Provided is a thermoplastic resin film capable of controlling the discoloration due to color staining, and capable of controlling occurrence of color irregularity after irradiation with light irrespectively of inclusion of dyes. A thermoplastic resin film according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin and a dye, and the thermoplastic resin film has a color difference E of 4.3 or less, determined by measuring change in color tone before and after application of load on a polyvinyl butyral resin film for color staining test in accordance with JIS K8781-4:2013 after applying a load of 200 g/cm.sup.2 at 23 C. and a humidity of 25% for 1 week on a laminate made up of the thermoplastic resin film, the polyvinyl butyral resin film for color staining test, and a green glass in accordance with JIS R3208 having a thickness of 2 mm laminated in this order on a rubber sheet having a hardness of 60.

Provided herein are polyvinylacetal compositions, monolayer and multilayer films and sheets (interlayers), and laminates made with these interlayers, which have reduced edge yellowing after exposure to heat, which is accomplished by adding an oligomeric hindered amine light stabilizer with antioxidant functionality at levels generally about 0.2 percent by weight or less, wherein substantially no additional antioxidant or other HALS is present.

A functional layer for a moisture electric generating battery cell wherein the functional layer includes graphene oxide having a ratio of C?O bonds to CC bonds of more than 1:9. The functional layer include treated graphene oxide having an interlayer spacing that is greater than the interlayer spacing of graphene oxide from which the treated graphene oxide is prepared. The functional layer consists of graphene oxide and a polymer binder that is selected to bond with an electrically conductive substrate. The polymer binder may be one or more of: PVA, PVB, PMMA or PVP. The graphene oxide and polymer binder are treated with acid such as HCl, H.sub.2SO.sub.4 or HNO.sub.3. The electrically conductive substrate forming an electrode may be mounted onto a further substrate, for use as a moist-electric generation (MEG) in an electronic device. The electronic device is configured to have a surface positioned in contact with the skin of a subject when in use.

A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication includes a particle having a pillar-like form, wherein the ratio of the height of the particle to the diameter or the long side of the bottom of the particle is 0.5 to 2.0, the particle has a 50 percent cumulative volume particle diameter of from 5 to 200 m, and the ratio (Mv/Mn) of the volume average particle diameter (Mv) to the number average particle diameter (Mn) of the particle is 2.00 or less.

The present invention aims to provide a foam, a laminated foam, and a resin sheet that are capable of exhibiting particularly excellent vibration-damping properties while being lightweight and are useful for recycling interlayer films for a laminated glass. The present invention also aims to provide a building material for housing including any of the foam, the laminated foam, and the resin sheet. Provided is a foam having a plurality of cells, the foam containing a polyvinyl acetal; a plasticizer; and a thermoplastic elastomer and/or a liquid crystal polymer.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the sound insulating properties of laminated glass, and making foaming less likely to occur in an end part. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first layer, and a lateral covering part that covers at least part of a lateral part of the first layer, and the first layer has a shear elastic modulus at 25 C. of 0.17 MPa or less, and the lateral covering part has a shear elastic modulus at 25 C. of more than 1 MPa.

A polyvinyl acetal resin composition includes a polyvinyl acetal, an aldehyde, and an alkanol, wherein the alkanol is present in an amount of 50 parts by weight or more with respect to 100 parts by weight of the aldehyde.

Disclosed are polymeric foamed compositions, foam padded materials that include such polymeric foamed compositions disposed on a sheet material, and packaging articles (e.g., envelopes) made from such foam padded materials. The polymeric foamed composition on the sheet material has a plurality of foamed structures formed from the foamable composition attached to the sheet material by a layer of the foamable composition, and the plurality foam structures each having a hollow core and a foam exterior shell.

Provided is a method for producing a resin composition from which can be formed a molded body having excellent tensile elongation and/or rigidity, and more preferably a molded body which stably achieves both high tensile elongation and high rigidity. An aspect of the present invention provides a method for producing a resin composition which contains a first component and a second component, said method comprising a kneading step for kneading the first component and the second component via an extruder provided with a kneading zone that includes a plurality of narrow gap zones in which the gap between a cylinder inner wall and a screw is not more than 2 mm.

Provided is a thermoplastic resin film with which a glass plate-including laminate that looks different in color tone depending on the direction or angle can be obtained. A thermoplastic resin film according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin and a pigment, and when the thermoplastic resin film is planarly viewed with a transmission electron microscope, a number of pigments having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and 50 or less is 3 or more and 100 or less in a rectangular region of 13 ?m long and 18 ?m wide.