Abstract: Fluorescent resin particles which comprise a water-soluble fluorescent dye and a polymer made from a monomer mixture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a biodegradable resin expanded sheet, by which a biodegradable resin expanded sheet immediately after extrusion is brought into a predetermined cooled state in an extrusion expansion method, whereby good formability can be exerted.

Abstract: Biodegradable resin particles including a recessed portion in a surface of the particles; and a hollow portion within the particles. The biodegradable resin particles of the present invention can be used in external preparations, such as cosmetics and quasi-drugs; coating materials, such as powder coating compositions and matting agents for coating compositions; rheology modifying agents; anti-blocking agents; smoothing agents; light-diffusing agents; additives for advanced ceramics sintering; fillers for adhesives; and agents for medical diagnosis and examination and can also be used by being added to a resin composition for automotive materials, construction materials, or the like or to a molded product thereof.

Abstract: Spherical polyester-based resin particles characterized in that the spherical polyester-based resin particles contain a polyester-based resin and have a crystallinity of 20% or less and an average circularity of 0.96 or more. The spherical polyester-based resin particles according to the present invention can provide suitable resin particles as compounding agents for cosmetics such as foundation, antiperspirants, and skin scrubs; various agents such as matte coating agents for paints, rheology modifying agents, antiblocking agents, slipperiness-imparting agents, light diffusion agents, electroconductive agents, and diagnostic testing agents for medical use; and additives to molded articles such as automobile materials and construction materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated expanded sheet excellent in strength and formability. More specifically, the present invention relates to a laminated expanded sheet comprising a laminate of a resin expanded layer and a resin non-expanded layer, wherein the resin expanded layer is provided as an outermost layer, the laminated expanded sheet has a bending strength of 5 MPa or more, and an arithmetic average roughness of a surface formed of the resin expanded layer is 3 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polylactic acid resin expanded sheet useful for forming a resin molded article that can easily retain a predetermined shape. More specifically, the present invention provides a polylactic acid resin expanded sheet including a crystal nucleating agent and a crystallization accelerator at a predetermined ratio, which is prepared so that a crystallization degree becomes the predetermined state.

Abstract: Hollow polymer particles comprising a polymer containing a vinylic monomer unit and a phosphate ester monomer unit, the hollow polymer particles having a volume average particle diameter of 0.5 to 1000 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to expanded particles and an expanded molded article. More specifically, the present invention relates to expanded particles comprising a polycarbonate-based resin as a base resin, which has a specified cell density X and a specified average cell wall thickness, as well as an expanded molded article. In addition, the present invention relates to expanded particles comprising a polycarbonate-based resin as a base resin, which has a specified bulk ratio and a specified average cell diameter, as well as an expanded molded article.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-spherical metal-coated irregularly-shaped resin particles that can improve characteristics, such as light diffusion characteristics and reflection characteristics, when used for optical applications, compared with spherical metal-coated resin particles. Specifically, the present invention provides metal-coated irregularly-shaped resin particles in which part of the surface of irregularly-shaped resin particles is coated with metal.

Abstract: Organic-inorganic composite particles include: a vinyl polymer that is a polymer of a polymerizable vinyl monomer; and inorganic particles including inorganic oxide and/or inorganic nitride. The thermal conductivity of the inorganic particles is 10 W/(m·K) or more. The inorganic particles are subjected to a surface treatment by acidic phosphoric acid ester having no polymerizable functional group, and by at least one polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of: carboxylic acid having a polymerizable functional group; acidic phosphoric acid ester having a polymerizable functional group; and lactone having a polymerizable functional group. The polymerizable compound is bonded to the vinyl polymer, and the inorganic particles are unevenly located on surface layers of the organic-inorganic composite particles so that the inorganic particles form one or more layers.

Abstract: A hydrogel sheet includes a hydrogel, and a plurality of intermediate substrates placed in the hydrogel. The plurality of intermediate substrates includes first and second intermediate substrates. The first intermediate substrate has a stretch rate of 20% to 90% measured by the following measurement method. An intermediate substrate having a 20-mm width and a 100-mm length is clamped at 70-mm intervals in the length direction. Then, the intermediate substrate is stretched in the length direction at a stretch rate of 100 mm/min, and the length L (mm) of the intermediate substrate between the clamps when the maximum load was applied is measured. The stretch rate (%) is calculated as [(L?70)/70]*100. The second intermediate substrate satisfies either (i) the stretch rate is 100% to 200%; or (ii) the stretch rate is 20% to 90% and the maximum load at the time of being fractured is 5N to 15N.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrogel and use thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a hydrogel comprising water and a polymer matrix, wherein the polymer matrix comprises a copolymer of a monofunctional monomer having a hydrophilic group and one ethylenic unsaturated group, and a polyfunctional monomer having no ester bond, and having an amide group and 3 to 6 ethylenic unsaturated groups, 40 to 95 parts by mass of the water, and 5 to 60 parts by mass of the polymer matrix are contained in 100 parts by mass of the hydrogel, and the hydrogel shows a swelling degree of 650% or less, when the hydrogel is immersed in a 4M aqueous KOH solution under a temperature of 25° C. for 14 days, and use thereof.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a hydrogel, in which its initial high adhesive force is retained by suppressing the swelling of the gel due to invasion of water from the outside and reducing the loss of a plasticizer. The hydrogel of the present invention is a hydrogel comprising a polymer matrix, water and a plasticizer, wherein the hydrogel is characterized in that the plasticizer loss ratio is less than 2, the swelling rate is 115% or less when the hydrogel is exposed to the environment of 40° C. and 90% RH for 1 hour, and the initial adhesive force to a Bakelite plate is 100 gf/20 mm or more in the environment of 23° C. and 55% RH. The plasticizer is preferably polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether and/or sugar.

Abstract: An ester-based elastomer expanded molded article comprising a fusion of expanded particles that contain an ester-based elastomer as a base resin.

Abstract: This invention provides hollow particles having a shell containing at least one layer and having an average particle diameter of 10 to 150 nm, wherein a ratio ? between absorbance at 908 cm?1 (A908) and absorbance at 1722 cm?1 (A1722) in an infrared absorption spectrum obtained by measuring the hollow particles by ATR-FTIR (absorbance ratio ?: A908/A1722) is 0.1 or less.

Abstract: In a method for producing composite particles containing polymer particles and silica particles that adhere to the polymer particles, the composite particles are obtained by subjecting a polymerizable monomer to aqueous suspension polymerization in a presence of silica particles and a cellulose compound adsorbing onto the silica particles. The composite particles contain the polymer particles, the silica particles that adhere to surfaces of the polymer particles, and the water-soluble cellulose compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides vinyl-based resin particles capable of forming uniform pores in a thermosetting resin film when the particles are used as a pore-forming material for a thermosetting resin. Specifically, the present invention provides vinyl-based resin particles for use in making a thermosetting resin porous, the particles having a temperature of 300 to 350° C. at 10% mass loss when heated at a rate of 10° C./min in an air atmosphere, and the particles having a mass loss percentage of 85 to 100% after being heated at 350° C. for 5 hours in an air atmosphere.

Abstract: An ester-based elastomer expanded molded article comprising a fusion of expanded particles that contain an ester-based elastomer as a base resin.