Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode slurry for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery has a pH of 5 or higher and contains: a water-soluble polymer (A) that is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 15 mol % to 99.9 mol % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an inorganic salt thereof, and that has a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or lower; and a hydrolyzed partial condensate (B) of an amino group-containing trialkoxysilane.

Abstract: A surface-protective PSA sheet capable of reducing adherend damage and well maintaining appearance, etc is provided. The surface-protective PSA sheet capable of reducing adherend damage and well maintaining appearance, etc., comprises a surface layer, a resin substrate layer and a PSA layer, and has a multilayer structure with the resin substrate layer placed between the surface layer and the PSA layer, wherein the surface layer is a layer obtainable by curing a heat-curable composition comprising the following components: (a) a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of ?40° C. to 30° C.; (b) an allophanate polyisocyanate and/or a biuret polyisocyanate; and (c) a polysiloxane comprising a hydroxyl group-containing hydrocarbon group and/or polymer.

Abstract: There is provided a power storage device separator binder aqueous solution, where the power storage device separator binder aqueous solution contains a water soluble polymer (1) or contains a water soluble polymer (2) and a hydrazide. The water soluble polymer (1) contains 20% by mole to 80% by mole of an N,N-dialkyl (meth)acrylamide unit and 10% by mole to 80% by mole of a (meth)acrylamide unit. The water soluble polymer (2) contains 0.2% by mole to 10% by mole of a keto group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit and 65% by mole to 99.7% by mole of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound unit. The hydrazide has two or more hydrazide groups.

Abstract: A papermaking agent exhibiting an excellent freeness and paper strength effect with little increase in viscosity after long-term storage. A papermaking agent including a (meth)acrylamide polymer containing two or more starches (a1) selected from the group consisting of unmodified starch, oxidized starch, esterified starch, etherified starch, amidated starch, cationic starch, amphoteric starch and crosslinked starch, a (meth)acrylamide (a2), a polymerizable monomer having an amino group (a3), a polymerizable monomer having a carboxy group (a4) and a polymerizable monomer having a sulfonate group (a5) as essential constituent components.

Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a slurry for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a lithium-ion battery electrode, and a lithium-ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode contains a water-soluble polymer (A). The water-soluble polymer (A) is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 5 mol % to 80 mol % of a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether (a). In one embodiment, the monomer group contains 20 mol % to 95 mol % of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (b).

Abstract: There is provided an aqueous heat-sealable resin composition which enables a laminate to have excellent heat sealing strength and blocking resistance. The disclosure relates to an aqueous heat-sealable resin composition which contains a urethane resin (A) which is a product of reaction components including a polyether polyol (a1), a polyisocyanate (a2) and a chain extender (a3) or the urethane resin (A) and a wax (B), and a laminate having a coating of the composition on at least one surface of a substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a powdery paper-strengthening agent including a branched (meth)acrylamide-based polymer (A) which includes a step of obtaining (A) component by polymerizing (meth)acrylamide (a1), anionic vinyl monomer (a2), cationic vinyl monomer (a3) and crosslinkable vinyl monomer (a4) in a solvent in a presence of a polymerization initiator, a step of dropping or putting the above (A) component into an organic solvent to form a precipitate, and a step of drying and pulverizing (A) component obtained as the precipitate.

Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery contains a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A). The water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 30 mol % to 95 mol % of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), and 5 mol % to 40 mol % of an alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate (b) represented by the following general formula (1), CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2—O—R3??(1) (in which R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a total number of carbon atoms of the groups R1, R2 and R3 is 5 or less.

Abstract: A papermaking agent exhibiting an excellent freeness and paper strength effect with little increase in viscosity after long-term storage. A papermaking agent including a (meth)acrylamide polymer containing two or more starches (a1) selected from the group consisting of unmodified starch, oxidized starch, esterified starch, etherified starch, amidated starch, cationic starch, amphoteric starch and crosslinked starch, a (meth)acrylamide (a2), a polymerizable monomer having an amino group (a3), a polymerizable monomer having a carboxy group (a4) and a polymerizable monomer having a sulfonate group (a5) as essential constituent components.

Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode contains an acidic group-containing water-soluble polymer (A) and an amino group-containing water-soluble polymer (B). The acidic group-containing water-soluble polymer (A) is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 30 mol % to 90 mol % of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), 3 mol % to 20 mol % of an unsaturated organic acid (b), and 5 mol % to 40 mol % of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt (c) of the unsaturated organic acid. A 1% by mass aqueous solution of the amino group-containing water-soluble polymer (B) has a pH of 9 or higher.

