This invention relates to a process for preparing succinic acid and succinate ester from a succinic acid salt in fermentation broth. In the first stage of this invention, renewable carbon resources are utilized to produce succinic acid through biological fermentation. The succinic acid salt in the fermentation process is subjected to double displacement reaction with a strong acid leading to release of succinic acid. Succinic acid is recovered by fractional crystallization integrated with simulated moving bed chromatography to produce succinic acid and succinate ester.

This invention relates to a process for preparing succinic acid and succinate ester from a succinic acid salt in fermentation broth. In the first stage of this invention, renewable carbon resources are utilized to produce succinic acid through biological fermentation. The succinic acid salt in the fermentation process is subjected to double displacement reaction with a strong acid leading to release of succinic acid. Succinic acid is recovered by fractional crystallization integrated with simulated moving bed chromatography to produce succinic acid and succinate ester.

Provided is a photocurable resin composition containing an allylic polymer (A) which has excellent adhesion to plastic substrates. The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition containing an allylic polymer (A), the allylic polymer (A) being produced by polymerization of an allylic compound represented by the following formula (I):

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Provided is a photocurable resin composition containing an allylic polymer (A) which has excellent adhesion to plastic substrates. The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition containing an allylic polymer (A), the allylic polymer (A) being produced by polymerization of an allylic compound represented by the following formula (I):

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The present invention provides a pigment dispersant that exhibits high fine dispersibility, stability, and fluidity in a small amount, a pigment dispersion liquid including the pigment dispersant, and a process of producing the pigment dispersant and pigment dispersion liquid. The pigment dispersant contains as a main component, a graft copolymer formed through living radical polymerization using two or more monomers containing including a methacrylate A having an acidic group or a basic group and a methacrylate-based macromonomer B having a methacrylate residue at one terminal of a particular polymer chain that has a molecular weight of from 500 to 5000. A ratio of a total molar number of the methacrylate-based monomers relative to 1 mol of a polymerization-initiating compound in the raw material monomers is from 20 to 50 mol. A ratio of the B component-derived polymer chain to the graft copolymer is from 50 to 90 mass %.

The present invention provides a pigment dispersant that exhibits high fine dispersibility, stability, and fluidity in a small amount, a pigment dispersion liquid including the pigment dispersant, and a process of producing the pigment dispersant and pigment dispersion liquid. The pigment dispersant contains as a main component, a graft copolymer formed through living radical polymerization using two or more monomers containing including a methacrylate A having an acidic group or a basic group and a methacrylate-based macromonomer B having a methacrylate residue at one terminal of a particular polymer chain that has a molecular weight of from 500 to 5000. A ratio of a total molar number of the methacrylate-based monomers relative to 1 mol of a polymerization-initiating compound in the raw material monomers is from 20 to 50 mol. A ratio of the B component-derived polymer chain to the graft copolymer is from 50 to 90 mass %.

Provided are a coloring composition including a colorant, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, in which the colorant includes at least one selected from C. I. Pigment Blue 15:3 or C. I. Pigment Blue 15:4, and C. I. Pigment Yellow 150, and contains 35 to 55 parts by mass of C. I. Pigment Blue 15:3 and C. I. Pigment Blue 15:4 in total with respect to 100 parts by mass of C. I. Pigment Yellow 150, and the coloring composition has a minimum absorbance in a wavelength range of 495 to 525 nm among absorbances to light having a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm; a cured film formed of the coloring composition; a structure body; a color filter; and a display device.

An anti-glare film is disclosed. The anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer comprising an acrylic binder resin, an acrylate-ether-group-containing surface active agent and a plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the silica nanoparticles are flocculated into a micro-floccule with an average secondary particle diameter of 1,600 nm to 3,300 nm. The present anti-glare film can provide a reliable anti-glare property with a low haze.

An anti-glare film is disclosed. The anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer comprising an acrylic binder resin, an acrylate-ether-group-containing surface active agent and a plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the silica nanoparticles are flocculated into a micro-floccule with an average secondary particle diameter of 1,600 nm to 3,300 nm. The present anti-glare film can provide a reliable anti-glare property with a low haze.

The present disclosure relates to an anti-glare film including a light-transmitting substrate; and a hard coating layer containing a binder resin and particles dispersed in the binder resin, a polarizing plate, and a display apparatus including the same, wherein the particles include a first inorganic particle aggregate having an average particle diameter of 1 to 2 μm; a second inorganic particle aggregate having an average particle diameter of 3 to 5 μm; and organic particles in the form of primary particles having an average particle diameter of 1 to 10 μm.n