The present disclosure is directed to providing a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode which can improve the peel strengths of electrodes while increasing the pressibilities of pre-pressing electrode mixed material layers. The presently disclosed binder composition contains a polymer A, wherein the polymer A includes an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and a nitrile-group containing monomer unit, and the polymer A has a THF-insoluble content of 20% by mass or less.

There is provided hollow resin particles used in a resin composition for semiconductor members, which can be used in a resin composition for semiconductor members to provide a semiconductor member capable of exerting excellent low dielectric properties. The hollow resin particles used in a resin composition for semiconductor members according to an embodiment of the present invention are hollow resin particles having a hole part inside the particle, wherein a decreasing rate of a relative dielectric constant Dk1 of a film (F1) formulated with 80 parts by weight of polyimide and 20 parts by weight of the hollow resin particles to a relative dielectric constant Dk0 of a film (F0) formed with only the polyimide is 3% or more.

There is provided hollow resin particles used in a resin composition for semiconductor members, which can be used in a resin composition for semiconductor members to provide a semiconductor member capable of exerting excellent low dielectric properties. The hollow resin particles used in a resin composition for semiconductor members according to an embodiment of the present invention are hollow resin particles having a hole part inside the particle, wherein a decreasing rate of a relative dielectric constant Dk1 of a film (F1) formulated with 80 parts by weight of polyimide and 20 parts by weight of the hollow resin particles to a relative dielectric constant Dk0 of a film (F0) formed with only the polyimide is 3% or more.

Provided is a polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer having reactivity and solubility that can be used for manufacturing a copolymer rubber and a copolymer rubber material having processability, strength and homogeneity obtained therefrom. The polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer includes: 0.5 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less of a structural unit (a) derived from a divinyl aromatic compound and 60 mol % or more and 99.5 mol % or less of a structural unit (b) derived from a monovinyl aromatic compound, in which at least some of the structural units (a) are a crosslinked structural unit (a2) represented by the following Formula (2) and a vinyl-group-containing structural unit (a1) represented by the following Formula (1):

##STR00001##

in the formulas, R.sup.1's independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.

Provided is a polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer having reactivity and solubility that can be used for manufacturing a copolymer rubber and a copolymer rubber material having processability, strength and homogeneity obtained therefrom. The polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer includes: 0.5 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less of a structural unit (a) derived from a divinyl aromatic compound and 60 mol % or more and 99.5 mol % or less of a structural unit (b) derived from a monovinyl aromatic compound, in which at least some of the structural units (a) are a crosslinked structural unit (a2) represented by the following Formula (2) and a vinyl-group-containing structural unit (a1) represented by the following Formula (1):

##STR00001##

in the formulas, R.sup.1's independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.

An adhesive composition comprises a copolymer dispersion prepared by a free radical emulsion polymerization process, in which a first monomer composition comprising from 60 weight percent to 95 weight percent of at least one vinyl ester of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.18 carboxylic acid, and from 5 weight percent to 40 weight percent ethylene is polymerized in a first stage to produce a first polymer phase having a glass transition temperature T.sub.g less or equal than 30 C. A second, different monomer composition comprising from 5 weight percent to 95 weight percent of at least one vinyl ester of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.18 carboxylic acid and from 5 weight percent to 95 weight percent 2-ethylhexyl acrylate is then polymerized in a second stage, and in the presence of the first polymer phase, to produce a second polymer phase also having a glass transition temperature T.sub.g less than or equal to 30 C.

An adhesive composition comprises a copolymer dispersion prepared by a free radical emulsion polymerization process, in which a first monomer composition comprising from 60 weight percent to 95 weight percent of at least one vinyl ester of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.18 carboxylic acid, and from 5 weight percent to 40 weight percent ethylene is polymerized in a first stage to produce a first polymer phase having a glass transition temperature T.sub.g less or equal than 30 C. A second, different monomer composition comprising from 5 weight percent to 95 weight percent of at least one vinyl ester of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.18 carboxylic acid and from 5 weight percent to 95 weight percent 2-ethylhexyl acrylate is then polymerized in a second stage, and in the presence of the first polymer phase, to produce a second polymer phase also having a glass transition temperature T.sub.g less than or equal to 30 C.

Provided is a polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer having reactivity and solubility that can be used for manufacturing a copolymer rubber and a copolymer rubber material having processability, strength and homogeneity obtained therefrom. The polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer includes: 0.5 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less of a structural unit (a) derived from a divinyl aromatic compound and 60 mol % or more and 99.5 mol % or less of a structural unit (b) derived from a monovinyl aromatic compound, in which at least some of the structural units (a) are a crosslinked structural unit (a2) represented by the following Formula (2) and a vinyl-group-containing structural unit (a1) represented by the following Formula (1): ##STR00001##
in the formulas, R.sup.1's independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.

Provided is a polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer having reactivity and solubility that can be used for manufacturing a copolymer rubber and a copolymer rubber material having processability, strength and homogeneity obtained therefrom. The polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer includes: 0.5 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less of a structural unit (a) derived from a divinyl aromatic compound and 60 mol % or more and 99.5 mol % or less of a structural unit (b) derived from a monovinyl aromatic compound, in which at least some of the structural units (a) are a crosslinked structural unit (a2) represented by the following Formula (2) and a vinyl-group-containing structural unit (a1) represented by the following Formula (1): ##STR00001##
in the formulas, R.sup.1's independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.

A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a sulfonium salt of amino-containing carboxylic acid offers dimensional stability on PPD and a satisfactory resolution.