Abstract: The present application provides a polycarbonate resin composition which has a high refractive index and a low Abbe number, and high thermal stability. The polycarbonate resin composition according to one embodiment of the present application includes a polycarbonate resin and an antioxidant, wherein the polycarbonate resin contains a constituent unit represented by general formula (1) (in general formula (1), X represents an alkylene group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and a and b each independently represent an integer of 1-10), and the antioxidant content is 1-3000 ppm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polyacetal fiber in which whiteness irregularity is improved. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polyacetal fiber, wherein the method includes a discharge step, a takeup step, a stretching step, and a winding step, the steps being continuously performed, an oxymethylene copolymer being used as the raw material of the polyacetal fiber, the oxymethylene copolymer having an oxymethylene unit and an oxyethylene unit, the content of the oxyethylene unit being 0.5-7.0 moles to 100 moles of the oxymethylene unit, the roller temperature of a stretching unit used in the stretching step being 130-155° C., and operation parameters of the method being set so as to satisfy a prescribed numerical formula.

Abstract: There is provided a urethane resin that is excellent in adhesive strength, and maintains high adhesive strength even after exposure to high temperature and humidity. A urethane resin obtained by reacting a glycol-modified aromatic hydrocarbon-formaldehyde resin (A) modified with a glycol with a polyisocyanate (B) having two or more free isocyanate groups in a molecule.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an aqueous composition capable of removing a photoresist from a printed wiring board or a semiconductor wafer while preventing corrosion of tin plating and tin alloy plating in addition to a copper wiring; and a method for removing a photoresist using the aqueous composition. The aqueous composition according to the present invention is characterized by comprising an alkanolamine (A), a quaternary ammonium hydroxide (B), a sugar alcohol (C), a polar organic solvent (D), and water (E), wherein, with respect to the total amount of the composition, the content of the alkanolamine (A) is 2.5-50 mass %, the content of the quaternary ammonium hydroxide (B) is 0.5-4 mass %, and the content of the sugar alcohol (C) is 0.5-20 mass %.

Abstract: A polyester carbonate resin is provided, which includes a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (1), a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (2), a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and a structural unit derived from a carbonic acid diester. The polyester carbonate can be used, e.g., in optical systems.

Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, a low Abbe number and a high moisture and heat resistance is provided. In an embodiment, a polycarbonate resin including a structural unit represented by general formula (1) below is provided.

Abstract: A resin layered body includes a polycarbonate-based resin (A); a thermoplastic resin (B) on at least one surface of the polycarbonate-based resin (A); and a hard coating layer on a surface of the thermoplastic resin (B) on at least one side, wherein the polycarbonate-based resin (A) has a glass-transition temperature from 115° C.-140° C., the thermoplastic resin (B) includes a methacrylic resin (C) and a styrene copolymer (D), a content of the methacrylic resin (C) is from 5-70 parts by mass and a content of the styrene copolymer (D) is from 95-30 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total content of the methacrylic resin (C) and the styrene copolymer (D), and the styrene copolymer (D) includes a vinyl aromatic monomer unit (d1) in an amount of from 68-84 mass % and a cyclic acid anhydride monomer unit (d2) in an amount of from 16-32 mass %.

Abstract: A method for producing an ?-acyloxycarboxylic acid ester of Formula (1) is described. The method involves reacting an ?-hydroxycarboxylic acid ester compound with an acylating agent in the presence of a catalyst comprising an iron halide compound. R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, or a tert-butyl group, R2 and R3 each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, and R4 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition containing 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a polycarbonate copolymer (B) having carbonate bonding between (B1) bisphenol A and a (B2) polyalkylene glycol and 0.005 to 0.5 parts by mass of a phosphorus-containing stabilizer (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin (A).

Abstract: A method for controlling a polyimide backbone structure, including: in preparation of a polyimide through reaction of a diamine component and (1S,2R,4S,5R)-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride in an organic solvent containing an aprotic amide solvent and a lactone solvent, adjusting one or more of reaction conditions of a mass ratio of the aprotic amide solvent and the lactone solvent, a reaction temperature, a reaction time, and an amount of the aprotic amide solvent, so as to convert a cis-structure derived from the (1S,2R,4S,5R)-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride in the formed polyimide to a trans-structure derived from (1R,2S,4S,5R)-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride corresponding to the reaction conditions, thereby controlling a proportion of the trans-structure.

