Abstract: Provided is a radical-curable sealing member for fuel cells that has excellent product durability and suppresses changes in mechanical properties caused by heat and hydrolysis (such as reduced stretch and increased hardness caused by embrittlement). A sealing member 4 is a crosslinked product of a radical-curable composition that contains components (A)-(E), there being 0.1-10 parts by mass of component (B) per 100 parts by mass of component (A). (A) A polymer for fuel cell sealing members that has a radical-curable functional group and also has at least one of a urethane linkage and an ester linkage in the molecular chain thereof. (B) A carbodiimide compound that has at least one functional group selected from the group that consists of ether groups, aliphatic hydrocarbon groups that have at least 3 carbons, and alicyclic hydrocarbon groups. (C) A monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer. (D) A polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer. (E) A radical polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A silicone member used for a micro device and a micro device which achieve both electrification suppression and light transmittance are provided. The silicone member is used as a micro device and has a holding part for holding samples, or defines the holding part through the combination with a counterpart member. The silicone member includes a silicone material which has silicone and an ionic conductive agent, and the content of the ionic conductive agent is 0.01 part by mass or higher and 1 part by mass or lower with respect to 100 parts by mass of the silicone. The micro device includes the silicone member.

Abstract: A member for a fuel cell in which a lip 4b is directly fixed to the surface of a separator 5. In the member for a fuel cell, the lip 4b is a cross-linked body of a radically curable composition containing components (A) to (E) below at a specific ratio, and the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the cross-linked body is ?30° C. or less. (A) (Meth)acrylic polymer having a (meth)acryloyl group at a molecular chain end. (B) Monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0° C. or more and having a polycyclic structure. (C) Monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer except for component (B). (D) Polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer. (E) Radical polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A radical-curable seal member for fuel cell 4 having a glass transition temperature of ?40° C. or lower made from a crosslinked product of a radical-curable composition containing (A) (Meth)acrylic polymer having a (meth)acryloyl group at a molecular chain end, (B) Monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer, (C) Polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer and (D) Radical polymerization initiator, wherein the radical-curable composition contains 20 to 90 weight parts of component (B), 1 to 10 weight parts of component (C), 0.01 to 10 weight parts of component (D) with respect to 100 weight parts of component (A), a weight ratio [(B)/(C)] of the component (B) with respect to the component (C) being 4 to 24, and a content [(C)/{(A)+(B)+(C)}] of the component (C) with respect to a total of 100 wt % of the component (A), the component (B), and the component (C) being 1 to 7 wt %.

Abstract: A conductive roll for electrophotographic device is provided. The conductive roll for electrophotographic device 10 includes a shaft body 12 and a non-foamed elastic body layer 14 formed on an outer periphery of the shaft body 12. The elastic body layer 14 is made of a cross-linked product of a silicone rubber composition containing the following (a) to (d), and a secondary particle diameter of the following (d) in the elastic body layer 14 is within a range of 100 to 500 nm. (a) is an organopolysiloxane, (b) is a crosslinking agent, (c) is a microcapsule catalyst made of fine resin particles which encapsulate a crosslinking catalyst by a resin other than a silicone resin, and (d) is silica with a BET specific surface area of 70 to 350 m2/g.

Abstract: A silicone member used for a micro device and a micro device which achieve both electrification suppression and light transmittance are provided. The silicone member is used as a micro device and has a holding part for holding samples, or defines the holding part through the combination with a counterpart member. The silicone member includes a silicone material which has silicone and an ionic conductive agent, and the content of the ionic conductive agent is 0.01 part by mass or higher and 1 part by mass or lower with respect to 100 parts by mass of the silicone. The micro device includes the silicone member.

Abstract: A conductive roller for electrophotographic device is provided, in which the agglomeration of carbon black to be blended is suppressed and the surface layer of the conductive roller has excellent resistance uniformity when a water-based coating is used. The conductive roller for electrophotographic device 10 including a shaft body 12, an elastic body layer 14 formed on the outer periphery of the shaft body 12, and a surface layer 16 formed on the outer periphery of the elastic body layer 14, and the surface layer 16 is formed from an emulsion composition containing the following (a) to (d): (a) an aqueous polyurethane resin, (b) a urethane curing agent, (c) an associative thickener, and (d) carbon black.

