An optical film, a backlight module and a manufacturing method of the optical film are provided. The optical film is composed of a quantum dot gel layer. The quantum dot gel layer includes a first polymer and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in the first polymer. The first polymer includes 1 to 5 wt % of photoinitiator, 3 to 20 wt % of scattering particles, 20 to 40 wt % of thiol compound, 5 to 30 wt % of monofunctional acrylic monomer, 20 to 40 wt % of multifunctional acrylic monomer, 1 to 5 wt % of organosilicon grafted oligomer, and 500 to 1500 ppm of inhibitor.

A conductive sheet comprising a conductive substrate layer and a hydrogel layer formed of a silicone hydrogel having a polymer comprising a repeat unit (A) derived from a monomer represented by Formula (I) as a gel skeleton. Provided is a conductive sheet which can maintain adhesiveness and flexibility even when used for a long period of time and can attain high biocompatibility.

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The present invention provides a film and/or a packaging bag from which contents that may be viscous are easily brought out, and exhibiting enough heat seal properties as well as superior anti-blocking effect and slipperiness. The sealant film has a seal layer consisting of a resin composition including the following (a) and (b), and the film satisfies the following (1) to (3). (a) Polyolefin-based resin; and (b) Silylated polyolefin resin, (1) An abundance ratio (Si/C) of silicon atoms Si to carbon atoms C included in the seal layer of 0.001 or more and 0.02 or less; (2) An abundance ratio (Si/C) of silicon atoms Si to carbon atoms C present at a surface of the seal layer of 0.05 or more and 0.2 or less; and (3) An arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the seal layer of 0.1 μm or more and 0.5 μm or less

A thermoplastic composition includes from about 30 wt % to about 95 wt % poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), and from about 5 wt % to about 70 wt % of a poly(carbonate-siloxane) copolymer having a siloxane content of from about 25 wt % to about 45 wt %. A method of making a thermoplastic composition includes: (a) combining from about 30 wt % to about 95 wt % poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and from about 5 wt % to about 70 wt % of a poly(carbonate-siloxane) copolymer having a siloxane content of from about 25 wt % to about 45 wt % to form a mixture; and melt processing the mixture to polymerize it and form the thermoplastic composition.

A polycarbonate-polysiloxane includes specific amounts of first carbonate units having the structure

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wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.6-C.sub.16 divalent aromatic group, second carbonate units having the structure

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wherein R.sup.2 is a C.sub.17-C.sub.40 divalent aromatic group having the structure

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wherein R.sup.f, R.sup.g, R.sup.h, R.sup.i, R.sup.j, R.sup.k, X.sup.b, j, m, n, x, and y are defined herein. The polycarbonate-polysiloxane is useful for forming thin extruded films, which in turn are useful for fabricating electrostatic film capacitors.

The present invention provides a composition having excellent development residue suppressibility. Moreover, also provided are a cured film, a color filter, a light shielding film, an optical element, a solid-state imaging element, a headlight unit, modified silica particles, and a method for producing modified silica particles. The composition according to the embodiment of the present invention contains modified silica particles and a polymerizable compound, in which the modified silica particles each contain a silica particle and a coating layer coating the silica particle, and the coating layer contains a polymer containing a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1).

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A phenolic foam formed from a composition comprising a phenolic resin, a blowing agent, an acid catalyst, and a surfactant comprising: (i) an ethoxylated castor oil, and (ii) a polysiloxane comprising a side chain comprising polyethylene oxide wherein the total molecular weight of the polyethylene oxide of the side chain comprises less than 50% of the total molecular weight of the polysiloxane.

A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.

To provide a polyacetal resin composition which is good sliding characteristics and is less likely to produce the blister; a molded article; and a method for manufacturing the polyacetal resin composition. The polyacetal resin composition containing: (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal resin; (B1) a polyolefin resin grafted with a silicone compound; (B2) a non-grafted silicone compound; and (C) 0.5 to 1.8 parts by mass of a polyolefinic lubricant, with a total of content of the silicone compound in the (B1) polyolefin resin and content of the (B2) non-grafted silicone compound, being adjusted to 0.6 to 2.5 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the (A) polyacetal resin, and with (B1)/(B2), which is a ratio by mass of the content of the (B1) polyolefin resin and the content of the (B2) non-grafted silicone compound, being adjusted to 68/32 to 45/55.

A thermoplastic composition includes: a thermoplastic polymer including from about 30 wt % to about 90 wt % poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and from about 5 wt % to about 70 wt % of a poly(carbonate-siloxane) copolymer having a siloxane content of from about 20 wt % to about 60 wt %; and a plurality of photoluminescent materials including quantum dots.