Abstract: The present invention provides a polychlorotrifluoroethylene film having ultraviolet shielding ability, moisture resistance and small absolute values of thermal deformation rates. The present invention is a polychlorotrifluoroethylene film having an ultraviolet shield rate of not lower than 70%, a water vapor transmission rate of not higher than 1.00 g/m2·day and absolute values of thermal deformation rates after 30 minutes-heating at 150° C. of not higher than 5.0%.

Abstract: Provided is a solar cell module which has a PCTFE film as the light-transmitting surface layer and/or back side protective sheet and is excellent in interlayer adhesion. The invention consists in a solar cell module comprising a light-transmitting surface layer, a solar cell element embedded in a filler and a back side protective sheet, wherein at least one of the light-transmitting surface layer and back side protective sheet is a polychlorotrifluoroethylene film (A) having a treated surface layer obtained by electric discharge treatment in an inert gas containing a reactive organic compound and the treated surface layer is disposed on the solar cell element side.

Abstract: There is provided a curable surface modifier comprising a resin which is soluble in a general purpose solvent and comprises a fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer containing, in at least a part of its side chain, a moiety A having a long polyfluoropolyether chain and/or a moiety B having a self-crosslinkable functional group, in which the resin contains both of the moieties A and B. The curable surface modifier improves properties of surfaces of various coating films, especially antireflection films, such as surface sliding property (decrease in a friction coefficient), surface hardness, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance and stain removability by wiping, thus being capable of imparting modified properties to the surfaces of original coating films.

Abstract: A curable fluorine-containing polymer having a number average molecular weight of from 500 to 1,000,000 and is represented by the formula (1): -(A)-(M)- in which the structural unit M is a structural unit derived from a fluorine-containing ethylenic monomer and represented by the formula (M): [—(CX1X2—CX3)—]—(CX4CX5)a—(C?O)b(O)c—Rf, wherein X1 and X2 are the same or different and each is H or F; X3 is H, F, CH3 or CF3; X4 and X5 are the same or different and each is H, F or CF3; Rf is an organic group as defined herein; a is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 3; b and c are the same or different and each is 0 or 1, and the structural unit A is derived from a monomer copolymerizable with the fluorine-containing ethylenic monomer from which M is derived.

Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a thin film of vinylidene fluoride homopolymer having crystal form I which is applicable to various substrates in relatively easy way (coating conditions, application method, etc.), a process for preparing a vinylidene fluoride homopolymer having crystal form I efficiently at high purity, and novel vinylidene fluoride homopolymers which can give a thin film being excellent in ferroelectricity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reutilization and method of shaping of waste plastic which reduces the amount of volatile ingredients and oil cake* to extents preferable as materials for coke ovens, enables the formation of plastic granular materials able to maintain suitable shapes even after charging into a coke oven, and does not require expensive facilities for treating any produced hydrogen chloride gas, that is, a method of reutilization of waste plastic characterized by melting waste plastic at over 160° C. to 250° C. in temperature in part or whole, compression shaping it to thereby obtain a plastic granular material having an apparent density of 0.7 to 1.2 kg/liter, and mixing this plastic granular material with coal for dry distillation in a coke oven.

Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing polymer solid electrolyte which has an excellent ion-conducting property, is high in oxidation resistance, is stable electrochemically and thermally, has sufficient strength and is applicable to various electrochemical devices. The electrolyte comprises (A) a non-crystalline fluorine-containing polymer having, in a trunk chain and/or side chain of the polymer molecule, a structural unit D having five or more chained units derived from a fluorine-containing ether, (B) an electrolytic compound and (C) a solvent, and has an ionic conductivity of from 10?10 to 101 S/cm measured at 25° C. by an alternating current complex impedance method. The electrolyte is useful for various electrochemical devices.

Abstract: There are provided a curable fluorine-containing polymer which can realize a high hardness by photo-curing while maintaining a low refractive index, an antireflection film possessing improved scratch resistance and abrasion resistance while maintaining a reflection reducing effect, and an antireflection-treated article provided with such an antireflection film.

Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a thin film of vinylidene fluoride homopolymer having crystal form I which is applicable to various substrates in relatively easy way (coating conditions, application method, etc.), a process for preparing a vinylidene fluoride homopolymer having crystal form I efficiently at high purity, and novel vinylidene fluoride homopolymers which can give a thin film being excellent in ferroelectricity.

Abstract: There are provided a novel norbornene derivative which is a material for a chemically amplifying type photoresist for F2 laser, possesses excellent transparency and improved dry etching resistivity and has a fluorine-containing ketone unit or fluorine-containing tertiary alcohol unit directly bonded to the norbornene backbone; a fluorine-containing polymer obtained by using the norbornene derivative as a copolymerizable monomer; and a chemically amplifying type photoresist composition comprising the fluorine-containing polymer, a photoacid generator and a solvent.

Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing polymer solid electrolyte which has an excellent ion-conducting property, is high in oxidation resistance, is stable electrochemically and thermally, has sufficient strength and is applicable to various electrochemical devices. The electrolyte comprises (I) a non-crystalline fluorine-containing polymer which has a polar nonionic functional group and has, in a side chain of the polymer molecule, a structural unit D having 1 to 4 units derived from a fluorine-containing ether in the form of continuous chain, (II) an electrolytic compound and as case demands, (III) a solvent. The electrolyte has an ionic conductivity of from 10?10 to 101 S/cm measured at 25° C. by an alternating current complex impedance method, and is useful for various electrochemical devices.

Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing polymer solid electrolyte which has an excellent ion-conducting property, is high in oxidation resistance, is stable electrochemically and thermally, has sufficient strength and is applicable to various electrochemical devices. The electrolyte comprises (I) a non-crystalline fluorine-containing polymer which has a polar nonionic functional group and has, in a side chain of the polymer molecule, a structural unit D having 1 to 4 units derived from a fluorine-containing ether in the form of continuous chain, (II) an electrolytic compound and as case demands, (III) a solvent. The electrolyte has an ionic conductivity of from 10?10 to 101 S/cm measured at 25° C. by an alternating current complex impedance method, and is useful for various electrochemical devices.

Abstract: There is provided a laminated resist which is transparent in the case of exposure light of not less than 193 nm and can form a fine pattern having an intended form without defects with good reproducibility. The laminated resist has a photoresist layer (L1) and a transparent protective layer (L2) on a substrate and the protective layer (L2) is formed on an outermost surface of the laminated resist. The protective layer (L2) has an absorption coefficient of not more than 1.0 ?m?1 in the case of ultraviolet light of a wavelength of not less than 193 nm, a dissolution rate in a developing solution of not less than 50 nm/sec and a dissolution rate in pure water of not more than 10 nm/min.

Abstract: A method of forming a ferroelectric thin film containing vinylidene fluoride homopolymer, including the steps of (i) preparing a green powder of vinylidene fluoride homopolymer of crystal form I alone or as main component by subjecting vinylidene fluoride to radical polymerization in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator, (ii) forming a thin film on a substrate surface by using vinylidene fluoride homopolymer of crystal form I alone or as main component obtained from the green powder product of vinylidene fluoride homopolymer of I-form crystal structure alone or as main component, and (iii) subjecting the thin film of vinylidene fluoride homopolymer formed in step (ii) above to polarization.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing unsaturated cyclic compound represented by the formula (1)(a): wherein Z3 are the same or different and each is —Rf3-Z4, in which Z4 is at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of OH group, COOH group, a derivative of carboxylic acid group and a functional group protected by a protective group which can convert the functional group to OH group by reaction with an acid; Rf3 is a fluorine-containing alkylene group which has 1 to 30 carbon atoms and may have ether bond; n11 is an integer of from 1 to 4.

Abstract: A material for solid polyelectrolytes which comprises a polymer comprising two or more fluoropolymer segments differing in monomer composition, wherein at least one of the fluoropolymer segments has sulfonic acid type functional groups.

Abstract: A method for designing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device of the present invention permits the achievement of a predetermined pattern area ratio while power supply lines are reinforced by connecting a dummy metal line, which is formed in an unoccupied region of a wiring layer for the purpose of achieving the predetermined area ratio, at its two or more points with a power supply line for VDD or VSS.

Abstract: The invention is a material for a solid polyelectrolyte, comprising a multi-segmented fluoropolymer that comprises a block copolymer and/or a graft copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains one or more blocks essentially consisting of segment A and one or more blocks essentially consisting of segment B, the segment A combines with the segment B, wherein the segment A has a molecular weight of 5,000 to 1,000.

Abstract: A method for designing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device of the present invention permits the achievement of a predetermined pattern area ratio while power supply lines are reinforced by connecting a dummy metal line, which is formed in an unoccupied region of a wiring layer for the purpose of achieving the predetermined area ratio, at its two or more points with a power supply line for VDD or VSS.

Abstract: It is possible to provide the heat resistant material and coating material for OA equipment which comprise a fluorine-containing multi-segment polymer having heat resistance, abrasion resistance, non-sticking property against toner and oil resistance in addition to flexibility and are used particularly on surfaces of fuser roll and belt. Those materials comprise a fluorine-containing multi-segment polymer having an elastomeric fluorine-containing polymer chain segment A and a non-elastomeric fluorine-containing polymer chain segment B, and the elastomeric fluorine-containing polymer chain segment A comprises not less than 90% by mole of perhaloolefin unit as a recurring unit and imparts flexibility to the whole polymer.