Abstract: A conductive roll for electrophotographic device is provided. The conductive roll for electrophotographic device 10 includes a shaft body 12 and a non-foamed elastic body layer 14 formed on an outer periphery of the shaft body 12. The elastic body layer 14 is made of a cross-linked product of a silicone rubber composition containing the following (a) to (d), and a secondary particle diameter of the following (d) in the elastic body layer 14 is within a range of 100 to 500 nm. (a) is an organopolysiloxane, (b) is a crosslinking agent, (c) is a microcapsule catalyst made of fine resin particles which encapsulate a crosslinking catalyst by a resin other than a silicone resin, and (d) is silica with a BET specific surface area of 70 to 350 m2/g.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade. The cleaning blade is used for removing remaining toner which remains on a surface of the target member in an electrophotographic apparatus. The cleaning blade is provided with the blade portion having the edge portion which comes into sliding contact with the target member. The edge portion includes: a substrate of the blade portion; an inner layer extending from a surface of the substrate to the inside of the substrate; and an outer layer extending from a surface of the substrate to an outer outside of the substrate. The inner layer contains at least an acrylic resin or a methacrylate resin, and has a thickness of less than 1 ?m. The outer layer contains at least an acrylic resin or a methacrylate resin, and has a thickness of 0.02 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided are a silicone rubber composition that is excellent in storage stability and crosslinking reactivity, and a silicone rubber crosslinked body made from the silicone rubber composition. The silicone rubber composition contains (a) an organopolysiloxane, (b) a crosslinking agent, and (c) a microcapsule type catalyst that is made of microparticles of a resin and a crosslinking catalyst encapsulated in the microcapsules, wherein the solubility parameter of the resin of (c) is 7.9 or higher, a thermal conductivity of 0.16 W/m·K or higher, and a glasstransition temperature of 40 to 145 degrees C. The silicone rubber crosslinked body is made of a crosslinked product of the above-described silicone rubber composition.

Abstract: Provided is a silicone rubber composition that has excellent storage stability and an improved post-curing compression set, and a silicone rubber cross-linked body made from the silicone rubber composition. A silicone rubber composition contains (a) an organopolysiloxane, (b) a cross-linking agent, and (c) a microcapsule type catalyst that is made from resin microparticles encapsulating a cross-linking catalyst, wherein the resin of (c) is one of a thermosetting resin that is thermally cured in the presence of the cross-linking catalyst and a thermosetting resin that is thermally cured in the absence of the cross-linking catalyst.

Abstract: To provide an elastic roll for an electro-photographic apparatus that includes an elastic body layer having a low hardness and being excellent in fatigue resistance, and thus is resistant to fatigue, and to provide a method for manufacturing the same. An elastic roll 10 for an electrophotographic apparatus includes a shaft body 12, and a foamed elastic body layer 14 provided on an outer periphery of the shaft body 12, wherein the foamed elastic body layer 14 consists of a silicone rubber foamed body including a plurality of air bubbles 18 in its base material containing cross-linked silicone rubber and a reinforcement material, and wherein the foamed elastic body layer has a communication degree of 40% or more. It is preferable that the elastic roll 10 should further include a skin layer 14a in the foamed elastic body layer 14 on an outer peripheral side.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade. The cleaning blade is used for removing remaining toner which remains on a surface of the target member in an electrophotographic apparatus. The cleaning blade is provided with the blade portion having the edge portion which comes into sliding contact with the target member. The edge portion includes: a substrate of the blade portion; an inner layer extending from a surface of the substrate to the inside of the substrate; and an outer layer extending from a surface of the substrate to an outer outside of the substrate. The inner layer contains at least an acrylic resin or a methacrylate resin, and has a thickness of less than 1 ?m. The outer layer contains at least an acrylic resin or a methacrylate resin, and has a thickness of 0.02 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided are a silicone rubber composition that is excellent in storage stability and crosslinking reactivity, and a silicone rubber crosslinked body made from the silicone rubber composition. The silicone rubber composition contains (a) an organopolysiloxane, (b) a crosslinking agent, and (c) a microcapsule type catalyst that is made of microparticles of a resin and a crosslinking catalyst encapsulated in the microcapsules, wherein the solubility parameter of the resin of (c) is 7.9 or higher, a thermal conductivity of 0.16 W/m·K or higher, and a glasstransition temperature of 40 to 145 degrees C. The silicone rubber crosslinked body is made of a crosslinked product of the above-described silicone rubber composition.

