The object of the present invention is to provide a decorative film excellent in moldability and tensile strength; and a method for producing a three-dimensionally molded article with a decorative film. The decorative film of the present invention is used for decorating a three-dimensionally molded article. It is a decorative film comprising at least a substrate film layer and a clear layer, wherein the clear layer is made of a fluorinated polymer comprising units based on a fluoroolefin, units based on a monomer having no crosslinkable group, which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether, a vinyl ester, an allyl ether, an allyl ester and a (meth)acrylic acid ester, and units having a crosslinkable group; and the content of the units based on a fluoroolefin is from 20 to 70 mol % to all units which the fluorinated polymer comprises.

Provided is a windshield 1 suitable for preventing fogging of a glass sheet facing a light path space and for maintaining high accuracy of information acquired by an information acquisition device. A water-absorbing film 81 or an anti-fogging member 8 including the water-absorbing film 81 is disposed on a surface in contact with a light path space 41, the surface being at least one selected from a surface of a glass sheet 5 and a surface of members 61 and 62 serving the function of fixing of an information acquisition device 2 and/or light shielding for the light path space. The water-absorbing film has a saturated water absorption Ws of 1 g/m.sup.2 or more. The water-absorbing film satisfies at least one condition selected from the condition A1 that a water vapor adsorption isotherm is a downwardly convex curve at a relative humidity of 20 to 90% and the condition B1 that an increase in water absorption AbH with increasing relative humidity from 70% to 95% is more than 35% of Ws.

Disclosed is an environment-friendly hot-melt composition for a vehicle interior material, the hot-melt composition including: 65 wt % to 85 wt % of an aromatic polyamide; 10 wt % to 30 wt % of an aliphatic polyamide; 1 wt % to 5 wt % of an olefinic elastomer graft-polymerized with maleic anhydride; and 0.1 wt % to 2 wt % of an antioxidant.

The composition includes an acrylic monomer having a carboxylic acid group, an acrylic monomer having a hydroxyl group, at least one of an alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate, and from 20 to 35 percent by weight of a compound composed of divalent segments L and at least two X groups. The divalent segments L are represented by formula L. Each segment L is respectively directly bonded to two secondary N atoms, two tertiary N atoms, or a secondary and a tertiary N atom. Each R.sup.1 represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and at least some of the R.sup.1 groups are CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2. Each X group is independently represented by the formula CH.sub.2C(R)C(O)OVWC(O). The acrylic monomer having a carboxylic acid group is present in an amount of at least one percent and less than 20 percent by weight. Articles and methods using the composition are also described.

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The present disclosure provides for improved material surface modification. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of surface modifying a material, the method comprising the steps of (1) oxidizing the material such that the oxidation level of the surface of the material is in a specific numerical range when measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), (2) (A) grafting the oxidized material and/or (B) coating the oxidized material with a hydrophilic polymer. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of producing a fiber composite material in which the fiber material is contained within the second material, the method comprising the steps of (1) oxidizing at least one of the fiber material and the second material, (2) interface adhering or bonding the fiber material and the second material after the oxidizing step (3) melting the second material to obtain the fiber composite material.

The present invention aims to provide an adhesive tape capable of exhibiting excellent adhesion to rough surfaces. The present invention also aims to provide a method for fixing an electronic device component or an in-vehicle device component using the adhesive tape and a method for producing an electronic device or an in-vehicle device. Provided is an adhesive tape including an adhesive layer containing an acrylic copolymer, the acrylic copolymer containing 30% by weight or more of a structural unit derived from n-heptyl (meth)acrylate and 0.01% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less of a structural unit derived from 1-methylheptyl (meth)acrylate.

A hot-melt composition has excellent workability, hot flow resistance, balance between adhesion and detachability, volatility resistance, and hot creep resistance. The hot-melt composition includes: as thermoplastic elastomers, a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer having a weight average molecular weight of 300,000 or more, a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer having a styrene content of no greater than 20% by mass, and an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer including an ethylene propylene rubber and/or butyl rubber; as tackifiers, an aromatic petroleum resin, a terpene phenol resin, and an amorphous polyalphaolefin; a high molecular weight paraffin oil having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more; and a low molecular weight paraffin oil having a weight average molecular weight of less than 1,000.

The composition includes at least 16 percent by weight of an acrylic monomer comprising a cycloalkyl group having up to 12 carbon atoms, an acrylic monomer having a carboxylic acid group, an acrylic monomer having a hydroxyl group, and a compound composed of divalent segments L and at least two X groups. The divalent segments L are represented by formula L. Each segment L is respectively directly bonded to two secondary N atoms, two tertiary N atoms, or a secondary and a tertiary N atom. Each R.sup.1 represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and at least some of the R.sup.1 groups are CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2. Each X group is independently represented by the formula CH.sub.2C(R)C(O)OVWC(O). Articles and methods using the composition are also described.

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A laminate that includes: (i) a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the first layer comprising a block copolymer containing at least one polymer block formed from vinylaromatics and at least one polymer block formed from alkenes; (ii) a metal layer disposed on the first layer; (iii) a blowing agent layer disposed on the metal layer; and (iv) a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the blowing agent layer, the second layer comprising a block copolymer containing at least one polymer block formed from vinylaromatics and at least one polymer block formed from alkenes.

The present disclosure relates to a process of manufacturing a pressure sensitive adhesive, comprising the steps of: a) providing a hot melt mixing apparatus comprising a reaction chamber; b) providing a hot melt processable pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising: (1) a (meth)acrylate copolymer component comprising: i. C1-C32 (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer units; ii. optionally, ethylenically unsaturated monomer units having functional groups selected from the group consisting of acid, hydroxyl, acid anhydride, epoxide, amine, amide groups, and any combinations thereof; and iii. optionally, further ethylenically unsaturated monomer units which are copolymerizable with monomer units (i) and/or (ii); and (2) a crosslinking system selected from the group consisting of thermal crosslinking systems, actinic radiation crosslinking systems, and any combinations thereof; (3) optionally, at least one expandable microsphere; and (4) optionally, at least one pigment; c) providing a polymeric resin; d) subjecting the polymeric resin to a heating step (thereby at least partly remove low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) from the polymeric resin) thereby forming a cleaned polymeric resin; e) incorporating the cleaned polymeric resin and the hot melt processable pressure sensitive adhesive composition in the reaction chamber of the hot melt mixing apparatus; 57-f) mixing the hot melt processable pressure sensitive adhesive composition and the cleaned polymeric resin in the hot melt mixing apparatus thereby forming a hot melt blend; g) removing the hot melt blend from the hot melt mixing apparatus; and h) optionally, crosslinking the hot melt blend.