Abstract: Provided is a two-stage curable laminate characterized in that a layer containing a high-hardness resin (B) is disposed on at least one surface of a resin layer (A) containing a polycarbonate resin (a1), a coating layer (Z) is disposed on the layer containing the high-hardness resin (B), and conditions (i) to (iii) above are satisfied.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin having a structural unit (I) represented by formula (1) below: wherein L1 and L2 each independently represent a divalent linking group selected from an alkylene group, a cycloalkylene group, an arylene group, an oxyalkylene group, an oxyarylene group, and a group formed by combining two or more of these, where one or more hydrogen atoms of the linking group are optionally further replaced with substituents, and two of the substituents are optionally bonded to each other to form a ring structure.

Abstract: A method for producing an aromatic aminomethyl, comprising hydrogenating an aromatic nitrile in a mixed solvent comprising a hydrocarbon solvent and a polar organic solvent having a solubility parameter (SP value) of 10 or more in the presence of a quaternary ammonium compound and a hydrogenation catalyst.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition including a polyimide resin (A) having a specific structure and a weight average molecular weight of 70000 or less is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a composition with which the surface of a stainless steel is sufficiently roughened in an efficient manner with few steps; a method for roughening a stainless steel; and the like. The above are achieved by means of a composition for roughening the surface of a stainless steel, said composition containing from 0.1% by mass to 25% by mass of one or more substances that are selected from the group consisting of persulfuric acid and persulfuric acid salts based on the total amount of the composition, and from 1% by mass to 30% by mass of halide ions based on the total amount of the composition.

Abstract: A polyester resin contains a dicarboxylic acid constituent unit and a diol constituent unit, wherein more than 0% by mol and 20% by mol or less of the diol constituent unit is a unit originated from a diol having a cyclic acetal skeleton; 70 to 98% by mol of the diol constituent unit is a unit originated from a diol having an alicyclic skeleton; the diol constituent unit comprises a unit originated from ethylene glycol; 80% by mol or more of the dicarboxylic acid constituent unit is a unit originated from terephthalic acid; and the polyester resin has a physical property indicated by the following (A): (A) the minimum value of the semi-crystallization time is 600 s or less based on a depolarized light intensity method when the polyester resin is melted at 280° C. and crystallized at a constant temperature of 150 to 230° C.

Abstract: Provided is a functional polyamide sheet in which air bubbles are not generated or are reduced in a polarizing and/or photochromic functional sheet when the polarizing and/or photochromic functional sheet are/is manufactured using a sheet or film formed by a polyamide resin as a protective layer, and a functional polyamide lens using the functional polyamide sheet. Provided are a polyamide functional sheet obtained by disposing a protective layer formed by a transparent plastic sheet or film on at least one surface of a functional layer, which is a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizing film layer, a photochromic layer, or a combination of these layers, with an adhesive layer being interposed therebetween, in which the protective layer is a sheet or film formed by a polyamide resin, and an oxygen transmission rate at 23° C. and 85% RH is 50 cm3/m2·24 hr·bar or more, and a functional polyamide lens using the polyamide functional sheet.

Abstract: Crystalline solvate forms and amorphous forms of 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl, where the organic solvent is selected from methanol, toluene, and methyl ethyl ketone, and an amorphous form of 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl having a purity of at least 99.0% by weight, based on organic matter. Thermoplastic resins containing a structural unit derived from 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl. Optical lenses containing the thermoplastic resins containing a structural unit derived from 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl.

Abstract: Provided is a cellulose solution (a composition) in which decomposition of cellulose does not easily proceed even if heated. Further, provided is a method for producing a cellulose fiber excellent in mechanical strength. The composition includes cellulose and a compound represented by the following formula (1), a concentration of 1-methylimidazolium chloride being 300 ppm or less on a mass basis with respect to the compound represented by the formula (1). In the formula (1), R is an alkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and Me is a methyl group.

Abstract: A compound, represented by Formula (1): where X represents an isopropyl group or a t-butyl group, and R represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; provided that one where X is an isopropyl group, and R is a t-butyl group is excluded.