There is provided a composition (C) comprising a modified PVA (A) and a compound (B), wherein the modified PVA (A) contains 0.01 mol % or more and less than 2 mol % of double bonds derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof in side chains; the compound (B) is a compound having a conjugated double bond and two or more hydroxy groups bonded to the conjugated double bond, or a salt or oxide thereof; and a content of the compound (B) in the composition (C) is 0.001 parts by mass or more and less than 5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the modified PVA (A). The composition (C) has excellent hue, contains less insolubles in water, and has excellent water solubility.

Terpolymers that include a hydrocarbon unit, an acetoacetate terminated unit and a hydroxy-terminated unit are described. Vitrimers made from these terpolymers are also described.

There is provided a laminate including, in the following order, a protective layer, a base material, a reflective layer having a maximum reflection wavelength in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 2,000 nm, and an adhesive layer, in which in a case where a modulus of elasticity of the protective layer is denoted by E1, a modulus of elasticity of the base material is denoted by E2, and a modulus of elasticity of the adhesive layer is denoted by E3, a relationship of E1≥E2>E3 is satisfied. The laminate is preferably a layer having an uneven structure, and more preferably the uneven structure has an uneven structure having a depth of 1 μm or more.

Provided are a photosensitive composition including a polymer having a polymerizable functional group in a side chain and an ammonium compound including an ammonium cation and a carboxylate anion; a transfer film; a cured film; a laminate; a touch panel; a method for producing a polymer; and a method for producing a photosensitive composition.

Hollow particles having a shell including at least one layer, wherein the at least one layer contains a vinyl-based resin, and contains a phosphorus atom and/or a sulfur atom.

The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer and a synthesis method thereof. The synthesis method comprises steps of: subjecting a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer to a reduction reaction at 60-100° C. in an organic solvent in the presence of a reducing agent and a first catalyst to obtain a reduction product; in the presence of a second catalyst, reacting the reduction product with a mercapto-monohydric alcohol in an organic solvent at 60-100° C., to obtain a hydroxyl-terminated fluorine-containing alternating copolymer; and in the presence of a third catalyst, reacting the hydroxyl-terminated fluorine-containing alternating copolymer with an acrylic monomer or acryloyl chloride monomer at 0-30° C., to obtain the fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer. In the present invention, a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer is initially synthesized from a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer through polymer modification.

A dual-cure method for forming a solid polymeric structure is provided. An end-capped, imide-terminated prepolymer is combined with at least one photopolymerizable olefinic monomer, at least one photoinitiator, and a diamine, to form a curable resin composition, which, in a first step, is irradiated under conditions effective to polymerize the at least one olefinic monomer, thus forming a scaffold composed of the prepolymer and the polyolefin with the diamine trapped therein. The irradiated composition is then thermally treated at a temperature effective to cause a transimidization reaction to occur between the prepolymer and the diamine, thereby releasing the end caps of the prepolymer and providing the solid polymeric structure. A curable resin composition comprising an end-capped, imide-terminated prepolymer, at least one photopolymerizable olefinic monomer, at least one photoinitiator, and a diamine, is also provided, as are related methods of use.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing thermoplastic poly(vinyl alcohol) derivative in a melt state reaction and a product thereof, wherein the method thermoplastic poly(vinyl alcohol) that has been dried is heated and admixed with an organic acid anhydride that has a catenated carbon structure which ends into a vinyl group, such that a mixture is obtained which is above the melting point of the mixture, thereby causing an ester bond forming condensation reaction in a melt state, wherein at least some of the organic acid anhydride reacts with hydroxyl groups of the thermoplastic poly(vinyl alcohol), such that reaction product is formed which contains carboxylic acid residue and thermoplastic poly(vinyl alcohol) derivative which contains ester bonded pendant chains of which at least some end into vinyl groups. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a paper substrate and a product thereof, which contains a primer layer that contains the reaction product.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods of preparing an alkoxysilane functionalized polymer, the method comprising: introducing an anionic polymerization initiator to a reactor comprising a reactive mixture including conjugated diolefin monomer and solvent to form a living polymer via anionic polymerization; introducing alkoxysilane to the reactor to mix with the living polymer to form an alkoxysilane functionalized polymer; adding at least one aliphatic carboxylic acid having at least 10 carbons to the alkoxysilane functionalized polymer; and removing solvent from the alkoxysilane functionalized polymer.

A method of producing modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles, includes mixing vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles with a mixed medium containing unsaturated carboxylic acid, an acid catalyst, and water, wherein, by mixing the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles with the mixed medium, the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles are reacted with the unsaturated carboxylic acid to obtain modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles containing a vinyl ester unit represented by a formula (2) below, having a vinyl alcohol unit content based on the total constitutional units from 95 to 99.99 mol %, and having an average particle diameter from 50 to 2000 μm. The production method does not cause the problem of the residual sulfur content derived from a liquid medium used for reaction and is also capable of modifying the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles while maintaining the particle shape.