Provided are a curable composition comparable to a curing rate by conventional sulfur while maintaining performance required as a cured product even when a crosslinking agent is replaced with a peroxide, and a sealant containing a cured product of the curable composition. A curable composition containing a conjugated diene-based polymer (A) and a crosslinking agent (B), in which the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) has 100 moles or more of double bonds in a side chain per mole of the polymer.

Provided are a curable composition comparable to a curing rate by conventional sulfur while maintaining performance required as a cured product even when a crosslinking agent is replaced with a peroxide, and a sealant containing a cured product of the curable composition. A curable composition containing a conjugated diene-based polymer (A) and a crosslinking agent (B), in which the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) has 100 moles or more of double bonds in a side chain per mole of the polymer.

Polar silane linkers are provided that attach to resins to form silane-functionalized resins. The functionalized resins can be bound to hydroxyl groups on the surface of silica particles to improve the dispersibility of the silica particles in rubber mixtures. Further disclosed are synthetic routes to provide the silane-functionalized resins, as well as various uses and end products that benefit from the unexpected properties of the silane-functionalized resins. Silane-functionalized resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the silane-functionalized resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, and wet braking performance.

Polar silane linkers are provided that attach to resins to form silane-functionalized resins. The functionalized resins can be bound to hydroxyl groups on the surface of silica particles to improve the dispersibility of the silica particles in rubber mixtures. Further disclosed are synthetic routes to provide the silane-functionalized resins, as well as various uses and end products that benefit from the unexpected properties of the silane-functionalized resins. Silane-functionalized resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the silane-functionalized resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, and wet braking performance.

Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that may be used for the grinding of a hard and brittle substrate in a backgrinding step for the hard and brittle substrate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being excellent in all of grinding accuracy, low contamination property, productivity, and fixing property. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains: a pressure-sensitive adhesive containing a base polymer; and a foaming agent having a foaming temperature of 90° C. or more, and wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has, when a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface thereof is bonded to a silicon chip, a shear adhesive strength of 1.0 MPa or more under an ambient temperature of 25° C., and a shear adhesive strength of 0.2 MPa or more under an ambient temperature of 80° C.

Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that may be used for the grinding of a hard and brittle substrate in a backgrinding step for the hard and brittle substrate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being excellent in all of grinding accuracy, low contamination property, productivity, and fixing property. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains: a pressure-sensitive adhesive containing a base polymer; and a foaming agent having a foaming temperature of 90° C. or more, and wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has, when a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface thereof is bonded to a silicon chip, a shear adhesive strength of 1.0 MPa or more under an ambient temperature of 25° C., and a shear adhesive strength of 0.2 MPa or more under an ambient temperature of 80° C.

Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that may be used for the grinding of a hard and brittle substrate in a backgrinding step for the hard and brittle substrate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being excellent in all of low contamination property, productivity, grinding accuracy, and peelability. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness of from 1 μm to 300 μm, and wherein a microhardness H (Pa) of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer at 25° C. and the thickness, which is represented by h.sub.A (μm), of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfy a relationship represented by the following expression (1). log H≥1.9385×log h.sub.A+4.2611 . . . (1)

Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that may be used for the grinding of a hard and brittle substrate in a backgrinding step for the hard and brittle substrate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being excellent in all of low contamination property, productivity, grinding accuracy, and peelability. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness of from 1 μm to 300 μm, and wherein a microhardness H (Pa) of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer at 25° C. and the thickness, which is represented by h.sub.A (μm), of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfy a relationship represented by the following expression (1). log H≥1.9385×log h.sub.A+4.2611 . . . (1)

This hot-melt composition contains, per 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated styrene thermoplastic elastomer having a styrene-based polymer block at both ends thereof and a hydrogenated diene polymer block at a middle portion thereof, and having a mass-average molecular weight of 250,000 to 600,000, 150 to 450 parts by mass of an aromatic tackifying resin having a softening point of 135 to 160° C. and a mass-average molecular weight of 500 to 2,500, 100 to 500 parts by mass of a tackifying resin for a hydrogenated diene polymer block which has a softening point of 100 to 160° C., 500 to 1,500 parts by mass of a non-aromatic hydrocarbon oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 90 mm.sup.2/s or higher, wherein 30% by mass or more of the non-aromatic hydrocarbon oil is a non-aromatic hydrocarbon oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 300 to 500 mm.sup.2/s.

The invention relates to a dispersion comprising one or more protic solvents as dispersion medium and also, as base components dispersed therein, one or more matrix polymers, one or more epoxides, at least one kind of a modified compound of the polyamine adduct type which is insoluble in the epoxides, where the at least one modified polyamine adduct is in dispersion in particulate form, with 90% of the particles having a particle size in the range from 0.1 to 10 μm as determined by laser diffractometry.