CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL MEMBER

• Main Authors: UMEMOTO, Kouichi, SAKAKIBARA, Takahiro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.10.2019
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PHYSICS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS

A resin composition (X), which is a curable resin composition according to the present invention, contains a curable resin component (10), a surface-modified nanodiamond (20), and an organic medium. The surface-modified nanodiamond (20) includes a ND particle (21), which is a nanodiamond particle, and a silane coupling agent (22). The silane coupling agent (22) has a (meth)acryloyl-containing organic chain and is bonded to the ND particle (21). The resin composition (X) is suitable for forming a nanodiamond-dispersed cured resin portion having both high transparency and high scratch resistance. An optical element according to the present invention has a light-transmitting region and includes a cured resin portion, which is a cured product of the resin composition (X), in at least part of the light-transmitting region. The optical element is advantageous for actually providing an optical element including a cured resin portion or cured resin layer having both high transparency and high scratch resistance.