Abstract: A polyolefin microporous membrane containing a polyolefin, having a Gurley value of 0.01 seconds/100 mL or more and 20 seconds/100 mL or less, a thickness of 25 ?m or more and 150 ?m or less, a porosity of 80% or more and 98% or less, and an average pore size of 0.30 ?m or more and less than 0.60 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition containing, relative to (A) a polycarbonate resin (component A), (B) a triarylphosphine (component B) represented by the following formula [1], and this resin composition is characterized by undergoing less discoloration when exposed to a high-temperature environment for a long period of time and having excellent thermal stability. [In the formula, R2-1, R2-2, R2-3, R6-1, R6-2, R6-3, R0-1, R0-2, and R0-3 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, an alkoxy group, or a halogen and may be the same or different from each other, with the proviso that at least one of R2-1, R2-2, R2-3, R6-1, R6-2, and R6-3 is a hydrocarbon group, an alkoxy group, or a halogen, and p, q, and r are each an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a thermoplastic resin composition which undergoes little discoloration or strength reduction even under harsh processing conditions, and exhibits excellent recyclability; and a molded article which is formed of this thermoplastic resin composition. A composition according to the present invention contains (B) a phosphate metal salt having an acid value of 10-55 mgKOH/g (component B) in an amount of 0.001-1 part by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of (A) a thermoplastic resin (component A). This composition additionally contains, relative to 100 parts by weight of component A, 1-150 parts by weight of (C) an inorganic filler (component C) and/or 0.01-25 parts by weight of (D) a flame retardant (component D).

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery containing a porous substrate; a heat-resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of the porous substrate, and that contains a binder resin and inorganic particles, the inorganic particles having an average primary particle diameter from 0.01 ?m to less than 0.45 ?m; and an adhesive layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of a laminated body of the porous substrate and the heat-resistant porous layer, and adhesive resin particles adhered to the laminated body.

Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains: a porous layer that is provided on only one side of the porous substrate, and that contains a resin having at least one bonding group selected from an amide bond, an imide bond, and a sulfonyl bond, in which, in the porous substrate, an absolute value of a difference between a temperature of an endothermic peak observed at 120° C. to 145° C., in a temperature raising process 1, and a temperature of an endothermic peak observed at 120° C. to 145° C., in a temperature raising process 2, is 1.50° C. or higher in DSC measurement when the temperature raising process 1 of continuously raising the temperature from 30° C. to 200° C. at a temperature change rate of 5° C./min in a nitrogen atmosphere, and the temperature raising process 2 of lowering the temperature from 200° C. to 30° C. and raising the temperature from 30° C. to 200° C., are performed.

Abstract: It is to provide a thermoforming sheet which can be reduced or suppressed in the occurrence of floating of a releasable layer in stacking of a functional layer, a design layer, or the like, and which is excellent in handleability and thermoformability. A thermoforming sheet of the present disclosure is obtained by stacking at least three layers of a layer (A layer) comprising a thermoplastic resin, a layer (B layer) formed from an uncured product of a (meth)acrylate-based active energy ray-curable resin composition (composition B), and a layer (C layer) releasable from the B layer in the listed order, wherein ?1??1 is ?0.5% or more and 5.0% or less when a percentage of elongation in an MD direction at 100° C. of the C layer is defined as ?1 (%) and a percentage of elongation in an MD direction at 100° C. of a stacked product obtained by releasing the C layer from the thermoforming sheet is defined as ?1 (%).

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing an aliphatic polyester resin which substantially does not contain impurities, such as metals, and which has high molecular weight, particularly a polylactic acid having high molecular weight and high optical purity. The method for producing an aliphatic polyester resin of the present disclosure has a step of contacting a solution containing a cyclic ester with a cyclic amine catalyst and a polymerization initiator to initiate a reaction, a step of conducting the reaction by flow-type polymerization, and a step of subjecting the product obtained in the flow-type polymerization to further reaction by postpolymerization by stirring.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a thermoplastic resin composition which is suppressed in discoloration and strength decrease even under harsh processing conditions, thereby achieving excellent recyclability, and which additionally has excellent flame retardancy and excellent stiffness; and a molded article which is formed from this thermoplastic resin composition. A thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention contains, per 100 parts by weight of (A) a thermoplastic resin (component A), 0.001 part by weight to 1 part by weight of (B) a phosphonate ester (component B) that has an acid value of 0.01 mgKOH/g to 0.30 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and a separator. The negative electrode is operated by dissolution and precipitation of metallic lithium, and the electrolyte solution contains a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt and has a lithium salt concentration of 3.0 mol/L or more. The separator has a polyolefin microporous film and a porous layer provided on one side or both sides of the polyolefin microporous film and containing a wholly aromatic polyamide.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including: a porous substrate; and a porous layer provided on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and containing a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin and barium sulfate particles, in which a molecular weight distribution of the polyvinylidene fluoride type resin contained in the porous layer is 3.5 or more and 10 or less, an average primary particle diameter of the barium sulfate particles contained in the porous layer is from 0.01 ?m to less than 0.50 ?m, and a volume ratio of the barium sulfate particles to a volume of the porous layer excluding pores is more than 5% by volume and less than 70% by volume.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) containing a unit represented by formula (1) and a thermoplastic resin (B) containing a unit represented by formula (2), wherein in the formula (1), L1 and L2 each independently represent a divalent linking group, k and l each independently represent an integer of 0 or more, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and W represents a divalent linking group; and in the formula (2), L3 and L4 each independently represent a divalent linking group, m and n each independently represent an integer of 0 or more, and R5, R6, R7, and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery containing a porous substrate; and a porous layer that is provided on one side of the porous substrate, and that contains a resin and a filler, in which a shrinkage ratio in a MD direction, when heat-treated at 100° C. for 30 minutes under no tension, is more than 1.2% and less than or equal to 3.5%.

