Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Takeda Chemical Industries, Inc.

Daicel Corporation

Suntory Limited

Teijin Limited

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Sony Corporation

Diacel Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Keizo Inoue

Hiroaki Nomura

Kiyoharu Tsutsumi

Tomoya Mizuta

Hiroyuki Arai

Tatsuya Nakano

Yasutaka Ishii

Takahiro Iwahama

Yoshinori Funaki

Masafumi Tsujimoto

Hideki Adachi

Ichiro Kudo

Atsushi Imaizumi

Yorimasa Suwa

Tetsuya Okutani

Masamichi Nishimura

Masahiro Okada

Hiroshi Akimoto

Yoji Suzuki

Shinya Nagano

Eiko Imamiya

Akira Takaragi

Koji Asakawa

Naomi Shida

Toru Ushirogouchi

Hiroshi Suzuki

Hiroto Miyake

Takeshi Okino

Tetsuya Aono

Mitsuru Ohno

Takashi Kamimura

Tomohide Ina

Kou-ichi Jishage

Shigeaki Kamuro

Kazuki Okamoto

Tsukasa Yoshida

Arimichi Okumura

Makoto Arita

Chieko Azuma

Hiroaki Normura

Tomoko Adachi

The present invention is to provide a monomer mixture that is cured rapidly even in the presence of oxygen and that forms a cured product having high hardness and excellent adhesion to metals and/or glass. The monomer mixture according to an embodiment of the present invention contains two or more types of cationically polymerizable monomers. As the cationically polymerizable monomers, the monomer mixture contains at least 10 wt. %, based on a total amount of the monomer mixture, of a compound having at least one cationically polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether group, an epoxy group, and an oxetanyl group, and at least one hydroxy group in a molecule, and at least 5 wt. %, based on the total amount of the monomer mixture, of a compound represented by Formula (b). In the formula, R represents an s-valent straight-chain or branched saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group or an s-valent group having two or more straight-chain or branched saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon groups bonded to each other through an ether bond, and s represents an integer of 2 or greater.

Monomer mixture and curable composition containing same

Provided is a monomer mixture that is rapidly cured to form a cured product having high hardness, excellent alkali resistance, and excellent adhesion to a substrate. The monomer mixture of the present invention is a monomer mixture containing at least: a compound represented by Formulas (a-1) and/or (a-2); a compound (2B) including two cationically polymerizable groups per molecule, at least one of the cationically polymerizable groups being an epoxy group; a compound (3B) including three or more cationically polymerizable groups per molecule, at least one of the cationically polymerizable groups being an epoxy group; and a compound represented by Formula (c-1).

The present invention provides a monomer mixture that rapidly cures even in high humidity environments, and is useful as a raw material for a curable composition that forms a cured product having excellent adhesion to metals and glass, as well as of course to paper and plastic. The monomer mixture according to an embodiment of the present invention contains two or more types of cationically polymerizable monomers. The monomer mixture contains, as the cationically polymerizable monomers, a compound (A) having a vinyl ether group and a hydroxyl group; a compound (B) having an oxetanyl group and a hydroxyl group; and a compound (C) represented by Formula (c) below. A total content of the compound (A), the compound (B), and the compound (C) is 50 wt. % or greater of the total amount of the monomer mixture, and a content [A] of the compound (A) and a content [B] of the compound (B) satisfy Relationship (1) below./()&#x2265;0.3&#x2003;&#x2003;(1) 

Provided is a monomer composition that has rapid curability and can be cured rapidly, even in the presence of oxygen and/or water, to form a cured product having excellent adhesion to a wide variety of substrates. The monomer composition according to the present invention contains a vinyl ether compound (A). The vinyl ether compound (A) includes a vinyl ether compound (a) having a cyclic ether skeleton. The monomer composition further contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether compound (a') having a chain hydrocarbon skeleton, a divinyl ether compound (a&#x2033;-1) having a cyclic hydrocarbon skeleton, an oxetane compound (B), and an epoxy compound (C).

Monomer composition and curable composition containing same

Provided is a monomer composition that has rapid curability and can be rapidly cured even in the presence of oxygen and/or water to form a cured product having excellent adhesion to a wide variety of substrates. The monomer composition contains a multifunctional vinyl ether compound in an amount of 10 to 80 weight percent, a bifunctional oxetane compound represented by Formula (b) in an amount of 0.5 to 20 weight percent, and a monofunctional oxetane compound represented by Formula (b') in an amount of 5 to 80 weight percent. In the formulae, Ring Z is selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon ring and a structure including two or more aromatic hydrocarbon rings bonded to each other through a single bond or a linkage group; R represents a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group; R&#x2032; is selected from hydrogen and ethyl; and m represents an integer of 0 or more. 

Disclosed is a curable resin composition which includes a ladder-type silsesquioxane (A) having an aliphatic carbon-carbon double bond in the molecule; a ladder-type silsesquioxane (B) having a Si&#x2014;H bond in the molecule; and a hydrosilylation catalyst. The curable resin composition is useful as sealants typically for optical semiconductor elements. Also disclosed is a cured article which is obtained by curing the curable resin composition. The curable resin composition can give such a cured article having properties including resistance to elevated temperatures, flexibility, transparency, resistance to thermal yellowing, and resistance to photoyellowing.

