The present invention provides an antifouling coating film that exhibits suppressed elution of an organism repellent in exposure to a dynamic water flow in water and exhibits an antifouling property for a long time and a method of manufacturing the same, a water-contacting structure with an antifouling coating film, and an antifouling tape and a method of manufacturing the same, and relates to an antifouling coating film containing a binder (A) and an organism repellent (B), having a riblet structure on a surface thereof, the organism repellent (B) containing one or more kind selected from the group consisting of copper pyrithione, zinc pyrithione, 4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile, and 4,5-dichloro-2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, and a method of manufacturing the same.

The present invention relates to a liquid-repellent composition containing a tetrafunctional silane-based compound having a specified structure and a trifunctional silane-based compound having a specified structure as well as a metal catalyst and satisfying a formula (I): 12x64, x represents a ratio of a molar amount of the component (A) to a molar amount of the component (B) (molar ratio), a liquid-repellent sheet including a liquid-repellent layer formed of the foregoing liquid-repellent composition, and production methods of the same.

Provided is a silicone foam sheet that expresses excellent bubble removability, that has satisfactory adhesiveness with an adherend and satisfactory sealability, that maintains the expression of these effects even when its thickness is reduced, that preferably expresses a stable modulus of elasticity over a region from a low-temperature region to a high-temperature region, and that suppresses both of its compression set in the low-temperature region and its compression set in the high-temperature region to low levels. Also provided is a method of producing such silicone foam sheet. The silicone foam sheet comprises an open-cell structure having a thickness of from 10 m to 3,000 m, wherein an open-cell ratio is 90% or more, an average cell diameter of the silicone foam sheet is from 1 m to 50 m, and 90% or more of all cells therein each has a cell diameter of 80 m or less.

A filament-bearing masking tape extending longitudinally and formed from and including a filament and a base tape having a first edge and a second edge parallel to the first edge. The base tape includes a carrier having upper and lower sides and extending longitudinally with a first adhesive on the lower side having a first adhesive thickness, and a second adhesive having a second adhesive thickness greater than the first adhesive thickness on the upper side, and a release liner attached to the second adhesive. The filament-bearing masking tape is formed by (a) placing the filament on the lower adhesive layer, the filament extending longitudinally, parallel to the first edge of the base tape, at a filament distance from the first edge and closer to the first edge than to the second edge, and (b) folding a first portion of the base tape extending from the filament to the first edge under a second portion of the tape extending from the filament towards the second edge of the base tape so that the first adhesive on the first portion of the base tape contacts and binds to the first adhesive on the second portion of the base tape.

A composite material is disclosed including: a first material including a plurality of crosslinked first polymer chains including a plurality of first polymer monomeric units; a coating layer on the surface of the first material, wherein the coating layer includes a plurality of adhesion polymer chains, wherein the plurality of adhesion polymer chains includes a plurality of the first polymer monomeric units and a plurality of first bond-forming units, wherein the adhesion polymer chains are interwoven with the first polymer chains; and a second material including a plurality of second polymer chains, wherein the coating layer is disposed in-between the first and the second material and contacting the surface of the first and the second material, and a portion of the second polymer chains includes a plurality of second polymer monomeric units and second bond-forming units; wherein the first and the second bond-forming units form one or more bonds.

A polymer foam adhesive tape including: a substrate film; a polymer foam layer provided on one surface of the substrate film; a first adhesive layer provided on the polymer foam layer; and a second adhesive layer provided on the other surface of the substrate film, in which the polymer foam adhesive tape has a dielectric constant of 2.5 to 4.5 at a frequency of 10.sup.5 Hz.

A conductive polymer composite for adhesion to a flexible substrate contains a polymer adhesive containing a curable polymer and a curing agent; and a conductive filler containing a metal and a carbonaceous material dispersed in the polymer adhesive. The conductive polymer composite is suitable for application to not only the human body but also other objects having irregular surface. In addition, due to enhanced adhesive strength of the conductive polymer composite to the flexible substrate, the reduction in conductivity or conductivity breakdown caused by external stress can be prevented and flexibility and stretchability can be improved.

An article includes a non-tacky cured silicone first layer, an optional foamed material and a tacky cured silicone second layer wherein the first layer is directly bound to the second layer and the article is conformable to a body part. The article removably adheres to a body part. Also described is a method of making the article.

This disclosure provides an electronic device member that is superior in ease of handling, without any loss of flatness or performance (e.g. flexibility and dielectric properties) despite being a dielectric sheet having a dielectric polymer cured material that is physically fragile. Disclosed herein is a layered body including (L1) a single layer or multiple layers of a high dielectric sheet that includes a polymer cured material having a dielectric functional group, and at least one (L2) pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and in general further having (L3) an electrode layer and/or (L4) a non-silicone thermoplastic resin layer, and uses thereof.

A binding piece includes an insulation layer, a substrate layer, and at least one binding layer stacked together; where one of the at least one binding layer forms on an outer surface of the binding piece; where 10%L.sub.2100%, 1.2L.sub.1/L.sub.220, L.sub.1 is an elongation rate of the insulation layer, and L.sub.2 is an elongation rate of the substrate layer.