A resin composition having excellent heat resistance and dynamic characteristic and having excellent characteristics as a composition for optical films exhibiting negative birefringence, an optical film exhibiting negative birefringence comprising the resin composition, and a process of producing the optical film are provided. The resin composition comprises (a) 30-95% by weight of a copolymer containing an &agr;-olefin residual group unit and an N-phenyl-substituted maleimide residual group unit and having a weight average molecular weight, as reduced into standard polystyrene, of 5×10
3
to 5×10
6
; and (b) 70-5% by weight of an acrylonitrile-styrene based copolymer, a weight ratio of an acrylonitrile residual group unit to a styrene residual group unit being 20/80 to 35/65, and having a weight average molecular weight, as reduced into standard polystyrene, of 5×10
3
to 5×10
6
.
提供了一种具有优异的耐热性和动态特性,并具有作为展现负双折射的光学薄膜的组合物的优异特性的
树脂组合物,以及包含该
树脂组合物的展现负双折射的光学薄膜和生产该光学薄膜的方法。该
树脂组合物包括(a) 30-95%的重量含有α-烯烃残基单元和N-苯基取代马来
酰亚胺残基单元的共聚物,其重均分子量在标准聚
苯乙烯中降低为5×103至5×106;以及(b) 70-5%的重量
丙烯腈-
苯乙烯基共聚物,
丙烯腈残基单元与
苯乙烯残基单元的重量比为20/80至35/65,其重均分子量在标准聚
苯乙烯中降低为5×103至5×106。