Abstract: Disclosed is a napped artificial leather napped including: a non-woven fabric that is an entangle body of ultrafine fibers; and an elastic polymer impregnated into the non-woven fabric, the napped artificial leather having, at least on one side thereof, a napped surface formed by napping the ultrafine fibers, wherein the ultrafine fibers contain 0.5 mass % or more of a pigment (A), the elastic polymer contains 0 to 0.01 mass % of a pigment (B), and the ultrafine fibers and the elastic polymer are undyed; the napped surface has a lightness L* value of 25 or less in a color coordinate space (L*a*b* color space); and a ratio of an area occupied by the elastic polymer, observed on the napped surface, to a total area of an area occupied by the ultrafine fibers and the area occupied by the elastic polymer is 0.5% or less.

Abstract: A resin pellet group according to the present invention includes a pellet (A1) containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (a1), and a pellet (A2) containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (a2). Here, the pellet (A1) has a melt tension of 10 mN or more and 30 mN or less at a take-up speed of 50 m/min and 210° C., and the pellet (A2) has a melt tension of 2 mN or more and less than 10 mN at a take-up speed of 50 m/min and 210° C. Furthermore, an ethylene unit content (ECa1) of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (a1) is different from an ethylene unit content (ECa2) of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (a2), and a mass ratio (A1/A2) of the pellet (A1) to the pellet (A2) is set to 20/80 or more and 99/1 or less.

Abstract: A polymer comprising a structural unit derived from a compound (A) represented by formula (I): wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R7, R8, R3, R4, R5, R6, J, and n are as defined in the description, provides a resin composition that has an excellent curability and sufficiently polymerizes for curing even in the presence of oxygen in an air atmosphere to form a cured product having excellent appearance.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing polymethallyl alcohol (A) having a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) in an amount of greater than or equal to 30 mol %, and a component (B) that is at least one of an acid component having a pKa of 3.5 to 7.5 and an anion of the acid component, the pKa being a logarithmic value of a reciprocal of an acid dissociation constant at 25° C., a content of the component (B) being greater than or equal to 0.01 ?mol per 1 g of the polymethallyl alcohol (A); a method of producing the resin composition; and a molding containing the resin composition.

Abstract: A vinyl alcohol polymer including, in the same molecule or in different molecules, a carbonyl group, a formyl group, and an alkenyl group. A method for producing a vinyl alcohol polymer, including polymerizing a vinyl ester in a presence of an unsaturated aliphatic aldehyde to obtain a vinyl ester polymer, and saponifying the vinyl ester polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are activated carbons having high decolorization performance in liquid phases, especially in liquid phases having relatively high viscosities, such as sugar liquids, and methods for producing the activated carbons. Activated carbons disclosed herein include activated carbons having a pore volume at a pore diameter of 10 to 10000 nm measured by the mercury intrusion method of 0.8 to 1.9 mL/g, and having a pore volume at a pore diameter of 300 to 1000 nm measured by the mercury intrusion method of 0.19 mL/g or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a patterned fiber substrate comprising: a fiber substrate; and a pattern consisting of a functional material and formed on the fiber substrate, wherein at least a part of the functional material that constitutes the pattern is present in inside of the fiber substrate, the fiber substrate has a contact angle of 100 to 170° with pure water on its surface, and the pattern has a narrowest line width of 1 to 3000 ?m.

Abstract: An object of this invention relates to provide a macroencapsulation immunoisolation device that can be easily removed, does not break, and is suitable for improvement in the diffusion efficiency of a physiologically active substance required for transplantation while maintaining an immunoisolation effect. The present invention provide an immunoisolation device comprising an embedding chamber for a material to be transplanted, the embedding chamber being covered with an immunoisolation membrane.

Abstract: A resin composition containing a hydrogenated block copolymer (I) and a polypropylene-based resin (II), and a molded body and a tube obtained by using the resin composition. In the resin composition, the hydrogenated block copolymer (I) includes a polymer block (A) and a polymer block (B), the polymer block (B) includes a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, an average of vinyl bond amounts in the whole polymer block (B) included in the resin composition is 50% by mole or more, and a D hardness of a sheet prepared through hot-press molding of the resin composition is less than 50.

