Provided is a composition with which a film having excellent temporal stability and excellent adhesiveness with a support or the like can be formed. In addition, provided are a film, a near infrared cut filter, a solid image pickup element, an image display device, and an infrared sensor. The composition includes: a near infrared absorbing compound that includes a -conjugated plane having a monocyclic or fused aromatic ring; and a compound A having a weight-average molecular weight of 3000 or higher that has a radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated group, in which the compound A includes a repeating unit having a graft chain.

A protective layer to be used in a foldable device having a cover window containing glass, contains: at least one of the following (A), (B), or (C), wherein (A) is a polymerized substance of a polymerizable compound which has one or more hydrogen bonding group and three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule of the polymerizable compound, in which a hydrogen-bonding proton value is 3.5 mol/kg or more and a (meth)acryloyl value is 4.8 mol/kg or more, (B) is a compound including a metal coordinate bond, and (C) is a compound including a host-guest binding.

Provided is a monomer suitable for application to an ophthalmic device, the monomer showing high surface hydrophilicity, a high oxygen transmissibility, and appropriate mechanical strength when copolymerized with a polymerizable monomer, such as a hydrophilic monomer. It has been recognized that a phosphorylcholine group-containing polysiloxane monomer can solve the problems.

The presently claimed invention relates to novel monomers which can be used for preparing polymers which are useful as dispersants for pigments and fillers, as wetting agent and as thickening agents in liquid compositions.

Radiation curable compositions for coating optical fibers are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a radiation curable composition includes a reactive oligomer component, wherein a portion of the polymerizable groups of the reactive oligomer component include methacrylate groups; a reactive diluent monomer component, wherein a portion of the polymerizable groups of the reactive diluent monomer component include acrylate groups, acrylamide groups, or N-vinyl amide groups, or combinations thereof; a photoinitiator component, and an optional additive component. Also described are methods of coating the radiation curable compositions elsewhere described, and the fiber optic coatings and cables resulting therefrom.

A stepped substrate-coating composition having high properties of filling a pattern and capable of forming on a substrate a coating film that can be formed by photocuring, has flattening properties, and has high heat resistance after irradiation with light. A photocurable composition for coating a stepped substrate, the photocurable composition containing a polymer containing a unit structure of Formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein A.sup.1, A.sup.2, and A.sup.3 are each independently an aromatic C.sub.6-100 ring optionally containing a heteroatom or a hydrocarbon group containing an aromatic C.sub.6-100 ring optionally containing a heteroatom, B.sup.1, B.sup.2, and B.sup.3 are each independently Formula (2): ##STR00002##
wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1-10 alkylene group, a C.sub.1-10 alkenylene group, a C.sub.1-10 alkynylene group, a C.sub.6-40 arylene group, an oxygen atom, a carbonyl group, a sulfur atom, C(O)O, C(O)NR.sup.a, NR.sup.b, or a group including a combination thereof, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-10 alkyl group.

A polyurethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, having a tri-block symmetric structure BAB, comprises a polyether central block A linked by two urethane bonds to respectively two terminal hydrophobic blocs B based on hydrophobic polyester oligomers having a terminal (meth)acryloyloxy alkylene group. A curable composition (1k) comprises the oligomer and may be used for soft touch coatings in electronics, consumer goods and vehicle manufacture, as the resulting cured soft touch coating.

The present disclosure provides a photopolymerizable composition. The photopolymerizable composition includes at least one urethane component, at least one monofunctional reactive diluent, an initiator, and optionally an inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides an article including the reaction product of the photopolymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides a method of making an article. The method includes (i) providing a photopolymerizable composition and (ii) selectively curing the photopolymerizable composition to form an article. The method optionally also includes (iii) curing unpolymerized urethane component and/or reactive diluent remaining after step (ii). Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the article based on the digital object. A system is also provided, including a display that displays a 3D model of an article; and one or more processors that, in response to the 3D model selected by a user, cause a 3D printer to create a physical object of an article.

Embolic compositions comprising macromers having a backbone comprising a polymeric backbone comprising units with a 1,2-diol or 1,3-diol structure, such as polyvinyl alcohol, and pendant chains bearing crosslinkable groups and, optionally, other modifiers. When crosslinked, the macromers form hydrogels having many properties advantageous for use as embolic agents to block and fill lumens and spaces. The embolic compositions can be used as liquid embolic agents and crosslinked in situ or as preformed embolic articles, such as microspheres.

A solid polymer electrolyte and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. More particularly, a solid polymer electrolyte having a high content of solids and exhibiting a flame retardant property and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the solid polymer electrolyte includes a multifunctional acrylate-based polymer, a C2 to C10 polyalkylene oxide, a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent and wherein the multifunctional acrylate-based polymer is cross-linked with the polyalkylene oxide to form a semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN).