A composition for forming a protective film that is placed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of an electrical storage device, includes polymer particles (A1), polymer particles (A2), and a liquid medium, the polymer particles (A1) including a repeating unit derived from a compound that includes two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups in an amount of less than 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polymer particles (A1), and the polymer particles (A2) including a repeating unit derived from a compound that includes two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups in an amount of 20 to 100 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polymer particles (A2).

An example starch-based material for forming a biodegradable component includes a mixture of a starch and an expansion additive. The starch has an amylose content of less than about 70% by weight. The expansion additive enhances the expansion and physical properties of the starch. A method of preparing a starch-based material is also disclosed and an alternate starch-based material for forming a biodegradable component is also disclosed.

An optical laminate that does not cause a so-called reddening phenomenon even when driven or maintained under extremely harsh conditions (e.g., very high temperature conditions), or a reddening-resistant layer applied thereto.

An optical laminate or a reddening-resistant layer. The optical laminate does not cause a reddening phenomenon even when driven or maintained under extremely harsh conditions (e.g., very high temperature conditions), or a reddening-resistant layer applied thereto.

Disclosed herein are copolymers formed by cationic polymerization of one or more cyclic dienes and a comonomer selected from the group consisting of a monoterpene, a branched styrene, and combinations thereof, in the presence of a catalyst. Random copolymers having repeat units derived from a cyclic conjugated diene, such as 1,3-cyclohexadiene, and a comonomer such as a monoterpene, can be prepared as soluble products in hydrocarbon solvents. The copolymers can be crosslinked with various crosslinking agents to form materials having good oxidative stability and fire retardancy. The uncrosslinked and crosslinked copolymers have useful properties such as a low dissipation factor, low dielectric constants, and a good balance of thermomechanical and electrical properties that make them valuable in electronic applications.

The present disclosure relates to an optical laminate or a reddening-resistant layer. The present disclosure can provide an optical laminate that does not cause a so-called reddening phenomenon even when driven or maintained under extremely harsh conditions (e.g., very high temperature conditions), or a reddening-resistant layer applied thereto.

A hard coat film having excellent adhesion (particularly adhesion over time) to a hard coat layer when a cycloolefin polymer film is used as a base material. The hard coat film comprises a hard coat layer containing an ionizing radiation curable resin laminated on at least one surface of a cycloolefin polymer base film via a primer layer. The primer layer has an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) in the range of 0.5 nm to 15.0 nm, and a surface of the primer layer has a static friction coefficient in the range of 0.6 to 2.0.

An object is to provide a cured product, for example, that is made with a curable resin composition containing a curable resin having a particular structure, a radical polymerization initiator, and a flame retardant and therefore is superior in flame retardancy, heat resistance (high glass transition temperature), and dielectric properties (low dielectric properties). Specifically, there are provided a curable resin represented by general formula (1) below and a curable resin composition containing this curable resin, a radical polymerization initiator (B), and a flame retardant (C). (In general formula (1) above, Y is a substituent represented by general formula (2) below, and the details of the substituents and the numbers of substituents presented in general formulae (1) and (2) above are as described in the text.)

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The invention relates to a paintable material having a structured surface made of plastic containing amino groups, wherein at least a part of the amino groups on the structured surface has been functionalized covalently with vinyl groups by grafting a functionalizing reagent. Painted materials having structured paint surfaces can be obtained from these paintable material, wherein the invention also relates to said painted materials as well as to their production methods. The invention further relates to the use of a vinyl functionalization as a substitute for a primer layer or foundation in the painting of structured surfaces made of plastic containing amino groups with radiation-curing paints.

The invention described herein generally pertains to a composition that includes a silyl-terminated polymer having silyl groups linked to a polymer backbone via triazole. The silyl-terminated polymer is a reaction product of a functionalized polymer backbone and a functionalized silane. The polymer backbone includes a first functional group, which may be one of an azide or an alkyne. The functionalized silane includes a second functional group may also be one of an azide or an alkyne, but is also different from the first functional group. The functionalized polymer backbone is reacted with the functionalized silane in the presence of a metal catalyst.