Abstract: A foamed sheet according to the present invention has a thickness of 30 to 500 ?m and includes a foam. The foam has a density of 0.2 to 0.7 g/cm3, an average cell diameter of 10 to 150 ?m, and a peak top of loss tangent (tan ?) occurring in a temperature range of from ?30° C. to 30° C., where the loss tangent is defined as the ratio of a loss modulus to a storage modulus determined at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelastic measurement of the foam. The foam preferably has a maximum of the loss tangent (tan ?) in the temperature range of from ?30° C. to 30° C. of 0.2 or more.

Abstract: There is provided a flame-resistant composite member exhibiting remarkably high flame resistance even if having a flammable base material. The flame-resistant composite member according to the present invention has a film formed of a silicone resin composition (C) containing at least an inorganic oxide particle-containing condensation-reactive silicone resin on at least one surface of a base material. The inorganic oxide particle-containing condensation-reactive silicone resin may be a condensation-reactive silicone resin (A) including a crosslinked structural body wherein an inorganic oxide particle dispersed in a polysiloxane resin having a condensation-reactive group and the polysiloxane resin are crosslinked through a chemical bond. The silicone resin composition (C) may contain the condensation-reactive silicone resin (A) and an inorganic particle (B).

Abstract: A foamed sheet according to the present invention has a thickness of 30 to 500 ?m and includes a foam. The foam has a density of 0.2 to 0.7 g/cm3, an average cell diameter of 10 to 150 ?m, and a peak top of loss tangent (tan ?) occurring in a temperature range of from ?30° C. to 30° C., where the loss tangent is defined as the ratio of a loss modulus to a storage modulus determined at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelastic measurement of the foam. The foam preferably has a maximum of the loss tangent (tan ?) in the temperature range of from ?30° C. to 30° C. of 0.2 or more.

Abstract: The flame-retardant silicone resin composition of the present invention comprises: an inorganic oxide particle-containing condensation-reactive silicone resin (A) comprising a crosslinking structure in which inorganic oxide particles dispersed in a polysiloxane resin having a condensation-reactive group are crosslinked with the polysiloxane resin by chemical bonds; and inorganic particles (B). The inorganic oxide particles are preferably at least one type of inorganic oxide particles selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, glass frit, and antimony-doped tin oxide.

Abstract: Provided is technical means for making various base materials non-combustible to improve fire resistance, the technical means being capable of imparting sufficiently high fire resistance, which meets the accreditation criteria for a fire-proof material under the Building Standard Law to the extent possible, to the various base materials with ease at low cost. Also provided is a fire-resistant construction material having sufficiently high fire resistance, which meets the accreditation criteria for a fire-proof material under the Building Standard Law to the extent possible, with ease at low cost. A fire-resistant pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention is a fire-resistant pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, including: a fire-resistant layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which the fire-resistant layer includes aluminum.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally-conductive sheet excellent in heat dissipation properties. The thermally-conductive sheet includes a polymer matrix and a thermally-conductive filler dispersed in the polymer matrix. The present invention is a thermally-conductive sheet including a polymer matrix and non-spherical particles of a thermally-conductive filler that are dispersed in the polymer matrix. At least a part of the thermally-conductive filler particles are oriented in a thickness direction of the sheet.

Abstract: The flame-retardant silicone resin composition of the present invention comprises: an inorganic oxide particle-containing condensation-reactive silicone resin (A) comprising a crosslinking structure in which inorganic oxide particles dispersed in a polysiloxane resin having a condensation-reactive group are crosslinked with the polysiloxane resin by chemical bonds; and inorganic particles (B). The inorganic oxide particles are preferably at least one type of inorganic oxide particles selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, glass frit, and antimony-doped tin oxide.

Abstract: There is provided a flame-resistant composite member exhibiting remarkably high flame resistance even if having a flammable base material. The flame-resistant composite member according to the present invention has a film formed of a silicone resin composition (C) containing at least an inorganic oxide particle-containing condensation-reactive silicone resin on at least one surface of a base material. The inorganic oxide particle-containing condensation-reactive silicone resin may be a condensation-reactive silicone resin (A) including a crosslinked structural body wherein an inorganic oxide particle dispersed in a polysiloxane resin having a condensation-reactive group and the polysiloxane resin are crosslinked through a chemical bond. The silicone resin composition (C) may contain the condensation-reactive silicone resin (A) and an inorganic particle (B).

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally-conductive sheet excellent in heat dissipation properties. The thermally-conductive sheet includes a polymer matrix and a thermally-conductive filler dispersed in the polymer matrix. The present invention is a thermally-conductive sheet including a polymer matrix and non-spherical particles of a thermally-conductive filler that are dispersed in the polymer matrix. At least a part of the thermally-conductive filler particles are oriented in a thickness direction of the sheet.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive agent convertible into an adhesive agent that allows adherends to be instantly fixed to each other, allows the adherends to be reattached to each other, is excellent in processability such as being able to be cut into a sheet shape, is not peeled from the adherends even when exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere such as one in a fire, and has such transparency as to hardly impair the designs of the adherends. The transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive agent convertible into an adhesive agent has pressure-sensitive adhesive property before being sintered, and has adhesive property after being sintered.

