The present invention provides an adhesive resin layer and an adhesive resin film which can prevent generation of air bubbles even when they are thermally deformed after adhering to a substrate, and have good followability to deformation of a substrate of a laminate in which a substrate, an adhesive resin layer, and a substrate are laminated in an order. More particularly, the present invention is a monolayered adhesive resin layer comprising an acrylic-based adhesive resin composition, wherein the adhesive resin composition contains at least an acrylic-based polymer, an acrylic-based monomer or an acrylic-based oligomer, and a thermopolymerization initiator, the adhesive resin layer has pressure sensitive adhesiveness on both surfaces at an ambient temperature, and in differential scanning calorimetry at a temperature raising rate of 10 C./min, heat generation is observed at 80 C. or higher, and at least one peak is confirmed between 120 C. and 210 C.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a transparent electrode having a low resistance and high storage stability, a method for manufacturing the transparent electrode, and an organic electroluminescent element. This transparent electrode wherein a metal conductive layer is provided on a substrate is characterized in that: the metal conductive layer has a metal fine line, and a plating layer covering the metal fine line; the transparent electrode has a transparent conductive layer on a substrate surface on the side on which the metal fine line is formed, said transparent conductive layer covering the substrate and the metal conductive layer; and the metal fine line is formed using a metal nano-particle ink or a metal complex ink.

Compositions and films are described comprising a polylactic acid (PLA) polymer. The composition further comprises a copolymer comprising a long chain alkyl moiety. The copolymer further comprises a second moiety that is miscible in the polylactic acid polymer. In favored embodiments, the composition comprising the polylactic acid polymer and copolymer may be used to form a release layer of an adhesive article such as a pressure sensitive adhesive tape. The films may be a monolithic film or a film layer of a multilayer film. The release layer may be disposed upon a substrate layer. The substrate layer may also comprise polylactic acid polymer. The substrate layer may be coextruded with the release layer. In some favored embodiments, the film or film layer is oriented.

The invention provides a cured product (for example, a film including the cured product) which has an excellent balance between hydrophilicity and abrasion resistance, can retain high hydrophilicity even when washed with water, and can remain hydrophilic and resistant to the attachment of (or can be easily cleaned of) contaminants even when subjected to long storage or heating, and a composition which can give such cured products. A cured product is obtained by curing a composition which includes a copolymer (i) including structural units represented by specific chemical formulae, and an amino resin (ii).

Disclosed is a one-part, atmospheric curing, polyurethane adhesive composition that includes a polyurethane prepolymer that includes a reaction product of a polyol component and an isocyanate component, the polyol component comprising an unsaturated fatty acid esterified polyol comprising a reaction product of a first polyol and at least one of an ethylenically unsaturated oil and an ethylenically unsaturated fatty acid, the first polyol comprising at least three hydroxyl groups, and a % NCO of from at least 4% by weight to no greater than 7% by weight based on the weight of the prepolymer, the adhesive composition exhibiting a viscosity of no greater than 15,000 centipoise at 60 C., and a T-peel value of greater than 40 grams per 25 millimeter in no greater than 4 hours, a method of making a laminate, and a laminate that includes a one-part, atmospheric curing, polyurethane adhesive composition.

Provided is a gas barrier film which has sufficient gas barrier properties, while using a resin base of 50 m or less. This gas barrier film is configured to comprise: a resin base having a thickness of 3-50 m; a first gas barrier layer containing an inorganic compound; a second gas barrier layer that is formed by applying an energy to a coating film, which is obtained by applying and drying a coating liquid containing a polysilazane, and has a region satisfying a composition range represented by SiOwNx (wherein 0.2<w0.55 and 0.66<x0.75) and having a thickness of 50-1,000 nm; and a third gas barrier layer that is formed in contact with the second gas barrier layer and contains, as a main component, an oxide of a metal that has a lower redox potential than silicon.

The present disclosure describes a self-repairing article comprising an inflatable component comprising one or more material layers wherein at least one material layer comprises an elastomer. It also describes a self-repairing article comprising a sealed flexible package disposed within or between material layers of the inflatable component, and a repair composition disposed in the sealed flexible package, wherein the sealed flexible package comprises a metal foil and is configured to release the repair composition upon puncture of the inflatable component.

Provided is a method of manufacturing an electronic device including: drying a pressure sensitive adhesive layer of a composite film which has the pressure sensitive adhesive layer; and a first film and a second film bonded to each surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer and in which a moisture vapor transmission rate of the first film at a temperature of 40 C. and a relative humidity of 90% is 100 g/(m.sup.2.Math.day) or greater; peeling the first film from the composite film in which the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is dried; and bonding the composite film from which the first film is peeled to an electronic device. In this manner, deterioration of the electronic device due to moisture can be prevented during the manufacture of a laminated electronic device formed by sealing the electronic device with a gas barrier film or the like.

The present invention provides a stress measuring method including: irradiating a photoelastic product including a measurement subject with light penetrating a linear polarizing film and a phase difference film in this order, and detecting reflected light from the product which is derived from the light via the phase difference film and the linear polarizing film in this order, in which in-plane retardation Re (550) of the phase difference film with light having a wavelength of 550 nm satisfies 100 nmRe (550 nm)700 nm, and in-plane retardation Re (450) of the phase difference film with light having a wavelength of 450 nm satisfies Re (450)/Re (550)0.9, a stress measuring member including the linear polarizing film and the phase difference film, and a stress measuring set including the stress measuring member and a stress displaying member including a photoelastic layer.

The present invention discloses a surface covering, in particular a floor or wall covering including a substrate A and a scuff resistant polymer layer B, having an upper and a lower surface, where the polymer layer B includes one or more polymer(s) C, the one or more polymer(s) C having more than 93.5% by weight of cellulose ester polymer(s), where the lower surface of polymer layer B contacts and adheres to the upper surface of substrate A.