Tosoh Corporation

Nitto-Denko Corporation

Toru Doi

Hiroshi Inoue

Masao Tanabiki

Shohei Yumino

Tomoya Shimono

Tomohiro Ishikawa

Tomonari Nagai

Kota Sakaguchi

Kazunari Iwanaga

Shinji Shimosato

Shinsuke Toyomasu

Takayuki Otsu

Naoto Obara

Kenichi Makita

Takeshi Harunari

Yoshiki Uchida

Akikazu Matsumoto

Yoshihiko Sugiura

Sou Ozaki

A fluororesin including a residue unit of formula (1) and having a haze value equal to 2% or less of a heat-press molded product (thickness 1 mm) with a small haze value of a melt-molded product and a method for producing the same. Rf, Rf, Rfand Rfeach independently represent one of the groups consisting of a fluorine atom, a linear perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a branched perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, and a cyclic perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, the perfluoroalkyl group may have an ethereal oxygen atom, Rf, Rf, Rfand Rfmay be linked to each other to form a ring having 4 or more and 8 or less carbon atoms, and the ring may include an ethereal oxygen atom.

Method for producing fluororesin particles

Resin particles including a unit of formula (1) and having a volume average particle diameter 5 to 2000 μm, a method for producing, and a fluororesin comprising a unit of formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight 5×10to 3×10, and a yellow index of a heat-melted molded product (thickness 3 mm) after 24 h at 280° C. of 6 or less,

Fluororesin, fluororesin particles, and methods for producing these

The present invention relates to resin particles including a residue unit represented by the following general formula (1) and having a volume average particle diameter equal to or more than 5 &#x3bc;m and equal to or less than 2000 &#x3bc;m, and a method for producing thereof. Furthermore the present invention relates to a fluororesin comprising a residue unit represented by a general formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight Mw in a range of 5&#xd7;10to 3&#xd7;10, and a yellow index of a heat-melted molded product (thickness 3 mm) after 24 h at 280&#xb0; C. of equal to or less than 6, and a method for producing thereof. In the formula (1), Rf, Rf, Rf, and Rfare each independently one of the groups consisting of a fluorine atom, a linear perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a branched perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, or a cyclic perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms. The perfluoroalkyl group may have an ethereal oxygen atom. Further, Rf, Rf, Rf, and Rfmay be linked to one another to form a ring having 4 or more and 8 or less carbon atoms, and the ring may include an ethereal oxygen atom.

Optical compensation layers are provided which have an optically compensating function imparted thereto upon coating fluid application or upon coating fluid application and subsequent uniaxial stretching and which have a small wavelength dependence of retardation. The invention provides: an optical compensation layer wherein the compensation layer is a coating layer comprising a maleimide resin and wherein when two arbitrary axes perpendicular to each other in the plane of the coating layer are referred to as x-axis and y-axis, respectively, and the out-of-plane direction is referred to as z-axis, then the coating layer satisfies the three-dimensional refractive-index relationship nx&#x2248;ny&#x3e;nz, wherein nx is the refractive index in the x-axis direction, ny is the refractive index in the y-axis direction, and nz is the refractive index in the z-axis direction; an optical compensation film which comprises a coating layer (A) comprising a maleimide resin and a stretched-film layer (B); and an optical compensation layer, which is an optical compensation layer obtained by uniaxially stretching a coating layer comprising a maleimide resin, wherein when the direction of stretching axis in the coating layer is referred to as x-axis, the direction perpendicular to the stretching direction is referred to as y-axis, and the out-of-plane direction is referred to as z-axis, then the optical compensation layer satisfies the three-dimensional refractive-index relationship nx4&#x3e;ny4&#x3e;nz4, wherein nx4 is the refractive index in the x-axis direction, ny4 is the refractive index in the y-axis direction, and nz4 is the refractive index in the z-axis direction. (wherein Rrepresents a linear alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, or a cycloalkyl group, having 1-18 carbon atoms, a halogen group, an ether group, an ester group, or an amide group).

Optical compensation layer, optical compensation film, and processes for producing these

To provide a retardation film and an optical compensation film which have excellent optical properties and are useful as a compensation film for compensating the contrast and viewing-angle characteristics of liquid-crystal displays and as an antireflection film.

Optical compensation film and retardation film

A novel fumaric diester copolymer suitable for used in an optical material having excellent heat resistance and transparency is provided. The fumaric diester copolymer comprises a specific fumaric diester residue, and at least one (meth)acrylic ester residue unit selected from a specific (meth)acrylic ester residue unit having an oxetanyl group and a specific (meth)acrylic ester residue unit having a tetrahydrofurfuryl group, and has a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 500,000.

