A polycarbonate resin composition or a copolymer, comprising, as main repeating units, a carbonate unit (a-1) having a fluorene ring in a side chain, a carbonate unit (a-2) represented by the following formula (a-2):

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(wherein W represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R represents a branched or linear-chain alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms optionally having a substituent, and u represents an integer of 0 to 3), and a carbonate unit (a-3) derived from 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, wherein 1) a molar ratio of the carbonate unit (a-1) to the carbonate unit (a-2) is from 50/50 to 80/20, and 2) a molar ratio of the total of the carbonate unit (a-1) and the carbonate unit (a-2) to the carbonate unit (a-3) is from 1:99 to 70:30. This polycarbonate resin composition or copolymer has excellent heat resistance, transparency, and bending resistance and has low retardation.

Provided is an alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing copolymer with which a neutralized viscous liquid can be prepared which has excellent dispersibility in water, has a viscosity that does not change greatly regardless of addition of an electrolyte, and has high transparency in the presence of an electrolyte. This alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing copolymer contains: 100 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid; 1.5-4.5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, in which an alkyl group has 18-24 carbon atoms; and 0-0.1 parts by mass of a compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups, wherein the copolymer contains 1.5-4.5 parts by mass of a nonionic surfactant.

Disclosed is a plasticized cellulose ester composition. The plasticized cellulose ester composition of the present invention includes at least one cellulose ester and a plasticizer system. The plasticizer system includes epoxidized bio-derived oil in an amount of from 2% to 32% by weight based on the total weight of the plasticizer system. Flooring articles with at least one layer formed from the composition are also described.

Provided is a silicone gel composition that provides a silicone gel cured product having excellent storage stability as well as heat resistance and transparency at high temperatures, being capable of maintaining low elastic modulus, low stress, and high transparency even when used for long periods of time, particularly under conditions where only one direction of a member is exposed to high temperatures, and having resistance to cracking, peeling, and the like. The silicone gel composition comprises (A) a branched organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom, (B-1) a branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane having three or more silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule, and containing at least 20 mol % or more of T units and Q units of all siloxane units, (B-2) a chain organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in one molecule, (C) a platinum-based addition reaction catalyst, and (D) a reaction product of ceric salt.

A polymerizable composition of the present invention includes a polymerization reactive compound (A), and an internal release agent (B) including a polyether-modified silicone compound (b1) represented by General Formula (1) and a polyether-modified silicone compound (b2) represented by General Formula (2), in which the polymerization reactive compound (A) is one or more compounds selected from a polyiso(thio) cyanate compound, a poly(thio) epoxy compound, a polyoxetanyl compound, a polythietanyl compound, an alkyne compound, a poly(thi)ol compound, a polyamine compound, an acid anhydride, or a polycarboxylic acid compound. ##STR00001##

Provided are a polyester resin having a high residual rate of isosorbide, thereby exhibiting excellent heat resistance, excellent mechanical properties such as tensile strength, Young's modulus, etc., and excellent appearance properties and transparency, and a preparation method thereof.

The present invention relates to a process to produce a polymer, a corresponding polymer and a article comprising a polymer made by the process according to the invention.

A polysiloxane that has a fast polymerization reaction rate and good storage stability is provided. Alternatively, a silicon-containing monomer mixture as a raw material of the polysiloxane, a resin composition, a photosensitive resin composition, a cured film, or a patterned cured film containing the polysiloxane are provided. Alternatively, the present invention provides a production method for a resin composition, a photosensitive resin composition, a cured film, or a patterned cured film containing the polysiloxane. A mixture is provided including a first monomer containing silicon represented by the following general formula (X); and a second monomer containing silicon represented by the following general formula (Y). In the case where A is set to a contained amount of the first monomer containing silicon and B is set to a contained amount of the second monomer containing silicon, the following relationship is satisfied.

[00001]$\text{B}/\left(\text{A + B}\right)\text{>}\text{0}\text{.04}$

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A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises: about 100 parts by weight of a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin containing a rubber-modified vinyl-based graft copolymer and an aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; about 0.1 to about 15 parts by weight of a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate resin; about 5 to about 20 parts by weight of a polyether ester amide block copolymer; and about 0.2 to about 5 parts by weight of sodium perchlorate (NaClO.sub.4). The thermoplastic resin composition is excellent in terms of static resistance, transparency, impact resistance, and the like.

The present invention relates to a polyamide resin in which an average particle size of individual crystals measured by a small-angle X-ray scattering apparatus is 8.0 nm or less, and a polymer film and resin laminate using the same.