Kaneka Corporation

The Texas A&m University System

Masahiro Miyamoto

Hideki Kawai

Katsumi Yamaguchi

Masakuni Ueno

Takashi Ando

Akira Takaki

Taizo Aoyama

Hung-Jue Sue

Katsuhiko Kimura

Mamoru Kadokura

Peng Li

Hiroto Koma

Shinsuke Akao

Kohei Ogawa

Masahito Yoshioka

Rika Mori

Toshifumi Matsumiya

Yusuke Taguchi

Fumiyasu Ishiguro

Satoko Komatsu

Masakuni c/o Kaneka Corporation Ueno

Katsumi c/o Kaneka Corporation Yamaguchi

A hard coat film includes a transparent resin film and a hard coat layer disposed on one surface thereof, the hard coat layer being composed of a cured product of a hard coat composition. The thickness of the hard coat layer 0.15 times or more the thickness of the transparent resin film. The hard coat composition has a negative cure shrinkage ratio. The absolute value of the amount of curl of the hard coat film cut into a 100 mm×100 mm square is 20 mm or less. The hard coat layer may contain a cured product of a polyorganosiloxane compound having an alicyclic epoxy group.

Hardcoat film, method for producing same, and display device

The present invention relates to a transparent polyimide film containing a polyimide and a phosphate ester. The content of the phosphate ester based on 100 parts by mass of the polyimide is 3 parts by mass or more, preferably 5 to 100 parts by mass. It is preferable to use a phosphate ester that has a high birefringence reduction effect and with which a decrease in the tensile modulus of the film is small. In production of the polyimide film, it is preferable to employ a method in which: a solvent-soluble polyimide resin and a phosphate ester are dissolved in an organic solvent exhibiting solubility with respect to the polyimide resin to prepare a polyimide solution; the polyimide solution is applied onto a substrate; and the organic solvent is removed.

Transparent polyimide film and production method therefor

A thermoplastic resin (A) including, in its main chain structure, a unit (i) having a biphenyl group, a unit (ii) having a substituent biphenyl group, a unit (iii) having a specific number of atoms in its main chain, and a unit (iv) having a specific number of atoms in its main chain provides a thermoplastic resin which has a low liquid crystal phase transition temperature and a low isotropic phase transition temperature, is highly thermally conductive, and can be processed by molding at a low melting temperature.

Thermoplastic resin, thermoplastic resin composition, and heat conductive sheet

A coating composition and coating products made therefrom, containing modified inorganic nanoplatelets that form mesomorphic structure in a resin phase. The coating products exhibit low permeation/penetration properties, and can be used as anti-corrosion or barrier coatings.

Coating compositions and coating products made therefrom

The present invention provides a vinyl ester resin composition obtained by an improved production method and having improved quality, by providing a minute polymer particle-containing vinyl ester resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a vinyl ester resin, 1 to 100 parts by weight of a minute polymer particle, and 0 to 100 parts by weight of a vinyl monomer, wherein the primary particle size of the minute polymer particle is 0.05 &#x3bc;m to 1 &#x3bc;m, and the minute polymer particles are dispersed in the form of primary particles in the minute polymer particle-containing vinyl ester resin composition.

Vinyl ester resin composition that contains minute polymer particles, process for production of same, and cured products of same

Fine polymer particles are dispersed as primary particles in a vinyl monomer to provide a high quality composition in which the dispersed state and stability of the particles are regulated to a high degree and to provide a curable composition being excellent in handleability and using fine polymer particles as a toughness-imparting agent. For the above, the curable composition of the present invention comprises 100 parts by weight of a vinyl monomer (A) and 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of fine polymer particles (B) having a volume average particle size of 0.05 to 1 m, in which the fine polymer particles (B) are dispersed in the form of primary particles in the vinyl monomer (A).

Curable composition, cured article obtained therefrom and process for preparation of the same

The photocurable coating composition according to the present invention is characterized in comprising 100 parts by mass of a vinyl monomer (A) and not less than 0.1 parts by mass and not more than 50 parts by mass of a minute polymer particle (B); wherein the volume average particle diameter of the minute polymer particle (B) is not less than 0.05 &#x3bc;m and not more than 1 &#x3bc;m; the vinyl monomer (A) contains one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate and a urethane-modified (meth)acrylate as a main component; and the (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer is synthesized from an alcohol having not less than 3 carbon atoms and (meth)acrylic acid.

