A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer consists of a dried product of a water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains a water-dispersible polymer, water, and polyacrylic acid. The polyacrylic acid content is above 0.1 parts by mass and 7 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the water-dispersible polymer. A thickness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is 10 μm or more and 40 μm or less.

To provide a bonding technique that is capable of bonding a metal and a resin with a sufficient bonding strength. A bonded article including a functional group-carrying metal surface and a functional group-carrying resin surface, which are bonded directly to each other, the functional group-carrying metal surface having one or more kind of a functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an epoxy group, a mercapto group, a styryl group, a (meth)acryloyl group, an isocyanato group, and an alkenyl group, on a surface of a metal, the functional group-carrying resin surface having one or more kind of a functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an epoxy group, a mercapto group, a styryl group, a (meth)acryloyl group, an isocyanato group, and an alkenyl group, on a surface of a resin.

An acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) includes an acrylic polymer produced by free radical polymerization, having a weight-average molecular weight (M.sub.w) of less than 830 kDa; a relative peak width at half height (PWHH) of the acrylic polymer is 1.75 or less or, the acrylic polymer has an entanglement molecular weight (M.sub.e) of less than 50 kg/mol, the relative PWHH of the acrylic polymer being the ratio of an absolute PWHH of the acrylic polymer determined from differentiated DSC signal of the acrylic polymer at glass transition temperature (T.sub.g) to an absolute PWHH of a reference acrylic polymer obtained by reacting ethyl acrylate and acrylic acid in a weight ratio of 100:5 with 10 mmol/l AIBN, wherein the absolute PWHH of the reference acrylic polymer is determined in the same manner as the absolute PWHH of the acrylic polymer, and M.sub.e being calculated from a plateau modulus determined by rheological methods.

Compositions may include an EVA copolymer produced from ethylene, vinyl acetate, and one or more polar comonomers, wherein at least one of the one or more polar comonomers include an amine moiety. Methods may include preparing a polymer composition by adding ethylene, vinyl acetate and one or more polar comonomers to a reactor or extruder, wherein at least one of the one or more polar comonomers include an amine moiety; and reacting the ethylene, vinyl acetate and one or more comonomers to produce the polymer composition. Compositions may include an adhesive film composition that include at least one layer including a polymer produced from ethylene, vinyl acetate, and one or more polar comonomers, wherein at least one of the one or more polar comonomers include an amine moiety.

An adhesive composition is provided and includes the following components (A) to (D): (A) a radically polymerizable compound; (B) (B-1) a polymer consisting of at least one repeat unit derived from a polymerizable compound of formula (I), or (B-2) a polymer consisting of at least one repeat unit derived from a polymerizable compound of formula (I), and at least one repeat unit derived from another radically polymerizable compound; (C) a polymerization initiator; and (D) a reducing agent.

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An adhesive composition of the present application includes the following components (A) to (C): (A) a radically polymerizable compound; (B) a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 35,000 to 110,000 and having a repeat unit derived from a polymerizable compound of formula (I) (wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently represent a C7 to C20 alkyl group or a C7 to C20 alkoxy group, n represents 0 or 1, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each independently represent a single bond or a Cl to C3 alkylene group, each R independently represents an organic group or a halogeno group, m1 and m2 each independently represent any integer of 0 to 4, and Y represents a polymerizable functional group); and (C) a radical polymerization initiator.

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Disclosed herein is a bio-based copolymer comprising in polymerized form (i) at least one polymerizable bio-based monomer containing one phenolic hydroxyl group which has been derivatized to provide at least one polymerizable functional group which is an ethylenically unsaturated functional group (such as a [meth]acrylate group), where the precursors of the polymerizable bio-based monomers are derived from raw lignin-containing biomass, and (ii) at least one ion-conducting co-monomer other than the bio-based monomer. Also disclosed herein are binders comprising the bio-based copolymer, electrodes comprising the binder, polymer electrolytes comprising the bio-based copolymer and an electrochemical device comprising an electrode in electrical contact with a polymer electrolyte, wherein at least one of the electrode and the polymer electrolyte comprises the bio-based copolymer.

The present application provides methods and compositions for patching a polymer or a non-polymer substrate surface by producing a bond between a polymer patch surface and the substrate surface. The application also provides kits having instructions for patching a polymer or a non-polymer substrate surface by producing a bond between a polymer patch surface and the substrate surface.

A provided protective cover member is a protective cover member configured to be placed on a face of an object, the face having an opening. The protective cover member includes a laminate, and the laminate includes: a protective membrane having a shape configured to cover the opening when the member is placed on the face; and an adhesive agent layer. The adhesive agent layer includes a cured adhesive layer of a silicone adhesive agent composition including an addition-curable silicone adhesive agent. The above protective cover member is a member reducing deformation thereof and peeling thereof from a placement face at high temperatures, for example, in reflow soldering.

Provided is a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape excellent in impact-absorbing property in the entirety of a wide temperature range, in particular, in a low-temperature region. The double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention includes: a base material layer; and pressure-sensitive adhesive layers arranged on both surface sides of the base material layer, wherein an entirety of the double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a storage modulus of elasticity E' in a range of from 1.0×10.sup.5 Pa to 1.0×10.sup.8 Pa, which is measured at from -25° C. to 120° C. and a frequency of 1 Hz.