Abstract: Provided are a modified polysilazane film that is preferable as an intermediate material for forming a predetermined gas barrier film, and a method for producing a gas barrier film having excellent gas barrier properties using such modified polysilazane film as an intermediate material. A modified polysilazane film comprising a substrate and a modified polysilazane layer formed thereon, and a method for producing a gas barrier film obtained through such intermediate material, wherein the modified polysilazane layer has a thickness of a value in the range of 10 to 500 nm, and the modified polysilazane layer has a refractive index of a value in the range of 1.48 to 1.63.

Abstract: The disclosed ion implantation apparatus has a vacuum chamber 11, a roller electrode 13 having a portion of an outer circumferential part on which a film 3 is wound, voltage application unit 23 for applying a voltage to the roller electrode, and a gas introduction unit having a gas supply outlet for supplying an ion implantation gas into the vacuum chamber, wherein the gas introduction unit and a gas discharge outlet are disposed so as to be opposite each other along the axial direction of the roller electrode, the roller electrode intervening therebetween.

Abstract: An ion implantation device equipped with a vacuum chamber (11), an electrode roll (13) on a portion of the outer circumferential part of which a film (2) is wound, a voltage application means (21) that applies a voltage to the electrode roll, and a gas introduction means (31) that introduces a gas into the vacuum chamber, wherein a voltage is applied to the electrode roll by means of the voltage application means and a gas is introduced by means of the gas introduction means, and an ion implantation process is performed on the surface of the film. In addition, electrode members (42) are provided opposing the surface of the electrode roll on which the film is wound.

Abstract: A zinc-oxide-based conductive stacked structure 1 includes a substrate 11 and, formed on at least one surface of the substrate, an undercoat layer 12 and a transparent conductive film 13. The transparent conductive film is formed of a plurality of transparent conductive layers formed from a zinc-oxide-based conductive material and has a carrier density of 2.0×1020 to 9.8×1020 cm?3. The zinc-oxide-based conductive stacked structure exhibits a change ratio in sheet resistivity of 50 or less, after bending of the stacked structure around a round bar having a diameter of 15 mm, with the transparent conductive film facing inward.

Abstract: Provided are a conductive film which is excellent in hygrothermal characteristics and has excellent bending performance, and an electronic device having such a conductive film. A conductive film is obtained by forming, on one surface or both surfaces of a substrate, a zinc tin oxide (ZTO) layer and a transparent conductive film that is formed of zinc oxide other than zinc tin oxide sequentially from the substrate side, in which a thickness of the zinc tin oxide layer is 5 to 500 nm, a thickness of the zinc oxide-based transparent conductive film is 5 to 1000 nm, and a water-vapor transmittance rate of the zinc tin oxide (ZTO) layer is 0.1 g/(m2·day) or less.

Abstract: Provided are an organic electronic element equipped with a sealing layer having excellent gas barrier properties, transparency and the like, and a method for efficiently manufacturing such an organic electronic element. Disclosed are an organic electronic element including, on a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, with at least one organic functional layer being interposed therebetween, and a method for manufacturing such an organic electronic element, characterized in that a sealing layer is directly provided along the top surface and the lateral surface of the organic electronic element, and the sealing layer is obtained by implanting plasma ions into a coating film containing a silicon compound as a main component.

Abstract: Disclosed are a gas barrier film obtained by forming a gas barrier layer on a base material, and a method for producing such a gas barrier film, in which the gas barrier layer contains at least oxygen atoms, silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms, and in connection with the amount of nitrogen, the amount of silicon and the amount of oxygen measured by an XPS analysis, the gas barrier layer includes a first region constituted in the order of the amount of oxygen>the amount of silicon>the amount of nitrogen; a second region constituted in the order of the amount of silicon>the amount of oxygen>the amount of nitrogen; and a third region constituted in the order of the amount of oxygen>the amount of silicon>the amount of nitrogen, from a surface side toward a base material side.