Abstract: To provide a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery, a slurry for a lithium ion battery electrode, an electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery The disclosure provides a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery including a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A-1) which contains 2 to 60 mol % of structural units derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a) and 10 to 70 mol % of structural units derived from an unsaturated sulfonic acid or salts thereof (b), and which has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 300,000.

Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery contains a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) and a divalent or higher valent metal ion. The water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) contains 2 mol % to 60 mol % of a constituent unit derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), and 10 mol % to 50 mol % of a constituent unit derived from one or more unsaturated acids selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids and unsaturated sulfonic acids or an inorganic salt thereof (b). The divalent or higher valent metal ion is contained in an amount of 0.5 mol % to 30 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of an acid group contained in the component (b).

Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, a lithium-ion battery negative electrode material, as well as a lithium-ion battery and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A binder aqueous solution for power storage device, a slurry for power storage device, an electrode for power storage device, a separator for power storage device, a separator/electrode laminate for power storage device and a power storage device are provided. The present disclosure provides a binder aqueous solution for power storage device, in which the binder aqueous solution for power storage device contains a water-soluble polymer, the water-soluble polymer contains more than 99 mass% and less than 99.9 mass% of a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound and more than 0.1 mass% and less than 1 mass% of a structural unit derived from an unsaturated hydrocarbon sulfonic acid and/or a salt thereof, and a weight average molecular weight of the water-soluble polymer is less than 300,000.

Abstract: A curable photosensitive resin composition which can be cured at a relatively low temperature, has excellent developability and adhesion to a support, and a cured product that realizes low dielectric constant properties. A curable photosensitive resin composition containing a polyimide resin (A) which is a reaction product of monomer groups containing an aromatic tetracarboxylic anhydride (a1) and a diamine (a2) containing a dimer diamine, maleimides (B), and a polyfunctional polymerizable compound (C) having two or more ethylenic double bonds other than the component (A) and the component (B), a cured product, a photosensitive element, a resist pattern, a method of producing a resist pattern, a semiconductor device and an electronic device.

Abstract: A relatively inexpensive papermaking agent having a high concentration and a high molecular weight that exhibits an excellent freeness and paper strength effect obtained using starches which are biomass materials. A papermaking agent which is a (meth)acrylamide polymer containing starches (a1), a (meth)acrylamide (a2), a polymerizable monomer having an amino group (a3), a polymerizable monomer having a carboxy group (a4) and a polymerizable monomer having a sulfonate group (a5) as essential constituent components, wherein the ratio between the amount of the component (a1) used in terms of non-volatile content weight and a total amount of the components (a2) to (a5) used is [(a1)/{(a2)+(a3)+(a4)+(a5)}]=5/95 to 45/55, and wherein the (meth)acrylamide polymer has a non-volatile content concentration of 22 to 35 weight %, and a weight average molecular weight of 1,500,000 to 7,000,000.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat sealing aqueous resin composition containing: a rosin resin (A); a biodegradable resin (B) including a resin having a structure of General Formula (1) and/or a resin (b1) having a structure of General Formula (2); and a polyvinyl alcohol (C) in which an average saponification degree is 75 mol % or more and 85 mol % or less, in which a content of the component (b1) is more than 50% by mass when a total content of the component (A) and the component (B) is 100% by mass.

Abstract: A water-based composition for barrier containing a urethane resin (A) which is comprising a polyol (a1), a polyisocyanate (a2) and a chain extender (a3) as essential reaction components, and at least one wax (B) selected from the group consisting of a paraffin, a carnauba and an alkyl ketene dimer, and further a content ratio between the component (A) and the component (B) in terms of the non-volatile content weight is (A)/(B)=25/75 to 95/5.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a powdery paper-strengthening agent including a branched (meth)acrylamide-based polymer (A) which includes a step of obtaining (A) component by polymerizing (meth)acrylamide (a1), anionic vinyl monomer (a2), cationic vinyl monomer (a3) and crosslinkable vinyl monomer (a4) in a solvent in a presence of a polymerization initiator, a step of dropping or putting the above (A) component into an organic solvent to form a precipitate, and a step of drying and pulverizing (A) component obtained as the precipitate.

Abstract: A composition for fiber-reinforced resin that provides a fiber-reinforced resin with sufficient mechanical strength. The composition for fiber-reinforced resin contains at least one resin (A) selected from the group consisting of rosin resins, petroleum resins, terpene resins, and hydrides of cyclic ketone-aldehyde resins, and the resin (A) has a softening point of 80° C. to 180° C.