Abstract: The present invention provides a resin additive capable of imparting low temperature impact properties to a resin material, a resin composition comprising the resin additive, and a molded article formed from the resin composition. The resin additive of the present invention is a polymer having a structural unit (a1) derived from the following monomer (1); the resin composition of the present invention comprises the resin additive and a resin material; and the molded article of the present invention is formed from the resin composition.

Abstract: A polymer composition, in which a differential distribution value in a differential molecular weight distribution curve of the polymer composition, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, satisfies Equation 1 and a maximum value of a normalized back-scattering intensity of a 35 wt % base oil solution of the polymer composition, where a size q of a scattering vector of small-angle X-ray scattering at 25° C. is in a range of 0.07 nm?1 or more and 2 nm?1 or less, is 40 cm?1 or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including a vinylidene fluoride-based resin (A), having a crystal melting enthalpy of 10 to 45 J/g as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, and having (2) IHv of 60 or less as obtained by (1) a light scattering measurement.

Abstract: A structural body which comprises a base and a microrelief structure layer having a microrelief structure. The microrelief structure layer is laminated on the base so as to form the surface layer of this structural body, and the microrelief structure layer has at least one physical property selected from the group consisting of (A) and (B) described below. (A) The elastic modulus at 25° C. is 50 MPa or more, and the elastic modulus at 80° C. is 30 MPa or less. (B) The tensile elongation at break at 80° C. is from 20% to 100% (inclusive).

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including a vinylidene fluoride-based resin (A), having a crystal melting enthalpy of 10 to 45 J/g as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, and having (2) IHv of 60 or less as obtained by (1) a light scattering measurement.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing 15% by weight to 80% by weight of the following polymer X and 20% by weight to 85% by weight of the following polymer Y based on the total weight of polymers contained in the resin composition: polymer X: polyvinylidene fluoride resin; and, polymer Y: copolymer having a domain (y1) compatible with the polymer X and a domain (y2) incompatible with the polymer X, and having a molecular weight distribution of 3.0 to 16.0. The weight average molecular weight of the polymer Y determined by gel permeation chromatography as polymethyl methacrylate is preferably 50,000 to 750,000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a mold having an oxide film with a plurality of pores formed on a surface of an aluminum substrate, the method including (a) a process of applying a voltage to a machined aluminum substrate and anodizing a surface of the aluminum substrate to form an oxide film; and (b) a process of removing at least a part of the oxide film formed in the process (a), wherein a voltage (Va[V]) immediately before the process (a) is terminated and a time (ta[sec]) required to reach the voltage (Va[V]) after starting the application of voltage satisfy the following Equation (i) in the process (a). 0.

Abstract: This dispersion-type acrylic copolymer has a matrix (I) formed of an acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or higher and a polymer unit (II) formed of an acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 50° C., the polymer unit (II) forms localized regions having an average diameter of 5-300 nm in the matrix (I), the matrix (I) and polymer unit (II) contain units of a crosslinking component, and the content of these units of a crosslinking component is more than 2% by mass relative to the total weight of the acrylic copolymer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold includes (a) anodizing an aluminum substrate at a voltage of 60 V to 120 V in an electrolytic solution in which two or more species of acid are mixed, and forming an oxide film having a plurality of minute holes on a surface of the aluminum substrate; and (b) removing at least a portion of the oxide film. The electrolytic solution used in (a) satisfies the relation (D1)/2<D2, where D1 is the current density when the aluminum substrate is anodized under the same conditions as in (a) in an electrolytic solution of only the acid (A) having the highest acid dissociation constant (Ka) of the two or more species of acid, and D2 is the current density when the aluminum substrate is anodized under the same conditions (a) in the same electrolytic solution as that of (a).

Abstract: A resin composition which contains from 5% by mass to 65% by mass (inclusive) of a polymer (X) described below and from 35% by mass to 95% by mass (inclusive) of a polymer (Y) described below. Alternatively, a resin composition which contains more than 65% by mass but 85% by mass or less of a polymer (X) described below and 15% by mass or more but less than 35% by mass of a polymer (Y) described below, wherein a domain (y1) described below or a domain (y2) described below comprises a macromonomer unit.

Abstract: This method for producing anodic porous alumina such that an oxide coating film having a plurality of minute pores is formed at the surface of an aluminum substrate is characterized by containing: a step (a) for immersing the aluminum substrate in an electrolytic liquid resulting from mixing a plurality of acids; a step (b) for imposing a voltage on the aluminum substrate immersed in the electrolytic liquid; a step (c) for holding the aluminum substrate in the state of being immersed in the electrolytic liquid essentially without imposing a voltage on the aluminum substrate; and a step (d) for alternately repeating step (b) and step (c). By means of the present invention, it is possible using a simple device and with few steps to provide a method that easily produces anodic porous alumina such that an oxide coating film having a plurality of minute pores is formed at the surface of an aluminum substrate.