Abstract: A composite of polymer member and inorganic substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a polymer member therefor are provided. A method for manufacturing a composite 210, 220 of polymer member and inorganic substrate includes: providing a composite 110, 120 of thermally modified polymer layer and inorganic substrate in which one or more thermally modified polymer layers 20, 21, 22 are adhered onto an inorganic substrate 10, and bonding a polymer member 30, 31, 32 to the inorganic substrate via the one or more thermally modified polymer layers 20, 21, 22.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, the separator contains a porous substrate, and a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of the porous substrate, and that contains a heat resistant resin and barium sulfate particles, in which an average primary particle size of the barium sulfate particles contained in the heat resistant porous layer is from 0.01 ?m to less than 0.30 ?m, and in which a volume ratio of the barium sulfate particles in a solid content portion of the heat resistant porous layer is from 5% by volume to less than 30% by volume.

Abstract: A prepreg consisting of a fiber reinforcement material and a resin composition containing a bismaleimide resin is molded through a first heating step in which the prepreg is held at a temperature (T1) equal to or higher than a temperature at which the resin composition exhibits a viscosity of 100 (Pa·s) and equal to or lower than a temperature at which the resin composition exhibits the minimum viscosity for 30 minutes or more, followed by being held at a temperature equal to or higher than a curing temperature of the bismaleimide resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin that can provide balance among a high refractive index, high heat resistance, and low birefringence, and also provides an optical member that contains this thermoplastic resin. The thermoplastic resin according to the present invention contains a repeat unit represented by formula (1). where the rings Z (which may be the same or may differ) each represent a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which at least three benzene rings are bonded; R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently are a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom or represent a C1-C20 substituent which may contain an aromatic group; L1 and L2 each independently represent a divalent linking group; j and k each independently represent an integer equal to or greater than 1; m and n each independently represent 0 or 1; and W is at least one selected from the group represented by Formula (2) or (3) below: where X represents a divalent linking group.

Abstract: There is provided a laminate which is excellent in heat dissipation in a thickness direction, thermal diffusivity in an in-plane direction, and insulation in the thickness direction, and that is not easily cracked. The laminate includes: a metal layer A; an insulating layer provided on at least one surface of the metal layer A, and a metal layer B provided on a surface of the insulating layer opposite to the metal layer A. The insulating layer includes a support layer and a heat transfer layer containing at least an inorganic filler and a binder resin. The support layer and the heat transfer layer are alternately laminated in a total of three or more layers in a direction substantially perpendicular to a thickness direction of the insulating layer.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery containing a porous substrate; a heat-resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of the porous substrate, and that contains a binder resin and inorganic particles, the inorganic particles having an average primary particle diameter from 0.01 ?m to less than 0.45 ?m; and an adhesive layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of a laminated body of the porous substrate and the heat-resistant porous layer, and adhesive resin particles adhered to the laminated body.

Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery, containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an insulating layer that is a single layer contacting the positive electrode on one side and the negative electrode on another side, and an electrolyte, in which (1) the insulating layer includes a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin and inorganic particles, the Mw of the polyvinylidene fluoride type resin is 900,000 to 1,500,000, and a content ratio of the inorganic particles in the insulating layer is 50% by mass to less than 90% by mass; (2) the insulating layer includes a resin and inorganic particles and has a thickness of 5 to 30 ?m, and the inorganic particles include metal sulfate particles; or (3) the insulating layer includes a polyvinylidene fluoride type resin and inorganic particles, the polyvinylidene fluoride type resin contains, as polymerizing components, vinylidene fluoride and a monomer represented by the following formula (1):

Abstract: The invention provides a resin composition having excellent impact resistance, fluidity, heat resistance, and good appearance of a molded article, and having a high effect of suppressing tape peeling from the surface of a molded article. The invention is a resin composition, containing: 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of (C) an acrylic block copolymer (component C); 0.01 to 3.0 parts by weight of (D) a phosphorus antioxidant (component D); and 0.01 to 3.0 parts by weight of (E) a hindered phenol antioxidant (component E) relative to 100 parts by weight of a resin component composed of 45 to 90 parts by weight of (A) a polycarbonate resin (component A) and 10 to 55 parts by weight of (B) a copolymer obtained by polymerizing an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyanide monomer (component B).