Abstract: Provided are a curable composition that provides a cured film excellent in antifogging properties, an antifogging coating agent containing the composition, and a cured film formed from a cured product of the composition. A curable composition according to an embodiment of the invention contains a (meth)acrylate compound (A), and a surfactant (B), wherein the component (A) contains a (meth)acrylate compound (A1) having an HLB value of 15.2 or more, and the content of the component (B) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the component (A) is 0.1 parts by mass or more and 20 parts by mass or less.

Abstract: Provided are: a surface treatment liquid having a hydrophilization effect that is not easily deteriorated over time even if a surface-treated article is exposed to various agents; and a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid. The surface treatment liquid contains a resin (A) and a solvent (S). The resin (A) contains a constituent unit (a1) derived from a betaine monomer comprising a group having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, a cationic group, and an anionic group, and not comprising an ester bond or an amide bond. The cationic group is preferably a quaternary nitrogen cation group, and the anionic group is preferably a sulfonic acid anion group, a phosphonic acid anion group, or a carboxylic acid anion group.

Abstract: A surface treatment liquid which adhesiveness of a component that achieves a surface treatment effect is good, and a desired surface treatment effect is easily obtained, and a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid are provided. A surface treatment liquid including a resin (A) and a solvent (S), in which the resin (A) includes a constituent unit (a1) derived form a compound having a hydrophilic group and an ethylenic double bond and a constituent unit (a2) derived from a compound a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, an ethylenic double bond, and a specific type of polar group is used.

Abstract: A surface treatment liquid capable of forming a hydrophilic resinous coating film adhering well to a surface of an object to be surface-treated and providing a surface treatment effect that does not decrease over time, even when the surface-treated article is exposed to a variety of agents, and a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a gas separation method which is capable of desirably separating a slight amount of a component from a mixed gas under mild conditions such that the pressure difference between both sides of a gas separation membrane is 1 atmosphere or less; and a gas separation membrane which is suitable for use in this gas separation method. According to the present invention, in a gas separation method wherein a specific gas (A) in a mixed gas, which contains the specific gas (A) at a concentration of 1,000 ppm by mass or less, is selectively permeated with use of a gas separation membrane, an extremely thin gas separation membrane that has a film thickness of 1 ?m or less is used, so that the gas (A) is desirably separated under mild conditions such that the pressure difference between both sides of the gas separation membrane is 1 atmosphere or less.

Abstract: Provided are a curable composition that provides a cured film excellent in antifogging properties, an antifogging coating agent containing the composition, and a cured film formed from a cured product of the composition. A curable composition according to an embodiment of the invention contains a (meth)acrylate compound (A), and a surfactant (B), wherein the component (A) contains a (meth)acrylate compound (A1) having an HLB value of 15.2 or more, and the content of the component (B) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the component (A) is 0.1 parts by mass or more and 20 parts by mass or less.

Abstract: To provide a two-component treatment agent that is capable of easily making a metal surface composed of a variety of metals antibacterial by application thereof and can be used in an antibacterial treatment of a metal surface, a treatment method for making a metal surface antibacterial using the two-component treatment agent, and an antibacterial treatment agent that can be incorporated in the two-component treatment agent. An antibacterial treatment is carried out on a metal surface using a two-component treatment agent composed of a primer solution containing a metallic bonding compound (A) having a functional group capable of bonding to the metal surface and an antibacterial solution containing an antibacterial layer-forming compound (B), wherein the metallic bonding compound (A) and the antibacterial layer-forming compound (B) are capable of forming a covalent bond.

Abstract: To provide a hydrophilizing surface treatment liquid suppressing the deterioration over time of the effect of a surface treatment even when a surface-treated article is exposed to a variety of chemicals and a hydrophilizing treatment method in which the hydrophilizing surface treatment liquid is used. In a hydrophilizing surface treatment liquid including a polymerizable compound having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond (A), a polymerization initiator (B) and a solvent (S), a hydrophilic polymerizable compound (A1), an adhesive polymerizable compound (A2), an acidic polymerizable compound (A3a) and/or a basic polymerizable compound (A3b) are used as the polymerizable compound (A), and an aqueous solution including the polymerizable compound (A) at a concentration of 10% by mass has a pH at 23° C. of 6.5 or more and 7.5 or less.

