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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production method which can obtain a film or a sheet which has little residual solvent, excellent in transparency and is crosslinked, when a cycloolefin-based polymer film or sheet is produced by a solution casting method. SOLUTION: The production method for preparing a film or a sheet by a solution casting method comprises adding a silane compound having at least one methoxysilyl group or ethoxysilyl group in a molecule to a polymer solution composition comprising (1) 100 pts. wt. of a cycloolefin-based polymer having a glass transition temperature of 120-400°C and an average molecular weight in terms of polystyrene of 10,000-200,000, (2) 100-2,000 pts. wt. of an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent or an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent and an alicylic hydrocarbon solvent and (3) 0.001-10 pts. wt. of a thermal acid generator, in an amount of 0.5-30 pts. wt. of the silane compound per 100 pts. wt. of the cycloolefin-based polymer, to form a film, followed by treatment with superheated steam exceeding 100°C. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable display device which is lightweight and has high durability, and whose power consumption is low, although a translucent type liquid crystal panel is a display device which is convenient and with which sharp images can be obtained in both dark and light places, while pursuing the advantages of liquid crystal panels of transmission type and of reflection type. SOLUTION: The liquid crystal panel having a reverse-surface light emission source has a liquid crystal element which is formed on a 1st base body and has a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a transparent 1st electrode and a transparent 2nd electrode arranged at least oppositely to each other and the reverse-surface light emission source which is formed on a 2nd base body and has a thin-film plane light emitting element sandwiched between an optically opaque 3rd electrode and a transparent 4th electrode arranged at lest oppositely to each other; and the 3rd electrode is a reflecting film which is arranged on the side of the 2nd base body and reflects external light made incident through the liquid crystal layer to make the light incident on the liquid crystal layer, the 4th electrode is arranged oppositely to the 2nd electrode, and an insulating film sandwiched between the 4th and 2nd electrodes is a film formed continuously on the 4th electrode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a cyclic olefin-based addition polymer excellent in heat resistance, optical transparency, and adhesion and close bonding property to another member, also controlled with its molecular weight for capable of easily forming a film, sheet, etc., by a solution-casting method, and also soluble in a solvent selected from a hydrocarbon or a halogenated hydrocarbon. SOLUTION: This method for producing the cyclic olefin-based addition polymer is characterized by performing an addition polymerization of a monomer containing a specific cyclic olefinic compound in the presence of a multiple component catalyst containing (a) a palladium compound, (b) a compound selected from an ionic boron compound, an ionic aluminum compound and a Lewis acid type boron compound, (c) a specific phosphine compound or its phosphonium salt as essential components, and ethylene. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a cycloolefin base addition polymer which has no substantial distribution in a composition of a structural unit, wherein the structural unit is derived from a cycloolefin base compound which has at least one polar substituent group selected from a hydrolyzable silyl group, ester group and oxetane group. SOLUTION: The cycloolefin base addition polymer can be produced by polymerizing a cycloolefin base monomer using compounds (A), (B) and (C) as follows, (A) a palladium compound represented by the formula (1): Pd(R 1 ) a (X) b , (B) a phosphonium compound represented by the formula (2): [PR 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 ] + [CA 1 ] - , and (C) an organic aluminium compound. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly crosslinked film or a sheet containing an organic polymer crosslinked as needed with a little residual solvent in a short period of time under low pressure. SOLUTION: The film or the sheet containing the organic polymer is caused to contact with a gas containing superheated water vapor. The film or a sheet containing the organic polymer of a cycloolefin polymer or an aromatic polymer is caused to contact with superheated water vapor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solar cell superior to flexibility, crashproof, transparency, and thermal resistance and having a semiconductor film formed by coating a composite for forming a silicon film on a base substance having a lower linear expansion coefficient. SOLUTION: The solar cell has on a base 1 a pair of electrodes 2 and 6, and at least two layers of semiconductor films 3, 4, and 5 having different concentration and/or different kinds of impurity formed between the electrodes 2, 6. Elongations after fracture of the substrate range from 6 to 10% and strengths of fracture of the substrate range from 40 to 50 MPa. At least one layer semiconductor film is formed by a composite for forming a silicon film including a silicon particle (A), a high order silane compound (B), and a silane compound hydride (C). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cycloolefin copolymer formed by ring-opening polymerization excellent in optical properties including transparency, etc., having reduced water (moisture) absorption, a high affinity for other materials, satisfactory suitability for bonding, printing, and other processings after molding, and excellent in heat resistance and mechanical strength, and to provide a method for producing the same and an optical material. SOLUTION: The cycloolefin copolymer formed by ring-opening polymerization comprises structural units (A) represented by general formula (1-1) to (1-3) and structural units (B) derived from a specific cycloolefin having an ester group, in a proportion of from 10/90 to 50/50 by mole. The monomers for obtaining the structural units (A) are tricyclomonoolefin compounds at least 80 mol% of which are accounted for by one or more endo forms. The copolymer has a glass transition temperature of 120 to 250 °C. [In the general formula (1-1) to (1-3), R 1 to R 13 each represents hydrogen, a halogen, or a group selected from among 1-4C alkyl and halogenated alkyl; and X 1 to X 3 each represents an ethylene- or vinylene-group.]. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a film or a sheet suffering from no thermal deterioration, exhibiting reduced birefringence and useful for an optical material, which is made of a composition comprising a cyclic olefin addition polymer, mainly composed of a norbornene monomer and exhibiting excellent optical characteristics and very excellent heat resistance, and is manufactured by exposure to a specific solvent atmosphere. SOLUTION: The birefringence of the film or the sheet comprising the specific cyclic olefin addition polymer is reduced by exposing the film or the sheet to an atmosphere of a solvent (I) dissolving at 25°C the cyclic olefin addition polymer. This method gives the film or the sheet of the cyclic olefin polymer for the optical material having a reduced birefringence, that is, having a birefringence, measured at the time of perpendicular incidence of a light ray having a wavelength of 622nm, reduced to at most 10nm in terms of 200μm thickness. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a base material covered with a coating material having excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance, chemical resistance and transparency and excellent adhesion, adhesive properties and destruction characteristics and to provide a laminated material obtained by laminating them. SOLUTION: The base material contains a specific cyclic olefin addition polymer containing a structural unit derived from a cyclic olefin obtained by addition polymerizing a tricycloolefin compound having an endo structure and a structural unit derived from a cyclic olefin having a hydrolyzable silyl group or an ester group, and, as needed, a crosslinking agent and, in addition, a filler. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a material soluble in either one of toluene, cyclohexane and their mixture at 25°C, excellent in optical transparency, heat resistance and stiffness, having a small expansion coefficient and suitable for sheets, films and thin films for optical materials. SOLUTION: A cyclic olefin-based addition copolymer is obtained by addition polymerization of a cyclic olefin compound having a side chain substituent of a cyclic structure such as endo-tricyclo[4.3.0.1 2,5 ]deca-3, 7-diene, endo-tricyclo[4.3.0.1 2,5 ]dec-3-ene or the like or hydrogenation after the polymerization, or copolymerization of the compound with another cyclic olefin compound such as bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene or the like, a cyclic olefin compound having a hydrolyzable silyl group or hydrogenation after the copolymerization. A composition for crosslinking is obtained by adding a specific crosslinking agent to the addition copolymer. A crosslinked product is obtained by crosslinking the composition. The optical materials comprise the copolymer, the composition or the crosslinked product. The method for producing the copolymer is to carry out the addition polymerization by using a specific nickel catalyst. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO