Described herein is a coating composition including one or more (meth)acrylic polymers including moieties of formula (I)

*—C(═O)—O—CH.sub.2—Si(R.sup.a).sub.3−x(R.sup.b).sub.x  (I)

where R.sup.a=methoxy; R.sup.b=an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; x is 0 or 1; and the asterisk * denotes the position at which the moiety of formula (I) is attached to the polymeric backbone of the (meth)acrylic polymer; further containing one or more catalysts of formula (II)

H.sub.3C—C(R.sup.c)(R.sup.d)—C(═O)—O.sup.−M.sup.+  (II)

where R.sup.c and R.sup.d=alkyl groups containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the sum of the number of carbon atoms in residues R.sup.c and R.sup.d ranges from 2 to 7, and M=for Li, K or Na, and further containing one or more aprotic organic solvents.

It is an object to provide a coating agent that can form a layer having excellent adhesiveness to a plastic substrate and having transparency and a high refractive index. The coating agent of the present invention comprises a compound represented by formula (I) [wherein A represents a phenyl group or a naphthyl group optionally having an electron-donating group as a substituent; Z represents a carbon atom or a silicon atom, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a linear or branched alkyl group, a linear or branched alkoxy group, a cyclic alkyl group, or a cyclic alkoxy group, X represents a single bond; an alkylene group optionally comprising an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, NR, a divalent aliphatic ring group, an arylene group, an amide structure or a urethane structure; a divalent aliphatic ring group; or an arylene group, Y represents a polymerizable functional group, n represents an integer of 2 or 3, m represents an integer of 1 or 2, l represents an integer of 0 or 1, and n+m+l=4; and when n represents an integer of 2 or 3, A is the same or different]. ##STR00001##

Described is a silicone hydrogel contact lens having non-uniform morphology. The contact lens may be made from a reactive mixture comprising: a silicone-containing component; a hydrophilic component; a non-reactive polymeric internal wetting agent; and a polymerization initiator, the contact lens having an oxygen permeability of at least about 60 barrers, and wherein the molar ratio in the lens of the polymeric non-reactive internal wetting agent to silicone, without a surface treatment, is greater in the lens's surface than in its bulk.

Described is a silicone hydrogel contact lens having non-uniform morphology. The contact lens may be made from a reactive mixture comprising: a silicone-containing component; a hydrophilic component; a non-reactive polymeric internal wetting agent; and a polymerization initiator, the contact lens having an oxygen permeability of at least about 60 barrers, and wherein the molar ratio in the lens of the polymeric non-reactive internal wetting agent to silicone, without a surface treatment, is greater in the lens's surface than in its bulk.

Improved plating is provided. The present invention provides a plated product which comprises a base, a deposit layer formed by plating on a surface of the base, and a silica-compound-containing coating layer formed on the surface of the deposit layer. The coating layer has a thickness of 0.1-100 m, preferably 0.1-20 m, more preferably 0.1-10 m, even more preferably 0.1-5 m. The coating layer may contain a dye and/or a pigment.

A gas barrier film including a polymer base, an undercoat layer that contains, as the main component, an acrylic resin having at least one side chain selected from the group consisting of the side chains (I) to (III) mentioned below, and an inorganic layer, wherein the undercoat layer and the inorganic layer are arranged in this order on at least one surface of the polymer base in such a manner that the undercoat layer and the inorganic layer are in contact with each other: (I) a side chain having an acrylic polymer skeleton; (II) a side chain having a dimethylsiloxane skeleton; and (III) a side chain having a skeleton containing a fluorine atom.

A packing material for surfactant-containing products includes a solid surface layer (3) that contains a non-aromatic silicone type polymer and a silicone oil layer (1) held on the solid surface layer (3), wherein the non-aromatic silicone type polymer is at least the one kind of polymer selected from a silicone resin, a silicone-modified olefin resin, silicone-modified polysaccharides and a silicone-modified acrylic resin.

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a laminate that exhibits visible light transparency and ultraviolet light shielding properties while maintaining an extremely high degree of scratch resistance, and that has all the necessary weather resistance and durability properties for withstanding long-term outdoor exposure. This method for manufacturing a laminate having the abovementioned properties includes: (1) using active energy rays to cure, on an organic resin substrate, an acrylic silicone resin composition having an inorganic component percentage X of 0.2 to 0.8 to form an intermediate layer, (2) dry-etching the surface of the intermediate layer obtained at step (1) using a non-oxidizing gas plasma of a plasma irradiation amount Y correlated with the inorganic component percentage X; and (3) plasma-polymerizing an organosilicon compound to form a hard coat layer on the surface of the intermediate layer obtained at step (2).

An adhesive composition for oil bleeding silicone rubber comprising any of: (A) an alcohol-based organic solvent solution adding 45 to 120 parts by weight of organometallic compound and 2 to 10 parts by weight of water, based on 100 parts by weight of vinyltrialkoxysilane, (B) a solution in which 5 parts by weight or less, preferably 1 to 5 parts by weight, of 3-aminopropyltrialkoxysilane is added to the above alcohol-based organic solvent solution (A), or (C) a solution in which uncrosslinked silicone rubber dissolved beforehand in an organic solvent is added to the above alcohol-based organic solvent solution (A) or (B) in which the amount of the organometallic compound is changed to 5 to 20 parts by weight, at a ratio of 0.1 to 5 wt. %, based on the total solid matters of vinyltrialkoxysilane and the organometallic compound. The adhesive composition has excellent adhesion to various substrates, including metals.

Hollow particles having a shell including at least one layer, wherein the at least one layer contains a vinyl-based resin, and contains a phosphorus atom and/or a sulfur atom.