Photocurable coating composition and coating film formed by hardening same

An epoxy resin composition comprises an epoxy resin (A) and rubber-like polymer particles (B). The rubber-like polymer particles (B) maintain a finely dispersed state of primary particles. The content of the rubber-like polymer particles (B) is 0.5 to 80% by weight when the total amount of the epoxy resin (A) and rubber-like polymer particles (B) is 100% by weight. Rubber-like polymer particles (B) are obtainable by graft-polymerizing 5 to 50% by weight of a shell layer (B-2) with 50 to 95% by weight of a rubber particle core (B-1), and average particle diameter of the rubber-like polymer particles (B) is 0.03 to 2 &#x3bc;m. Rubber particle core (B-1) comprises elastic material of not less than 50% by weight of at least one monomer selected from diene monomers and (meth)acrylate monomers and less than 50% by weight of another coploymerizable vinyl monomer, or polysiloxane rubber elastic materials, or a mixture thereof.

Process for producing modified epoxy resin

This invention provides a process for producing an epoxy resin composition having core/shell rubber particles (rubber-like polymer particles) dispersed in an epoxy resin, wherein an epoxy resin composition excellent in the dispersed state of rubber-like polymer particles in an epoxy resin with a reduced amount of contaminants is produced easily and efficiently. The epoxy resin composition having rubber-like polymer particles dispersed well in an epoxy resin with less contaminant is obtained by bringing an aqueous latex of rubber-like polymer particles (B) into contact with an organic medium (C) showing partial solubility in water, then bringing an organic medium (D) having lower partial solubility in water than that of the organic medium (C) into contact therewith to separate water substantially, to remove the rubber-like polymer particles as a dispersion (F) having the polymer particles dispersed in the organic medium, and mixing it with an epoxy resin (A), followed by distilling volatile components away.

Amorphous polyolefin resin compositions having an impact resistance remarkably improved without impairing the transparency by an impact modifier which can be prepared from easily available raw materials by a general polymerization method, the compositions containing as the impact modifier a core-shell elastomer obtained by graft polymerization of a monomer mixture of an alkyl (meth)acrylate with an alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkyl (meth)acrylate with an alkyl group having 2 or less carbon atom or a vinyl cyanide compound, and an aromatic vinyl monomer in a specific ratio in the presence of a conjugated diene copolymer rubber.

Noncrystalline polyolefin resin composition

An amorphous polyolefin resin composition being excellent in the balance of the impact resistance with the surface smoothness and, further, the balance of the impact resistance with the transparency. In this amorphous polyolefin resin composition, a block copolymer (B-1) having at least one polymer block unit which is poor in the affinity with an amorphous polyolefin (A) but excellent in the affinity with a core-shell type elastomer (B-2) is combined with a core-shell type elastomer (B-2) which is excellent in the affinity with at least one polymer block of the block copolymer (B-1) and has a specific composition and a specific structure, and these components are composited in the amorphous polyolefin resin composition, thereby achieving well-balanced properties, i.e., an excellent impact resistance, an excellent surface glossiness and a high transparency.

Amorphous polyolefin resin composition

A cycloolefin copolymer resin composition having well-balanced transparency and impact resistance which comprises (A) a cycloolefin copolymer and (B) 1 to 100 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of said cycloolefin copolymer, of at least one rubber-like polymer selected from the group consisting of (B1) an aromatic vinyl-isobutylene copolymer and (B2) an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer, wherein the difference in refractive index (nD) at 20&deg; C. between the components (A) and (B) is at most 0.015 and the particle size of the component (B) dispersed in the component (A) is from 0.4 to 3 &mgr;m. The composition may further contain a core-shell polymer (C), whereby the impact resistance can be further improved. The composition is prepared by kneading the above components at an elevated temperature optionally in the presence of an organic peroxide.

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