Methods for upcycling crosslinked sodium polyacrylate to pressure sensitive adhesives via (a) mechanochemical chain-shortening and esterification or (b) esterifying with high conversion with a Fischer esterification process are disclosed. Also disclosed is a pressure sensitive adhesive prepared by the disclosed methods and articles comprising the pressure sensitive adhesive, including, but not limited to, pressure sensitive tape, a bandage, a label, note pads, a decal, a stamp, an envelope, a sticker, packaging, automobile trim, and a film.

Methods for upcycling crosslinked sodium polyacrylate to pressure sensitive adhesives via (a) mechanochemical chain-shortening and esterification or (b) esterifying with high conversion with a Fischer esterification process are disclosed. Also disclosed is a pressure sensitive adhesive prepared by the disclosed methods and articles comprising the pressure sensitive adhesive, including, but not limited to, pressure sensitive tape, a bandage, a label, note pads, a decal, a stamp, an envelope, a sticker, packaging, automobile trim, and a film.

An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing: (A) a resin that has a repeating unit which has an aromatic ring having a halogen atom or an organic group having a halogen atom, and having a halogen atom-free substituent; and (Y) an ionic compound having a halogen atom in a cationic moiety, in which a content of the ionic compound (Y) is 5.0% by mass or more with respect to a total solid content of the composition.

Provided is a cell culture scaffold material having excellent extensibility of pseudopodia and excellent cell proliferation. The cell culture scaffold material according to the present invention contains a peptide-conjugated polyvinyl alcohol derivative having a polyvinyl alcohol derivative portion and a peptide portion, and has a hydroxyl value of 1,100 mgKOH/g or less.

The present invention provides a curable resin composition including a bifunctional or more (meth)acrylate compound, indium tin oxide particles, and an acidic polymer, in which the acidic polymer has a moiety including a carboxyl group at a polymer skeleton of a (meth)acrylate compound and at any one of terminals of the polymer skeleton of a (meth)acrylate compound, and an acid value of the acidic polymer is 2.0 mgKOH/g or more and less than 100 mgKOH/g. The curable resin composition of the present invention provides a transparent cured product, hardly causes bubbles to be mixed in a case of applying the curable resin composition to a mold so as to form a lattice-shaped cured product, and also has a good peeled surface shape from the mold after curing. The present invention also provides a diffractive optical element including a surface having a diffraction grating shape and formed of the cured product of the curable resin composition.

The present invention provides a curable resin composition including a bifunctional or more (meth)acrylate compound, indium tin oxide particles, and an acidic polymer, in which the acidic polymer has a moiety including a carboxyl group at a polymer skeleton of a (meth)acrylate compound and at any one of terminals of the polymer skeleton of a (meth)acrylate compound, and an acid value of the acidic polymer is 2.0 mgKOH/g or more and less than 100 mgKOH/g. The curable resin composition of the present invention provides a transparent cured product, hardly causes bubbles to be mixed in a case of applying the curable resin composition to a mold so as to form a lattice-shaped cured product, and also has a good peeled surface shape from the mold after curing. The present invention also provides a diffractive optical element including a surface having a diffraction grating shape and formed of the cured product of the curable resin composition.

A photo-curable composition for use in additive manufacturing, said composition comprising: a) at least one photocurable monomer or oligomer; b) a photoinitiator for polymerization of the monomer; and, from 0.01 to 1 wt. %, based on the weight of the composition, of c) CNS-derived materials. Following polymerization, the resulting polymerized composition has a volume resistivity no greater than 10.sup.5 ohm.Math.cm.

A photo-curable composition for use in additive manufacturing, said composition comprising: a) at least one photocurable monomer or oligomer; b) a photoinitiator for polymerization of the monomer; and, from 0.01 to 1 wt. %, based on the weight of the composition, of c) CNS-derived materials. Following polymerization, the resulting polymerized composition has a volume resistivity no greater than 10.sup.5 ohm.Math.cm.

Provided is a surface treatment agent which does not use fluorine-containing monomers, particularly fluoroalkyl group-containing monomers. Additionally, provided is a copolymer which includes a first polymer formed from first monomers, and a second polymer formed from second monomers. The copolymer does not include fluorine. The second polymer is polymerized in the presence of the first polymer. The first monomers include a long-chain acrylate ester monomer (a) represented by the formula CH.sub.2=CA.sup.11-C(═O)—O-A.sup.12 (in the formula, A.sup.11 represents hydrogen, a monovalent organic group, or a halogen, and A.sup.12 represents a C.sub.18-30 straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon group). The first monomers and the second monomers both include a halogenated olefin monomer (b).

Embodiments provide a multilayer film in which: a first acrylic resin layer (α1), an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β), and a second acrylic resin layer (α2) are directly laminated in the stated order; the aromatic polycarbonate resin constituting the aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β) is a product of ester exchange between a polycarbonic acid ester of an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a low-crystalline or amorphous aromatic polyester; and the relationships (Tβ−Tα1)≤30 and (Tβ−Tα2)≤30 (where Tal is the glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin constituting the first acrylic resin layer (α1), Tα2 is the glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin constituting the second acrylic resin layer (α2), Tβ is the glass transition temperature of the aromatic polycarbonate resin constituting the aromatic polycarbonate resin layer (β), and all of the temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius) are satisfied. The glass transition temperature of the aromatic polycarbonate resin should be 100-140° C.