Abstract: In a protective film affixed to a microscopic roughness structure having a microscopically rough structure on the surface, water contact angle of the surface of the microscopic roughness structure is 40° or less, compressive stress obtainable when the adhesive layer of the protective film is compressed to a compression ratio of 20% is 0.6 MPa to 3.0 MPa; in the infrared absorption spectrum of the surface on the microscopically rough structure side of the microscopic roughness structure, ratio (A1/A2) of peak area A1 having absorption maximum of 3700 cm?1 to 3100 cm?1, and peak area A2 having absorption maximum of 1730±10 cm?1, is 0.1 to 0.8; in the surface of adhesive layer of the protective film, ratio (B1/B2) of peak area B1 having absorption maximum of 3700 cm?1 to 3100 cm?1, and peak area B2 having absorption maximum of 1730±10 cm?1, is 0.6 to 1.3.

Abstract: This dispersion-type acrylic copolymer has a matrix (I) formed of an acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or higher and a polymer unit (II) formed of an acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 50° C., the polymer unit (II) forms localized regions having an average diameter of 5-300 nm in the matrix (I), the matrix (I) and polymer unit (II) contain units of a crosslinking component, and the content of these units of a crosslinking component is more than 2% by mass relative to the total weight of the acrylic copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antireflection article of which the first surface has sufficient abrasion resistance and can suppress reflectance to a low level throughout the visible light region, and a display device. The present invention relates to an antireflection article that has light transmittance, in which a plurality of convex portions are disposed on a first surface positioned at a visible side and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the average gap of the convex portions is 400 nm or less, the ratio (H1/W1) of the height H1 of the convex portions and the width W1 of the bottoms of the convex portions is 1.3 or more, in the first surface, and the ratio (H2/W2) of the height H2 of the convex portions and the width W2 of the bottoms of the convex portions is larger than the ratio (H1/W1), in the second surface.

Abstract: A laminate includes a substrate, and a surface layer laminated on the substrate with an intermediate layer sandwiched therebetween. The intermediate layer has a thickness of 8 to 40 ?m. The surface layer has a thickness 0.4 to 1.5 times that of the intermediate layer. The laminate satisfies the following (A) and/or (B): (A) tan ? (loss tangent) of the intermediate layer as measured under a condition of a vibration frequency of 1 Hz at 20° C. is 0.2 or greater; and (B) A ratio (MG/SG) of a storage modulus (MG) of the intermediate layer to a storage modulus (SG) of the surface layer as measured under a condition of a vibration frequency of 1 Hz at 20° C. is 0.003 or greater and 0.14 or less.

Abstract: A structural body which comprises a base and a microrelief structure layer having a microrelief structure. The microrelief structure layer is laminated on the base so as to form the surface layer of this structural body, and the microrelief structure layer has at least one physical property selected from the group consisting of (A) and (B) described below. (A) The elastic modulus at 25° C. is 50 MPa or more, and the elastic modulus at 80° C. is 30 MPa or less. (B) The tensile elongation at break at 80° C. is from 20% to 100% (inclusive).

Abstract: The present invention provides an active energy ray-curable resin composition comprising at least a multifunctional monomer having three or more radical polymerizable functional groups in the molecule in which the cured product of the composition exhibits anti-reflective function because of an uneven microstructure formed on the surface of the cured product, and provides a product having the uneven microstructure having high decontaminating properties such as fingerprint removal properties and high scratch resistance.

Abstract: This method for producing anodic porous alumina such that an oxide coating film having a plurality of minute pores is formed at the surface of an aluminum substrate is characterized by containing: a step (a) for immersing the aluminum substrate in an electrolytic liquid resulting from mixing a plurality of acids; a step (b) for imposing a voltage on the aluminum substrate immersed in the electrolytic liquid; a step (c) for holding the aluminum substrate in the state of being immersed in the electrolytic liquid essentially without imposing a voltage on the aluminum substrate; and a step (d) for alternately repeating step (b) and step (c). By means of the present invention, it is possible using a simple device and with few steps to provide a method that easily produces anodic porous alumina such that an oxide coating film having a plurality of minute pores is formed at the surface of an aluminum substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a mold having an oxide film with a plurality of pores formed on a surface of an aluminum substrate, the method including (a) a process of applying a voltage to a machined aluminum substrate and anodizing a surface of the aluminum substrate to form an oxide film; and (b) a process of removing at least a part of the oxide film formed in the process (a), wherein a voltage (Va [V]) immediately before the process (a) is terminated and a time (ta [sec]) required to reach the voltage (Va [V]) after starting the application of voltage satisfy the following Equation (i) in the process (a). 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active energy ray-curable resin composition comprising at least a multifunctional monomer having three or more radical polymerizable functional groups in the molecule in which the cured product of the composition exhibits anti-reflective function because of an uneven microstructure formed on the surface of the cured product, and provides a product having the uneven microstructure having high decontaminating properties such as fingerprint removal properties and high scratch resistance.