% to 50% by mass of thermoplastic polyurethane (B), wherein the methacrylic resin (A) contains 80.0% to 99.9% by mass of methacrylate ester monomer unit, 0.1% to 20.0% by mass of vinyl monomer unit containing a vinyl monomer copolymerizable with a methacrylate ester monomer excluding maleic acid and maleic anhydride, and 0% to 4.0% by mass of maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride monomer unit, and the thermoplastic polyurethane (B) has a structural unit derived from polyester polyol and a structural unit derived from isocyanate having an alicyclic ring.

The present disclosure provides a roof for a vehicle upper body structure. The roof includes a body extending between a first side and a second side, and extending between a front end and a back end. The front end is configured to be coupled to a header. The body includes a polymer and a plurality of fibers. At least a portion of the body has a transparency of greater than or equal to about 4%.

The invention provides a polyolefin-based resin film including a polyolefin-based resin composition that includes at least a propylene-α olefin random copolymer, wherein (1) an olefin-based block copolymer is 0 to 2 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the propylene-α olefin random copolymer; (2) an olefin-based copolymeric elastomer resin is 0 to 2 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the propylene-α olefin random copolymer; (3) a propylene homopolymer is 0 to 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the propylene-α olefin random copolymer; (4) the polyolefin-based resin film exhibits a thermal shrinkage rate of 25% or less in a direction in which the thermal shrinkage rate is larger between a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction; and (5) a planar orientation coefficient ΔP calculated from a refractive index of the polyolefin-based resin film is 0.0100-0.0145.