Abstract: A method for producing a blade member 1 includes an impregnation step of impregnating at least a portion of a surface of a blade portion 11 made of a polyurethane rubber with a surface treatment liquid that includes a salt of diazabicycloundecene and a carbodiimide-modified polyvalent isocyanate compound including a carbodiimide-modified polyvalent isocyanate dimer and a carbodiimide-modified polyvalent isocyanate trimer or higher multimer, in which a content of the trimer or higher multimer is 50% by mass or less, and a cured layer formation step of heating and curing the carbodiimide-modified polyvalent isocyanate compound which is impregnated into the blade portion 11, to form a cured layer 110.

Abstract: To provide an elastic roll for an electro-photographic apparatus that includes an elastic body layer having a low hardness and being excellent in fatigue resistance, and thus is resistant to fatigue, and to provide a method for manufacturing the same. An elastic roll 10 for an electrophotographic apparatus includes a shaft body 12, and a foamed elastic body layer 14 provided on an outer periphery of the shaft body 12, wherein the foamed elastic body layer 14 consists of a silicone rubber foamed body including a plurality of air bubbles 18 in its base material containing cross-linked silicone rubber and a reinforcement material, and wherein the foamed elastic body layer has a communication degree of 40% or more. It is preferable that the elastic roll 10 should further include a skin layer 14a in the foamed elastic body layer 14 on an outer peripheral side.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning blade to be used for removing a residual toner that remains on a surface of a counterpart member in an electrophotographic image forming device, by sliding contact with the counterpart member. The cleaning blade includes a conductive support including a plate-shaped portion; a blade part that is formed on the plate-shaped portion and is made of a polyurethane rubber; and a conductive adhesion layer that is provided between the plate-shaped portion and the blade part and contains a conductive agent. In the cleaning blade, the blade part contains a potassium salt in an amount of 0.3 mass % or more and less than 10 mass %, and the potassium salt includes at least one kind of anion selected from the group consisting of CF3SO2C4F9SO2N?, (CF3SO2)2N?, (FSO2)N?, C28H28BO6?, AlCl4?, Al2Cl7?, NO3?, BF4?, PF6?, CF3COO?, CF3SO3?, (CF3SO2)3C?, AsF6?, SbF6×, F(HF)N?, CF3CF2CF2CF2SO3?, (CF3CF2SO2)2N?, CF3CF2CF2COO?, (C4F9SO2)2N?, CF2(CF2SO2)2N? and CF3SO2NH2?.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning blade (2) that prevents toner from slipping through the cleaning blade in a long time use. The cleaning blade (2) is used to remove residual toner remaining on a surface of a counterpart member (1) in an electrophotographic image forming device by sliding contact with the counterpart member (1). The cleaning blade (2) includes a support (3) including a plate-shaped portion (31); and a blade part (4) made of polyurethane, and joined to the plate-shaped portion (31) in integral forming. The blade part (4) includes a plate-shaped blade body portion (41) that is joined to a plate surface of the plate-shaped portion (31), and a reinforcing portion (42) that extends from a surface of the blade body portion (41) and is joined to a front end face of the plate-shaped portion (31). The reinforcing portion (42) has a curved surface (421) that curves inward.

Abstract: Provided is a silicone rubber composition that has excellent storage stability and an improved post-curing compression set, and a silicone rubber cross-linked body made from the silicone rubber composition. A silicone rubber composition contains (a) an organopolysiloxane, (b) a cross-linking agent, and (c) a microcapsule type catalyst that is made from resin microparticles encapsulating a cross-linking catalyst, wherein the resin of (c) is one of a thermosetting resin that is thermally cured in the presence of the cross-linking catalyst and a thermosetting resin that is thermally cured in the absence of the cross-linking catalyst.

Abstract: A method for producing a blade member 1 includes an impregnation step of impregnating at least a portion of a surface of a blade portion 11 made of a polyurethane rubber with a surface treatment liquid that includes a salt of diazabicycloundecene and a carbodiimide-modified polyvalent isocyanate compound including a carbodiimide-modified polyvalent isocyanate dimer and a carbodiimide-modified polyvalent isocyanate trimer or higher multimer, in which a content of the trimer or higher multimer is 50% by mass or less, and a cured layer formation step of heating and curing the carbodiimide-modified polyvalent isocyanate compound which is impregnated into the blade portion 11, to form a cured layer 110.