Abstract: A method for producing shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the method including cleaving sugar chains of anionically modified cellulose fibers by thermal decomposition under temperature conditions of 50° C. or higher and 230° C. or lower, wherein the average fiber length of the anionically modified cellulose fibers is 700 ?m or more and 10000 ?m or less. By the use of shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers or the like obtained by the method for production of the present invention, a dispersion containing fine cellulose fibers having a low viscosity and excellent handling property can be prepared while at a high concentration, so that the dispersion can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, packaging materials for household electric appliances, automobile parts, and materials for three-dimensional modeling.

Abstract: The present invention is a water-dispersible resin composition containing: a resin ? that includes, in the main chain thereof, a structure M having two aromatic rings linked by a sulfide group, a sulfonyl group, an imide group, or a keto group; and a resin ? having a hydrophilic group, the resins ? and ? being configured to form a co-continuous structure including three-dimensional continuous phases of the resins ? and ?. The present invention can provide a water-dispersible resin composition that maintains the heat resistance of the polymer material and can be removed only with water.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thermoplastic resin composition enabling easy control of the weight average molecular weight of a thermoplastic resin used in a soluble three-dimensional modeling support material, the support material having sufficient strength even when used in the manufacture of a three-dimensional object by an FDM system 3D printer, being less colored with excellent appearance quality, and having a high dissolution speed in neutral water and quickly removable from a precursor of the three-dimensional object without using a strong alkaline aqueous solution; and the thermoplastic resin having dicarboxylic acid monomer units derived from a dicarboxylic acid component and having a proportion of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit derived from a sulfonic acid group and/or sulfonate group-containing aromatic dicarboxylic acid component in the dicarboxylic acid monomer units of 10 mol % or more; the method including mixing an organic salt compound represented by formula (I): (R1—SO3?)nXn+??(I

Abstract: The present invention is a resin composition, including: an addition polymerization resin ? having a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or more; and a resin ? having an aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit A having a hydrophilic group and a dicarboxylic acid monomer unit B having no hydrophilic group. According to the present invention, a resin composition that can be easily removed with water while maintaining the heat resistance can be provided.

Abstract: The water-soluble resin for printing of the present invention includes a monomer unit A having a sulfonate group; and a monomer unit B having no hydrophilic group, and a percentage of the monomer unit A based on a total of all monomer units is 5 to 35 mol %. According to the water-soluble resin for printing of the present invention, a printed matter from which a printing layer can be safely and efficiently removed with neutral water and which is excellent in water resistance can be realized.

Abstract: The present invention is a resin composition, including: a resin ?1 having an aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit A1 having a hydrophilic group, a dicarboxylic acid monomer unit B1 having no hydrophilic group, and an aromatic monomer unit C1; and a resin ?2 having an aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit A2 having a hydrophilic group, a dicarboxylic acid monomer unit B2 having no hydrophilic group, and an aliphatic monomer unit C2, wherein the resin ?2 includes a monomer unit other than a monomer unit that constitutes the resin ?1, and a mass ratio of a content of the resin ?1 to a content of the resin ?2 is 0.9 or more and 20 or less. According to the present invention, a resin composition that can be removed only with water while maintaining the heat resistance of polymer materials can be provided.

Abstract: The resin composition of the present invention includes a water-soluble resin (component A); and at least one selected from the group consisting of an inorganic salt and a polycyclic aromatic sulfonate (component B), the component A has a polycyclic aromatic monomer unit, the component B has a solubility in water at 25° C. of 1 g/100 g or more, and a content of the component B relative to 100 parts by mass of the component A is 1 part by mass or more and 40 parts by mass or less. According to the resin composition of the present invention, a resin composition that can be obtained by recycling and has improved heat resistance can be provided.

Abstract: The resin composition of the present invention includes a water-soluble resin (component A); a resin having a functional group capable of reacting or interacting with the component A (component B); and at least one selected from the group consisting of a monovalent inorganic salt and a polycyclic aromatic sulfonate (component C). According to the resin composition of the present invention, a resin composition whose physical properties before recycling can be reproduced even after recycling can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object for removing a support material from a precursor of the three-dimensional object containing a three-dimensional object and the support material, the composition containing water and a water-soluble compound having a solubility parameter (SP value) calculated by using the Fedors' method of 8 (cal/cm3)1/2 to 13 (cal/cm3)1/2. The present invention can provide a composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object that is capable of removing the support material quickly and a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object using the composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object by a fused deposition modeling system.

Abstract: The present invention is a soluble material for three-dimensional modeling that is used as a material of a support material for supporting a three-dimensional object when the three-dimensional object is manufactured by a 3D printer of a fused deposition modeling system and that contains a thermoplastic resin having a hydrophilic group and an organic salt compound represented by a general formula (I) below: (R1—SO3?)nXn+ (I). According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a soluble material for three-dimensional modeling that is used for a support material and that is capable of suppressing the degradation of the modeling accuracy of a three-dimensional object when the three-dimensional object is manufactured by a 3D printer of a fused deposition modeling system, and has a high rate of dissolution to neutral water to be removable speedily from a precursor of the three-dimensional object without use of a strong alkaline aqueous solution.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thermoplastic resin composition enabling easy control of the weight average molecular weight of a thermoplastic resin used in a soluble three-dimensional modeling support material, the support material having sufficient strength even when used in the manufacture of a three-dimensional object by an FDM system 3D printer, being less colored with excellent appearance quality, and having a high dissolution speed in neutral water and quickly removable from a precursor of the three-dimensional object without using a strong alkaline aqueous solution; and the thermoplastic resin having dicarboxylic acid monomer units derived from a dicarboxylic acid component and having a proportion of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit derived from a sulfonic acid group and/or sulfonate group-containing aromatic dicarboxylic acid component in the dicarboxylic acid monomer units of 10 mol % or more; the method including mixing an organic salt compound represented by formula (I): (R1—SO3?)nXn+??(

