Abstract: A hydrophilic film forming composition includes (A) a hydrophilic polymer having a silane coupling group at the terminal thereof; (B) an alkoxide compound of an element selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Al; and (C) a compound selected from a compound (C-1) and a compound (C-2), wherein the compound (C-1) has at least one silane coupling group and at least one acidic group or its salt in the molecule thereof, and the compound (C-2) has at least one functional group that reacts with a hydrolysate of a silane coupling group or with a hydrolytic condensate of a metal alkoxide and at least one acidic group or its salt in the molecule thereof.

Abstract: A hydrophilic film forming composition contains (A-1) an alkylene oxide compound having at least 2 hydroxyl groups in the molecule thereof, (B) an alkoxide compound of an element selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Al and (C) a hydrophilic polymer having a silane coupling group at the polymer terminal; and a hydrophilic film forming composition contains (A-2) a compound that contains, in the molecule thereof, at least one of a 5-membered cyclic structure having a hydrophilic group and a 6-membered cyclic structure having a hydrophilic group, and a silane coupling group; and (B) an alkoxide compound of an element selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Al.

Abstract: A hydrophilic composition contains (A) a hydrophilic polymer represented by the following general formula (I); and (B) an alkoxide compound of an element selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Al: wherein the symbols in the formula are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A hydrophilic member includes a base material, an undercoat layer and a hydrophilic layer, in this order, wherein (1) the undercoat layer contains a partial structure represented by the formula, M-OH in which M represents Si, Ti, Zr or Al in which a surface of the undercoat layer has a value of M-OH/M of from 1 to 0.4 or (2) the undercoat layer contains a non-volatile catalyst.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an organic silicon compound represented by the following Formula (I) or Formula (II): (R1)x(OR2)3-xSi-L1-(A)-L2-Si(OR3)3-y(R4)y??Formula (I) (R5)z(OR6)3-zSi-L3-(B)—R7??Formula (II) wherein, R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 8 or less carbon atoms; R7 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent non-metal atom group; x, y and z each independently represent an integer from 0 to 2; L1, L2 and L3 each independently represent a divalent linking group having three or more different atoms selected from the group consisting of a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom; and A and B each independently represent a polymer or oligomer having a repeating structure formed by a structural unit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a biochemical instrument wherein an adhesive layer that has hydrophilic properties, heat resistance, and satisfactory adhesiveness is provided between a plastic material surface and a hydrophilic polymer layer. The present invention provides a biochemical instrument comprising a plastic material that is coated on its surface with a hydrophilic polymer, which comprises a metal oxide thin film between the plastic material and the hydrophilic polymer layer, wherein the film stress of said metal oxide thin film is less than 5.4×1021 dyn/cm2.

Abstract: A coating composition includes (A) a thermally-decomposing polymer selected from a thermally-decomposing polymer (1) and a thermally-decomposing polymer (2); and (B) an alkoxide compound of an element selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Al, wherein the thermally-decomposing polymer (1) has a structural unit represented by the following general formula (I-a) and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (I-b), and the thermally-decomposing polymer (2) has a structural unit represented by the following general formula (II-b) and has a functional group represented by the following general formula (II-a) at the terminal of the polymer chain: wherein the symbols in the formulae are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support; an image recording layer comprising (A) an actinic ray absorber, (B) a polymerization initiator, and (C) a polymerizable compound, wherein the image recording layer is capable of being removed with at least one of a printing ink and a fountain solution; and an overcoat layer comprising an inorganic laminar compound. And a lithographic printing method comprising: mounting a lithographic printing plate precursor on a printing press; imagewise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor with laser beams; and feeding at least one of a printing ink and a fountain solution to the lithographic printing plate precursor to remove a laser beams non-exposed area in an image recording layer; and performing printing.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an organic silicon compound represented by the following Formula (I) or Formula (II): (R1)x(OR)3-xSi-L1-(A)-L2-Si(OR3)3-y(R4)y ??Formula (I) (R5)z(OR6)3-zSi-L3-(B)—R7 ??Formula (II) wherein, R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 8 or less carbon atoms; R7 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent non-metal atom group; x, y and z each independently represent an integer from 0 to 2; L1, L2 and L3 each independently represent a divalent linking group having three or more different atoms selected from the group consisting of a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom; and A and B each independently represent a polymer or oligomer having a repeating structure formed by a structural unit.

