An environment-friendly material includes 50 wt % to 70 wt % of inorganic mineral powder, 20 wt % to 45 wt % of polyolefin, and 5 wt % to 15 wt % of auxiliary agent. The inorganic mineral powder contains calcium carbonate; the polyolefin may be linear low density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, medium density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, or polypropylene; and the auxiliary agent may be polyolefin elastomer, maleic anhydride grafted polyolefin elastomer, or maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene. The disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of window covering slat using the environment-friendly material and a window covering slat manufactured by the method.

A functional film includes layer (A) containing a resin and layer (B) containing a compound containing a perfluoropolyether group. Layer (B) has a microrelief pattern structure on a surface remote from layer (A). In elemental analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy from the layer (B) side, the functional film satisfies formula (1): D1<2X1, wherein X1 is a thickness (nm) of layer (B); and D1 is a depth (nm) at which fluorine atoms exhibit a concentration of 1 atom % or lower. In carbon 1s spectrum measurement by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy from the layer (B) side, the functional film satisfies formula (2): D2<2X1, wherein X1 is the thickness (nm) of layer (B); and D2 is a depth (nm) at which no peak is detected within a bond energy range of 290 to 300 eV.

The present specification relates to an optical film including a transparent film, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the transparent film, wherein the coating layer includes a polyester-based resin and a polyurethane-based resin, and is formed using a composition having a minimum film-forming temperature difference of 40 C. to 110 C. between the polyester-based resin and the polyurethane-based resin, and a polarizing plate including the same.

Stabiliser, comprising the reaction product of at least one macromer with at least one C.sub.4-30-alkyl(meth)acrylate in at least one polyether polyol 1 in the presence of at least one free radical polymerisation catalyst and optionally at least one chain transfer agent, the at least one macromer being at least one molecule which comprises in its structure one or more polymerisable double bonds, able to copolymerise with C.sub.4-30-alkyl(meth)acrylates and which furthermore comprises in its structure one or more hydroxyl-terminated polyether chains.

A block copolymer of the formula R.sub.f-PEG-PAA is disclosed, where R.sub.f comprises a perfluoroalkyl group having at least 3 carbon atoms, bound to an ether oxygen atom directly or through a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, PEG is a poly(alkylene glycol) unit having a weight average molecular weight or number average molecular weight of from 1 to 20 kDa, and PAA is one or more poly([meth]acrylic acid) units having a total weight average molecular weight or number average molecular weight of from 0.3 to 10 kDa. A polymer mixture including the block copolymer, a co-hydrogel and a drug delivery vehicle including the polymer mixture, and methods of synthesizing the block copolymer, forming a sol-gel two-phase co-hydrogel, forming a drug delivery vehicle, and delivering a drug to a patient in need thereof are also disclosed.

Provided are: a resin composition with which it is possible to form a cured film having excellent weather resistance and wear resistance; and a resin molding having said cured film. An active energy beam-curable resin composition containing a radical polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator (d), wherein said radical polymerizable compound contains 57-90 mass % of (a) caprolactone-modified mono- or poly-penta erythritol poly (meth)acrylate represented by formula (1) and 10-43 mass % of (b) urethane (meth)acrylate synthesized from a polycarbonate polyol having a branched alkyl structure and an average molecular weight falling within the range of 500-1000, a diisocyanate having an alicyclic structure, and a mono (meth)acrylate containing a hydroxyl group. In formula (1), each X independently represents a caprolactone-modified (meth)acryloyl group, a (meth)acryloyloxy group, or a OH group. ##STR00001##

One object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition comprising a silicone and an emulsion of a resin having a film forming property, which emulsion composition may provide a coating agent which effectively exhibits slidability of silicone on a substrate, while maintaining transparency. Another object of the present invention is to provide a laminate having a film made of the coating agent. The present invention provides an emulsion composition comprising (I) an emulsion of a resin having a film forming property in a solid content of 60 to 99.9 parts by mass and (II) an emulsion of a silicone-acrylic core-shell resin in solid content of 0.1 to 40 parts by mass, a total mass of the solid contents of components (I) and (II) being 100 parts by mass, wherein a core of the silicone-acrylic core-shell resin (II) is composed of an organopolysiloxane (A), a shell layer of the silicone-acrylic core-shell resin (II) is composed of a poly(meth)acrylate ester (B), a mass ratio of the organopolysiloxane (A) to the poly(meth)acrylate ester (B) is in a range of 40:60 to 95:5, and a covering ratio by the poly(meth)acrylate ester on a surface of the silicone-acrylic core-shell resin is at least 50%.

A production method includes a surface-crosslinking step of heating a mixture of a surface-crosslinking agent and a particulate dried polymer obtained with an acid group-containing unsaturated monomer as a main component. A moisture content of the particulate dried polymer is not greater than 15% by mass. A heating device including a rotary container and a plurality of heating tubes that are located within the rotary container, extend in an axial direction of the rotary container, and rotate together with the rotary container, is used in the surface-crosslinking step. The heating device includes a means for introducing and discharging a gas into and from the rotary container.

The present invention provides a water-soluble film having high solubility in cold water and high extensibility. The present invention also provides a method for simply producing such a water-soluble film with particularly preferred features. The present invention relates to a water-soluble film including a grafted polymer and a water-soluble resin, and also relates to a water-soluble film including a grafted polymer. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a water-soluble film containing a grafted polymer and a water-soluble resin including mixing the grafted polymer and the water-soluble resin.

The present invention relates to an optical film including: a base material film; and a primer layer containing a polyester resin and water-dispersible minute particulates on at least one surface of the base material film and having a refractive index difference of 0.03 or less from the base material film, in which the polyester resin includes polyester glycol formed by a reaction of polybasic acid including an aromatic carboxylic acid compound and an aliphatic carboxylic acid compound at a mole ratio of 1:9 to 9:1 and polyol, adhesion force between the optical film and a functional coating layer is excellent, and a rainbow phenomenon is reduced and an optical property is excellent due to a small refractive index difference.