Abstract: A coating film capable of being peeled off in the shape of sheet to facilitate a coating film removal work, and is less likely to peel even after long periods of use on an underwater structure is provided. The coating film comprises an undercoat layer to be bonded to an underwater structure, and an antifouling layer bonded to the undercoat layer, wherein: a 100-gram underwater constant load peeling degree of the coating film is less than 5; a ratio of a tensile breaking strength of the coating film to an adhesive force of the coating film with respect to the underwater structure, as measured after immersing the coating film in pure water at 60° C. for 5 weeks is 1.5 or more; and a 1-mm square cross-cut stretching-caused peeling degree of the antifouling layer with respect to the undercoat layer is 0.05 or less.

Abstract: Provided are a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having high wetting ability and superior adherability and light peelability, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet produced with such a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a polyester obtained by polycondensation of a difunctional or polyfunctional carboxylic acid and a diol; a fatty acid ester; and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 8,500 to 50,000, and the fatty acid ester has no additional functional group and has a molecular weight of 200 to 700. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains 10 to 150 parts by weight of the fatty acid ester based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, for which a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition (pressure-sensitive adhesive solution) without any acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive or the like which needs a large amount of an organic solvent and is difficult to apply thickly; to provide a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is friendly to the global environment, can be applied thickly, has a high level of cost effectiveness and workability, and also has a high level of adhesion, retention, and repulsion resistance; and to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having such a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: Polylactic acid film or sheet having tear strength so as not to break or tear during, for example, production or processing of the film or sheet or winding thereof into a roll, and causing neither melt nor deformation at high temperatures more than 100° C. In the polylactic acid film or sheet, the tear strength is not less than 100 N/mm when the film or sheet is torn at least in a flow direction (MD), a rate of dimensional change due to heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD), and a rate of dimensional change due to loaded heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD).

Abstract: A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, and double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape each having high durability (high heating humidification storage stability) and good adhesive properties are provided using a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the invention includes a polyester, a hydrolysis-resistant agent, a tackifier with an acid value of 8 or less and a softening point of 80 to 170° C., and a crosslinking agent, and contains 20 to 100 parts by weight of the tackifier based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester.

Abstract: A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which can be produced even from plant-derived raw materials with no need of using a costly silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive or the like and which is usable for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet excellent in wettability to an adherend, light peelability (removability), anti-staining property (little adhesive residues), and workability, and to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet using the composition. A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a polyester obtained by condensation polymerization of at least a carboxylic acid component and a diol component, and a crosslinking agent, wherein the carboxylic acid component contains a dicarboxylic acid having a side chain in an amount of 50 to 90% by weight and a tricarboxylic acid having a side chain in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight, and wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 150000.

Abstract: A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises a polyester obtained by condensation polymerization of at least a dicarboxylic acid having a side chain and a diol, a polyether polyol, and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 50000, the polyether polyol contains a polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals and/or all terminals, the polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals has a number average molecular weight of 100 to 1500, and the polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals is contained in an amount of 1 to 35 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet containing a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that contains a polyester resin as a main component, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a laminate structure that contains at least one layer LA where a polyester resin EA having Mw of from 4×104 to 12×104 is crosslinked and at least one layer LB where a polyester resin EB having Mw of from 0.2×104 to 1×104 is crosslinked, and at least one surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is constituted by the layer LA.

Abstract: Provided are a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having high wetting ability and superior adherability and light peelability, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet produced with such a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a polyester obtained by polycondensation of a difunctional or polyfunctional carboxylic acid and a diol; a fatty acid ester; and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 8,500 to 50,000, and the fatty acid ester has no additional functional group and has a molecular weight of 200 to 700. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains 10 to 150 parts by weight of the fatty acid ester based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester.

Abstract: A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, and double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape each having high durability (high heating humidification storage stability) and good adhesive properties are provided using a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the invention includes a polyester, a hydrolysis-resistant agent, a tackifier with an acid value of 8 or less and a softening point of 80 to 170° C., and a crosslinking agent, and contains 20 to 100 parts by weight of the tackifier based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester.