Abstract: To provide a polymerizable composition capable of forming a thick hydrophilic resin coating having high hardness and excellent durability on the surface of an object to be treated, which is a surface treatment object, and a hydrophilizing treatment method in which the polymerizable composition is used. In a polymerizable composition including a polymerizable compound (A), a polymerization initiator (B), inorganic fine particles (C) and a solvent (S), a polymerizable betaine compound (A1) having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond and a betaine structure and an adhesive polymerizable compound (A2) having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond and a specific type of adhesive group are used as the polymerizable compound (A); a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator (B1) is used as the polymerization initiator (B); and inorganic fine particles (C) having a functional group capable of forming a covalent bond with a polymer of the polymerizable compound (A) are used.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a surface treatment liquid that is capable of favorably hydrophilizing or hydrophobing surfaces of an object to be treated without having to include a film forming resin; and a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid. The present invention provides a surface treatment liquid which comprises (A) a resin and (C) a solvent, wherein as (A) the resin, a resin is used which has a weight average molecular weight of 100000 or more and contains a functional group I which comprises one group or more selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and a carboxyl group, and a functional group II which is a hydrophilic group or a hydrophobic group other than the functional group I.

Abstract: Provided are: a surface treatment liquid with which it is possible to conduct a surface treatment of an object to be treated, so that water, upon contact with the treated surface, rapidly spreads on and wets the surface; a surface treatment method for treating an object using the surface treatment liquid; and a method for producing a roll-shaped sheet which has been surface-treated by the surface treatment method. The surface treatment liquid comprises a polymer (A) and a solvent (S), wherein the polymer (A) comprises a constituent unit (a1) which is derived from a monomer having a log P value of 0.5 or less and which has a hydrophilic group and a constituent unit (a2) derived from a monomer that gives a homopolymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 120° C. or higher, and the polymer (A) has a weight-average molecular weight of 500-20,000.

Abstract: To provide a surface treatment liquid capable of making a base material including polyorganosiloxane on at least a part of a surface thereof hydrophilic stably over a long period of time, and provide a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid. In a surface treatment liquid including (A) resin and a (B) solvent, as the (A) resin, resin having a functional group I that is a hydroxyl group and/or a cyano group is used, and a functional group II that is a hydrophilic group other than the functional group I, and a ratio of a structural unit having an anionic group to total structural units of the (A) resin is 5 mol % or less, or resin including a cationic group including an anion moiety and a cation moiety that can be bonded to the (A) resin is used.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a gas separation method which is capable of desirably separating a slight amount of a component from a mixed gas under mild conditions such that the pressure difference between both sides of a gas separation membrane is 1 atmosphere or less; and a gas separation membrane which is suitable for use in this gas separation method. According to the present invention, in a gas separation method wherein a specific gas (A) in a mixed gas, which contains the specific gas (A) at a concentration of 1,000 ppm by mass or less, is selectively permeated with use of a gas separation membrane, an extremely thin gas separation membrane that has a film thickness of 1 ?m or less is used, so that the gas (A) is desirably separated under mild conditions such that the pressure difference between both sides of the gas separation membrane is 1 atmosphere or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flow path device internally provided with a flow path for allowing a liquid to flow by compression bonding two or more members to each other, in which the hydrophilic property of a surface of the flow path can be maintained for a long period of time. A flow path device is manufactured by forming a hydrophilic coating film using a treatment liquid including a hydrophilizing agent in at least one member, the coating film covering a surface of the member at a side to be joined to another member, then irradiating only a joining surface of the coating film with ultraviolet rays or plasma derived from an oxygen-containing gas in the member having the coating film, and irradiating at least the joining surface with ultraviolet rays or plasma derived from an oxygen-containing gas in a member having no coating film, and compression bonding the two or more members.