Abstract: An image forming method in which a planographic printing plate precursor having, on a support, an image recording layer containing (A) a polymerization initiator, (B) a polymerizable compound, and (C) a binder polymer, and having photosensitivity in a wavelength range of 250 nm to 420 nm, is subjected to exposure using laser light in the wavelength range of 250 nm to 420 nm, and a one-pixel drawing time is one millisecond or less, a planographic printing plate precursor having the image recording layer which further contains (D) a compound having a polymerizable group and a support adsorptive group, or (F) a filler, and a planographic printing method including development-on-machine, are provided.

Abstract: A stainproof part and a fog-resistant part including a crosslinked hydrophilic film prepared by forming a film on a substrate from a hydrophilic film-forming composition containing a crosslinking agent and a hydrophilic polymer having a crosslinkable group at one terminal, and hardening the film by heat or light. In a favorable embodiment, multiple, at least mutually-reactive crosslinking agents are used as the crosslinking agent, and at least one of the multiple crosslinking agents has a functional group that can form a covalent bond and/or ionic bond with the hydrophilic polymer having a crosslinkable group at one terminal.

Abstract: A hydrophilic composition containing (A) a hydrophilic polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (I-b) and having a functional group represented by the following formula (I-a) at a terminal end of the polymer chain, and (B) an alkoxide compound containing an element selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Al, and a hydrophilic member having a hydrophilic film formed, on a substrate, by forming a film of the hydrophilic composition and heating and drying the same. Formula (I-a) Formula (I-b) In the formulae, R1 to R4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 8 or less carbon atoms; m represents 0, 1, or 2; Y represents a bivalent connection group having, for example, —CO2— or —NHCO—; L represents a single bond or an n-valent organic connection group; n represents an integer of 1 to 4; and A represents a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: The invention provides an image recording method and a lithographic printing method in which both high image quality and good fine line reproducibility can be achieved, and high sensitivity and safety under white light can be obtained, and the image recording method for a lithographic printing plate, which comprises imagewise exposing with an imaging time per pixel of 1 millisecond or less using a laser light with an emission wavelength of from 250 nm to 420 nm, wherein the lithographic printing plate precursor comprises a support and an image recording layer, in which the image recording layer contains (A) a polymerization initiator and (B) a polymeric compound and has an image recording layer which is photosensitive in a wavelength of from 250 nm to 420 nm, and the support has an anodized film with sealed micropores on the surface; and a lithographic printing method utilizing the same.

Abstract: A hydrophilic substrate comprising: a hydrophilic layer; and a support, wherein the hydrophilic layer contains a hydrophilic particle having a surface area of from 1 to 1,000 m2/g.

Abstract: The method of producing the planographic printing plate of the present invention comprises forming a crosslinked hydrophilic layer on a substrate by hardening a hydrophilic polymer having a crosslinkable group at one terminal and a crosslinker by heat or light, and forming a hydrophobic image by ejecting an inkjet composition onto the formed crosslinked hydrophilic layer and by hardening the inkjet composition by heat or light.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate comprises a support and an imaging layer. The imaging layer consists of a hydrophilic area and a hydrophobic area. In printing, dampening water is attached on the hydrophilic area, while oily ink is attached on the hydrophobic area. The dampening water is attached on the hydrophilic area in an amount of 0.1 to 2 g/m2.

Abstract: The invention provides a hydrophilic film obtained by curing, by at least one energy source selected from heat and light, a composition comprising a compound that has, in a molecule thereof, two or more ring structures selected from the group consisting of five-membered structures and six-membered structures, wherein the ring structures have a hydrophilic group. The invention further provides a planographic printing material having at least a substrate and the hydrophilic film formed on the substrate. The invention further provides a method for forming a planographic printing plate including at least forming an ink receiving portion on a planographic printing material by applying a hydrophobic material by an ink jet recording process.

Abstract: There is provided a lithographic printing plate precursor having good on-machine development quality, and moreover high sensitivity and high printing durability, which comprises a support having provided thereon an image forming layer containing (1) at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of fine particles containing a compound having two or more vinyloxy groups and microcapsules encapsulating a compound having two or more vinyloxy groups, (2) a light-to-heat conversion agent, (3) a hydrophilic resin and (4) an acid precursor, wherein the acid precursor is not contained in the fine particles or the microcapsules.

Abstract: The present invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor comprising a photosensitive layer on a support, the photosensitive layer including an infrared absorbent, a radical polymerization initiator and a radical polymerizing compound, the photosensitive layer being recordable with irradiation with an infrared ray, and being at least one of soluble and dispersible in water.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition including a hydrophilic polymer (A) having a radical polymerizable group on the terminal, a radical polymerizable compound (B), and a polymerization initiator (C); a hydrophilic film formed by curing a film by application of light or heat, which film includes the polymerizable composition; and a planographic printing plate precursor including a support and the hydrophilic film formed on or above the support.