Fumaric diester copolymer

A plastic substrate for display, having little coloration and excellent in optical characteristics, heat resistance, resistance to thermal coloration and mechanical properties, and a display element using the same are provided. The plastic substrate for display comprises a fumaric acid diester resin which comprises 60 mol % or more of a fumaric acid diester residue unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein Rand Reach independently represent a branched alkyl group or a cyclic alkyl group, having 3&#x2013;12 carbon atoms, and has a number average molecular weight of 1,000&#x2013;500,000 as determined by a gel permeation chromatography and converted into standard polystyrene, the substrate having a thickness 30&#x2013;600 &#x3bc;m.

Plastic substrate for display and display element

A process for producing a succinimide resin composition is provided which comprises reacting a maleic anhydride-olefin type copolymer constituted of 40-60 mol % of maleic anhydride units, 60-40 mol % of olefin units, and 0-20 mol % of a copolymerizable monomer units with one or more amine compounds for imide formation in the presence of a second polymer other than the succinimide resin. This process improves the productivity by lowering the torque in the extrusion reaction, giving a succinimide copolymer resin composition having low yellowness and high transparency with high production efficiency.

Process for producing thermoplastic resin composition

There is disclosed a resin composition comprising about 99-1% by weight of a vinyl chloride resin and about 1-99% by weight of a copolymer of about 30-70 mol % N-substituted maleimide structural unit and about 70-30 mol % olefinic structural unit. The composition has excellent forming and molding properties and provides formed or molded products of improved heat resistance and mechanical properties.

Resin composition

Disclosed is a laminate comprising N-alkyl-substituted maleimide-olefin type copolymer and aromatic polycarbonate, wherein the thickness of N-alkyl-substituted maleimide-olefin type copolymer layer x and the thickness of aromatic polycarbonate layer y in the laminate satisfy the following formula.

Laminate

A transparent N-alkyl-substituted maleimide/olefin copolymer composite material is provided which comprises 100 parts by weight of an N-alkyl-substituted maleimide/olefin copolymer, and 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of phyllosilicate, the phyllosilicate being dispersed uniformly and finely in a matrix of the N-alkyl-substituted maleimide/olefin copolymer. A process for producing the N-alkyl-substituted maleimide/olefin copolymer composite material is also provided. The N-alkyl-substituted maleimide/olefin copolymer composite material is excellent in transparency, heat resistance, rigidity, and dimensional stability.

Composite material and process for production thereof

A resin composition is disclosed which comprises: (a) from 1 to 99% by weight of a maleimide-olefin copolymer comprising from 40 to 60 mol % of structural unit (I) shown below and from 60 to 40 mol % of structural unit (II) shown below and having a number-average molecular weight of from 1.times.10.sup.3 to 5.times.10.sup.6 : ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each is hydrogen or an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and (b) from 99 to 1% by weight of an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer containing from 21 to 45% by weight of an acrylonitrile units. The composition is excellent in optical properties including transparency and low birefringence and in heat resistance and mechanical properties.

A process for producing a copolymer having succinimide units represented by general formula (I) is provided which comprises reaction of a copolymer constituted of 40-60 mole % of maleic anhydride units, 60-40 mole % of olefin units, and 0-20 mole % of another copolymerizable monomer units with an amine to convert the maleic anhydride units to the succinimide units, wherein the succinimide units are formed by ring-closing imidation in a slurry state in a poor solvent: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl or cycloalkyl group of 1 to 6 carbons. The copolymer has low yellowness and high transparency.

Copolymer production process

Resin compositions having excellent heat resistance, izod impact strength, rigidity and dimensional resistance and the like, applied in the fields of the automobile, electric and electronic, and the like industries. The resin composition comprising: a) a resin in which 30 to 98 mole % of the component (I) are contained in the whole polymer and 70 to 2 mole % of the component (II) are contained in the whole polymer, its weight-average molecular weight converted into that of polystyrene being 1.times.10.sup.3 or more to 5.times.10.sup.6 or less, and b) an olefin resin; then the a)/b) content being 5/95 to 99/1 as a weight ratio, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atom(s) or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms; and ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atom(s), and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

An optical material, comprising a resin composed of a polymer constituted of a first structural unit composed of at least one of the compounds represented by the formula (I), and of a second structural unit composed of at least one of the compounds represented by the formula (II), and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 1.times.10.sup.3 to 5.times.10.sup.6 : ##STR1## where R.sub.1 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbons or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbons; ##STR2## where R.sub.2 denotes hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbons, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 denote respectively an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbons. The optical material is superior in transparency, heat resistance, surface hardness, mechanical strength, and other properties.

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