Abstract: To provide a cellulose acylate film having low moisture permeability and low haze, a polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display device using the same.

Abstract: An image forming method including applying an ink composition onto a recording medium by an inkjet method, and applying an liquid including particles onto the recording medium is disclosed.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film containing a cellulose acylate and a specific polymer, the specific polymer containing a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 represents a substituent; (A) represents an atomic group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; and n represents an integer of 0 to 4

Abstract: There is provided an ink set including an aqueous ink composition and a maintenance liquid. The aqueous ink composition includes water; a pigment; resin particles having a minimum film-forming temperature MFT0, which is a minimum film-forming temperature obtained when the resin particles are dispersed in water, of 60° C. or higher; and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein a minimum film-forming temperature MFT25 of the resin particles, which is a minimum film-forming temperature obtained when the resin particles are mixed with the water-soluble organic solvent in an amount of 25% by mass relative to the solid content of the resin particles, and water, is at least 40° C. lower than MFT0. The maintenance liquid includes an organic solvent and water. There is also provided an image recording method.

Abstract: An ink set for ink jet recording including an ink composition containing a coloring material, and a polymer particle including 65 mass % or more of a constituent unit derived from a methacrylic acid derivative, and a treating liquid which forms an aggregate when contacted with the ink composition, and an ink jet recording method using the same are provided.

Abstract: A cellulose acetate resin composition having a cellulose acetate ether compound and a stabilizer; the cellulose acetate ether compound comprising a specific atomic group, the specific atomic group being introduced into a cellulose acetate through an ether group derived from a hydroxyl group, the specific atomic group being introduced with a substitution degree of 0.01 or more; the cellulose acetate comprising residual hydroxyl group in a substitution degree of 0.3 to 1.0, the stabilizer being at least one selected from the group consisting of a phosphite compound, a hindered phenol compound, a hindered amine compound, and a sulfur compound.

Abstract: A polarizing plate includes, in the following order: a transparent protective film; an adhesive layer; and a polarizer, and the transparent protective film has a thickness of from 5 to 60 ?m and contains at least one resin and a compound (A) having at least one hydrogen bond-forming hydrogen-donating group and a ratio of a molecular weight to an aromatic ring number of 190 or less.

Abstract: The invention provides a water-based ink composition including: a water-based medium, a colored particle containing a pigment and a water-insoluble polymer dispersant, and a self-dispersing polymer particle including a hydrophilic constituent unit, and a hydrophobic constituent unit derived from alicyclic (meth)acrylate, as well as an ink set comprising the water-based ink composition, and an image forming method using the aqueaous ink composition or the ink set.

Abstract: There are provided an ink composition including a coloring material, a hydrophilic organic solvent, polymer particles that have a minimum filming temperature (MFTdisp) of 60° C. or more when dispersed in water and that have a MFT 40° C. or more lower than the MFTdisp when mixed with water and 25 mass % of the hydrophilic organic solvent based on a solid content of the polymer, and water; an ink set including the ink composition and a treating liquid capable of forming an aggregate upon contact with the ink composition; and an ink-jet recording method using the ink composition or the ink set.

Abstract: An ink-jet ink composition comprising: a pigment, a polymer pigment dispersion, polymer particles, a hydrophilic organic solvent, water, and at least one of a water-soluble acidic compound having a molecular weight of 200 or less or a salt thereof in an amount of from 50 ppm to 1,000 ppm; an ink set that includes the ink-jet ink composition and a treatment liquid that forms an aggregate when contacted with the ink-jet ink composition; and an image forming method using the ink set.

Abstract: An ink-jet ink composition comprising: a pigment, a polymer pigment dispersion, polymer particles, a hydrophilic organic solvent, water, and at least one of a water-soluble acidic compound having a molecular weight of 200 or less or a salt thereof in an amount of from 50 ppm to 1,000 ppm; an ink set that includes the ink-jet ink composition and a treatment liquid that forms an aggregate when contacted with the ink-jet ink composition; and an image forming method using the ink set.