Abstract: An object is to provide a surface treatment liquid which can firmly bond, while coating the surface of a treatment target with an extremely thin film, a coating whose hydrophilicity is unlikely to be lowered even when the coating is brought into contact with fats and the like to the surface of the treatment target and a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid described above. In a surface treatment liquid containing a resin (A) and a solvent (S), as the resin (A), a resin is used which includes a constituent unit (a1) that includes an organic group including a quaternary ammonium cation group and having a sulfonic acid anion group at a terminal and that is derived from an N-substituted (meth) acrylamide, and includes a reactive silyl group in at least one of molecular chain terminals, the concentration of the resin (A) in the surface treatment liquid is less than 2 mass % and the pH of the surface treatment liquid is 4 or less.

Abstract: An object is to provide a hydrophilic treatment method which can firmly bond, while coating the surface of a treatment target with an extremely thin film, the coating to the surface of the treatment target and a surface treatment liquid which can be suitably used in the hydrophilic treatment method. In a hydrophilic treatment method using a surface treatment liquid containing a resin (A) and a solvent (S), the surface treatment liquid which includes, as the resin (A), a constituent unit (a1) derived from an N-substituted (meth) acrylamide having a hydrophilic group, which contains, in at least one of molecular chain terminals, a resin including a reactive silyl group and pH of the liquid is 4 or less is used, and thus a coating is formed on the surface of a treatment target.

Abstract: To provide a surface treatment method for hydrophilizing a surface of a treatment target and preventing charging by a simple and easy method and an anti-static agent. The present invention provides a surface treatment method. The method comprises an anti-static treatment step of coating a treatment target with an anti-static agent comprising an electrolyte (e1), a hydrophilic polymer (a) and water, and having electrical conductivity of 15 mS/m or more to obtain a coated film (A), drying the coated film (A) to obtain an anti-static layer, and a hydrophilizing treatment step of coating the anti-static layer with a hydrophilizing treatment agent comprising a hydrophilic polymer (b) and an alcohol to obtain a coated film (B), and drying the coated film (B), followed by rinsing thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flow path device internally provided with a flow path for allowing a liquid to flow by compression bonding two or more members to each other, in which the hydrophilic property of a surface of the flow path can be maintained for a long period of time. A flow path device is manufactured by forming a hydrophilic coating film using a treatment liquid including a hydrophilizing agent in at least one member, the coating film covering a surface of the member at a side to be joined to another member, then irradiating only a joining surface of the coating film with ultraviolet rays or plasma derived from an oxygen-containing gas in the member having the coating film, and irradiating at least the joining surface with ultraviolet rays or plasma derived from an oxygen-containing gas in a member having no coating film, and compression bonding the two or more members.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas-permeable membrane comprising a partial structure represented by formula (I) or formula (II), (wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group or an aryloxy group, M1, M2 and M3 each independently represents a metal atom, m1 represents an integer, n1, n2 and n3 each independently represents an integer of 1 to 3, * represents a bonding hand), a composition for forming the gas-permeable membrane and a production process of the gas-permeable membrane.

Abstract: An object is to provide a surface treatment liquid which can firmly bond, while coating the surface of a treatment target with an extremely thin film, a coating whose hydrophilicity is unlikely to be lowered even when the coating is brought into contact with fats and the like to the surface of the treatment target and a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid described above. In a surface treatment liquid containing a resin (A) and a solvent (S), as the resin (A), a resin is used which includes a constituent unit (a1) that includes an organic group including a quaternary ammonium cation group and having a sulfonic acid anion group at a terminal and that is derived from an N-substituted (meth) acrylamide, and includes a reactive silyl group in at least one of molecular chain terminals, the concentration of the resin (A) in the surface treatment liquid is less than 2 mass % and the pH of the surface treatment liquid is 4 or less.