A process for modifying an expandable curing bladder for a tire, which bladder has a surface intended to come into contact with a tire casing is provided. The process comprises a step of applying to the surface a layer of a silicone rubber composition comprising a first liquid organopolysiloxane bearing chain-end alkenyl groups, a second liquid organohydropolysiloxane and a photoactivatable hydrosilylation catalyst, and a step of exposing the silicone rubber composition covering the surface to irradiation with ultraviolet-visible light.

An object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial film having an antiglare function and excellent image visibility, a touch panel, and a manufacturing method for an antibacterial film.

An antibacterial film of the present invention contains a base material and at least one antibacterial layer disposed on the base material, in which the antibacterial layer contains a binder, a light diffusing particle, and an antibacterial agent particle and satisfies a specific condition 1.

An object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial film having an antiglare function and excellent image visibility, a touch panel, and a manufacturing method for an antibacterial film.

An antibacterial film of the present invention contains a base material and at least one antibacterial layer disposed on the base material, in which the antibacterial layer contains a binder, a light diffusing particle, and an antibacterial agent particle and satisfies a specific condition 1.

The present invention relates to an antiglare film laminate including a polymer substrate, and an antiglare layer containing a binder resin and organic fine particles or inorganic fine particles dispersed on the binder resin, wherein the number of pressed portions formed on an outer surface of the antiglare layer is 0.001 pieces/m.sup.2 or less, and the pressed portion has a diameter of 200 μm to 600 μm and a thickness of 80% or less of an average thickness of the antiglare layer, a polarizing plate including the antiglare film laminate, and a display device including the polarizing plate.

In a polyurethane dispersion obtained by water-dispersing a polyurethane resin, the polyurethane resin is a reaction product obtained by reacting at least a polyisocyanate component with an active hydrogen group-containing component containing an active hydrogen compound having an anionic group, a ratio of the total moles of a urethane group and a urea group is 1.5 mol or more with respect to 1 kg of the polyurethane dispersion, and the carbonate ion concentration is 700 ppm or less with respect to the polyurethane dispersion.

A hard coating composition comprising an adhesion enhancing solvent component, wherein the adhesion enhancing solvent component comprises methoxy-2-propanol (PM) and ethylene glycol butyl ether (EB), a method for improving a single layer hard-coat on a polyester article using the hard coating composition, and a hard coated polyester article are described.

The present invention provides a composition comprising at least one organic component having particles between 1 and 4 mm, and a cured thermoset polymer, and wherein a w/w ratio of the organic component to the thermoset polymer within the composition is between 4:1 and 10:1. Furthermore, provided herein are articles in a form of planting pots comprising the composition of the invention. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing of planting pots.

A water- and oil-proofing composition which can provide an article with high utility oil resistance is provided. A water- and oil-proofing composition comprising a fluorinated polymer comprising units based on the following monomer (a) and units based on the following monomer (b), a fatty acid ester of polyglycerin and an aqueous medium: Monomer (a): a compound represented by CH.sub.2═CH—R.sup.f (wherein R.sup.f is a C.sub.1-8 perfluoroalkyl group). Monomer (b): a monomer copolymerizable with the monomer (a).

Described is an oxygen permeable layer for detection of molecular oxygen, wherein the layer has a carrier material in which at least one particle is comprised, wherein the carrier material is polyvinylidene fluoride or a copolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride, and the particle comprises a polymer or a copolymer, wherein the polymer or copolymer of the particle has a chemically covalently bonded indicator compound for detection of molecular oxygen. In addition, a multilayer system for detection of molecular oxygen is described. Also described are a method for producing the layer, and the use of the layer or of the multilayer system for detection of molecular oxygen.

Providing a laminate having an excellent adhesiveness between a base layer and a surface layer while having a good flexibility. In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the laminate of the present disclosure comprises at least a base layer, an intermediate layer and a surface layer, wherein a base layer composition contains an urethane resin, an intermediate layer composition contains an energy ray curable resin having (meth)acryloyl group in a molecule thereof, and, a non-UV curable resin having only isocyanate group as reactive functional group, and a surface layer composition contains a UV curable resin having the (meth)acryloyl group in the molecule.