Abstract: Efficiently produced is a release liner including a plant-derived film as a substrate and having a good appearance, releasability, and adhesion. A method according to the present invention produces a release liner having a plant-derived film substrate and, on at least one side thereof, a release coat layer derived from a thermosetting silicone resin. The method includes the steps as follows: Step A of applying a thermosetting silicone release agent to at least one side of a plant-derived film substrate, the release agent containing 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting silicone resin and 0.05 to 0.55 part by weight of a curing catalyst; Step B of drying at 40° C. to 90° C. for 10 to 60 seconds after Step A; Step C of applying an ultraviolet ray at 50 to 300 mJ/cm2 after Step B; and Step D of aging at 30° C. to 70° C. for 12 to 240 hours after Step C.

Abstract: A surface protective pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer obtained by crosslinking a polymer-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a surface that has a hardness of 0.1 MPa or more and a load curve with a minimum load of ?0.3 ?N or less as measured by nanoindentation, and which has a residual adhesive strength of 50% or more, wherein the residual adhesive strength is calculated from the formula: residual adhesive strength (%)=100×[(adhesive strength B)/(adhesive strength A)], wherein adhesive strength A and adhesive strength B are as identified in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a solvent-free polyester-based adhesive composition having good coatability and capable of forming an adhesive that shows good adhesion performance. The present invention provides a polyester-based adhesive composition containing a polyester having Mw of from 1×103 to 20×103 as a main component and a trifunctional or more polyepoxy compound as a crosslinking agent, and containing substantially no organic solvent. The molar number, mOH, of hydroxyl group contained in a polyalcohol component constituting the polyester is from 0.5 to 0.98 times of the molar number, mCOOH, of carboxyl group contained in a polycarboxylic acid component. The composition has a viscosity at 23° C. of at most 80 Pa·s.

Abstract: Provided is a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that is for fixing an electronic device component, has excellent adhesion, retention, and repulsion resistance, and can be produced with a plant-derived material having a high biomass degree. This double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for fixing an electronic device component is characterized by comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a biomass degree of 50% by weight or more.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, for which a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition (pressure-sensitive adhesive solution) without any acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive or the like which needs a large amount of an organic solvent and is difficult to apply thickly; to provide a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is friendly to the global environment, can be applied thickly, has a high level of cost effectiveness and workability, and also has a high level of adhesion, retention, and repulsion resistance; and to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having such a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester, a polyester composition and a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of obtaining a pressure-sensitive adhesive which is global-environmentally friendly and is excellent in pressure-sensitive adhesion properties, using a plant-derived raw material; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which can be obtained by using the same. A polyester of the present invention is a polyester comprising at least a lactic acid unit, a dibasic acid unit and a glycol unit, wherein the dibasic acid unit contains dimer acid, and the polyester has a glass transition temperature as measured at a temperature rising rate of 20° C./minute using a differential scanning calorimeter, of ?70 to ?20° C., a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 300,000 and a hydroxyl value of 1 to 100 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A thermally removable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet includes a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is provided on at least one side of the substrate and made from a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a polyester including at least a lactic acid unit, a dibasic acid unit, and a glycol unit, a foaming agent, and a crosslinking agent. The dibasic acid unit includes a dimer acid, the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 200,000 and a glass transition temperature of ?70 to ?20° C. as measured using a differential scanning calorimeter at a temperature rise rate of 20° C./minute, and the polyester has a hydroxyl value of 1 to 60 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polylactic acid film or sheet having tear strength so as not to break or tear during, for example, production or processing of the film or sheet or winding thereof into a roll, and causing neither melt nor deformation at high temperatures more than 100° C. In the polylactic acid film or sheet according to the present invention, the tear strength is not less than 100 N/mm when the film or sheet is torn at least in a flow direction (MD), a rate of dimensional change due to heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD), and a rate of dimensional change due to loaded heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD).

Abstract: A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, including a polyester obtained by condensation polymerization of at least a dicarboxylic acid having a side chain and a diol, a polyether polyol, and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 50000, the polyether polyol contains a polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals and/or all terminals, the polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals has a number average molecular weight of 100 to 1500, and the polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals is contained in an amount of 1 to 35 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester.

Abstract: A surface-protecting pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet includes: a substrate; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is provided on at least one side of the substrate and made from a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a crosslinking agent and a polyester including at least a lactic acid unit, a dibasic acid unit, and a glycol unit. The dibasic acid unit includes a dimer acid, the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 200,000 and a glass transition temperature of ?70 to ?20° C. as measured using a differential scanning calorimeter at a temperature rise rate of 20° C./minute, the polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition has a hydroxyl value of 20 to 60 mgKOH/g, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a gel fraction of 85 to 99% by weight.