Abstract: Disclosed is a leather-dike sheet including a fiber base material and a colored resin layer laminated on the fiber base material, wherein the colored resin layer includes an intermediate layer and a skin layer laminated on the intermediate layer, wherein the skin layer is a layer containing polyurethane and a black pigment of 3 g/m2 or more, and the intermediate layer is a layer containing polyurethane and a black pigment, and in the L*a*b* color system, a leather-like sheet having a lightness value of L*?30 is used.

Abstract: A method of producing a copolymer includes polymerizing monomers including 1,3-diene structure having 4 to 20 carbons in a solvent in a presence of an anionic polymerization initiator.

Abstract: Provided are a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having an excellent plugging effect and a plugging agent for underground treatment. A polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is disclosed, in which a degree of swelling (%) when the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is immersed in water at 40° C. for 30 minutes and a solubility (%) when the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is immersed in water at 65° C. for 5 hours satisfy the degree of swelling/the solubility?3.0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a grain-finished leather-like sheet including a polyurethane skin film containing a polyether-based polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane skin film contains a quinacridone-based red pigment, and is colored in a red color having an L* value of ?80, an a* value of ?20, and a b* value of ?15 in an L*a*b* color system, and the number of cycles of a flexing endurance test at which cracking occurs in a surface of the polyurethane skin film is 100000 or more, when the flexing endurance test is performed on the grain-finished leather-like sheet under an environment of 20° C. using a flexometer after the grain-finished leather-like sheet has been irradiated with carbon arc at a black panel temperature of 63° C. for 100 hours with an irradiance of 500±50 W/m2, using ultraviolet carbon arc lamp light compliant with JIS B 7751.

Abstract: A polymer including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (I), a flame-retardant composition comprising the polymer, and a method for producing the polymer. In the general formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 and R3 each independently represent any one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aryloxy group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and R 2 and R 3 may be bonded to each other; and n is an integer of 0 to 7.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer structure including: a laminate including a base (X) and at least two layers (Y), the layers (Y) being provided on both faces of the base (X); and layers (Z) containing a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A polymer having a structural unit represented by the following general formula (I), a flame-retardant composition comprising the polymer, and a method for producing the polymer. In the general formula (I), R1 represents any one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having 7 to 18 carbon atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R3 and R4 each independently represent any one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aryloxy group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and R3 and R4 may be bonded to each other; and n is an integer of 0 to 5.

Abstract: A dispersant for suspension polymerization may, even when a usage amount thereof is low, enable obtaining polymer particles having a small average particle diameter with few coarse particles, and having favorable plasticizer absorptivity. Such a dispersant may include a vinyl alcohol polymer having a structure of following formula (1) and satisfy inequality (2) 0.4?[X]×102/[Ra,1]2?3.0??(2). In formula (1), R is a hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbon atoms. In inequality (2), [X] is a mole percentage content of the structure of formula (1) with respect to total structural units of the vinyl alcohol polymer; and [Ra,1] is an HSP distance ((J/cm3)1/2) between the structure of formula (1) and vinyl chloride.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer which has a polymerizable functional group but still can be thermoformed without being crosslinked and which undergoes crosslinking upon irradiation with an active energy ray after being formed, and a composition including the polymer. An active energy ray crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer includes specific monomer units (1). The ratio of the number of moles of the monomer units represented by the general formula (1) to the number of moles of all monomer units constituting the polymer is not less than 1 mol %. The number average molecular weight (Mn) of the active energy ray crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer is 20,000 to 500,000.

Abstract: Provided is a polyamide comprising a diamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit, wherein the diamine unit comprises 0.1 mol % or more and less than 36 mol % of a diamine unit (X), and the diamine unit (X) is a diamine unit derived from an aliphatic diamine having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, the aliphatic diamine having an alkyl group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms bonded to a carbon atom at the 2-position when a carbon atom to which any one of amino groups is bonded is defined as the 1-position.

Abstract: Provided are a core-sheath composite fiber, a production method therefor, and a fiber structure. The core-sheath composite fiber includes: a core component (12) including a melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester (a polymer A); and a sheath component having an islands-in-the-sea structure and including a flexible thermoplastic polymer (a polymer B) and a melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester (a polymer C). The polymer B and the polymer C constitute a sea component and an island component of the islands-in-the-sea structure, respectively. The island component includes a plurality of islands (18) dispersed in a sea (14) that is formed of the sea component.