Abstract: There is provided a film containing, in the following order, a base material, a permeation layer, and a water-absorbent polymer-containing layer, in which the water-absorbent polymer-containing layer is an outermost layer.

Abstract: Provided is a water stopping tape having excellent workability. The water stopping tape includes a substrate layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is located on the substrate layer, and a swelling layer that is located on the substrate layer together with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and has at least one kind of deformation assisting structure selected from the group consisting of a groove and a cut.

Abstract: Provided is a film and a water stopping tape that realize long-lasting water stopping properties. The film includes an outermost layer containing a water-absorbent polymer having a water absorbency of 5 g/g to 100 g/g that is represented by a ratio of a mass of a sample having been immersed in water for 3 hours to a mass of the sample not yet being immersed in water a permeable layer, and a substrate layer in this order, and the water stopping tape includes the film.

Abstract: Provided are a film and a water stopping tape that realize long-lasting water stopping properties. The film includes an outermost layer that contains a water-absorbent polymer and a fiber assembly and a substrate layer in this order, in which a degree of out-of-plane swelling of the outermost layer is higher than a degree of in-plane swelling of the outermost layer, and the water stopping tape includes the film.

Abstract: Provided are a functional film that can exhibit high gas barrier properties by forming separate regions and an organic EL device. The functional film includes: a resin layer having impermeability to oxygen in which a plurality of recess portions are formed to be discretely disposed, in which a modulus of elasticity of the resin layer is 0.5 GPa to 10 GPa, and an oxygen permeability of the resin layer is 10 cc/(m2·day·atm) or lower.

Abstract: A laminate film includes a gas barrier film having a barrier layer and a support which supports the barrier layer stacked on one surface of an optical functional layer, in which the gas barrier film and the optical functional layer satisfy the following adhesion force conditions: an adhesion force between the support and the barrier layer is smaller than an adhesion force between the optical functional layer and the barrier layer, and an adhesion force between the support and the barrier layer is an adhesion force enabling peeling.

Abstract: Provided are a laminated film, which can prevent quantum dots from deteriorating due to moisture or oxygen, has high durability, can narrow a frame, and has high productivity, and a method for manufacturing a laminated film. The laminated film has a functional layer laminate that has an optically functional layer and a gas barrier layer laminated on at least one main surface of the optically functional layer and an end face sealing layer that is formed by covering at least a portion of an end face of the functional layer laminate, in which the end face sealing layer includes at least two layers, and each of the layers included in the end face sealing layer is formed of a metal.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated film and an apparatus for manufacturing a laminated film obtains a laminated film including a cured layer having a uniform thickness at the time of manufacturing a laminated film obtained by sandwiching the cured layer obtained by curing an actinic ray curable-type resin between two sheets of films. Steps include forming a coating film of a coating solution containing an actinic ray curable-type resin on the surface of a first film while continuously transporting the first film, laminating a second film on the coating film while continuously transporting the second film, and forming a cured layer of the coating film by irradiating the coating film with an actinic ray while continuously transporting the coating film by sandwiching the coating film between the first film and the second film, in a state where the first film is being wound around a backup roller.

Abstract: The present invention provides a functional film having an optical functional layer that exhibits an optical function and is capable of suppressing deterioration of the optical functional layer, and a method thereof. The functional film includes an optical functional layer, a resin layer which surrounds end surfaces of the optical functional layer, and gas barrier supports between which the optical functional layer and the resin layer are sandwiched, in which an oxygen permeability of the resin layer is 10 cc/(m2·day·atm) or less, and a difference between a thickness of the optical functional layer and the resin layer is within 30%; and a production method including forming a frame-shaped resin layer on a surface of a first gas barrier support, filling the inside of the frame with a polymerizable composition which becomes an optical functional layer, laminating a second gas barrier support on the resin layer, and curing the polymerizable composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated film which has an optically functional layer such as a quantum dot layer and can prevent the optically functional layer from deteriorating due to oxygen or the like. The laminated film is provided with a laminate, in which a gas barrier layer is laminated on at least one surface of the optically functional layer, and a resin layer which covers an end face of the laminate, is formed of a composition containing a compound having at least one polymerizable functional group selected from a (meth)acryloyl group, a vinyl group, a glycidyl group, an oxetane group, and an alicyclic epoxy group in an amount of equal to or greater than 5 parts by mass provided that a total amount of solid contents of the composition is 100 parts by mass, and has an oxygen permeability of equal to or lower than 10 cc/(m2·day·atm).

