Provided is a liquid-repellent agent which enables the production of partition walls that are less susceptible to reduction in liquid repellency even when subjected to oxygen plasma treatment or UV-ozone treatment. A liquid-repellent agent (A) of the present invention contains a polymer containing: a polymerization unit (a1) derived from a hydrocarbon having an alkyl group in which at least one hydrogen atom is replaced with a fluorine atom and which may contain an ether-oxygen atom; and one or two or more types of polymerization units (a2) other than the polymerization unit (a1), wherein the number of ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in the polymerization units (a1) and (a2) is 3 or greater.

Photosensitive compositions containing nanosized light emitting materials and (meth)acrylic polymer are suitable for use in a variety of optical applications, for example the preparation of quantum material doped photoresist films, especially for optical devices. Optical films can be prepared be by: a) providing the photosensitive composition onto a substrate, and b) polymerizing the photosensitive composition by exposing the photosensitive composition to radiation.

An aspect according to the present invention provides an acrylic resin including a first structural unit represented by formula (1) and a second structural unit represented by formula (2): ##STR00001## [in the formula (1), R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 12-30 carbon atoms] ##STR00002## [in the formula (2), R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R.sup.4 represents a divalent organic group].

Provided are a photosensitive composition for pulse exposure including: a coloring material A; a photoradical polymerization initiator B; and a radically polymerizable compound C, in which a content of a radically polymerizable compound C1 having a weight-average molecular weight of 3000 or higher is 70 mass % or higher with respect to a total mass of the radically polymerizable compound C.

There are provided a modified liquid diene rubber that can be used for a curable resin composition and a resin composition containing the modified liquid diene rubber. The curable resin composition containing the modified liquid diene rubber has a much higher curing rate than that in the related art, and the resulting cured product has excellent mechanical properties, transparency, and heat resistance. Produced are a modified liquid diene rubber and a resin composition containing the modified liquid diene rubber. The modified liquid diene rubber includes a modifying group (p) partly containing a (meth)acryloyl group therein and a monomer unit (a1) derived from a conjugated diene compound. A carbon-carbon double bond derived from the conjugated diene compound has a hydrogenation rate of 30 to 95 mol %, and the modifying group (p) has a functional group equivalent weight of 700 to 20,000 g/eq.

There are provided a modified liquid diene rubber that can be used for a curable resin composition and a resin composition containing the modified liquid diene rubber. The curable resin composition containing the modified liquid diene rubber has a much higher curing rate than that in the related art, and the resulting cured product has excellent mechanical properties, transparency, and heat resistance. Produced are a modified liquid diene rubber and a resin composition containing the modified liquid diene rubber. The modified liquid diene rubber includes a modifying group (p) partly containing a (meth)acryloyl group therein and a monomer unit (a1) derived from a conjugated diene compound. A carbon-carbon double bond derived from the conjugated diene compound has a hydrogenation rate of 30 to 95 mol %, and the modifying group (p) has a functional group equivalent weight of 700 to 20,000 g/eq.

The resin composition incudes a polymer compound represented by the formula (1), where in formula (1), R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and m and n represent the average numbers of repeating units, and are each independently in the range between 1 and 2000 inclusive; a compound that can radically polymerize with the polymer compound; and a radical initiator. The compound that can radically polymerize with the polymer compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of phenylmaleimide compounds, acenaphthylene compounds, modified polyphenylene ether resins having an unsaturated double bond at an end, and aryl isocyanurate compounds.

An article, comprising a packaging article such as food or beverage container (20), or a portion thereof, that includes a substrate (30, 32) and a coating (34) disposed on at least a portion of the substrate (30, 32). The coating (34) is preferably formed from a coating composition that comprises a latex emulsion having a first-stage copolymer, a second-stage copolymer, and a linkage interconnecting the first-stage copolymer and the second-stage copolymer prior to curing.

A comb polymer can be used for reducing a Noack evaporation loss of a lubricant composition, especially of an engine oil composition. Application of the comb polymer to the lubricant composition can bring about the desired reduction. The comb polymer can include specified amounts of macromonomer and alkyl acrylates. Resulting lubricant compositions can include the comb polymer.

An object of the present invention is to provide a macromolecular material that exhibits excellent elongation. The first macromolecular material of the present invention contains the first polymer containing the first structural unit and the second polymer containing the second structural unit. The first structural unit has a guest group in its side chain, and the second structural unit has a host group in its side chain. At least one of the first and the second polymers contains at least one fluorine group. The second macromolecular material of the present invention contains the first structural unit having a guest group in its side chain, the second structural unit having a host group in its side chain, and the third structural unit other than the first and second structural units. At least one of the first, the second, and the third structural units contains at least one fluorine group.