Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a binder for an electrode of a power storage device which is excellent in dispersibility of an active material and adhesion, capable of improving the electrode density of an electrode to be obtained, provided with high resistance against an electrolyte, and capable of producing a high-capacity lithium secondary battery even when the amount thereof is small. The present invention also aims to provide a composition for an electrode of a power storage device, an electrode of a power storage device, and a power storage device each produced using the binder for an electrode of a power storage device. The present invention relates to a binder for an electrode of a power storage device, including a polyvinyl acetal-based resin dispersion containing particles of a polyvinyl acetal-based resin dispersed in an aqueous medium, the polyvinyl acetal-based resin having a hydroxy group content of 30 to 60 mol %.

Abstract: The present invention provides polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion which exhibit excellent dispersion stability in a water-containing dispersion medium, and allow for formation of a film having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility without voids and non-uniform structures such as irregularities, and an aqueous dispersion of the polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion. The polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion, adapted for use as dispersoids in an aqueous dispersion, the polyvinyl acetal fine particles including a polyvinyl acetal resin with an ionic functional group, and having a volume average particle size of 10 nm to 100 ?m, and a CV value of a volume-based particle size distribution of at most 40%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin composition exerting excellent mechanical strength over a wide temperature range from low temperatures to high temperatures. The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin composition containing a polyvinyl acetal resin and a resin having a crosslinked structure, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a structure in which the resin having a crosslinked structure is dispersed as a dispersed phase in the polyvinyl acetal resin as a continuous phase, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a maximum value of a loss tangent derived from the polyvinyl acetal resin at 40° C. or higher and a maximum value of a loss tangent derived from the resin having a crosslinked structure at 10° C. or lower in measurement of a dynamic viscoelasticity spectrum at a frequency of 10 Hz.

Abstract: The present invention provides polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion which exhibit excellent dispersion stability in a water-containing dispersion medium, and allow for formation of a film having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility without voids and non-uniform structures such as irregularities, and an aqueous dispersion of the polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion. The polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion, adapted for use as dispersoids in an aqueous dispersion, the polyvinyl acetal fine particles including a polyvinyl acetal resin with an ionic functional group, and having a volume average particle size of 10 nm to 100 ?m, and a CV value of a volume-based particle size distribution of at most 40%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body that has excellent adhesiveness upon heat pressing and thermal decomposability and, especially when used as a binder for a ceramic green sheet, provides a ceramic green sheet having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility. The present invention also provides a paste for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body, a ceramic green sheet, and a ceramic laminate individually manufactured using the binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body. The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body containing a graft copolymer having a unit including polyvinyl butyral and a unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound, the polyvinyl butyral having a polymerization degree of 800 to 5000, a hydroxy group content of 20 to 40 mol %, and a butyralization degree of 60 to 80 mol %, the unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 110° C.

Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the sound insulating properties of laminated glass can be enhanced. The interlayer film 2 for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a polyvinyl acetal resin and a second resin component with a glass transition temperature higher than or equal to ?15° C. and lower than or equal to 5° C., the content of the polyvinyl acetal resin is greater than or equal to 10% by weight and less than or equal to 50% by weight and the content of the second resin component is greater than or equal to 50% by weight and less than or equal to 90% by weight, in 100% by weight of the total of the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component, and the polyvinyl acetal resin and the second resin component form a sea-island structure in the interlayer film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body that has excellent adhesiveness upon heat pressing and thermal decomposability and, especially when used as a binder for a ceramic green sheet, provides a ceramic green sheet having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility. The present invention also provides a paste for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body, a ceramic green sheet, and a ceramic laminate individually manufactured using the binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body. The present invention provides a binder for manufacturing an inorganic sintered body containing a graft copolymer having a unit including polyvinyl butyral and a unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound, the polyvinyl butyral having a polymerization degree of 800 to 5000, a hydroxy group content of 20 to 40 mol %, and a butyralization degree of 60 to 80 mol %, the unit including a poly(meth)acrylic compound having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 110° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin composition exerting excellent mechanical strength over a wide temperature range from low temperatures to high temperatures. The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin composition containing a polyvinyl acetal resin and a resin having a crosslinked structure, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a structure in which the resin having a crosslinked structure is dispersed as a dispersed phase in the polyvinyl acetal resin as a continuous phase, the polyvinyl acetal resin composition having a maximum value of a loss tangent derived from the polyvinyl acetal resin at 40° C. or higher and a maximum value of a loss tangent derived from the resin having a crosslinked structure at 10° C. or lower in measurement of a dynamic viscoelasticity spectrum at a frequency of 10 Hz.

Abstract: The present invention provides polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion which exhibit excellent dispersion stability in a water-containing dispersion medium, and allow for formation of a film having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility without voids and non-uniform structures such as irregularities, and an aqueous dispersion of the polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion. The polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion, adapted for use as dispersoids in an aqueous dispersion, the polyvinyl acetal fine particles including a polyvinyl acetal resin with an ionic functional group, and having a volume average particle size of 10 nm to 100 ?m, and a CV value of a volume-based particle size distribution of at most 40%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified polyvinyl alcohol enabling to produce polyvinyl acetal that is excellent in solubility in a solvent even with a low degree of polymerization while hardly causing reaction inhibition, coloring, and particle coarsening, and a method for producing the modified polyvinyl alcohol. The present invention also provides a modified polyvinyl acetal that is excellent in solubility in a solvent even with a low degree of polymerization, and has high elasticity, mechanical strength, and a film forming property. The present invention further provides a method for producing the modified polyvinyl acetal, a polyvinyl acetal film produced from the modified polyvinyl acetal, a method for producing the polyvinyl acetal film, a ceramic slurry composition, a method for producing the ceramic slurry composition, and a ceramic green sheet.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a method of producing a liquid crystal display device which comprises steps of depositing droplets of a spacer particle dispersion at prescribed positions on a substrate by ejecting the spacer particle dispersion with an ink-jet apparatus, then drying the droplets, and thereby arranging the spacer particles on the substrate, which may arrange the spacer particles precisely at prescribed positions, and a spacer particle dispersion preferably usable for the method of producing a liquid crystal display device.