Disclosed are laminates comprising a carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet and a layer of polysilazane and methods for producing such laminates.

A gas barrier film comprising a resin base material, an oxygen barrier coating provided on at least one surface of the resin base material, and a base layer and/or an inorganic oxide layer provided between the resin base material and the oxygen barrier coating, wherein the black area ratio of one surface measured by the following measuring method is 0.15% or less: <Measuring method> An arbitrary region of 1281 μm square on one surface of a resin base material is photographed with an optical microscope to acquire a photographed image of 1024×1024 pixels, the photographed image is converted into a monochrome image of 256 gradations using an image analysis software, and the value obtained by subtracting 30 from the most frequent value of the luminance in the monochrome image is set as the threshold, the value less than the threshold is set to black, and the value not less than the threshold is set to white, thus binarizing the luminance, and the ratio of the total area of the black regions having a size of 100 μm.sup.2 or more in the 1281 μm square region is defined as the black area ratio.

Provided is a member in which the strength of a second layer located on the outermost surface of the exterior is improved in order to sufficiently exhibit and maintain the functions, to thereby improve impact resistance and scratch resistance. The member is a member including a base material, a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer in the stated order, wherein the first layer is an inorganic porous layer in which a plurality of inorganic particles are joined to each other, and the first layer and the second layer have a total thickness of 0.3 μm or more and 2 μm or less, wherein the third layer contains a resin and has a thickness of 0.4 μm or more and 2,000 μm or less, and wherein the second layer contains the inorganic particles and the resin.

Provided is a resin composition, a prepreg for a printed circuit and a metal-coated laminate. The resin composition includes: a silicone aryne resin, a polyphenylene ether resin with unsaturated bonds, and a butadiene polymer. The resin composition is used such that the prepared metal-coated laminate can have at least one of the following characteristics: a low dielectric loss factor, high heat resistance, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Provided is a barrier film comprising a base layer, and an inorganic layer including Si, N, and O, and including a first region and a second region, which have different elemental contents (atomic %) of Si, N, and O from each other as measured by XPS, wherein the film has a water vapor transmission rate of 5.0×10.sup.−4 g/m.sup.2.Math.day or less as measured under conditions of a temperature of 38° C. and 100% relative humidity after being stored at 85° C. and 85% relative humidity conditions for 250 hours, or wherein the inorganic layer has a compactness expressed through an etching rate of 0.17 nm/s in the thickness direction for an Ar ion etching condition to etch Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 at a rate of 0.09 nm/s. The barrier film has excellent barrier properties and optical properties and can be used for electronic products that are sensitive to moisture and the like.

Disclosed are laminates comprising a carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet and a layer of polysilazane and methods for producing such laminates.

Disclosed are laminates comprising a carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet and a layer of polysilazane and methods for producing such laminates.

Provided is a barrier film that includes a base layer (A), and a barrier layer (B) located on one side of the base layer and including one or more cured layers of polysilazane layers having a surface (S) of a concavo-convex structure formed by protruding particles, the barrier film having excellent barrier properties against the external environment, and excellent optical properties. The barrier film can be used for an electronic product sensitive to moisture.

Provided is a barrier film that includes a base layer (A), and a barrier layer (B) located on one side of the base layer and including one or more cured layers of polysilazane layers having a surface (S) of a concavo-convex structure formed by protruding particles, the barrier film having excellent barrier properties against the external environment, and excellent optical properties. The barrier film can be used for an electronic product sensitive to moisture etc.

The gas barrier film includes a polymer base having an inorganic layer [A] and a silicon compound layer [B] stacked in this order at least on one side of the polymer base, the inorganic layer [A] containing a zinc compound and silicon oxide, the silicon compound layer [B] containing silicon oxynitride, and the inorganic layer [A] and the silicon compound layer [B] being in contact with each other.