Abstract: Provided are a laminate film which enables to enhance luminance, and a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including this laminate film, as well as a method for producing this laminate film. Provided are laminate films including an optical functional layer and a barrier layer stacked on at least one surface of the optical functional layer, laminate films each having a film having a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the optical functional layer, on a lateral surface of the optical functional layer. It is preferable that the optical functional layer include at least one of a quantum dot and a quantum rod.

Abstract: Provided are a laminate film which enables to enhance luminance, and a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including this laminate film, as well as a method for producing this laminate film. Provided are laminate films including an optical functional layer and a barrier layer stacked on at least one surface of the optical functional layer, laminate films each having a film having a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the optical functional layer, on a lateral surface of the optical functional layer. It is preferable that the optical functional layer include at least one of a quantum dot and a quantum rod.

Abstract: A laminate film includes a gas barrier film having a barrier layer and a support which supports the barrier layer stacked on one surface of an optical functional layer, in which the gas barrier film and the optical functional layer satisfy the following adhesion force conditions: an adhesion force between the support and the barrier layer is smaller than an adhesion force between the optical functional layer and the barrier layer, and an adhesion force between the support and the barrier layer is an adhesion force enabling peeling.

Abstract: There is provided a slitting-material slitting apparatus including: a rotatable male blade; a female blade that is provided below the male blade; and a wrap section that wraps a slitting-material around the female blade such that the slitting-material makes contact with the female blade on a coated layer side of the slitting-material configured by a support body with a coating layer on the support body harder than the support body; wherein the relative position of the male blade and the female blade are determined such that the male blade slits the slitting-material in a state in which the coating layer is wrapped against the female blade by the wrap section and in contact with the female blade.

Abstract: There is provided a slitting-material slitting apparatus including: a rotatable male blade; a female blade that is provided below the male blade; and a wrap section that wraps a slitting-material around the female blade such that the slitting-material makes contact with the female blade on a coated layer side of the slitting-material configured by a support body with a coating layer on the support body harder than the support body; wherein the relative position of the male blade and the female blade are determined such that the male blade slits the slitting-material in a state in which the coating layer is wrapped against the female blade by the wrap section and in contact with the female blade.

Abstract: A cutting device is provided with a lower blade, an upper blade and a collar. Inkjet paper, in which an ink-receiving layer is formed on paper, is wound around an outer periphery face of the lower blade, and a blade tip is formed at one axial direction end of the lower blade. The upper blade rotates with a blade tip thereof opposing the blade tip of the lower blade in the axial direction, and the upper blade cuts the inkjet paper from the paper side thereof. The collar supports the inkjet paper, which is wound around the collar at a position that is separated from the lower blade in the axial direction. A portion of the collar, including shoulder curve portions at the two axial direction ends thereof, is constituted with PTFE.

Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic tape and method for improving a winding form of the magnetic tape are provided. These methods comprises a stage for winding a magnetic tape around a tape reel; and a stage for thermally treating the magnetic tape wound around the tape reel under preset thermal treatment conditions to impart the magnetic tape to winding habit. In the winding state, the magnetic tape is wound around a tape reel whose hub circumference is formed into a tapered state in the stage for winding a magnetic tape.

Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic tape and method for improving a winding form of the magnetic tape are provided. These methods comprises a stage for winding a magnetic tape around a tape reel; and a stage for thermally treating the magnetic tape wound around the tape reel under preset thermal treatment conditions to impart the magnetic tape to winding habit. In the winding state, the magnetic tape is wound around a tape reel whose hub circumference is formed into a tapered state in the stage for winding a magnetic tape.

Abstract: In the tape winder for winding a tape on a reel to form a tape roll, a nozzle which blows a gas toward an outer peripheral surface of the tape roll at a winding time of the tape is fixed on a slider, which is slidably supported on a rail. In this way, the nozzle is supported movably forward and backward with respect to the tape roll. Moreover, the nozzle is pressed toward the tape roll by an air cylinder with a constant pressing force. Thus, the nozzle is allowed to accurately follow an outer peripheral surface of the tape roll, and a constant pressure can be applied to the outer peripheral surface of the tape roll. Consequently, the tape can be wound with an adequate winding tightness.

Abstract: A tape winding method of the present invention comprises a winding process for winding tape on a periphery of a hub by rotating the hub so that one end surface of a wound roll, which consists of the tape having a base film and being wound, becomes concave; and a heating treatment process for performing a heating treatment for the wound roll within a predetermined temperature range just under a glass transition temperature of the base film.