The present disclosure relates to a hard coating film capable of providing excellent durability, elastic recovery rate, and abrasion resistance, by including a base layer; a first hard coating layer formed on at least one surface of the base layer and including a fluorine-based UV-curable functional group-containing compound; and a second hard coating layer formed between the base layer and the first hard coating layer and including inorganic particles; and an image display device including the hard coating film.

The present disclosure provides an optical laminate which exhibits improved adhesive strength and scratch resistance together with excellent hardness and fingerprint resistance properties, by further including a fingerprint-resistant layer including an organosilane having excellent adhesion strength with the hard coating layer and an anti-fouling function on the hard coating layer including the transparent support substrate layer and the hard coating layer.

A pattern forming material is configured to use for forming an organic film on a film to be processed, patterning the organic film, and then forming a composite film by infiltrating a metallic compound into the patterned organic film. The pattern forming material contains a polymer including a monomer unit represented by a general formula (3) described below,

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where R.sup.21 is H or CH.sub.3, each R.sup.22 is a hydrocarbon group of C.sub.2-14 where a carbon is primary carbon, secondary carbon or tertiary carbon, Q is a single bond or a hydrocarbon group of C.sub.1-20 carbon atoms which may include an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom between carbon-carbon atoms of or at a bond terminal, and a halogen atom may be substituted for the hydrogen atom.

The present disclosure relates to an aqueous coating composition for forming a thermal insulation coating for walls and a reflective thermal insulation coating system for walls containing the thermal insulation coating. In particular, the aqueous coating composition comprises, based on the total weight of the aqueous coating composition, at least 65 wt % of an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles; at least 5 wt % of expanded organic polymer micro-beads; at least 10 wt % water; and 0 to 15 wt % of additional additives, comprising thickeners, dispersants, wetting agents, defoamers, pH adjustors, film-forming aids, hydrophobic agents, coupling agents, bactericides, and antifungal agents or any combination thereof.

A barrier coating composition is disclosed including 30-70 weight-% of a styrene (meth)acrylate copolymer, polymerised in the presence of a stabiliser, and the styrene (meth)acrylate copolymer having a glass transition temperature Tg≤20° C., preferably ≤10° C., 30-70 weight-% of a polyvinyl alcohol, and at most 5.0 weight-% of a cross-linker, reacting with —OH or —COOH groups. Further disclosed is a sheet-like product coated with the coating composition.

The present invention relates to a composite material, in particular a switchable functional material, comprising (a) a porous carrier material and a swellable material, a method for its preparation and its use in coatings. The composite material is suitable for the production of water-repellent and water-vapor diffusion-open coatings, as well as the use of the composite material.

An aqueous dispersion, an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous dispersion, and coatings made therefrom capable of slow release of fragrance.

A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer that includes a structural unit including an acid-labile group; and a radiation-sensitive acid generating agent. The radiation-sensitive acid generating agent includes a sulfonate anion and a radiation-sensitive cation. The sulfonate anion includes two or more rings, and an iodine atom and a monovalent group having 0 to 10 carbon atoms which includes at least one of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom bond to at least one of the two or more rings. The ring is preferably an aromatic ring. The radiation-sensitive acid generating agent is preferably a compound represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), A.sup.1 represents a group obtained from a compound which includes a ring having 3 to 20 ring atoms by removing (p+q+r+1) hydrogen atoms on the ring. ##STR00001##

The present disclosure provides a laminate having low air permeability and excellent moisture permeability, a partition member for total heat exchange element composed of the laminate, a total heat exchange element provided with a plurality of the partition members for total heat exchange element, and a ventilation device provided with the total heat exchange element. The laminate of the present disclosure is provided with a porous substrate and a moisture-permeable membrane disposed on one side of the porous substrate, the moisture-permeable membrane being provided with a porous substrate and a moisture-permeable membrane disposed on at least one side of the porous substrate, and the moisture-permeable membrane being formed of a thermoplastic copolymer having a side chain containing a hydrophilic group which is a functional group.

Provided is an antifouling coating composition containing a hydrolyzable resin (A), a first non-hydrolyzable resin (B), a second non-hydrolyzable resin (C), and an antifouling agent (D), in which a glass transition temperature Tg.sub.B [° C.] and a solubility parameter SP.sub.B of the first non-hydrolyzable resin (B), and a glass transition temperature Tg.sub.C [° C.] and a solubility parameter SP.sub.C of the second non-hydrolyzable resin (C) satisfy an expression [1]:Tg.sub.B−Tg.sub.C≥60, an expression [2]:SP.sub.B ≥9.5, an expression [3]:SP.sub.C≥9.5, and an expression [4]:SP.sub.B−SP.sub.C|≤1.0.