Abstract: Provided is a gas barrier film laminate comprising at least two gas barrier films, the gas barrier film laminate having a structure in which two gas barrier films that are situated adjacent to each other are stacked through an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer being formed by curing an adhesive composition layer that is formed using an energy ray-curable adhesive composition by applying energy rays to the adhesive composition layer. Also provided are a method for producing the gas barrier film laminate and an electronic device comprising the gas barrier film laminate. The present invention provides: a gas barrier film laminate that exhibits an excellent moisture barrier capability, and rarely shows a deterioration in external appearance (e.g., due to occurrence of air bubbles) even when allowed to stand at a high temperature and a high humidity for a long time, a method for producing the gas barrier film laminate, and an electronic device that includes the gas barrier film laminate.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an adhesive composition comprising a diene-based rubber (A) that includes a radiation-curable functional group, a cured adhesive layer having a thickness of 60 ?m that is formed by curing the adhesive composition having a water vapor transmission rate at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of 30 g/(m2·day) or less; an adhesive sheet comprising a curable adhesive layer that is formed using the adhesive composition; and an electronic device comprising a sealing material, the sealing material being formed using the adhesive composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an adhesive composition for sealing an electronic device, the adhesive composition comprising an isobutylene-isoprene copolymer as a main component, the isobutylene-isoprene copolymer having a content of repeating units derived from isoprene of 0.1 to 99 mol % based on total repeating units; an adhesive sheet comprising a gas barrier film, and an adhesive layer that is formed on the gas barrier film, the gas barrier film having a water vapor transmission rate at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of 0.1 g/m2/day or less, and having a total light transmittance of 80% or more, and the adhesive layer comprising an adhesive composition that comprises an isobutylene-isoprene copolymer as a main component; and an electronic device or the like in which the adhesive composition and the adhesive sheet are used as a sealant for an organic electroluminescent element or the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising a diene-based rubber (A) that includes a carboxylic acid-based functional group, and a crosslinking agent (B), an adhesive layer having a thickness of 60 ?m that is obtained by crosslinking the adhesive composition having a water vapor transmission rate at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of 60 g/(m2·day) or less; an adhesive sheet comprising an adhesive layer that is formed using the adhesive composition; and an electronic device comprising a sealing material, the sealing material being formed using the adhesive composition, or the adhesive sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an adhesive composition comprising an isobutylene-based polymer (A), a diene-based rubber (B) that includes a hydroxyl group, and a crosslinking agent (C); an adhesive sheet comprising an adhesive layer that is formed using the adhesive composition; and an electronic device comprising a sealing material, the sealing material being formed using the adhesive composition, or the adhesive. According the present invention, provided are; an adhesive composition that is useful as a material for forming an adhesive layer that exhibits an excellent water barrier capability, and exhibits adhesion and holding power in a well-balanced manner; an adhesive sheet that includes an adhesive layer that is formed using the adhesive composition; and an electronic device that includes a sealing material that is formed using the adhesive composition.

Abstract: The present invention is aiming to provide a gas barrier film having excellent gas barrier properties and also having superior transparency and the like, and an efficient method for producing such a gas barrier film. The present invention provides a gas barrier film having a gas barrier layer on a base material, and a method for producing such a gas barrier film, in which the gas barrier layer includes, from the surface side toward the base material side, a first region and a second region having different refractive indices, the value of the refractive index in the first region is adjusted to a value within the range of 1.50 to 1.68, and the value of the refractive index in the second region is adjusted to a value within the range of 1.40 to below 1.50.

Abstract: The disclosed ion implantation apparatus has a vacuum chamber 11, a roller electrode 13 having a portion of an outer circumferential part on which a film 3 is wound, voltage application unit 23 for applying a voltage to the roller electrode, and. a gas introduction unit having a. gas supply outlet for supplying an ion implantation gas into the vacuum chamber, wherein the gas introduction unit and a gas discharge outlet are disposed, so as to be opposite each other along the axial direction of the roller electrode, the roller electrode intervening therebetween.

Abstract: An ion implantation device equipped with a vacuum chamber (11), an electrode roll (13) on a portion of the outer circumferential part of which a film (2) is wound, a voltage application means (21) that applies a voltage to the electrode roll, and a gas introduction means (31) that introduces a gas into the vacuum chamber, wherein a voltage is applied to the electrode roll by means of the voltage application means and a gas is introduced by means of the gas introduction means, and an ion implantation process is performed on the surface of the film. In addition, electrode members (42) are provided opposing the surface of the electrode roll on which the film is wound.

Abstract: A method is provided forming a predetermined irregular-surface pattern on a substrate. The method includes carrying out a plasma-etching process using a partly oxidized metal salt film having fine irregular-surface as a resist. In a first step, a metal salt film is formed on the substrate by coating a liquid material containing a metal salt. In a second step, a fine irregular-surface is formed on the metal salt film, and the metal salt film was converted into the resist by the partial oxidization. In a third step, a predetermined irregular-surface is formed on the substrate by carrying out the plasma-etching process to the substrate with the resist.

Abstract: The present invention is a gas barrier film laminate comprising at least two gas barrier films and a bonding layer, the at least two gas barrier films being stacked through the bonding layer, the bonding layer having a configuration in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is contiguously stacked on each side of a base film A, the base film A being formed of a synthetic resin having a tensile modulus at 23° C. of 3000 to 10,000 MPa. The present invention is also an electronic device member comprising the gas barrier film laminate. According to the present invention, provided are a gas barrier film laminate that exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and excellent bendability, an electronic device member that includes the gas barrier film laminate, and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier film laminate comprising at least two gas barrier films, the gas barrier film laminate having a configuration in which two adjacent gas barrier films are stacked through a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a shear load reduction ratio ? (%) given by an expression (I) in claim 1, of 70% or less; and an adhesive film that is used to produce a gas barrier film laminate that includes at least two gas barrier films, and has a configuration in which two adjacent gas barrier films are stacked through a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the adhesive film comprising at least a gas barrier film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that are stacked adjacent to each other, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a shear load reduction ratio ? (%) given by an expression (I) in claim 11, of 70% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a formed article including a layer obtained by implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a polysilazane compound-containing layer. Also provided are a method for producing the formed article, an electronic device member including the formed article, and an electronic device including the electronic device member. The formed article exhibiting an excellent gas barrier capability and excellent bending resistance, a method for producing the formed article, and an electronic device member, or the like, comprising the formed article are provided.

Abstract: A gas barrier film having excellent gas barrier properties, and a method for producing such a gas barrier film are provided.