An object of the present invention is to provide a print product which has a printed region where printing with ultraviolet laser is applied and which is excellent in viewability, a method for producing a print product by irradiation with ultraviolet laser, and a printing medium for laser printing, for use in the print product and the method for producing a print product. The print product of the present invention has a printed region comprising discolored titanium oxide in at least one portion of a sheet medium selected from the group consisting of paper or a film having a printable region comprising titanium oxide; titanium oxide is filled in the sheet medium; a titanium oxide content in the printable region in the sheet medium is 1.0% by mass or more, pulp constituting the paper has a length-weighted average fiber length and an average fiber width in specified ranges, and the paper has a basis weight of 20 g/m.sup.2 or more, when the sheet medium is the paper; a titanium oxide content in the printable region in the sheet medium is 0.3% by mass or more, the film has a thickness of 15 μm or more, and a resin constituting the film comprises a specified resin, when the sheet medium is the film; and a ratio between a Raman intensity assigned to titanium oxide in the printed region and a Raman intensity assigned to titanium oxide in a non-printed region is 0.70 or less.

Provided is a composition for forming a hard coating layer, which includes an epoxy siloxane resin, a crosslinking agent including a compound having an alicyclic epoxy group, a thermal initiator including a compound represented by a specific chemical formula, a photoinitiator, a fluorine-substituted (meth)acrylate compound, and silica nanoparticles surface-modified with a fluorine compound, and forms a hard coating layer having excellent hardness and antifouling property and suppressing curling.

Provided is a production method for a layered product in which a metal film can be formed on the surface of a polyarylene sulfide (PAS) molded article with a high adhesive force by a simple step. Further, provided are: a polyarylene sulfide resin composition and a molded article that can be used in the layered product in which a metal film can be formed on the surface of the PAS molded article with a high adhesive force by a simpler step; and production methods therefor. More specifically, provided are: a polyarylene sulfide resin composition obtained by blending a polyarylene sulfide resin, a thermoplastic elastomer and/or a hydrolyzable thermoplastic resin, a carbonate, and a polyolefin-based wax; a molded article which is obtained by melt-molding the polyarylene sulfide resin composition and in which the surface is roughened; a layered product having a metal plating layer; and production methods therefor.

Provided are a biodegradable sheet with antiviral properties, a manufacturing method thereof, and the use thereof. The biodegradable sheet comprises: a biodegradable polymer resin consisting of a polylactic acid-based polymer; or a composite degradable polymer resin comprising of a biodegradable resin and a petrochemical resin; and particles of an inorganic antiviral agent or aggregated composite particles of at least two inorganic antiviral agents incorporated into the biodegradable sheet so that the inorganic antiviral agent can be dispersed with a particle size of 100 to 900 nm.

An encapsulation film, a method for manufacturing the same, an organic electronic device comprising the same, and a method for manufacturing the organic electronic device using the same are provided, where the encapsulation film allows forming a structure capable of blocking moisture or oxygen penetrating into an organic electronic device from outside and prevents generation of bright spots in the organic electronic device.

An acoustic damping material includes a binder matrix which includes a bitumen component or a polymer component, and a filler component that includes at least one solid particulate cellulose-containing filler. The acoustic damping material is suitable for use in damping of undesired vibrations and noise in mechanical structures and components of manufactured articles. The acoustic damping material may be applied to damping of vibrations and noise in transportation vehicles and white goods, to a vibration and noise damping element including a damping layer composed of the acoustic damping material, to a method for applying a vibration and noise damping element to a noise emitting surface of a substrate, and to a vibration damped system comprising a substrate and the vibration and noise damping element bonded to a noise emitting surface of the substrate.

A solar radiation shielding fine particle dispersion body containing a thermoplastic resin, solar radiation shielding fine particles, a solar radiation shielding fine particle-containing masterbatch, a solar radiation shielding resin formed body formed into a predetermined shape using the same, and a solar radiation shielding resin laminate including the solar radiation shielding resin formed body stacked on another transparent formed body. A liquid solar radiation shielding fine particle dispersion body, including a mixture of solar radiation shielding fine particles and at least one selected from an organic solvent and a plasticizer dispersed therein or a solar radiation shielding fine particles including a powder solar radiation shielding fine particles dispersion body, obtained by removing a liquid component from the solar radiation fine particle dispersion body upon heating, dispersed in a resin component, wherein the solar radiation shielding fine particles are solar radiation shielding fine particles containing calcium lanthanum boride fine particles.

A synthetic barrier material includes a light-cured polymer and graphene nanoplatelets in parallel alignment in the polymer. Disclosed further is a method for manufacturing the synthetic barrier material. The graphene nanoplatelets are dispersed in a photocurable resin and polarically aligned by an electric field. Furthermore, disclosed is a synthetic barrier film manufactured from the aforementioned synthetic barrier material or the aforementioned method.

An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass, the interlayer film having a structure of one or two or more layers, and comprising a first layer comprising a thermoplastic resin and a composite silica particle, in which the composite silica particle comprises a silica particle and an organic covering material with which a surface of the silica particle is covered, and a remaining fraction at dissolution in THF after still standing at 230° C. for 6 hours of the first layer is 15% by mass or less.

Provided are fluorine-free, oleophobic layers including one more or polydimethylsiloxane resin layers. The layers can be disposed on a portion of or all of a surface of a substrate. Also provided are methods of making and using same.