Abstract: The soluble material for three-dimensional modeling of the present invention is a soluble material for three-dimensional modeling that is used as a material of a support material that supports a three-dimensional object when manufacturing the three-dimensional object with a fused deposition modeling type 3D printer. The soluble material for three-dimensional modeling contains at least one polymer and at least one filler. In the soluble material for three-dimensional modeling, the filler is a fibrous filler having a fiber length of 0.02 ?m to 1,000 ?m and a fiber diameter of 0.0001 ?m to 20 ?m and/or a flat filler having a particle size of 0.1 ?m to 20 ?m and a thickness of 0.01 ?m to 10 ?m. The content of the filler is 0.01 part by mass to 200 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer.

Abstract: A method for producing shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the method including cleaving sugar chains of anionically modified cellulose fibers by thermal decomposition under temperature conditions of 50° C. or higher and 230° C. or lower, wherein the average fiber length of the anionically modified cellulose fibers is 700 ?m or more and 10000 ?m or less. By the use of shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers or the like obtained by the method for production of the present invention, a dispersion containing fine cellulose fibers having a low viscosity and excellent handling property can be prepared while at a high concentration, so that the dispersion can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, packaging materials for household electric appliances, automobile parts, and materials for three-dimensional modeling.

Abstract: A soluble material for three-dimensional modeling according to the present invention is a soluble material for three-dimensional modeling that is used as a material of a support material for supporting a three-dimensional object when the three-dimensional object is manufactured by a 3D printer of an FDM system, in which the soluble material for three-dimensional modeling contains a copolymer ? having a vinyl monomer unit A that has a hydrophilic group, and having a vinyl monomer unit B that has a group interacting with the hydrophilic group and is other than the vinyl monomer unit A. The soluble material for three-dimensional modeling according to the present invention is capable of providing a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object.

Abstract: The soluble material for three-dimensional modeling that is used as a material of a support material that supports a three-dimensional object when manufacturing the three-dimensional object with a fused deposition modeling type 3D printer. The soluble material for three-dimensional modeling includes at least one copolymer comprising a specific hydrophilic monomer unit and a specific hydrophobic monomer unit. The present invention has a glass transition temperature suitable for the FDM system, has a high dissolution rate in an alkaline aqueous solution, can be quickly removed from a precursor of a three-dimensional object, and makes it possible to suppress or reduce damage to a three-dimensional object.

Abstract: A soluble material for three-dimensional modeling, which is used as a raw material of a support material for supporting a three-dimensional object when the three-dimensional object is produced, using a 3D printer of a FDM system, includes a polyester resin including one or more aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer units A with a sulfonate group, one or more dicarboxylic acid monomer units B without a sulfonate group, and one or more diol monomer units. The proportion of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit(s) A in the total of all dicarboxylic acid monomer units is from 10 to 70 mol %. The soluble material has hygroscopicity resistance while the material is large in dissolution rate into any neutral water and removable speedily from a precursor of the three-dimensional object without using any aqueous strong alkaline solution.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object for removing a support material from a precursor of the three-dimensional object containing a three-dimensional object and the support material, the composition containing water and a water-soluble compound having a solubility parameter (SP value) calculated by using the Fedors' method of 8 (cal/cm3)1/2 to 13 (cal/cm3)1/2. The present invention can provide a composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object that is capable of removing the support material quickly and a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object using the composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object by a fused deposition modeling system.

Abstract: The present invention is a soluble material for three-dimensional modeling that is used as a material of a support material for supporting a three-dimensional object when the three-dimensional object is manufactured by a 3D printer of a fused deposition modeling system and that contains a thermoplastic resin having a hydrophilic group and an organic salt compound represented by a general formula (I) below: (R1-SO3?)nXn+ (I). According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a soluble material for three-dimensional modeling that is used for a support material and that is capable of suppressing the degradation of the modeling accuracy of a three-dimensional object when the three-dimensional object is manufactured by a 3D printer of a fused deposition modeling system, and has a high rate of dissolution to neutral water to be removable speedily from a precursor of the three-dimensional object without use of a strong alkaline aqueous solution.

Abstract: The method for manufacturing a soluble material for three-dimensional modeling that is used as a material of a support material that supports a three-dimensional object when manufacturing the three-dimensional object with a 3D printer of a fused deposition modeling system, comprising a kneading step of kneading raw materials of the soluble material for three-dimensional modeling by a twin screw extruder having a screw configuration in which a ratio of a total length K of kneading discs to a total length L of an effective screw is 0.20<K/L<0.70 and in which a temperature Tmix of the raw materials of the soluble material for three-dimensional modeling in the kneading step and a glass transition temperature Tg of a base polymer contained in the raw materials of the soluble material for three-dimensional modeling satisfy a formula Tg+80(° C.)<Tmix<Tg+200(° C.).

Abstract: A soluble material useful as a material of a support material supporting a three-dimensional object when manufacturing the three-dimensional object with a 3D printer of an FDM system; the soluble material contains a polyamide resin containing a hydrophilic monomer unit A having a hydrophilic group, a hydrophobic dicarboxylic acid monomer unit B, and a hydrophobic diamine monomer unit C, and a ratio of an amount of the hydrophilic monomer unit A to a total amount of monomer units in the polyamide resin is 2.5 mol % or more and less than 13.5 mol %. A soluble material useful as a support material, which is suitable for the production of a three-dimensional object by use of an FDM system and has moisture absorption resistance while the material is large in dissolution rate into any neutral water and removable speedily from a precursor of the three-dimensional object without using any aqueous strong alkaline solution.