Abstract: Provided is a shatterproofing member including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer convertible into an adhesive layer, which allows adherends to be instantly fixed to each other, allows the adherends to be reattached to each other, is excellent in processability such as being able to be cut into a sheet shape, is not peeled from the adherends even when exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere such as one in a fire, and can express shatterproof property when attached to an adherend that is broken by combustion such as glass even if exposed to combustion during a fire or the like. The shatterproofing member including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer convertible into an adhesive layer includes: a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer convertible into an adhesive layer; and a flame-resistant material, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer convertible into an adhesive layer has pressure-sensitive adhesive property before being sintered, and has adhesive property after being sintered.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocurable acrylic viscoelastic material composition including: an acrylic monomer mixture containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate as a main monomer component and a polar group-containing vinyl monomer, or a partial polymerization product thereof; a (meth)acrylate compound having at least one isocyanate group within the molecule thereof; and a photopolymerization initiator. The photocurable acrylic viscoelastic material composition of the present invention has, by virtue of the above-described construction, excellent pot life and excellent storage stability, despite containing an isocyanate compound having at least one isocyanate group within the molecule thereof, and further can form an acrylic viscoelastic material excellent in the holding power at high temperatures through photocuring. Also, the acrylic viscoelastic material and acrylic viscoelastic material layer tape or sheet of the present invention is excellent in the holding power at high temperatures.

Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant member having thermal functionality, flexibility, and a high level of flame retardancy. The thermally functional flame-retardant polymer member includes a polymer layer (B), a flame-retardant layer (A), and a thermally functional layer (L) in the stated order, in which the flame-retardant layer (A) includes a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive agent convertible into an adhesive agent, which allows adherends to be instantly fixed to each other, allows the adherends to be reattached to each other, is excellent in processability such as being able to be cut into a sheet shape, and is not peeled from the adherends even when exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere such as one in a fire. The pressure-sensitive adhesive agent convertible into an adhesive agent has pressure-sensitive adhesive property before being sintered, and has adhesive property after being sintered.

Abstract: Provided is a member which is excellent in transparency and flexibility, and can impart a resistance to cigarette burns to various adherends by being attached to the various adherends. Specifically provided is a polymer member with a resistance to cigarette burns, including a polymer layer, in which: the polymer layer contains a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer (X); and the polymer (X) contains a cross-linked polymer.

Abstract: Provided are a novel foam which has a uniform fine-cell structure and is excellent in toughness and heat resistance, and a production method therefor. Also provided is a functional foam which includes the above-mentioned foam and has imparted thereto various functions. The foam includes spherical cells, in which: the spherical cells each have an average pore diameter of less than 20 ?m; the foam has a density of 0.15 g/cm3 to 0.9 g/cm3; and the foam is crack-free in a 180° bending test. The functional foam includes the foam.

Abstract: Provided is a W/O emulsion, including a continuous oil phase component and an aqueous phase component immiscible with the continuous oil phase component, in which: the continuous oil phase component includes a hydrophilic polyurethane-based polymer and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer; the hydrophilic polyurethane-based polymer includes a polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene unit derived from polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene glycol; and the polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene unit includes 5 wt % to 25 wt % of polyoxyethylene. Also provided is a foam, including a hydrophilic polyurethane-based polymer, in which: the foam has an open-cell structure in which through-holes are present between adjacent spherical cells; the spherical cells each have an average pore diameter of less than 20 ?m; the through-holes each have an average pore diameter of 5 ?m or less; and the foam has surface openings each having an average pore diameter of 20 ?m or less in a surface thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant member having transparency, flexibility, and a high level of flame retardancy. A highly flame-retardant polymer member of the present invention is a highly flame-retardant polymer member including a polymer layer (B), an inorganic base material (L), and a flame-retardant layer (A) in the stated order, in which the flame-retardant layer (A) is a layer containing a layered inorganic compound (f) in a polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a novel composite sheet, including a substrate and a foamed layer which is provided on at least one surface side of the substrate, at a low cost in an environment-friendly manner, in which the composite sheet includes a foamed layer having a uniform fine-cell structure, the average pore diameter of each of spherical cells of the foamed layer can be precisely controlled to a small one, the control range of the density of the foamed layer is wide, the control range of the thickness of the foamed layer is wide, and the composite sheet can express an excellent mechanical strength and is preferably excellent in toughness and heat resistance. The composite sheet includes a substrate; and a foamed layer which is provided on at least one surface side of the substrate, in which: the foamed layer has spherical cells, an average pore diameter of each of the spherical cells being less than 30 ?m; and the foamed layer has a density of 0.1 g/cm3 to 0.9 g/cm3.

Abstract: Provided is a viscoelastic article which exerts different properties between one surface and the other surface thereof, which has a transparent appearance, and which less causes staining of objects to which the viscoelastic article is adopted. The viscoelastic article is an article having a multilayer structure including a polymer layer, and a monomer-absorptive layer capable of absorbing at least one of monomer component(s) constituting the polymer, in which the polymer layer is a polymer layer containing an elastomer unevenly distributed and enriched at an interface, or in the vicinity thereof, opposite to the monomer-absorptive layer. The vicinity of the interface opposite to the monomer-absorptive layer is preferably a region ranging from the interface opposite to the other interface with the monomer-absorptive layer and occupying, in a thickness direction, 50% or less of the total thickness.