Curable resin composition and cured article

A polymer for lithographic purposes has at least a repeating structural unit represented by following General Formula (I). In Formula (I), R, R, R, and Reach independently represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, cyano group, an alkyl group, or a haloalkyl group; Rand Reach independently represent hydrogen atom, cyano group, etc.; Xand Xeach independently represent single bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted bivalent alkylene, alkenylene, or cycloalkylene group, etc.; Xand Xeach independently represent single bond or &#x2014;CO&#x2014;; R, R, R, and Reach independently represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a cycloalkyl group. The polymer for lithographic purposes shows good balance between line edge roughness (LER) and etching resistance and allows very fine and uniform patterning. 

Polymer for lithographic purposes and method for producing same

A polycyclic ester containing a cyano group and a lactone skeleton, represented by following Formula (1): wherein Rrepresents, for example, a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having one to six carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom; Rs each represent, for example, a halogen atom or an alkyl or haloalkyl group having one to six carbon atoms; 'm' is the number of Rs; 'n' is the number of cyano groups; and CH&#x2550;C(R)COO&#x2014; group may have either of an endo conformation and an exo conformation. Accordingly, there is provided a novel polycyclic ester containing a cyano group and a lactone skeleton which is useful typically as a monomeric component for highly functional polymers. A polymer, for example, derived from this compound is highly soluble in an organic solvent while remaining stable typically to chemicals and exhibits improved hydrolyzability and/or improved solubility in water after hydrolysis.

Polycyclic ester containing cyano group and lactone skeleton

Disclosed is an oxetane-containing vinyl ether compound including one or more aromatic or non-aromatic carbocycles and/or two or more vinyl ether structures, such as a compound of Formula: wherein Ring Zis non-aromatic carbocycle; Ris vinyl group of Formula: wherein each of R, R, and Ris hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; Wis single bond or organic group having a valence of (m+1); Xis, for example, hydrocarbon; 'm' and 'q' are each 1 or 2; and &#x201c;p&#x201d; is 0 to 5. Also disclosed is an alicyclic epoxy-containing vinyl ether compound of Formula: wherein Ring Zis non-aromatic carbocycle; Ris vinyl group of Formula: wherein R, Rand Rare each hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; Wis single bond or organic group having a valence of (r+1); Rand Rare hydrogen or alkyl; and &#x201c;r&#x201d; and &#x201c;s&#x201d; are 1 or 2.

Vinyl ether compounds and polymerizable compositions

Disclosed is a polycyclic ester containing a cyano group and a lactone skeleton, represented by following Formula (1): wherein Rrepresents, for example, a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having one to six carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom; Rs each represent, for example, a halogen atom or an alkyl or haloalkyl group having one to six carbon atoms; 'm' is the number of Rs; 'n' is the number of cyano groups; and CH&#x2550;C(R)COO&#x2014; group may have either of an endo conformation and an exo conformation. Accordingly, there is provided a novel polycyclic ester containing a cyano group and a lactone skeleton which is useful typically as a monomeric component for highly functional polymers. A polymer, for example, derived from this compound is highly soluble in an organic solvent while remaining stable typically to chemicals and exhibits improved hydrolyzability and/or improved solubility in water after hydrolysis.

The present invention provides an editing apparatus, an editing method, and a program by which a user can freely and easily apply an effect while visually confirming a motion-image to be edited. The editing apparatus includes a playback/display unit that plays back and displays a motion-image, a position designation unit that designates the positions on the motion-image played back and displayed by the playback/display unit, a coordinate conversion unit that converts the positions designated by the position designation unit into virtual coordinates on the motion image, a storage unit that stores the virtual coordinates obtained by the coordinate conversion unit in association with frames of the motion-image, and an effect application unit that applies an effect to the motion-image based on the virtual coordinates stored in the storage unit.

Editing apparatus, editing method, and program

A process produces vinyl ether compounds and includes allowing a vinyl ester compound represented by following Formula (1): wherein R, R, Rand Rare the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom or an organic group, to react with a hydroxy compound represented by following Formula (2):ROH&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)wherein Ris an organic group, in the presence of at least one transition element compound to thereby yield a vinyl ether compound represented by following Formula (3): wherein R, R, Rand Rhave the same meanings as defined above. Such transition element compounds include iridium compounds and other compounds containing Group VIII elements.

Process for producing vinyl ether compounds

A polymeric compound for photoresist of the invention includes at least one monomer unit represented by following Formula (I): wherein R, R, R, Rand Rare the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; m, p and q each denote an integer of from 0 to 2; and n denotes 0 or 1, where the hydroxyl group and carbonyloxy group extending from a principle chain in the formula are independently combined with either of two carbon atoms on the far-left portion of the rings. By using the polymeric compound for photoresist as a base of a photoresist, the resulting photoresist exhibits well-rounded adhesion to substrates and resistance to etching.

Polymer for photoresist and resin compositions therefor

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