Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

Komatsulite Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Junichi Nakamura

Yasunori Tsujino

Shigeru Yamaguchi

Takuya Saeki

Yukihiro Kasano

Ai Matsumoto

Masafumi Yamashita

Yoshikazu Fujii

Kunio Takahashi

Tatsushi Hirauchi

Kozo Tajiri

Keiichiro Mizuta

Masahito Takagi

Takuo Sugioka

Akihiko Kanzaki

Nobuyuki Ando

Yoko Matsui

Keiko Ando

Yoshihiro Miyawaki

Yuji Muraoka

Shinpei Sato

The present invention provides a curable resin composition which exhibits the following properties: excellent basic performances such as heat resistance; sufficient optical characteristics such as transparency; and excellent demoldability when a molded body of the composition is demolded at the time of molding. The present invention further provides a molded body obtainable by molding the curable resin composition and a production method thereof. A curable resin composition for molded bodies, including a thermocurable resin, wherein the curable resin composition for molded bodies includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting a compound having a boiling point of 260&#xb0; C. or less at one atmospheric pressure, a silicon compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain, a silicon compound having an aryl group, and a silicon compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain and an aryl group.

Curable resin composition for molded bodies, molded body, and production method thereof

To provide: a curable resin composition which can be continuously produced without gelling during production, and has excellent basic performances such as heat resistance and moisture resistance; an optical member which has excellent optical characteristics such as high transparency and exhibits excellent performances in a harsh use environment; and a method for controlling an optical material. A curable resin composition including an organic resin component and a metalloxane component, wherein the organic resin component includes a resin component having an Abbe number of 45 or more and the metalloxane component has a metalloxane bond; an optical material comprising the above-mentioned curable resin composition; an optical member produced by curing the optical material; and a method for controlling an Abbe number and/or a refractive index of an optical material.

Curable resin composition, optical material, and method for controlling optical material

An imaging lens unit configured for processing by a solder reflow process, and includes a lens group of one or more lenses; and a lens tube supporting the lens group. The imaging lens unit comprises one or more cationically-cured epoxy resin lenses formed from an cationically-curable epoxy resin material, the lens tube is formed from a thermoplastic resin material having a deflection temperature under load of at least 200&#xb0; C. The imaging lens unit has a clearance between the lens tube and at least one of the cationically-cured epoxy resin lenses and has lens supporting portions provided at least three locations inside the lens tube that support the at least one cationically-cured epoxy resin lens. The lens unit can be miniaturized. The imaging lens unit also provides excellent optical characteristics without deteriorating the optical characteristics in alignment of the centers of the lens and the diaphragm.

Imaging lens unit

The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell of high safety, of improved ionic conductivity, and, therefore, of excellent cell performance. The present invention is related to a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising an ionic substance having an anion represented by the following general formula (1): (wherein X represents at least one element selected from among B, C, N, O, Al, Si, P, As, and Se. Mand Mare the same or different and each represents an organic linking group. Q represents an organic group. a is an integer of not less than 1, and b, c, d, and e each is an integer of not less than 0).

Dye-sensitized type solar cell

The present invention provides a light selective transmission filter which selectively shields light and has a high transmittance of light at a specific wavelength such as visible rays, and which has a sufficiently reduced thickness and excellent heat resistance. The present invention further provides a lens unit including such a light selective transmission filter. The light selective transmission filter selectively reducing a transmittance of light has a thickness of less than 200 &#x3bc;m and includes a base material containing a functional film with reflow resistance. The lens unit includes such a light selective transmission filter and a lens.

Light selective transmission filter

The present invention provides a graft polymer composition and its production process and uses, wherein the graft polymer composition is good both in the builder performance and in the compatibility with liquid detergents. The graft polymer composition comprises at least two graft polymers obtained by a process including the step of graft-polymerizing a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer component onto a main chain including a polyether portion, wherein the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer component includes an unsaturated carboxylic monomer as an essential component. And this graft polymer composition is characterized in that there is a difference of not less than 3 in number of carbon atoms in each structural unit which composes ends of the main chain on comparison between two of the at least two graft polymers.

Graft polymer composition and its production process and uses

The present invention provides: a novel water-soluble copolymer which is excellent in performance for uses, such as detergent builders, pigment dispersants, and scale inhibitors. In addition, the present invention provides: a novel liquid detergent builder which has extremely excellent compatibility, high transparency when a liquid detergent composition comprises it, and excellent detergency; and a novel liquid detergent composition comprising the liquid detergent builder. The water-soluble copolymer, according to the present invention, is a novel water-soluble copolymer obtained by copolymerizing comonomers essentially including: an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid monomer (1); an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monomer (2); and an unsaturated alcoholic monomer (3) having specific structures, with the copolymer being characterized in that the residual amount of the unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monomer is not more than 8 weight %, and the residual amount of the unsaturated alcoholic monomer is not more than 45 weight %.

Water-soluble copolymer and its production process and use

The present invention provides a production process for a terminal-end-stabilized glyoxylic acid (salt)-based polymer, which process enables to reduce the amount of the polymerization solvent, as recovered or removed after the end of the polymerization (before the start of the hydrolysis) or after the end of the hydrolysis, without lowering the production efficiency. The production process for a terminal-end-stabilized glyoxylic acid (salt)-based polymer comprises the step of polymerizing a monomer component including a glyoxylic acid ester in order to produce the terminal-end-stabilized glyoxylic acid (salt)-based polymer, wherein a terminal end stabilizer is used as a reaction medium of the polymerization.

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Suita, Japan

Junichi Nakamura