A composition for an electrode protective film of an electrostatic capacitance-type input device including (a) a binder polymer, (b) a photopolymerizable compound having an ethylenic unsaturated group, (c) a photopolymerization initiator, and (d) a compound capable of reacting with acidic groups or alcoholic hydroxy groups by heating, in which (b) the photopolymerizable compound having an ethylenic unsaturated group includes (b1) a photopolymerizable compound in which a value obtained by dividing a weight-average molecular weight by an average number of polymerizable groups is 270 or more can be used to form electrode protective films of electrostatic capacitance-type input devices having favorable bending resistance; an electrode protective film of an electrostatic capacitance-type input device; a transfer film; a laminate; an electrostatic capacitance-type input device; and an image display device.

A positive resist composition comprising a polymer comprising recurring units having both an acyl or alkoxycarbonyl group and an acid labile group-substituted hydroxyl group exhibits a high contrast of alkaline dissolution rate before and after exposure, a high resolution, a good pattern profile and minimal edge roughness.

Provided is an optical film which has a maximum absorption at a wavelength in the range of 600 to 680 nm, has a high dichroic ratio, and is excellent in light resistance. The optical film includes: a polymer of a polymerizable liquid crystal compound; and a compound represented by the following general formula (1).

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A curable composition, a cured layer manufactured utilizing the same, and a display device including the cured layer are provided. The curable composition includes (A) a quantum dot; and (B) a polymerizable compound, wherein the polymerizable compound is a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.

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In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the specification.

A curable composition, a cured layer manufactured utilizing the same, and a display device including the cured layer are provided. The curable composition includes (A) a quantum dot; and (B) a polymerizable compound, wherein the polymerizable compound is a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.

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In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the specification.

An organic thin-film transistor including: a gate electrode, an organic semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode on a substrate, in which the organic semiconductor layer includes an organic semiconductor and a resin (C) having one or more groups selected from the group consisting of a group having fluorine atoms, a group having silicon atoms, an alkyl group having one or more carbon atoms or having two or more carbon atoms in a case of forming an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aromatic ring group substituted with at least one alkyl group, and an aromatic ring group substituted with at least one cycloalkyl group; and a method for manufacturing an organic thin-film transistor including: applying a coating solution which contains the organic semiconductor and the resin (C) and causing the resin (C) to be unevenly distributed.

The invention provides novel flame-retardant polymers and materials, their synthesis and use. More particularly, the flame-retardant polymers are deoxybenzoin-derived polymers.

The invention provides novel flame-retardant polymers and materials, their synthesis and use. More particularly, the flame-retardant polymers are deoxybenzoin-derived polymers.

A curable resin composition which provides a cured product excellent in impact resistance and flexural modulus and has a low viscosity comprising a component (A), a component (B) and a component (C). The component (A) is a compound represented by formula (1), ##STR00001##
wherein in formula (1), R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the hydrocarbon group optionally has a substituent, wherein the component (B) is a compound having 3 or more to 15 or less of oxyethylene groups or oxypropylene groups and two or more radically polymerizable groups per molecule, and wherein the component (C) is a radical polymerization initiator.

A curable resin composition which provides a cured product excellent in impact resistance and flexural modulus and has a low viscosity comprising a component (A), a component (B) and a component (C). The component (A) is a compound represented by formula (1), ##STR00001##
wherein in formula (1), R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the hydrocarbon group optionally has a substituent, wherein the component (B) is a compound having 3 or more to 15 or less of oxyethylene groups or oxypropylene groups and two or more radically polymerizable groups per molecule, and wherein the component (C) is a radical polymerization initiator.