Abstract: An ink composition for ink-jet recording, including: coloring particles containing a pigment that is coated with a water-insoluble polymer dispersant, and self-dispersing polymer particles containing a first polymer which includes a constituent unit derived from a hydrophilic monomer and a constituent unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer, and which has a glass transition temperature from 150° C. to 250° C. and an I/O value of from 0.20 to 0.55; an ink set including the ink composition; and an image forming method using the ink set are provided.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film containing cellulose acylate and a polymer, the polymer containing a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by formula (1); a polarizing plate containing a polarizing element and two protective films disposed on both sides of the polarizing element, at least one of the two protective films being made of the cellulose acylate film described above; and a liquid crystal display device containing a liquid crystal cell and two polarizing plates disposed on both sides of the liquid crystal cell, at least one of the polarizing plates being made of the polarizing plate described above: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group.

Abstract: A resin film containing a cellulose acylate and at least one of a polymer or an oligomer having a cyano group-comprising recurring unit in an amount of from 1.5 to 300% by mass of the cellulose acylate has a small photoelastic coefficient and a small moisture content and is excellent in transparency.

Abstract: An inkjet ink composition includes a colorant, two or more hydrophilic organic solvents, and particles of a polymer containing a structural unit derived from a hydrophilic monomer and a structural unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer. The polymer has a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher and an I/O value of from 0.2 to 0.55, and the particles of the polymer have a volume average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 10 nm.

Abstract: To provide a novel complex alcohol ester composition useful as a lubricant agent. The novel complex alcohol ester composition includes a polyester in which at least two molecules of a polyol represented by a formula (I): R(OH)n (wherein R represents an n-valent aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic group, one or more carbon atoms not adjacent to each other in R may be individually substituted with an oxygen atom, and n indicates an integer of 2 or more) are linked through at least two ester bonds via at least one molecule of a polybasic acid, and at least a part of the non-linked side chain ends of the polyol have a group represented by a formula (II): (AO)kR2 (wherein R2 represents a hydrocarbon group, A represents a divalent linking group, and k indicates an integer) via a polybasic acid.

Abstract: An anti-reflection film, which comprises: a low refractive index layer that is formed by curing a coating solution composition comprising: a fluorine-free copolymer containing a constituent having a polysiloxane structure represented by formula (1) as defined in the specification in a main chain and a constituent containing a hydroxyl group in a side chain; and a fluorine-containing copolymer; a polarizing plate wherein the anti-reflection film is used as one of two protective films for a polarizing film; and an image display device wherein the anti-reflection film or the polarizing plate is used in the outermost surface of the display.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording method is provided. The ink-jet method includes recording an images by ejecting, onto a recording medium by an-inkjet method, a liquid composition containing polymer particles having a glass transition temperature (Tg) higher than the minimum film forming temperature (MFT) at least by 5° C., a hydrophilic organic solvent, a surfactant, and water under ejection conditions satisfying all of the following (1) to (3): (1) Tg>the temperature of the liquid composition at the time of ejection>MFT, (2) MFT>20° C., and (3) the temperature of the liquid composition at the time of ejection is 30° C. or higher.

Abstract: An ink set for inkjet recording is provided. The ink set includes: at least one kind of ink composition that contains self-dispersing polymer particles, a color material, a hydrophilic organic solvent and water; and a reaction liquid capable of forming an aggregate upon contact with the ink composition.

Abstract: A cooking device includes a pot (30) having a nozzle (32) for steam blow-off and a handle (50), a housing part (21, 23, 24) for housing the pot (30), a connection part (26) to which the nozzle (32) of the pot (30) housed in the housing part (21, 23, 24) is connected, a heater part (22) for heating the pot (30) housed in the housing part (21, 23, 24), and a heating chamber (12) to which steam is supplied from the pot (30).